Family Circus

Happy Monday!  It's Jeanne with the Monday post this week and I have a special box card that uses nine of the new Circus dies!  These dies are stupendously cute and are on sale for a limited time.  

When I saw this release I thought of this sentiment that I had in my stash and never used.  I love box cards so I couldn't resist making a FULL BLOWN CIRCUS!

The card folded:

There are many tutorials out there to make box cards.  This one folds to a 5 x 7 size but it could be scaled to an A2 size by placing the elements closer together or not using as many.

I limited my colors to what I think are classic circus colors - red (two shades), yellow and blue (two shades) along with neutrals and used many of the color combinations that are on the packaging.  This cut down my choices when putting my pieces together and made it go a bit quicker.  On some cards I cut everything in white and color with either Copic markers or Distress Oxide ink.  On others I use colored cardstock.  I employed all three techniques on this card!

Although I had a fun sentiment for the front flap, if you do not have  a sentiment you could easily place either the megaphone and "Show Time" or the arrow and "Big Top" across the front while using more of the Circus Snacks (cotton candy and corn dog) on the other small flap. 

The juggling monkey may be my favorite item in the box.  To create the illusion of the clubs in the air I used a 1 1/4 inch acetate circle behind him and glued the clubs to that.  If you look closely at this photo you can see it.  Since he is standing on one foot, I also stabilized him by gluing an acetate strip to his back.

Here are a few more details of the box.

 

 

This box could also be done with just the clown dies.  The Clown with Balloons could be made to juggle just like the monkey!

In my extended family we don't exchange birthday gifts, so I love making special cards like this one.  These are my gifts to the people I love and I know that they appreciate and cherish them.

Dies used:

 

 

 

 

Be sure to stop by the online store for great discounts on this release!  But these discounts are only for a limited time! 

 

Thanks for visiting today.  I hope you have a wonderful week!

Hello

Hi!

It's Anja here. I have a simple card for you today using a bunch of Safari dies. I placed the animals in the garden. 

 

For this card I used:

- Cottage Cutz dies (Safari Camel, Safari Ostrich, Safari Giraffe, Hello, Trellis w/Vines, Pierced Rectangle Set),

- Distress Inks,

- craft card base (15x15 cm),

- white card stock for die cuts,

- green card stock for background (9x12 cm),

- black pen,

- white pen,

- paper glue. 

First I cut and colored all three animals. 

Next I cut and colored the trellis and the sentiment.

Then I cut the largest rectangle from the set and trimmed a bit bigger rectangle from green cardstock.

When I had all the pieces cut and colored I placed it on the card base and glued it together. And my card was done.

I wish you all a nice Sunday and see you again next week. 

Anja Z.

Cottage Cutz dies I used:

 

Pedaling Puppy (new die)

Hello Scrapping Cottage 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 a brand new release of dies in the online store. It's our Circus release with 16 new designs. They are currently on sale at 25% off individual dies. If you purchase the entire bundle you can save 60% off.
Our Safari dies are also on sale at 25% off individual dies.

The Circus dies are so cute for Birthday, Valentine, Thinking of You or even Father's Day cards. Just let your creativity soar. The DT will begin showing some great ideas for ways to use these dies next week. Here is one that I created using the new Clown with Balloons die. 

Today for your viewing pleasure I am featuring the new Pedaling Puppy die and I created a Valentine card. I have several little boys on my list that would love this card. I just have to decide which one will receive it. So let's get started with some details on how I created my card. 

Design Steps: 

I started off my card this week with the layout. I saw this sketch #835 on Splitcoaststampers and decided to use it for my layout.

Once the layout was chosen I selected my designer papers and that determined the card colors. I wanted a background paper that was a bit festive, and I think this paper achieves that look. 

For layer # 2, I embossed the pink cardstock with a heart embossing folder. Layer #4 is the reverse side of the designer paper I used for my background layer. 

 

Turquoise Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Designer Paper: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"

Layer #2: 2" x 4 1/4"

Layer # 3: 1" x 3 1/2"

Layer # 4: 1 1/2" x 4 3/8"

I cut my pedaling puppy from cardstock colors that are in the designer paper. 

I decided to use a heart for the puppy background since it's a Valentine's Day card. I used the largest die from the Heart Set. I picked a punny sentiment to pick up on the bike movement and stamped on an angle in black ink. 

Now I am ready to start card assembly.  I attached all the card layers to the card base with double sided tape.

Secured the heart with double sided tape and attached the image with dimensional adhesive. 

I wanted a bit more of a Valentine theme to my card so I used the 2019 Valentine Phrase & More die and cut some hearts and the Valentine phrase for my card. Cut those in the melon shade of cardstock that coordinates with the embossed panel and the designer paper. 

Well that's it for me for this week. See you next Saturday!

dies I used to create card:

Tons of Love

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne today and I have another Valentine's Day card for you using the Safari dies.  I couldn't decide which of these three images to use with this sentiment so I hit upon using all three and making a slimline card!

I started by choosing a paper that was floral with greenery and in good "Valentine's" colors.  I cut  a panel 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches and a panel 8 3/8 x 3 3/8 inches from the floral.

I cut the animals using three different shades of grey.  (You could also cut them from white and color them using three different shades of grey ink.) I cut three hearts using the Stitched Hearts dies in pink and green to match my paper.

I glued one animal to each heart.  I knew I wanted the elephant in the middle as it is slightly larger than the other two.

To assemble the row of animals I glued one animal to each heart and aligned them using graph paper.  This made it very easy and the lineup turned out perfectly spaced.

I added this to the card front along with some baker's twine.

I stamped and cut out the sentiment and adhered it to the front using foam dots.  This was a very quick card to make and is sure to be a hit with any animal lover!

Dies used:

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

Sunset Sympathy

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends

It is Pam sharing with you on the blog today!

I am making a variety of cards to start off the new year to refill my card stash.  And the one card I always have trouble making is a sympathy card especially when it is needed right away.  So I thought I would make a few a head of time so if needed it won't be do difficult.  I am using two dies from the Safari release the Savanna die and the Safari Watering Hole.  I thought they made a very peaceful scene for a sympathy card. 

Design Steps:

1.  Cut all of the pieces in black using the Savanna die.  I only used the smaller tree, a piece of grass and the birds for this card

2.  Assemble the tree using a fine tip glue and using the Safari Watering Hole die cut out the animals in black card stock

3.  Cut a piece of white card stock 4 x 4 and select your inks to create your sunset.  I cut a circle to mask the sun using the 4th from the largest Pierced Circle die.  First ink 3/4 of the white card stock with the lightest yellow.  Then place down your mask for the sun.  Next ink with the darker yellow working around the mask.  Select your orange ink and ink just to the edge of the darker yellow and last add your red along the edges of the paper.  For the bottom I ripped a Post It note and masked off the ground first the heavier black then moved the mask and used a lighter touch for the top black

4.  Cut a piece of white card stock 4 x 5 1/4 and then cut a circle in the center slightly toward the top.  I used the second from the largest Pierced Circle die.  Stamp your sentiment on the bottom and add a couple of score lines.  Use an A2 black card stock base.  Glue the sunset to the back of the white card stock with the circle cut out then portion onto the black card base.  Add the tree and the animals and your card is complete

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I hope you get a chance to relax and enjoy making some crafty thing whether it is cards, mini albums or scrapbooking!

Blessing

Pam