Chocolate pocket card

Hi, Janja here!

Autumn not only brings us cooler days, but it also makes beautiful warm colors and an abundance of crops for winter days.
Glowing autumn colors found place on chocolate pocket card, which I share today with you.

For chocolate pocket card we need:
- white cardstock for the pocket card base
- patterned paper
- white and color cardstock
- ribbon
- Distress ink: Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge, Peeled Paint, Moved Lawn, Vintage Photo, Festive Berries, Aged Mahogany

Cut out cute scarecrow with the harvest scarecrow die. Use cardstocks in different colors, shadow edges with Distress inks and assemble a scarecrow.

Prepare also die cuts with dies: give thanks, garden accessories (fence) and grass, trees & vines (grass) and shadow them with Distress inks.

The base for chocolate pocket card is a white cardstock. Measure the size of a chocolate bar and add 0.25" (0,6 cm).
This is my size of white card base: 11.8 x 7.7" (30 x 19,5 cm). Folding measurements are: 3.75", 4.25", 8", 8.5" (9,5 cm, 10,8 cm, 20,3 cm, 21,6 cm). For the corner flap trim cardstock to size: 3.3 x 1.7" (8,4 x 4,3 cm).

Fit a ribbon to tie on the card base and cut a patterned paper. Shadow the edges with Distress ink Vintage Photo and fasten them on the card base.

Glue corner flaps to the card base.

Chocolate pocket card is ready to decorate.

On the inner side add the text area. Use the 2nd die from stitched wide rectangle frame set and 6th die from rectangle set.

Decorate the chocolate pocket card.

That's all for today. I hope you like it.

 

 

FIRE PLACE CARD WITH DETAILED DIE CUTTING

Hello friends !!

Happy Sunday !!!
It's Anita here with a very pretty card for you. CottageCutz store has such a wonderful collection of Christmas and Autumn dies. Some of them are so intricate that you can build some amazing festive themed scenes with them.
You might some of these dies very detailed and intricate , but as you build them up by colouring these or cutting them in coloured card stock.
So here is my card  followed by step by step detailed pictures as I build the layers.
Do try these dies and I'm sure you will love them.

The die cuts beautifully in one go!!!All the elements are grouped together. Example-All the elements of poinsettia flower basket are grouped in one left top corner. So you need not hunt for tiny die cuts. Try to keep all the die cuts attached to the paper and use them step by step as you proceed.

  I have started building the fireplace. Colour them with Zig Brush pens.

All the elements and layers of fire place coming together.

Cut a stitched wide rectangle frame and emboss it in basket weave embossing folder.

Cut the best wishes expression . Keep it attached to the card stock. Colour with Zig Brush pen. Adhere to the base.

The finished card measures 5 inches by 7 inches.

Cardinals and birdhouse

Hi, Janja here!

Snow covered grass and bare trees do not offer much comfort to the birds, which are looking for food in our garden in the cold days. Birds will thank us if we hung on a tree a birdhouse with seeds in late autumn.

For the card we need:
- white card base: 5.3 x 5.3" (13,5 x 13,5 cm), folded
- kraft cardstock : 5 x 5" (12,7 x 12,7 cm)
- patterned paper: 4 x 4" (10,2 x 10,2 cm)
- white cardstock: 4.5 x 4.5" (11,5 x 11,5 cm)
- white and brown cardstock
- stencil-snow
- white texture paste
- snow marker
- painting knife
- Distress ink: Festive Berries, Aged Mahogany, Black Soot, Tumbled Glass, Broken China
- Distress marker: Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Black Soot

With two largest dies from basic sets: circle and stitched circle, cut opening in white and kraft cardstock. I like the color of craft cardstock and how it gives a homely feel to the card.
Cut the cardinals and birdhouse from white cardstock with the die cardinals & birdhouse and shadow them with Distress inks.

On kraft cardstock place a stencil and apply a white texture paste over it.

While the snow is drying, cut a bow and tape. For a tape use the die stitched wide rectangle frame. Shadow and attach them to the snow-covered cardstock.

Cut out branches and fence from brown cardstock with the dies: winter branches and garden accessories.
Apply snow with a snow marker.

Assemble the card.

I would like to remind you on our challenge #5 - birthday card. You still have time to share your projects with us. 

That's all for today. Thank you for stopping by. 

  

 

  

Singing birds

Hi everyone, Janja here!

The sun's rays are more powerful every day and in the morning you can listen to the birds singing.
So, today I share with you two cards with birds.

For the cards we need: 

- white card base: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2" (10,8 x 14 cm), folded

- light brown cardstock: 4 x 5.2" (10 x 13 cm)

- patterned paper: 3.7 x 4.7" (9,5 x 12 cm)

- gray cardstock: 3.6 x 4.5" (9 x 11,5 cm)

- white cardstock

- watercolor paper

- Distress inks: Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge, Lawn Mowed, Peeled Paint, Broken China, Faded Jeans, Weathered Wookd, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany and Tea Dye

- Memento ink: Cantaloupe

From the watercolor paper cut out two birds with the tweet die and paint them with Distress inks.

Prepare another cutout and paint it with Distress ink only around the birds. The birds cutout are not removed. Paste them on the back side of the paper.

Once the paper is dry, cut out a rectangle with the largest die from the stitched rectangle set. Paste the colored birds.

Cutout the inscription hello and assemble the card.

For the second card prepare cutouts from white cardstock with the die birdhouse with vine and shadow them.

Place a birdhouse in frame which was cutout with the largest die from the stitched wide rectangle frame set. Stamp inscription and assemble the card.

That's all for today. I hope you like it and thank you for viewing.

Janja

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