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Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends

WE HAVE A NEW SENTIMENT PHRASES WITH SHADOWS RELEASE!!! You can pick up the entire bundle for an amazing 50% savings!! Or you can select individual dies at a 25% savings.  These dies have a wonderful font and look perfect with the Lil' Bluebird stamps!

I am using both the new release phrase dies and the Lil' Bluebird The Country Farm Stamp Set.

Design Steps

1.  My white base card is 6 1/4 x 4 1/4, Checked black DP 6 x 4, Cut a piece of red card stock with the largest Stitched Scallop Retangle, cut a piece of blue DP with the largest Pieced Rectangle die

2.  Using the Hills Slimline cut 2 pieces of green cards stock then glue together

3.  Using the Country Farm Stamp set stamp the images and color with the copics seen above

4.  After the images are colored cut them out with the coordinating die set

5.  Glue the blue pierced rectangle to the red scalloped rectangle then add the hills

6.  Wrap the red checked ribbon around the black checked DP then glue to the card base

7.  Add the little farm animals and the card front is complete

8.  For the inside I used a sentiment with a shadow Miss You.  I also added a little of the black checked DP

CottageCutz and Lil' Bluebird Stamps

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I will see you next Thursday.

Take Care and Blessings

Pam

Garden Wagon

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

Hope you are doing ok and had a nice weekend. Since so many of us have the stay at home orders in place, it's nice to have a hobby where we can create beautiful cards. I put on some music and let my creative juices flow!!!

We have a brand new release of dies in the online store. This one is garden themed and has 19 new designs. These new dies are perfect for birthdays, Mother's Day, Father's Day or even a thinking of you card for the person who loves to garden.

For my card today, I am featuring the new Mouse w/Garden Wagon die. This one will be a Mother's Day card for a friend with that greeting on the inside of card.  I make a lot and send them to my family and friends. This year they will especially like the kind thoughts.

I made this card for the color challenge #788 on Splitcoaststampers. Our own Jeanne was the hostess for the challenge and she chose a bold and bright color trio.

lemon-lime twist, berry burst, powder pink

I cut the flowers and pots in the challenge colors. Sponged the lemon-lime twist cardstock with the same color ink to get a bit darker shade. I decided to cut his wagon in a black striped designer paper.

The little mouse is cut in smoky slate (neutral) cardstock and I sponged in the same color ink for depth. For the background of the image panel, I used a cloud stencil and sponged some clouds in spun sugar distress ink. To finish off my card, I scattered a few berry burst glitter enamel dots.

card base: 5 3/4" x 4 1/2"
white layer panel: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
designer paper panel: 5 3/8" x 4 1/8"
stitched scallop rectangle: largest die

Well that's it for me for this post. I hop I have given you another idea for a way to use this super cute new die. See you on Saturday!

dies I used to create card:

 

 

Magical Unicorn Birthday (new die)

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 edition of the Blog.

We have a new release of dies in our online store. If you haven't seen the Magical Fantasy release yet, you have to drop by the store and check it out. These new dies are all so cute and whimsical. There are 27 new designs and I am in love with everyone of them.

My good friend asked if I could make a birthday card for a little girl who loves unicorns. I was happy to oblige her request. I decided to use the Princess Pony die and turn it into a unicorn. There is a horn included with the die.  So let's get started with some details on how I created my card.

Step 1: As I have said so many times before, having a layout in mind at the start of my card is always a big boost for me. It jump starts my creative thought process. I love working with the sketches that are out there in the online world. That way I just choose the colors and designer paper and I am good to go.
I liked this week's sketch #744 from Splitcoaststampers.

The center panel was perfect for the unicorn pony and also would allow my designer paper to be seen. I found this paper the other day at Hobby Lobby and thought it would be perfect for any of these new dies. The swirl pattern seemed a bit magical to me. I also used white mesh ribbon for element 3 of the sketch.

Pink Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Pink Designer Paper Layer: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
Pink Stitched Scallop Rectangle Panel: 2 7/8" x 4 7/8" (2nd largest die)
White Image Panel: 2 5/8" x 3 5/8" (Rectangle Set 2nd largest die)
White Mesh Ribbon:  1 1/2" x 4 1/2"(Element 3 on sketch)

Next I moved onto cutting the unicorn. I liked the colors on the packaging so I stayed with those. The detail is amazing, and I think she has the cutest face and eye.

I stamped my sentiment in the upper corner of the image panel. I was just looking to use only the "magical" word so I taped off everything else. Stamped in grape ink and cut my unicorn word from matching grape cardstock.

To cover element 6 of this sketch, I decided to use a cloud. I cut in the same pink cardstock as the unicorn and I used the Clouds & Sun die. I stamped my birthday word in grape ink.

Step 2: Now that all my elements are cut, I am ready to start card assembly. I started by securing the mesh ribbon to the designer paper panel and then attached that to the card base.

Next up is the image panel. I attached the unicorn phrase with Ranger multi matte medium. This phrase is part of the new Magical Unicorn Dreams die.On the cloud, I used double sided tape. Then for the unicorn, I used dimensional adhesive to lift it somewhat off the background.

I finished my card by adding some light and dark purple stars. They are part of the Magical Unicorn Dreams die. I hope I have given you an idea for a way to use this new die. Starting next Wednesday we will have 4 days of group posts using these new dies as well as the Spring dies. So make sure you stop by to see all the beautiful cards. 

Dies I used to create card: