Believe in the Magic

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

We have the new release of 25 Christmas dies in the online store and they are all available for shipping It's already the end of September and time to start thinking about Christmas cards. 

This release has something for everyone. So if you prefer a more religious tone to your cards- we have you covered. If you like a more whimsical design featuring Santa, reindeer, snowmen, penguins or penguins, you will find some really cute dies.

I actually do a combo of religious and whimsical for my Christmas cards. Today, for your viewing pleasure, I am going whimsical with the new Believe in the Magic die. So let's get started with some details on how I created my card.

Step 1: I wanted a card that was more on the clean & simple side and one that could easily be mass produced. I also just bought some new Christmas designer papers and was anxious to use them. I selected this pattern because of the snowy background and the softness of the colors. The coordinating colors are white and coastal cabana. 

card base: 5 3/4" x 4 1/2"
white layering panel: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
designer paper layer: 5 3/8" x 4 1/8"

Next, I cut the images in real red and shaded spruce cardstocks. For the moon, I used the 5th largest die from the circle set (2") and cut in a metallic silver cardstock. 

Step 2: I am ready to start card assembly. The layers are attached with double sided tape.

And, the die cut images with Ranger multi medium matte. This one dries clear which is why I like to use it. I wanted to create a partial reindeer shadow in the moon so I cut just one reindeer in black cardstock and did a slight offset.  

To finish off my card, I attached the image panels to the card base and added a few sequins for added interest. 

I hope I have given you an idea for a way to use this die and make a quick card for Christmas. That's it for me for today - see you next Saturday! 

dies I used to create card:

Birthday Melody

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne today and I have a birthday card for you that is made with one of the new Christmas dies.  I have a real need for birthday cards with 20 people in my family (and that is only on my husband's side!)  Add to this my side of the family, then friends and well....you understand.  I make them whenever I can.

This card features the singing penguins from the Penguin Carolers die and uses a sketch from Splitcoaststampers.

I switched up the sketch a bit to accommodate my sentiment but it is very close.  I started the card by die cutting my penguins in black and white cardstock.  (Don't the little black penguin bases look like ghosts?  I'm thinking about how I could use these for Halloween!)

I colored the beaks and feet using a Copic marker and colored the eyes with a liner pen.  Then I assembled my penguins.

For the card itself I cut an A2 card base from Crushed Curry cardstock and two strips, one 2.875 x 5.25 inches and one .875 x 5.25 inches out of coordinating DSP.  I really like this paper as I felt the colors went perfectly with the colors of the penguins!

The ovals are cut from Whisper White using the second smallest of the Stitched Ovals dies.

I glued the panels and penguins to the card base; the smallest penguin is glued higher up in the oval so there is room for my sentiment strip.

My sentiment strip is .375 x 3.625 inches.  Originally I was going to use pink but decided on the green as a more neutral color.

To finish the card I popped the sentiment up using foam dots and added a few star sequins.  I love getting multiple uses out of my dies.  These cute little guys are perfect for Christmas or anytime of year!

Dies used:

Thanks for stopping by  today.  I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!

Christmas Night

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends!

It is Pam creating with you on the blog today.

I have another Christmas card today.  I am excited to get a head start on my cards this year.  And what a better way to do it then with this adorable new release.  The dies are just all so detailed and fantastic!  Today I am using the Santa Over Christmas Town die and I just love it!

Design Steps:

 1.  Cut all of the pieces using the Santa Over Christmas Town in white card stock

 2.  Line the back of the windows in a pale yellow card stock.  I just taped the piece behind the windows

 3.  Use a A2 white card base, cut a mint colored large rectangle frame using the Stitched Wide Rectangle Frame die, cut a piece of white for the snow 4 x 1 1/2 and a piece of DP with snowflakes
3 1/2 x 4 1/2

 4.  Attach the Snowflake DP to the center of the card base front and then add the frame using dimension tape

5.  Place the snow at the bottom of the frame and then arrange the trees and then the house.  Last place Santa and the snowflakes at the bottom of the frame

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I am so glad that you dropped by to take a peek!  Please check out the fabulous dies we have for Christmas.  It is an awesome collections!

Blessings

Pam

Winter is Warmer Together!

Hello!  This is Sukie and I'm sharing this fun card created with the new Christmas Dies.  I fell in love with the adorable Skiing Gnomes and wanted to create a card with both of them.

I found the snow themed paper in my stash which is the perfect background for my card.  I cut out the sweet gnomes and put them together.  The snow mounds were cut out three times.

The snow mounds were trimmed and accented with Stickles.  I added a strip of solid white card stock to the bottom of card base and layered it with the snow mounds.

Once I created the snowy scene, the first gnome was placed at the bottom of the snow hill.  The second gnome was anchored above the snow slope.

The sentiment is from the Scrappy Moms (retired) Merry Kissmas stamp set and was stamped on a hand cut flag.

Here's the die set used on my card, available in the shop:

May the Joys of the Season Be With You

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I have another card to share featuring the new Christmas dies.  This sweet winter scene was created with the Polar Bears w/Birch Trees die set.

I kept all of my die cuts very basic using white card stock with a pop of colors on the polar bears. The frame is from Nested Stitched Scallop Rectangle set.  I gave the die cuts a bit of inking on the edges to keep them from blending into the background.

I used a polka dotted pattern my card base and inked the white rectangle frame with some Oxide Ink.

The Winter scene was pulled together inside the frame with the polar bears at the focal point.  I trimmed the snow mounds so they would fit perfectly in the rectangle.  The tiny heart was adhered on one of the birch trees.

The sentiment is from the Scrappy Moms (retired) Merry Kissmas stamp set.  The sentiment was accented with a small twine bow created with some Totally White Trendy Twine.

Here are the dies used on my card, available in the shop:

Bear With Pumpkins

Hi!

It's Anja here. I have an Autumn card for you today. I created this scene using a cute little bear, surrounded with pumpkins.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Birthday Party Bear, Autumn Centerpiece, Autumn Sweets, Fall Phrases),
- Distress Inks,
- craft card base (15x15 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts and background (14,5x14,5 cm),
- brushes,
- adhesive foam pads,
- black pen,
- white pen,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the bear. I used black and white pen (not photographed) for the Bear's eyes.

Next I colored all the pumpkins and the leaves.

Then moved to the background. I used brushes to color. Last I colored around the edges with some orange.

Then I just needed the sentiment. I used lighter one for coloring and darker to emphasize the edges.

And then I just arranged and glued all pieces together. I used adhesive foam pads to glue the bear. And my card was done.

Before I go I just want to remind you to check the store for all the new goodies that are still available for 25 % off.

Have a nice Sunday.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used for this card: