Special Hello

Hi Scrapping Cottage Friends

It is Pam sharing some creative ideas with you on the Thursday blog!

I am using our fantastic Safari Release today to create a cheery hello for my friends in Ohio who are really stuck in their homes because of a hugh snow storm.  I used the Safari Adventure Gang for all of these fun little animals!  The dies in this collection can be used for so many different projects!

Design Steps:

1.  I am using a slim line card so the measurements are 8 1/2 x 7 scoring along the 7 in side at 3 1/2.  Also cut a piece of white card stock 3 1/4 x 8 1/4.  Use the Stitched Wide Circle Frame dies the smallest one and cut out 3 white frames.  

2.  Center and pop up the frames to the piece of white card stock.  Cut out the animals using the Safari Adventure Gang and rust, brown, light yellow, gray, black and white card stock.  Shade and assemble the animals.  I used a black gel pen for the eyes, nose and antlers.  Pop up the animals in the frames then glue the white panel to the card front

3.  Using the Stitched Alphabet die cut out the word hello twice.  Glue the letters together and then pop to the card as shown below

4.  Cut out some leaves using two different shades of green.  The die I used for the leaves is the same the Safari Adventure Gang.  It has a great variety of leaves.  Stick the leaves behind the animals and your card is complete

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have a crafty week and I will see you on Monday!

Blessings and Take Care

Pam

Stand Out, Stay Awesome!

Good morning Cottage Cutz fans!  It's Jeanne with the Tuesday edition of the blog.  My card for you today features the adorable giraffe from the new Safari release.  Between the Circus and the Safari releases I'm not sure which I'm more excited about since both feature dies which make wonderful cards.  And right now the store is having a President's Day sale so make sure you visit - after viewing my card, of course!

I started this card with a sketch I found on Pinterest, but as often happens with me I diverged so much you would not recognize the sketch.  But the oval and the rectangle are still there!  I just added another rectangle, a sentiment strip, placed things at an angle and changed the layering order.  For me it's about inspiration.

I have some fun, jungle looking patterned paper that goes well with these dies, so I used it here.  I also cut my giraffe from solid cardstock scraps rather than coloring with inks.  Depending on the look I want to achieve, I vary the way I "color" the images. 

I added some foliage from the Safari Adventure Gang dies and some linen thread behind my giraffe.  Then I popped him up on foam dots for a bit of dimension.

I thought this card and sentiment would work for many occasions, so I left the inside blank until I give it out.  I hope you've enjoyed my card today! Don't forget about the President's Day sale - it's for a limited time!

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Thanks for visiting today and have a great week!

Safari Hello

Hi!

It's Anja here. Hope you had a blast last couple of days. I wish you all the best in this New Year. Lots of happiness, health and crafty ideas. My first card in 2021 is another safari themed project. I just love this dies and it so much fun to make cards with this cute animals.

For this card I used:

- Cottage Cutz dies (Safari Adventure Gang, Safari Monkey, Safari Cruiser w/Banner, Oval Set),

- Distress Inks,

- craft card base (13x18 cm),

- white card stock for die cuts and background (11x16 cm),

- craft card stock (12x17 cm),

- silver pigment ink,

- plastic stencil (clouds),

- black pen,

- white pen,

- sentiment stamp,

- black pigment ink,

- acrylic block,

- scissors,

- paper glue. 

First I cut and colored all the animals, greenery and the banner.

Next I cut the biggest oval from the set from the craft card stock rectangle. I colored around the edges with brown shade of Distress Ink.

Next I trimmed another rectangle out of the white card stock and colored the cloudy sky on top. I used a plastic stencil.

Next I stamped and cut the sentiment.

Then I arranged all the pieces and glued it on the craft card base. First I glued the animals in the middle of the oval. Then I added the banner and greenery around it. I cut all the parts that were placed out of the paper. Then I glued this background and the colored sky on the card base. Last I added the monkey and the sentiment. And my card was done. 

That's all from me for today. Have a nice Sunday and see you again next week.

Anja Z.

Cottage Cutz dies I used for this card:

 

 

 

Monkey Hugs

Happy New Year!  It's Jeanne posting this Saturday.  I hope you all had a wonderful New Year's.  Now that I'm finished with holiday cards I get excited to make Valentine's Day cards.  I like making these for friends.  For me Valentine's Day is more about reminding people how much they mean to me rather than romantic love.  My card today reflects that.

The Safari dies make wonderful Valentine's / thinking of you cards.  The animals are perfect for so many sentiments.  For this card I used the Safari Monkey, Stitched Hearts and Safari Adventure Gang dies. 

I started by cutting the monkey in two shades of brown and the leaves in two shades of green.

I wanted this card to still have natural coloring and look embossed so I used a Crumb Cake base panel and cut two stitched hearts using the second largest heart and six each of the smallest and second smallest hearts.

 After stamping my sentiment on one of the large hearts I glued them to the panel, overhanging some of the hearts.

I used scissors to trim the overhanging hearts even with the panel.

I assembled my monkey on the second large heart and added some of the greenery.

 I love interactive cards so I used an "action wobble" on the back of the monkey heart.

 Here is the wobble in action!

I just purchased some small red and white enamel hearts.  The red is the perfect size for the monkey so I added one to his chest.  To give the background a bit of variety I added some of the white ones. 

There is a huge after Christmas sale in the online store and it ends tonight at 9:00 pm Pacific time.  The Safari dies are on sale along with a new release and many more!  Click here to visit the online store!

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Thanks for visiting today!  I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!

Jungle Birthday

 Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends

It is Pam on the blog this fine Thursday!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas.  And I also want to wish you a very Happy New Year! I am getting started on my Birthday cards for 2021!  Luckily I don't have any birthdays in January so that gives me a months head start.  I am using some of the adorable critters from the Safari Release.  Today I used the cute lion and giraffe on this fun birthday card.

Design Steps

1.  Use a piece of kraft card stock as the A2 base, green card stock cut 4 1/8 x 5 3/8, DP cut 3 7/8 x 5 1/8, use the second from the largest Wide Pierced Rectangle Frame Die to cut a green frame and finally a piece of white card stock 2 1/2 x 3 1/2

2.  On the small piece of white card stock sponge in clouds using blue ink and a stencil

3. Glue the green card stock to the kraft card base and then glue down the DP to the green card stock.  Glue the white cloud rectangle to the center of the card.  Place dimension tape to the back of the frame

4.  Center the frame right over the top of the clouds and then pop it down

5.  Cut all of the leaves out of 3 shades of green using the Safari Adventure Gang die and the Safari Monkey, cut the pieces for the lion using the Safari Lion die and last cut all the pieces for the giraffe using the Safari Giraffe die.  Assemble the animals using a fine tip glue

6.  Arrange your animals and leaves to create your jungle scene

7.  Stamp the sentiment and then use the Pierced Circle die to cut it out.  Add to your scene and your card is complete

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Happy 2021 to everyone and I hope you have a very blessed year!

Pam