You Moose Be Mine!

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends

It is Pam creating with you today on the blog!  I can't believe that Valentine's Day is less then a month away!!  I am finishing up my Valentines and I also have 2 birthdays in the month of February.  My sister was born on Ground Hogs day and my brother-in-law's is just a few days later.  So on to making today's card!

Design Steps:

1.  Using the Arctic Moose and Polar Bear die cut out the moose in brown twice.  Then using white card stock cut out the fur under the chin and and fur on the head twice

2.  Using a dark brown and rust colored inks shade the two moose.  Add black marker to the hooves and eyes.  Then assemble the moose leaving the antlers off of the female moose

 3.  Using the Victorian Fence die cut it out of white card stock.  Using the Spring Grass die cut it out of light green card stock.  Last using some polka dot DP cut out the frame using the Stitched Wide Rectangle Frame

 4.  Behind the frame first glue the grass and then behind the grass glue down the fence

 5.  Flip the frame over and add strips of dimension tape to pop it up on the card front

6.  Glue a piece of polka dot DP to a white A2 card base.  The DP will be just slightly smaller then the card base front.  Next glue down a piece of heart DP which is the slightly smaller then the frame

7.  Next pop the frame to the card front as shown.  Add the moose the male behind the fence and the female in front of the fence.  Add the sentiment and your card is complete

CottageCutz Products

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Hope you have fun making Valentines for your friends and family!  I love being crafty and creating new cards!

Blessings

Pam

Wishing You a Cup of Cheer!

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I have a sweet card to share for my design team post.  I wanted to create a card that can be used as an all occasion card especially during the winter season!

The Hot Drink Cup and Mr. Snuggles die sets are so versatile that they can be used together or separately. I also used the Nested Stitched Eyelet Oval die set for my card.  The tiny heart was left over on my craft desk from one of my Christmas projects so I incorporated it into my card.

I went with a kraft theme for my card base which coordinated perfectly with Mr. Snuggles and his coffee cup.  I selected a strip of blue card stock to add to my card.

All of the pieces were layered and adhered to my card base.  The die cut oval topped off my card.

Mr. Snuggles and his coffee cup was adhered inside the oval leaving enough room for the sentiment tag underneath.

A triple bow made with some jute twine was the perfect finishing accent on this cheery card.

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

Love You Mom

Hi! It's Janja here with a card for moms.

- CottageCutz dies: Polar Bears w/ Birch Trees, Arctic Polar Bear & Cub, Tree, Fall Fox & Hedgehog, Love You Mom Phrase
- blank card: 5.3 x 5.3" (13,5 x 13,5 cm), folded
- patterned paper: 5 x 5" (12,7 x 12,7 cm)
- colored cardstock
- colored ink pads
- markers
- glue, double-sided adhesive tape, self-adhesive foam pads

I cut out all of the pieces from colored cardstock. I used different shades of ink pads and markers to further emphasize the cutouts.

I cut out the phrase Love You Mom twice. 

Then I trimmed the patterned paper and prepared a blank card.

The cutouts are attached to the background with glue and self-adhesive pads.

Completed card. 

Have a nice day.

Janja

Missing You!

Hi!

It's Anja here. Today I did a type of card I enjoy doing most. More elements combined together into a lovely scene. This time it's a winter scene with arctic animals.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Arctic Moose & Polar Bear, Arctic Baby Foxes, Tree Stump & Log for Peekers, Arctic Snowy Trees),
- Distress Inks,
- craft card base (18x13 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts and background (17x12 cm, 14,5x9,5 cm),
- craft card stock,
- black pen,
- white pen,
- sentiment stamp,
- embossing ink,
- white embossing powder,
- heat gun,
- white acrylic paint,
- sponge,
- brush,
- scissors,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored all the animals and trees.

Then I used white acrylic paint and sponge to add a bit of snow.

Then I cut and colored all the elements for the background. I colored the biggest rectangle. For the other element I just used a bit of blue color around the edges. I used a trimmer and scissors to cut the paper.

Next I did the sentiment. I embossed it on a craft piece of paper.  used white embossing powder.

And then I just assembled all the pieces together and adhered it on the card base. And my card was done.

I also did the inside of the card for more interest.

Hope you have a nice Sunday. See you again next week.

Anja Z.



Cottage Cutz dies I used:

Party at Penguin's Igloo

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 day edition of the Blog. 

Today, I am featuring the Artic Penguins & Igloo die. It's from our latest Artic Animals release. There are 13 new designs in this release and each one is so versatile for a variety of card making and giving occasions.

I needed a birthday card for my adult niece who celebrates at the end of the month. I had some great winter themed designer paper and I thought it would go well with the penguins and igloo. She loves penguins so this card is perfect for her. Let's get started on some details of how I created my card. 

Design Steps:

I started off by cutting the penguins and igloo images. Cut the penguins in a light gray cardstock and then sponged the edges for more definition. I added scarves to the penguins just for a bit more flair. The idea came from DT member Janja on this card. I cut the scarves in shades of blue that match the designer paper.

My card is a bit larger than what I normally make. This one is a 5 3/4" square. I didn't want to cut too much off the designer paper because its so beautiful. I didn't have any 12 x 12 cardstock to create the card base so I used the hinged technique to get the size I needed. Check out this blog post for a tutorial on the technique.

In order to get the placement for my sentiment I attached the igloo using double sided tape. I stamped in navy ink.

Next, I attached the penguins using dimensional adhesive. Then I added the image panel to the blueberry card base with double sided tape.

I wanted to add something else to my card so I decided to finish it off with a few snowflakes using the Peppermint Latte die. I added wink of stella to give it a bit of sparkle. It just doesn't photgraph well but irl I got the sparkle I was looking for.

Well, that's it for me for this week. See you next Saturday. I have a Valentine card planned using Gnomes from this year's Christmas collection. Have a great weekend!

dies I used to create card: