Polar Opposites

Happy Friday Cottage Cutz fans!  It’s Jeanne today with a card featuring one of the dies from Part 3 of the new Christmas release; however this is not a Christmas card!  I found this sentiment and knew it would be perfect for the Polar Friends die.

I have always found it amusing that every (it seems) card maker puts polar bears and penguins together, but in real life one is an Arctic animal and the other lives in the Antarctic.  This sentiment brings both  together and it all makes sense!

Wouldn't this make a cute anniversary card for someone married in the winter?  (I may give it to my husband for his birthday which is coming up quickly.)

To begin I made the background.  I heat embossed the snowfall using white embossing powder and a stencil.

I stopped the stencil about an inch from the bottom so I would have a smooth area for my sentiment.

Next, I used blending brushes to create the background.  Since this is not a Christmas card I chose a light violet and two blues.  If this were for Christmas, I would not have used the violet.

I cut my bear, penguin and iceberg from white cardstock and colored using Distress Oxide inks and Copic markers.  I did cut the penguin body from black so it would be a nice solid color.  I used the large iceberg from the Seal & Walrus Pals die.

I cut a strip of white cardstock 3/4 x 4 inches and stamped my sentiment.  Then I cut a strip 1 x 4 inches from lavender glitter paper to frame the sentiment strip.

After using scissors to point the left ends and gluing them together,  I adhered them to the card front about 1/4 inch from the bottom.

I snipped off the part overhanging the right side of the card. 

To adhere the image I used used foam dots. 

Finally I added a few snowflake shaped sequins for sparkle and interest.

Dies used:

 

I hope you enjoyed my card today.  Be sure to stop by the online store where the new release is on sale for a limited time!  The new Christmas dies are super cute!

I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!

Wishing You A Sealiously Great Day

Hi!

It's Anja here. My package of new dies is still on its way. But I still had two of the arctic dies I haven't used yet, so this was the perfect chance to try them out.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Baby Seals, Seal & Walrus Pals),
- die inks,
- white card stock (15x15 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- watercolor paper for background (14x14 cm),
- color sprays,
- black pen,
- white pen,
- heat gun,
- printer,
- scissors,
- paper glue. 

First I cut and colored the seals.

Next I sprayed the watercolor paper with two shades of blue spray. I dried the paper with the heat gun.

I colored the rest of the paper with light blue die ink.

Then I cut the piece of paper for the ground. I used blue ink to color around the edges.

Then I printed and trimmed the sentiment.

And in the end I just needed to glue all the pieces on the card base. And my card was done.

I wish you all a nice Sunday and see you again next week.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used:

Friendship

Hi! Janja here with a card for friends. Spending time with friends is never a waste of time.
I used some of the Arctic animals dies.

- CottageCutz dies: Baby Walruses, Baby Seals, Seal & Walrus Pals, Goldfish & Bowl (air bubbles)
- blank card: 4.25 x 5.5" (10,8 x 14 cm), folded
- white cardstosk: 4 x 5.2" (10 x 13,2 cm)
- colored cardstock
- colored ink pads
- clear embossing ink pad
- white embossing powder
- glossy accents
- fun foam (craft foam)
- glue, double-sided adhesive tape

I started making my card by die-cutting all the elements for it. To add shading to the arctic animals, I used colored ink pads.

I trimmed a piece of white cardstock and colored it with Distress Oxide blue ink. I then sprayed everything with some water.

I cut off another white cardstock and wavy cut the top edge with scissors. It is colored the same.
I stamped the sentiment and heat embossed with white powder.

Lastly, I cut out white air bubbles and applied glossy accents.

I glued the bottom part to a fun foam (craft foam) and attached it all to the blue background for more depth.

Have a nice day.
Janja

I Love Us

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Saturday day edition of the Blog. Happy New Year wishes to all our Blogger friends!

Today, I am featuring the Seal & Walrus Pals die. It's from our latest Artic Animals release. There are 13 new designs in this release and each one is so versatile for a variety of card making and giving occasions.

I needed to start making some Valentine's Day cards and the idea for this one has been brewing in my head ever since I saw the die. This would also work as an anniversary card. It will go to my hubby for the big love day celebration. So let's get started on some details of how I created my card.

Design Steps:

My card took several detours on the actual layout, but I wasn't getting anywhere with trying to use the designer paper and all the layers I had in mind.  I even tried using heart paper for the ice floats but that didn't work either. So I switched gears and decided to sponge my background with distress inks. 

I started with Tumbled Glass distress ink and a stencil for the clouds. Then for the horizon line I used Broken China distress and the water is done with Salty Ocean distress. To get some white caps in the water I used a Tombow sand eraser, I was happy with the results. 

Image Panel: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

Next, I cut the seal and walrus images in various colored cardstock. I am showing the ice floats with the designer paper I was going to use. I thought they didn't look like ice floats with this designer paper,  so I went back to white cardstock. I just forgot to take a photo of my change. (LOL)!!!

I decided to stamp the Valentine sentiment on a cloud. I used the cloud die from the Clouds & Sun die. The largest die was the perfect size for my sentiment. I used my MISTI for placement and also just in case I needed to stamp the sentiment 2x. Which I did. 

Now that all my card elements are done, I am ready to start card assembly. I attached both the ice floats and the sentiment cloud with dimensional adhesive. I wanted them lifted off the background.

To finish off my card, I attached the image panel to the blue card base. I like using non-traditional colors for Valentine cards and after all the beginning issues I was pleased with how the card turned out.  

Blue card Base: 5 3/4" x 4 1/2"

Well,that's it for me for this post. I hope I have given you an idea for a way to use these Artic Animals. See you next Saturday!

dies I used to create card:

Adventure Awaits

Hi! Janja is here today with a card for all adventure travel lovers.

- CottageCutz dies: Arctic Whale & Narwhal, Snowy Mountains, Seal & Walrus Pals, Camping Phrases, Woodland Pine Trees
- white card blank: 5.5 x 5.5" (14 x 14 cm), folded
- light blue paper: 2.2 x 5.3" (5,6 x 13,5 cm)
- blue paper: 3.4 x 5.3" (8,6 x 13,5 cm)
- colored cardstock
- colored pads
- glue, double-sided adhesive tape, self-adhesive foam pads

First, start making a card by cutting out all of its elements.
I cut all my pieces out of colored cardstock. You can also use white cardstock, and color all the pieces with any color media.

For both islands I used floating ice sheets and for different conifers only their upper parts.

Use colored paper in two shades of blue for the sky and the sea.
Cut the mountains from white cardstock. Use them as a stencil to shade the sky behind the mountains. Now paste the mountains to the shaded spot.
Shade a part of the sea with a bit darker ink pad.

Paste both papers with a double-sided adhesive tape to get a 5.3 x 5.3 inches (13.5 x 13.5 cm) background.
Cut or tear off a strip from the same paper as the sea.
Paste a white "Adventure" cutout on the right.

Paste the forest to both islands and all together on the background. Paste the Arctic Whale on the back of the strip.
Finish the card by attaching the strip to the bottom edge with foam self-adhesive pads.

Have a nice day.
Janja