So Lucky Slimline Paper Piecing Card

Hey crafty friends,

Melinda here with you on this Terrific Tuesday! Can you believe it is already March? My goodness how time is flying! Today I am sharing a fun card I created with some cute dies from Cottage Cutz. Take a look.

Here is another view of my card. The base is a 4 x 9 side fold base of Marigold Cardstock. I used some rectangle stitched slimline dies and cut out a white one and a smaller one with the polka dot patterned paper I created. 

Here's a closer look at the cute little "pot of gold". It was actually a "witches" cauldron I made the bubbles in yellow. I cut the shoes in white and then colored them in green and colored the yellow buckles. I also used the Alphabet and the same marker that I used for some of the gold coins I colored the YOU. I also lightly dusted the edges of the black cauldron with white. I then attached it to a white circle stitched die that I cut some of the patterned paper I created.

Here's a closer look at my little Leprechaun. He was actually a Christmas Baker Gnome. I just switched up his colors and then made his hat. I also added him to another circle stitched circle in some more of the patterned paper I create.

Here is a closer look at the darling little rainbow from the rainbow die. I just used a variety of my markers for the colors. I didn't use the typical rainbow colors but rather ones that I thought would work for my card. I also used my blue marker to put some outlines on the little clouds that are a part of the die set.

Here is a closer look at my title So and Lucky. I used the same alphabet I cut in white and then colored with my markers. I then just wrote to have in one of the clouds. I also cut out a variety of more pierced circles in a variety of my patterned papers.

Here are some photos showing how I pieced his little hat together. In the top left, that is the piece that the little bakers hat is. I just cut it down as shown. I then free handed the top of the hat you see it in the bottom left photos. I then traced the piece and then attached them. The bottom right shows the pieces assembled and in the back of the hat.

Here are some more photos showing some additional details for his little clover, I used the flower from the little garden flowers die set. You can see how the die is in white. you can see in my "clover" looking flower I cut the middle point out on each of the four petals to create the clover. On the top right I simply colored a piece of my cardstock anhd then used a hole punch to punch out several more small circles. In the lower right, you see the little leprechaun guy coming together.

Dies Used For This Project

Holiday Gnome Baker

Cauldron

Stitched Alphabet

Folk Art Rainbow 

Pierced Circle Set

Stitched Slimline Rectangle Set

Well, that about covers it for today. Be sure to come back real soon. You will want to keep up with my crafty adventures!  Don't forget to find me on social media too! Links are below.

Until the next time, have a wonderfully crafty day!

Melinda

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O Holy Night

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends,

It is Pam sharing with you today!

We have a NEW RELEASE FOR AN EARLY START ON YOUR CHRISTMAS CARDS!!  I am giving you a peek at a number of Nativity dies available in this release and they are just gorgeous.  The release is Christmas Part 1 and has 21 fantastic dies. The release includes everything from Gnomes to Reindeer!! Check it out HERE it is on sale now!!

I have seen a number of scene builder sets lately and I love them!  So I decided to create my own scene builder with the new dies. I am really excited about how it turned out!  Each layer is popped up and there is so much depth.  I wish you could see it in real life!

Design Steps:

1.  Using the following dies: Nativity Camel, Palm Tree & Angel, Nativity Stable, Shepard & Animals and Stable Nativity Ornament cut out of gold, brown and tan card stock

2.  Use Nested Rectangle slimline dies the largest and the second to the largest.  Tape the two together to create a frame cut out 3 frames.  For the base use white card stock cut 3 1/2 x 8 1/2 

3.  For the top layer use one of the frames.  For the ground I used the Slimline Hills die on a piece of brown card stock which measures 3 1/2 x 1.  Glue the ground to the back of the frame and then add the camels as shown above

4.  For the middle layer use another frame.  For the ground use the Hills slimline die on a piece of kraft card stock 3 1/2 x 3 1/2.  Glue the ground to the back of the frame and then add the Nativity scene on top of the hill

5.  For the bottom layer use the last frame.  For the ground use the Hills slimline on a piece of tan card stock 3 1/2 x 3 1/2.  Glue the ground to the back of the frame making sure it will meet up with the second frame and that no white will show through.  Use a piece of blue DP for the sky measuring 3 1/2 x 3 glue it to the back of the frame.  Add the Shepard, the palm tree and the gold star

6.  Starting with the bottom frame which is the one with the Shepard glue it flat to the white card base. (I wish I would have used a black card base so if I didn't get the frame just right the white would not show)

7.  Place dimension tape on the back of the middle and top layers 

8.  Take the middle layer and tape it down to the bottom layer as shown above.  (You might want to just remove one side of the dimension tape backing and get it lined up then remove the other backing as you go)

9.  Add the top layer and your card is complete.  The card has great depth love how it turned out!

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  And I will see you next Thursday.

Blessings and Take Care

Love My Cat

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends

It is Pam sharing with you on the blog today!

As I was telling you a couple of Thursdays ago I have a lot of spring and summer birthdays.  My sister and I both have July birthdays.  She is such an animal lover.  She lives in a very rural area so she is constantly feeding any little critter that comes in her yard especially during the cold winter days.  She also has a way of picking up stray or ferral cats.  She has quite a family of both indoor and outdoor cats and she dearly loves them all! So the card I am making today is for her birthday.

Design Steps:

1.  Use a slimline kraft card base, use your Nested Rectangle Slimline dies to create your red layer,  then cut a piece of plaid DP  5 2/4 x 3 1/8 and a piece of cat name DP 3 1/8 x 3.  Cut out your cat using the Cat w/a Spring Bird

2.  Shade your cat using a brown ink and small applicator then assemble it with a fine tip glue.  Ink in the eyes with a Sukura Black Glaze pen and then dot it with Sukura White Gelly Roll pen

3.  Glue the two different DP to the red card stock as shown.  Add a knotted ribbon where the two DP meet and glue to the kraft card base

4.  Using your Pierced Oval 4th from the largest cut out a dark brown oval.  Glue the oval to the card as shown.  Next place pop dots to the back of the cat and pop it to the center of the oval

5.  Using the Love My Dog, Love My Cat die cut out 3 Love My in dark brown and glue them together,  cut out 3 red and dark brown hearts with paws and place pop dots on the back of them

6.  Glue the Love My to the top of the card and add the little paw hearts as shown and your card is complete

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have time to get crafty and stop in our store to look at all of the wonderful dies we have just waiting for you!

Blessings and Take Care

Pam