Be Merry

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I have a fun and festive card to share for my design team post.  I went with a non-traditional color theme for this Christmas card.

I used a total of 4 different die sets to cut out all the pieces for my card.   The snowflakes are from the Santa Over Christmas Town set and the reindeer is from the Silly Holiday Reindeer die set.  I opted to use the Springtime Window for my card even though the reindeer coordinates with the Winter Window which I used on this card.  The Icicle Border was the final die piece for my card.

The reindeer was nestled inside the window and icicle border was trimmed on the edge to fit along the window sill.  I stamped a sentiment from the APB Merry and Bright stamp set on a hand cut flag.

I created my card base with a non traditional color theme which definitely has a winter vibe.  The snowflakes were scattered on the base of my card.

The reindeer and window was the next element added to my card. The window was adorned with the icicle border completing the winter scene.

The sentiment was placed below the larger snowflake as the finishing touch on my card.

Here are the dies used on my card available in the store:

Peeking Reindeer Shaker Card

Hello Cottage Cutz fans!  It's Jeanne today with an extra post for me this week.  I have a fun shaker card using the Silly Holiday Reindeer die and Winter Window along with a new die from The Christmas Release Part 2.

I colored all the pieces using Distress Oxide inks. 

For the blue sky behind the reindeer I used the negative piece created by cutting the window as a stencil.

I lightly traced the outline of the window in pencil and glued the reindeer and snowflakes within that area.

I did have to cut off the bottom of his scarf so it wouldn't be seen under the window.

To create the shaker window I cut seven windows - one from white and colored with the DO inks and the others from a brown card stock.  I layered these brown pieces and cut out the panes.  Then I placed a piece of acetate between the top window and the stacked layers.

 The rest of the card went quickly.  I used the Happy Ho Ho Ho die for the sentiment and some matching green striped paper down each side.  I think it just goes perfectly for this crazy little deer peeking in the window!

Dies:

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great week and I'll see you Friday!

Peeking Reindeer

Hi!

It's Anja here. It's starting to get cold outside and slowly we'll be staying inside a lot more. Like this cute reindeer I did for today's card.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Silly Holiday Reindeer, Springtime Window, Snowy Tree),
- Distress Inks,
- craft card base (12x18 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts and background (11,5x17,5 cm and 11x17 cm),
- pencil,
- scalpel,
- scissors,
- stone effect spray,
- heat gun, brick stencil,
- white pigment ink,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the reindeer.

Then the window and the tree.

Next was the background. First trimmed the paper and then sprayed it to give it stone like look. I dried it with the heat gun.

Then I used the stencil to make the background look like a brick wall.

Next I cut the hole for the window. I used brown around the edges.

Next I trimmed another a bit bigger paper for the background and a strip of white paper for the snowy ground. I used scissors for this and blue ink to color around the edges.

And then I just glued all the pieces together 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 for this card: