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Hi!

It's Anja here. Today I have a bigger project for you. As one of the last projects for this year I made a Christmas scene that will decorate my craft room in this holiday season. I had a frame in my shelf for quite some time and decided to use it for my project and give it a winter touch.

For this project I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Farm Truck w/Tree, Build A House Set 2, Build A House Accessories, Tree, Christmas Trailer, Fireplace w/ Accessories),
- Distress Inks and Oxides,
- black card stock for background (26x21 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- white acrylic paint,
- brush,
- sponge,
- plastic stencil (bricks),
- silver pigment ink,
- white pigment ink,
white picture frame (20x25 cm),
- pencil,
- black pen,
- scissors,
- paper glue.

First I cut all the pieces. I cut additional pieces for the inner side of the windows and door. I colored it with yellow.

Next I colored the parts of the house. I used plastic stencil to make it look as it's build out of bricks.

Then I colored all the other pieces and glued it together. I used white acrylic paint and a sponge to color around the edges to look like snow (not photographed).

The I made the background. I used black cardstock and colored it with blue Oxide inks and white pigment ink. For the finish I splashed it with acrylic paint to look like snow is falling.

And then I cut the bottom part of the scene. I cut the snow ground out of the white card stock. In the end I just adhered all the pieces together and inserted the scene in the frame.
 

And my project was done.

That's all from me for today. I wish you all a Merry Christmas. I hope you can spend it with people you love.

See you again next Sunday for my last project in 2019.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used for this project:

Farm Truck Christmas

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Friday edition of the Blog. 

The new release of Artic Animal dies are in the online store. There are 13 new designs in this release and they are currently on sale. You can get these super cute dies at 25% off for a limited time. These new dies are so versatile, and can be used for a variety of occasions. 

The baby Artic animals would make a cute congratulations card, baby shower invitations, a welcome new baby card, a child's birthday card or cards for our animal loving friends. The other dies are great for winter birthdays, thinking of you, thank you's for a special Christmas gift. 

Today, I am featuring the Farm Truck with Tree die. It's part of the Christmas Part 2 collection. I actually do a combo of religious and whimsical for my Christmas cards. Today, for your viewing pleasure I am going whimsical. My design is on the clean and simple side because I wanted the die to be the center focus on the card. 

I bought some new designer papers this year for Christmas cards and I leaned towards ones with backgrounds already completed. That way all I have to do is add my die cuts and my card is complete. This one is a Christmas Tree lot with a nightime sky, pine trees and the lights strung across. It was just the perfect setting for the truck.

Card Base: 4 1/2" x 5 3/4"

White Layering Panel:  4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

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

I cut my truck using red cardstock for the body, black cardstock for the wheels with a tocuh of silver and brown cardstock for the wood panels. I used white cardstock and cut a small slope and added chunky glitter to the top. My Merry Christmas sentiment is from the Merry Christmas w/Friends die. 

To finish off this card I added a couple of enamel dots on the snowy slope, just for added interest. 

That's it for me for this week. I hope all your Christmas tasks are getting accomplished. I am wrapping gifts today and then tomorrow I will be making candy and a limited selection of cookies. Merry Christmas to you all and I will see you next Saturday.

dies used to create card:

Joy to the World

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I'm sharing this holiday card.  The scene on this card has me eager for one of my favorite holidays.

I combined dies from the Christmas Part 1 and Christmas Part 2 die releases.  I used the Farm Truck w/Tree, Joy To The World Tree and the Polar Bears w/Birch Trees for the scene on my card.  The hill was fussy cut and inked on the edges.

The snowy background was created by blending some Oxide Ink on white card stock, splashes of water and white paint splatters.

To create the joyous scene, I added the hill along the bottom edge of my card and tucked in the birch trees on the right and left sides of my card.

The Farm Truck w/Tree was centered at the bottom edge of my card overlapping a couple of the birch trees.

The sentiment was placed between the birch trees in the empty space. I sprinkled in some iridescent sequins throughout the base of my card.

Here are the dies used on my cards available in the shop:

Christmas Part 2 Samples

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit today. We are sampling DT cards for the next 6 Mondays using dies from the Christmas Part 2 release.

There are 34 new designs in this release. This release has something for everyone. So if you prefer a more religious tone to your cards- we have you covered. If you like a more whimsical design featuring Santa, reindeer, gnomes, moose or even a hot chocolate theme you will find some really cute dies.
  
We thought you might like to have some new and creative ideas for your Christmas cards using the Part 2 dies. So let's get started with the cards for today.

Card 1:  Our first sample is from Janja Albreht. She used the Farm Truck w/Tree die and combined it with the Happy Holidays Polar Bear die to create a snowy forest scene.
She created the background forest using tree stamps and stamped on blue designer paper. She used a brushed and flicked white ink on the background for a snowy look. 
The bears are right at home with all the snow and seem to be enjoying being a part of this scene. 

Card 2:  Our next sample is from Jeanne Knobbe. She used the new Moose in Forest and Pinecone Charm dies to create her whimsical card. The trees and moose are wonderfully colored with distress oxide inks. The pinecone charm is a great rustic accent for her card and it highlights her sentiment nicely.  She chose the perfect sentiment with a little pun to complete this ever so cute card. 

Well that's our samples for today. I hope the team has given you some fresh ideas for a way to use these new dies. 

dies used to create cards: