Love You Mom

Hi! It's Janja here with a card for moms.

- CottageCutz dies: Polar Bears w/ Birch Trees, Arctic Polar Bear & Cub, Tree, Fall Fox & Hedgehog, Love You Mom Phrase
- blank card: 5.3 x 5.3" (13,5 x 13,5 cm), folded
- patterned paper: 5 x 5" (12,7 x 12,7 cm)
- colored cardstock
- colored ink pads
- markers
- glue, double-sided adhesive tape, self-adhesive foam pads

I cut out all of the pieces from colored cardstock. I used different shades of ink pads and markers to further emphasize the cutouts.

I cut out the phrase Love You Mom twice. 

Then I trimmed the patterned paper and prepared a blank card.

The cutouts are attached to the background with glue and self-adhesive pads.

Completed card. 

Have a nice day.

Janja

Joy to the World

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I'm sharing this holiday card.  The scene on this card has me eager for one of my favorite holidays.

I combined dies from the Christmas Part 1 and Christmas Part 2 die releases.  I used the Farm Truck w/Tree, Joy To The World Tree and the Polar Bears w/Birch Trees for the scene on my card.  The hill was fussy cut and inked on the edges.

The snowy background was created by blending some Oxide Ink on white card stock, splashes of water and white paint splatters.

To create the joyous scene, I added the hill along the bottom edge of my card and tucked in the birch trees on the right and left sides of my card.

The Farm Truck w/Tree was centered at the bottom edge of my card overlapping a couple of the birch trees.

The sentiment was placed between the birch trees in the empty space. I sprinkled in some iridescent sequins throughout the base of my card.

Here are the dies used on my cards available in the shop:

Warm Hearted Friends

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne with you today.  Today's card uses the adorable polar bears from the Christmas Release Part 1.  I think these are just about everyone's favorite, they are so darn cute!  I chose to use them today as a friendship card rather than a holiday card.

I cut all pieces from white card stock and used Distress Oxide ink to color them.

 I assembled all the pieces.  Although I assembled the hat, I ultimately decided not to use it.

For the background I used the same pink inks and a stencil made from the second smallest circle of the Double Stitched Rectangle set.  I blended an area larger than I needed so I could adjust where to cut the rectangle.  I splattered the blend with water to give the feel of falling snow.

I cut four panels, two using the third largest Stitched Rectangle die and two using the second largest die so that the panels stacked would be a bit thicker than regular card stock.

The message is stamped centered on the bottom of an A2 card base in grey ink.  After adhering the panels I glued down the snow and birch trees. 

I wanted the birch trees to go to the top of the rectangle and the snow to be at the bottom.  You can see that there is a gap here.  But that will get covered up by the bears.

The bears are popped up using foam dots.  This was a simple card to make that is wonderful for a good friend.  These little bears are perfect for almost every occasion!

Dies:

Thanks for stopping by today.  Be sure to check out all the new Christmas dies from both releases in the online store!

I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!

Polar Bears

Hi, Janja is here to share a new Christmas card with you.
I just can't resist to these cute polar bears.

CottageCutz dies: Polar Bears w/ Birch Trees, Stitched Square Set
card blank: 5.3 x 5.3" (13,5 x 13,5 cm), folded
white cardstock : 4.7 x 4.7" (12 x 12 cm)
patterned paper: 4.5 x 4.5" (11,5 x 11,5 cm)
white cardstock
colored ink pads
glue, double-sided adhesive tape, self-adhesive pads

Cut all the pieces out of white cardstock. Color them with colored ink pads.

Prepare a square of white cardstock. Die-cut a square into a white cardstock to get the frame. Use the second largest die of the set.
Emboss the frame with an embossing folder. I used a snowfall embossing folder.

Paste birch trees to the back of the frame and attach polar bears with self-adhesive pads.

Trim a patterned paper for a background.
Paste the background onto the back of the frame. Attach everything to the card front to finish.

Finally, I would like to invite you to visit the online store where both parts of Christmas dies are available.

Have a nice day.

Janja

Polar Bear Hugs & Kisses

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Monday 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. The DT will begin showing card samples using these dies shortly.

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 Polar Bear w/Birch Trees die. It's from the Christmas Part 1 release. 

I started my card as I so often do with a sketch and my card colors in mind. This one would work perfectly to show some designer paper, a bit of embossing and ribbon. The card colors are from this weeks color challenge on Splitcoaststampers. The colors are berry burst, lemon-lime twist and balmy blue. They were made for the bear hats and the background sky. 

berry burst, lemon-lime twist, balmy blue

I cut the bear hats and scarves in the challenge colors. The birch trees are cut in a light gray cardstock. 

For the rectangle elements I dry embossed the designer paper with a birch tree folder.

The card background is dry embossed with a snowfall folder.

I placed my die cut birch trees on top of the dry embossed trees. I thought the background just added interest. 

I made this into a winter birthday card. My hubby's birthday is December 28th and I will give this to him. 

That's it for me for this post. I hope I have given you a bit of inspiration for a way to use this die. I will be back on Saturday with another card from these new Christmas dies.

die I used to create card: