Scor-Pal More Than One Score -- Spring/Easter

The theme of March's Scor-Pal "More Than One Score" challenge is Spring/Easter.  My card is a Screen Divider Z-fold card celebrating Easter.

To make the card, I cut my cardstock 5 1/2" x 10 1/2", scored it at 3 1/2" and 7", and then punched across the top with a border punch.  By punching a Fancy Label Punch in the center of each panel, I created the legs of the screen.

I've had that cross stamp for a very long time and love to use it on Easter cards.  The Easter lilies balanced each other on the first and third panel.

I hope you join in on the challenge over on the Scor-Pal blog.  If you don't want to make a Spring or Easter card, you can do anything else you'd like.  "Anything Goes" is an alternate challenge each month.  Post your card on the blog and you might win a $25 gift certificate!

CCEE1804 Favorite Techniques

As Liz's final CCEE Stampers challenge this month, she gave us an easy one -- "show us your favorite technique in cardmaking."   Actually, my card has two techniques that I really love:  the Galaxy background technique and a fun fold, a divider screen card.  In addition, I also like to fussy cut; it's very relaxing.    To be absolutely honest, I used elements of one of my favorite movie franchises on this card.  I'm sure you can tell what that is!

Check out the CCEE Stampers blog to find out what the rest of the team likes to do!

Sweet Treats Screen Card

It's hard to believe Christmas is right around the corner.  I don't know if you're like me, but I make Christmas cards all year long.  It keeps the panic at bay!  I have a Christmas card today made with a fun new die from CottageCutz, Cocoa and Sweet Treats.

To start my card, I cut my cardstock as follows:

White - 5 1/2" x 10 1/2"
Green - 3 1/2" x 4" (3 panels)
Patterned paper - 3 1/4" x 3 3/4" (3 panels)

I scored the long white panel at 3 1/2" and 7", creating three sections.  Using a Martha Stewart snowflake border punch, I punched along the top of the white panel.  I then lined up the top of the largest Rounded Square die along the bottom edge of the first panel and cut out the "legs" of my screen.  I then duplicated this process on the second and third panels.

I then constructed my screen by gluing the patterned paper onto the green panels, which I then glued to the screen.

Then came the fun.  I die-cut all the pieces from the Cocoa and Tasty Treats die -- some from colored cardstock and the majority from white cardstock.

I then colored the white pieces with Copic markers and constructed my images.  Note the top of the cup for the first panel.  It is cut from a small piece of vellum.

All that remained was to glue the cups and treats to the panels and stamp the sentiments.

Be sure to check out all the dies in the new Christmas release over on the CottageCutz website.  Dies used on my card today are:

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:

CCEE1533 Screen Divider Card

Frances, our CCEE hostess for August, has been meaning to make a screen divider card for some time.  They are quite fun -- here's a tutorial if you want to try one yourself.  I've made several of these over the years; and when I make one, I usually put a belly band around it so that it will fit easily into an envelope.

Here it is opened.

Check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see what creativity you will find there.