Fun Interactive Shaker Card Using Santa's Delivery

    Hello, wonderful crafty friends! It's Theary Chea here on the blog today. I am so excited to share this fun interactive shaker card on the CottageCutz Youtube channel.

    Who doesn't love a fun shaker card? Seeing and hearing the sounds of the shaker elements moving inside the card makes me so giddy inside (and my children go wild for it too!) I am obsessed with creating fun interactive cards, and using products from the new release made creating that much more fun! 

    For this card, I used Santa's Delivery, along with a few of our basics dies. I love finding different ways to use our basics dies to help stretch out what we have in our stash.

Here is a look at the card I am sharing today. 

    CottageCutz is also giving this fabulous die to one of our amazing subscribers. To enter the giveaway, you will need to watch the video here at Santa's Delivery Shaker Card, comment, and make sure that you are a subscriber to the CottageCutz Youtube Channel. 

 

Good luck with the giveaway. 😊

I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day. 

Until next time,

Theary❤

Supplies used

Santa’s Delivery Die

Stitched Circle Set

Nested Scallop Circle Set

Hills Slimline Border

Pet Sympathy Card

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.

IT'S NEW RELEASE TIME! The Scrapping Cottage has just added a new brand to the company line. Lil' Bluebird Designs is being introduced with 16 new Photopolymer Clear Stamp Sets and 16 coordinating dies. There are stamps for so many of your card making occasions and then some. The coordinating dies just make it a perfect fit for your card making designs.

They are currently on sale at  25% off.

And speaking of new releases, we have just introduced new CottageCutz Sentiments with Shadows. There are 12 phrases in this new release and you can pick these up at a 25% off price as well.
The shadow dies are so popular right now and they coordinate so well with the new Lil' Bluebird Stamps and dies.

Today for your viewing pleasure I am featuring the new Puppy Love Stamp & Die Set + Hugs w/Shadow die. I used the set to create a pet sympathy card. I never seem to have one of these cards on hand when a friend or family member loses a pet. So let's get started with some details on how I created my card. 

Design Steps:

Having a layout in mind at the card start is always a big boost for me. That way I can just choose the card colors and designer paper, and I am good to go. I liked this week's Sketch #869 from Splitcoaststampers. I thought it was a great layout to use several of the stamps.

I found this dog themed paper in my collection. I liked all the "dog" words and the distressed appeal of the paper. Even with the diamond shape you can still read though a lot of the words. 

Maraschino red card base: 4 3/4" square

Designer Paper Layer: 4 1/2" square

Diamond Layer (Element 2) - 2nd largest Stitched Square die 

Circle Layer: 3rd largest Circle Set 

Next, I stamped and colored the images from the set that I was using for my card.

I cut my Hugs sentiment from the maraschino & a dark brown cardstock.

I used the following Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils for my color medium. 

I used a stamp that had the words "sending big" and stamped that in the circle. Used my MISTI just in case a double inking was required and it was. 

Now I am ready to start card assembly. I attached the card layers with double sided tape. 

To finish off my card front, I attached the images with dimensional adhesive. The "hugs" phrase is attached with glue dots. 

To complete the inside, I stamped a pet sympathy sentiment. I used the paw print from this stamp set just for a little added interest. 

And that's my card for this week. I hope I have given you another idea of a different way to use these new stamps and dies. Sometimes you just have to think "out of the box". See you next Saturday. 

Stamps & Dies I used to create card:

 

Another Birthday - No Prob-llama

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.

IT'S NEW RELEASE TIME! The Scrapping Cottage has just added a new brand to the company line. Lil' Bluebird Designs is being introduced with 16 new Photopolymer Clear Stamp Sets and 16 coordinating dies. There are stamps for so many of your card making occasions and then some. The coordinating dies just make it a perfect fit for your card making designs.

They are currently on a great bundle price at 40% off and the individual dies are 25% off. And speaking of sales there is currently a sizzling summer sale with savings of up to 65% on selected dies. It's time to get those dies you have on your wish lists.

Also just introduced are some new Sentiment Phrases with Shadows. You can pick up this bundle at a 51% savings and or the individual dies at 25% off. The shadow dies are so popular right now and they coordinate so well with the new Lil' Bluebird Stamps and dies that were just released. 

Today for your viewing pleasure I am featuring the new Llama Love stamp & die set. I used it to create a birthday card. I like to have birthday cards on hand to send out to my family and friends. I have a large extended family so I am always in need of cards. So let's get started with some details on how I created my card. 

Design Steps:

Having a layout in mind at the card start is always a big boost for me. That way I can just choose the card colors and designer paper and I am good to go. I liked this week's sketch #867 on Splitcoaststampers because of the somewhat simplistic design. The circle was also a good resting spot for my llama image. 

I looked through my designer papers for a fun and festive designer paper. I found this one with a fiesta theme and I thought it would be a good background for the llama. I also embossed the angled rectangle panel with a cactus folder. 

Turquoise Card base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

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

Crushed Curry (Yellow) Angled Rectangle Layer: 1 1/2" x 5 3/8"

White Image Circle: - Stitched Circle Set (4th largest)

Melon Layering Circle: -  Circle set (3rd largest die) 

Next, I stamped, colored and die cut the llama and cactus images. For my coloring mediums,  I used a combination of alcohol markers and Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. 

For the llama body I decided to use some Stampendous fun flock. It gives a fuzzy texture and is adhered with a 2 way glue pen. You press it into the image and let it dry. IRL it looks great on my card. The recipient will love the added touch. 

The photos below show what makers and pencils I used.

I stamped the first sentiment on the white circle with a turquoise ink. I placed it at an angel for added interest. This sentiment is not part of the Llama Love stamp set. 

 

Now that my elements are prepared, I am ready to start card assembly.  I attached the embossed panel first because it needed to be trimmed once I angled it. 

Next, I attached the circles to the panel with double sided tape. The images are attached with dimensional adhesive. 

For the flag element below the circle, I used a white flag I had in my stash and stamped my 2nd sentiment in turquoise ink. This sentiment is part of the Llama Love Stamp set. I layered it with a strip of melon cardstock and attached with dimensional adhesive. 

To complete my card I added the turquoise card base to the image panel with double sided tape. And, that's my card for this week. I hope I have given you another idea for a way to use this new stamp set. See you next Saturday! 

Stamps & Dies I used to create card:

Berry Best Birthday Slimline

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.

IT'S NEW RELEASE TIME! We have a new collection of Slimline Designs. Your slimline cardmaking is going to get a lot easier. We have 20 new designs and they are on sale. You can get each individual die for a limited time 25% off. The dies have appeal for all styles of cardmaking. So check them out and make your selections.

Today for your viewing pleasure, I am featuring the new Circle Windows Slimline die and the strawberry image that's included  to make a birthday card for a friend. She celebrates her special day at the end of the month. So let's get started with some details on how I created my card. 

Design Steps:

I started my card by cutting the windows slimline in white cardstock. The panel is 3 1/2" x 8 1/2". 

I wanted to use a strawberry themed designer paper in the windows, and I cut the circles with the 4th largest die from the Circle set. The circles are slightly larger that the opening so they will fit nicely behind. 

The strawberry image is part of this new die and I cut it in a poppy red cardstock and then again in a green cardstock for the hull. 

Now that I have all the card elements cut, I am ready to start card assembly. The card base is 3 3/4" x 8 3/4". It will still fit in a #10 business envelope for mailing or you could make your own. 

I attached the designer paper to the circle openings with double sided tape. Then this panel was attached with the same adhesive. After I attached the panels I realized I hadn't stamped my sentiment. I put it in my MISTI and stamped. I wasn't sure if I would have to ink a few times since I was stamping on 3 layers of cardstock. But one inking was fine. 

Next, I attached the strawberries with dimensional adhesive. I decide to cut three small vines so the strawberries weren't hanging in mid-air. I used an older Strawberry die. 

To finish off my card, I scattered a few green glitter enamel dots for some added interest. I hope I have given you an idea for a way to use this new die. That's it for me for this post. I will see you again next Saturday. 

Dies I used to create card: