Showing posts with label Sweet Valentines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sweet Valentines. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Bee Happy

Hi, Janja here!

Today I would like to share with you another card with a bear.


Supplies:
- CottageCutz stamps and dies: Ben with Beehive, Sweet Valentines (beehive, honey pot, sentiment), Beehives (branch), Rectangle Set, Stitched Rectangle Set
- white card base: 5.3 x 5.3" (13,5 x 13,5 cm)
- patterned paper: 5 x 5" (12,7 x 12,7 cm)
- patterned paper: 4.25 x 4.25" (10,8 x 10,8 cm)
- colored cardstock
- Distress inks: Festive Berries, Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron, Faded Jeans, Broken China, Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge, Black Soot
- watercolor paper

Trim selected patterned papers. Cut out watercolor paper with the largest rectangle die from the set, and stamp on it the bear with black Archival ink.


First, color the entire motif with Distress inks. Later stamp one more time only the bear, beehive and honey pot. After coloring cut them out with the matching dies.



We will attach one beehive to a branch with leaves. Cut them out from brown and green cardstock.
 

Stamp sentiment in black and assemble the card.

 

If you have not yet managed to see the new CottageCutz dies - Baby, I kindly invite you to the store. 

That's all for today. I hope you like it and thank you for stopping by.




Friday, February 17, 2017

MINI ACCORDION PHOTO BOOK

Hello Dear Friends !!!

It's Anita here and I hope you had a great week. Spring is in the air and birds and bees are to be seen in the gardens.
CottageCutz has something new for you this season and that is the combination of stamps and dies that will surely make you happy. These are super cute and so much fun to colour.
You can check all of them here.
Valentine's Day just got over but a gift for our loved ones is what we all love making.
So here I have a cute mini accordion photo book featuring the CottageCutz Sweet Valentines stamp and Die set.



To make this book, follow the pictures and instructions below.
  

Stamp the image with black ink

Colour with medium of your choice. I have used Zig Brush Pens


Cut them out with coordinating dies




Cut two card stock 12" x 5" and score in mountain and valley fold at 4".


Adhere the last panel of one card stock to the first panel of the other card stock to form an accordion book.


Cut out pattern paper 4.75" x 3.75" and round of corners. Distress with aged mahogany distress ink.

Adhere these panels to the front and back of the book. Adhere Wide Stitched Rectangle frames after they also have been distressed.

Add the die cut images popping them up with 3D foam tape




Tie the book with a ribbon.



CottageCutz dies


Its so much fun to create cute projects using this stamp and die combination. To see many new dies , visit the store here.
Thank you so much for your time and comments. Happy crafting.

Monday, February 13, 2017

Shaker Money Holder

Hi, Lois here with a fun project.  I'm sure we all look for creative ways to give money as a gift.  Last fall during the Splitcoaststampers Falliday Fest, one of the tutorials presented was a shaker money holder.  At the time, I didn't have a Fuse tool; so I used sticky tape.  I received a Fuse tool for Christmas, so I'm trying it again -- this time using one of the new CottageCutz stamp/die sets featuring Ben and Chloe.



Supplies used on this project are:

Plastic page protector
Sequins (black, gold, white)
Ribbon
We R Memory Keepers Fuse Tool  (if you don't have one, sticky tape will work)
CottageCutz dies - Bumblebee Chloe, Sweet Valentines
White and Yellow cardstock
Scor-tape and foam adhesive circles
Copic markers
Wink of Stella
Xyron sticker maker

To begin my project, I cut one corner of the 8 1/2" x 11" page protector down to 6" x 7 1/2".


If you've never used a Fuse tool before, you should probably practice a little bit before attempting a project.  You need to let it warm up for about 10 minutes to achieve the proper temperature.   The tool comes with a 6 1/2" ruler/guide, but I needed to fuse the 7 1/2" side; so I used a longer metal ruler.



This made a pocket, which I folded in half, using a bone folder to make a good crease.


I opened the pocket and poured in some black, gold, and white sequins -- distributing them evenly on both sides of the crease.


Then I folded the pocket back together and fused along both short sides.


It just so happened that I had some ribbon with bumblebees on it.  I cut a piece of ribbon long enough to go around the top of the pocket and lap over slightly.  To make adhering the ribbon easier, I ran a strip of Scor-tape across the back of the ribbon.  Then I applied the ribbon around the top of the pocket, made a bow and attached it to the left-hand side of the front of the pocket.


Now it was time to finish decorating the front of the money holder.  On white cardstock I stamped, colored, and die cut Bumblebee Chloe.  I used some Wink of Stella on her wings to make them sparkle a bit.


Then I ran her through my Xyron sticker maker to make sure she had adhesive covering her entire back.


Again on white cardstock I stamped, colored and die-cut the Honey Pot, Honey Applicator and some bees from the Sweet Valentines set.


I cut a banner from a scrap piece of yellow cardstock and stamped the "Bee Happy" sentiment at the top, then attached the small die-cuts to the banner with foam adhesive circles.  I adhered the banner beneath the bow, using Scor-tape, and the Chloe "sticker" to the right side of the money holder.  All that remained was to put the money in the pocket between the front and back "shaker" sides.

This was a fun project, and I imagine I will be making many of these!  I hope you try one, too.

CottageCutz stamp/die sets used on this project are:





Monday, February 06, 2017

Sweet Honey!

Hi, Lois here with a card I created for the Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge the other day.  I find that sketch challenges are a good place to start when making your card.  Here is the layout presented to us for that challenge.



Even though there is a heart on this sketch, I decided I wanted to make a card that was not necessarily a Valentine.  Products used on my card are:

Card base gold cardstock 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" folded in half, 4" x 3/4" strip
Yellow layer cardstock 4" x 5 1/4"
White layer cardstock 3 7/8" square
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger Distress Squeezed Lemonade, Scattered Straw, Wild Honey
Dies - CottageCutz Sweet Valentines
Other - Darice bee border embossing folder, hand-made honeycomb stencil, heart punches, sponge applicators


To start my card I secured the honeycomb stencil onto the white panel with removable tape and then sponged on the three yellow inks.  Then I ran the yellow panel through my Cuttlebug with the border embossing folder on the right-hand side.  After sponging the embossing with Wild Honey ink to bring out the pattern, I glued the stenciled piece on the left-hand side and glued down the gold strip.  I adhered this entire panel to my gold background.

I cut and colored the images from the Sweet Valentines set.


I then punched out the two hearts from yellow and white cardstock, glued them together, and glued the hearts over the gold strip.  I stamped the sentiment at the upper left-hand corner.


I then popped on the die-cut pieces and I was finished.


I hope you like my card, and I'll see you next time.

CottageCutz die used on this card: