New Summer Release!! Ahoy Matey!

Hello My Scrapping Cottage Friends!

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

It is always exciting when a new release comes and this one is no exception! It is just perfect for summer!  And super fun for all of those pirate loving fans!  This release features 14 different designs and the bundle is a whopping 60% off right now!!  You can't go wrong with this special pricing!!  There is also a 4th of July sale going on too featuring many of the other dies.  Now is the time to stock up on all those essential dies you have been waiting for!!

I am using the new Ahoy Matey! die.  And the parrot is just adorable!!

Background Photo by Giga Khurtsilava on Unsplash

Design Steps:

1.  Cut out all of the pieces using the Ahoy Matey! die.  I used green, blue, black, white yellow and purple card stock 

2.  Shade the pieces using a small applicator and TH inks.  Assemble the pieces using a fine tip glue and a white gel pen for the eye.  I cut the Ahoy and Matey words twice and glued them together for some strength

3.  For the background of this card I cut a port hole using the Pierced Wide Circle Frame die.  I inked it and then glued it slightly off  an A2 white card base as shown. Next cut off the part that hangs over the card edge.  I then masked around it and stenciled in the clouds using a cosmetic blender brush and TH ink

4.  Lastly I used the LawnMower dies inner wheels for the black port hole accents.  Glued them down and added Glossy Accents to them for some shine.  I glued down the Ahoy Motey! as shown and then pop up the parrot.  Your card is complete

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I hope you have a wonderful 4th of July celebrating this awesome country we live in!

Blessings and see you next Thursday!

Pam

Happy Retirement

Hi! It's Janja here with you today.
All the dies from gardening release are great for making a wide variety of cards for men. My card is for retirement.

- CottageCutz dies: Gardening Tools, Lawn mower, Gardening Hat & Gloves, Shelf w/ Plants
- blank card: 4 1/4 "x 5 1/2" (10,8 x 14 cm), folded
- patterned paper: 3 1/2 "x 4 3/4" (9 x 12 cm)
- different colors of cardstock
- embossing folder – lumber
- different colors of ink pads
- glue, double-sided adhesive tape, self-adhesive foam pads

Cut out garden tools, a lawn mower, a shelf and a garden hat from colored cardstock. Shade all the pieces with colored ink pads.
I shortened the garden hat with scissors.

Trim the selected patterned paper to the size of the card base. Also cut out two rectangles. Stamp sentiment on a white strip.

For greater effect, I embossed wood-patterned paper with a 3D folder and shaded the edges with ink.

Paste the background to the front of the card with double-sided adhesive tape. Attach the other elements with self-adhesive pads and glue.

Thank you for stopping by.
Janja

Happy Father's Day!

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I'm sharing a Father's Day card for my design team post. I went with a simple look for this masculine card.

The paper I selected is from my stash and is the perfect compliment to the outdoor scene.  The die cuts are from the Cottage Cutz Lawnmower and Clouds & Sun die sets.

The grass mound on my card was fussy cut out of patterned paper and adhered onto the card base.  The clouds were floated above.

The sun was tucked into the upper right hand corner of my card.  The lawnmower was then added as the focal point.

The "Happy Father's Day" sentiment was stamped on a hand cut flag and adhered on the grass mound.

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

Father's Day

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends!

It is Pam sharing with you today on the blog!  I hope you are enjoying your Monday!

I am having so much fun creating with our new Garden Release.  I decided to make a card for my brother for Father's Day.  He loves working out in the yard and at one point in his life he had a landscape company.  So I thought this card would be perfect for him!

To make this card I used a sketch from one of the Splitcoaststampers Challenges.  The sketch looked like this:

I used a variety of designer papers and a bright red ribbon to finish it off.  The dies I used are the Lawnmower, Spring Grass and Wacky Stitched Circle.  I have linked them so you can take a peek.  

CottageCutz Dies

Thanks so much for stopping by and I do hope you check out all the wonderful dies we have in stock right now!

Blessings

Pam

Father's Day Cat

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne today and I have a Father's Day card for you using some of the dies from the new Gardening release.  I can't believe it's already mid May!  Father's Day will be here before you know it, so I thought I would start now.  Actually, any masculine themed card is something I always need and this could easily be a birthday card just by changing the sentiment!

I used various colors of cardstock to die cut the cat from the Garden Cat w/ Wagon die and the Lawnmower using the Lawnmower die.  I inked the edges with similar or matching ink to give the pieces some depth and shading.

I glued most of the pieces together but not all.  Some needed to be placed when I glued them to the card.

I wanted a lawn scene for the front so I stenciled the grass on a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch white panel.  Then I stenciled clouds using a cloud stencil.  The grass stencil I used has a positive and negative edge, so after stenciling the grass, I used the other side to cover up the grass while I stenciled the sky.

I cut a panel from wood-look paper 4 1/8 x 5 3/8 inches and then used the largest of the Stitched Rectangle dies to cut down my stenciled panel.

After centering the stenciled panel, I laid out my cat and lawnmower.

I started with the cat on the left and then placed the lawnmower handle and grass bag.  You'll notice my sentiment in white - I also have the cat and lawnmower in white.  I often cut everything out of thin white cardstock and assemble (usually with only the essential shapes no details) so that I can play with the layout of my card.  I store these with the die so that the next time I want to use the image on a card I have it to "play with" again!

I settled on a grass green for the sentiment and mounted the panel to an A2 matching green card base.

Dies used:

I hope you are inspired to create your own special card for Father's Day!  The new release has  wonderful dies for any man or woman who loves their yard!

Thanks for joining us today and have a wonderful weekend!