We Wish You A Merry Christmas Owl Card.

Happy Saturday Cottage Cutz Friends!

Melinda here with you, and today I am sharing a simple but effective Christmas themed card I created featuring the cute Christmas Owl die from the FABULOUS Christmas release!

My card is a standard A4 size: 4.25 x 5.5. This card is a regular side fold card. I thought these Owls were adorable. I wanted to make them in  my favorite color...pink. So I ended up with this very non-traditional looking Christmas card. 

I started by die cutting all of my pieces in white cardstock. I then proceeded to color the various pieces in. I wanted to keep my little owls on the lighter colored side. So I used shades of gray and light pink-peach for their bodies. I used some chalks for their cheeks. I also added some stickles to the berries and some puffy paint to the little owl with the hat on the left. I added the paint to the rim and the pom pom of the hat and it gave it the perfect texture and dimension.  

I mounted the adorable owls onto a pierced circle mat cut from white cardstock. I used some pretty patterned paper for the mat layer. I then repeated that with the largest pierced circle die cut in white cardstock and to that I added a mat of some rusty pink cardstock. I then used the phrase We Wish You A Merry Christmas from the Merry Christmas tree die. I curved the letters around the large circle die. 

Here is a closer look at the work merry. I colored that in some dark gray marker and it matched the leaves and theme of the card perfectly.

Here is one last look at the completed card. I loved the way this turned out!

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Dies I Used

Christmas Owls

Merry Christmas Tree

Pierced Circle Set

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Well that about covers it for today! Until the next time, have a wonderfully craft-die day!

Melinda Beltran

Christmas Owls

Hello CottageCutz Friends,

It is Pam sharing with you today!

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Today,  I am using the Christmas Owls.  

Design Steps

1.  Cut out the pieces using the Christmas Owls die and the following colors of card stock: green, red, brown, light gray, dark gray, white, brown, tan, yellow, and black.  Use DP for the scarfs light red snow and stripes.  Shade the pieces if desired with the matching ink colors and a small applicator.  Assemble the pieces with a fine tip glue

2.  Use a white card base measuring 5 x 5 folded, a piece of striped DP 4 7/8 x 4 7/8, a piece of snowy DP 4 1/4 x 4 1/4. Cut a circle in the middle using the second to the largest Pierced Circle die.  Also cut a piece of white 4 1/8 x 4 1/8 and ink with blue

3.  Glue the striped DP to the white card base and then glue the inked blue piece onto the stripes directly in the center of the card.  Place dimension tape on the back of the piece with the circle cut out and then pop it over the blue

4.  Glue the branch with the holly leaves inside of the circle.

5.  Glue down the owls onto the branch as shown above.  Add the bow and the sentiment and your card is complete

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

Blessings and Take Care

Ho Ho Hoooot Holiday!

Hello CottageCutz 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.

It's new release time!!! We have new dies in the online store. It's time for our Christmas release and we have 21 new designs for Christmas Part 1. You can pick up the entire bundle at a 50% off retail. It's just for a limited time so don't delay. You can also get the individual dies for 30% off retail.

There is a great selection of religious, whimsical and some super cute birds and animals. All of your Christmas card making ideas are covered in this release. Today for your viewing pleasure, I am using the new Christmas Owls die. I have a friend who loves owls so this one will go to her for Christmas. So, let's get started on some details of how I created this card. 

Design Steps:

Since I knew the die I was going to use, I looked for a Christmas themed designer paper in my collection. I found one with snowflakes and gold accents. I thought it would work perfectly. 

Green Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" 

Designer Paper Layer: 5 1/4" x 5 3/8"

White Image Panel: 2nd largest Stitched Rectangle (2 7/8" x 3 7/8") die 

Next, I cut the owl images in different shades of cardstock. The Merry Christmas phrase is from a 2018 Christmas release - Merry Christmas w/Deer Family. It's part of the Labor Day sale and is 50% off. 

For added interest on the image panel I used a swirling snow embossing folder. The sentiment is stamped in red ink.  

Now that my card elements are prepared, I am ready to start card assembly. I attached the designer paper and the image to the card base with double sided tape.

Next, I attached the owl images with clear drying glue. 

To finish off my card, I added the Merry Christmas phrase.  And I have a Christmas card finished with the new dies of the season. That's it for me for this week.

We are having a huge Labor Day sale with savings of up to 65%. It runs through Thursday, September 8. Shop early for some great buys on dies that may be on your wish list. 

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