07/01/2014
Christmas In July!
Welcome to Poppystamps Blog Blitz!
Poppystamps has an amazing new release launching today so get ready for an exciting two weeks as we, the Poppystamps Design Team, will be presenting some of the many wonderful versatile dies.
For my first contribution, I chose the new Cute Cottage [1089] to create a Christmas In July card.
I created the snowy background from white chalk ink and Q-tips. Just dab and dot and continue until you are happy with the background. It is okay if some are light and some are smudgy.
Next, I used the dies to do all my cutting before assembling the card. I ran the cottage through twice so I could use a lighter shade of brown for the windows. As my cats love to sit in the window and watch outside, especially when it snows, I took some of the Baby Kittens to place in the windows.
I traced the outline of the cottage on a yellow sheet of paper. Then I cut off the chimney and cut the cottage out with scissors. Then I used foam adhesives to attach the front of the cottage [brown] to the background in order to give it a bit of depth. I wanted to make it look like there was light inside and white seemed to wash it out a bit so I chose yellow as the background shape to the cottage.
I wanted to add a couple of trees to the card so I ran the Large Flourish Tree [1088] through twice. Before attaching the cottage to the card, I lined up each tree, one slightly taller than the other, and then glued them on. Next I trimmed off the bottoms of the trees. Finally, I glued the cottage layers.
I finished the cottage by attaching the Frosted Roof and Ledges [1095] that I ran through my Big Shot with glitter paper and added a red heart embellishment. Lastly, I added Christmas [from the Merry Christmas background #1065] to the top of the card.
Supplies:
Cute Cottage [1089 ]
Large Flourish Tree [1088]
Merry Christmas Backgroud [1065]
Frosted Roof and Ledges [1095]
Baby Kittens [982]
Adhesives [glue pen, foam adhesives]
Embellishment
Scissors
Card Stock
Welcome to Poppystamps Blog Blitz!
Poppystamps has an amazing new release launching today so get ready for an exciting two weeks as we, the Poppystamps Design Team, will be presenting some of the many wonderful versatile dies.
For my first contribution, I chose the new Cute Cottage [1089] to create a Christmas In July card.
I created the snowy background from white chalk ink and Q-tips. Just dab and dot and continue until you are happy with the background. It is okay if some are light and some are smudgy.
Next, I used the dies to do all my cutting before assembling the card. I ran the cottage through twice so I could use a lighter shade of brown for the windows. As my cats love to sit in the window and watch outside, especially when it snows, I took some of the Baby Kittens to place in the windows.
I traced the outline of the cottage on a yellow sheet of paper. Then I cut off the chimney and cut the cottage out with scissors. Then I used foam adhesives to attach the front of the cottage [brown] to the background in order to give it a bit of depth. I wanted to make it look like there was light inside and white seemed to wash it out a bit so I chose yellow as the background shape to the cottage.
I wanted to add a couple of trees to the card so I ran the Large Flourish Tree [1088] through twice. Before attaching the cottage to the card, I lined up each tree, one slightly taller than the other, and then glued them on. Next I trimmed off the bottoms of the trees. Finally, I glued the cottage layers.
I finished the cottage by attaching the Frosted Roof and Ledges [1095] that I ran through my Big Shot with glitter paper and added a red heart embellishment. Lastly, I added Christmas [from the Merry Christmas background #1065] to the top of the card.
Supplies:
Cute Cottage [1089 ]
Large Flourish Tree [1088]
Merry Christmas Backgroud [1065]
Frosted Roof and Ledges [1095]
Baby Kittens [982]
Adhesives [glue pen, foam adhesives]
Embellishment
Scissors
Card Stock
