Showing posts with label Joy Fold Card. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joy Fold Card. Show all posts

Monday, January 15, 2018

HOPE

Hi, Lois here with another card using one of the dies in the CottageCutz get-well release.  There is
a card-making technique that is currently popping up all over the place -- the Eclipse technique.   Basically, it involves stacking layers of die-cuts for a raised, camouflaged sentiment or image.  I used this technique today on my Joy Fold Card, in which I used the CottageCutz HOPE die.


The cardstock and patterned paper for my card was cut as follows:

Pink - 4 1/4" x 8 1/2"
Brown - 4" x 8"
Patterned paper:
     1 piece - 4" x 5 1/4"
     1 piece - 2 3/4" x 4"
     2 pieces - 2 3/4" x 3 3/4"
Pieces of white and dark pink cardstock


I used a second, larger sheet of patterned paper the same as the paper I will be using on the front of my small panel.  I matched up the pattern of the smaller piece and placed my die so that the word would be centered on the smaller panel and the patterns would line up.


I then found a piece of darker pink cardstock and cut five of the large ribbons from the dark pink cardstock (as well as the small "inside of the ribbon") and the rest of the letters from white cardstock.


I then ran the letters through my Xyron sticker maker so that it would be easy to stack them.


I colored the small "inside" of the ribbon with a Copic marker (see small photo in upper left-hand corner) and stacked the letters, making sure the patterned paper was the top layer.


To construct my card, I scored the 4 1/4" x 8 1/2" pink cardstock at 5 1/2" and the 4" x 8" brown cardstock at 4".  I then added the patterned paper, as shown.


The small panel is centered on the inside panel of the card base, so that the small top panel folds over the left hand panel of the base.



I then carefully added the letters, making sure that the pattern on the letters lined up with the designer paper.


For the inside, I cut a brown and a white oval shape, using the CottageCutz Double-Stitched Oval.


I stamped an encouraging sentiment on the white oval and carefully trimmed it down by cutting on the inside stitch marks . . .


. . . glued the white oval onto the brown oval and adhered it to the inside of the card.


I added the photo clip to the bottom left-hand corner with a matching brad to hold the small panel closed, and I was finished.



CottageCutz dies used on this card are:

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

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

Monday, June 19, 2017

Under the Sea Joy Fold Card

Hi, Lois here again with my Monday card.  Last week  I saw a card which was a variation of the Joy Fold card.  Instead of a horizontal opening, it had a vertical opening.  I haven't made a Joy Fold card in a while, so I decided to make one for today, using this vertical opening technique.  I used a bunch of "under the sea" dies from CottageCutz, along with one of the new Expressions Plus dies -- "imagine."


To start my card I cut two pieces of teal cardstock, one piece 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 5 1/2"; the other one 4" x 8", scored at 4".  I also cut three pieces of swirly blue-green paper:  5 1/4" x 5 1/4", 5 1/4" x 2 3/4", and 4" x 4"; and three pieces of "sand" paper 5 1/4" x 2 3/4", 5 1/4" x 2 1/4", 3 3/4" x 1 1/2".  I also cut one 3 3/4" x 3 3/4" white cardstock.


I tore across the top of the three pieces of "sand" paper and adhered them to the three pieces of blue-green paper.


Next I cut my die-cut images.  You will see that I cut two pieces each of the mermaid, the sentiment, and the waves.  You will understand this duplication as the card is constructed.



I adhered the patterned paper and one of the "imagine" die-cuts to my card pieces.



Next, I lined up the sand on the 4" x 4" card with the sand on the bottom panel of the card base and glued it down.  I did put some Scor-Tape on the back of the 4" x 4" card at the top to make sure of a good adhesion over the sentiment.



Here is where you discover why I cut two "imagine" sentiments.  Lining up the word with the one already on the card, I adhered it onto the smaller card and cut off the excess.  I will admit that this looked better in my head than what actually occurred.


Then, using  Copic markers,  I colored the mermaids, the shells and the seaweed . . .



. . . and adhered them to the front of the card.   As you can see, I poked out the pieces of the mermaid tail and hair and inserted the lighter blue and darker hair pieces into the other one.


The wave die-cut was not quite long enough to span the full 5 1/2", so I had cut another shorter piece of that wave to make up the difference.  After getting the size correct by overlapping and trimming the smaller piece, I adhered the wave across the fold-up panel on the front.



I had run  two of the shells through my Xyron X sticker maker so they would adhere well.  The third one (the scallop shell) was adhered with a medium glue dot.  This one is used as the "closure" on the left side of the 4" x 4" panel.

I then adhered the white panel inside the 4" x 4" section and stamped a sentiment and shell border.




And that completed my card.


CottageCutz dies used on this card are:

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


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


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


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


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


http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzunderthesea-2.aspx

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


I hope you liked my card today.