Ice Cream Truck Birthday (new die)

Hello CottageCutz 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 new dies in the online store. It's our Sweet Treats release with 13 new designs. They are so perfect for any card making occasion you may have. You can pick up the entire bundle for a limited time savings of 50%. The individual dies are currently 30% off.  

Today for your viewing pleasure I have created a birthday card using the new Ice Cream Truck die.  So, let's get started with some details on how I created my card. 

Design Steps:

I cut the ice cream truck image using the packaging as a guide for the colors. I just loved the pink and purple truck. 

For my card layout, I decided to do a fun fold. I was looking on Pinterest one day and came across a double easel fold design. I thought it would work for my ice cream truck birthday card nicely. Here is a link to a video if you like visuals. 

white card base: 4 1/4" x 11" - scored at 5 1/2"

lemon-lime layer: 4" x 10 1/4", scored at 2 1/2" and at 5"

lemon-lime designer paper: 3 3/4" x 5" and 2 1/4" x 3 3/4"

This is what the layer looks like after the score lines are burnished. 

Next, I attached the designer paper layers. 

Then this layer is attached to the white card base using double sided tape. 

I cut my sentiments in 2 shades of pink. They are from the sentiments w/shadows release. I used Sweet, Happy Birthday and Wishes. 

I attached the sentiments with glue dots. The ice cream truck is attached with dimensional adhesive. To finish off the card I scattered a few pink enamel dots.

 

That's my card for this week. See you again next Saturday. The DT will be showing more samples this week using these new dies. 

Reminder: Our YouTube Channel has a new video from Jen Hartsgrove. There is a giveaway for being a subscriber, liking the video and leaving a comment. Click here. 

dies I used to create card:

Sweet Wishes

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne today.  I have a card that I made for a double challenge - a color and sketch challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches. Talk about a card that went quickly!  The colors AND the layout were decided for me.

Here is the challenge.

I thought this would be perfect to showcase some of the images from the In the Kitchen stamp set.  I didn't have markers in the exact challenge colors so I used close matches in Copic markers and Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends.

 Next I put the card together.  To anchor the images I used a heart stencil in the corner and faded it out as it went to the upper right.

The mixer and flour sack are glued to the card and the apron is popped up using foam dots.

I used the Sweet w/Shadow and Wishes w/Shadow to create the sentiment.

I opted not to use the shadows though in order to keep it clean and simple.  I love the new Lil' Bluebird Designs stamps and the sentiments with shadow dies.  They are so versatile and right now they are on sale in the online store.

Products used:

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

Sweet

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I'm sharing a card that features one of the Sentiments with Shadow die sets which is the newest die release from Cottage Cutz. The whimsical font on these sentiments is so super cute.  I also used one of the Lil' Bluebird Designs stamp and die sets and a die set from the last Slimline die release.  Currently, all of these releases are on sale!

I used card stock to cut out the Honeycomb Background Slimline and the Sweet w/Shadow sentiment.  The bees and trails are from the Love Bugs set.  The bees were watercolored with ink.

The honeycomb panel was placed on a white card base. I ended up die cutting a few honeycombs with the slimline die and adhered the negative pieces for a pop of color.

Next, the bee trails were affixed to my card base.  The sentiment was adhered on the bottom portion of my card.

The adorable bees were added near the trails.  I used some Wink of Stella on their wings for a sparkly affect.

The finished card is one that can be stashed away in the all-occasion pile for a special event!

Here are the products used on my card, available in the store: