SNOWY CHRISTMAS WITH ANITA KEJRIWAL

Hello to all !!!

I'm Anita here and I am super excited today as I bring for you my first Christmas card with CottageCutz dies. A wonderful collection of Christmas dies have been recently released and many more are on the way.
These are such beautiful dies with Christmas theme that one can create wonderful cards and other projects with them.
You can find them here
Here is my card for today featuring some of the latest dies.

Follow the pictures below for making this card step-by step.

Distress a 4 inches x 6 inches white card stock with Broken China and Chipped Sapphire

 Stamp images from Snow flakes stamp with Versamark Embossing pad

Cut out wavy layers from white card stock. Apply white embossing powder over stamped image and heat set.

Add the layers at the bottom using 3d foam tape.

Add the die cuts as shown and apply glue over the edges. Sprinkle Distress glitter and let it dry.

Add some sequins and add a die cut with Christmas sentiment on the top left.

Adhere this on a dark blue card stock and cyt leaving 1/4 inch all around. Adhere this on a card base 7.5 inches by 5.5 inches.

The finished card.

Challenge #5 is going on at the blog. The theme is Birthday. So do share your entry.

I hope you will be inspired to see these projects and use CottageCutz dies to create wonderful cards.

Dies used in this card.

Used the deer from this die.

Holiday Bell and Holly Leaves

Hi, Vladka here!

Woho, time for Christmas cards already. New CottageCutz dies arrived and you have to check it, they are great. To warm up, I create this simple card:

Basics:

White card base: 4 1/4 x 6 inches (cut 4 1/4 x 12 inches, fold in half)

Additional piece of white cardstock and some white and red cardstock to cut out the die cuts 

Other Supplies:

CottageCutz Dies: Listed Below

Distress Ink:  Aged Mahogany, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss

Other: Scissors, Paper trimmer, Sizzix machine, Scor-buddy, blending tool

Cut the Holiday Bell and Berries out of red cardstock and Holly and Merry Christmas Ribbon out of white cardstock.

Color the Holly leaves with differnet green ink and use blending tool for that. Distress the edges with darker green distress ink. Curl the edges of all the leaves.

Distress also the edges of Holiday Bell and Berries with Aged Mahogany distress ink.

Cut off the ribbon part of the Merry Christmas Ribbon die cut and use just Merry Christmas part:

Now glue Bell and Holly leaves together as shown on the photo:

To finish the card, flick some droplets of gold shimmer spray and let it dry. Card is now finished.

I hope you like this card. Have fun creating. And don't forget, fifth CottageCutz challenge is waiting for you. This time theme is BIRTHDAY CARD. You can linked your project here. And please, use only Scrapping Cottage dies.

Let's Go Sledding!

Hello everyone,

It's Donna here share some of the new Christmas release with you!  Oh my, there are sooooo many cute dies that it was hard for me to choose which one's I wanted to share with you. Please stop at the store and check them out.  For a limited time they are 25% off.

Today I am sharing the "Snowy Trees" and the "Scottie Dog on Sled".  The new tree is so cute, you can use it with or without the snow.  I am using it with the snow and I added some stickles to the edge to give it some sparkle.  The dog is so cute, I love how he is holding onto the sled.  I decided to make my own snow hills to make it look like the dog is sledding down the hill.

Here is my card:

Closer look at the card so you can see the stickles on the trees

How I put my card together:

1.  A2 card (4 1/4 x 5 1/2),

2.  I embossed the base of the card,

3.  I tore paper to make the hills and then used a paper crimper to get the ridges,

4.  I layered the paper and added foam tape to the back of the hills and added them to the bottom of the card. 

5.  I die cut the trees in green card stock and cut the snow pieces in white,

6.  I added the white pieces (snow) to the trees and added stickles,

7.  I die cut the sled in red,

8.  I die cut the dog in white card stock and colored him with copics

9.  I added the sled and dog to the card with pop dots.

I did not want to add a sentiment, because I did not want to take away from the scenery, but if you decide to make this, you could add one.

I hope you are inspired to start making your Christmas cards!  Christmas will be here before you know it, it's never to early to start.  Also, don't forget about the challenge over on the CottageCutz blog, the theme is birthdays!

Dies used:

Snowman Christmas

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

It has been so hot and humid in the Eastern U.S. so I thought I would create a card to cool you off (lol)! So today for your viewing pleasure, I am featuring a card using some of the new dies from the brand new CottageCutz Christmas 2016 release. I used the Snowman w/Lamp Post & Merry Christmas Ribbon dies.

All the new dies are available in the Scrapping Cottage Store right now and they are 25% off for a limited time. The design team will be featuring the new dies in our blog posts for inspiration. It's not too early to start thinking about your 2016 Christmas cards and design.

So without further ado let's get started with some details on what I have created here today.

White Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Blue Striped Pattern Paper: 4 1/8" x 4 7/8"
Dark blue layer underneath: 4 1/4" x 5"
Blue Snowflake Layer: 3 1/4" x 4 3/8"
Image Panel: 2 3/4" x 3 1/2"
I like making Christmas cards with non-traditional colors. It helps to take me out of my comfort zone and stretch my creativity. I also like the look of using diagonal stripes on a Christmas card.

I started off with my layout this week. It's an older MojoMonday sketch. I have said before that I like working with sketches because it also helps to jump start my creativity. Especially when I have the dies in mind that I want to use. I like the challenge of getting my idea to fit into the confines of the sketch. I did take some liberties with this sketch and eliminated the small diagonal panel on the bottom right.

Once I had the all the card panel sizes figured out, I decided to use a stencil to create a snowflake background for my snowman. I did this with some 3-D molding paste to give the snowflakes a little dimension.

I use painters tape to secure the stencil. It holds the stencil in place well. When I am finished I just lift the tape on the right side only and remove the stencil.

 

I cut the snowman in white mixed media paper because my original idea was to watercolor and then I switched and decided to do some paper piecing and die in-laying. I liked how this little fellow turned out. I inlaid his buttons. eyes, nose and mouth.

 

The lamp post is part of this new die set. I cut it to match his hat, scarf and little ornament. The snowbank is included as part of this set. It's just too cute. Don't you think?

In place of the 2 banners in this sketch I used the Merry Christmas Ribbon die.  I like the look of it in the corner. This is thick enough so you only need to cut one layer. I used ranger multi-matte medium to adhere it. Like this adhesive because it dries clear.

 

And that is my card for this week. Hope it gave you some inspiration.

 

Don't forget about our latest challenge -it's #5 and all about birthdays this month. Get the details here.

 

So until next time........inky hugs.

 

 

 

Lantern with holly

Hi everyone, Janja here!

Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I love all the events and moments that come along with Christmas. New release of Christmas dies are already available. They are so beautiful. For sure you will like them.
As the first one I chose the die lantern with holly vine.

For the card we need:
- white card base: 5.3 x 5.3" (13,5 x 13,5 cm)
- patterned paper: 5 x 5" (12,7 x 12,7 cm)
- patterned paper with the appearance of wood
- white and color cardstock
- Distress ink: Rusty Hinge, Barn Door, Aged Mahogany, Lawn Mowed, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo,  Walnut Stain
- Memento ink: Cantaloupe, London Fog
- white pigment pad
- glossy accents
- crackle clear paint
- embossing ink pad and transparent embossing powder with glitter
- double-sided foam tape

We cut out all the elements available by the die lantern with holly vine and shadow them.

Sprinkle the sentiment Merry Christmas and lantern with transparent embossing powder with glitter, and treat them with hot embossing technique. On red holly berries apply a few dots of glossy accents.

Shadow the patterned paper with yellow and gray ink on the place where we attach lantern. We will use it for the background of a card.

Now we start with the frame. Choose a patterned paper with the appearance of wood. Cut it out by the size of 4.65 x 4.65" (11,8 x 11,8 cm). In the middle, cut out the opening with the largest die of the square set.  Cut the frame in diagonal lines and shadow all four sides of the frame with Distress ink: Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain. Re-assemble the frame.  In the end coat the frame with a crackle clear paint.

Brush the surface of the frame with a sponge here and there with white color. Apply it also to lantern and sentiment.

All the elements for the card are now prepared. It only remains to assemble the card. 

To begin assembling the card first apply adhesive foam tape to the back of the frame. If we look on the card from the side, we see the foam tape, so color it with matching color of the frame.

Composed card.  

I would like to remind you on our CottageCutz challenge #5 - birthday card. Join us.   Thanks for stopping by!   Janja