Cornucopia Thanksgiving

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

 

The 2nd part of the Christmas dies have been released as well as new Autumn dies. If you haven't been over to the online store, you should definitely go and take a look at all the new goodies.

 

 And, today I am showing you several of the new Autumn sets with the Cornucopia, Give Thanks and Wheat Stalks dies. They are all so perfect for creating your Thanksgiving or Fall cards. I like to send Thanksgiving cards to Family and Friends to remind everyone that we have so much to be thankful for.

 

So let's get started with the details of how I created my card today.

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

Vanilla Image Panel: 3 5/8" x 4 7/8"

 

I started my card this week by die cutting all the fruit, veggies and the cornucopia. I used the color of cardstock corresponding to the fruit or vegetable image. I dusted the edges of the images with inks to match.

 

Now this part of the card is ready for assembly on the vanilla panel. I also die cut the Give Thanks word in a rich raspberry cardstock. Cut it 2x and layered for a little added dimension. On this panel I also used fun foam to lift it up from the card base. I think doing gives the card added interest.

 

Here is a close-up shot of the fruit and veggies. The detail on the CottageCutz dies is so amazing and takes your cards to the next level.

 

The completed card

For this card , I also completed the inside panel with a stamped Thanksgiving sentiment and I used the wheat stalks die cut in kraft cardstock to add a little attention.

card inside

 

 Here is a close-up photo of the wheat stalks. That cute bow is part of this die set. It cuts in one pass with 6 stalks of wheat and the bow.

 

Well, that's it for me for this week. See you again next Friday. Have a great week-end and hope you have time to create. So until next time .......inky hugs.

 

 

 

Give Thanks

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

 

The 2nd part of the Christmas dies have been released as well as new Autumn dies. If you haven't been over to the online store, you should definitely go and take a look at all the new goodies.

 

 And, today I am showing you one of the new Autumn dies. It's the Give Thanks die set.  I love our Thanksgiving Holiday and creating cards to send to family and friends is something that is part of the celebration for me.

 So let's get started on how I created my card for today. I made a different size card today. This one is 3 1/2" x 5 1/2".

 

Olive Card Base: 3 1/2" x 11" - scored at 5 1/2"

Stenciled panel: 3 3/8" x 5 3/8"

Image Panel: 2 3/8" x 4 1/2"

 

I was going to use pattern paper and none of my stash was catching my eye. So I decided to do some stenciling on the background panel. I really like the leaves on this die so I cut them from scrap white cardstock and used them as my template. And, also different distress inks.

 I used a stencil brush to feather in the leaf colors. I really like the soft look that I was able to achieve with this brush. Just another way to get more use from your dies.

Now that my background is complete, I went for the next layer and chose some 1 1/4"wide striped olive grosgrain ribbon. It matches my card base. I also used a corner rounder on this panel for some added interest.

At this point I am ready to cut my dies to layer on this panel. I used a curry colored cardstock for one of my leaves and the other 2 a reddish brown shade and the pumpkin of course is cut in orange. For my Give Thanks word, I used a purple cardstock. I also used the corner rounder on this image panel.

Here are some close-up photos. Just wanted you to see the detail on the pumpkin and leaves as well as the beautiful font on the Give Thanks word.

 

Well, that's it for me for this post. See you again on Friday with another Fall card. So until next time .......inky hugs.

 

 

Cardinals and birdhouse

Hi, Janja here!

Snow covered grass and bare trees do not offer much comfort to the birds, which are looking for food in our garden in the cold days. Birds will thank us if we hung on a tree a birdhouse with seeds in late autumn.

For the card we need:
- white card base: 5.3 x 5.3" (13,5 x 13,5 cm), folded
- kraft cardstock : 5 x 5" (12,7 x 12,7 cm)
- patterned paper: 4 x 4" (10,2 x 10,2 cm)
- white cardstock: 4.5 x 4.5" (11,5 x 11,5 cm)
- white and brown cardstock
- stencil-snow
- white texture paste
- snow marker
- painting knife
- Distress ink: Festive Berries, Aged Mahogany, Black Soot, Tumbled Glass, Broken China
- Distress marker: Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Black Soot

With two largest dies from basic sets: circle and stitched circle, cut opening in white and kraft cardstock. I like the color of craft cardstock and how it gives a homely feel to the card.
Cut the cardinals and birdhouse from white cardstock with the die cardinals & birdhouse and shadow them with Distress inks.

On kraft cardstock place a stencil and apply a white texture paste over it.

While the snow is drying, cut a bow and tape. For a tape use the die stitched wide rectangle frame. Shadow and attach them to the snow-covered cardstock.

Cut out branches and fence from brown cardstock with the dies: winter branches and garden accessories.
Apply snow with a snow marker.

Assemble the card.

I would like to remind you on our challenge #5 - birthday card. You still have time to share your projects with us. 

That's all for today. Thank you for stopping by. 

  

 

  

Festive vintage envelope

Hello friends!

Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit today. This is Yuliya here). It's here share some of the new Christmas release with you!

And I will be sharing how to make this Festive vintage envelope  using the CottageCutz dies.

Here is list of all supplies I usedCottageCutz Dies:

- CottageCutz Holiday Greetings Tree (Elites)

- CottageCutz Holiday Wreath (Elites)

-- CottageCutz Cross-Stitched Circle Set (Basics)
Other: Sizzix machine, glue, patterned paper, cardstock, glossy accents, ribbon

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

1. Size my cardstock - 28 cm * 20 cm. Fold it : 9 cm - 10 cm - 9 cm. And size my envelope - 20 cm*10 cm. 

2. Glue tape

3. Prepare patterned paper for base: 9,6 cm* 19,6 cm (2 pc), 8,6 cm*19,6 cm (4pc)

4. Glue details

Ok!) Easy and simple!

I hope you like it. 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.