Small Cards for Different Occasions

Hi Janja here. Welcome to the blog today.
I hope you all had a wonderful and healthy Easter holidays.

I made four small cards for different occasions. It's always good to have some of these cards in stock.

- CottageCutz dies: Orchids, Thanks Phrase, Potted Cactus, Valentine Phrase & More, Oh No Kitty, Bear Patient, Sending Hugs Bear, Stitched Squares Set, Stitched Wide Square Frame Set
- blank cards: 4 x 4" (10,2 x 10,2 cm), folded
- patterned paper: 3.5 x 3.5" (8,9 x 8,9 cm)
- colored cardstock
- colored ink pads
- glue, double-sided adhesive tape

I used some flowers, animals and expressions dies.
First, start by cutting out the main motives.

Then, cut four squares out of the patterned paper. Use the largest die of the set.

Also cut two white frames for each card and glue them together.

Paste all cutouts to the front of the cards.

Completed cards.

Thank you for stopping by.
Janja

Tagged Orchids

Hi, Lois here with my Monday card.   While waiting for receipt of the "Just for Guys" release from CottageCutz, the design team is still spotlighting dies from the Mother's Day release.  My card today features the Orchids die and came together very quickly.

I started by cutting the orchid pieces from white cardstock.

I colored the pieces using Copic markers and constructed my orchid plant.

I then cut the card base as follows:  8 1/2" x 5 1/2" white cardstock, scored at 4 1/4"; 4" x 5 1/4" patterned paper; and the tag from white cardstock 2" x 4 1/2".

I cut the corners of the tag with a punch then punched a hole in the top center of the tag, threading some baker's twine through the hole.

I then stamped the "happy birthday" sentiment at the bottom of the tag and glued on the orchids.

I adhered the tag to the card at an angle, using large foam pop dots and finished off the card by adding a few enamel dot stickers.

Be sure to check out the CottageCutz/Scrapping Cottage website for the new "Just for Guys" dies, which are on sale at 25% off for a limited time.

The die used on my card is:

Beautiful Orchid

Happy Friday everyone!  It's Jeanne posting today.  We have a number of sales going on in the store today!  Including a look at our new release which is Just for Guys!!! Which is also on sale for 25% off!  So please check out the online sales!

My card today features the gorgeous orchid die from the Mother's Day release.

I saw this layout in a card making book and thought it went well with the die.  I first picked out the paper - I wanted it to coordinate with what I think of as "traditional" orchid colors.

I cut an A2 card base, six strips of patterned paper 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches, a rectangle using the third largest die from the Double Stitched Rectangle set and one slightly larger.    I glued the stitched rectangle to the larger one.

I laid out the strips alternating their angle then glued the rectangle on top.

Next I cut all the pieces for the orchid from white card stock.

I used alcohol markers to color in the pieces.

Finally I added the word "Beautiful" cut using the Beautiful Phrase die (sorry I forgot to take a colse up of the die cut).

This is a very versatile card that could be used for a number of occasions.

Dies used:

 Thanks for stopping by today - have a great weekend.  I hope you find the time to do something creative!

Happy Mother's Day

Hi!

It's Anja with you on this Sunday. It's Mother's Day today and I made another Mother's day card for this occasion. I used beautiful new dies from Mother's day release. The orchid die is so great and it offers so many different possibilities to decorate your cards.

For this card I used:

- Cottage Cutz dies (Happy Mother's Day Phrase, Orchids),
- Zig Markers (Numbers: 043, 046, 050, 051, 060, 062, 065, 260),
- craft card base (10,5x15 cm),
- white watercolor paper for background (10x14,5 cm),
- watercolor paper for die cuts,
- Gansai Tambi watercolors (Numbers: 90, 36),
- rose gold embossing powder,
- Versamark embossing ink,
- heat gun,
- scissors,
- paper glue,
- foam surface for embossing,
- embossing tools,
- water spritzer,
- watercolor brush,
- brush.

First I die cut the sentiment and tapped it in embossing ink.

I used rose gold embossing powder and heated it with the heat gun.

Then I die cut the orchids. I use Bristol paper when I color with watercolor markers.

Before I glued the orchid together I used embossing tools to add a little dimension to the flower.

Then I started with the background. I cut 10x14,5 cm watercolor paper. I used Gansai Tambi colors and put it n my glass surface, using a brush. I stretched the color withe the water spritzer.

I tapper the paper on the surface. I did it repeatedly. When I was satisfied with the pattern, I dry heated it. 

I did the same with the other, gold color. Here I also made a bunch of color drops at the end. I again dried it with the heat gun.

When the paper was dry, I used the scissors for the edges.

I did the same with the front of the card base.

When I had everything prepared, I glued the cad together. And this is the result.

Have a nice Sunday, celebrating with your moms. I'll see you again in a week.


Take care,
Anja Z.

Cottage Cutz dies I used: