Ship's porthole

Hi, Janja here!

Today I share with you another card made with the CottageCutz nautical dies.
Let's see how it is made.

For the card you need:

• card base in brown color: 11.4 x 5.7" (29 x 14,5 cm), folded in half
• white cardstock: 5.3 x 5.3" (13,5 x 13,5 cm)
• wooden sheet
• scraps of white and colored cardstock
• transparent PVC foil
• embossing folder
• Distress inks: Antique Linen, Vintage Photo and Wild Honey
• white pigment ink pad
• white chalk paint, brush
• gold and copper metallic paste
• paper cutter

From wooden sheet we cut out 10 strips. They should be 5.1" (13 cm) long and 0.5" (1,2 cm) wide.

Paste them on a sheet of paper and cut it to size 4.9 x 4.9" (12,5 x 12,5 cm). I advise you to use glue and not double-sided tape. 

The whole area is shaded with the Distress ink Vintage Photo and a white pigment ink pad.
Finally it's painted with a white chalky paint.

When the color is still wet, pull with the finger on some places. This will remove color. Little smearing, but at the end, you will be satisfied with the shabby appearance of the wood. 

Now let's start with porthole.

Prepare the cardstock cutouts. For the glass piece use PVC foil. I can't advise you which one is preferred. I always use the thicker one. 

Use embossing folder for pattern on the foil. 

Coat other cutouts with gold and copper metallic paste and glue them together with the foil.  

The fence consists of two CottageCutz dies. Pillars and the rope around them are from the pelican die. Pillars are also cut out of a wooden sheet.  For the rope between the pillars, use the rope corner die.   Seagull flew to the one of the pillars, while we stuck an anchor to another one. The inscription Happy Birthday is glued to the wooden background.

And don't forget on our April challenge - anything goes. You have time to share your projects with us till the end of the month.  Two lucky winners will get the nice awards.   List of dies used:

I hope that you enjoy my company.

Janja

A Sailor's Hello

Hello everyone,

It's Donna here to share with you how to make a square box card. I have lots of pictures to share with you so sit down with a cup of coffee to check out my tutorial. This card box was so much fun to make and I love these sailior dies with lots of other dies that go perfect with them. Here is my square box card.

Here is a closer look of all the elements....a list of each die I used is at the bottom of this post.

Let's get started on how I put this square box card together. To put this box together you will need a cutting board, score board, bone folde, and liquid glue or score tape.  Pictures are below the instructions for your viewing.

1. You will need your cardstock cut to 6" x 12" (I cut a 12 x 12 inch cardstock in half)

2. You will need to score your card stock on the short side at 2", 6", 7 5/8" and 11 1/2. Turn your sheet on the long side and score at 2 7/8 down to the score line of 7 5/8".

3. Take your scissors or cutting board and cut the 2", 6" and 7 5/8 score line down to the 2 7/8 score line (half way down). Cut the 11 1/2 score line half way down. So now you are ready to add your paper to the base of the square box card.

4. This is a picture of the inside of the box. You will need one piece of cardstock cut at 5 5/8" x 3 5/8"4 pieces of cardstock cut at 1 7/8" x 2 3/4 and two pieces at 3 5/8" x 2 3/4". As you can see I used several different patterns.

5. This is a picture of the outside of the box. I used the same measurements I used for the inside of the box.

6. This is your finish box. You will tape the small tab around so that the box closes up.

7.  The box is almost complete.

To put the tabs inside of the card you will need a piece of white card stock 1" x 4 5/8" scored at 1/2" and 4 1/4".  The last step is to cut all your pieces from your dies and put them together and attach them inside the box card.

The card is complete! I hope you will take a shot at making a box card, they are so much fun.