Showing posts with label Jamboree Bear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jamboree Bear. Show all posts

Sunday, August 05, 2018

Let's Play

Hi!

It's Anja here on the first Sunday of August. Can't believe how time flies during summer. One more week and I'm back to work.

But in the meanwhile I still have some time to have fun, go to the seaside and craft a bit. For today's post I made a card with this cute monkey as an invitation to play.


For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Hanging Monkey, Jamboree Bear),
- Distress Inks (Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain),
- Distress Oxides (Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo, Antique Linen, Black Soot, Forest Moss, Squeezed Lemonade, Fossilized Amber, Bundled Sage),
- white card base (10 x 21 cm),
- watercolor paper for the background (9,6 x 20,6 cm),
- craft paper for die cuts,
- heat gun,
- Versafine Black Onyx Ink,
- alphabet stamps,
- white acrylic paint,
- brush,
- water spritzer,
- black pen,
- adhesive foam pad,
- paper glue.

First I made the background. I cut the paper and colored it with Distress Oxides.


I used Vintage Photo Distress Oxide for the edges.


Then I used water spritzer and dried the water drops with the heat gun.


I added drops of white acrylic paint for the finish and let it dry.


Then I made the monkey. I used craft card stock for die cuts and mixes of Distress Inks and Oxides to color. I used adhesive foam pad to glue the head.


I did the same with the guitar.


Then I made the sign. I used the same materials and colors as for the monkey and guitar. I added the sentiment with the alphabet stamps.


And then I just glued everything together.




This is all from me for this week. See you again next Sunday.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used:




Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Especially for you

Hi, Janja, here again. 
For today's card I used even older die, and gave Mr. Love Bug a new look.

 

- CottageCutz dies: Mr. Love BugJamboree Bear, Build-A-Bow, Filigree Bow
- white card base: 4.25 x 5.5" (10,8 x 13,97 cm), folded 
- patterned paper: 3.74 x 4.96" (9,5 x 12,6 cm)
- gray cardstock: 3.85 x 5.07" (9,8 x 12,9 cm)
- white and colored cardstock
- vellum paper
- Distress ink pads: festive berries, aged mahogany, hickory smoke, black soot
- white and black pen
- Wink of Stella - clear glitter brush marker
- double-sided adhesive tape, self-adhesive pads, glue

Cut out all the pieces for Mr. Love bug and a guitar.
My pieces were cut out from colored cardstocks, and additionally colored with different ink pads. 
For wings I used vellum paper. I decorated them with a glitter.


Cut a white card base, and one rectangle from a gray cardstock and the other from a patterned paper. 
Combine both rectangles to match on two sides. 
Stamp the sentiment.
Attach the red tape with a bow in the upper right corner as shown. 
Unfortunately, the die Build-A-Bow that I used is no longer available, which I noticed when the card was finished. So I added a link to another one.


Finish the card. 



Have a nice day.

 


Saturday, May 20, 2017

Exploring in a MotorHome (New Die)


Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Saturday edition of the Blog.

There is another great release of new dies over in the online store. The Expressions Plus (word dies) with 35 designs are available right now. The font is so beautiful and you will definitely want these in your collection. Janet (our video artist) has put together a video showcasing some of these new dies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSLcthpx5W0&feature=youtu.be


For your viewing pleasure today, I am featuring one of the new dies. I am using the Explore Phrase. As soon as I saw this word, I thought of making an outdoor scene with the dies from the November 2016 Camping Bundle set.

I have some friends that just retired. they bought a motorhome and are taking a 3 month trip across our beautiful country. This is a retirement celebration card for them.

I thought the outdoor scene would work best in a different type fold. I found a tutorial on YouTube for a double front fold card. You have your front image, then an inside image an then another panel for a 2nd inside image.  Here is a video link. I will also give you a step by step tutorial.

So let's get started with some details on how I created my card this week.

Step 1: I started by cutting my navy blue card base. It is 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". I scored it at the 4 1/4" point and cut 2 1/4" off  the 8 1/2" side. This is how I achieved the front fold on my card.  I set that aside to work on my outside image panel.
Step 2: The next step was to cut the Motorhome. I used light and dark gray + red cardstock on the image. The white panel is cut at 2 3/4" x 3 1/4". I layered that over red cardstock measuring 3" x 3 1/2". I stamped my sentiment and set this aside to work on the inside image panel.
 
Step 3: On this panel I used the images from the Campsite & Woodland Friends dies. I cut the pine tree in a dark green, a yellow sun and the directional arrows in red, green and blue. I cut a small cloud from the sun & clouds die and used that as a template and did a bit of background sponging.

The white panel is cut at 2 3/4" x 3 1/4". Cut the explore phrase word in navy cardstock. I layered this panel over red cardstock measuring 3" x 3 1/2".

Step 4: I cut another piece of white cardstock at 5 /14" x 8" and scored it at 4". I attached this image panel to the cardstock and then secured it to my navy blue card base.

1st inside image
Now I can attach the front panel to the card.  It goes directly over the inside image. I used Scor-tape to make sure it stays put when the card gets opened and closed.
 
 
Step 5: Now it's time to decorate the inside hidden panel or the double fold part. I used the Jamboree Bear die and the campfire from the Campfire Squirrel die. The background paper is some that I had in my stash. It reminds me of a nighttime sky so I thought it would work well here.
 
2nd inside image
Well, that completes my card for this week. I hope I have shown you another way to use the new Expression Phrases dies and incorporating them with existing CottageCutz product you already have. And, I hope you will give this fun fold a try. I think it makes a big impact on a card.  
 
Dies I used to create card:
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzwoodlandfriends.aspx

 
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzcampsite.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzjamboreebear.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzmotorhome.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzsnowcappedmountains.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzexpressionsplusexplorephrase.aspx
 
Front panel
1st inside panel
2nd inside panel
 

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Around the campfire

Hi, Janja here!

I am continuing with stories from the forest on cards. I used beautiful dies from CottageCutz release - Camping.
With CottageCutz dies you will always be able to highlight a magical moment in somebody's life.

If you thought that bears are already hibernating, you are wrong.


For the card we need:
- CottageCutz dies: jamboree bear, campfire squirrel, campsite, snowcapped mountains, hollow tree w/ forest friends
- brown card base: 5.3 x 5.3" (13,5 x 13,5 cm), folded
- white paper: 5 x 5" (12,7 x 12,7 cm)
- patterned paper: 4.9 x 4.9" (12,5 x 12,5 cm)
- colored cardstock
- Distress ink: Antique Linen, Rusty Hinge, Aged Mahogany, Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Black Soot
- Memento ink: Dandelion

First, we cut out all the elements for the main motive on card. Use cardstock in a variety of colors.


Shadow all pieces with Distress inks and compose them only then in to a whole.



On patterned paper paint area with yellow ink for campfire. Shadow the remaining paper with black ink.


Glue all pieces together, and begin assembling the card. Use glue and self-adhesive foam pads.
Treat white paper around the edges with paper distresser tool. Attach patterned paper on white paper and paste them to the card base both together. Use double side adhesive tape.


Thank you for coming over and have a great day.