Showing posts with label Cross-Stitched Square Set. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cross-Stitched Square Set. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 09, 2020

Herb Garden

Hi Janja here. Welcome to the blog today.
I don’t know about you, but I adore fresh kitchen herbs myself. I combined some dies and made a card with herb garden.


- CottageCutz dies: Planter Box & Seeds, Flower Power Tomte, Gardening Cat (basket), Square Set, Cross-Stitched Square Set
- blank card: 5 5/16 x 5 5/16" (13,5 x 13,5 cm), folded
- patterned paper: 5 1/8 x 5 1/8" (13 x 13 cm)
- kraft cardstock: 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 " (13 x 13 cm)
- different colors of cardstock
- different colors of ink pads
- glue, double-sided adhesive tape, self-adhesive foam pads

First die-cut all the pieces for main image out from different colors of cardstock. Shade all cutouts with ink pads.


Later, I stamped the names of the kitchen herbs on the sign and added a birdhouse to the top.



Trim three squares. Using two square dies, cut out two frames. Glue both frames together. Paste a small square to the back of the frame.



Start assembling the card. 


Thank you for stopping by. 
Janja




Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Snowman with Snowballs

Hi! Janja is here with you. I prepared another Christmas card for today. This card was easy to make.


- CottageCutz dies: Snowman w/ Snowballs, Cross-Stitched Square Set
- card blank: 5.3" x 5.3" (13,5 x 13,5 cm), folded
- patterned paper: 5" x 5" (12,7 x 12,7 cm) and 2.5" x 5" (6,3 x 12,7 cm)
- colored cardstock
- colored ink pads
- glue, double-sided adhesive tape, self-adhesive pads

First, cut out all the pieces from colored cardstock. For more depth, color the edges with colored pads.
Assemble the snowman with snowballs.


Cut out two white squares for the background. On the first square, apply a white texture paste over a snowfall stencil. For a snowy hill, cut off the second square with scissors.


Once the texture of the paste has dried, attach the white hill with self-adhesive pads.
Now take the snowman and mount it on the background with self-adhesive pads.


Trim the selected patterned paper.


Complete the card as shown.


Have a nice day.
Janja


Saturday, June 01, 2019

Floral Corners

Hi, Janja is here with you.
For today's blog post, I prepared a simple birthday card with roses.
I placed roses on the opposite corners of the central layer.


- CottageCutz dies: Little Princess & Roses, Fresh Spring Floral, Cross-Stitched Square Set, Nested Stitched Scallop Square Set
- white card base: 4.6 x 4.6” (11,7 x 11,7 cm), folded
- colored cardstock
- colored ink pads
- white foam
- glue, double-sided adhesive tape

First we cut out the wreath and roses.


Cut a white square with the largest die from the set. Create a background with a spray or use a stamp.
Stamp a sentiment.



Cut the wreath into four parts with scissors. Paste them into the background with glue.



Now place the roses as in the photo.


Prepare a white card base. Cut two squares. Use a foam and a pink cardstock.


Assemble the card.



Have a nice day.
Janja




Friday, March 16, 2018

CAS Easter Card

Happy Friday, it's Jeanne posting today.  I'm a big clean and simple (CAS) design fan.  Many of my cards are in that style.  When doing a CAS design I love using dies because they come out so crisp and graphic, keeping everything - clean and simple!  My card this week illustrates that.
These little bunnies from Some Bunny Loves You are adorable and highlighted perfectly by the color offset squares.
Out of white cardstock, I made an A2 side fold card base, then embossed a panel 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches and adhered it to the base.  I used this basket weave since I thought it perfect for that "Easter basket" look.
Next I die cut the bunnies from Sahara Sand and three squares each from white, yellow, pink and purple.  I used the third smallest square from the Cross-Stitched squares set.
I used a sponge dauber and Sahara Sand to edge the bunnies.  Then I glued on their little white tails.
For each of the three colored squares, I stacked and glued them, then offset a white square and glued a bunny on top.  Then it was time to glue them to the card front.  It was fairly easy to line them up on this card since the basket weave gave me a natural alignment tool!  A tip when lining up three items - do the top and bottom first then center the one in the middle.
For the sentiment I used a fourth color and die cut the Happy Easter Egg.  I love the playfulness of the font used in this die.
Using paper snips, I cut out the sentiment and adhered it to the front of the card.

Dies used:
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzsomebunnylovesyou.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzhappyeasteregg.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzcross-stitchedsquaresetbasics.aspx

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a fun and creative weekend!



Saturday, December 30, 2017

A Blooming Heart

Good morning!  Mary is on vacation so it's Jeanne posting again this week.  And I have another Valentine's Day card today.
This is one of those cards that started one way and ended up completely different than planned.  I love this Blooming Heart die and planned to use it as a stencil.  (I received a set of 12 shimmer mists for Christmas and really wanted to play with them!)  So I first cut the heart from a piece of mixed media card stock.
I used temporary snail adhesive to stick the heart to another piece of mixed media card stock and I placed it in a box.
I used two colors of the shimmer mist to spray the card stock.
Then I used my heat gun to dry it.  (I'm pretty impatient when it comes to things like drying - so my heat gun is a favorite tool!)
When I removed the stencil I had a very pretty heart impression.  Hard to tell in the photo but it is VERY shimmery.  The shimmer is just perfect for this elegant heart.
I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to do with this piece, but I loved the "stencil" that was now also coated in the shimmer mist.
So I glued it to a piece of  white card stock that I had die cut with the Cross-Stitched Squares die. (The 3" square one.)
I then used a piece of 4" square paper for the background and glued it all to a top folding 4" square card.  As a final touch I added some rhinestones.

Sometimes just playing around with your supplies yields wonderful results.  I had planned to throw away the "stencil" but it ended up making a simple yet beautiful card!  And I still have the original piece, I just haven't decided what to make with it yet.

Dies used:
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzbloomingheart.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzcross-stitchedsquaresetbasics.aspx

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you have a very creative weekend!  And don't forget - Cottage Cutz is having a wonderful sale right now.  Click the owl above to be taken to the web site!