Silly Reindeer Skiing

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. 

Our Christmas dies are in the online store. And, you can still pick them up on a 25% sale. We have  Christmas Part 1 (22 new designs), Christmas Part 2 (21 new designs) and Christmas Part 3 (11 new designs). Even though Halloween is in the history books for 2020 you can still pick up the Halloween release dies (14 new designs) at a 25% savings and you will be set for next year's cardmaking. 

Today, I have for your viewing pleasure a card featuring the new Silly Reindeer Skiing die from the Christmas Part 1 release. . This die is too cute, and I thought it would be perfect for a family member who like to ski. 

But don't limit it to Christmas. It would also work for a winter birthday card or as a thank you for a Christmas gift received. So let's get started on some details of how I created my card.

Design Steps:

I knew I wanted to make a snowy scene with the reindeer, so, I looked for some background designer paper. I found this blue (pool party) paper and paired it with a white layer panel and then a red card base. I made this slightly larger than the A2 size card.

Red Card Base: 4 1/2" x 5 3/4"

White Layering Panel: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

designer Paper Layer: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"

Next, I cut the reindeer in colors to match the designer paper. I used red & green cardstock because these are Christmas reindeer after all!

I cut a couple of snow slopes for the reindeer to ski down. I added some chunky white glitter to put some sparkle on the slopes. 

I attached these to the designer paper with double sided foam adhesive to lift the slopes off the background. 

Now the reindeer images are ready to be attached. I also used the double sided foam adhesive to attach. 

After I attached the snow slopes I realized I forgot to stamp my sentiment. Fortunately, The dimensional adhesive was used on the top of the slope and the bottom part was flat. I used my MISTI to stamp the sentiment in red ink and it only required one inking for a good impression. 

To finish off my card I attached the image panel to the white layer with double sided tape. Then it was attached to the red card base. I used a few red glitter enamel dots for some added interest. 

And, that's my card for this week. I hope I have given you an idea for a way to use this cute die for a Christmas card. See you next Saturday! This die is on sale at 25% off. See it in the online store here. 

die I used to create card:

No Peeking 'til Christmas Gift Card Holders

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne today with gift card holders using the new Christmas Pals Peekers die from Part 2 of the new Christmas release.  Gift cards are my go to gift at Christmas for both my immediate and extended family.

These tag holders are super easy to create and can be attached to a present or hung on the tree.  

To start I cut all my characters from white cardstock using the Christmas Peekers die.

I used Copic Markers to do most of the coloring. I did a bit of shading using Distress Oxide ink in Pumice Stone for the Santa Gnome's beard and hat, and Tumbled Glass for the Snowman and the Penguin's hat.  I used Antique Linen and Tea Dye to color the Santa Gnome's skin.

I will show how I created one of the holders.  All holders were made the same way.

I cut a piece of patterned paper 3 x 6 inches and a piece of coordinating cardstock the same size.  I used a permanent tape runner to adhere these together.

I have a corner punch which I used to round the top corners and a slit punch which gave me the hole for the ribbon.  You could also simply cut the top corners at an angle and use a hole punch for the ribbon.

Next I cut the pocket from the same cardstock using the Fancy Pocket Plus die and heat embossed the sentiment. 

Because I was making several, I used my stamping platform and did all my stamping at one time.

I folded and glued my pocket together before putting it on my card.  I placed several acrylic blocks on top and left them for several minutes to give it a good seal.

I then glued it to the tag and added my peeker!

I cut a 16 inch length of coordinating ribbon and tied it at the top.  Now my tag is ready to hang on the tree!

These are very easy to assemble.  I chose to make each of my tags different, but if you use a paper that's appropriate for all of the characters (stripes, plaid, dots, etc) you can get eight tags from one 12 x 12 inch sheet of patterned paper!  My patterns were on paper so I needed the cardstock backing for stability, but if you use 12 x 12 patterned cardstock you can even eliminate one step!

And now for a little extra:  After I had completed these tags I decided that these would be perfect for my tree and immediate family, but I needed a fourth one.  (I'll be making more for the nieces and nephews).  I wanted something different and in looking through my dies...

I found the Gingerbread Baker from the new Christmas Part 1 release is perfect as a peeker for a gift card!

Be sure  to visit the online store where the new Christmas Release (Parts 1, 2, and 3) are on sale for a limited time!

Dies used:

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

Reindeer with Tree

 Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends,

It is Pam sharing with you on the blog today and I hope you are all doing well!

The design team is continuing to create cards from our new releases.  The dies are from Christmas Part 1 (22 designs), Christmas Part 2 (21 designs), and Christmas Part 3 (12 designs).  All of these fabulous dies are on sale right now in the store for 25% off.  Just click here to check them out.

I am well on my way with my Christmas cards and I only have about 10 more to go!  I am using the Reindeer w/Tree today. This little reindeer needed a Christmas tree so he ventured out into the forest and chopped one down! I think he got a really great tree!

Design Steps:

1.  Using the Reindeer w/Tree die cut out green, brown, tan, red, dark brown, and black card stock

2.  Shade the pieces using a variety of ink colors.  I used TH's and Stampin Up inks with a small applicator.  Glue the pieces together with a fine tip glue

3.  For the background cut out 3 additional pine trees in green and some birch trees in gray using the Birch Tree die.  Glue the birch trees down first then pop up 2 pine trees

4.  Cut a bank of snow out of white glitter card stock and pop it to the bottom of the card

5.  Last glue the blue panel to an A2 white card base.  Pop on the reindeer and the sentiment and your card front is complete

6.  For the inside I used a embossed white panel added a pine tree and the sentiment

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I appreciate your time and comments!

Blessings

Pam

Sending Holiday Cheer!

Hello!  This is Sukie and today is my day to feature a card for my design team post.  I'm having a blast showcasing the new Christmas die sets.  All of the die sets are so fun and perfect for those holiday creations!

I cut out the Christmas Camper and all of it's elements along with a few extra trees.  I used Oxide Inks to shade all of my die cuts.  The trees were splattered with white paint.

My card base was created by blending some ink on white cards stock.  I splattered the inked background with some paint for a snowy appearance.  However, I may have gotten a bit carried away a created a blizzard instead of just some snow.

Once I added my card panel, I decided to hand cut a couple of hills to add along the bottom edge.  I inked them slightly for a bit of dimension.

The Christmas Camper was placed at the focal point of my card, slightly tucked into the hills. The monochromatic blues are so pretty for a Christmas card.

The trees were scattered amongst the hills.  I trimmed a couple of the trees so that they would be different heights on the hills.  The sweet snowman was tucked amongst the trees.

The sentiment was stamped on a hand cut flag and was added to my card as the final finishing accent.

Here is the die set that I used on my card, available in the store:

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a spectacular day!

A Sweet Christmas

I hope you had a wonderful weekend!  It's Jeanne today with a sweet card to start the week.  As I mentioned in this post, gingerbread is one of my favorite themes for Christmas.  And the new Christmas releases have some wonderful gingerbread and baking themed dies.

My card today uses two of the dies - Gingerbread Cottage and Sweet as a Christmas Cookie.  For this card I used paper that came from the same paper pack as my previous gingerbread card.

For this card I wanted to see more "sweet" in keeping with the sentiment.

I used white glitter paper for the frosting on my house and also for my gumdrops.  It was easy to color the glitter paper with Copic markers.

I also wanted my peppermints to shine, so after assembling them I covered them in Glossy Accents. I used Distress Oxide ink in Vintage Photo to "brown" the cookies, house and card.

Be sure to visit the online store where the new releases are on sale for a limited time!

Dies used:

 

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