Shabby Butterfly Fall Card

Happy Tuesday crafty friends!

I hope your Tuesday is off to a great start! Today I am sharing a card I made with some beautiful Cottage Cutz dies. Take a look at what I created.

A top folding card with a gorgeous Butterfly front and center! The butterfly is the Folk Art Butterfly Die.

I started by taking a plain white piece of cardstock and spritzing some of my blue ink spray onto my cardstock mat.

I then took some gold paint and swashed it over my blue spritzing. I then edged the paper with my blue ink. You will see that on the next photo.

I then added some of my die cuts at the top and the bottom. The deer horns are from the Deer Floral Spray.

Here is a closer look at my beautiful butterfly. I started with it as plain white cardstock. I then added some of the same gold glitter paint as a base. I then added some brown inking to the edges. I used my blue markers for some of the decorative pieces. I used brown marker for the leaf motiffs and then dotted the wings with my brown glitter. I added some foam underneath to give it some lift.

Here is a closer look at the pretty flowers and pinecones. I added those to the center of the bottom spray.

Here's a closer look at the top spray. I added a bow with some of the sweet little flowers. I used my nuvo drops for the center of the bow. I added the finished piece to my cardstock base and done!

Here is one last look at my finished card. I think it turned out so pretty. It doesn't have a sentiment on it yet as I haven't decided if I am going to use this as a thinking of you or a birthday card. 

Dies Used

Folk Art Butterfly

Holiday Mason Jar

 Christmas Farmhouse Floral 

Deer Floral Spray

Well, I hope this card gave you some fun inspiration! It is always nice to have cards in all seasons. Until the next time, have a wonderfully crafty day!

Fall Floral Card

Happy Terrific Tuesday crafty friends!

I hope you are doing well and staying cool! Here in the south, in the United States, it has been very hot! Plus our schools are now back in session, so the hustle and bustle is in full swing! It is hard to be thinking about the fall season already but alas, as crafters, you always want to be a bit ahead of the season!So here is a lovely card I created with a wonderful fall theme.

I created this top folding A4 card with a festive fall theme. I used a Christmas die called Christmas Farmhouse Floral as my main focal piece. I did use the flowers from the Deer Floral Spray die instead of the Poinsettia's that come with the Christmas Farmhouse Floral die. I started by cutting all my die cut pieces from White cardstock.

I started by takin the white can and dressing it up. First I splattered my can with some gray ink. It gave the can a nice speckled look. 

Next, I blotted some gray onto the can with my finer paint bruch. This gave the can the appearance of an authentic milk can.

I then turned to my leafy branches. I had cut several out in Kraft cardstock. I set about coloring in the leaves with some vibrant fall colors.

Here's a photo as I am coloring the stems a darker brown,.

here is a closer look at the cute flowers that I used. They are so very cute.

here is another view of my completed card. Once I finished creating and coloring all my pieces, I assembled my can onto a double stitched oval cut from some Kraft cardstock. I layered all that onto a scalloped oval die cut from some white cardstock. For the sentiment, I used a double stitched rectangle and then a scalloped white rectangle. I hand wrote For You with a brown fine tip marker. I used a little foam tape to give it some lift and adhere it and then added all that to a base of Kraft cardstock with a piece of patterned paper for a mat.

Dies Used

 Christmas Farmhouse Floral 

Deer Floral Spray

Well, I hope this gave you a little fall insp in spite of the heat! It is never too early to start on your fall decor and cards! While I am a Spring girl, my whole family loves fall so we really do it up here!

Don't forget to check out the CottageCutz.com You Tube Channel! You will find some great inspiration there too!Until the next time, have a wonderfully crafty day!

Welcome To Our Home Mini Décor Project

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends!  

Melinda here with you on this Terrific Tuesdie!  Today I am sharing a Patriotic Mini Home Décor project. It features some sweet little cupcakes from one of the dies from the New Sweet Treats Release! 

Here is my project.

I started with a cute little distressed home metal shaped silhouette. I found it at the dollar store.

I created the inner sentiment on my computer. I printed it off on some plain white cardstock. I printed it off on four different sizes as I wasn't sure which size would look the best.

Once I picked the size I felt would work, I used the third largest pierce circle die and cut it out.

I then cut, colored and assembled some of the sweet little cupcakes from the Pedestal Stand W/ Cupcakes die. I cut all the pieces out in white cardstock. I only had to color in the red and blue pieces. Easy peasy!  I also added some clear stickles to the "stars" on the cupcakes and on some of the white frosting.  I used some red stickles on the berries to give them a little sparkle.

I used some foliage from the Christmas Floral and Lantern With Pine Boughs Dies. I cut them all out in white cardstock as well. I then colored in the little stems with the "holly" berries on them.

I also added a dot of some blue stickles to the centers of the stars on the image. The little bow I added on the chimney is also from the Lantern With Pine Boughs Die.

Here are a couple of closeup photos of the cute cupcakes and foliage. You can see them sitting on the cute base that is a part of the die as well.

I did mount the white pierced circle with the image onto the next size up pierced circle that I used to cut out some Kraft cardstock. I added some foam tape between them to give it all a little lift from the base.

Here it is on my dining room table. I decided I didn't quite like it here. Felt like it got lost in the shuffle....lol.

Here is where I decided to put it. on my table in my entrance. 

Here is the new sweet treats release.

Sweet Treats Release

The Dies I used to create this project:

Pedestal Stand W/ Cupcakes

Pierced Circle Set

Christmas Floral

Deer Floral Spray

I also used the Lantern With Pine Boughs Die which is a discontinued die. However both the Christmas Farmhouse Floral and Deer Floral Spray dies both have some great "Holly berry" type alternatives.

Make sure you head over to the CottageCutz YouTube channel and check out all of the amazing projects on there. Our video team is doing a wonderful job of filling the channel with all sorts of creative content! You don't want to miss it!

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

Melinda Beltran

I Heart Fall Banner

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! I'm so glad you stopped by. My name is Melinda and this is my first post for Cottage Cutz. My project features a die from the newest release. The release includes 40 wonderful Christmas themed dies! Now is the perfect time to pick them up! They are 30% off and they are ADORABLE! They will get your creativity rolling for all your Christmas projects!  

Here is my project. I created this cute little banner for fall. It says I {heart} fall. Yes, that's right. It's a fall themed project even though it features a Christmas themed die. I love to find different ways to use my dies. I used the new Deer Floral Spray die for my banner panels.

Here is a shot of each banner panel not hanging. I had intended to use it for my tiered tray, but it was just a tad too big. So I am hanging it on my wall instead.

I started by die cutting all of my pieces with white cardstock. I colored the pieces with a variety of mediums. For the Burgundy flowers, I used a watercolor marker from Arteza.

I also used some of my Chalks to brush on some of the softer colors. Using the pom-pom with the gator clip applicator is one my my most tried and true uses for shading and coloring die cuts.

Once I finished coloring all my pieces, I cut some gray cardstock mats and ran them through my machine with a wood grain embossing folder.

Once the embossing was done, I went ahead and started to assemble them. For the base, I used the Rectangle Double Stitched Nesting Set. I then added the gray wood-grain embossed mat to that.

I then added the double stitched rectangle mat that was two sizes smaller than the base. I added a mat with some pretty plaid paper that I created and printed out. I then used the Wacky Nested Stitched Square Set to cut the smallest one. I cut a mat with the same patterned paper and used some foam dots for a little lift. 

For the "I", "heart" and "FALL" letters/shapes, I cut them using my electronic die cutter. I added some foam tape and then added the adorable little dears to the bottom corners. 

I assembled the spray at the top with the deer antlers, flowers and the pretty foliage. I used my Spectrum Noir pen to add some sparkle to the flowers and to the burnt orange leaves. For the center of the pink flowers, I added some dots with my Bronze Sharpie marker. 

I then used my hole punch to punch holes in the top corners of the panels. This allowed me to thread the twine through and add a bow between each panel.

 

Here's a closer look at the "A" panel.

Here's a closer look at the "F" panel.

Here's a closer look at one of the "L" panels.

And finally, here's one last look at the panels not hanging up.

The Dies I used to create this banner:

Deer Floral Spray

Wacky Nested Stitched Square Set

Rectangle Double Stitched Nesting Set

Well that about covers it for today! Be sure to head over to the Cottage Cutz You Tube Channel where some of the designers will be posting videos! Make sure to come back by each day for some more great crafty inspiration from the super talented team. Until the next time, have a wonderfully crafty day!