February Violets + Colored Pencil technique

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. Today for your viewing pleasure I am featuring one of the new Birthday Flowers sets. This one is the Violets Flower - February.  Not only is it a stamp but it has a matching die. So let's get started on how I created my card.

Purple Card Base: 5 1/8" x 4"
Wide Rectangle Frame: 4 3/4" x 3 3/4"
Kraft Image Panel: 4 5/8" x 3 5/8"

For this week's card, I wanted to use Prismacolor pencils to color my image on Kraft cardstock. I  stamped the Violet's image with white pigment ink. I set it aside to dry for a few hours or you could speed up the process with your heat tool.

For my next step I gathered up the Prismacolor pencils I wanted to use. I chose 2 different shades of purple pencils (PC932 & PC1008) for the flowers and 2 shades of green pencils (PC109 & PC989) for the leaves and stems. On the centers I used a yellow (PC916) and an orange pencil (PC1002).
What I like about this technique is that after you color the image the white pigment ink is still there and gives your image that little pop. I used the lighter purple pencil to color the flower and then the darker to add shading. The darker pencils give it depth and define the flower. I did the same with the leaves.

It really produces a soft look by stamping on the kraft cardstock and then using the colored pencils. You definitely should give this technique a try.
Once the image was colored, I decided to cut a rectangle frame in white cardstock and use the new Calendar Months die to cut out February. I thought this would be a nice card to send to someone special to let them know you are thinking about them. Come February we are getting tired of winter and a handmade card always brightens someone's spirits.

The final step before assembling my card was to step the sentiment. I like to use my MISTI tool with clear stamps in case you don't get a good image the first time. With this tool you just re-ink your stamp and try again.  I used a chocolate ink for my sentiment because the card look is so soft. I thought black was a bit too stark.

 

 

To assemble the card, I used double sided tape to secure the layers together and Ranger multi-matte medium to secure the February die cut at the top of the card. 

 

Well, that's it for me for this week. I hope I have inspired you to pull out your colored pencils and give this technique a try. So until next time.........inky hugs!!!

 

 

 

 

CARDS AND MORE WITH ANITA KEJRIWAL

Hello to all!!!

This is Anita Here.

I hope you all are having good fun with the CottageCutz new release dies. They have also come up with new stamp and die combo sets and they are all too good.
You can check them out here.

For my cards today, I am showing two simple yet very pretty cards. Here I have used the negatives of the die cuts as stencils to create a lovely background effect.

Here are my cards.

For the butterfly card,

I used the CottageCutz Spring Butterfly 3 to cut two pieces of butterfly.
Using the negative of the die cut, create a subtle background using distress ink seedless preserve.

Distress the butterflies with Distress inks seedless preserve, picked raspberry and wilted violet.Spritz a little with water.

Add the butterfly on to the card base. Add some sequins and glitter.

Add the sentiment.

For my second card

I have created a lovely sunrise scene using the die cuts. Here also, I have used the negatives of the CottageCutz Wildflower 5

Do follow the pictures to know how I created this card.

Cut a white card stock to size 4.5 inches by 5.5 inches. Use. a circle of a negative die cut as mask for the sun.
Distress the remaining area with distress inks.

Using the negative of the die cut of wild flower, Sponge some shadow effect of the plant. Add the positive die cut.Remove the mask.

 Add a sentiment

The finished card

CottageCutz die used

Do visit the CottageCutz Store to see all the new collection.

I hope you liked  my work. I will be featuring more of the new release dies so stay tuned.

Gift set of cards in a folder

Hi, Janja here!

Gift set of cards in a folder which I share with you today are created with new CottageCutz dies - Spring.

CottageCutz dies: doodle bugs, spring butterfly 1, spring butterfly 2, spring butterfly 3, spring foliage border, stitched square set or pierced square set

For the folder we need:
- white cardstock for the cover: 11.4 x 5.3" (29 x 13,5 cm)
- white cardstock for the insert: 11 x 5.3" (28 x 13,5 cm)
- patterned paper: 5.2 x 5.2" (13,3 x 13,3 cm)
- white and colored cardstock

Trim white cardstock for the cover and insert sheet. Fold them on:
- 5.3" and 6.1" (13,5 cm and 15,5 cm)
- 5.3" and 5.7" (13,5 cm and 14,5 cm)

Trim four pockets from white cardstock in the size of 6.3 x 3" (16 x 7,5 cm). Made the folds 0.6" (1,5 cm) from left, right, and from the bottom edge.
Glue patterned paper on pockets, which should be slightly smaller then the size of the pocket.

On each of four pockets glue spring foliage border.

Glue the cover and the insert sheet in each other.

Make a tab in the size of 5.5 x 1" (14 x 2,4 cm). Fold cardstock at 2.4" and 3.2" (6 cm and 8 cm).

Insert two magnets under a patterned paper, which hold a tab in place, when the folder is closed.

Decorate the front cover and attach it to the base.

Supplies for cards:
- white card base: 4.7 x 4.7" (12 x 12 cm)
- colored cardstock: 3.7 x 3.7" (9,5 x 9,5 cm)
- white nad colored cardstock
- Memento ink: Lady Bug, Bamboo Leaves, Tangelo, Dandelion

Prepare four card bases and trim squares from colored cardstock.
Cut out squares with the largest die from white cardstock. Stamp various sentiments on them.

Cut out butterflies.

In addition to sentiments do some smudges. We can use a brush, stamp or ink smooshing technique. Whichever you prefer.
Select colors that match the color of butterflies.
Assemble the cards.

Insert cards into pockets.

That's all for today. I hope you like it. 

Sweet Honey!

Hi, Lois here with a card I created for the Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge the other day.  I find that sketch challenges are a good place to start when making your card.  Here is the layout presented to us for that challenge.

Even though there is a heart on this sketch, I decided I wanted to make a card that was not necessarily a Valentine.  Products used on my card are:

Card base gold cardstock 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" folded in half, 4" x 3/4" strip
Yellow layer cardstock 4" x 5 1/4"
White layer cardstock 3 7/8" square
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger Distress Squeezed Lemonade, Scattered Straw, Wild Honey
Dies - CottageCutz Sweet Valentines
Other - Darice bee border embossing folder, hand-made honeycomb stencil, heart punches, sponge applicators

To start my card I secured the honeycomb stencil onto the white panel with removable tape and then sponged on the three yellow inks.  Then I ran the yellow panel through my Cuttlebug with the border embossing folder on the right-hand side.  After sponging the embossing with Wild Honey ink to bring out the pattern, I glued the stenciled piece on the left-hand side and glued down the gold strip.  I adhered this entire panel to my gold background.

I cut and colored the images from the Sweet Valentines set.

I then punched out the two hearts from yellow and white cardstock, glued them together, and glued the hearts over the gold strip.  I stamped the sentiment at the upper left-hand corner.

I then popped on the die-cut pieces and I was finished.

I hope you like my card, and I'll see you next time.

CottageCutz die used on this card: