Peeking Santa

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. Hope you are enjoying your summer. It's been so hot and humid here in the Pittsburgh area. So I thought I would cool things done a bit and bring you a Christmas card.

There isn't a new release of dies for July,  so we have decided to have a throwback month.  The team will be featuring some of our previously released dies to give you fresh ideas for using them.

My favorite TV shopping channel is having a big Christmas in July event. And, of course, I already started my Christmas shopping. 
Since, I am in the Christmas spirit I am featuring the Santa Peeker and the Peeker Pocket. dies. Let's get started with some details on how I created this card.
Step 1: This week I started with my layout. I saw this one on Splitcoaststampers and thought it would work great for the card that I had in mind. It would allow me to use Christmas patterned paper as well as traditional Christmas colors.

Step 2: I chose my colors for my card. The card base 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" (#1) is red and I chose a matching patterned paper 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" for layer #2.

For layer 3 on the sketch, I am using the peeker pocket.

Layer #4 is red cardstock cut at 1/2" x 5 1/2".

Layer #5 is mossy meadow twine that matches the peeker pocket.

Step 3: Started cutting the die cut elements. First up is my peeker pocket. I used mossy meadow cardstock that picks up the color in the patterned paper.

Next, I cut the Santa. I colored his face and nose with Copic Markers EOO (skin white) & E02 (fruit pink). The arms, hat & beard are cut in cardstock. For the holly on his hat, I used wink of stella pen for a bit of bling.

The last die cut piece is my sentiment. I thought Believe was so appropriate with a Santa image. The word is from the Believe w/Holly Flourish die.

Step 4: Started my card assembly.

I thought the twine needed something else so I tied a little bow and used a red enamel dot center.  Attached the believe phrase with Ranger multi matte medium to complete my card.

 

Well that's it for me for this week. I hope I have given you a bit of inspiration if you own this pocket and Santa die. If you don't have them, they are still available in the online store. See you next Saturday.

 

dies I used to create card:

 

 

 

 

  

Love Bandit

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne posting today with throwback card featuring previously released dies. These Forest Peekers are always fun because there are so many ways and occasions to use them.

To start, I cut all the pieces from white card stock and used Copic markers to color them.  The marker colors are listed in the photos below.

When I was finished coloring, I assembled the main components.

Next, I stamped the sentiment on vanilla card stock and used the middle Nested Scallop circle die to cut it out.  I then sponged the edges with some Soft Suede ink and colored in the heart with the R29 marker.

I cut an A2 card base from vanilla card stock and two panels - one solid and one patterned.  These are each 1/8 inch smaller the previous one.

I stacked and adhered these together, then glued the images to the front of the card.

I used a white gel pen to add dots to the mushrooms.  The sentiment circle is popped off the card using foam dots.

Dies used:

I hope you enjoyed this card today.  The Forest Peekers are so much fun!  This set comes with a fox and racoon but there are several other dies with different animals if you have a favorite forest critter.

Thanks for stopping by and have a creative weekend!