Showing posts with label Sledding Penguins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sledding Penguins. Show all posts

Friday, December 18, 2020

Snow Buddies

Happy Friday!  It's one week until Christmas!  Do you have all your holiday cards finished?  I am almost done with mine, just a few more to go.  My card for you this week uses a die from the Christmas Part 3 release.  Although it makes an adorable Christmas card, it also makes for a wonderful friendship or birthday card.  I've made a friendship card this week.

 This card went together quickly at least in part because I used a pre-printed card base.

This pre-printed card is leftover from a kit that I got this summer.  I also cut a white panel 4 1/4 x 3 inches.

I cut a hill from the white panel and used a product called Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Kiss to give the hill a frosty edge.  I stamped the sentiments in the lower left and set the hill aside to dry.  The ink I used is oil based and takes while to dry as does the Shimmer Glitter Kiss.

All my penguin pieces are cut from white (except the hats) and colored with Copic markers and Stampin' Blends.  I assembled them before putting them on the card.

After what I thought was enough drying time, I glued the hill to the card front.  I say "thought" because as you can see, my sentiment smeared!

Recovering from accidents like this can be challenging.  Here I decided to heat emboss the sentiment in white and cut out a strip for the portion above "snow Buddy."  I cut the sides at an angle on purpose to give it a more casual feel.  I popped up the penguins using foam dots.

 This card seemed to ask for a little more so I added a few snowflake sequins!

Dies used:


 Thanks for visiting today!  I hope you have a fun and creative weekend.

Saturday, October 24, 2020

Sledding Penguins


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. 

We have four brand new releases in the online store. It's Christmas Part 1 (22 new designs), Christmas Part 2 (21 new designs) and a Halloween release (14 new designs). They are all currently on sale and you can save 25% on the individual dies. Christmas Part 3 has just been released and is also on a limited time sale. This one also has savings of 25%.

Today, I have for your viewing pleasure a card featuring the new Sledding Penguins dies. This is such a cute die I couldn't resist  making a Christmas card with it. I have a family member that loves penguins and has a collection so this card will be perfect for her. 

But, It doesn't have to be limited to Christmas. You could use this for a thank you card for a Christmas gift received or a winter themed birthday card. So let's get started on the details of how I created my card. 

Design Steps:

I knew I had several different snow themed designer papers. I just had to pick the one that I wanted to use. Decided on this blue green shade with touches of white and red. I also cut 2 snow slopes for the penguin sledders. 

Coastal Cabana card base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Coastal Cabana designer paper: 4 1/8" x 5 1/4"
Next, I cut my penguins in different cardstocks. I gave them red hats and a coastal cabana sled to match the designer paper. 
For the card sentiment, I decided to do a combo of die cut phrase and a stamped sentiment. For the Christmas phrase I used the new Merry Christmas Love die and cut in red cardstock. The Merry & Bright phrase is stamped in red ink. 
I am now ready to start card assembly. I attached the snow slopes to the designer paper. The bottom larger slope is attached with dimensional adhesive and the top slope I used double sided tape. 

I attached the Penguins to the snow slopes again using dimensional adhesive. I wanted them lifted slightly off the designer paper. 

 To complete my card, I attached the image panel to the card base. For some added interest I scattered a few red glitter enamel dots. And that's my card sample for this week. I hope I have given you a fresh idea for a way to use this new die. See you next Saturday!

dies I used to create card: