Santa & Reindeer Truck

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). 

Today, I have for your viewing pleasure a card featuring the new Santa & Reindeer Truck from the Christmas Part 2 release. It's one of those whimsical dies that would make a really cute Christmas card. So let's get started on some details of how I created my card.

Design Steps:

I started my card this week with the Splitcoaststampers sketch #827.  I noticed the option of doing a pocket card and I thought this die would be cute on a tag to fit in the pocket. Here is a link to a YouTube video for step by step instructions. 

I cut my shaded spruce (green) cardstock to 4 1/4" x 11". I scored at 5 1/2" and then again on one side at 1 1/4". 

 

Then fold at the score lines with a bone folder for a nice burnished edge. I used a corner rounder and rounded the flap and the top portion of my card.

Next, I added Scor-tape or any strong adhesive to the outer edges of the top portion of the card. That forms the pocket. 

I decorated the front panel with a plaid designer paper and layered with a brushed gold cardstock. Attached with double sided tape.

 

Gold panel: 4 1/8" x 4 1/16"

Designer Paper Panel: 4" x 3 15/16"

I wanted to use ribbon but not make a bow like they did in the tutorial. I attached a 3/8" cherry ribbon and secured it underneath the flap. Then added more Scor-tape to the top of the flap to seal it. 

For element 4 of the sketch, I used the Santa's Express Tag die from the Christmas Part 1 release. I cut it once in white cardstock and then again in cherry cardstock. I did a die inlay technique and added the cherry letters to make the white tag pop. The card pocket is finished.

Now I am ready to start the tag that will be placed on the inside of my card. I cut the images using the cardstocks cherry cobbler & shaded spruce to match the card front designer paper. I cut a tag using the mail tag set using some snowflake designer paper. This piece had the background colors I was looking for. 

Looks like this die is out of stock but what you could do is cut a piece of cardstock 3 1/4" x 5" for the image. That's what the tutorial shows to do. I wanted mine to be a tree decoration and the friend I am sending this too likes these tags for her Christmas tree. 

 

I resized this tag to make it 5 1/4". Here is some info on how I did that. I cut a piece of cardstock to 5 1/4". Taped it on the cutting plate of my Big Shot. 

 

Ran it through leaving about 3/4" uncut. 

Then I moved the die to the end of the cardstock and I made sure to line up the edges of the die with the already cut edges. I turned it around so the uncut edge would go through the Big Shot on this pass. Sorry I forgot to take a photo of this part of the process. But here is a photo of the finished tag with the die to show the difference in length. 

This is what the card looks like when it is together. I originally had cherry bakers twine on the tag and then changed it to the cherry ribbon I used on the pocket front. Then,  I changed it again to add gold cording tied in a bow. I like it better this way. 

Well, that's it for me for this week. I hope I have given you a different idea for a way to use this cute new die. See you next Saturday!

die I used to create card:

Hang in There!

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne today and I have a card of encouragement for those feeling overwhelmed by the holidays (and aren't we all feeling that way?)  This cute Santa is hanging on and I want to tell him and others "don't let go - hang in there!"

I used Copic markers and Distress Oxide inks to color the pieces of the image.  I assembled much but not all of the image.

I cut a green A2 card base, a panel 4 x 5 1/4 inches from a pine tree patterned paper, a white oval using the largest of the Nested Stitched Scalloped Oval dies, and an oval using the second largest of the Stitched Oval dies.

Using a stencil and DO ink I stenciled clouds on the Stitched Oval and stamped my sentiment close to the bottom.

Then I adhered my Santa to the oval just above the sentiment.  I knew I would need to adjust the branch so that is why I had not completely assembled the Santa before putting it on the card.

I trimmed the branch from the oval and glued it to the scalloped oval to form the medallion.

I tied a ribbon around the pine panel and added a small pine cone to the bow.  The love how this pattern is like  the tree Santa fell through!  The panel is glued to the card front.

I used foam tape and popped the medallion up off the front of the card.

The holidays can be stressful and I love how this little guy is hanging in there!

Be sure to visit the online store where the Christmas releases (Parts 1, 2 and 3) are 25% off for a limited time!

Dies used:

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

Country Christmas

Good Morning Scrapping Cottage Friends,

It is Pam sharing with you on the Thursday post.

Just a reminder that our online store is featuring some beautifully detailed Christmas dies.  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.

Today,  I am working with the Farm Truck Ornament die.  I just love the country feel to this sweet little ornament.  This is a quick and easy card great for multiples!

Photo by Марьян Блан | @marjanblan on Unsplash

Design Steps:

1.  Using the Farm Truck Ornament cut it out of a deep red, using the 4th from the largest Pierced Circle die cut one out of a grey parchment paper, using the Lantern with Pine Boughs cut out 2 different green shades of card stock. I made 3 cuts to get the amount of pine boughs I needed

2.  Use an A2 grey parchment base, cut a deep red piece of card stock 4 x 5 1/4 and a piece of plaid DP 3 3/4 x 5.  Glue the red and plaid paper together then glue to the base card

4.  Glue the pierced circle to the card as shown and then glue the ornament on the top of the circle be careful to get it lined up.  Arrange the pine boughs in the upper left corner of the card

5.  To complete the card add a small ribbon to the upper left hand side of the card

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have time to get crafty!

Blessings

Pam

Holiday Deliciousness

Hello!  This is Sukie and I have another holiday card to share today for my design team post.  There are 3 Christmas die releases in the store with so many amazing die sets.  This card is full of Christmas cheer!

I started by cutting all of the pieces to make the adorable Gingerbread Baker using card stock. The pieces were easy to put together.  I love how he's sitting on a rolling pin with the spoon in his hand!

I found the snowflake pattern kraft card stock in my stash.  I used an oval die cut to add some white ink to the card panel. I simply held the oval in place and inked all the way around the inside of the oval.

The card base was created with layers of kraft and white card stock and then finished off with the pattered snowflake paper.

I affixed the Gingerbread Baker to the center of my card base. The soft inked oval in the background keeps the die cuts from blending into the background.

The sentiment is from the APB - This is December #2 stamp set which was heat embossed on some red card stock for a pop of color.  The cheery sentiment is definitely a fun addition!

The kraft, red and white gives this card a warm and cozy feel to it.  It's one of my favorite color combinations for holiday cards!

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

Sweet Christmas Wishes

Hello!  This is Sukie and I have a slime line Christmas card to share.  Today's card features several of the new dies from the 3 Christmas die releases in the store.  

I selected some yummy treats to showcase on my card.  The die sets I used for the cupcakes include: Upside Down Santa Cupcake, Reindeer Christmas Cupcake, Gnome Cupcake and Snowman Christmas Cupcake. All of the pieces were cut from card stock, pieced together and popped up on card stock for some dimension.  I added a tiny bit of Stickles to a few of the die cut pieces.

The tiny cupcakes and gingerbreads are from the Baking Spirits Bright die set.  They were used as embellishments to highlight the heat embossed sentiment.  The sweet treats on this card all work together perfectly and make for a yummy card.

Here are the die sets used on my card, available in the store:

Christmas Joy

Hi!

It's Anja here. For today's post I made a clean and simple card in a smaller format. I replaced the snowman from Joy Snowman die with a snowman and a reindeer.

For this card I used:

- Cottage Cutz dies (Snowman & Reindeer, Joy Snowman, Nested Stitched Scallop Rectangle Set, Circle Set),

- Distress Inks and Oxides,

- white card base (10x12,5 cm),

- white card stock for die cuts,

- white pigment ink,

- black pen,

- white pen,

- acrylic block,

- snowflake stamp,

- paper glue. 

First I cut and colored the snowman, reindeer and both letters.

Next I cut a rectangle out of white card stock. I used the largest die from the set. Next I cut a circle out of the rectangle. I used the fourth largest die from the set.

I colored the night sky directly to the middle of the card base. I used Distress Oxide ink for coloring. When dry I stamped the snowflakes on the blue night sky.

When all the pieces were ready I glued it together and my card was done.

 

 

That's all from me for today. Have a nice Sunday and see you again next week. 

Anja Z.

 

Cottage Cutz dies I used: