Balloon Heart

Hi!

It's Anja here. My package of new dies arrived this week and I couldn't wait to try it out. First I made a Valentine's card with this cute hedgehogs.

For this project I used:
- Cottage Cutz (Be My Valentine Puppies, Hedgehogs In Love, Love You Mom Phrase),
- Distress Inks (Fired Brick, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo, Pumice Stone) and Oxides (Broken China, Aged Mahogany, Fired Brick, Abandoned Coral, Candied Apple),
- grey, brown and green card stock,
- white card base (15x10,5 cm),
- water color paper for background (14,5x10 cm),
- red cotton string,
- cloud plastic stencil,
- baby wipes,
- heat gun,
- adhesive foam pads,
- water spritzer,
- paper glue.

First I cut the heart and colored it with Distress Oxides. I used lighter shades in the inside and darker shades on the edges.

Then I sprinkled it with drops of water. I dried it withe the heat gun.

Then I cut and colored the background.

I used plastic stencil and wiped the clouds with a baby wipe. I dried it withe the heat gun.

I cut parts for the hedgehogs from the colored paper. I used Distress Inks to color the edges and add some dimension.

Then I cut the sentiment and a little heart. I used grey card stock for the sentiment.

I cut a piece of green card stock for grass. I tore one side of it. I used Distress Ink around the edges.

When I had everything cut and colored I started gluing the bits on the card base. I used adhesive foam pads for the hedgehogs ...

and the heart. I used double here. In between bottom two I put the string.

And then I glued everything together and here is m finished card.

This is all from me for today. You can get the dies from the Valentine's release in the store for a 25 % discount.

Have a great Sunday and see you again next week.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cut dies I used:

Valentine Release DT Samples (Part 2)

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit today. We are sampling DT cards from the brand new Valentine & St Patrick's Day release. There are 16 new designs in this release. And for a limited time the individual dies are on sale at 25% off.

For the next several days, we will be featuring samples from the design team using these new dies. We wanted to  give you some creative ideas for using the dies. So let's get started with the cards for today.

Card 1: Our first sample today is from Pam MacKay and she is featuring the Swinging Monkey die. She created a whimsical card with a wonderful choice of patterned paper. This little spirited monkey is so sweet with all his hearts and cute little face. It could be one of those playful cards for your special someone. It would also work perfectly for your teen since it's one of those images that can span all ages. 

Card 2:Our next sample is from Sukie Dhillon. She used the Hedgehogs in Love die. The background heart and sentiment are part of the Be My Valentine Puppies die. She created such a pretty in pink scene with hearts, flowers and sentiment. The pink lace background paper is a perfect accent. The playful hedgehogs would make a great Valentine card for your sweetheart or those special kiddos in your life.

   

Card 3: The last sample for today is one that I (Mary Marsh) created using the Puppy Love Letter die.  The layers, patterned paper and layout along with the cute letter bearing puppy helped me make my Valentine card. I stamped the "happy mail" sentiment on the envelope. The Valentine phrase is from the Be my Valentine Puppies die. Wouldn't this work well for the dog lover? This new Valentine release is so versatile and works for all ages - young and old.
 

Well, that's our samples for today. I hope the team has given you some inspiration on ways to use these new dies. And, if you are contemplating a purchase, don't wait to long, The dies are on sale for a limited time. 

Stop by again tomorrow for more team samples.

Dies used to create cards: