Safari Giraffe Birthday

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

Today, for your viewing pleasure I have a birthday card featuring the new Safari Giraffe die. This new release made it's debut as a Black Friday special. The individual dies are still on sale at 25% off. They are such versatile dies and perfect for so many occasions. Think birthdays, get well, encouragement, baby, anniversary and thank you cards. They would work for both children and adults, and for male or female.

So let's get started on some details of how I created my card. 

Design Steps:

I started my card this week with the sketch #830 from Splitcoaststampers. As soon as I saw it, I knew it would work for a card featuring one of the new Safari animals. 

Then I remembered I had some wild themed designer paper that looked like giraffe spots so I decided to use the Safari Giraffe die. 

Next, I cut the giraffe image in a taupe and light brown shades to match the designer paper. 

I stamped my sentiment on a Circle die. Used the 3rd largest die. Added a black layer using the Stitched Circle die - again the 3rd largest. 
 

Now that all elements are cut and stamped it's time to start card assembly. I wasn't sure what pattern to use for element 1 of the sketch. I decided to go with the wonky stripes pattern.

taupe layering panel: 5 3/8" x 4 1/8" 

element 1 (striped designer paper): 4 1/8" x 3 7/8"

element 2, 3 & 4 - 1/2" x 3 7/8"

Next, I attached the sentiment circle and the giraffe image. The circle is secured with double sided tape and for the giraffe I used dimensional adhesive. For element 6 of the sketch I added some leaves, and I cut those from the Safari Adventure Gang die

 

To finish off my card, I attached the image panel to the black card base and scattered a few black enamel dots. Decided to add a couple of leaves under one of the enamel dots. 

Well, that's it for me for this post. I hope I have given you an idea for a way to use this new die. See you next Saturday.

dies I used to create card

Sweet Baby

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends

It is Pam sharing a creative design today!

Just for your info we have one more day of our amazing Black Friday Sale.  And believe me you do not want to miss these fantastic prices.  Today, I am using the little baby zebra from our new Safari Release.  And I am really loving how versatile these dies are.  Everything from birthdays to babies!

Designer Steps:

1.  Use a white A2 card base and cut a piece of polka dot card stock 4 x 5 1/4.  Using the Stitched Heart die second from the largest cut out a heart positioned as shown.  Next using the same heart die cut out a piece of star DP.

2.  Stamp the star heart with the word welcome.  Glue the blue polka dot paper to the A2 white card base.  Then fill in the heart with the star DP heart

3.  Next cut out 3 sets of letters using the Stitched Alphabet die.  Stack and glue the letters together with the star DP on the top

4.  Using the Safari Zebra die cut out the animal using grey, white and black card stock

5.  Put together the zebra with glue that has a fine tip for easy and accurate glue placement

6.  Pop the zebra up on the right side of the heart.  Glue the BABY letters below as shown.  Stamp the word sweet in black ink and layer onto blue polka dot designer paper.  Pop it above the word baby.  Last I added a little banner using the Spooky Camper die.  I cut it in white and colored with Copics and finally added two rhinestones to the bows

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Just for you info our great Black Friday sale is going on until December 4th!  These dies are a must for any card maker or scrapbooker on your shopping list.  So don't miss out on these awesome prices. And don't forget to treat yourself!

Blessings

Pam 

Adventure Awaits

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I'm sharing a fun card featuring several new dies from the new Safari die release.  This die release is part of the Black Friday release which is on sale for a couple of more days!

I die cut out the Safari elephant, giraffe, zebra, hippo and lion using white card stock and shaded them with Oxide Inks. The sentiment is from the Safari Phrases die set and the leaves are from the Safari Adventure Gang die set.

I created a slimline card panel sized at 4x9 inches.  The background was ink blended for a pretty sunset appearance. A bit of water was spritzed on my card base.

To build my card, I affixed the whimsical sentiment toward the top of my card and centered it.

Next, I adhered the elephant and lion on each end of my card. The zebra was centered in the middle.

The sweet giraffe came next along with the adorable hippo. The row of safari animals fit perfectly on the slimline card.

I adhered a couple of the larger leaves in the right corner of my card and scattered a few of the smaller leaves around the lion.

The remaining leaves were tucked in around the safari animals filling in all of the empty space and adding a pop of color.

Here are the die sets that I used on my card, available in the store:

Black Friday Safari Release Samples

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit on this Friday after Thanksgiving.

We have a brand new Black Friday Safari release available in the online store. There are 16 new designs in this release. There is something for everyone to help you create birthday, anniversary, thinking of you, graduation, get well and thank you cards. Let your creativity and imagination run wild with these dies.


And, you can pick these new dies up at a great bundle price of only $89.95. But don't wait because the bundle price only lasts for the next 10 days. The sale will end on December 4th.


The DT has created some really cute cards for your inspiration and we will be featuring them over the next several days. If you missed Wednesday's post, check it out here. Now, let's get started with our cards for today. 

Card 1:  Our first sample for today is from Jeanne Knobbe. She used the new Safari Lion die that  features the king of the beasts and made a wonderful masculine card. The designer paper, burlap and wood leaf embellishments just add to the masculine vibe. 

Whether he's your "mane" man, king of your heart or your "pride" & joy, this die ensures a roaring good card! So think Birthday, Valentine's Day, Anniversary or just a card to say I love you. 

Card 2: Our next sample is from Pam MacKay. She is featuring the new Safari Giraffe on her card front.  She created a super cute safari themed birthday card for her young niece and nephew who love taking trips to the zoo. The giraffe family looks so cute nestled in the circles surrounded by leaves from the new Safari Adventure Gang die. And, the leaf designer background paper adds to the  jungle theme so perfectly. The birthday tag topper is an older one from CottageCutz - Party Hat Tag Topper. You can pick this up on a 70% off sale right now

She carried the giraffe theme through to the card inside as well. And then featured the new Safari Phrases die with the "go wild" sentiment. 

Card 3: The last sample for today is one that I (Mary Marsh) created. I am featuring the new Safari Elephant die and created a Valentine card. These dies are so versatile and by choosing the right sentiment you have a card for any occasion that you need. 

Used a punny sentiment that I stamped and also added a Valentine phrase- it's from the Valentine Phrase & More die. You can pick it up for 60% off right now.  I carried the valentine theme through with the heart themed designer paper and the embossed heart panel. 

Well. that's our samples for today. I hope the team has given you some creative ideas for different ways to use these new Safari dies. We will be back on Saturday with more samples from this release. Check out the online store for the big Black Friday sale with savings of up to 85% on selected dies.