Showing posts with label Cocoa and Sweet Treats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cocoa and Sweet Treats. Show all posts

Monday, November 06, 2017

Sweet Treat Screen Divider Card

Hi, Lois here with my regular Monday post.  It's hard to believe Christmas is right around the corner.  I don't know if you're like me, but I make Christmas cards all year long.  It keeps the panic at bay!  I have a Christmas card today made with a fun new die from CottageCutz, Cocoa and Sweet Treats.


To start my card, I cut my cardstock as follows:

White - 5 1/2" x 10 1/2"
Green - 3 1/2" x 4" (3 panels)
Patterned paper - 3 1/4" x 3 3/4" (3 panels)


I scored the long white panel at 3 1/2" and 7", creating three sections.  Using a Martha Stewart snowflake border punch, I punched along the top of the white panel.  I then lined up the top of the largest Rounded Square die along the bottom edge of the first panel and cut out the "legs" of my screen.  I then duplicated this process on the second and third panels.


I constructed my screen by gluing the patterned paper onto the green panels, which I then glued to the white screen.


Then came the fun.  I die-cut all the pieces from the Cocoa and Tasty Treats die -- some from colored cardstock and the majority from white cardstock.



I colored the white pieces with Copic markers and constructed my images.  Note the top of the cup for the first panel.  It is cut from a small piece of vellum.


All that remained was to glue the cups and treats to the panels and stamp the sentiments.


Be sure to check out all the dies in the new Christmas release over on the CottageCutz website.  Dies used on my card today are:

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzcocoaandsweettreats.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzroundedsquaresetbasics.aspx


Friday, November 03, 2017

A Cup of Warmth

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne posting today.  The card I'm sharing today uses three dies; one of which is a personal favorite.

I love cute cards (actually I love most ALL styles of cards) and I really like Mr. Snuggles.  Today, I made him a polar bear hugging a cup of cocoa from one of the new Christmas dies - Cocoa and Sweet Treats.  This is an A2 side fold card.  The card base is 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 folded to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.

I started by cutting a panel from plaid paper that was 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches.  I cut three blue panels and one white panel with the Rectangle set. 

The sentiment was stamped on the white panel.  I stacked and glued the blue panels together and then glued the white panel on top.  This gives a nice edge to the white panel and allows it to be popped up off the card face without using foam dots or tape.  When creating a stacked panel, the Rectangle Set is super helpful.  It's important that the panels all be the EXACT same size - something difficult to do with a paper cutter but very easy with a rectangle die.

I added two ribbons that match some of the plaid lines.  One was placed under the white sentiment panel and the smaller one I placed on top.
I die cut the bear, cocoa, steam and snowflake from white card stock.  I used blue for the cocoa cup.  Copic markers were used to color the cocoa for inside the cup, ear insides and nose; I used a multi-liner pen for the bears eyes.  To give him some depth, I sponged his edges in a light grey ink.

Finally, I glued him together and added him to the sentiment panel along with a few buttons.
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzcocoaandsweettreats.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzmrsnuggles3x3.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzrectanglesetbasics.aspx
Have a great weekend - see you next Friday!