Galentine Day Floral card

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

We have a brand-new release of dies in the online store. It's our Flowers & More release. For a limited time, you can get the entire bundle for 50% off. The individual dies are 30% off. This release has what we are calling "simple cuts". Meaning not as many pieces to put together so they assemble quickly.

The team has started to make samples so if you have missed any, check back on the Blog. And we will have samples + videos so come back each day to see what we are featuring. If you haven't done so, you can subscribe to the Blog and never miss a post. 

Today for your viewing pleasure, I created a Galentine card that I will send to one of my friends. She doesn't have a hubby so getting a card from a friend will let her know someone is thinking about her. I used the new Flower 1 die. Let's get started on some details of how I created my card.

Design Steps: 

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 older one that I have used before. It's sketch #787 from Splitcoaststampers. 

I chose this soft heart designer paper as the background for my floral card.  

Pink Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Designer Paper Layer: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"

Pink Layer #2: 3 1/8" x 4 3/8"

White Image Layer #4: 2 7/8" x 4 1/8"

Next, I cut the floral image. I used colored cardstock. You could always cut everything in white cardstock and use the coloring medium of your choice. I just prefer using the colored cardstock.

I stamped my Galentine sentiment in a bright pink that matches the flowers. 

Now that my panels and images are cut. I am ready to start my card assembly. I started with the image panel. The images are attached with mini glue dots.

For layer 3 of the sketch, I was going to use ribbon and then decided to cut a 1" strip of the bright pink cardstock and embossed it with hearts. This way the image panel would lay flat on top of it. My cards are always a work in progress.

I attached the image panel to the card base with double sided tape. Added 3 hearts to the card bottom for element 5 of the sketch. I thought the right corner of the image panel was a bit bare, so I stamped a flourish there. 

And that's my sample for today. I hope I have given you an idea for a way to use this new flower die. See you next Saturday.

Die I used to create card:

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Hello Slimline Card With Flower 1 New Release

Hello Cottage Cutz Friends!

Melinda here with you, and today I am sharing a pretty slimline card I created with the amazing new Flowers & More release from Cottage Cutz!

Okay, I don't say this too often, but this release is a MUST HAVE for your creative collection! Sooooo many fantastic dies in this new release! Here is my project for today!

I created this simple yet pretty card featuring the Flower 1 die from the new release! It is such a great sized die and very, very easy to put together.

Here's a closer look at the two flowers. I cut them both out in plain white cardstock. I then colored them in with my markers. 

For the base of the card, I started with a piece of white cardstock measuring 7x8.5". I scored and folded it to make it a side folding card base measuring 3.5 x 8.5". I then cut a piece of pink cardstock for a mat. I cut that 1/8" inch smaller than the base. I then cut out the largest scallop stitched slimline die from that set and then two of the rectangle stitched slimline dies from that set all in white cardstock. I then cut two mats for the larger two bases. One in the patterned red paper and then in the same pink patterned paper. For the smallest stitched rectangle, I left it plain. I then layered all of them together adding foam tape under the scallop stitched mat and the second stitched rectangle mat to give them just a little lift. I then put the pretty flowers on the card and added some sequins. 

Here's a closer look at the bottom portion of my card. 

To finish off my card, I cut out the smallest double stitched oval die from that basic set and the word hello from the hello spring bunny cottage die from last spring's release. I cut both of them out in white cardstock and then used the same color red marker to color in my hello so that it would match my flower.

The card came together quickly and can be reproduced easily! Here is a look at the fabulous collection!

Flowers & More collection!

Grab it fast while you can get the entire bundle for one amazing low price!

Dies I Used

Don't forget to head over to the Cottage Cutz You-Tube Channel where you can see some of our amazing design team members create some beautiful projects!

Well that about covers it for today! Until the next time, have a wonderfully craft-die day!

Melinda Beltran