Vintage Valentine Mailbox

Hello Crafty Friends

It is Pam sharing with you today!

I am adding to my Valentine collections.  I send out quite a few so I will probably make mutlitples of this one because it was pretty quick.  I am using the Vintage Mailbox as my main focal point on this card.

Design Steps:

1.  Using the Vintage Mailbox cut out the pieces in pink designer paper, silver and dark gray card stock.  Using Puppy Love Letter die cut out the pieces in cream and pink card stock.  Ink all the pieces in black ink.  Assemble the pieces

2.  Use a dark gray A2 card base, piece of pink card stock 4 1/8 x 5 3/8, piece of designer paper 4 x 5 1/4 and a piece of pink checked designer paper 2 1/2 x 4.  Ink all of the edges in black ink

3.  Glue the designer paper to the pink card stock.  Glue the pink checked piece to the designer paper slightly above center as shown

4.  Glue the gray piece of the Vintage Mailbox to the pink checked paper slightly left of center as shown.  Place dimension dots on the back of the mailbox and then pop it to the grey piece

5.  Glue down the cream envelopes and add the little pink hearts.  Finish by adding a sheer ribbon, some heart rhinestones and your sentiment.  Then glue it to the gray card base

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I would like to wish you all a Blessed New Years and thank you so much for stopping by!

Husky Love Mail

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne sharing with you today and I have a Valentine's card for any dog lover in your life.  This card uses the Husky w/Sled die from the new Arctic Animals release along with some older Valentine's Day dies.

I started off by cutting all the pieces from cardstock in white, gray, brown and two shades of red.

I used some gray ink to shade the white areas of the husky, then I glued him together along with the letters and banner.  Final assembly of the pieces will be on the card itself.

My card is going to be a top folding A2 size card so I cut a panel 5.5 x 4.25 inches to glue on top of the base.  I used two shades of red/pink to create a soft background with more of the color towards the bottom and going diagonally from the middle to the upper right.

For my snow, I  cut a free form snow bank and used light blue ink to just shade the top.

I adhered the snow to my background panel and then glued down my dog and sled.  I left the top part of the sled unglued so I could slip the envelopes underneath.

I tucked the envelopes on the sled and used the various size hearts to create a trail.

Finally, I popped up the sentiment using foam dots and added a few rhinestone hearts in clear and red.  A fun and easy to make Valentine's Day card!

Dies used:

Thanks for joining me today and I hope you enjoyed my card.  Have a fun and creative weekend!

Just for You

Hi!


It's Anja here. I have another simple card for you today. I used this cute puppy die and instead of a letter I put donut in his hands.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Puppy Love Letter, Love Latte Donut),
- Distress Inks (Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Black Soot, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, Aged Mahogany) and Oxides (Worn Lipstick),
- color spray (white, pink),
- white card base (10,5x15 cm),
- water color paper for background (10x14,5 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- black pen,
- heat gun,
- black pigment ink,
- sentiment stamp,
- acrylic block,
- scissors,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the puppy. I used black pen for the eyes.

Then I cut the paper for background and colored it with Distress Oxide ink.

I sprayed white color over it and dried it with heat gun.

I did the same with pink spray.

Then I stamped the sentiment on the paper and cut it with scissors.

When I had all the pat made I assembled the card and glued everything. And my card was made.

This is all from me for today. Spring release is still waiting for you in the store for 25 % off.

Have a nice Sunday.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used:

Be My Valentine

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I'm sharing a set of Valentine's cards for my guest designer post.  With Valentine's Day tomorrow, these are perfect to share with that special someone especially an animal lover.

These sweet puppies were die cut from the Puppy with Valentine and Puppy Love Letter dies.  The sentiment, banner and hearts are from the Be My Valentine Puppies die set.  I also cut out two circles from the Stitched Circle Set and two squares from the Double Stitched Square Set.

I went with a black, white and red theme for my card so the die cuts came together very quickly.  The puppies were cut with neutral shaded card stock.  A bit of Glossy Accents were added to the eyes and noses of the puppies.

The puppies were centered perfectly on the white circles.  After I adhered the tiny hearts next to the puppies, I decided to cut the black circles with my electronic die cutter for a frame.  The patterned papers are from the My Minds Eye "Charmed" 6x6 paper pad.  I love the row of neutral hearts amongst the black hearts.

The sentiment banner was adhered along the top edge of the die cut squares so that it would be centered above the puppies.

The finished die cuts were layered on the base of my card.  The sweet puppies are the perfect focal point for these Valentine's cards.

Here are the dies I used on my cards, available here:

Valentine Release DT Samples Round 2- Friday

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit today. We are having another round of DT samples from the brand new Valentine & St Patrick's Day release. There are 16 new designs in this release. And for a limited time the individual dies are on sale at 25% off.

So for the next several days, we will be giving you some additional creative ideas for using the dies. Our cards today are all about Valentine's Day.

Card 1: Our first sample today is from Jeanne Knobbe. She used the Valentine Hedgehog and the Valentine Phrase & More dies to create this sweet Valentine card. I love how she is presenting this cute little hedgehog as the writer of the Valentine phrases. She kept her design on the clean & simple side which is so perfect for the masculine cards we might need. By placing the sentiment panel on an angle and using only red & white colors, her card makes such an impact.



Card 2: This next sample is from Janja Albreht. She used several of the doggie dies to create this ever so cute card. Puppy with Valentine, Puppy Love Letter,  Shamrock & Valentine Scottie and Be My Valentine Puppies to create her pet themed Valentine. Each one of the little pups is cuter than the next. How perfect would this be for your pet loving friends? She kept her design simple to allow the pups to be the center of attention. The "With Love" phrase is an older die and is currently on a 50% off sale. It worked so well as the finishing touch on her card.



Card 3: Our last sample for today is from Anja Zurga. She used the Valentine Hedgehog and Swinging Monkey dies to create this playful Valentine card. Her background was sponged with distress oxide inks and then she used a cloud stencil and baby wipe to get the white clouds.

For her little scene she has the hedgehog busy painting his little fence for Valentine's Day, and the monkey came and stole away the heart. So cute! This would be a great card for your significant other or a loved little one. Kids love getting cards especially handmade ones.



Well, that's our samples for today. I hope the team has given you some inspiration on ways to use these new dies. And, you still have time to order and receive the dies in time for Valentine card making. If you are contemplating a purchase, don't wait to long, The dies are on sale for a limited time.

Stop by again tomorrow for more team samples.

dies used to create cards: