Sending Hugs!

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne posting today and I have a card that can be either a thinking of you card, or if you change the colors, a Valentine's Day card.

This card uses the new Puppy Love Letter die along with the Hugs Phrase and Kitty Love Mail Dies.

To start I cut all the pieces from white card stock.

This card has a lot of pieces and one of the things I do when working with many pieces is divide them into specific items - the dog, the mailbox, etc. - and put like pieces in small plastic containers.  (In the past, I have also used a muffin tin for this.)

I took the pieces for my dog and cat, colored them with Copic markers and glued them together.

Then I colored the rest of the pieces and assembled them.

For my card base I used a piece of 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" designer paper and glued that to an A2 Highland Heather card base.  I wanted to have a spring-like look so I decided to use a yellow background.  The first image a put down was the kitty and mailbox.

I then adhered the word "Hugs" and used foam dots to pop up the puppy and letter.  I'm very pleased with this card - it would be perfect for a friend who needs a pick-me-up or as a Valentine's Day card!

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Thanks for visiting today!  Don't forget to stop by the online store where the new Valentine's and St. Patrick's Day dies are on sale for a limited time!

Valentine Release DT Samples (Part 2)

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit today. We are sampling DT cards 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.

For the next several days, we will be featuring samples from the design team using these new dies. We wanted to  give you some creative ideas for using the dies. So let's get started with the cards for today.

Card 1: Our first sample today is from Pam MacKay and she is featuring the Swinging Monkey die. She created a whimsical card with a wonderful choice of patterned paper. This little spirited monkey is so sweet with all his hearts and cute little face. It could be one of those playful cards for your special someone. It would also work perfectly for your teen since it's one of those images that can span all ages. 

Card 2:Our next sample is from Sukie Dhillon. She used the Hedgehogs in Love die. The background heart and sentiment are part of the Be My Valentine Puppies die. She created such a pretty in pink scene with hearts, flowers and sentiment. The pink lace background paper is a perfect accent. The playful hedgehogs would make a great Valentine card for your sweetheart or those special kiddos in your life.

   

Card 3: The last sample for today is one that I (Mary Marsh) created using the Puppy Love Letter die.  The layers, patterned paper and layout along with the cute letter bearing puppy helped me make my Valentine card. I stamped the "happy mail" sentiment on the envelope. The Valentine phrase is from the Be my Valentine Puppies die. Wouldn't this work well for the dog lover? This new Valentine release is so versatile and works for all ages - young and old.
 

Well, that's our samples for today. I hope the team has given you some inspiration on ways to use these new dies. And, 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.

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