Hey Krafty Friends, Jen from Katahdin Krafts, back with another CottageCutz YouTube video on the CottageCutz Channel. I can't get enough of these adorable strawberries, and had to make another house this week! This time I changed it up with the "Strawberry Cottage" die, and some pattern papers.
Along with the cottage die, I used several dies from the "Strawberries & Bees" release. You can find all the details over on the YouTube Channel!
While over at the channel, make sure you comment and enter to win the adorable "Strawberry Cottage" die, so you can make these fun projects too!
The winner of the "Strawberry Girl" die from my last video is Linda Patterson , you can find all the details on the YouTube Channel!
Melinda here with you on on another sweet TuesDIE. Can you believe it is already August? Whew, time is just flying!!!! Today I am sharing a super cute card and little treat box set I created, featuring dies from the new Strawberries and Bees release.
I used the Strawberry Cottage to create the fun treat box. For the Card I used the Berry Phrases Die set. For the card I also used the Circle Pierced Nesting Die set.
My finished card size is a standard top folding A4 size. The base is white cardstock and then I added a piece of red cardstock. To that, I added a mat of some patterned digital paper I created. I proceeded to cut out the pierced circle in the largest die in white cardstock and the next size down in green cardstock.
I then colored all my strawberries and leaves and stems. I also cut out all the phrases in white cardstock. I then assembled the words and berries onto the green mat.
To Make My Little Box
I started by cutting out a piece of white cardstock to 5.25 x 5.25. I scored it at 1.75 on all four sides. After scoring, I cut out the four corners leaving just enough for glue tabs to assemble the box. See the photo above.
Next I cut out the strawberry cottage two times in plain white cardstock. I lined up the bottom of one and used my ruler to find where up the strawberry the width was 1.25". Once I found that, I cut off the bottom. I did that for two of them. I then went ahead and colored the strawberries with my red marker.
I colored the leaves and stems of the strawberries and adhered them to opposite sides of the box. I also cut out two squares of red cardstock and then the mini strawberry patterned digital paper I created. I cut them out at 1 5/8" and 1 3/8". I adhered them to the sides of the box.
I then cut a strip of the patterned diagonal plaid digital paper. It was approximately .75 x 5.25
I went ahead and assembled the box.
Here you can see I added the strip for a handle. I also added some plaid paper mats to the inside of the box. It finished off the inside and it also helped keep the little handle securely attached to the box. I sandwiched it between the box and the extra mat.
Here's a closer look at the sweet little box. I added some of the adorable flowers, berries and foliage from the die to each side. I also lucked out and found that old-fashioned strawberry candies. I used those for the box.
Be sure to check it out and all the amazing creations from the design team!
Also, don't forget to head over to the CottageCutz YouTubechannel and check out all of the amazing projects on there. Our video team is doing a wonderful job of filling the channel with all sorts of creative content! You don't want to miss it!
Well that about covers it for today! Until the next time, have a wonderfully craft-die day!
4. I cut a piece of white cardstock at 7-7/8" x 2-7/8"
5. On that single layer of white cardstock, I used a stencil and a blending brush to create clouds up top with Distress Oxide ink, and then I added Twisted Lime Distress Oxide ink on the bottom for "grass"
6. Next, I layered that panel to the center of my red scalloped panel. Then I taped that onto the front of my card base.
7. I added 1/8" thick foam adhesive strips to the back of my blue window frames.
*TIP:
To get it on straight, I peeled all the backings off my foam tape and I put it on a wax sheet (the glossy ones that separate the magnet boards from Stamp-n-Storage) --- they work super well for this!! Once I get it centered and adhered at the top, I gently slip the waxy paper out and Voila!
8. I die cut my pieces from white cardstock and colored with Copic markers. Then I glued all my cupcake pieces together.
9. All that's left is to add the CUTE images to my card front with foam tape!
10. I also die cut some sentiments, but in the end, I couldn't fit them onto the front so I added them to the inside.
PRODUCTS I USED:
And here's the whole release!
I hope you enjoyed my card today! Have a craft-astic week :)
Hi everyone! My name is Linh and I'm honored and excited to be here as a guest designer. I have a new video up on the CottageCutz YouTube Channel. I've combined several dies from the Strawberry & Bees Collection to create this sweet scene card. In this scene, our darling Strawberry Gnome Boy is bringing flowers and a pot of strawberries to his beloved Strawberry Girl who lives in a Strawberry Cottage. :)
Hello CottageCutzfriends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us today. It'sMary Marsh here bringing you the Friday edition of the Blog.
Today is the last day of the big Christmas in July sale with savings of up to 65% on selected dies. It ends at 9:00 pm PST. You still have time to shop and pick up the dies that are on your wish list. Since it's the last day of the sale, I thought I would create a card using a couple of the dies that are on sale.
I started my card this week with the colors. The colors for the Splitcoaststampers color challenge #906 were perfect for my outdoor church scene. We were to use real red, garden green and silver.
real red, silver, garden green
Next, I cut the church in the red and green colors plus the allowed neutral shades of kraft and brown.For the snow I used white glitter paper. You could cut the images in white cardstock and then color with your favorite medium. If you follow me on this Blog, you know I like to use colored cardstock for my images.
The Merry Christmas phrase is cut in real red cardstock. The image is large enough that I thought one layer would be enough. Sometimes I double them up, but it wasn't necessary with this die.
For my image panel I used a falling snow embossing folder for added background interest.
Now that my card elements are prepared, I am ready to start card assembly. I attached the church image with double sided tape. For the larger tree, I used dimensional adhesive.
Next, I secured the Merry Christmas phrase with a clear drying glue.
To finish off my card, I attached the image panel to the card base. I kept the panels to just the base and image panel. That way the images would be the star of the show. To get the silver color in, I added these snowflake images from my stash and used a silver sequin in the middle.
Real red card base: 4 1/2 " x 5 3/4"
Image Panel: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
That's it for me for this post. See you next Saturday!
