Baseball Box and Card Set

Happy TuesDIE Cottage Cutz Friends!

Melinda here with you on on another sweet TuesDIE. Today I am sharing a fun card and box set, featuring dies from the Baseball and Golf release.

Here’s a look at the set. It features an A4 top folding card and a fun circle shaped box. I made the box from some circle dies from the Pierced Circle die set. Below is a quick tutorial on how I made the little box.

I started with cutting out two each of the two largest circles in the set. I cut a strip of paper 2.5” x 11”. I then scored the strip at .5” the long way.

Next I used my ruler and “curled” the paper. The same way you would take a pair of scissors and curl ribbon for like a balloon.

Using the ruler allowed me to curl and or “train” the paper to have a curve as pictured above.

I then cut the half inch strip into little tabs by cutting thin little triangles out as pictured above. I kind of followed along with some of the creases that were created when I "curled" the paper.

Here is a shot showing you the way I cut the tabs. I didn't "measure" them or make them exact. I just cut them about every half inch or so.

I then added adhesive to the tabs and began to attach them to the bottom of the second to the largest circle from the die set.I just made sure as I was going around, that I kept the edge of the circle flush against the edge of the paper.

Once I made it all the way around, you can see I just closed up the side by adhering the two ends together.

The above white pieces were my first try. I started by making the box white. I decided that I wanted a blue base instead so I did all the above steps with blue cardstock. Once I got here, I cut out a piece of the same blue cardstock about 3/4" x 2". I scored it at the 1" mark length wise. I then glued it to the inside of the largest circle and to the outside of the box. I put it on the outside of the wall so that it would get covered by the patterned paper. 

I then added the second largest circle to the bottom of the box. Doing this allowed me to "sandwich" the tabs between the interior circle and the larger outside circle. I also added the second circle of the size smaller than the largest to the inside of the lid. Doing this covers the mechanics of the hinge.

Here's a closer look at the card. I used a combination of blue and white pierced circles. To those, I added a variety of the super cute dies to them. For the hat, I used my white gel pen and did some faux stiches. It was real easy to do that as the stitching marks are already on the die.

Here's a closer look at the finished top of the box. I used the large baseball die as well as the glove ball and bat. I inked the mit and the bat. I also used the scallop stitched rectangle die and added the All Stars sentiment to it. I used foam tape on the various pieces to give them a bit of lift off the top.

Here is one last look at my set. I think is turned out very cute!

Here's a link to a YT Video I made showing the set and explaining it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cAVSkatJQo

The Dies I Used For This Project

Baseball Die

Baseball Glove, Bat and Ball

Baseball Cap

Baseball Phrases

Pierced Circle Set

Nested Scalloped Rectangle

I used the stitched scallop rectangle set, however this one would be a great alternative.

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Also, don't forget to head over to the CottageCutz YouTube channel and check out all of the amazing projects on there. Our video team is doing a wonderful job of filling the channel with all sorts of creative content! You don't want to miss it!

Well that about covers it for today! Until the next time, have a wonderfully craft-die day!

Melinda Beltran

You're So Sweet, Ice Cream Sundae Project

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends!  

Melinda here with you on this Terrific Tuesdie! Today I am sharing another sweet project featuring dies from the New Sweet Treats Release! Talk about sweet! This set is over the top adorable!  Here is what I created.

I created this sweet sundae card. I started with a standard horizontal top fold A4 card.

I created the base by adhering a blue cardstock to the white cardstock background. Along to that, I added a red polka dot paper.

I then turned to this super cute Ice Cream Sundae die and cut all the pieces out of plain white cardstock. Here is a look at the adorable Ice Cream Sundae. colored in the heart, strawberry, cup and straw. I added some sparkle to the ice cream.

Here's a closer look at the pierced circle die and the scalloped circle die. You can also see all the shimmer from adding some glitter to the mix.

Here's a closer look at the pretty little bow. I added it to give a border between the two papers.

Here's a closer look at the sentiment. I simply used a marker to write the sentiment.

Here is the new sweet treats release.

Sweet Treats Release

The Dies I used to create this project:

Ice Cream Sundae

Pierced Circle Set

Nested Scallop Circle Set

Nested Scallop Stitched Rectangle

While I used the Nested Scallop Stitched Rectangle set, you can use this one as a perfect alternative.

Have you checked out the CottageCutz YouTube channel yet? 

It is filling up with beautiful projects and great how-tos!  

Head over and check out the latest video! 

Well that about covers it for today! Until the next time, have a wonderfully craft-die day!

Melinda Beltran

Hello Spring Peeker Bunny Easel Card

Happy Terrific TuesDIE Scrapping Cottage friends!Melinda here with you today. I am super excited to be sharing with you today. Tuesdays will be my new day to post! So today I am sharing a cute little card I created with dies from the new SPRING RELEASE! Here's my project.

I created this cute Easel card featuring the Bunny in Pocket Die.

To create the Easel Fold

I started with a piece of cardstock measuring 4.25 x 11. That is exactly half of a letter size piece of cardstock. I folded it at the 5.5 mark. That is in half. I then folded the "top" or the right side in half again. I simply folded it to the center fold line.

Here's a picture of the two folds. It is hard to se the center fold on the left, but it is there.

Next I took a piece of white cardstock and cut it to 4.25 x 5.5. I added a pretty patterned paper mat to the top. That mat measures 4 x 5.25. I put adhesive on the bottom half only of the top folding. Next I put the mat onto the top part and lined up the bottom and sides. So only half of the mat is adhered to the base.

Here's a view of the side of the card with the base. This shows you that the mat is only attached to that bottom half. Once that is done, I went ahead and assembled my layers and the main die onto the card.

Here is the panel I added to the "bottom inside" of the card. This piece acts as a stopper of sorts for the top piece. It allows for that piece to be on top.

Here you can see all the fun dimension the layers have. I put some foam tape behind the mats to get them a little extra dimension. I added a sweet little bow in a matching yellow ribbon.

All of these pieces with the exception of the pocket started out as plain white cardstock. I have used this sweet little die in a couple other projects, but this one has a gray bunny. The others I colored that sweet little bunny in more of a brown. If you would like to see those projects head over to that blog post. CLICK HERE.

Here's another look at my finished project.

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The Dies I used to create this project:

Peeker Bunny w/ Pocket

Hello Spring Bunny Cottage

Spring Sentiments Die

Nested Rectangle Die Set

I used the Stitched Scallop version. That one is currently unavailable, but this is an excellent alternative.

Double Stitched Rectangle Die Set

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Well that about covers it for today! Until the next time, have a wonderfully crafty day!

Melinda Beltran