Showing posts with label Christmas Holly Bells. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas Holly Bells. Show all posts

Sunday, August 19, 2018

Owl Good

Hi!

This is Anja. The other DT ladies started making Christmas cards, so slowly I'm getting in this mood too. The new dies take longer to come to me, so I used the ones I already have and made a card that could also be used for sending holidays wishes.


For this project I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Stylized Owl, Angel With Holly, Christmas Holly Bells, Lantern w/ Holly Vine, Retro Tag Toppers, Oval Set),
- Distress Inks (Vintage Photo, Crushed Olive, Pine Needles, Aged Mahogany, Barn Door, Walnut Stain, Tea Dye, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Black Soot),
- craft card base (10x15 cm),
- black card stock for background (10x15 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- wood patterned stamp, 
- brown card stock (10x15 cm, 5 pieces),
- white pigment ink,
- black pen,
- adhesive foam pads,
- paper glue,
- scissors.

First I made the owl. I used white card stock and then colored the edges with Distress Inks. I used black pen for the eyes.


I used different dies for the vines. I again used Distress Inks for coloring.


I made the banner with Retro Toppers dies. I wrote the sentiment by myself with black pen. I used Distress Ink to color around the edges.


Then I made the background. First I cut five 10x15 cm pieces of paper from brown card stock. I used Oval Set dies to cut the ovals from the paper.


Then I colored the edges of the ovals and the paper with Distress Ink.


Next I used the same Distress Ink to stamp the wood pattern on the background.


Then I glued all five pieces of paper together and distress the edges with the scissors.


I decided to color the edges with white ink to make them a bit softer. I also glued the back with black paper.


And then I glued the background to the craft colored card base and then added the holly vines and owl (I used adhesive foam pads).  In the end I glued the sentiment on top of the vines.

And this is my finished card.




The new dies are still 25 % off, so don't forget to check it out.

May your Sunday be sunny and fun.

See you again next week.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used:







Sunday, December 24, 2017

Christmas Gift Tags

Hi!

It's Anja here just before Christmas. I hope you are doing fine and that you're surrounded with your loved ones for Christmas. I got all my Christmas shopping done and I'm looking forward to see the expressions on everyones's faces when they open the presents.

Yesterday I made a few gift tags with the new dies I got. Mail tag dies are perfect for different tag sizes. I decorated them with golden bells and some holiday greenery.


For this project I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Christmas Holly Bells, Mistletoe & Bells, Holly Branch w/Bow, Happy Holidays Greeting, Mail Tag Set),
- Distress Inks (Fired Brick, Peeled Paint, Pine Needles, Forest Moss, Vintage Photo),
- craft paper for tags,
- white card stock for die cuts,
- white pigment ink pad,
- gold pigment ink pad,
- gold ribbon,
- paper glue.

 First I cut the tags. I used white ink to color the edges.


Then I die cut the greenery and the bells. I used Distress Inks and gold pigment ink for coloring.




I cut the greeting from white card stock.


When I had everything cut and colored I arranged it on the tags and glued everything together. I used gold ribbon to go with gold bells.


And this is how they look from up close.





Have a beautiful and peaceful Christmas!
Anja Z.







Saturday, November 26, 2016

Christmas Holly Bells


Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Saturday edition of the Blog.

Well our Thanksgiving Day has come and gone here in the US. We had a wonderful time with 4 generations sitting around our table having our Thanksgiving dinner. I spent days preparing for it and now it's time to think seriously about Christmas.

So if you haven't started your cards as yet, I am showing one today that could very easily be mass produced. You could change it up by simply using a different patterned paper. So let's get started on some details of how I created my card. The bells are part of the Christmas Holly Bells die and the corner holly is from the Holly & Berries die.

Looks like both these dies are on a 50% off sale. In fact there is a Black Friday blowout sale going on as well as a new Black Friday "camping" release. So it's a good day to shop with this being small business Saturday. Plus you can get some great deals on Christmas dies. Check out this Blog or our Pinterest Board for lots of inspiration from the design team.









Red Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Medium Brown Layering Panel: 4" x 5 5/16"
Patterned Paper Layer: 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"

I started my card by choosing my patterned paper. That determined my card colors and the shades of red and green I would use for my holly die cuts. I used a real red and a ivy green cardstock. I cut the holly leaves 2x because I like a bit of dimension with my dies.

Cut all the dies and now I am ready for assembling. The bells are cut from a metallic gold on kraft cardstock. I thought this shade of gold went well with the patterned paper. I tried a lighter one but didn't like it as well.

Decided on my sentiment and stamped that in a real red ink on kraft cardstock.  I cut it out with the stitched rounded rectangle die.  It makes it stand out a bit and adds interest to the card. The patterned paper was a bit busy to stamp directly on there.

To complete my card I added a few drops of glossy accents to the holly berries. I hope this card has given you some inspiration. If you want to recreate it for your Christmas cards, the dies are on sale including the stitched rectangle die.

Well Blogger friends, that's it for me for this week so until next time.......inky hugs.


http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzchristmashollybells.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzstitchedroundedrectanglesetbasics.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzhollyandberries.aspx
 
 


Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Christmas bells

Hi, Janja here!

Bells are an indispensable element on holiday cards. On the card which I share with you today, I used the die Christmas holly bells from the 2nd part of the Christmas dies.


For the card we need:
- white scalloped card base: 5.3 x 5.3" (13,5 x 13,5 cm), folded
- patterned paper in green: 5 x 5" (12,6 x 12,6 cm)
- plaid patterned paper: 2.5 x 5" (6,3 x 12,6 cm)
- white cardstock: 4 x 4" (10,2 x 10,2 cm)
- patterned paper: 3.7 x 3.7" (9,5 x 9,5 cm)
- white and color cardstock
- Distress ink: Festive Berries, Aged Mahogany, Moved Lawn, Peeled Paint
- Memento ink: Cantaloupe

We cut out the bells and holly branch. For bells use a cardstock in the color of champagne, other cutouts are white.


We will also need a few spruce stems.


Shadow all cutouts plentiful with Distress inks.



Trim plaid patterned paper and attach it on to green patterned paper, and fasten both together on white card base with double-sided adhesive tape.
Stamp "Merry Christmas" on a small square. Attach it in the middle of the background with a foam tape, for more dimensions.


At the end, arrange spruce stems with holly branch. In the middle fix a bells with a bow.



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