Cut Out and Keep: 'I beat for you.' Valentines Card

It's Valentines Day in a few days, so we've put together this 'I beat for you.' Valentines card, that you can print out and send to your loved one. Whether that's your best friend, partner or favourite pet, tell them you love them, Cosmos and Crayons style!

All you'll need is:

• A piece of card
• A piece of paper
• scissors
• glue
  
  
  Click both image, then right click and save to your computer. Print out the card on the piece of card, and the envelope on the piece of paper.
  
  

  

  Envelope

  
  

  

  Card

  Don't forget to pop by later this week for more science facts!
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Cut Out and Keep: Christmas Card

It's another cut out and keep Christmas post!
This week we bring you a Cosmos and Crayons Ginge and Sloth Christmas card and envelope.

Merry Christmas from Sloth and Ginge.

Simply download the three printouts below. You will need two sheets of card, scissors and glue to make 2 cards with envelopes.

Print this one first, full size A4 portrait.

Pop your card back in your printer,
 with the previous printout on the reverse
 and the blank side facing up.

 You the should have two cards, with a front and inside printed. Chop these out with your scissors following the faint grey line horizontally across the page.

Printout two envelopes, full size A4 landscape.

Cut out your envelope prints, fold and glue the tabs in place, and voila!

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Cut Out and Keep: Anatomy Snow Globes

We have a Christmas special Cut Out and Keep project for you to create!

Once a week up until Christmas we will be doing a Cut Out and Keep Christmas themed project, to help you have a Cosmos and Crayons themed festive time.

This week, it's anatomy themed snow globe decorations!

Simply download the two sheets below, and print onto a piece of card (full size A4) turning the sheet over and printing the back on to the reverse. Then hole punch the top, attach a piece of sting and pop on your tree. You could hang them anywhere.

Click the image, then right click and save to your computer :)

And the same again.

If you have any photos of your creation, email them to chopstitchcrafts@gmail.com to be featured on the blog :)

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The Big Knit

We almost missed out on this years Big Knit! We have spent the last few days whipping up some little hats, Cosmos and Crayons style of course!

We made a Ginge, a Sloth, some kitties and some Pugs.

Every year the lovely people at Innocent  (I call them the smoothie people) raise money to help oldies keep warm during the winter Months. For Each smoothie topped with a hat they sell during November, they donate 25p to Age Concern.

How can you get involved? By knitting / crocheting up some lovely hats and sending them to Innocent's headquarters. Not only does this help raise money, but brings people together from all ages to help a good cause.

The deadline to submit your hats is the 31st October, so we apologise for doing this post a little late.

For more information on The Big Knit you can check out the website:

 The Big Knit

Keep your eyes peeled in November for our little hats! 

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Scouting for Ad Buddies

Help spread the word!

Cosmos and Crayons are on the lookout for fellow bloggers to swap ads with.

We are still fairly new to blogging, and still getting our heads around all the jargon, so we are offering two sizes to choose from free for a month, ideally if you can offer an add in similar size on your blog.

Currently we are taking ads in the following sizes.

250x150 Pixels

Image URL from my Photobucket account:

 http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab343/chopstitch/cosmosandcrayons250x150_zpsd396cc3a.jpg

250x100 Pixels

Image URL from my Photobucket account:

http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab343/chopstitch/cosmosandcrayons250x100_zps8ecb5ba4.jpg

If you need the Cosmos and Crayons ad in a different size to fit on your blog, let me know and I will make one up for you. 

So, if fancy an ad swap, pop me an email at chopstitchcrafts@gmail.com

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Ginge gets crafty: Adventure Time, Jake

 I recently discovered Adventure Time, and straight away fell in love with it. It has an excellent balance of cuteness and sillyness.

I was asked by a friend to make a Jake and a Finn, and have been slowly crafting them together, I found the perfect material to make Jake, super soft and cuddly!

Jake tries to help out....

I felt like Dr Frankenstein, I high fived myself once I finished him. 

Jake likes to spend lazy Sunday afternoons playing Tetris.

Here is abit of Adventure Time fan art for your tastebuds :)

Ginge the dog and Sloth the human.

I have set myself the challenge to make all the characters, I'm currently crafting up a Lady Rainicorn and a Finn, so keep your eyes potatoed for updates :D