Friends are Like Sunshine

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends!

It is Pam creating with you today!

We have a new release of Slimline dies and they are just a great addition to any card makers collection.  There are 9 designs and everyone of them can be used on ever single kind of card I can think of!!

Today,  I am using the Windows Slimline and the Scalloped Stitched Rectangle Slimline with a variety of additional dies.

Design Steps:

1.  Base card is a white slimline, using the largest Scalloped Stitched Rectangle die cut blue card stock,  use the Windows Slimline die and cut white card stock 

2.  Use the Bird with Bluebells cut out the leaves and the birds in green, blue, light blue, and purple.  Use the Rooster and Chick die and cut out the sun in yellow and light yellow.  Using Garden Accessories cut the white fence. Use Spring Meadow for the green grass and purple flowers 

3.  Assemble the birds and sun using a fine tip glue

4.  Glue the blue scalloped rectangle to the white base card.  Glue down the Window frame and then quickly tuck in the grass, fence and branches.  Add the sun to the top right corner of the card

5.  As I was working on the card I decided that I needed some butterflies so I used the Spring Meadow die again and yellow paper to create the butterflies.  I colored the butterflies bodies with a black Sukura Jelly Roll Pen.  I also used this pen on the eyes along with a white one

6.  Pop up the birds on the branches and stamp your sentiment.  I felt like the bottom of the card needed something more so I used the Mouse with Flower Cart die.  I cut the mouse out of gray card stock assembled him and then tucked him behind the fence.  Add your flowers onto the grass and your little yellow butterflies and your card is complete

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For a gardener

Hi Janja here. Welcome to the blog.
I have another card on the topic of gardening to share with you today.

- CottageCutz dies: Garden Wheelbarrow, Gardening Mouse, Gardening Tools, Garden Hose Mini, Spring Meadow

- card blank: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2" (10,8 x 14 cm)
- patterned paper: 4 1/4 x 3" (10,8 x 7,6 cm)
- different colors of cardstock
- different colors of ink pads
- cloud stencil
- glue, double-sided adhesive tape, self-adhesive foam pads

Start making a card by cutting all the elements out from different colors of cardstock. Overshadow them with ink pads for more depth.

Cut out the grass border twice. Glue the lawn to white cardstock which is the same size as the card blank.

Create a cloudy sky with a stencil and a light blue ink. Paste the background on a blank card.

Gradually paste all the cutouts as shown.

Thank you for stopping by. And don't forget to check the Memorial Day Sale!

Janja

Hoppy Easter!

Hi!

It's Anja here. It's the last Sunday before Easter so I made an Easter themed card for today's post.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Spring Buddies, Basket of Eggs, Spring Meadow),
- Distress Inks,
- white card base (10x21 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts and background (8x12 cm),
- patterned paper (9,8x20,8 cm),
- black pen,
- white pen,
- plastic stencil (clouds),
- printer,
- paper trimmer,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the bunny and the chicks.

 Next I cut and colored the basket, eggs and meadow.

Then I trimmed the paper.

I used a plastic stencil to color the clouds on the white background paper.

And last I printed and trimmed the sentiment.

And when I had all the pieces I glued the card together.

I wish you all a pleasant Sunday. Stay safe and healthy and see you again next week.

Anja Z.



Cottage Cutz dies I used:

By the Sea!

Good Morning Everyone!

It is Pam creating with you today on the blog

I live near the beach and in the summer that is the place to be here in South Carolina!  I was already to move cross country as some of you may have read in my earlier post a couple of months ago.  But our house sale fell through so we are still in SC.  It really is a nice place to live!  But the summers are pretty steamy!!  Anyway the beach is what inspired my card today. (This card was also inspired by the wonderful card maker Michelle Zindorf)

Design Steps:

 1.  You will need a white A2 card base, a slightly smaller piece of navy, then a slightly smaller piece then the navy of blue, then a piece of sand card stock 3 3/4 x 5. You will also need a 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 blue square, 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 navy square and a 3 x 3 white square.

 2.  Stamp the sand color card stock with a bunch of splashes using Versa Mark ink

 3.  Glue the blue to the navy then add the sand card stock on top of the blue.  Add the strip of striped navy ribbon using double sided tape

4.  Attach the panel to the front of the card and set aside

 5.  Round the corners of all of the squares.  And on the white square use blue ink spray to create a watery look

6.  Stamp the sentiment with black ink.  I used a positioning took to stamp it twice to get a nice dark black

 7.  Cut out the shells on tan card stock using the Sand Dollar and Trumpet Shell die.  Cut the sea grass using the Spring Meadow die and green card stock.  Use TH vintage ink for the shells and grass then add a little coral ink to the Trumpet Shell

 8.  I then sprayed the shells with some Walnut ink

9.  Glue the layers of square together and add the sea grass first then the shells

 10.  Pop the shell panel to the front of the card

11.  For the inside I added a Scallop Shell which I inked in the corner.  Next layered the sentiment on blue and glued it to the card.  Glue the panel to the inside of the card

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Thanks for stopping by and make sure to check out our new release called Magical Garden you won't be disappointed and happy summer!!

Blessings

Pam