Showing posts with label snowman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snowman. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Thanks Mr Snowman


Good morning Cottagecutz fans, it’s Wendy bringing you the Tuesday blog. I hope you had a lovely weekend. The weather has been kind to us in the UK so a lovely time of year for long walks.

When I bring to you a card, I really like to have a background story. In this card Mr Snowman has kindly helped Santa deliver his presents so that’s why Santa’s sack is empty

To begin with I cut out the elements from the ‘High Flying Snowman’ die. I’ve assembled some of the parts as I didn’t think you needed to see all elements cut out. Instead of using the ‘JOY’ on the flag, I stamped a sentiment, just to show you that there are other possibilities. 


Next I used some chalk to darken the clouds slightly and assembled the remainder of this element


Now to make the base of the card. I cut a card so when folded measured 5” x 4” in white and then took the largest ‘Stitched Scalloped Rectangle’ die in Navy blue and assembled to the card with 1mm foam pads


I then used the ‘Clouds Slimline die to cut a strip. I used the largest ‘Stitched Rectangle’ to cut it to size



I then curt the elements from the elements from ‘Santa’s Delivery’ die


To finish I assembled all finished items onto my card with 1mm foam pads. The Santas sack was a last minute element I added that’s why you can’t see it being cut out


So that’s my card for todays blog. I really hope you like it. Have a lovely week and I will see you Friday for another post
Wendy






Saturday, October 09, 2021

Joyful Snowman Interactive Card


Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to visit with us today. It’s Theary Chea, and I am so excited to be here today on the blog. I am such a fan of the winter season, and the recent release has just put me in the holiday mood. I am sharing a fun interactive card that was made using the Joyful Snowman die set. So, Let’s get started!


Design Steps:


I cut out the images from white cardstock and colored them in with Copic markers. The markers that I used are listed below:


Snowman: W6, W4, W3, W1, W0, E37, E31, YR21, YR14, BG18, BG75, BG09

The letter J and the letter Y: R89, R59, R39

 Poinsettias: R29, R39, YG99


(The photo shows the letter Y colored in green, but I did change it to the color red on the final card.)


There are four layers to my card.


  1. For the card base, I used white cardstock cut down to 4.25” x 5.50”
  2. The red card layer measures 3.75” x 4.75”
  3. The vellum sheet was cut with the largest Nested Stitched Scallop Rectangle Set
  4. The white card front was cut using the Double-Stitched Rectangle Set


The card front:


For the background, I used hybrid ink in a combination of four colors. The colors that I used are mustard seed, broken china, prize ribbon, and black soot. I like to use a blending brush to help with the blending process when I am ink blending.



 I then used white and gold paint to splatter onto the card front.



For the ground, I used a hillside border die and cut that out of white cardstock. I also use the same nested stitched rectangle die to cut it down to size. I’m am doing this because I want to have the same stitched border all over the card front. 



I wanted to add a little bit of interest to the hillside cutout. So, I used a snow pen to create a snow effect. I love this technique because it gives the card front a lot of drama without doing a lot. 




Then, I adhered the snowy hillside and the letters onto my blended card front using liquid adhesive, making sure to leave space in between for our cute snowman.


So for the fun part! I attached the cute snowman to an action wobbler. If you’re unfamiliar with an action wobbler, it is the mechanism used to create movement (wobble) on your card front. The action wobbler is used to create the interactive effect. I attached one side of the action wobbler to the snowman and the other side to the card front. 



I also added a black sentiment strip from my stash on the bottom corner of the card front.


Isn’t it so cute! 


Then, I used a snowflake embossing folder in my stash to emboss the red layer. I also went over the embossed area with white ink. Applying white ink over your embossed areas is a great trick to create extra interest in your card. 



Now, to assemble the card.


Using liquid adhesive, I adhered the top card front to the vellum piece that I cut out using Cottage Cutz Nested Stitched Scalloped Rectangles Die. Then, I used foam tape to adhere the card front to the red embossed layer. And finally, I adhered everything down onto the side folding card base. 


I love adding dimensions and layers onto my cards, and I hope you give some of the techniques that I share a try. 



💖Have a wonderfully blessed day! Until next time!💖

Theary Chea



Here is a short video with the wobble in action! 



Supplies used:


Joyful Snowman


CottageCutz Nested Stitched Scallop Rectangle Set


Double-Stitched Rectangle Set





Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Baking Spirits Bright

Good morning happy scrappers. It’s Wendy bringing the blog to you today. I hope you had a wonderful weekend crafting. I think it’s Christmas all the way now :-)

Today I’m bringing you one of my favourite dies from last year, Baking Spirits Bright. I’ve also used a very old die which is still available and that’s the Baking Pan & Utensils


To make the base card I have used a stencil with brickwork and worked through Pumice Stone distress ink. Make sure you mask the area that you don’t want coloured. My preference for applying colour is with brushes 



Next I have cut out all the snowman and their accessories. I have started putting together some of the smaller items otherwise I am likely to lose them 



Next I have fully assembled the snowman and to add a bit of fun I have added some white gelato media so it looks like icing sugar / flour


Finally I have added all items to the card and also added that baking tray with a few gingerbread men. I’ve also printed some wording to add to my card as I couldn’t find a stamp that was appropriate


I really hope you like the card. Have a wonderful day and make sure you make time to craft
Wendy
Here are the dies I used







Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Santa & Snowman Window Cards

Hey everyone! It's Janet dropping by to show you two cards I made using two new holiday release dies. The first is called Window With Shutters and it has a great window, complete with a header, flower box and shutters. This die could be used year round to create a cute window scene by itself or filled with characters of your choosing that fit in the window space.
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Today, I chose to use the companion die set made just for this window called Window Christmas Friends. It includes adorable Christmas figures including a pine tree, Santa, Snowman and Poinsettias with greens for the flower box.


Since the Santa and Snowman are both cut when you use the set, I decided to use both in each card. Nothing should go to waste right?! For Santa, the snowman is saying hi when you open the card. The opposite is true if the snowman adorns the front. I also used the Nested Stitched Scallop Rectangles inside for the stamped sentiment and die cuts. These are such cheerful little figures!


To learn how I made this card including how I created the acetate window effect, click on the video below. I hope you enjoy this one because I had a lot of fun creating them!

Have a great week and thanks for spending some time with us here at CottageCutz.

Hugs,
Janet
SugarShine Designs


Dies used for this project:






Saturday, December 13, 2014

Snowman Winter Scene card

  Today I am sharing with you my new Holiday 2014 card I created with beautiful CottageCutz NEW Christmas 2014 Collections of dies.
  In this season of 2014 the CottageCutz Company have a huge Winter Collection of dies. One of these I used for my Snowman Christmas card. Very simple card. Just cut snowman out and embossed with dots embossing folder. Then, I created scene with snowflakes. After all, I added snowman scene to background and decorate with white pearls. 
Thanks for stopping by! Olena

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Christmas Memories Album/Video


Hello everyone Cheryl here  today , and I'm sharing my entire "Our Family Christmas Memories" Mini Album, using LOTS of CottageCutz Christmas Dies.
For the front cover I used the Sweet CottageCutz "Santa & Friends" Die, along with the Fireplace,  Deer Flying, Winter Wonderland Sleigh. I also used the Vintage Bells

For this next page I used the CottageCutz Vintage Bells, Sleigh Expressions Die "Our Family"  To see how each page is interactive please see my VIDEO below.


For this next page here, I used the Sweet CottageCutz Holiday Dove Die. Another beauty from the Christmas Release.

Here is another Interactive Page. For this one, I cut several of the CottageCutz Holiday Floral Spray, and used the flower to layer for each one. Love the look I was able to achieve using this beautiful die.

Next up is another Interactive Page, using envelopes to create a mini within this mini album. I used CottageCutz Vintage Bells, CottageCutz Bells, CottageCutz Woodland Pine Trees , CottageCutz Holiday Village , Stamp  and Merry Christmas from the CottageCutz Homemade Christmas Giftset.


For this page I used more of the Stamps from the Homemade Christmas Giftset, and Santa & Friends.

On this page here, I kept it pretty simple. There is room for 1 photo on the front, and then the tag will hold 2 more. 
Dies Used:

My last Interactive Page. This one is a pocket, with a mini album made out of cards. You can see the mini, it has the cardinals on front of it. The large photo matte will hold 2 large photo's are several smaller ones. On this page I used these CottageCutz Dies:

My Mini Album Video

Thank you for looking and hope you have a super wonderful day!
hugs to all,
Cheryl

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Let it SNOW

Are you having cold weather where you live? Cold weather is here and, in my neck of the woods, that means snow will soon be here as well. Every year but one that I can remember we have had our first snow the week of Thanksgiving. Temps are indicating we could be right on schedule this year too, but I guess we'll have to wait and see. I love it..... from the warmth of my cozy little house, that is. LOL

So with snow not far off, I decided to use the cute snowman doll from the Scrapping Cottage-Peachy Keen collaboration release. He looks so cute on this bookmark I made for one of the grandgirls. I love the snowman's cute chubbyness and sweet little face. The scan isn't the best but you can see the full project this way.


I used my white pen to add snow to the trees, and topped it with Martha Stewart coarse crystal glitter. I used the glitter on the trim of his hat too. And for final touches, I used my copics to add a little more depth and shadow, and for his rozy cheeks!

Bookmarks are so quick and easy to make. And fun too! Go on and give it a try. :)