CottageCutz Challenge #2 - HELLO SPRING

Hi, Vladka is here!

Thank you very much for all your great cards and projects you've made for Challenge #1. Two lucky winners will be announced at the end of this post. So, stay tuned.

And here is time to start new challenge. 

This time theme is HELLO SPRING. 

So, get out your CottageCutz dies and create the project which will be associated to the spring. For example, flowers, greenery, green color are some ideas which are perfect for the spring. And please, use ONLY CottageCutz dies and not any other dies. "Add your link" button is available under the list of used dies. If you are not familiar with this button, please check this post for more explanation. Challenge will be closed on 31th of May!

Ok, let's go to my project. I hope this will inspire you a little bit. If flowers on sticks are familiar to you, this is because Yuliya showed you already how to do it and she made Easter decoration. You need to check it, it is beautiful. I shoot my video some time ago, so I thought there will be no harm if I show you my way too :) And I used the same flowers to decorate also the frame.

So, here is my video, where you will see how to color the wooden photo frame and decorate it with paper daisies and some greenery and also how to put together these daisies and create a bouquet out of them.

Suplies which I used for this project:
CottageCutz dies: listed below
Cardstock: white cardstock for die cuts
Distress Inks: Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Brushed Corduroy, Gathered Twigs
Others: white acrylic paint, paint brush, water, wooden sticks, glue, Sizzix machine, yellow marker

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And now go back to our challenge a little bit more. As I told you before, two lucky winners will be randomly chosen and will get gift certificate for Scrapping Cottage store.

First one will get gift certificate value of 50$...

... and second one in the value of 25$.

You have time till 31th of May to participate. 

Both winners will be announced in the same post as new challenge (for June) will begin.

All you need to do is take your CottageCutz dies and start creating! 

Please, use only CottageCutz dies!

Have fun and don´t forget to show us all your projects.

"Add your link" button is available under the list of used dies.

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And of course we should not forget about the winners for the first challenge.

1st Gift certificate value of 50$ goes to Helena. Her card was linked under number 19:

2nd Gift Certificate value of 25$ goes to Karen. Her card was linked under number 29:

Congratulations!

Please, contact Joanne at scrappingcottage@cox.net to claim your Gift Certificate.

This is it for today. Have fun!

An InLinkz Link-up

Watercolor Flowers (Video)

Hi, it's Vladka!

For today's card I used dies from last release, called Flourishes and Flowers. It is beautifull and very usefull release, full of greenery and flowers and can be easily combined with dies from prevoius releases.

So, this is my card, where I cut flowers out with watercolor paper and used distress inks, brush and water to color them. I also printed this beautifull quote on vellum paper and combined it white cardbase.

Here is list of all supplies I used:

Cardstock: White Cardstock for Cardbase 

CottageCutz Dies: Listed Below

Distress Ink: Fossilized Amber, Rusty Hinge, Firec brick, Barn Door, Aged Mahogany

Other: peace of Vellum paper, Scissors, Paper trimmer, Sizzix machine, 

I also prepared video for you. This is my second video in English, So, please have patience with me :) My first one was about how I store my CottageCutz dies and if you are interested, you can check it here.

Thank you for stopping by and for checking the video. And don't forget, you still have two days to participate in our first CottageCutz challenge. You can add link to your project here. And please, use only Scrapping Cottage dies.

Best Wishes

Hello everyone,

It's Donna here with with another card to share with you.  The floral leaves are a new release for April which is called Leafy Swirls.  I just love them, there are so many possibilities for these. The flower is a large 3D flower.  This flower can also be made in many different ways.  I finished off the card with the Best Wishes sentiment.  My card can be for a wedding, graduation or someone leaving for a new job.

Here is a closer look at the flower....

 Here is how I made my card:

• Card Base: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4" to make an A2 card (4 1/4" x 5 1/2")
• The black layer is 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
• The woodgrain pattern paper is 4" x 2 1/4" and the floral is 4" x 2 1/4" 
• I added the ribbon and flower and 
• finished my card by adding some clear drops.

Here is how I put the flower together:

The flower has 6 pieces, and measures 2.2W x 2.2H.  I die cut them out with paper.

After the flowers are die cut and inked, I used my bone folder to curl the edges to get the fibers lose.

After the flowers are curled, I started to assemble the flower.  I used a small brad to hold the flowers.  I started putting the smallest pedal on first and then go to the largest.

Here is the finished flower.  I used a wink of stella clear to add some shimmer to the flower.

This is it for today, I hope I have inspired you to try out some of the 3D flowers.  Also, did you know that we are having a challenge for our fans and followers to display the cards you have made with CottageCutz dies? There are prizes to be won as well.Click here for all the details.  I hope you will join in on the fun!

Here are the dies I used: