Flip Fold Eagle Card

Hey there crafty peeps!

It's Kris sharing with you today a fun Flip Fold Card featuring this cute Patriotic Eagle w/ Top Hat and more from our Patriotic Release ~ All the individual dies from this release are still 30% off!!  But before I get to my card, I've got some more GREAT NEWS....

We're currently having a huge 4th of July SALE!!  

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SALE ENDS FRIDAY, JULY 7th at 9pm PDT

And now back to our regularly scheduled tutorial ☺

How CUTE is this li'l guy?!!!  Such a fun die set and perfect for celebrating our Independence Day!

Our very own Mary Marsh is hosting this week's color challenge at Splitcoast Stampers with the following colors:

Real Red
White
Blueberry Bushel

I decided to make an easy flip fold card!  I started with a side folding A2 card (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"- scored the 8-1/2" side at 4-1/4")

Design Steps:

1)  Cut 2 strips of [star-like] patterned paper:  one is cut a 5-1/4" x 2", and the other at 5-1/4" x 1-7/8"

2)  Attach the 5-1/4" x 2" piece to the left side of card so that there's 1/8" white border around the top, left and bottom edges.  (see below)

3)  Take the largest of the Pierced Ovals set and line it up so that the middle of the oval is exactly on the right edge of your patterned paper and centered top to bottom as shown.  Tape with light tac tape.

4)  Put it on your cutting platform/plate and line up the TOP plate with the right edge of your patterned paper.  Be sure not to go over as we only want to cut half of the oval.  You may need to hold it there while cranking it thru until it grasps it tightly.  

5)  Score from the top and bottom JUST TO WHERE THE OVAL STARTS TO CUT along that right edge of patterned paper.  Here's a look at the backside as it's easier to see...

6)  Fold your card in half and then fold that front (patterned paper) piece back on itself.

7)  This step is optional, but I found it REALLY helped to lightly draw a pencil line around the right half of my oval onto my inside layer so that I don't have diecuts (or writing) showing from the front of card when it's closed.

8)  With the largest Pierced Ovals set , cut a solid red oval, and a patterned paper oval.

9)  With the 2nd largest Pierced Ovals set , cut a patterned paper oval.  Attach to center of larger solid red oval.

10)  Die cut Patriotic Eagle w/ Top Hat, USA Flag, and Statue of Liberty, assemble and attach to ovals as shown below...

11)  Attach oval w/ eagle to FRONT of card, lining up the right edge of ovals.

12)  Attach the 5-1/4" x 1-7/8" star strip in the section to the right of your patterned paper that's already attached, centering it between the score lines as shown below.  

13)  Attach your Liberty Flag oval to the oval that's there, lining up the left edges.  

14)  Die cut the Happy 4th of July Phrase and stars from same set.  I did add in some of the stars from the Firecrackers set because I really like the open stars ☺

15)  Using my pencil line as a guide, I glued down the right edges of my sentiment first to make sure I didn't go beyond that pencil line!  Then worked backwards, gluing in the rest. 

***TIP:  Before you go crazy with the stars, it helps to close the front of your card every now and then so you can see what will show when the card is closed! 

DONE!  

Because of that tip I shared, only the 3 stars in upper right corner show from the front when it's in closed position!  The rest is a surprise when they open the card ☺

Wishing you all a blessed and safe holiday!!

- Kristine

USA ☆ Pups

Hello and happy Monday!

It's Kris sharing with you today a cute and simple card featuring the Patriotic Pennants and the USA dies.  I can't believe it's almost JULY already, can you?!  

Design Steps:

I actually cut my card base last because I wasn't sure what size I wanted, but after die cutting my main panel and matting it, etc. I ended up with an unusual size for my base (6" x 5").  So we'll start there and build up!

White card base = 10" x 6"-- scored the 10" side at 5"

Plaid patterned paper = 4-3/4" x 5-3/4"

Blue layer = 4-1/8" x 5-1/8"

Next, I printed a digi sentiment onto white cardstock, then die cut it using the largest of the Nested Wacky Stitched Rectangles.  

I decided I wanted a red scalloped mat for it.  But the largest scalloped rectangle is exactly the same size, so I did some manipulating of the die... running it thru the machine 4x ... and just doing one corner and part of the sides at a time and moving the die in between each cut to extend the size both length-wise and width-wise.

 

I die cut the pieces from the Patriotic Pennants and the USA dies.  I hand cut the banners off of the string and glued the stars onto the string instead for a different look!  I then glued the bows from the pennants die onto the USA --- isn't it so cute?!  ☺  I also colored the dogs with Copic markers. 

Here's a close-up of the card front ☺

Wishing you all a blessed and safe holiday!!

- Kristine

Mini Scrapbook Layout or Photo Card

Welcome to this Monday edition of the blog!

It's Kris sharing with you today.  I've made a mini scrapbook layout... or a photo card ☺ featuring the new Fireworks and Firecrackers from our latest PATRIOTIC RELEASE!  

And here it is with photos of my girls during a 4th of July parade. 

There are 12 designs in this collection and they are ALL 30% OFF for a limited time!!

Design Steps:

I decided to make this into a large photo card for my mom and I wanted to utilize the whole 6" square patterned paper (SU! Galaxy) so I cut one sheet of cardstock at 6-1/2" square, and another at 6-1/2" x 7" and scored 1/2" on the 7" side.  I then glued the 6-1/2" square piece onto the flap, aligning it at the top fold.

I then glued my 6" square patterned paper onto front.

I had a strip of left-over red/white striped paper from another project, so I glued that to the left edge of star paper.  I then cut some red/white star paper and added white mats behind them to make them stand out from the blue layer. 

Next, I die cut select pieces from the  Fireworks and Firecrackers dies and pieced them together.

Then glued them onto the front of card as shown.  

#1 Dad In America Eagle for Father's day!

Happy Saturday crafty friends!

Melinda here and today I am sharing a fun Father's Day card I created with dies from the new Cottage Cutz Patrioric die release. Here it is.

To create my card, I started by die cutting all my pieces out of plain white cardstock. I then started coloring, inkin and sponging my die cuts to give them color and dimension. Here I am sponging the United States Die cut image.

After coloring in my die cut pieces, I began to assemble them.

Here's a look at the rainbow die cut. I colored it in grays and blues and then used a piece of cardstock to back it so I could use some foam tape to give it a bit of lift.

Here is the cute Eagle die cut. Instead of the hat with a patriotic look, I used only the base and colored to give my eagle a "top hat" with a blue sash.

Here is a close up of the America letters. I used my spectrum noir sparkle pen to give the letters a subtle but effective touch of sparkle. I didn't want too much glitter as this is a "masculine" card and my hubby isn't a huge glitter fan...lol!

For the sentiment, I simply type set it and printed it out. I added 3 small diamond dots to give it just a bit of subtle bling. Here too you can see that I inked the edge of my blue cardstock mat.

Here is one last look at my finished card. I love using dies in different ways. It gives your stash some much more use! Head over to CottageCutz.com and pick up this collection today! 

Patriotic Rainbow

Patriotic Eagle w/ Top Hat

USA Map

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Until the next time, have a wonderfully crafty day!