LAYERED MINIATURE CARD

Hello Everyone

It's Anita here with new Christmas inspirations.
Today I have something which you all will love as these are quick to make but gives you really beautiful layered ornate cards.
CottageCutz has some really awesome dies that compliment with each other to give you a multi layered card. All one has to do is place them well on the card.
The card shown here is a miniature card not bigger than 5 inches by 3 inches.
I have used many dies here and the step by step pictures below will give you an insight as to how I have worked on it.
 Let us have a look at the card first.

These are the dies used for making the card- CottageCutz Fancy Victorian Frame, CottageCutz Oval Doily and frame, CottageCutz Holiday Greenery, CottageCutz Cross stitched Oval and CottageCutz Leaves and stem

 Cut all the die cuts as shown.

Make an aperture card from Cross  stitched oval die. Cut out the coordinating die from oval die and apply foam tape.

Layer the die cuts as shown.

Make cuts in the Victorian frame as shown

Adhere the die cuts in layers as shown here.

The finished card.

 CottageCutz Dies Used.

A Winter Scene in Pop up Diorama card

HELLO !!!! Warm greetings from Anita!

It's Saturday and everyone waits for this after a week of busy hard work and routine chores. Saturday means a weekend with family and friends and relaxation. For me relaxation is crafting. And nowadays , I am just making a variety of Christmas cards. With so many Christmas theme craft goodies, one can create amazing projects. One such product is dies and CottageCutz has newly released some beautiful Christmas dies. You can check them out HERE

Today I will share with you a very  pretty project and believe me !! It's one of the most enjoyable project that I have made. You must try this as this super easy to make and one can do so much with type of card. This is Pop Up Diorama Card. Its is actually a 3D  dual window card to create layered scenes etc. In my card , I have created a winter snow scene with the CottageCutz Christmas dies.

  Instructions

Cut two pieces of card stock ( blue and white A-B) measuring 7.5 inches by 7.5 inches.

Cut one piece of white card stock-C  7 inches by 7 inches

Score card stock A and B at 0.5 inch, 1 inch, 6.5 inches and 7 inches

Score card stock C at 0.5 inch and 6.5 inches.

Position CottageCutz Stitched Rectangle die on the A piece-blue card stock in the centre. Cut out the die.

Use the CottageCutz Stitched Rectanlge die the next smaller one and position on middle layer C

 Place A on C to see the exact position. The inner window will be smaller than the outer window.

 

After cutting out the window, place card stock in Misti tool and stamp out snow trees with Distress inks-Chipped Sapphire and Mowed Lawn.

Colour the CottageCutz die cuts ( list is below) with Zig Markers. Apply distress clear rock candy and adhere in layers on the middle layer. Keep the front blue layer on top to see the exact position of die cuts.

Distress the Top blue layer with Evergreen Bough and Chipped Sapphire distress ink. Stamp snow flakes with Chipped Sapphire and add glitter.

 Adhere the three layers together with the first score line of all three coinciding with each other.

Add the sentiment on CottageCutz Stitched Oval die. Adhere on top.

  

Detailed view of the layers. Cut some layers in white card stock. Apply Glitter and add to the base as shown. Add more die cuts as shown.

CottageCutz Forest Friends Border (Elites)

CottageCutz Winter Cabin Border (Elites)

CottageCutz Birch Trees & Deer

CottageCutz Snowy Tree

So do create this fun and wonderful card using the above tutorial and do not forget to share what you make. 

Pretty Pink Card

Hello friends !!

Happy Saturday !! It's Anita here with another pretty pink card with CottageCutz dies.
Have you seen the CottageCutz This and That release !!! I just loved it !!! All the dies are just amazing and some of them are so cute.
So let me show you my card today. It is a simple pink card but I have shaded the flowers in a rich pink colour to add some glamour to it.

The finished card meausures 5 inches x 6 inches

1. Make a card base with white card stock measuring 5 inches x 12 inches and score at 6 inches. fold and score at 1/8 inch interval on the card front on the score board. 
2. Cut out a curved portion from the bottom as shown and add a dark pink card paper at the back.
3. Make flowers with the CottageCutz 3D flower # 4 and the leaves from CottageCutz Leaves and Stem die.
4.  Add flourishes from the CottageCutz Leafy Swirls die.
5. Add the sentiment on the CottageCutz Cross Stitched Oval set

Have you checked the new challenge on the CottageCutz blog. The theme is Pocket. So do share your entries to win amazing prizes.

Shaker Pillow Box - VIDEO

Hi, is Vladka and welcome to my new post where I will show you how to create this Pillow shaker box, using CottageCutz dies.

Here is list of all supplies I used:
Cardstock: Blue Cardbase to die cut the pillow box and additional piece of blue paper
CottageCutz Dies: Listed Below
Distress Ink: Peeled Paint
Other: acetate sheet, fun foam, scissors, Sizzix machine, liquid glue, double sided tape, gold glitter

It is always fun to create shaker card and I was thinking that it would be even more fun to create shaker box. So, when I saw Pillow Box Plus die I immediately knew I wanted to try my idea. It is easy to do it, you just need to follow the steps. So, I decided to make the video and here it is:

I love new dies from This N That release, so many beautiful dies and really useful too. Pillow Box Plus die can be really useful to create small gifts for different occasions. And I love all this small additional dies which come together with the main box die.

Thank you for stopping by and for checking the video. And don't forget, third CottageCutz challenge is waiting for you. This time theme is POCKET. You can linked your project here. And please, use only Scrapping Cottage dies.