Brighter Day

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne today with a fun friendship card.  I loved this little squirrel in a slicker when I first saw him and then I found this paper in my stash.  Talk about made for each other!

And to make the card even easier I found this old sketch from Mojo Monday that was perfect!

I cut my red card base and two large patterned papers using the two largest Nested Rectangle dies.  For my red patterned layering piece. I cut it to 5 5/8 inches tall.

The yellow strip is 1 1/2 x 4 inches and the striped strip is 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. I cut the white rectangle using the third largest of the Stitched Rectangle dies.

I assembled all the pieces except for the white rectangle.  The yellow strip starts 1 5/8 inches from the top.

Next I cut my squirrel and accessories from various colors of cardstock using the Spring Showers Buddies and the Rooster and Chick dies. My sentiment is stamped on an oval cut from the Windows Slimline dies.

I adhered my squirrel to the white panel.......

and used foam tape to pop it up from the card front.  (I love those little shoes!)

Finally I placed my sentiment in the corner and added the sun from the Rooster and Chick die set.

I hope my card has brightened your day a bit!  Remember the Slimline release is on sale for a limited time!

Dies used:

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

 

Adventure Awaits

 Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends

It is Pam sharing with you on the blog today!

I have a fun and unique teacher's card for you today.  My niece just finished up her school year, as a teacher, so I thought I would make her a really different end of the year card.  She has a Jeep and loves to go on trips with her family.  So I made her this card but really I think it could be for any teacher getting ready for their summer vacation!  The inside will say enjoy your summer!

Design Steps:

1.  Cut the pieces out using the Safari Cruiser w/Banner die plus green, black, dark brown, grey, and tan card stock

2.  Use a variety of inks and a small applicator to shade the pieces.  When shading is complete assemble the Jeep with a fine tip glue

3.  Using the Safari Phrase die cut out the words twice on dark brown card stock.  Glue them together

4.  Use an Slimline kraft card base and ink the edges.  Use a piece of sunset DP cut slightly smaller then the base, use the Hills Slimline die to create the road.  Spray the road with a black ink to create some texture

5.  Glue the sunset DP to the card base, add the road, glue down the phrase and then the Jeep and your card is complete

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Thank you so much for stopping by!  I hope you have some wonderful adventures this summer!

Take Care and Blessings

Pam

Aloha

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I have a fun card to share for my design team day.  My goal was to create a summer themed card just to say hello.

I used several of the newly released Slimline dies to create my card.  My card base and water background was cut with the Rounded Rectangles Slimline dies. I also used the Hills Slimline for the water and dirt background. The clouds are from the Lift Flaps Stitched Rectangle Slimline die set.  The adorable Surf Mobile was cut out of some bright and cheery card stock.

The combination of ink and basic card stock gives my card base lots of depth and dimension for a tropical appearance.  

Once my background was complete, I affixed the clouds, stamping the "Aloha" sentiment on one of them.  I also trimmed one of the clouds for a better fit on my card.

The surf mobile was the final addition to my card.  The bright colors of the car were perfect for finishing off the bold design.

This will be a fun card to send to that special someone just to say hello or aloha!

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

Happy Birthday Fishes

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing another Throwback Tuesday post. 

I am featuring the Goldfish & Bowl die from the 2018 Black Friday Pet release. I made a birthday card using our newest slimline dies. We have 9 Slimline designs and they are on a 25% off sale. These are wonderful, basic dies that should be a part of every card maker's collection especially if you are liking the new slimline style.

For my card layout, I am using the Splitcoaststampers sketch challenge #854. I thought the fish bowl would work well for element 3 of the sketch. 

I chose a soft blue dotted paper for the card background. This is cut with the 2nd largest Nested Rectangles Slimline die. It measures 3 1/4" x 8 1/4". I cut a white card base the same size as the designer paper and secured with double sided tape. 

I cut my Goldfish and bowl and added those to the card center. For element 4 of the sketch I used a couple more Goldfish. Stamped the punny sentiment and scattered a few white sequins to finish off this card.

That's it for me for this post. I will be back with you again on Saturday. 

dies I used to create card:

Happy Birthday

Hi!

It's Anja here. I have a circus themed card for you today. 

For this card I used:

- Cottage Cutz dies (Clown with Balloons, Circus Tent, Nested Stitched Rectangles Slimline, Grass Slimline, Clouds Slimline),

- Distress Inks,

- dark blue card stock for card base (9,5x22 cm) and background (8x20,5 cm),

- white card stock for die cuts, 

- black pigment ink,

- sentiment stamp,

- acrylic block,

- paper glue. 

 

First I cut and colored the tent and the clown.

Next I cut background paper and made paper stencils for the grass and the clouds. I colored the background paper with Distress Inks. 

I cut additional papers for the background. I made the card base from dark blue card stock.

I added the sentiment to the middle of the background.

I adhered all the layers to the card base and my card was done. 

That's all form me for today. Have a nice Sunday and see you again on next week. 

Anja Z.

 

Cottage Cutz dies I used: