Coloring Onto "Toned Tan" Paper

Hi everyone! Linh here and I have a new video up on the Cottage Cutz YouTube channel. There are some gorgeous flowers in the latest Easter release! I've made two cards - one using the Spring Lilies and one with the Spring Daffodils. Both are an amazing size and with individual leaves and flower petals, you can really make the floral arrangement as large as you like to fill your card front.

Today, I tried something different. I colored onto "Toned Tan" sketch paper. I laid down an initial base of soft pastel to get some basic color onto all the die cuts.  Then I went back in with colored pencils to give more shading, definition and texture. It's such a fun technique and a very different, almost vintage look.

Click here to watch me make this card!

 

  

 

Spring Bird

Hello Friends!

It is NEW RELEASE TIME!  The collection is called EASTER and it has 17 incredible pieces!  They are so perfect for Easter and Spring.   Right now you can save up to 30% on these individual dies. This sale will not last so stop by the store today right HERE! 

Today, I decided to make a CAS designed card.  The CAS stands for Clean and Simple.  The die I used for the card is Spring Bird w/Vine.

Design Steps:

1.  Cut the pieces out of various colors of card stock using the Spring Bird w/Vine.  Ink the pieces and then assemble with a fine tip glue.  I like Art Glitter glue with it's fine tip

2.  The card base is an A2 size on white card stock.  Cut a piece of white card stock 4 1/8 x 5 3/8 and run it though a leaf embossing folder

3.  Glue the embossed piece to the card front and then glue on the leaves

4.  Next glue down the bird and add the sentiment.  Add the little white highlights with a Gelly Roll Sakura pen.  Your card is complete

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I think this is one of our most beautiful collection so don't miss out!  I think it will sell out fast!

We have more inspiration on our YouTube Channel check it out HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by!  And I will see you next Thursday.

Blessings and Take Care

The Old Rugged Cross

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Saturday edition of the Blog.

We have a brand-new Easter release with 17 new designs available in the online store. There is something for every card maker with faith-based dies, beautiful floral images, whimsical with bunnies and frogs and several lovely birds and butterflies.

You will be able to take the images beyond the Easter or Spring season. And for a limited time you can get individual dies at 30% off. Today for your viewing pleasure I am using the new Cross w/Draped Cloth and the tulips from the Spring Blessings dies. 

I started my card with the colors from the Splitcoaststampers color challenge #941. We are to use sahara sand, petal pink and very vanilla for the color trio. Optional is anything related to wood. Neutral shades can also be used. 

sahara sand, petal pink, very vanilla

The colors are so limited that I really had to think about this one. The wood option made me think of a cross. So, I decided to use the cross w/draped cloth die.

The cross has amazing detail and my mind went to the hymn "The old rugged cross" and I decided to use that for a background. I found a free printable online of the hymn. I printed it on cardstock and cut it down for my A2 size card. Layered that on a suede color cardstock and cut the cross in the same suede cardstock. 

To get the vanilla shade in I cut the cloth in vanilla. I used a pink cardstock for my card base. The tulips are cut in the same pink and sponged with kitsch pink distress ink for a deeper shade. 

I decided to make another card and use a purple cloth instead of the vanilla one. I changed the tulips to the purple shade and the card base as well.

Well, that's it for me for this post. See you again on Saturday. 

Reminder: Our YouTube Channel has a new video from Marla Harris. There is a giveaway for being a subscriber, liking the video and leaving a comment. Click here.

dies I used to create card:

Spring Frog Shadow Box - NEW RELEASE

Hello Friends!

It is NEW RELEASE TIME!  The collection is called EASTER and it has 17 incredible pieces!  They are so perfect for Easter and Spring.   Right now you can save up to 65% on these dies if you buy the bundle and believe me you are going to want the bundle.  If you purchase the dies individually they are 30% off.  This sale will not last so stop by the store today right HERE! 

I am making a Shadow Box card today.  This card features the Spring Frog w/Mushroom.  I love that the card will fold flat for mailing.

I started by cutting all of my pieces, inking and then gluing them together

Next I created my shadow box which has three layers of dimension.  The back is the sky, middle is long grass and the front layer is the shorter grass

The final step is to place the sun and clouds on the background blue.  The middle layer has the frog glued to the long grass.  And the front has the mushroom, flowers, ladybug and sentiment glued to the short grass

CottageCutz Products

I think this is one of our most beautiful collection so don't miss out!  I think it will sell out fast!

We have more inspiration on our YouTube Channel check it out HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by!  And I will see you next Thursday.

Blessings and Take Care

He is Risen

Happy Monday friends!

Kris here with an Easter card featuring some brand new dies from the Easter 2023 Release!  This release has some really beautiful Spring and Easter flowers including lilies, tulips and daffodils, some nice crosses and a tomb, and also some cutesy bunnies & frogs and lovely birds and butterflies, things you can use for more than just Easter - and all the dies in this release are 30% OFF!  

My card is a 5.5" square top folding card. I used the He is Risen w/ Empty Tomb die, the Spring Tulips die, and the Grass Slimline dies for this card.  I created a quick-time video with music if you'd like to see how I made it.  ☺  I hope this inspires you to create some BEAUTIFUL with your favorite CottageCutz dies!  ~Kristine

If you can't view the video here, please click here.

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Spring Tulips (new die)

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Saturday edition of the Blog.

We have a brand-new Easter release with 17 new designs available in the online store. There is something for every card maker with faith-based dies, beautiful floral images, whimsical with bunnies and frogs and several lovely birds and butterflies.

You will be able to take the images beyond the Easter or Spring season. And for a limited time you can get bundle pricing on the entire release at 65% off or individual dies at 30% off.

Today for your viewing pleasure I am using the new Spring Tulips and He is Risen w/Empty Tomb dies, and I created an Easter card. My daughter-in-law loves pink tulips so this one will go to her. 

Design Steps:

I knew the layout I had in mind with the tulips when I started this card. So the first thing I did was cut them in a bright pink cardstock. I used a brighter green for the stems and leaves. I also cut the He is Risen phrase in the same pink cardstock. 

I decided to do a bit of stenciling on the white background. I used a light hand with salvaged patina distress ink and a sponge dauber for the stencil work. 

Next, I attached the tulips along the bottom and up the left side of the card using a clear drying adhesive. 

Now onto my He is Risen phrase. I attached it with the same clear drying adhesive. 

To finish off my card, I attached the image panel to the pink card base. I scattered a few dew drops and my card is finished. I like the way this turned out, and I am going to make another one with purple tulips. 

Well that's it for me for this post. See you next Saturday!

Reminder: Our YouTube Channel has a new video from Marla Harris. There is a giveaway for being a subscriber, liking the video and leaving a comment. Click here.

dies I used to create card

Faith Based Easter Card

Hi, it's Marla sharing a card I created using the new CottageCutz "Easter" release.  I think this release is amazing! Choosing which dies to use first was a difficult decision because I love every die.  After much consideration, I settled on the beautiful "Spring Lilies" and paired them with the "Cross w/ Draped Cloth.  I thought the two dies really complimented each other and would make a beautiful faith-based Easter card.

I began by cutting the images from Bristol Smooth cardstock.  I wanted to watercolor with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and have found that this paper works best for a smooth blend.What stood out to me right away was the amazing, embossed texture in the cross.  The textured wood appearance is beautiful and the addition of the cloth is such a lovely touch.  I paired Dark Brown/Dark Oatmeal and Deep Violet/Light Violet markers for the cross and cloth. This was easy watercoloring with the Zig Markers.  I added my darkest color to the edge and the lightest color inside that line.  With a little bit of water on my brush, I dragged the ink to the center of each image.  Once the pieces were dry, I secured the cloth to the cross with glue.

Next, I worked on the lilies. I wanted a high contrast, and I thought orange Tiger Lilies would be beautiful surrounding the purple in the drape.  I started with my Bright Yellow Zig Marker adding the color to the left and right side of each petal. I added a touch of water to my brush and pulled the ink toward the center, leaving a little white space.  Tiger Lilies have a beautiful dark orange at the tips and centers, so I added Deep Vermillian to these areas.  On the buds, I added the color to the v's where the petals met and followed any embossed lines.  I added more Bright Yellow again to add more depth of color.  To finish off the petals, I used a Copic multi-liner pen and added small dots to the centers of the petals.  I used Dark Brown with a little Bright Yellow markers on the stamens and Smoky Yellow/Ever Green for the leaves.  I have included a short video on the CottageCutz YouTube Channel if you want to see the watercoloring process for the flowers. 
 

There is one lily that needed to be assembled.  I simply looked at the photo on the packaging to see how the petals should be arranged.  I should note that I did need to cut out an additional stamen for the third open flower and I cut two additional stems for my flowers.  Instead, of following the design on the packaging, I planned to arrange the lilies around the cross, so I needed a few additional pieces.

I had an A2 top folding card base with stenciling on my desk.  I had created it for another project but didn't use it. It was perfect for this card. I had partially stenciled the design from the bottom right to upper left corners and then added a soft coat of the same color ink on top of the stenciling.  Once I arranged and adhered the die cuts, I used a stamp from my stash to add a sentiment to finish the card.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I've linked the products I have used below.  Until next time....Marla