CCEE1718 - National Candied Orange Peel Day

I'm hostess for the CCEE Stampers for the month of May.  When I was deciding on the themes of my challenges, I found out that today is National Candied Orange Peel Day.  That's a weird one!  To celebrate, I asked the team to include the color orange on our cards.  It was to celebrate the Day, not just because ORANGE is one of my favorite colors! 

Here's my card, made with a stamp/die set from CottageCutz.

Stop over at the CCEE Stampers blog to see some more orange cards.

Colorful Tri-Shutter Card

My card today is full of bright sunny colors -- and lots of folds!   The Score-Pal "More Than One Score" challenge for May is to use your favorite color combination.  I'm not sure I have a favorite combination (there are so many good ones), but orange is one of my favorite colors.  Yellow, orange, and lime green make a "happy-looking" combination, so that's what I chose.   I used a die/stamp set and several other dies from CottageCutz.

Supplies used on today's card are:

Yellow cardstock - 12 x 5 1/2"
Lime green for the mats
Patterned paper for the panels
Scraps of orange and black for the sentiment and butterfly
Copic markers
Scor-Pal
Foam pop dots
CottageCutz dies - Marigolds - October (stamp/die set), Happy, Birthday, Double-stitched Ovals, Spring Butterfly 1

Cut the yellow cardstock to 12" x 5 1/2" and score on the 2", 4", 8", and 10" marks.

Place the panel in your paper cutter with the long edge at the 1 1/" mark.  Cut a slit from the 2" scoreline to the 10" scoreline.  Rotate 180 degrees and cut the same way on the other side.

Fold on the scorelines as shown in the photo.

I used the card base and traced around the end T-shape section and cut a template.  I then cut 1/16" around the edge to make a template for the mat piece, and again another 1/16" to make a template for the patterned paper piece.

Cut the mat and patterned paper pieces as follows:

Lime green - 4 pieces 1 3/8" x 1 7/8", 2 pieces 1 3/8" x 3 7/8", 1 piece 2 3/8" x 3 7/8", and one piece using the larger of the two T-shaped templates.

Patterned paper - 4 pieces 1 1/4" x 1 3/4", 2 pieces 1 1/4" x 3 3/4", 1 piece 2 1/4" x 3 3/4", one piece using the smaller of the two T-shaped templates.

Layer and adhere the patterned paper to the lime green pieces.  Adhere to the card base.

Stamp and color the marigolds onto white cardstock and then cut all the die-cut pieces.

Apply the die-cut pieces to your card, and you're finished.

This is such a fun card to make.  I hope you'll give it a try.

CottageCutz dies used on my card are:

CCEE1717 - National Garden Month

For her final challenge this month Joanne informed the CCEE Stampers that April is National Garden Month.  She said that, when she thinks of April, she also thinks of flowers -- spring is here and flowers are blooming.  She asked us to make a card that includes floral or garden images.  The flower for the month of April is the daisy.  I used one of the CottageCutz flower of the month stamp/die sets for my card.

Stop over at the CCEE Stampers blog for some more floral beauty!

Baby Boy Pop Up Box Card

CottageCutz recently released a whole batch of baby dies, which are really cute.   Last week my card on the CottageCutz blog was for a baby girl.  Today's card is for a baby boy.  Pop-Up Box cards are so much fun to create.

Supplies used on my card are:

White cardstock cut 12" x 8 1/2"
Blue cardstock cut as follows:
     3 panels cut2 1/2" x 3 1/2"
     6 panels cut 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"
     2 panels cut 2 1/2" x 6 1/4"
Patterned paper panels cut 1/8" smaller than blue panels
White cardstock panel cut 1/8" smaller than the long blue panel
White, blue, tan cardstock for die-cuts
Acetate
Copic markers
Scor-Tape
CottageCutz dies - Bathtub Time, Baby Boy Tag Topper, Baby Blocks mini, Bear on Cloud and Moon

To make the card, score the 12" x 8 1/2" piece of white cardstock on the long side at 2 3/4", 5 1/2", 8 1/4", and 11". 

Then cut off a 2" x 12" strip and set aside to use later.

Rotate the white cardstock a quarter turn and score at 2 3/4".

Cut down 2 3/4" to the score line along each of the perpendicular score lines.  At the 11" score line, continue to cut at an angle to create a tab, as shown in the photo.

Cut the 2" x 12" strip at 4 3/4" from the end with the 1" score line, and then cut in half to create two 1" x 4 3/4" strips.  Ad some Scor-Tape to the ends, as shown.

Cut the blue and white cardstock and patterned paper pieces, as shown.

Adhere to the white card base.

  Outside of box

   Inside of box

Add Scor-Tape to the small tab, fold the card together and adhere the tab.

Adhere the two small strips of cardstock to the inside of the box, with the tabs facing toward the outside.

Cut the die-cuts using all four dies, using white, blue, and tan cardstock.

Color the die-cut pieces and assemble. 

You can see that I assembled the tub scene on a piece of acetate.  I did this so that I could show the water droplets and bubbles.

Add all the assembled pieces to various parts of the box, using acetate strips to elevate the blocks.

If you've never made a pop-up box card, I would encourage you to give it a try.  It was great fun!

CottageCutz dies used on my card are:

CCEE1716 - Global Astronomy Month

This week Joanne told the CCEE Stampers that April is Global Astronomy Month and asked us to create a card having to do with astronomy, such as moons and stars -- but not limited to that.  I decided on the sun.  My card is pretty bright -- you might need dark glasses in order not to squint!

Stop over at the CCEE Stampers blog to see "where in the world" the rest of the team visited!

Baby Screen Card

CottageCutz just released some really cute baby dies.  I'm using several of them on my screen card today.

Supplies used on my card are:

Pink cardstock - 11" x 5 1/2", scored at 3 3/4" and 7 1/4"

Dark pink cardstock (3 panels) - 3 1/4" x 4"

Patterned paper (3 panels) - 3 1/8" x 3 7/8"

White cardstock large enough to cut pieces

Scrap of pink and dark pink large enough to cut circle pieces

Various Copic markers for coloring die-cut pieces

Punches to cut border top and legs

CottageCutz dies - Baby Animal Mobile, Baby Girl Tag Topper, Pram, Stork w/Baby Mini

To start my card, I cut the pink cardbase 11" x 5 1/2", scored at 3 3/4" and 7 1/4", and punched the border top and legs.  You could use any border punch for the top; mine is an EK Success punch that has small moons and stars.  There are many different punches you could use to cut the legs.   I used the Modern Label punch from Stampin' Up.

Then I cut the dark pink matting pieces and pattern paper . . .

. . .  and adhered the dark pink pieces onto the three panels of the screen.

I cut out the various pieces from white cardstock, except for the tag topper, where I used scraps of light and dark pink.

I colored the various die cuts and constructed the pram, stork and baby, and tag topper.  I decided that it would be easier to construct the mobile directly on the panel rather than pre-make it, although I did "build" the animals that had several pieces (the giraffe, zebra and lion -- as well as the sun).

I then glued the pram to the first panel, built the mobile on the second panel, and glued the stork with the baby and the tag topper to the third panel . . .

. . . and adhered all three panels to the card.

CottageCutz dies used on this card are:

CCEE1715 - National Humor Month

Joanne continues as hostess for the CCEE Stampers this week.  The month of April is National Humor Month.  She reminds us that there are many occasions when a funny image or sentiment can make the day of someone facing some type of a challenge -- or an "aged" birthday.  She asks us to make a card using humor.  I rarely make cards where the sentiment is the focus, but today is one of those days.

Check out the CCEE Stampers blog for some more humor.