Have a Wild Birthday!

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I'm sharing a fun and festive birthday card.  I took a break from creating Christmas cards and used one of the new die sets from the Safari die release for this card.

The Safari Peekers were perfect for tucking inside the Stitched Wide Rectangle Frame.  The frame coordinated perfectly with the patterned leaf paper.  Once the animals were nestled inside the frame, I used the Party Elephant die set to cut out the bouquet of balloons and the party hats.  The party hats were added to the lion and monkey.  The finishing accent on my card was the sentiment.

Here are the die sets used on my card, available in the store:

Elephant With Balloons

Hi!

It's Anja here. I have another cad for you today. This time I combined this cute new die with some older ones and made a card that open a bit differently than usual.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Party Elephant, Tree With Tire Swing, Nested Stitched Scallop Square Set, Pierced Square Set),
- Distress Inks (Broken China, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo, Black Soot, Spiced Marmalade,
- white, colored and patterned card stock for die cuts,
- black pen
- white pen,
- hole punch,.
- ruler,
- pencil,
- metal rings,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the elephant and the tree. This time I used colored paper for die cuts. I emphasized the cuts with Distress Inks.

Next I made the background. I cut two squares. I colored the edges on the left one, and sky and grass on the right one.

Instead of the card base I cut two scalloped squares this time. I used patterned paper.

I glued the squares together and made two holes on top for the metal rings.

Then I combined both sides with the rings and glued the elephant on top. And my card was done.

And that is all from me for today. Have a nice Sunday and see you again next week.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used for this project:

Wish Card

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I'm sharing this sweet card for my design team post.  I used the new Birthday dies for the focal point and also pulled in a couple of older Cottage Cutz dies for this festive card.

The inspiration for my card was the patterned paper from the Bo Bunny Surprise 6x6 paper pad.  The different colored polka dots were used to draw out the bright colors of my die cuts.

The Party Elephant and Party Favors are from the new Birthday dies. I used the Nested Wacky Stitched Rectangle Set for the white card base and the Stitched Alphabet for the sentiment.  Once I cut out my pieces, I shaded them with some cheerful colors of Oxide Inks.

I layered the Wacky rectangle frame on my pattered paper.  The "wish" sentiment was adhered at the bottom of my card base and the adorable elephant was placed above the phrase.

Next, I added the presents above the sentiment and layered them slightly for a more cohesive design.

I created an embellishment cluster with the three tiny flowers in the corner of my card and finished off the birthday scene!

Here are the dies used on my card, available in the shop: