Little Boy's Birthday

Good Morning Scrapping Cottage Friends!

It is Pam on the blog creating with you today!

Both of my nieces had little boys and they will be turning 3.  I can't believe how quickly time flies.  It seems like those sweet boys were just born yesterday!  So anyway I am making a fun little card for both of my active little great nephews.  Also before I get on with today's card.  We have a huge sale on our stamp and die sets.  Check out my link below.

Designer Steps:

 1.  I started off with an A2 gray card base.  Then I ran a piece of vanilla card stock 5 1/4 x 4 through an embossing folder that had gray ink on the impression lines.  I then added gray ink onto the edges of the vanilla card stock.  Stamped the balloon and Happy Birthday in navy ink.  Glued it to the card base

 2.  Using the Birthday Puppy Die cut the piece of the pup in dark gray and light gray

 3.  Shade the pieces using a black ink.  Color the nose and collar with black marker then assemble

 4.  Use the Birthday Puppy die and cut out the hat and cupcake in navy, red and yellow

 5.  Shade the pieces and then assemble

 6.  Use dimension tape and pop the pup and cupcake to the card.  Add the sequins and your card is finished

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Before I close make sure you check out the 70% off sale! Yes, I said 70% off the stamp and die sets in our store.  It is a fantastic buy.  Maybe it is time to stock up for those surprise Christmas and Birthday Gifts!

Well that is it for today!  I hope you can take sometime out of your busy schedule and get crafty!

Blessings

Pam

Birthday Puppy

Hi!

It's Anja here. I made another birthday card this week. This time I used cute puppy die and some Distress Oxides for the background. 

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Birthday Puppy, Fall Phrases, Circle Set),
- Distress Inks (Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Stormy Sky, Shabby Shutters, Mustard Seed) and Oxides (Twisted Citron, Faded Jeans),
- Craft card base (10,5x15 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- water color paper for background (10x14,5 cm),
- black pen,
- white pen,
- water spritzer,
- heat gun,
- brushes,
- washi tape,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the puppy.

Next I cut and colored the sentiment.

And the I started with the background. I used water color paper. First I cut a circle out of a waste paper and attached it on the background with a piece of washi tape. Then I started coloring around with Distress Oxides. I used make up brushes for coloring and blending.

Next I removed the cut circle and softened the edges of the circle, again with the brushes and Distress Oxides.

Then I used the water spritzer to add water drops for more interest. I used heat gun for drying.

And when I had all the pieces cut and colored I arranged it together and glued it on the card base. I my card was done.

And this is all from me for today. I wish you all a lovely Sunday and see you again next week.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used:

Happy Birthday

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I'm sharing this birthday card for my design team post. Birthday cards are my absolute favorite to create so I had a blast working with the new Birthday dies from Cottage Cutz.

I selected a cheerful color palette with a happy vibe which was combined with some basic white card stock.

I cut out the Birthday Puppy and shaded him and the little cupcake with some Oxide Inks.  I also cut out a couple of circles with the Circle Set and the Nested Stitched Scallop Circle Set.  A bit of Stickles added some sparkle to the candle flame.

I selected a smaller sentiment from the Scrappy Moms (retired) Simple Sentiments stamp set along with some "Tickled with Teal" Trendy Twine.

Once I put my card base together, I layered it with a hand cut flag which was wrapped with the twine to add some softness to the top of my card.  The two circles were nested together and adhered on top of the oversized flag.

The puppy and cupcake were placed inside the double circles and the sentiment was anchored below. I finished off my card with a twine bow.

Here are the dies used on my card, available in the shop: