Showing posts with label CottageCutz Hello Spring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CottageCutz Hello Spring. Show all posts

Thursday, February 21, 2019

Froggie Hello!

Hi Blogging Friends!

I am so happy you stopped by today! It is Pam sharing with you on the blog.

And before we get started I wanted to let you know that we are having a wonderful sale in our online store. The new Spring release is 25% off.  Check out the new dies! They are so adorable.

Today, I am using one of the dies from the Spring release.  I think this little frog is just so cute!


Designer Steps:
 1.  Cut out your frog using the Spring Frog with Lily Pad die.  I used two different greens, blue, tan, pink and white card stock
 2.  Use a variety of ink pads to shadow your pieces and then assemble the frog.  I used a black marker to color the white die cut eyes and then added a white dot with a gel pen
 3.  Assemble the flower and the cattail
 4.  Use the large Stitched Scallop die and cut out a white circle.  Use a stencil and blue ink to make the clouds
 5.  Arrange the cattail and lily pad on cloud circle and glue them down.  Then pop up the frog onto the lily pad with dimension tape
 6.  Use an A2 white card base and cut out a slightly smaller piece of blue card stock for the front of the card.  Use a punch on the side of the blue to get the different size holes
 6.  Cut a piece of checked green DP 3 1/4 x 5 1/4 and glue it to the blue card stock.  Then glue it to the front of the card
 7.  Place dimension tape to the back of the scalloped stitched circle and place it on the front of the card
 8.  Use the Hello die and cut it out of white foam and glue it to the front of the card as shown

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As always I am so glad you stopped by to take a look! Hope you take some time for yourself to be creative!
Blessings
Pam


Thursday, April 06, 2017

Spring Bunnies!

Good Morning to All of Our Scrapping Cottage Friends!

It is Pam with an Easter card to share with you today.  I have created a card using inlays from the die called Spring Bunny Egg.



1.  Begin by cutting the Spring Bunny Egg die and removing all the pieces. Be careful to put them in a place where the piece will not get lost.  I actually place them in a small box until I am ready for them

2.  Trace the egg to make a back so that you can glue down the inlaid small pieces after you are finished coloring them set aside

3.  Mask the top half of the egg using green ink sponge the bottom half of the egg.

 4.   Then mask the bottom of the egg using blue ink sponge the top part of the egg

5.   Gather all the inside pieces and begin coloring them with your copic markers or any coloring tools you may enjoy using

6.  After you are finished coloring glue the back to the egg and then start adding the colored inlay pieces
7.  Next using the largest Double Stitched Rectangle die center a piece 5 1/4 x 4 inch piece of yellow checked paper to make a frame

8.   Using the second largest Double Stitched Rectangle die cut 5 1/4 x 4 inch piece of yellow card stock
9.   Glue the yellow card stock directly under the checked paper
10.  Using the Grass Border die cut a strip of grass and glue it behind the frame on the yellow card stock

 11.  Glue the entire frame to the front of an A2 card
 12.  Center your Spring Bunny Egg in the frame under the grass
 13.  Cut two more bunnies using the Spring Bunny Egg and color them plus cut 3 orange flowers using the Hello Spring die
 14.  Add the bunnies and flowers as shown and for a final touch add a small bow to the top left of the frame
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I hope you enjoyed this Spring tutorial and that you will give it a try!!

Thanks for stopping by today! I am always so glad you did!!

Blessings
Pam



Sunday, February 12, 2017

Lilly of the Valley Flower

Hello everyone!

It's Donna here and I am sharing with you one of the new stamp & die combo set. I am featuring one of the new Birthday Flowers sets. This one is the Lilly of the Valley Flower - May set. This set has two stamps, the flower and the butterfly, plus it has two dies, which is for the flower and butterfly. Take a browse around on the blog, there are some very creative projects using the birthday flower stamp & die combos.

Here is my card, my card is an A2 (4 1/4 x 5 1/2)


Here is a closer look of the flower and butterfly.  I added some wink of stella clear to give the elements some shine.


I used these copics to color all the elements on the flower and butterfly.



I hope I have inspired you to get one of these beautiful birthday stamp and die combo sets!

Also, there is a design team call for CottageCutz going on right now, if you are interested, all the info is here.  This is a wonderful team to be on if you are a very open minded and creative person.

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Wednesday, June 01, 2016

~LadyBug Happy Mail + a Giveaway~



 
Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Wednesday edition of the Blog. Make sure you read all the way to the end of the post for some giveaway information.
 
Today for your viewing pleasure, I am featuring a couple of new dies set from the May release. I have used the "Hello Spring" and the "Garden Friends" dies.  The "hello spring" has 7 other dies besides the Hello word and the "garden friends" has a butterfly, bee and the ladybug in a circle die. Both sets are super cute dies and can be easily used on your project.
 
I wanted to create a card of encouragement for my BFF who is battling breast cancer. Email and phone calls are good but everyone likes to get some happy mail. So let's get started with how I put this card together.
This week I again started with my layout. I came across this sketch on Splitcoaststampers last week. As soon as I saw it, I thought of the garden friends dies and knew I would use it for my card this week.
 
My goal on the Wednesday post is to show you how simple it can be to create a card. By either using a sketch, a color combo or both.
 
Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Black Layer: 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"
Striped Patterned paper: 3 5/8"  x 4 7/8"
 
This is the layout I used. I changed it up just a bit but the basic sketch is there. A sketch is a starting point and you can always make changes to accommodate your image or available dies. The numbers on this sketch indicate your card layers.
 
I used my red card base for layer #2 and the striped patterned paper for layers #3 & #4. See what I mean about changing it to suit what you are doing on your card?
 
 For the large circle #5 on the sketch, I used the CottageCutz stitched circle die and the Basic Circle die. My greeting is stamped on this layer. For the smaller circles on this layer, I used the Hello Spring die and cut the flower images as well as the hello word. The hello word I cut 3x for dimension and glued together with multi-matte medium from Ranger.
 
 They were just the perfect size for my card. Its a 3 piece die- the scallop layer, the flower and then the center. I sponged red ink on the scallop to darken it up just a bit. There is a slight contrast in colors. And, for the center I used black cardstock.
 
For the circle #6 on the sketch I used the "garden friends" die and just cut out the ladybug. I cut it out twice. Once in red and then again in black. I used the die inlay technique with the black pieces filling in the red. It makes it stand out on your card nicely.
 
 
 
 
 
That's my card for this week.  Thanks for sticking with me to the end.
 
 
 Here is the giveaway info I mentioned at the beginning of the post. How would you like to win all the cardstock pieces to re-create the card I have shown today?  All you will need is some glue and your own stamp for the sentiment. I cut out an extra set of everything I used today and would like to give it away.
 
 Leave me a comment on your ideas for using the "Garden Friends" stamp set besides what I have shown you today. I will select one lucky comment and get it out to you in the mail. You will have until Saturday to submit your ideas.
 
So until next time.........inky hugs!!!
 
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzgardenfriends.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzhellospring.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/search.aspx?find=circle+basics
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzstitchedcirclesetbasics.aspx