Flip Calendar - Part 3

Hi, Lois here again with the third and final post explaining how my flip calendar was constructed.   In addition, I will show how I made the base.

Supplies used in this post:

CottageCutz stamps/dies – On the Farm, Baking in the Kitchen, Aster Flower – September, Marigolds Flower – October

Copic markers

Foam pop dots

Heavyweight cardboard
Scor-Tape
Scor-Pal
Zutter Bind-It-All machine and wires

As I did with the previous months, I stamped, colored and cut the pieces of the scenery for my last four calendar pages.

I then constructed my scenes, as before, adding whatever icons I wished for each month.

Now I was ready to build my base.  It needed to be rather sturdy, so I used heavyweight cardboard.  I cut two panels slightly narrower (5 ¼”) than my calendar pages and 3 ½” longer (10 ¾”).  I scored one of the panels at 7 ¼” and 9”.  The other one I scored at 7 ¼”, but then I cut off 1 ¾” from the end.  This would allow me to be able to fold the base more easily – with less bulk.  In addition I cut a small “hinge” for the top 5 ¼” x 2”, scored at the 1” midpoint.

Using a Zutter Bind-It-All, I punched six holes, centered, at the top of the two base panels and at the mid-point of the “hinge” and then applied two-sided adhesive tape on the “hinge” and the lower panel of the shorter base piece.

Carefully, I attached the pieces together to form the base.

Again, using the Bind-It-All, I punched holes at the top of each calendar page, making sure that they were centered in the machine before I punched.

Using a 1” Zutter wire, I attached the calendar pages to the base.  And my calendar was finished.

At the end of each month, just flip the page and reveal the following month.  After the June page is flipped, all that is necessary is to turn the calendar around for July. 

And, if you wanted to be able to use the calendar again the following year, all you would have to do is make new monthly calendars and carefully replace the old ones.  Here are all the completed pages of my calendar.

I hope you enjoyed the process of making this calendar.  Maybe you'd like to try making one yourself.

CottageCutz stamps and dies used on today's post are:

Flip Calendar - Part 2

Hi, Lois here again with the second part of my flip calendar.  Today’s post covers the months from January through August.

Supplies used for today’s post:

CottageCutz stamps/dies – Spring Grass, Garden Gnomes 1, GardenGnomes 2, Sweet Valentines, Woodlands, Daffodil Flower – March, Daisies Flower– April, Rose Flower – June, Larkspur Flower – July

Copic markers

Ink – Distress Bundled Sage

Sponge dauber

Foam pop dots

 I loved the Birthday Month flower stamp/die sets, but I didn’t necessarily want to have just flowers on my calendar pages.  There are several other stamp/die sets available as well – In the Kitchen, Garden Gnomes, Bee Sweet, Woodlands. as well as others.  I interspersed some of them throughout my calendar.

The January, February, May and August pages were made with the non-flower sets, while the March, April, June and July pages used the appropriate flower for the month.  I stamped, colored and die-cut the images for each month.

After I put the die-cut images onto the white panels, I realized that they needed to be “anchored” by something.  So I die-cut a strip of grass, using the Spring Grass die.  I cut 12 of these strips of grass, one for each page.  This also added continuity throughout the calendar.  This photo was taken before I sponged a bit of darker green around the edges.

I glued the grass strips along the bottom of the white panels and then built my scenes.  I chose which of the icons I wanted for each month and applied them on the appropriate dates.

My next post will show the remaining four calendar pages as well as directions for the calendar base.

CottageCutz dies and stamps used on today's post are:

Flip Calendar - Part 1

Hi, Lois here today.  I was really excited when I saw that CottageCutz was making dies with coordinating stamps.  I've created a project that will cover my next three blog posts.  As you may or may not know, I love making 3-D projects as well as cards.  When I saw two of the dies from the CottageCutz Valentines 2017 release (Calendar Months and Calendar Icons), I immediately knew that I wanted to make a calendar of some sort.  My idea solidified itself after I saw the new stamp/die sets being released.  Here is a photo of my finished project.  My follow-up posts will explain how I made it.

Supplies for today’s post:

Cardstock – white, various colors based on choice of patterned paper

Patterned Paper – DCWV All Seasons 12” x 12” pack

Small monthly calendars or Excel spreadsheet software

CottageCutz dies – Calendar Months, Calendar Icons, Double StitchedRectangles

To start my calendar, I die-cut the months of the year and the icons.  I cut the icons from white cardstock and colored them appropriately with markers.  In addition, I cut a white panel using the largest Double Stitched Rectangles die.

I created a calendar for each month using Excel, cut it out as well as the background cardstock and appropriate patterned paper for each month.  The color scheme of the patterned paper determined the color of the base cardstock.  The photo here is for the month of January.  Each page of the calendar was created in a similar manner.

After adhering the panels onto the blue background panel, I adhered it to a 5 ½” x 7 ¼” white panel.  Each calendar page is two-sided so that the final calendar has six panels (January/December, February/November, March/October, April/September, May/August, June/July).

In my next post, I'll show how I made the scenes on the individual months.

Dies used on today's post are:

Baked with love

Hi, Janja here!

They say that love goes through the stomach. When you want for someone to embellish his day, or show your love for him, cook something good. Or send to the best friend as a little attention a card and home baked cookies.
So today something from our kitchen.

Supplies:
- CottageCutz stamp & die: baking in the kitchen
- kraft card base: 5.3 x 5.3" (13,5 x 13,5 cm), folded
- patterned paper: 5 x 5" (12,7 x 12,7 cm)
- watercolor paper
- colored cardstock
- Distress ink: Festive Berries, Aged Mahogany, Scattered Straw, Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Hickory Smoke, Antique Linen, Ground Espresso

Stamp motives, paint and cut them out.

For layout I chose an older die - parlor table & chairs. I placed all tools on them. Under the table I added a rug - floor lamps, rugs & plant die.

When we are satisfied with the layout, attach the cutouts to background.

Thank you for coming over and have a nice day.  

Cup of Love

Hello everyone!

It's Donna with another Valentine card. I hope you have stopped over at the Scrapping Cottage store to see all the new releases!  If you have not, here is the link most of the newly released dies and stamps are on sale.

I am using the new CottageCutz Cup of Love on my card. I love this die set, there are three cups in the set and you can make them a coffee, tea or hot chocolate cup.....the possibilities are endless and this is a must have in your stash of coffee related dies.  To see all the newly released Valentine dies, click here.

closer look of the card

Here is how I put it together:

1.  Card is an A2 card (4 1/4 x 5 1/2),

2.  All cut all the pieces with the colors I wanted to use on my card,

3.  I inked all the edges,

4.  I used liquid glue to put my pieces together,

5.  I embossed the base of my card,

6.  I then die cut the second to the largest die from the Cottagecutz Stitched Rounded Rectangle set,

7.  I put foam dots on the back of the heart piece,

8.  I added the coffee mugs and all the elements,

9.  I cut two stripes of paper and stamped my image on one piece,

10.  I finished my card off by adding some foam heart dots.

Thank you so much for stopping by, please come back again soon!

Dies Used: