Happy Fall

Hello Friend

I am in Arizona where the temperature has been soaring.  It has been over 100 degrees for a month!  So needless to say I am ready for fall!   I am trying to wish autumn here a little quicker with this cute little fall card.  I made this card with a variety of older dies.  The focal point is the Sweet Fox die which is available in the store now!  

I saw a card by Ann Chuang on Pinterest that I loved.  So I used her card as my inspiration.

Design Steps:

1.  Start by cutting all the pieces using the following dies, Sweet Fox, Mushroom Fairy Garden, Pumpkin Pie & Latte (leaves), and Rustic Sign & Trees (log) and these colors of card stock: red, yellow, rust, orange, tan, green gray, black, white and brown

2.  Ink all of the pieces with coordinating inks.  I used TH inks and a small applicator.  After you ink assemble the pieces with a fine tip glue

3.  The card base is a gray A2 size.  I cut a piece of DP 4 1/8 x 5 3/8.  The birch trees I cut out of gray using the Merry Christmas w/Deer Family die.  I inked them before I glued them to the DP. Then I glued the DP to the card front

4.  Cut the grass from a 4 1/8 x 2 piece of green using the Grass Slimline die.  Glue the grass to the bottom of the card.  Add the log and the fox to the center of the grass as shown above

5.  Continue to add the Mushrooms, little clumps of grass, foliage and fall leaves to the card as you like.  You can see by the finished card below I moved a few things around before glueing them down

6.  Add the sentiment stamped on gray and layered on rust and your card is finished

7.  I had a few pieces left so I decorated the inside for a little surprise!

We have more inspiration on our YouTube Channel check it out HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by!  And I will see you next Thursday.

Blessings and Take Care

It's a Halloween Party!

Happy Friday Cottage Cutz fans!  It's Jeanne today and I have a fun card using dies from the new Halloween release.  Someone in this camper is having a party and I think they left their cauldron outside!

I started by die cutting the camper, cauldron, ghosts and bats from the Spooky Camper and the Spooky Witch House dies.  These two are perfectly sized to coordinate with each other.  I used various colors of cardstock and shaded only the fire by using a sponge and orange ink.

I cut the trees in black from a Christmas die (think outside the box when using your dies!)  The Merry Christmas w/Deer Family die.

For the background I used a pre-printed card from a card kit that I received this summer.  The cards are all night skies - perfect for Halloween cards!

The ground is a piece a black cardstock cut to 2 1/8 x 4 1/4 inches.

I glued the ground leaving the top edge open so I could slip in the trees.  Then I glued this down and added the sentiment from Halloween Phrase and More.

I adhered the camper and added the cauldron using foam dots to pop it up from the card.

I think my favorite part of this card is the kitty in the door window.  Although she's from the Spooky Witch House die she fits just perfect in the camper window!

Dies used:

Be sure to visit the online store where the Halloween release is on sale for a limited time!

Thanks for visiting today!  I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!

Christmas Car & Trailer

Hello Scrapping Cottage 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 the new release of Christmas Part 2 in the online store and they are all in stock and available for delivery. There are 34 new designs in this release. 

This release has something for everyone. So if you prefer a more religious tone to your cards- we have you covered. If you like a more whimsical design featuring Santa, reindeer, gnomes, moose or even a hot chocolate theme you will find some really cute dies.

I actually do a combo of religious and whimsical for my Christmas cards. Today, for your viewing pleasure, I am going whimsical with the new Christmas Car & Trailer. It's part of the Part 1 release. 

I have a friend that has a trailer and camping is a big part of her life now that she and hubby are retired. So I made this card for her. So let's get started with some details on how I created this card.  

Step 1: I started with cutting out the card and trailer. I used the die packaging for colors. Our dies always have such beautiful coloring that it makes it easy for you to use cardstock or any coloring medium. My preference is cardstock.

Next I decided on my background designer paper. This paper reminded me of a blue sky with even a bit of snow.

blue card base: 5 3/4" x 4 1/2"
white layering panel: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
designer paper layer: 5 3/8" x 4 1/8"

I decided to emboss the designer paper with a birch tree embossing folder. Just thought it would add interest to the card and give the appearance of a wooded campsite.

Step 2: I am ready to start card assembly. Attached the designer paper layer to white layer panel with double sided tape.

To attach the die-cut images I used dimensional adhesive. This adds depth to your design.

I attached the image panel to the blue card base with double sided adhesive.

I felt like the card wasn't complete so I decided to add a Merry Christmas sentiment and several snowflakes. The snowflakes are from the Holiday Hedgehog die. The sentiment is from last year's Christmas collection - Merry Christmas w/Deer Family

Well that's it for me for this week. I hope I have given you an idea for using this new die. It makes a perfect card for your camping friends and family. See you next Saturday!

dies I used to create card:

Forest Christmas

Good Morning Scrapping Cottage Friends!

It is Pam sharing with you today!

We are so happy that you stopped by to visit with us today!! I am showing you a die from the Part 2 Christmas release today.  In this release there are 29 different designs and everyone of them is unique and very detailed.

Very soon you will be seeing examples from our Christmas Part 3 and Halloween dies.  These dies are already in the store with a 25% discount!  There is also an exclusive die that can only be purchased through the online store.  So make sure you stop by the store to see our sweet Dakota the Huskey!!

Here is my card for today hope you like it!

Design Steps:

1.  Use an A2 white card base and a slightly smaller piece of red card stock.  Glue the red card stock 

to the base and set aside

2.  Cut a piece of white card stock 4 x 5 1/4 and stamp the background using a forest stamp with Versa Mark.  

 3.  Emboss with white diamond embossing powder set with a heat gun

 4.  Use blue inks and sponge over the embossing.  After completing the inking wipe it off with a paper towel

5.  Use the Merry Christmas w/ Deer Family die and cut out the deer in brown, the banner in red and the fawn and trees in white 

 6.  Ink shadows onto the large deer and color the fawn with a marker and add small white dots to fawn.  Color all of the hoofs black with marker

7.  Add shadow to the birch trees with grey ink

8.  Add the die cut pieces to the background

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  And make sure to take some time to be creative!!

Blessings

Pam