Christmas Friends

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne posting today and I have a Christmas card for pet lovers.  It features a die from the new pets release and two from this year's Christmas release.

I cut most of pieces from colored cardstock and used white for the hat trim, holly and kitty's inner ears, paws and nose.

 I used Copic markers to color the inner ears, noses and holly. I sponged the edges of the fence boards with brown ink to age it.  Then I glued all the pieces together.

Next I cut a panel from snowflake paper and 4/14 2 inch panel of white.  I then free form cut a snowbank.

I used self adhesive backing on red cardstock, cut the sentiment and using scissors cut off the "tree" portion.

I adhered the the sentiment to the top right hand corner.

Then I placed all my images on the panel to see how they fit.

Since the dog looked like he was sitting a little high, I decided to cut down the snowbank.  I trimmed it so that it was 1 3/8 inches high.

This allowed more room for the dog and cat.  I glued all pieces to the card and popped up the dog face with foam dots.

Dies used:

Thanks for visiting today.  Don't forget to stop by the Scrapping Cottage for some great deals on dies during the Almost Christmas sale!

I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!

Christmas Release Design Team Samples (Part 1)

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit today. We are sampling DT cards from the new 2018 Christmas release. There are 29 new designs in this release and it's just Part 1 of what we will be releasing for Christmas. And, they are currently 25% off for a limited time.

We have had a good response when we do a group post on a release. It gives you the opportunity to see more card samples from the Design Team. So we are continuing that again for this release. We have 4 samples for your viewing pleasure today.

Card 1:  This first sample is from Jeanne Knobbe. She used the Santa Hat Cat and the Christmas Tag Toppers dies to create her card in traditional Christmas colors. The striped patterned paper and image panel placed on an angle give it that extra flair. 
Looks like the Santa Hat Cat is temporarily out of stock. But check back on that one soon. How cute would this card be for the cat lover that we all know. The tag toppers are a great way to add your greeting to a card. This design would be so easy to reproduce if you want to send several of these.

Card 2:  This next sample is from Lois Bak. She is great at creating such fun folds and this one doesn't disappoint. She used the Teapot Snowman and Sweet Christmas dies to create this super cute side step card. This card would be perfect for the tea lover or even the friend we all have who loves to bake.

Card 3: This next sample is another one from Lois Bak. On this card she used the new Swirly Tree with Stars  and Merry Christmas Tree Phrase dies. Love how she took her patterned paper strips and created a sunburst for such a unique and different Christmas card.

Card 4: Our last sample today is from Pam MacKay. She used the sweet Hugging Penguins and Christmas Tag Toppers dies to create this precious Christmas card. Her embossed background and patterned paper just add to the charm of this card. Notice how she created her image panel? She used the pierced rectangle die to cut her background and snowbank. It's a creative idea.

I hope the samples shown today have sparked some ideas for ways to use these new dies.  And, remember they are currently 25% off in the online store.

dies used to create cards: