Showing posts with label Live Laugh Love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Live Laugh Love. Show all posts

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Love Cupcakes


Hi!

It's Anja here. I'm still in Valentine's mode. I made two Valentine's cards this week and I'm showing it to you in today's post. I combined cupcake dies and adorable lovebugs.


For this project I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Lovebug Bee & Ladybug, St. Patrick's Day Cupcake, Love Cupcake, Live Laugh Love),
- Distress Inks (Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Black Soot, Barn Door, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany) and Oxides (Worn Lipstick, Abandoned Coral, Candied Apple),
- watercolor paper (2 pieces of 10,5x15 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- glossy accents,
- glitter dust,
- water spritzer,
- heat gun,
- adhesive foam pads,
- wire,
- foil,
- wire cutter,
- paper glue,
- paper trimmer.

First I cut and colored the cupcakes and lovebugs. I used Distress Inks.


Then I trimmed watercolor paper to make two card bases.


I used Distress Oxides to color the background. I made to backgrounds.


Then I spritzed a few water drops over it and put a foil on top and pressed to get a more interesting details. I used heat gun to dry the base. I did the same with the other card base.


I cut two wires and adhered it to the bugs and to the cupcakes. I used adhesive foam pads.


Then I just adhered both bugs to the card bases. I used glossy accents to add some dimension to the sentiments and hearts. And I added some glitter to the cupcake. And my cards were done.




This is all from me for today. Check out the store for the new release and someother discounts.

Have a great Sunday and see you again next week.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used for this project:





Friday, April 13, 2018

Blossom and Live!

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! It's Jeanne posting today and I'd like to thank you for taking the time to stop and visit. We have a brand new release of Llamas & Botanicals dies available in the online store. And the dies are currently on sale for a limited time at 25% off the retail price.

Today's card features flowers from the  Botanical Garden 1 and Garden Bird dies.  I love the flowers in the Botanical Garden sets (there are two!) because they are ultra versatile.  You can put these together many ways to come up with some really gorgeous flowers.
This card is for the color challenge and the sketch challenge at Splitcoast Stampers this week.  The colors are Crumb Cake, Powder Pink, Wild Wasabi and Chocolate Chip.
You see I varied a little from the sketch by substituting flowers for stars and I used the Double Stitched Rectangle as my bordered frame in the center.
I cut flowers from both the Garden Botanical 1 and Garden Bird in both the pink and green.  I also cut one each of the middle and next size down Double Stitched Rectangle in Crumb Cake and three of the smaller ones in Chocolate Chip.
I sponged the edges of my flowers in Powder Pink and used a cotton swab to add Wild Wasabi ink to the center of the flowers.
You will notice that some of the features I originally cut don't show in my finished card.  That is because I sometimes design as I go and this is one of those cards.  It developed a life of it's own as I went along!  I started with the word Love from the Live, Laugh, Love sentiment on the small rectangle.  It seemed overwhelming to me so I decided to just use the larger rectangle instead and I decided that I liked the word Live better for this card.
So I angled the word Live across the larger rectangle and cut out three more from the Chocolate Chip card stock so I could stack them. Before gluing the rectangle stack to the Crumb Cake card base, I added the branch from the Garden Bird die under the stack.  It is very subtle and adds an embossed look to the card.  The flowers are from Garden Bird but the leaves and flower stamen are from Botanical Garden 1.  I am loving how you can combine these sets!!
For the flower on the upper corner I added some Powder Pink ink to the petals and also to the stamen.
I am quite pleased with this card and how it fits the challenges.  I hope you give the Botanical Garden 1 and Botanical Garden 2 dies (and others in this release too) a try!

I had so much fun playing with all the flower combinations.  When I first started this card I cut all the flowers in white just to play with combinations of petals and greenery.  I was restricted here by the colors in the color challenge - I can imagine how much fun it will be to play not only with the flowers but various color combos as well!  Looking forward to the weekend!

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzbotanicalgarden1.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzgardenbird.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzdouble-stitchedrectanglesetbasics.aspx

 
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzlivelaughlove.aspx

Don't forget to stop by the online store and check out the new dies that are on sale for a limited time.

I hope you have a creative weekend!


Friday, December 22, 2017

A Sweet Little Fox

Happy Friday!  I hope everyone is ready for Christmas!  I'm almost there - but not quite.  For today's post I decided to switch things up a bit.  It's a little late for Christmas cards, so I thought I'd share a Valentine's card.  This card could also be altered for a birthday by simply changing the paper and sentiment.
I started with a piece of red card stock 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches that I scored and folded in half.  Then I cut a piece of patterned paper to 4 x 5 1/4.  I used the second largest stitched heart die to cut a heart from white card stock.
I cut the fox from Cajun Craze, the word "Love" from red and all other pieces from vanilla card stock.
I colored the bird, heart and fox nose and eyes using Copic markers.  I used B24, E99, Y18, R27 and black.  After gluing the tail tip and chest to the fox, I used a sponge dauber and Cajun Craze ink to shade him (or her).
I then assembled all the pieces for the final card.

This card goes together quickly and makes for a fun clean and simple card.

Be sure to visit the website next week for a big after Christmas sale!

Have a Merry Christmas!


Sunday, August 27, 2017

Pretty Woman Card

Hi!

This is Anja again. I'm still playing with the new wedding dies. Today I made a card that can be used for one of your girl friends. The one that likes to look good, loves to dress up and put on some make up. All this small pieces are so fun to color and put together. With a little moderation you can use this card for a bride to be.



- Cottage Cutz Dies (Bridal Lingerie, Cosmetics, Wedding Gown, Live Laugh Love, Rose with Wedding Rings, Nested Wacky Stitched Circle Set),
- Distress Oxides (Worn Lipstick, Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint, Lucky Clover, Seedless Preserves, Antique Linen,Wilted Violet, Black Soot),
- white card base (12,5x12,5 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,

- patterned paper (3 12,1x12,1 cm),
- silver ink pad,
- paper glue.

First I cut the squares from patterned paper and circles with the nested stitched die. I decided to decorate the inside of the card, that
's why I cut three of each.


Then I die cut all the small pieces for the cosmetics and clothes. I colored them with Distress Oxides and glued them together. 



When I had everything prepared I just assembled the card together. 




Have a beautiful and creative Sunday. See you again next week.
Anja Z.