Rise & Shine Card Samples - Part 3

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit today. The new Rise & Shine dies are available in the online store and the dies are currently on sale for a limited time at 25% off the retail price.

So many cute breakfast and made with love themed dies. The design team has put together some great samples to give you some ideas on how to use these dies. We showed some samples previously- click here and here to see those.

So let's get started with the samples for today.

Card 1: This first sample is a card from Anja Zurga and she used the coffee pot & toaster dies. She created a cute card that would be a perfect way to thank someone for their hospitality or a random act of kindness. My neighbor has sent over some delicious breakfast foods on the weekends. This would make a wonderful way to say thanks.

Card 2: This is another card from Anja. On this sample she used the Homemade Bread dies. How cute would this be tucked in with a homemade treat that you are giving to someone. A handmade card is always appreciated by the recipient.

Card 3: This next sample is a card from Janja Albrecht. She used the Bowl of Cereal die to create this lovely card. I think this would make a great card to let someone know you are thinking of them or even a get well card. I like to have cards on hand to send out for no particular reason and this would be such a nice one.

Card 4: This next sample is from Janet Axtman. She used the uber cute Breakfast Plate and Coffee & Donuts dies. Her card is such a wonderful way to let someone know you want to get together with them.

Card 5: This next sample is from me -Mary Marsh. I used the Coffee & Donuts dies to create a card to let that special someone know you love them. It could be used for an anniversary or birthday or even at Valentines day by changing up the patterned paper.

Card 6:  This next sample is also from me -Mary Marsh. I used the Breakfast Plate die to create another card to let that special someone know you love them. This one could also be used for an anniversary, birthday or Valentine's Day.

That's our card samples for today.  Hope these samples have sparked some ideas in ways you could use these dies. They are so versatile and could be used for a variety of occasions. And, remember they are currently 25% off for a limited time in the online store.

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Get To Know Janet Axtman

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us. We started a new feature several weeks ago that we are continuing with today on the Blog.  We would like to give you a closer look at our designers.  It's  a "get to know the design team"  and today we are featuring Janet Axtman.

I'm Janet Axtman and my creative "handle" is SugarShine Designs. For me, crafting is sweet like sugar and pretty much all my work has some sort of shine incorporated in it. Thus, SugarShine Designs was born.

 

Heat embossing, glitter and Wink of Stella are my best friends for adding shiny elements to my projects. My style is definitely cute and casual. I create formal projects occasionally but I never have as much fun as when I choose whimsical elements!  

I live in the great state of North Carolina and have been married to my very supportive and patient husband Steve for 29 years. We have a wonderful son who is in 7th grade this year.

 

I've been crafting for as long as I can remember and my first projects were in crochet and embroidery. My grandmas were farm ladies who introduced me to these crafts and sewing. Over the years, I have dabbled in several different mediums but my favorites today are knitting, scrapbooking, and card making.

 

Scrapbooking was a latecomer and entered my life when my son was born and I wanted to make scrapbooks as keepsakes. That took off and for years it was my primary passion. Today, my focus has changed to card making. I so enjoy designing and creating on a smaller "canvas." I give most of my work away to family and friends and I am so surprised and pleased when I discover cards I had forgotten about are still being kept by some of my recipients. It's really heartwarming to know that a small act of kindness is valued as something special. 

Over time, card making techniques have become so diverse. I love that I can experiment and use so many mediums such as water color, pencils, markers, stamps, pastes, foiling, embossing and many others.

 

I have always been a fan of die cuts for all my paper crafting projects. I have electronic cutters but nothing is more satisfying and fun as creating with a steel die like those CottageCutz offers.

 

I can always find just what I'm needing in their expansive store and when I want to occasionally go more formal, they have lots to choose from in that style too. I am having a great time being on the Design Team as their video artist. It's been an honor and a creative journey that I will always treasure.

 

Here are a few of my favorite CottageCutz cards that I have designed.