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.

 

 

Christmas gift bags

Hello friends !

Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit today. It's Yuliya here. I will be sharing how to make this christmas gift bags

For the gift bags we need:

- CottageCutz dies Fansy Nativity Ornament

- CottageCutz Cross-Stitched Circle Set (Basics)

Other: Scissors, Paper trimmer, Sizzix machine, glue, ribbon, patterned paper, gold embossing powder 

And my tutorial step-by-step.

1. The scheme of my package.

Fold it at: 

1 cm - 1,8 cm - 1,8 cm - 8,7 cm - 1,8 cm - 1,8 cm

Cut the folded lines as it is shown on the picture.

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Big hugs!)

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.

Wisdom Tree Christmas

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

It's a rainy day here in the Eastern U.S. and a slight chill is in the air. One of those perfect days for staying indoors and doing some crafting. And, it's also World Card Making Day. So there is a 2nd reason to get crafty on this first Saturday in October
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Today for your viewing pleasure I am featuring another of the new Christmas 2016 dies. This one is the Wisdom Tree. The words are a wonderful description of what Christmas represents.

So let's get started with some details on how I created my card. I wanted the words to be the focal point so I kept the embellishments minimal and dressed the card up with some patterned paper, ribbon and a few sequins.

Teal Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
White Layering Panel: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
Patterned Paper Panels: 1 1/4" x 5 1/4", 1 1/2" x 5 1/4", 1" x 5 1/4"

I found some odd sized pieces of this patterned paper in my stash but nothing big enough to cover the size panel I was using. So  I decided to cut 3 different size panels for my background. That solved my problem. You know how it is when you want to use something on a card. Nothing else you look at works (lol)!!

My next step was to cut the words from the Wisdom Tree die. I cut it twice just for some added dimension.  I decided to stay with the teal color theme. I used the rectangle and stitched rectangle dies to cut the panels for the words.

I started the assembly process with the background designer paper.  I decided to add some white satin ribbon on this panel. Again just for added interest. I used some Ranger multi-matte medium and attached the words to the white panel.

Secured the image panel to my card with some dimensional adhesive. I wanted this panel raised up from the striped background just a bit. I finished it off with a few teal sequins.

 

Here is a close-up photo of the image panel. I love the beautiful font and die shape and of course the bottom layer with the flourish and "25" finishes the tree perfectly.

I hope my card has given you an idea for using this new die. Well, that's it for me for this post. So until next time.......inky hugs!