Showing posts with label Poinsettia w/Flourish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poinsettia w/Flourish. Show all posts

Sunday, September 16, 2018

Merry Christmas

Hi!

It's Anja here. I've been having a tons of activities at work and I was working late this last week. It's been such a great end of the week to come home and see all the new beautiful dies that finally came in the mail box. I've had some ideas to use them and today I'm presenting the first one.


For this project I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Poinsettia w/ Flourish, Merry Christmas Elegant Phrase),
- Distress Inks (Peeled Paint, Twisted Citron, Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire, Tumbled Glass),
- white card base (21x10 cm),
- water color paper for background (20,5x9,5 cm),
- gold acrylic paint,
- water spritzer,
- heat gun,
- brush,
- baby wipes,
- paper glue.

First I made the background. I used Distress Inks and colored from light to darker colors. I blended in between.

Then I spritzed the paper with water, dried it and then sprinkled it with gold acrylic paint. I let it dry. I used baby wipes to put some color around the paper.


Then I colored the sentiment. Again I used gold acrylic paint and a brush. I dried it with the heat gun.


Then I cut and colored the flowers. I made two sets. I used Distress Inks and gold color.


And then I just glued everything together.




Have a nice Sunday.

Anja Z.

Cottage Cutz dies I used:



Wednesday, September 12, 2018

September Group Post (Part 1)

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit today. We are sampling DT cards from Part 2 of the 2018 Christmas release. There are 29 new designs in this new release.  And, it is currently 25% off for a limited time. Part 1 of Christmas 2018 is also on sale. See those designs here.

Group Posts give you the opportunity to see more card samples from the Design Team. So we are continuing that again for this release. We have 3 samples for your viewing pleasure today.

Card 1: Our first sample is from Lois Bak. She used the Poinsetta w/Flourish die to create this festive card. Poinsettias are such a delight to display at the holidays, and they always look so beautiful on a Christmas card. The background for her bold poinsettia is some Christmas music paper that just adds the perfect touch. If you are looking for a design to do multiples of, this would be a good one.
Card 2: Our next sample is from Pam MacKay. She used the Christmas Village 1 die to create this beautiful woodland scene. A Christmas card with a church in the woods always has such a serene appeal. She sponged her background with distress ink for just a touch of color and also used a stencil and embossing paste for her snow. Notice how she used some pale yellow cardstock to give the look of soft lighting in the church. This is another card that would be easy to recreate for your own Christmas cards.
Card 3: The 3rd and final sample for today is another card from Lois Bak. On this card, she created such a cute indoor scene using the new Cozy Fireplace Pets die.  How comfy the dog and cats look sleeping in front of the fire, waiting for Santa's arrival. Designer paper was used to create the look of a wood floor and wallpaper. She stamped her merry Christmas sentiment. This would be a great card for the dog and cat owners on your Christmas card list.
Well that's it for our cards for today. I hope the samples 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:
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzpoinsettiawflourish.aspx
 
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzchristmasvillage1elites.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzcozyfireplacepets.aspx