Swans for Mother's Day

Hello CottageCutz friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Saturday edition of the Blog.

We have a new release in the online store. It's our Australian Friends with 14 new designs. The dies are perfect for Mother's Day, Baby Cards, Kids & Adult Birthdays, Thinking of You, Thank You - just about any occasion you would need a card for.

They are currently on a limited time sale of 30% off the individual dies. For your viewing pleasure today, I am featuring the new Swan die. If you have followed my card samples here on the CottageCutz Blog, you know I am a user of designer papers. They help to create such great backgrounds. 

I have had these Landscapes patterns for a while. They are a big assist in creating a scenic card with your dies. Here are a couple of cards I previously made using these papers - Card 1, Card 2 . Today I am using another pattern and created a Mother's Day card. So let's get started with dome details of how I created my card. 

Design Steps:

I already mentioned the designer paper I was going to use. I didn't want to lose too much of the paper so I decided to make a square card. I paired the paper with a bright pink cardstock. I liked the look of it together and I think it complements some of the pink tones in the paper. 

Pink card base: 5 3/4" square

Designer Paper Layer: 5 1/2" square

Next, I cut my swan. Since this is a Mother's Day card, I wanted some cygnets (baby swans) in the scene. So I used the Mama Duck & Ducklings die, and I am calling it artistic license (lol)! I did look at some photos online and to me the cygnets look like ducklings. 

I stamped my Mother's Day sentiment onto a Stitched cloud. The cloud is from the 2018 In-Stitches release.   I used a light purple cardstock and stamped the sentiment in a grape ink. 

Now that all my elements are prepared, I am ready to start card assembly. I attached the designer paper to the card base with double sided tape.  The Swan images are attached with glue dots.

To finish off my card I added the sentiment cloud and then decided to add another one. I also cut a cattail from the Swan die and added that to my card. I had to move the little baby swan closer to the water pool. 

And, that finishes off my card for his week. I hope I have given you an idea for a different way to use this new Swan die. See you next Saturday!

dies I used to create card:

Little Duck Baby Card

It's Jeanne posting a baby card today that uses dies from the new Mother's Day release!

I love ducks and I couldn't resist this little guy with his sweet face.  But since Mother's Day has passed I thought a baby card might be in order.

I started with an A2 card base and then cut the rectangles using the second and third smallest rectangles from the Double Stitched Rectangle set.  I picked a dot patterned paper since I thought it went well with the circles, but you could use any pattern.  Then I cut the circles using the third and fourth smallest dies from the Double Stitched Circle set in coordinating colors.

For the inside I used the largest of the Nested Double Stitched Rectangles.  I cut a full set of ducks from So Saffron card stock.

Using the Y26 Copic marker, I colored in the duck bills and one set of feet.   I wanted my outside ducks to be swimming, so they did not get feet.

I glued one duckling to the inside panel and the other one and his mama to the circles to form medallions.

I glued the rectangles to the outside front about an eighth inch from the sides and top/bottom.  Then I heat embossed the outside sentiment in white and stamped the inside sentiment in Coastal Cabana.

My last step was to glue it all together.  This card was simple to make but is adorable.  And it is flat which makes for easy mailing!  Ducks are gender neutral so this can easily be changed to a feminine card by changing the colors.

Dies used:

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a fun and creative weekend!

New Release Alert!!

Good Morning Scrapping Cottage Friends!

It is Pam creating with you today!

BIG NEWS!!! We have a NEW Mother's Day Release available in the online store.  And the dies are currently on sale for a limited time at 25% off the retail price.  There are 22 fantastic dies!  These dies are so adorable don't miss out on this sale price!!

Now on with today's project!  I used the sweet little mama duck with her ducklings for a Mother's Day card!

Design Steps:

 1.  Use an A2 white card base cut a slightly smaller piece of blue card stock and a piece of DP 4 x 5 1/8

2.  Glue the blue card stock to the back of the DP and add the ribbon.  Then glue to the white card base

 3.  Cut the ducks using the Mama Duck & Ducklings die on yellow card stock.  Use an orange Copic marker and color the beaks

4.  Use a slightly darker yellow ink and shade the mama and ducklings.  Add small black pearls for the eyes

 5.  Use the Wave Border die and cut out 2 of the waves.  Glue the waves to some cloud DP and then cut the DP with the Nested Stitched Eyelet Rectangle die

6.  Add the Mama and Ducklings to the waves

7.  Using foam pop the rectangle to the front of the card as shown

8.  Using foam with adhesive on one side stick the blue card stock to the foam and then run through the Love You Mom Phrase die.  Glue the phrase to the card as shown

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  Please make sure to check out this fabulous new release you won't be disappointed!!

Blessings

Pam