Showing posts with label CottageCutz Hello Phrase. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CottageCutz Hello Phrase. Show all posts

Saturday, May 08, 2021

Hello There Kitty

Hello Cottage Cutz fans!  It's Jeanne with the Saturday edition of the blog.  I am loving the new Slimline dies - they make creating slimline cards a breeze.  For my card today, I used the Nested Stitched Rectangles, the Hills Slimline along with the Cat in Spring Window die to create a bright all occasion card.

I love slimline cards, but I have a lot of patterned paper that is only 6 x 6 inches - way to short to cover the card!  And I'd love to use my embossing folders but they don't cover the whole card either.  So today, I have design tips that will allow you to use both of these from your stash!

I started by cutting and assembling the adorable Cat in Spring Window.  (You may have noticed I usually make a gray kitty - this is because we had one for years! So Andreya shows up on many of my cards.)

Using the largest Stitched Rectangle I cut a rectangle from white cardstock and a partial rectangle from the 6 x 6 inch patterned paper. 

Using an embossing folder I embossed as much of the white panel as possible.

I placed the lavender panel over the white panel along with my sentiment and window so I could decide where I would place the Hills die to cut my curve.

After it was cut I glued it to the white panel covering the plain side. Then added my phrase and window.  I used foam dots for the window box to give some dimension.

I love the stitching on the Stitched Rectangles and Hills dies. They give a cohesive and polished look when combining panels on a card.  The stitching goes all the way around the card and the added panel has a nice finished look to the curved edge. Any of the Hills dies will work for this giving a variety of looks!

Be sure to visit the online store where the new Slimline release is on sale for a limited time!

Dies used:



 

I hope you enjoyed my card today!  Have a wonderful weekend!


Friday, March 06, 2020

Window Frame Card

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne today with a card that is a bit complex but totally worth the effort!  I used the Springtime Pals die but it will work with any dies where you want a foreground and background.  Here is the outside of my card:

And the inside:
There are quite a few steps to this card, but the end result is totally worth it.
I cut the pieces from white cardstock and colored them using Distress Oxide inks and sponge daubers.
For the bunny's dress I used patterned paper edged with some purple ink to give it shadowing.  I wanted it to have the same feel as the inked pieces.
Since this is a window card, I knew I needed back pieces for what would be shown through the window.  I cut the bunny head, dress and fence from white cardstock.  I toyed with the idea of coloring them too, but decided I really wanted them to be unobtrusive so I left them white.  To get them totally flat I ran the cut pieces, placed between the cutting plates, through my die cutter.  This flattens any edges or score lines a die cut piece may have.
I glued the white pieces to the back of the bunny and kept the fence for later.
The scene was stenciled on the card base and inside.  I cut a card base 8 1/5 x 5 1/2 inches scored at the 4 1/4 inch mark and a panel for the inside 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches.  I did not fold my card to make stenciling easier.  The reason that I used a panel for the inside was so that I could get my stenciling to line up perfectly.  I laid both panels side by side and used low tack tape to stick them to a craft mat.  Then I used computer paper to mask off the back of the card base and the grass.  The paper is
2 inches from the bottom.
After using a cloud stencil on the sky, I masked it off and created the grass by sponging and flicking ink on the grass area.
This is what the card and interior looked like after stenciling.  Now it's time to cut the window and assemble.
I cut a frame using the middle of the stitched rectangle frames, placed it 2 1/2 inches from the bottom and tacked it down with low tack tape after making sure it was even and centered.
I used a pencil to outline the inside of the frame and lightly mark the outside corners.
I used the 4th largest die from the stitched rectangles to cut the window.  This die is between the inside and outside of the frame.  I adhered the frame to the cut window using my light pencil marks as a guide then I erased them.
I used the tape to mark 1 3/8 inches from the bottom, making sure it was level, then glued my fence onto the card.
I glued my inside panel to the inside of the card base and added the horse.
I added him before the bunny so he would show nicely through the window (he is 1 1/2 inches from the bottom).  I knew I could adjust where the bunny sat on the fence based on him.
For the inside window on the card base, I cut the white fence piece just deep enough to fit into the bottom of the window.
Then I added another white frame and the bunny on the outside of the card.  She is stabilized in the window since her bottom is glued to the fence and her ears to the top of the outside frame.
My final steps were to add the sentiments and the bluebird and tulips (from Easter Egg Hunt die).  I love how this card turned out.  Now that I have made one, I'm not intimidated by this type of card.  It really is quite simple - it just requires a bit of measuring and a little planning!  I hope you give it a try!

Dies used:
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzspringtimepals.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzeasteregghunt.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzstitchedwiderectangleframesetbasics.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzstitchedrectanglesetbasics.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzexpressionsplushellophrase.aspx

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

Thanks for stopping by - I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!

Friday, February 15, 2019

A Happy Hello

Happy Friday!  I hope you all had a great Valentine's Day. Today I have card that uses a die from the Valentine's release but for a different purpose - to welcome a new neighbor!
This card would be a fun way to welcome a new family to your neighborhood.
I started by cutting all the pieces from various colors of card stock.  I kept my main pieces in the blue family and used brown for the door, roof and chimney, yellow as accents for the windows and banner, and green for the foliage.
I glued my smaller pieces together first.  I find this works best for me, rather than gluing everything directly to the main piece.
When they were finished I glued them to the larger elements before assembling the card.
I cut a white square using the second largest of the Wacky Stitched Squares set and Hello using the Hello Phrase die.  I also cut a 5 x 5 inch square from blue gingham paper as a background for my card base.
I glued all the elements at an angle to the 5 x 5 inch card base.  My last step was to add Buttermilk Nuvo drops as "flowers" in the bushes in front of the house.

This house die is so much fun and be personalized in so many ways.  Right now it's on sale - along with the other dies in the Valentines and Spring releases!  But only for a limited time so visit the online store today.

Dies used:
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzvalentinecottage.aspx


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

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

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a fun and creative weekend.

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Hello from the CottageCutz Lighthouse

Hello, and welcome to the Scrapping Cottage Blog!  This is Beverly Polen from Guneaux Designs, and I am a guest designer today.  Before I share information about my "Hello from the CottageCutz Lighthouse" card, let me remind you that the Scrapping Cottage Memorial Day Sale ends at 9:00 p.m. PDT tonight!  Dies are on sale for up to 40% off, so don't miss out on getting dies you have been wanting!

My card share with you today features the CottageCutz Hello Phrase die, which is a newly released word die from the CottageCutz Expressions Plus collection.  There are 35 of these new word dies and they are on sale for 25% off until tonight!  Here is my card:


My "Hello from the CottageCutz Lighthouse" card also features other CottageCutz dies:  the CotttageCutz Lighthouse die, Stitched Wide Circle Frame Set dies, Cottage Cutz Lighthouse w/ Clouds die, and CottageCutz Seagulls in Flight Die.

These are the steps I followed to make this "Hello from the CottageCutz Lighthouse" card.

  • Using the CottageCutz Lighthouse die, I cut out the lighthouse in white, red, blue, green, gray, and yellow card stock and assembled the pieces.
  • I used the CottageCutz Stitched Wide Circle Frame Set dies to cut several circle frames and a circle from a 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" piece of white card stock.
  • I glued the circle frames together to create dimension.
  • Using the circle that was cut out from the 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" piece of card stock, I colored a sky, rock cliff, and ocean on it.  I added Liquid Applique in selected area and heat set it.

  • I cut out three "hello" sentiments using the CottageCutz Hello Phrase die and blue card stock. I glued them together, covered the sentiment with VersaMark Ink and Clear Embossing Powder, and heat set it.
  • I began assembling my card by cutting a 4-1/2" x 5-3/4" piece of blue card stock to which I glued the 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" piece of white card stock with the circle cut out.
  • To this piece I attached both the circle frames and colored circle piece inside the cut out circle.
  • Lastly, I added the lighthouse, seagulls, and hello sentiment to the above piece.  Then I attached that to a 4-3/4" x 6" white card base.

These are additional photos of the card:



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These are the CottageCutz Dies used to create the card: