Thursday, November 30, 2023
Garden Bicycle
Thursday, October 05, 2023
Happiness is Homemade
Hello Friends
It is Pam sharing with you today!
It is time to show off our new RELEASE! It is called Christmas 2023 just in time for you to get started on making all those wonderful holiday cards and scrapbooks!
To display one of these sweet new dies I designed a block easel card. The card features the Holiday Gnome Baker.
Design Steps:
1. Start with a piece of heavy white card stock measuring 11 x 4 1/4. Lay the 11 inch side on the score board and score at 3/4, 1 1/2, 2 1/4, 3, 5 1/2 and 8 1/42. Use a bone folder and press along all the score lines. Roll the box along the 3/4 inch lines at the bottom of the easel. Then place glue on the bottom flap of the little box
3. Your card will look like the picture above after glued
4. Fold the base to form a little tent like the picture above and set aside
5. Cut a piece of white card stock 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. This will serve as the easel front set aside
6. Use the Holiday Gnome Baker and cut out the following colors: light brown checked DP, red polka dot DP, brown checked DP, blue checked DP, white, green and silver. Assemble with a fine tip glue
7. For the base and easel piece cut: 2 checked blue strips 5/8 x 4 1/8, 2 DP ginger bread strips 1/2 x 4, Red checked DP 4 1/8 x 5 3/8, using the second from the largest Scalloped Stitched Rectangle and cut out a brown check rectangle, use the third from the largest Pierced Rectangle and cut out a checked blue rectangle
8. On the top and front of the box glue the glue strip and then add the red strip as shown
9. To decorate the 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 piece of white that will be the easel front glue down the red DP and then add the brown scalloped rectangle slightly off center. Next glue down the pierced blue retangle as shown above
10. Add the gnome and your sentiment. I also added a little banner with some hearts and glossy dots to the right of the gnome
11. To attach the decorated easel front add glue to the folded flap and then attach the easel panel. Your card is complete
12. This card does fit into an A2 size envelope
Thursday, October 13, 2022
Halloween Treat Box!
Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends
We have a brand new release just in time for all of those amazing Halloween cards everyone makes!! The collection has 22 fabulous dies that are going to make those scrapbook layouts and cards look SPOOKTACULAR!!! The dies are currently on sale so make sure you get them while they last at this special introductory offer!!
Today, I am using the Witchy Ghost. It sits perfectly on top of the tiny treat box. I also used the Web and a spider from the Jack-O-Lanter Witch. I think this cute little box will be perfect for a teacher's gift or some special Trick or Treaters!
Design Steps:
1. Cut a piece of orange card stock 9 1/4 x 4 1/2 and then score
2. Horizontal 5/8, 4 3/8, 5, 8 3/43. Vertically 5/8, 3 3/8, 44. Use a bone folder and burnish the score lines then open flat with the two score lines horizontally on the top of your work area
5. Cut the tabs on the bottom of the orange card stock as shown above
6. Then flip the orange card stock so that the 2 horizontal score lines are now at the bottom of your work area as shown above
8. Flip the box over so the double scored longest flap is now at the top of the work space. The longest flap is the part that will close the box so round those corners
9. Glue two pieces of DP each measuring 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 to the box as shown above
10. Cut a notch on the side that does not have the flap that closes the box. I used the second to the smallest from the Circle dies. As shown above
11. On the opposite side of the notch cut you will cut the window of the candy box with the 3rd from the smallest Pierced Retangle dies. As shown above
12. Flip the orange piece over and tape the acetate to the back of the window
13. Assemble the box using glue or a strong double sided tape making sure you do not glue the flap that opens and closes the box
15. Use the Witchy Ghost die, the Web die and the Jack-O-Lantern Witch die (for the spider) to cut out the pieces in the following colors of card stock: white, yellow, orange, purple, green, gray and black. Assemble the pieces with a fine tip quick drying glue. Glue the pieces to the front of the box as shown below then add the sentiment and your little treat box is finished