You Snuck Your Way Into My Heart

Hi!

It's Anja here. I have a Valentine's Day project for you today. 

 For this project I used:

- Cottage Cutz dies (Safari Elephant, Safari Hippo, Stitched Heart Set, Filigree Clouds),

- Distress Inks,

- blue, grey and white card stock for die cuts,

- black pen,

- white pen,

- sentiment stamp,

- black pigment ink,

- acrylic block,

- scissors,

- adhesive foam pads,

- paper glue. 

 

First I did the background. I cut two hearts and a bunch of clouds out of white and blue cardstock. I glued the clouds on the hearts. Next I cut the edges of the clouds using the heart die.

Then I colored the edges with Distress Ink.

Then I cut the elephant and the hippo out of the grey card stock. I used Distress Ink to emphasize the edges.

Next I stamped and cut the sentiments.

 

 

And then all I had to do was arrange both hearts together. And my Valentine's Day project 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 project:

 

 

Tons of Love

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne today and I have another Valentine's Day card for you using the Safari dies.  I couldn't decide which of these three images to use with this sentiment so I hit upon using all three and making a slimline card!

I started by choosing a paper that was floral with greenery and in good "Valentine's" colors.  I cut  a panel 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches and a panel 8 3/8 x 3 3/8 inches from the floral.

I cut the animals using three different shades of grey.  (You could also cut them from white and color them using three different shades of grey ink.) I cut three hearts using the Stitched Hearts dies in pink and green to match my paper.

I glued one animal to each heart.  I knew I wanted the elephant in the middle as it is slightly larger than the other two.

To assemble the row of animals I glued one animal to each heart and aligned them using graph paper.  This made it very easy and the lineup turned out perfectly spaced.

I added this to the card front along with some baker's twine.

I stamped and cut out the sentiment and adhered it to the front using foam dots.  This was a very quick card to make and is sure to be a hit with any animal lover!

Dies used:

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

Adventure Awaits

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I'm sharing a fun card featuring several new dies from the new Safari die release.  This die release is part of the Black Friday release which is on sale for a couple of more days!

I die cut out the Safari elephant, giraffe, zebra, hippo and lion using white card stock and shaded them with Oxide Inks. The sentiment is from the Safari Phrases die set and the leaves are from the Safari Adventure Gang die set.

I created a slimline card panel sized at 4x9 inches.  The background was ink blended for a pretty sunset appearance. A bit of water was spritzed on my card base.

To build my card, I affixed the whimsical sentiment toward the top of my card and centered it.

Next, I adhered the elephant and lion on each end of my card. The zebra was centered in the middle.

The sweet giraffe came next along with the adorable hippo. The row of safari animals fit perfectly on the slimline card.

I adhered a couple of the larger leaves in the right corner of my card and scattered a few of the smaller leaves around the lion.

The remaining leaves were tucked in around the safari animals filling in all of the empty space and adding a pop of color.

Here are the die sets that I used on my card, available in the store:

Black Friday Safari Release Samples

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit on this Friday after Thanksgiving.

We have a brand new Black Friday Safari release available in the online store. There are 16 new designs in this release. There is something for everyone to help you create birthday, anniversary, thinking of you, graduation, get well and thank you cards. Let your creativity and imagination run wild with these dies.


And, you can pick these new dies up at a great bundle price of only $89.95. But don't wait because the bundle price only lasts for the next 10 days. The sale will end on December 4th.


The DT has created some really cute cards for your inspiration and we will be featuring them over the next several days. If you missed Wednesday's post, check it out here. Now, let's get started with our cards for today. 

Card 1:  Our first sample for today is from Jeanne Knobbe. She used the new Safari Lion die that  features the king of the beasts and made a wonderful masculine card. The designer paper, burlap and wood leaf embellishments just add to the masculine vibe. 

Whether he's your "mane" man, king of your heart or your "pride" & joy, this die ensures a roaring good card! So think Birthday, Valentine's Day, Anniversary or just a card to say I love you. 

Card 2: Our next sample is from Pam MacKay. She is featuring the new Safari Giraffe on her card front.  She created a super cute safari themed birthday card for her young niece and nephew who love taking trips to the zoo. The giraffe family looks so cute nestled in the circles surrounded by leaves from the new Safari Adventure Gang die. And, the leaf designer background paper adds to the  jungle theme so perfectly. The birthday tag topper is an older one from CottageCutz - Party Hat Tag Topper. You can pick this up on a 70% off sale right now

She carried the giraffe theme through to the card inside as well. And then featured the new Safari Phrases die with the "go wild" sentiment. 

Card 3: The last sample for today is one that I (Mary Marsh) created. I am featuring the new Safari Elephant die and created a Valentine card. These dies are so versatile and by choosing the right sentiment you have a card for any occasion that you need. 

Used a punny sentiment that I stamped and also added a Valentine phrase- it's from the Valentine Phrase & More die. You can pick it up for 60% off right now.  I carried the valentine theme through with the heart themed designer paper and the embossed heart panel. 

Well. that's our samples for today. I hope the team has given you some creative ideas for different ways to use these new Safari dies. We will be back on Saturday with more samples from this release. Check out the online store for the big Black Friday sale with savings of up to 85% on selected dies.