Showing posts with label CottageCutz Double Stitched Rectangle Set. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CottageCutz Double Stitched Rectangle Set. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 07, 2023

Easy DIY Placecards For Thanksgiving

Happy Tuesday crafty friends,
I hope your day is going well. Today I am sharing some super cute, fun and easy place cards for our upcoming Thanksgiving dinner table. Here's what I have.



I started by cutting out all my pieces in white so that I could color them in. I used most of the cute little critters from the Autumn Friends Die.

I knew I would need a total of 6 place cards so I cut them out in quantities and then colored the pieces in quantities. 

I then cut out my mats and the base. The base pieces are 4.25 x 4. I fold and scored them along the 4" side to make the finished "tent" a 4.25 x 2 size.

Here is a closer look at the "Dad" one. I used the cute little bear, tree trunk, pumpkin and acorn from the  Autumn Frinds die set. I also used the Wagon Wheel and then the Double stitched mat and the funky stitched mat. I then hand wrote the names.

Here is a closer look at the Grandpa place card.

Here is a closer look at Jason.


Here is one last look at all the cards again. I think they turned out super cute! I may have a few more to make if some additional guest come.


Dies Used


Autumn Friends


Wagon Wheel

Double-Stitched Rectangle

Wacky Stitched Rectangle Set

Well that about covers it for today, Be sure to come back by and see what the rest of the designers are creating! Until the next time, have a wonderfully crafty day!

-Melinda

Friday, September 30, 2022

Hangin' with my Gnomies

Hello CottageCutz 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.

It's new release time!!! We have new dies in the online store. It's our Halloween release with 22 new designs. So many whimsical designs that are perfect for your Halloween card-making.  They are currently on sale with 30% off individual dies. The sale is just for a limited time so hurry over to the online store to make your selections.

For my card sample today, I am featuring the new Spooky Tree Gnome die. So let's get started with some details of how I created my card. 

Design Steps:

I started my card this week with the colors from the Splitcoaststampers color challenge #915. We were to use soft suede, pale papaya and pear pizzazz. Optional was to add any darker or lighter shades of the challenge colors. 
I wanted to see if I could use one of the new dies to create a Halloween card. I took the option and used darker shades of all the colors. 
soft suede, pale papaya, pear pizzazz
I also found this sketch online and thought it would work well for my card. Sketches always help to give my creativity a jump start.
I selected a designer paper from my collection for the card background. I liked the leaf design on the paper and thought it complemented the sleeping gnome. For the image panel I used the largest die (3 1/4" x 4 1/4") from the Double Stitched Rectangle set. 
I cut the images from the Spooky Tree Gnome die in cardstock using darker shades of the color challenge. For the pale papaya, I used pumpkin pie, for the pear pizzazz I used old olive and mossy meadow and for soft suede I used choc chip and a metallic brown cardstock (cat's bowtie).
Next, I stenciled a few stars with pumpkin carved ink and stamped my sentiment in choc chip ink. When I started card assembly I realized, I stamped the sentiment too low on the panel, so I redid it. But I forgot to take another photo. You can see the re-do in the photo below.
Now that all my elements are prepared I am ready to start card assembly. I attached the spooky tree gnome with clear drying glue. 
Attached the designer paper to the card base with double sided tape. 
To finish off my card I attached the image panel to the card base with dimensional adhesive. Scatter a few pale papaya gems for added interest. 
That's my sample for this week. I hope I have given you an idea for a way to use this new Spooky Tree Gnome

Make sure you stop by the Blog on Sunday. We are having a group post with samples featuring the Halloween dies. 

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Dies I used to create card:




  

Sunday, January 30, 2022

Bunny Peeker Treat Box w/ Bonus Card

Happy Sunday Scrapping Cottage friends!
Melinda here with you today. It's another Sunday Funday and I hope you are enjoying some crafting! I am sharing a little more spring inspiration featuring dies from the new SPRING RELEASE! Today's project is a super cute little box with the adorable new Peeker Bunny w/ Pocket Die for the front!

The new Peeker Bunny w/ Pocket Die is part of the fantastic new Spring Release! I started by cutting out my die pieces in white cardstock. I then colored my various pieces in with my markers. I did also cut out the pocket piece in blue cardstock as well as a patterned paper for the sides of the box mats from my Doodlebug paper pad.


I decided to make my Peeker Bunny w/ Pocket the front of a cute little treat box, instead of a card. The box size I ended up using comfortably holds 3 Ghirardelli Chocolate Squares with some tissue. That's the perfect amount for a little gift for your co-worker's, teachers, etc. this spring season.

Box Assembly
I settled on starting with a piece of paper 5.25 x 5.25 size.


I scored all four sides at 1 5/8th. That is the next 1/8" line past the 1/2" mark.

Here is what it looks like when scored. It is not a perfect square size. I settled on this size to match the width of the pocket piece as close as possible.

Next you will want to cut it as shown. The easiest way to remember how to do this is just cut the line of the outside score to the first cross line. Then do a quarter turn and repeat. Do this all the way around. You will also want to cut a little slice out so that it makes assembly easy.

This photo shows you where to apply your adhesive. You will put it on the "top" of each of the four corner tabs you created. Once you do this, simply fold up the box and adhere the sides.

Here is what it looks like assembled.

This is a slight segue. I wanted to share all the various size boxes I worked up before I settled on my size. I wanted to come up with one that was as close to the width of the pocket without making it too complicated. Can you tell I am not the greatest at math?....LOL!

Here is one more look at the finished box. After I assembled it and took my photos, I realized I left off the sweet little ladybug that sits on top of the flower!!!! UGH! SOOOO.... I had to get it on somewhere!!! 

So I whipped up this cute card. I had extra pieces, so this came together easily. 
My finished card size is a 5x5 top folding card. I used a piece of white cardstock for my base. I then used the same blue cardstock for the pockets as a base mat. On top of that I layered some Doodlebug patterned flowers paper, a strip of some of the bright green paper in the same pad. I then used the Wacky Stitched square for another base and then some more Doodlebug patterned paper for a mat. I set my sweet little bunny in her pocket on top of that. I did add a little foam tape to the back of the die cuts to give them just a bit of lift and dimension.

Here is a side view. You can see that sweet little ladybug on top of this flower. 


Here you can see I used the double stitched rectangle and the hello and spring words from the Hello Spring Bunny Cottage.




The Dies I used to create this project:







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Well that about covers it for today! Until the next time, have a wonderfully crafty day!
Melinda Beltran

Sunday, December 05, 2021

Quick and Easy Christmas Tags


Happy Sunday Scrapping Cottage friends! Melinda here with another project share. Today I am showcasing a couple of quick, easy and cute gift tags for Christmas.

Here is a look at my tags.
I used the super cute Gnome Santa Gnome w/ Silly Reindeer Die.

I cut the reindeer out of white cardstock. I then used my brown marker to color his body in.
I then used some chalks and some white gel pen for some extra touches.


Here's a closer look at the Reindeer tag. I used the fine tip pen to write Merry Christmas. 

I finished off the tag by mounting it onto the Green patterned paper and the Black paper for mats. I put all that onto the Scallop stitched rectangle die for the base. I added a little red jingle bell and twine bow for a finishing touch.

Here is a closer look at tag two with the cute little Santa Gnome I used the smallest die from the scallop stitched rectangle set for the sentiment.

The Dies I used to create these projects:






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Make sure to come back by each day for some more great crafty inspiration from the super talented team. Don't forget to head over and take advantage of the great savings on these and more of the fabulous Sale!

Be sure to head over and check out the fantastic
CHRISTMAS PART 2 RELEASE!!!!
SOME AMAZINGLY CUTE DIES! 
This release has the Merry Christmas with Shadow die.

CHRISTMAS PART 1 RELEASE!!!!
SOME MORE AMAZINGLY CUTE DIES! 


Until the next time, have a wonderfully crafty day!
Melinda Beltran