Heard you Caught a Bug

Hello! This is Sukie and today I'm sharing a card.  For my project, I used one of the new Slimline dies.  This die release consists of 20 new die sets and they are absolutely amazing for creating slimline cards!  They are all on sale right now too!

I used the Lattice Slimline to cut out the background panel for my card.  The Doodle Bug die was used for all of the other die cuts.

Next, I adhered the lattice panel on a slimline card base and used my Oxide Ink to shade it in the yellow color.  I wanted some of the yellow to peek through the lattice windows for a subtle effect on my card.  

The two butterflies were adhered in the top and bottom corners of my card panel.

The other doodle bugs were scattered in between the 2 butterflies filling in the empty spaces.

The sentiment was stamped on a hand cut flag and affixed in the empty space on my card.

Here are the die sets used on my card, available in the store:

Hello Tags

Hi!

It's Anja here. For today's post I made cute little hello tags. I used different "bugs" dies to make a trio of Spring tags.

For this project I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Busy Bee, Doodle Bugs, Mail Tag Set, Dogwood Branch),
- patterned, colored (black, red, yellow, green, turquoise) and white card stock for die cuts, 
- black pen,
- Wink of Stella glitter brush,
- liquid pearls (black and yellow),
- pieces of ribbon,
- embossing mat,
- embossing tool,
- paper glue.

First I cut the tags. I used white cardstock for smaller tags and patterned card stock for bigger tags.

Next I cut hello phrases and the bugs.

I used black pen for the eyes and glitter brush for the wings to add more interest.

Then I cut the branches and the flowers. I cut two bigger and two smaller flowers of each color.

Then I embossed the leaves and the flowers using the embossing tool and mat.

When I had all the pieces ready I assembled the tags together. When flowers were on its place, I added a bit of liquid pearls in the center of each flower. I let it dry.

When the tags were finished I just added the ribbon. I used two types of ribbon for each tag.

Before I go, I just want to invite you to the store to check out all the new dies from the Gardening release. Can't wait to start using them.

Have a nice Sunday and see you again next week.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used:

Paper Embellishments with Layered Die cuts

Hello dear friends,

How is everyone doing!!!!! I hope you will have a super crafty Sunday today.
Have you ever wondered what a range of paper embellishments can be created with die cuts.

We are always short of tags, mini cards or even decorative embellishments and try to make quick simple ones . So here I have five creative paper embellishments that can be used as tags, cards and even for scrapbook layouts.
CottageCutz has a wide range of dies and you can play with them to create these super cute things. And the best part is you use all your paper scraps that you have been hoarding all this while. So have a look at these. Get inspired and start playing with your dies.

Aren't they super cute!!! And I had fantastic time playing with my die cuts.

I gathered all my paper  scraps and grouped them in shades of various colours. Then I picked one floral die and cut many flowers from one shade.

Similarly , If I chose a stitched die, I cut many die cuts of different colours from paper scrap. 

Cut several designs in many shades and layer them with foam tape. You can create hundreds of designs. 

Here are the dies I used for my embellishments.

You can check all the amazing collection of dies at the CottageCutz Store.

Do share your views on these pretty paper creations. Thanks for stopping by. 

Gift set of cards in a folder

Hi, Janja here!

Gift set of cards in a folder which I share with you today are created with new CottageCutz dies - Spring.

CottageCutz dies: doodle bugs, spring butterfly 1, spring butterfly 2, spring butterfly 3, spring foliage border, stitched square set or pierced square set

For the folder we need:
- white cardstock for the cover: 11.4 x 5.3" (29 x 13,5 cm)
- white cardstock for the insert: 11 x 5.3" (28 x 13,5 cm)
- patterned paper: 5.2 x 5.2" (13,3 x 13,3 cm)
- white and colored cardstock

Trim white cardstock for the cover and insert sheet. Fold them on:
- 5.3" and 6.1" (13,5 cm and 15,5 cm)
- 5.3" and 5.7" (13,5 cm and 14,5 cm)

Trim four pockets from white cardstock in the size of 6.3 x 3" (16 x 7,5 cm). Made the folds 0.6" (1,5 cm) from left, right, and from the bottom edge.
Glue patterned paper on pockets, which should be slightly smaller then the size of the pocket.

On each of four pockets glue spring foliage border.

Glue the cover and the insert sheet in each other.

Make a tab in the size of 5.5 x 1" (14 x 2,4 cm). Fold cardstock at 2.4" and 3.2" (6 cm and 8 cm).

Insert two magnets under a patterned paper, which hold a tab in place, when the folder is closed.

Decorate the front cover and attach it to the base.

Supplies for cards:
- white card base: 4.7 x 4.7" (12 x 12 cm)
- colored cardstock: 3.7 x 3.7" (9,5 x 9,5 cm)
- white nad colored cardstock
- Memento ink: Lady Bug, Bamboo Leaves, Tangelo, Dandelion

Prepare four card bases and trim squares from colored cardstock.
Cut out squares with the largest die from white cardstock. Stamp various sentiments on them.

Cut out butterflies.

In addition to sentiments do some smudges. We can use a brush, stamp or ink smooshing technique. Whichever you prefer.
Select colors that match the color of butterflies.
Assemble the cards.

Insert cards into pockets.

That's all for today. I hope you like it.