Gardening Time

Hi!

It's Anja here. I have another gardening card for you today. I combined this cute cat die with a mini hose.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Gardening Cat, Garden Hose Mini, Circle Set),
- Distress Inks,
- white card base (15X15 CM),
- white card stock for die cuts and paper stencil,
- silver pigment ink,
- black pen,
- black Versafine pigment ink,
- sentiment stamp,
- acrylic block,
- brush,
- paper trimmer,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the cat and all the gardening accessories.

Next I did the same with the hose.

Then I made a paper stencil. I used the paper trimmer to cut the circle in two. I used the biggest circle die from the set.

I used the negative and the bigger part of the circle to color the ground. You could also use washi tape to set the paper for easier coloring.

Then I used the smaller part of the circle to color the sky. I used a brush for coloring.

Then I added the sentiment in upper right corner of the colored circle.

Last I added the cat and the hose and my card was done.

And this is all from me for today. Have a nice Sunday and see you again next week.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used for this card:

Plant A Garden

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.

We have a brand new release of dies in the online store. This one is garden themed and has 19 new designs. These new dies are perfect for Father's Day, birthdays, thank you, or even a thinking of you card for the person who loves to garden.

For my card today, I am featuring the new Gardening Cat die and created a thinking of you card for a friend who loves to garden. I am trying to send cards that have a message of hope with all that's going on in our world. So let's get started with some details on how I created my card. 

Design Steps:

I started this card with my sketch. I had one saved on my computer that I thought would work well with this die image. It's an older one from Splitcoaststampers #696. I used this sketch a couple of years ago and created this card. I linked it just to give you an idea of how you can get a different look from a sketch just by changing up the images.

Before I chose the card colors, I cut the images from various colors of cardstock. The cat is cut from smoky slate cardstock and I used the same color ink to sponge around for depth. I lightly sponged pink on her ears and cheeks. I also used the garden plot from the Gardening Mouse die. 

Next, I looked through my designer papers and found this floral one. It caught my eye almost immediately. I liked the flowers and soft pink background. 

Sweet Sugarplum card base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" 

Olive layer 2 + White layer 3 of sketch:  used largest Pierced Rectangle die (4 1/4 x 3 1/4")

For the background layer instead of stenciling clouds, I decided to use a sun rays stencil and sponge the corner with wild honey distress ink. It helped to fill in the white space on the card. 

The sentiment was the next to be completed. I recently bought some garden sentiment stamps and thought this one would work well with the Gardening Cat image. I didn't intend to stamp who the quote was from, but I forgot to tape it off when I inked the stamp. Audrey Hepburn was an actress in the 50's & 60's. It's stamped in chocolate chip ink. 

Now that all the elements of the sketch are cut, stamped and sponged, I am ready for card assembly. 

I attached the images to the white panel with double sided tape.

I did take some liberties with the sketch. I moved element 4 of the sketch to the bottom of the image panel. My garden plot is covering that part of the sketch. 

I finished off my card by attaching the remaining panels to the designer paper and then the card base. Added a couple of heart enamel dots and my card is finished.  

Well that's it for me for this week. I hope I have given you an idea for a way to use this new die. See you next Saturday!

dies I used to create card:

Happy Happy Days

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I'm sharing this cheerful card for my design team post. I used a couple of fun dies from the Gardening release.

I selected the Garden Wheelbarrow for the focal point of my card and opted to use the accessories from the Gardening Cat die set.  The grass is from the Spring Grass die set. I went with a rustic theme for all of my die cuts, inking the edges with some Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

I created my own background with a brick themed stencil and some Oxide Ink.  Then I used more Vintage Photo Distress Ink around the edges of my card panel.  I fussy cut a couple pieces of kraft card stock to replicate shelves.

The sentiment was stamped on a piece of card stock and embellished with an extra die cut flower.  I also inked the sentiment tag on the edges.

To create my gardening scene, I placed the strip of grass along the bottom edge of my card base and added the wheelbarrow.  The 2 shelves were floated at the top half of my card.

Each of the shelves were accessorized with the watering can, rain boots, apron and basket of flowers.

The shovel was tucked into the grass.  The sentiment tag was the final finishing accent on my card.

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

Grown with Love

Happy Friday!  I hope everyone had a great "short" week.  I love holiday weeks - they seem to fly by.  Today I used the Gardening Cat from the new Gardening release, the Stitched Squares dies and a sketch from Splitcoaststampers to create my card.

The sketch this week reminded me of a garden trellis.  When I lived in Oklahoma we had one with clematis on it that bloomed a beautiful purple.

I chose paper that had a leafy feel without being an actual leaf pattern and cut 10 squares using the fourth smallest die from the Stitched Squares set.  On a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch white panel I vey lightly drew a line down the center.

I placed the panel on grid paper aligning the center line, then laid out the squares set an angle.  I left 1/4 inch between the points.  After these were glued down it was very simple to add the extra squares, aligning them by eye.  I used scissors to clip off the extra and could use those points to fill in the small sections.

I went to work on the kitty next and cut all the pieces from various colors of cardstock.

Although hard to tell in the photo the watering can is a "galvanized metal" foil cardstock.  In person it contrasts nicely with the cat.

I assembled the basket.  All pieces were edged with just a little bit of gray ink to give some shading.

I wanted my sentiment to be a stitched strip.  I originally planned to fishtail each side so I used the largest of the Stitched Squares and heat embossed my sentiment near the bottom, centering it.

Then I used the same square to cut the top.  Because I was planning on cutting off the sides I  did not worry about that stitching.  Had I wanted the stitching on the sides all I needed to do was use a larger die (a Stitched Rectangle) and that would leave the side stitching intact.

As it turned out, on one side the stitching lined up perfectly so I left it and trimmed off the other end.  I was covering that end with flowers so it wouldn't show.

I glued the sentiment directly to the panel on the upper part of the card.  Using alot of foam tape I popped the cat up off the card.  I probably use more foam tape than most but I like it when the die cut has a solid feel underneath.

Finally I added a few extra flowers to the sentiment and near the cat's gardening boots.

Dies used:

Thanks for visiting today!  I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!

Gardening Cat

Hello My Scrapping Cottage Friends!

It is Pam having fun with you on the blog today!

I have a wonderful sister who has a number of cats.  In fact we call her the cat whisperer!!  And she loves to garden and soak up the sun!  So this card will be a perfect thank you for her!

 (background photo Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash)

Design Steps:

1.  The base is an A2 white piece of card stock.  Second layer is dark green card stock 5 1/4 x 4 and the flower DP is 5 x 3 3/4.  Glue the layers together as shown above

2.  Using the Gardening Cat die cut out the pieces using grey, pink, dark green, metallic silver, yellow and brown

3.  Shade all of the pieces using a variety of inks.  Add white polka dots using a Sukra white gel pen

 4.  Cut the fence using white card stock and the Victorian Fence die.  Also using green card stock and the Spring Grass die cut out the grass

5.  Use the Double Stitched Rectangle die cut out a piece of wood grain DP and layer onto dark green card stock.  Next glue down the grass and fence

6.  Pop the small fence panel to the card base and then pop up the cat and sentiment and your card is complete

CottageCutz Supplies

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have a wonderful time creating!

Blessings

Pam