Easter Egg Plant (new die)

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. Our days are about to get a lot longer starting tomorrow. This weekend is our Spring forward time change. So remember to push your clocks 1 hour ahead tonight when you go to bed.

Before I start with today's card, I wanted to let you know we have a new release of dies. It's our Rise & Shine collection and they are currently on a 25% sale. To see some card samples from the team - click here.

Today, I am showing a card from our Spring die collection. They are on a limited time sale at 25% off. I used the Chickies w/Egg Plant, Spring Meadow, and Stitched Flowers dies. So let's get started with some details on how I created my card.

Step 1:  Since I knew what dies I planned on using, I looked through my cardstock and patterned papers for some spring colors. I have a spring mix stack from DCWV that has some great patterns in it. I just needed to match it to cardstock. Decided that yellow and green would coordinate well with the pattern of paper I chose.
Wild Wasabi (green) card base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Daffodil Delight (yellow) layering panel : 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
Patterned Paper layer: 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"

Step 2: cut my "egg plant" from a lilac cardstock and layered yellow underneath.  The plant pot is also cut in lilac with a matching paper for the trim. The stitched flowers are cut in lilac and yellow.

Step 3: Started the assembly of the card base and layering panels. Used double sided tape to secure. 

I decided to cut a white rectangle 1 3/4" x 4 1/2" as a base for the egg plant & pot. Lightly Sponged distress tumbled ink as a background.

Used the Spring Meadow die to add some grass to the bottom of this panel. This die has 2 heights of grass so you can add shading for a slight color variance. I used the wasabi green cardstock and sponged the background. Also cut a butterfly in lilac cardstock for another element for my card.

I cut a stitched cloud from the Stitched Sun, Clouds & Umbrella die. Sponged that in distress ink and stamped my Easter sentiment directly on the cloud. I used my MISTI tool to stamp 2x in order to get a darker shade of purple.

Step 4:  Attached all the elements to the image panel with double sided tape and glue dots.

 Used dimensional foam tape to secure the panel to the patterned paper layer. I wanted it lifted somewhat since the paper has a busy pattern. Attached my 2 stitched flowers and butterfly and this card is completed.

I hope I have given you another idea for an Easter card. The team has been showing lots of samples over the past month. There is a search box on the right side of the Blog if you are looking for a sample for a particular die.

Have a great weekend. Happy St Patrick's Day and I will see you again next Saturday.

 

Dies I used to create card:

 

Painting Eggs with Mr. Bunny

Hi, Jeanne here today.  The Easter bunny has been busy this week painting eggs!

For this card I started with a white A2 card base (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored at 4 1/4 to create a top fold card) then added a panel of plaid paper cut to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches.  I wanted my eggs to be variegated rather than solid so I took out my Distress Oxide inks in colors to coordinate with the paper.

I had fun creating a large panel that I could use to cut the eggs, paintbrush tip and paint can paint.  I die cut Mr. Bunny and everything else from various colors of cardstock.

Before I assembled Mr. Bunny I took a sponge dauber and some Crumb Cake ink to give his edges just a bit of dimension. 

Next I used the largest of the Nested Wacky Stitched Rectangles dies to cut a panel for my scene and sentiment.  I used a stamping platform to stamp the sentiment in two different colors.

Finally, I arranged my eggs under the sentiment.  I really like how cutting the eggs from the blended panel gives variation to them.

This card goes together quickly but is a little messy - brings back memories of coloring real Easter Eggs with my kids!

Dies used:

Thanks for stopping by today - I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Spring Wreath

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends!

It is Pam sharing with you today from Stamper at Heart Blog.  I just wanted to remind you that we are having a hugh sale!!  The two new collections In Stitches and Spring Designs are 25% off! And there are other wonderful sales going on too! So don't miss out!!

Today, I am making an Easter card with the new Fresh Spring Floral die. This die is so awesome that it can be used for just about any occasion!

Design Steps:

 1.  Start with an A2 white card base and a piece of white card stock 4 x 5 1/4.  Emboss that white piece with a stripe.  Using the Fresh Spring Floral die cut out all of the pieces using different color card stock: light yellow, dark yellow, purple, light green and dark green.  Cut out Happy in light yellow using the Expressions Happy die

 2. Arrange the wreath on the embossed white card stock using both the light and dark greenery

 3.  Add the layered yellow flowers

4.  Add the tiny purple flowers and dot the centers with white.  Add the sentiment and ribbon

Cottage Cutz Products

As always thanks for stopping by and please don't forget the fabulous sale we have going on right now!!! Take some time out of your busy schedule and be creative! It is so good for the soul!

Blessings

Pam

Happy Easter Bunny

Hey Everyone. Sherry here today with another really fun Easter card. Links for all of the products I used will be listed below and in the description box of this YouTube video. I hope that you enjoy this video as much as I enjoyed making it for you. Click on the photo below to watch the process tutorial.

Remember to practice your CPR - Craft Pray Repeat. Thanks for visiting me today and happy crafting.
God Bless,
Sherry

Rise and Shine Dies

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit today. I have some exciting news to share. There is a brand new release of dies. It's our Rise & Shine release and the designs are currently on sale for a limited time at 25% off the retail price.

So many cute breakfast and made with love themed dies. The design team has put together some cute samples to give you some ideas on how to use these dies. For the next 3 Tuesdays, we will be showcasing these new dies.

So let's get started with the samples for today.

Card 1: This first sample is a card from Lois Bak. I love how the card looks the breakfast plate is sitting on a checked table cloth. Reminds me of going to a diner for breakfast - so cute. She used the Breakfast Plate, Coffee & Donuts  and Rise & Shine Phrase.

Card 2: This next sample is a card from Pam MacKay. She carried her theme through with the coffee themed designer paper. She used the Coffee & Donuts and the Sweet Phrase dies.

Card 3: This next sample is from Jeanne Knobbe. She used the Yogurt & Fruit dies to create a beautiful thank you card. She colored the images with her Copic Markers. Love how her sentiment ties back to the bowl of fruit.

 

Card 4:  This next sample is from Janet Axtman. She used the uber cute Pancake & Waffle die to create a thinking of you style card. She accented her sentiment with a muffin from the Pastry Goodies dies.  

Project 5:  The final project for this week comes from our guest designer Sherry Wolfe. She created a recipe card using the Pastry Goodies dies. She is making a recipe book for her son and this will be a part of it. She used the Made with Love die for her book title page.

That's the samples for this week. I will have another set to show next Tuesday. Hope these samples have sparked your creativity. The dies are currently 25% off for a limited time in the online store.

 

Dies used to create cards:

 

High Flying Bunny

Hi, Lois here today.  One of the things from my bucket list that I have been able to cross off is flying in a hot air balloon.  It was so quiet up there (except when they turn on the flame to get more hot air into the balloon).  So, when I saw this cute new die from CottageCutz, I knew I would have to make a card with it.

It was a pretty simple card to construct.  I cut the cardstock and paper as follows:

White - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2"

Navy - 4" x 5 1/4"

Cloud paper - 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"

Then I gathered some scraps of various colored cardstock and cut the bunny and balloon.

The clouds are cut from one of the new stitched dies from CottageCutz.  I stamped my Happy Easter sentiment on the larger cloud.

All that remained was to construct my card.  I used the illustration on the front of the Spring Hot Air Balloon package as my guide.  Easy Peasy!

Both the Spring and the Stitched series of dies are still 25% off, so be sure to check out the Scrapping Cottage/CottageCutz store for the entire line of dies.  CottageCutz dies used on my card are: