Bunny Birthday Hugs & Kisses (new die)

Hello CottageCutz friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Saturday edition of the Blog.

IT'S NEW RELEASE TIME! The Spring Release with 20 new designs is in the online store. The individual dies are currently at 30% off.

There is a nice combination of both religious and whimsical designs. So perfect for all card makers out there. And the dies don't have to be used strictly for Spring or Easter. Today I have a birthday card using the new Peeker Bunny w/Pocket die and the Spring Sentiments die. So, let's get started with some details of how I created my card. 

Design Steps:

This week I started with the card colors. I used the colors from the Splitcoaststampers color challenge #881. We were to use gorgeous grape, smoky slate and crushed curry for the color trio. Optional was to use our favorite green. 

gorgeous grape, smokey slate, crushed curry

Next, I chose my designer paper and card base. I have many green shades that I like but for this card I chose pear pizzazz because of this heart designer paper. 

pear pizzazz card base: 4 1/4' x 5 1/2"

designer paper layer: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"

Then I cut the peeker bunny and pocket in the challenge colors. This sweet little bunny is just too sweet. I love the expression on her sweet face and how she peeks up over the pocket holding a flower. I thought the image was just right for my friend's summer birthday.

The bunny sentiment is from the Spring Sentiments die. Notice the bunny ears on the phrase. How cute is that? 

For the stamped sentiment, I cut a banner from a light green designer paper and stamped the phrase in the gorgeous grape ink. I used my MISTI for placement and because I thought it might need a double ink. And turns out it needed a triple inking.  

Now that all my card elements are prepared, I am ready to start card assembly. I attached the designer paper to the card base and the bunny & pocket with double sided tape. 

I attached the bunny phrase with Art Glitter Glue. A great adhesive that dries clear. The banner is attached with double sided tape. And that's my card for this week. I hope I have given you an idea for a way to use this new die. See you next Saturday!

dies I used to create card:

Easel Card

Hi everyone and welcome to another Monday with Monica!  Today I am sharing a fun and bright card using Spring Sheep along with other fun die sets. 

I went with a fun easel styled shaped card so I could different dies to the layers or are they called steps... anyhoo I thought this would make the card fun

I diecut my sheep and actually could not not ONE piece of gray paper for my sheep's face so I am literally looking around everywhere for something gray and found the manual to a new tv I just bought and used the cover hahahha as they say you can almost use anything for crafting right!

and omg I knew this die was cute but does anyone see that the ends of the sentiments are BUNNY EARS! omg I noticed them and man how cute is this you truly must buy this set in order to see how really cute these sentiments are!  The gold foil paper really brought out the cuteness..

I used flowers from the Christmas Floral 2 set to make some bright flowers that added on the side to give my card a fun spring look and I hope everyone enjoyed my post and...

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Spring Chickee (new dies)

Hello CottageCutz friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Saturday edition of the Blog.

IT'S NEW RELEASE TIME! The Spring Release with 20 new designs is in the online store.  You can pick up the entire bundle at a 60% off savings. The individual dies are currently at 30% off. 

There is a nice combination of both religious and whimsical designs. So perfect for all card makers out there. I do a combination of both designs for my Easter cards. Today, I have a whimsical one for you. 

I am using the new Spring Chickee in Basket die and the phrases are from the Faith Sentiments + the Spring Sentiments dies. So, let's get started with some details of how I created my card. 

Design Steps:

I started with my background. I found designer paper that had a sky and cloud theme. It was a bit light, so I took a cloud stencil and tumbled glass distress ink and deepened the color a bit. 

Next, I cut the main image using different bright cardstocks. I liked the colors used on the packaging, and I kept with that color scheme. 

Then I used the Faith Sentiments & the Spring Sentiments dies for the phrases on my card. I cut them in a royal blue cardstock to allow them to stand out on the background. 

Now that my card elements are prepared, I am ready to start card assembly. I did cut a grass base using the Grass Slimline die and attached with double sided tape. The basket image is attached with the same adhesive.   

My Easter Blessings phrase is attached with Art Glitter glue. I like it because it dries clear. 

To finish off my card, I attached the image panel to a white card base measuring 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I also added some spring tulips cut from the Spring Kitten w/Envelope die and scattered a few pink enamel dots.  

That's it for me for this week see you again next Saturday!

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dies I used to create card: