Hello! This is Sukie and today I'm sharing a whimsical card for my design team day! There's a brand new Circus die release in the on line store consisting of 16 new die sets. They are all currently on sale and I'm showcasing one of them on my card this week.
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
You're Elephant-astic!
Monday, January 11, 2021
Family Circus
Happy Monday! It's Jeanne with the Monday post this week and I have a special box card that uses nine of the new Circus dies! These dies are stupendously cute and are on sale for a limited time.
When I saw this release I thought of this sentiment that I had in my stash and never used. I love box cards so I couldn't resist making a FULL BLOWN CIRCUS!
I limited my colors to what I think are classic circus colors - red (two shades), yellow and blue (two shades) along with neutrals and used many of the color combinations that are on the packaging. This cut down my choices when putting my pieces together and made it go a bit quicker. On some cards I cut everything in white and color with either Copic markers or Distress Oxide ink. On others I use colored cardstock. I employed all three techniques on this card!
Although I had a fun sentiment for the front flap, if you do not have a sentiment you could easily place either the megaphone and "Show Time" or the arrow and "Big Top" across the front while using more of the Circus Snacks (cotton candy and corn dog) on the other small flap.
The juggling monkey may be my favorite item in the box. To create the illusion of the clubs in the air I used a 1 1/4 inch acetate circle behind him and glued the clubs to that. If you look closely at this photo you can see it. Since he is standing on one foot, I also stabilized him by gluing an acetate strip to his back.Here are a few more details of the box.
This box could also be done with just the clown dies. The Clown with Balloons could be made to juggle just like the monkey!In my extended family we don't exchange birthday gifts, so I love making special cards like this one. These are my gifts to the people I love and I know that they appreciate and cherish them.
Dies used:
Sunday, January 10, 2021
Hello
Hi!
It's Anja here. I have a simple card for you today using a bunch of Safari dies. I placed the animals in the garden.
For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Safari Camel, Safari Ostrich, Safari Giraffe, Hello, Trellis w/Vines, Pierced Rectangle Set),
- Distress Inks,
- craft card base (15x15 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- green card stock for background (9x12 cm),
- black pen,
- white pen,
- paper glue.
First I cut and colored all three animals.
Next I cut and colored the trellis and the sentiment.
Then I cut the largest rectangle from the set and trimmed a bit bigger rectangle from green cardstock.
When I had all the pieces cut and colored I placed it on the card base and glued it together. And my card was done.
I wish you all a nice Sunday and see you again next week.
Anja Z.
Cottage Cutz dies I used:
Saturday, January 09, 2021
Pedaling Puppy (new die)
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.
We have a brand new release of dies in the online store. It's our Circus release with 16 new designs. They are currently on sale at 25% off individual dies. If you purchase the entire bundle you can save 60% off.Our Safari dies are also on sale at 25% off individual dies.
I wanted a bit more of a Valentine theme to my card so I used the 2019 Valentine Phrase & More die and cut some hearts and the Valentine phrase for my card. Cut those in the melon shade of cardstock that coordinates with the embossed panel and the designer paper.