A Little Birdie Told Me!

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends!

It is Pam creating with you on the blog today.

Just for your information this is the last day for the Memorial Day sale!!  You can save up to 70% off on most of the dies and the new Gardening release is 25% off.  You don't want to miss this money saving sale!

Today I am using the Tomte.  He has many different looks and little tools you can use with him.  I think is is just adorable!

Background Photo by Lukasz Szmigiel on Unsplash

Design Steps:

1.  Cut all of the pieces using the Flower Power Tomte die.  I used yellow, green, blue and white card stock

2.  Using a variety of inks shade the pieces and then assemble using a fine tip glue

3.  Use an A2 white card base cut a piece of green 4 x 5 1/4 and DP 3 3/4 x 5.  Use the 4th from the largest Pierced Oval die to cut out a white oval.  Use the 2nd from the largest Stitched Scallop Oval die to cut out a green oval

4.  With the pieced oval die in place shade in the opening with a light blue.  Also stamp your sentiment on yellow and layer onto green

5.  Glue the DP to the green card stock then add the ribbon tying a knot in the center.  I use a glue dot to keep the knot in place

6.  Glue the ribbon panel to the front of the A2 white card base.  Add the green oval and then the shaded blue oval

7.  Place pop dots to the back of the little Tomte and add him to the oval on the front

8.  For the inside I used the Happy expressions die to cut out a yellow and green happy. Glued them together slightly off center then placed inside card.  Add the Birthday sentiment and the strip of DP to the bottom with the little flowers.  To finish I added some rhinestones to the front and inside

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I appreciate you stopping by today!  It was so much fun creating this card. I hope you are able to take sometime for yourself today!  And don't forget the awesome sale!

Blessings and see you next time!

Pam

Plant Seeds of Kindness

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I'm sharing another card with the new Gardening die release.  I used several dies from this charming release.

I found the most darling patterned papers in my stash which inspired the colors for each of the die cuts. I used the Mouse w/Garden Wagon, Garden Hose Mini, Gardening Tools and Garden Border for my card. I only used the watering can from the Garden Border and discarded the remaining pieces.

The 2 sheets of paper were trimmed to incorporate all of the different patterns and floral border on my card base.  I stamped a fun sentiment along the top edge of my card.

After adhering the mouse with his wagon, I simply filled in the bottom half of my card with the hose and gardening tools.

The watering can was the final accent on my card to finish off the happy looking gardening scene.

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

For a gardener

Hi Janja here. Welcome to the blog.
I have another card on the topic of gardening to share with you today.

- CottageCutz dies: Garden Wheelbarrow, Gardening Mouse, Gardening Tools, Garden Hose Mini, Spring Meadow

- card blank: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2" (10,8 x 14 cm)
- patterned paper: 4 1/4 x 3" (10,8 x 7,6 cm)
- different colors of cardstock
- different colors of ink pads
- cloud stencil
- glue, double-sided adhesive tape, self-adhesive foam pads

Start making a card by cutting all the elements out from different colors of cardstock. Overshadow them with ink pads for more depth.

Cut out the grass border twice. Glue the lawn to white cardstock which is the same size as the card blank.

Create a cloudy sky with a stencil and a light blue ink. Paste the background on a blank card.

Gradually paste all the cutouts as shown.

Thank you for stopping by. And don't forget to check the Memorial Day Sale!

Janja

Bear & Bees

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 all enjoying your Memorial Day weekend. Even though it's a bit different of a celebration for most of us, it's still a day to honor our veterans. 

And speaking of Memorial Day there is a big sale going on to celebrate this holiday in our online store. You can save up to 70% on dies and the new Gardening release is 25% off. It's a good time to get some great prices on CottageCutz dies. These new dies are perfect for Father's Day, birthdays, thank you, or even a thinking of you card for the person who loves to garden.

For my card today, I am featuring the new Golden Bear die, and I created an outdoor scene in the sun with my cute little bear. This one is a birthday card for a friend and that greeting will be on the inside of the card. 

For the card colors I used the colors from the Splitcoaststampers color challenge #791. Plus you can add neutral shades and with this challenge dark green and brown are considered neutral shades. So that helped with the leaves and bear. 

daffodil delight, melon mambo, calypso coral

I cut the images in the challenge colors. My background paper is from a pack of watercolored backgrounds that have been a favorite go to for me lately. I love the colors they have blended together in this pack. And, then I don't have to do any ink blending. It's all done for me with the designer paper.

I used the largest oval die to cut out the striped designer paper. My hello phrase is from an older CottageCutz set - telephone die. It's currently on a 70% off sale. 

And, that's my card for today. See you next Saturday!

dies I used to create card:

Wishing You A Harvest Of Blessings

Hi!

It's Anja here. For today's post I used this adorable mouse die and made a simple card.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Gardening Mouse, Gardening Hat & Gloves),
- Distress Inks,
- white card base (15x15 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- silver pigment ink,
- sentiment stamp,
- acrylic block,
- scissors,
- Versafine black ink,
- black pen,
- white pen,
- brush,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the mouse and all the tools. I used silver pigment ink for all the metal parts of the tools.

Next I colored the hat. 

The hat was too big for the mouse, so I trimmed it.

Then I did the background. I colored directly to the card base using a brush.

Then I added the sentiment.

And last I adhered the mouse and the hat. And my card was done.

Before I go I invite you to the store to check the Memorial Day Sale.

Have a great week and see you again next Sunday.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used for this card: