Showing posts with label Double-Stitched Circle Set. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Double-Stitched Circle Set. Show all posts

Monday, December 25, 2017

Happy Bee-Day!

Hi, Lois here today wishing you a very Merry Christmas.  I hope you are enjoying your day with family and friends.  I'm happy you took a little time out of this special day to check out my card, which is made with several CottageCutz dies.  The stamp/die combos that were released last spring will be ON SALE right after Christmas, so I thought it would be appropriate to use one of them today.  Be sure to check out the CottageCutz store for the sale.

The focal image of my relatively simple birthday card is Bumblebee Chloe.


To start my card, I stamped Chloe onto some white cardstock . . .


. . . and colored her with Copic markers.  I used a clear Wink of Stella brush on both her wings and the wings of the little bee buzzing around the daisy.


I then die-cut her out using the coordinating framelit die.


I cut out the card base and circle elements as follows:

Card base - heavyweight black 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
Patterned paper - 5 1/4" x 4"
Black circle - largest Stitched Scallop circle
White circle - 2nd largest Double-stitched circle



Using Versafine Onyx Black ink, I stamped the sentiment on the patterned paper and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.


I then scored the black card base at 4 1/4" and constructed my card, adding a strip of black and white ribbon behind the layered circles.


I adhered three large foam pop dots to the back of my die-cut of Chloe . . .


. . . and placed her in the center of the circle.  And my card was complete.


CottageCutz dies used on my card are;

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

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

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzdouble-stitchedcirclesetbasics.aspx


Don't forget to check out the After Christmas Sale on the CottageCutz website starting tomorrow, December 26.

Monday, October 23, 2017

Christmas Tag Cards

Hi, Lois here today.  I have created a project made with one of the new Christmas dies -- Christmas Tags.  BUT . . . instead of using the tags as they were intended, I thought it would be fun to make three small square cards with them.



First I cut the cardstock and patterned paper.  The card bases are 4 1/4" x 8 1/2", scored in half; and the patterned paper layers are 4" square.


I scored the cardstock in half and adhered the patterned paper to each one.


Then I cut the pieces using the Christmas Tags die.  The tags were cut from fun foam, and the small embellishment pieces were all cut from white cardstock and colored with markers -- except for the snowflakes, which were cut from silver paper.


To make adhering the small embellishment pieces easier, I ran them through my Xyron X sticker maker . . .


. . . then I constructed the tags.


Using the second largest Double-Stitched Circle die, I cut three colored circles, and using the second largest Nested Stitched Scallop Circle die, I cut three white circles.


All I had to do then was construct the circles, add foam dots to the undersides and adhere the tags.


I wanted  to show that you can use dies for something other than their original purpose.  CottageCutz dies used on my cards are:

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


http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzdouble-stitchedcirclesetbasics.aspx


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


Monday, May 22, 2017

Hello, Fishies!

Hi, Lois here with a clean and simple card today.  Clean and simple cards are not my usual style, but every once in a while I go outside my comfort zone.  Today is one of those days.  CottageCutz has a new line of Expressions Plus dies, which are very nice, script words.  My CAS card today has one of them.


Supplies used on this card are:

Heavyweight white cardstock 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Lightweight white cardstock for masking
Scraps of orange and blue cardstock for fish and sentiment
Sponge daubers
Fine-tip glue dispenser
Black marker
Foam pop dots
Ranger Distress ink - Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Spiced Marmalade

Janet, our video artist, has created a video showcasing many of the Expressions Plus word dies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSLcthpx5W0&feature=youtu.be


I cut and scored my heavyweight white cardstock and centered the mask piece slightly below center.  This mask was actually the negative piece left from when I had cut a circle for a previous card.  I anchored it with a couple of Post-It notes and then sponged on  the Tumbled Glass ink using a sponge dauber.


Using the same sponge dauber, I added some areas of Salty Ocean ink to give some depth to the water area.  As you can see in the photo, after inking up the dauber I sponged off a bit of the color onto the Post-It note.  Better to have to add color to the circle area than to try to remove it!


Then I cut my fish and sentiment from the scraps of orange and blue cardstock.


Once again using the sponge daubers, I added some texture to the two fish around their fins and gills.


Using the fine-tip glue applicator, I carefully added glue to the back of the sentiment.


Similarly, I added glue to the back of the blue fish.  I also adhered a small foam pop-dot on the back one of the fins. 


I repeated  the process on the orange fish and adhered both of the fish and the sentiment to the card.  I added a few drops of glue to make the bubbles coming from their mouths and drew in their eyes with a black marker.


This close up shows how the fins with the foam dots stand out from the card.


Here again is my card, which I thoroughly enjoyed creating!


CottageCutz dies used on this card are;



http://www.scrappingcottage.com/search.aspx?find=double+stitched+circle

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

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzhappyfish1elites.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzhappyfish2elites.aspx



I would invite you to step outside your comfort zone and create a different kind of card today.