~ Udder-ly Awesome ~

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

We have some fabulous new stamp & die combo sets released and they are available at 25% off in the online store. I am using a couple of the new sets today with the On The Farm and Farm Animals.

So let's get started with some details on the little farm scene I created on my card today.

Black Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Image Panel: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"

 

I started my card by stamping the images with Memento tuxedo black ink. I colored the images with Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils and gamsol. This ink doesn't bleed into your inks or pencils. I also used X-Press It blending cardstock. It is designed to work with Copic markers. 

Markers & Pencils used to color images

After the images were colored I started on my background. I used tumbled glass distress ink for my sky then shabby shutters and mowed lawn for the grassy area. I used some torn paper to create the appearance of a hilly area. I wanted a softer background so I used a stencil brush. It achieved the look I was after. At the bottom of the card, I used tea dye distress ink for a non-grassy area.

 

 I decided to use the "udder-ly awesome" sentiment from the Farm Animals set. I cut a cloud from the "clouds & sun" die set because I wanted to stamp the sentiment inside of it. This sentiment is a single line and was just a bit to long for my cloud.  So I used my MISTI tool and took it to a 2 line sentiment. You just tape off the part that you don't want stamped and ink up your sentiment.

 

When I started the assembly of my card, I decided to use the fence stamp and die from the On The Farm set. And then I added some hearts going from the cow up to the sentiment. I just thought they fit so well with this sentiment. The hearts are from the Love Bird Branch die set.

 

Well that's it for me for this week. See you next week.

 

 

 

 

 

New Release with CottageCutz Stamp And Die Duo Set

Hello crafty Friends,

Welcome to the CottageCutz world. I am Anita here and I have a great news for all CottageCutz lovers . We have come up with Stamps and dies combo sets and they are simply too amazing . So those those love and die cutting both , you can have great fun creating projects . You can check them out here.

For today , I have this super cute stamp and die set and I have created this card for you . I have kept die cutting to minimum as I wanted to highlight more on the stamps this time .

Instructions  Cut a white car stock 4" by 4 " and stamp the image  from CottageCutz Garden Gnomes 1that you want to colour with Archival Jet Black ink .  Colour all the images with zig markers /copic markers . Use the coordinating die to cut out the images .  Add some colours and paint grass etc to give a natural look to the scene . Use distress ink Tumbled Glass to create the effect of sky and clouds . Adhere the stamped die cuts with 3D foam tape .  Adhere the card panel on a grey card stock .  Add the sentiment at the bottom .  Add the lace border in red at the top and bottom from the CottageCutz Sweet love  Borders CottageCutz  products used

Do let us know how you liked our new product . Please share your projects and check out all the new products at the CottageCutz store. Have a great day and happy crafting

Valentines, Part 3

Hi, Janja here!

Today I share with you another pair of cards on Valentine's Day theme.

Supplies:
- white card base: 4.1 x 5.4" (10,5 x 13,7 cm), folded
- patterned paper: 3.7 x 5" (9,5 x 12,7 cm)
- white and colored cardstock
- Distress ink: Worn Lipstick, Aged Mahogany, Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Mowed Lawn, Evergreen Bough
- glue
- double-sided adhesive tape
- adhesive foam pads

CottageCutz dies: sweet fox, love bow & arrow, sweet love borders

Trim background and attach strip from patterned paper in the size of 3.7 x 2.4" (9,5 x 6 cm) on it.

Add white lace and our background is ready for a sweet fox.

Completed card.

CottageCutz dies: love bird branch, happy Valentine's Day phrase, heart set (the largest die from the set), stitched heart set (3rd die from the middle of the set)

Prepare cut-outs and shadow them with Distress inks.

To finish the card, mount all elements as shown, to a white card base.

I hope you've enjoyed.
Thank you for coming over and have a nice day. 

Hogs and Kisses

Hi, Lois here again with a fun Valentine card for you.  CottageCutz has some new die sets, only this time they come with matching stamps!    As I love to color, you know I am loving these new sets.  I made a funky Valentine card using the set called Farm Animals.

Supplies used on this card are:

Cardstock - Recollections Red, White, Pink
Patterned Paper - Martha Stewart's Key & Heart pad
Ink - Versafine Black, Memento Red
CottageCutz sets - Farm Animals, Happy Valentine's Day Phrase,  Sweet Love Borders,  Sweetheart Doilies
Other - foam pop dots, Copic markers, Scor-Tape adhesive sheet

I found a layout I liked and went to work.  First I stamped and colored the pigs.

Then I cut them out.

The Valentine collection has a nice sentiment, a row of hearts, and some doilies that would work well with my chosen layout.  I backed both the red and pink cardstock with an adhesive sheet to make it easier to attach the sentiment and heart border to my card.

Now I was ready to construct my card.  I glued the patterned paper at the top of a white panel, laid down the sentiment and the heart border and adhered the panel to a red card base.   After gluing down the layered doilies, I added the pigs (popped up with foam pop-dots) and stamped a little heart between them.  I then stamped the "Hogs and Kisses" sentiment at the bottom and added the red die-cut heart (which actually came out of the sentiment) -- and I was finished.

CottageCutz sets used on this card are:

Puppy with Heart

Hello everyone!

It's Donna here with to share with you another Valentine card. There are 14 new released Valentine dies that have just been released, if you have not seen them, go over to the store and check them out. Also, check out the CottageCutz blog to see the beautiful designs from the new release that the design team has created.  Oh and did I mention, they are 25% off right now!

I am using the Puppy with Heart 4x4 die, isn't he adorable and so easy to assemble. See below on how I put my card together.

Here is how I put my card together:
1.  My card is an A2 card (41/4 x 5 1/2),

2.  The next layer is 4 x 5 1/4,

3.  The square layer is the CottageCutz Double Stitched die, the largest one, then I cut the layer out 1/8 larger,

4.  The layers at the bottom are 4 1/4 x 7/8 and then a 1/8 smaller,

5.  I cut all the elements from the Puppy with Heart and inked the edges,

6.  I assembled the dog with glue and popped her up in the center of the card with pop dots.

Thank you so much for stopping by, please come back again soon.

Dies I used: