CottageCutz: Nested Stitched Doily Set

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Friday, April 05, 2024

Baby Sleeping on Moon

Hello CottageCutz friends!

Kris here to share a sweet baby card with you today featuring Baby Sleeping on Moon die.

This card came together very quickly with some cute papers and dies ☺

I die cut the white circle for the focal image using the Double Stitched Circle set. I then sponged some clouds using Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink and spattered some RV81 Copic ink using a small paintbrush.

I die cut a peach mat using the largest of the Nested Stitched Doily Set.

I die cut the Baby Sleeping on Moon and the Expressions Baby dies from white cardstock and colored with Copic markers.

My card base is a landscape A2 card. I cut some layers from the Bundle of Joy papers (Doodlebug Designs) and layered onto card front. I then popped up the main focal circle onto card front with foam tape.

Sweet li'l baby card

Thanks for looking!! I hope you're inspired to get crafty with your favorite CottageCutz dies!

~Kristine

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Monday, August 14, 2023

Hello Crocodile

Hello crafty friends!

It's Kris here to share some Monday inspiration with you!

For my card today, I combined 2 challenges from Splitcoast Stampers:

Our very own DT Leader here at CottageCutz, Mary Marsh, was the Color Hostess for CC960 and I LOVE this pretty combo, so I played along:

I actually substituted the Lost Lagoon with Just Jade (closest I had to it)

and then I also played with this week's sketch challenge -- turned vertically

I had the idea to make the front a split diagonal fold card, so the focal image is only attached to the upper left of card front. INSIDE you get the upper left half of card to write or stamp your message ☺

Design Steps:

I started by cutting my top folding A2 card base (4-1/4" x 11" - scored at 5-1/2"

I then opened the card and cut diagonally from the top right corner (at score line) down to the bottom left corner.

I then cut (4) different patterned papers at 4" x 5-1/4" -- although I only used 3 of them. I just couldn't decide which I wanted. Then cut all of them in half diagonally.

*Tip: use the other halves to make a 2nd card!

I then cut the green patterned paper in half (line up the SHORT edge and cut at 2") as shown.

Next, I repeated that process with the pink/white/green striped pattern then attached all 3 pieces as shown below.

I then die cut the largest of the Nested Stitched Doily dies, and the Crocodile from white cardstock.

I die cut the Tropical Bouquet from Bubble Bath and Berry Burst cardstocks.

I die cut the Crocodile and [leaves from the] Safari Adventure Gang from Just Jade and Mossy Meadow cardstock.

I glued just half of the white doily circle to the top (left) of card front, and then popped the Croc in middle with foam dots. This allowed me to tuck the flowers and leaves in under and around him (some I glued, some I popped up with more foam dots).

I decided to die cut the Hello w/ Shadow from the Bubble Bath and Berry Burst and glued to left right corner (which is inside the card! ☺

I would be done, however I was not following a tutorial on this, and noticed this style of card does not stand on it's own for displaying ... SO, I remedied that by adding a "kick stand" to the back of my card.

I used the left-over triangle piece from my card base, and trimmed it down to 2-3/4" x 3-1/2" and scored it at 3/4" as shown.

I should probably also tell you, that if you glue this now to the middle back of your card, it still won't stand well because the front is "top heavy" with all the die cuts. SO... to remedy this, I turned the piece so the 3/4" score line is horizontally at the bottom, then I measured 1/2" in from the top right corner, placed a mark, then with scissors, I trimmed from the bottom right corner up to that 1/2" mark.

I glued the tab to the back of card to that the bottom of tab is flush with bottom of card. That slight angle allows the card to tilt back a li'l bit and counters the heaviness of card front. ☺ Win-Win!!!

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I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! I really enjoy working with the cute CottageCutz dies!

For more inspiration and tutorials, see our YouTube channel here. Happy Crafting!

~Kristine

Saturday, November 12, 2022

Gingerbread and Cocoa Easel Card

Happy Saturday Cottage Cutz Friends!

Melinda here with you, and today I am sharing a cute and easy Christmas themed easel card I created with some dies from the FABULOUS Part2 Christmas release!

Here is my finished card. It is an A4 sized card. I created an easel card base to give this little card some extra wow. My card features one of the super adorable Ginger friends. I also included the phrase die, Cookies & Cocoa with those cute chocolate chip cookies and that adorable cup of cocoa. I also used the tree from the Merry Christmas Tree die from the Christmas Release Part 1. I mounted the cookies and the cup of cocoa onto the smallest nested stitched doily from that die set. I then layered some patterned paper mats onto the two different largest sized scallop stitched rectangle dies for some extra layers and dimension. To keep the Easel open, I added some layers of the double-stitched rectangle dies and used some thick foam tape to give them some lift. I added the "Tis the Season Sentiment" to those dies along with some patterned and cardstock mats.

Here's a closer look at the front of the card standing in the easel position. Here you can see all of the fun dimension I added to the die cuts with some foam tape. For the cup of cocoa, I added some dimensional white paint and some stickles glitter to add some dimension to the "whipped cream". I also added some stickles to the cute little hearts and the little snowflakes.

TIP: Making an Easel card is super easy!

Simply score the top of your card in half. Then cut a piece of the same base of cardstock paper you are using and cut it to the same size as the top. You will always adhere it to the lower half of the scored top only. This will allow the card to lay flat for giving and storing and will allow the top to stand once you use something in the inside to create a "stop".

Here's a look at the inside of the card. I used a Scallop Stitched Rectangle die and mounted it to the top of the inside of the card. This is where I will write my personal greeting.

Here's a closer and side view of the inside, "Tis the Season" sentiment. You can see I added some glitter to the sentiment. It adds a nice touch without being too overbearing.

Here's a closer look at the sentiment "Cookies & Cocoa" die. I cut them out of some plain white cardstock. I then colored them in with my markers.

Here's a view of what the card looks like closed.

Here's a closer look at the gingerbread girl. I cut her out of some gingery brown cardstock. I edged her with some chalk and then added the cute little stitch lines. I colored her bow and scarf with some pink markers and my spectrum noir glitter pen. The photo doesn't capture the subtle glitter from the pen. I also added some stitch lines to her scarf and bow.

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Dies I Used

Ginger Friends