Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Stitched Fruit Thank You Set



Hi everyone! It's Janet here to show you a set of thank you cards for the spring season. I have really enjoyed working with the dies in the new In Stitches collection. There is so much to choose from and they can be used year around. I am a huge fan of the stitched look so these are right up my ally!

Today's set of five cards feature the delicious Stitched Fruit dies. Here you will find a lemon, apple, pear, strawberry and cherries. These are nice sized dies when assembled and were perfect as the focal points for my card set. They would be awesome on tags also.


The Thanks sentiment is cut from the Stitched Alphabet set. The entire alphabet cuts out at once and are a nice chunky size at 1" tall for words or short phrases on your card projects. The letters would also work wonderfully on your scrapbook layouts. There are matching numbers to match the letters although I didn't use them in today's project.

The circle die cut comes from one of my most favorite shape sets, Nested Wacky Stitched Circle Set. To create a little additional interest, I trimmed about 3/8" of the circle off and butt it against a narrow green strip and a red embossed strip of card stock.

Please click on the video thumbnail below or this link to watch how these cards were created.


Thanks for stopping by to get some inspiration for your projects. Have a crafty day!

Dies Used In This Card:





Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Rise & Shine Card Samples - Part 2

 
Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit today. I have some exciting news to share. There is a brand new release of dies. It's our Rise & Shine release and the designs are currently on sale for a limited time at 25% off the retail price.

So many cute breakfast and made with love themed dies. The design team has put together some cute samples to give you some ideas on how to use these dies. We showed some samples last Tuesday- click here to see those.

So let's get started with the samples for today.

Card 1: This first sample is a card from Janja Albreht. She used the Skillet w/Eggs & Breakfast Plate dies to create a beautiful invitation to brunch. The food looks delicious - anyone want to hop on a plane to Slovenia and surprise her for brunch?
Card 2: Our next sample is a card from Lois Bak. She used the pastry goodies & made with love phrase dies and created a cute cherry pie card. ,How perfect would this be for when you do some special baking for gift giving.
Card 3: Our next sample is a card from Jeanne Knobbe. She used the Rise & Shine Phrase die and stenciled a beautiful sunrise background to compliment the images. This card could be used for a variety of occasions such as birthday, thinking of you and even an encouragement card.
Card 4: Our next sample is a card from Pam MacKay. She used the Kitchen Chef dies to create a really cute card. This one could be used for a homemade goodie gift. Or by simply changing the sentiment as a Mothers Day card or a way to congratulate someone who is taking their first cooking class, or a thinking of you for someone who loves to cook. Lots of options with this die.

That's the samples for this week. I will have another set to show on Tuesday, March 27th. Hope these samples have sparked some ideas in ways you could use these dies. They are currently 25% off for a limited time in the online store.

Dies used to create cards:

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzskilletweggs.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzbreakfastplate.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzpastrygoodies.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzriseandshinephrase.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzkitchenchef.aspx

Monday, March 12, 2018

Easter Basket

Hi, Lois here.  Easter is just a few weeks away, so for today's post I made an Easter card.  I had bought a pad of patterned paper a few weeks ago at Hobby Lobby that had several pieces that looked just like a woven basket, and I've been wanting to use it.  Today is the day!   My card, using one of the Spring dies (Spring Flower Eggs), is pretty simple.


To start, I cut the eggs three times -- from yellow, pale green, and purple cardstock.


Using a fine-tip glue applicator, I glued the cut-out eggs to the solid back pieces, alternating the colors.


Then I cut my cardstock:

Cream - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Patterned paper - 2" x 5 1/4"

The handle was cut from tan cardstock, using the largest CottageCutz Pierced Wide Oval Frame die.


Using a wide-angle corner punch, I rounded the bottom corners of the basket-weave patterned paper.


I wrapped some purple ribbon around the oval frame/basket handle, taping it in place.


I taped the handle to the back of the basket and added the eggs.  Then I adhered some foam tape strips around the basket and the frame.


Removing the protective paper from the tape, I adhered the basket to my card base.  I added a large foam pop dot behind each egg and a strip of ribbon and bow to the basket, and my card was finished.


By the way, CottageCutz has a new release of some cute breakfast items called Rise and Shine.  They are currently on sale at 25% off.  Be sure to check them out.

CottageCutz dies used on my card are:

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzspringflowereggs.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzpiercedwideovalframesetbasics.aspx








Sunday, March 11, 2018

Rainbow Easter Card

Hi!

It's Anja here. Spring is coming! I can smell it. Finally. I must say I was getting a bit tired of all the snow, waking up early to clean the snow of the car and roads full of snow. We still have some though, but I think the sun will take it away soon.

I still have some Easter dies to show you, so I decided to make another Easter card today. This time I used this cute bunny with the brush. He painted all the letters and eggs in rainbow colors.


For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Egg Painting Bunny, Stitched Alphabet, Pierced Circle Set),
- Distress Oxides (Antique Linen, Black Soot, Twisted Citron, Gathered Twigs, Walnut Stain, Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers, Worn Lipstick, Abandoned Coral),
- craft card base (15x15 cm),
- craft paper for background (13 x13 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts and background (13,5x13,5 cm on the front, 13x13 cm inside),
- silver pigment ink,
- gold pigment ink,
- paper distresser,
- pink Zig marker,
- black brush pen,
- white pen,
- Wink of Stella glitter brush pen,
- paper glue.

First I colored the white paper with Distress Oxides. I tried to make a rainbow. I started with lighter tones and went to darker ones.


Then I cut out the letters. I used the leftover paper to cut out the eggs later.


Then I die cut and colored all the pieces for the bunny. I used combination of oxides and silver and gold  pigment ink pads to color it. I used Wink of Stella marker for the eggs, brush and can of paint.

 

When I had everything colored I made the background. I spritzed oxides, mixed with water on the craft background. I heat it with the heat gun.

 

I cut the other parts from white card stock.

 

Then I just glued everything together. I used the eggs to decorate the inside of the card.








At the end pf my post I want to remind you to stop by at the store and check out the new Rise&Shine Collection. I just got my new dies yesterday and I can't wait to make projects with it. The new dies are currently 25 % off.

I wish you all a lovely Sunday and see you again next week.
Anja Z.

Cottage Cutzs products I used:






Saturday, March 10, 2018

Easter Egg Plant (new die)

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. Our days are about to get a lot longer starting tomorrow. This weekend is our Spring forward time change. So remember to push your clocks 1 hour ahead tonight when you go to bed.

Before I start with today's card, I wanted to let you know we have a new release of dies. It's our Rise & Shine collection and they are currently on a 25% sale. To see some card samples from the team - click here.

Today, I am showing a card from our Spring die collection. They are on a limited time sale at 25% off. I used the Chickies w/Egg Plant, Spring Meadow, and Stitched Flowers dies. So let's get started with some details on how I created my card.

Step 1:  Since I knew what dies I planned on using, I looked through my cardstock and patterned papers for some spring colors. I have a spring mix stack from DCWV that has some great patterns in it. I just needed to match it to cardstock. Decided that yellow and green would coordinate well with the pattern of paper I chose.
Wild Wasabi (green) card base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Daffodil Delight (yellow) layering panel : 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
Patterned Paper layer: 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"
Step 2: cut my "egg plant" from a lilac cardstock and layered yellow underneath.  The plant pot is also cut in lilac with a matching paper for the trim. The stitched flowers are cut in lilac and yellow.
Step 3: Started the assembly of the card base and layering panels. Used double sided tape to secure. 
I decided to cut a white rectangle 1 3/4" x 4 1/2" as a base for the egg plant & pot. Lightly Sponged distress tumbled ink as a background.
Used the Spring Meadow die to add some grass to the bottom of this panel. This die has 2 heights of grass so you can add shading for a slight color variance. I used the wasabi green cardstock and sponged the background. Also cut a butterfly in lilac cardstock for another element for my card.
I cut a stitched cloud from the Stitched Sun, Clouds & Umbrella die. Sponged that in distress ink and stamped my Easter sentiment directly on the cloud. I used my MISTI tool to stamp 2x in order to get a darker shade of purple.
Step 4:  Attached all the elements to the image panel with double sided tape and glue dots.
 Used dimensional foam tape to secure the panel to the patterned paper layer. I wanted it lifted somewhat since the paper has a busy pattern. Attached my 2 stitched flowers and butterfly and this card is completed.

I hope I have given you another idea for an Easter card. The team has been showing lots of samples over the past month. There is a search box on the right side of the Blog if you are looking for a sample for a particular die.
Have a great weekend. Happy St Patrick's Day and I will see you again next Saturday.
 
Dies I used to create card:
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzchickiesweggplant.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzstitchedflowers.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzstitchedsuncloudsandumbrella.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzspringmeadow.aspx