Showing posts with label Chickies w/Egg Plant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chickies w/Egg Plant. Show all posts

Sunday, March 17, 2019

Puppy with Easter Eggs


Hi!

It's Anja here. I've bought some new colored sprays this week and had to try them out. This time I used it with the background and to color this adorable Puppy.


For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Puppy With Valentine, Chickies w/Egg Plant, Grass, Tree & Vines),
- Distress Inks (Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Barn Door, Fire Brick, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo, Black Soot),
- white card base (13x13 cm),
- watercolor paper for background (12,5x12,5 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- color sprays (pink, red, orange, brown),
- plastic stencil for background,
- heat gun,
- black pen,
- white pen,
- paper trimmer,
- paper glue.


First I cut and colored the puppy, eggs and grass. I used brown spray for darkers part of the puppy. I used black and white pen for the eyes.


I made background using a stencil and three colors of the spray. I dried the paper with the heat gun.


Then  trimmed the paper to the right size.


When I had everything cut and colored I glued the pieces to the card base.



And that's all from me for today.
Have a nice Sunday,

Anja Z.



Cottage Cutz dies I used for this project:



Sunday, April 01, 2018

Happy Easter Everybunny

Hi everyone!

It's Anja here on Easter Sunday. Hope everyone is doing well and having nice time with your family and friends.

I have another Easter card for you today. This time with cute bunnies on a sunny Sunday. It's a simple one, with Oxides colored die cuts and background.


This is what I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Mr. Peter Rabbit, Miss Petunia Bunny, Chickies w/ Egg Plant),
- Distress Inks (Vintage Photo, Pumice Stone) and Oxides (Seedless Preserves, Blueprint Sketch, Lucky Clover, Worn Lipstick, Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Aged Mahogany, Mermaid Lagoon, Broken China),
- silver pigment ink,
- white card base (10x21 cm),
- watercolor paper for background (10x21 cm),
- craft and white card stock for die cuts,
- water spritzer,
- clouds shaped stencil,
- heat gun,
- black and orange pen,
- printer,
- paper glue.

First I die cut the bunnies and the chickies. I used craft card stock for the bunnies, that's why they look rather dark. I colored mostly with Oxides. I used black pen for the eyes.



I used white card stock for the chickies and the egg. I also colored with Oxides.


I used watercolor paper for the background. First I used lighter blue for the whole paper and then darker blue with the stencil.


I spritzed water on top and heat it with the heat gun.


First I glued the background and then all the animals. I thought something was missing and decided to add a sentiment. This time I printed it on white paper and glued it on the card.



So this is my last Easter card for this year. Spring is in full bloom, so I think I'll have a lot of inspiration looking through my window.

Have a happy Easter and see you again next week..
Anja Z.

P.S. Be sure to check the sale in the online store. You have time til 9 pm to get some Ester dies for a nice discount.

Cottage Cutz dies I used:




Saturday, March 17, 2018

Spring Window Scene

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us on this St Patrick's Day 2018. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Saturday edition of the Blog. Hope you all have recovered from the switch to Daylight Savings time. It usually affects me for a couple of days, but I think I am adjusted now. Love the longer daylight that's for sure.

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 and here

Today, I am showing a card from our Spring die collection. I am using the Spring Window w/Vine  and also the Chickies w/Egg Plant dies. So let's get started with some details on how I created my card.

Step 1: I decided to create an outdoor scene. Started by using a brick wall stencil and white 3-D molding the wall. I stenciled on a light gray cardstock.
Carefully removed the tape and set it aside to dry. I like how some of the brick have the appearance of slight imperfections. Just like real brick. This panel is 3 7/8" x 5 1/8".
Step 2: On this step I cut my window, vine and flowers. I love the detail of the flowers in this die. Used sweet sugarplum, rich razzleberry and daffodil yellow cardstocks.
I cut my 2 chickies from daffodil yellow cardstock and sponged the edges slightly with wild honey distress ink. Just to add a little depth.
Step 3: Ready to start some card assembly. I used dimensional adhesive on the window and chicks. I like the dimension it gives to your card. Since you are looking into the window, I added some sweet sugarplum cardstock so it would look like a painted wall. The Spring grass is an older CottageCutz die.
Step 4: I wanted to get a sentiment on this card and I just wasn't quite sure how to do that. Thought about stamping on the egg shell or on the grass but neither of those ideas really resonated with me. Then the lightbulb went off and I decided to add the Joy phrase to the window.
It is the perfect size. And, this die is currently 80% off. You can pick it up for just a $1.00 in the online store.
I also cut 3 butterflies in the same colors as the window flowers. They are from the Spring Meadow die.
 
Step 5:  To complete my card I used the sweet sugarplum cardstock. The card base is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".  Well, that's it for me for this week. I hope I have given you an idea for an Easter card. You still have time to get these dies if you want to re-create this card. See you next Saturday!
 
Dies I used to create card:
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzspringwindowwvine.aspx
 
 
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzspringmeadow.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzchickiesweggplant.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzexpressionsjoy.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/search.aspx?find=spring+grass
 
 

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