Birthday hamsters

Hi Janja here. Welcome to the blog.
For today's post, I wanted to create something vibrant. I used some dies from past releases and here is my birthday card.

- CottageCutz dies: Happy Hamster, Flower Pot House, Clouds & Sun
- blank card: 4 ¼ x 5 ½” (10,8 x 14 cm), folded
- white cardstock: 3 15/16 x 5 3/16” (10 x 13,2 cm)
- different colors of cardstock
- different colors of ink pads
- glue, double-sided adhesive tape, self-adhesive foam pads

First, cut out two hamsters, a large flower pot, grass and some individual flowers from different colors of cardstock. Shade all cutouts with ink pads.

Then cut the sun and white cloud out of the cardstock. Stamp a sentiment.

Trim white cardstock. Use a large brush and ink to shade the background.

Paste the background on the front of the card. Gradually paste all the cutouts as shown and we're done.

Thank you for stopping by.

Janja

Garden Wagon

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

Hope you are doing ok and had a nice weekend. Since so many of us have the stay at home orders in place, it's nice to have a hobby where we can create beautiful cards. I put on some music and let my creative juices flow!!!

We have a brand new release of dies in the online store. This one is garden themed and has 19 new designs. These new dies are perfect for birthdays, Mother's Day, Father's Day or even a thinking of you card for the person who loves to garden.

For my card today, I am featuring the new Mouse w/Garden Wagon die. This one will be a Mother's Day card for a friend with that greeting on the inside of card.  I make a lot and send them to my family and friends. This year they will especially like the kind thoughts.

I made this card for the color challenge #788 on Splitcoaststampers. Our own Jeanne was the hostess for the challenge and she chose a bold and bright color trio.

lemon-lime twist, berry burst, powder pink

I cut the flowers and pots in the challenge colors. Sponged the lemon-lime twist cardstock with the same color ink to get a bit darker shade. I decided to cut his wagon in a black striped designer paper.

The little mouse is cut in smoky slate (neutral) cardstock and I sponged in the same color ink for depth. For the background of the image panel, I used a cloud stencil and sponged some clouds in spun sugar distress ink. To finish off my card, I scattered a few berry burst glitter enamel dots.

card base: 5 3/4" x 4 1/2"
white layer panel: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
designer paper panel: 5 3/8" x 4 1/8"
stitched scallop rectangle: largest die

Well that's it for me for this post. I hop I have given you another idea for a way to use this super cute new die. See you on Saturday!

dies I used to create card:

 

 

Made With Love

Hi!

It's Anja here. I played with some Christmas dies for today's post. During last month and a half when I was mostly at home I did plenty of baking. And this is where the inspiration for today's post came.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Gingerbread Baking Set, Baking Reindeer, Made w/ Love Phrase, Sweetheart Doilies),
- Distress Inks,
- craft card base (17,5x12,5 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts and background (17x7 cm),
- red card stock for die cuts and background (17x12 cm),
- patterned paper for background (16,7x11,7 cm),
- yellow card stock for background (17x7,8 cm),
- white pen,
- silver pigment ink,
- adhesive foam pads,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored all baking props.

Next I cut the sentiment. I made two cuts from two different colored card stock.

I glued the yellow one on top of the red one.

Then I cut all the pieces for the background.

I decided to add some interest to the background with a few doilies. I die cut three and trimmed it in half.

This is how I adhered it on the back. I used adhesive foam pads to glue this part on the bard base.

Then I added all the other pieces and my card was done.

I wish you all a lovely week and see you again next Sunday.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used for this card:

Garden Ladder Step card

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. Hope you are doing ok in the midst of the pandemic. Since so many of us have the stay at home orders in place, it's nice to have a hobby where we can create beautiful cards. I put on some music and let my creative juices flow!!!

We have a brand new release of dies in the online store. This one is garden themed and has 19 new designs. These new dies are perfect for birthdays, Mother's Day, Father's Day or even a thinking of you card for the person who loves to garden. 

For my card today, I am featuring the new Garden Ladder die to create a Mother's Day card for a friend. I make a lot and send them to my family and friends. This year they will especially like the kind thoughts. So let's get started with some details on how I created my card.
Design Steps:

This week I decided to use a fun card fold to display the ladder image. I made a side step card. Check out this step by step tutorial with a video for how to create one. Here is another tutorial that a former DT member did for our Blog. They are fairly easy and also fun to decorate with images or stamps.

This is one of those cards for me, that is a work in progress. When I started I wasn't really sure how I would decorate the side steps. So I started with the main rectangle panel. I found this designer paper in my stash and thought it would work for a sky background. For grass I used a dirt mound from an older CottageCutz die - it's retired now and out of stock - the Carrot Patch Bunny die. But you could use this Spring Grass die also.

Next, I cut all the images from the Garden Ladder die. I used various colors of cardstock. You could use white cardstock and color with your medium of choice or sponge with distress or other inks.

Attached the ladder to the designer paper using glue dots and then attached all the other elements to the ladder.

The grassy border was attached with double sided tape.

Next I started on the side steps. On the first step, I used the garden tools from the Potting Shed die. On step 2 I used the seed packets from the Planter Box & Seeds die. The tulips on Step 1 are also from this die. On the 3rd step, I used the same die for the heart banner. My card is starting to take shape.

For the top step, I decided to stamp a sentiment. I thought this one complemented the garden images well. I stamped on the designer paper and then cut another layer from the same paper.

To finish off the front of my card, I attached the sentiment and added 2 small bees to the 3rd panel. 

For the back of the card, I stamped a Mother's Day sentiment and added a small flowerpot.

And, that's it for me for this post. I hope I have given you an idea for a way to use the new Garden Ladder die. Have a great week and I will see you next Saturday.

dies I used to create card. 

Flower Pots Thank You

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne today with a clean and simple card for you.  This card was created for two card challenges this week -  a sketch and a color challenge.

The sketch is at CAS Colours and Sketches:

and the colors are from the weekly challenge at Splitcoaststampers - Poppy Parade, Cajun CRaze and Mango Melody.

To begin my card I cut the pieces using the flowers from Mouse w/ Garden Wagon and the pots from Potted Plans in the appropriate colors of cardstock.  For the dirt color I used Early Espresso ink to color the pieces that were cut in Cajun Craze.  I used Mossy Meadow for the stems.

I assembled the pots.

I cut a top fold A2 card base in white, a strip of Poppy Parade 5 1/2 x 1 inches and a Mango Melody patterned piece 5 1/2 x 2 inches.  For the box on the sketch I used the second smallest die from the Stitched Scallop Rectangle set.

I used white embossing powder to heat emboss my sentiment.  Then I cut the strip so it was about 5/8 inches high.  I usually emboss or stamp my sentiments on a strip larger than what I want to use so that I can adjust if I don't stamp quite in the center.

Next, I glued the posts to the rectangle leaving the tops of the flowers hang above the box.  If you start with the center first it is much easier to get the placement right.  Then you just need to center each side.

I adhered my patterned piece to the bottom of the card and added my strip 1 3/4 inches from the bottom.

Using foam tape, I added the box with the pots to my card.

Dies used:

Thanks for visiting today.  I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!  Be sure to visit the online store to check out the adorable new Gardening release!