Garden Cat with a Wagon

Hi Janja here. Welcome to the blog.
Today I would like to share with you a card made with another cute die from the gardening release.

- CottageCutz dies: Garden Cat w/ Wagon, Holiday Gate With Wreath
- blank card: 5 5/16" x 5 5/16" (13,5 x 13,5 cm), folded
- white cardstock: 4 3/4" x 4 3/4" (12 x 12 cm)
- different colors of cardstock
- different colors of ink pads
- enamel dots
- glue, double-sided adhesive tape, self-adhesive foam pads

Start by die-cutting all the pieces for the main image out from different colors of cardstock. Shade all cutouts with ink pads.

Stamp the wood on beige cardstock with coffee-colored ink. Then cut out the gate twice. Use scissors to cut one in half. Assemble the fence.

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

Paste the main image on the prepared background as shown. 

On the back, add self-adhesive foam over the entire surface and attach to the front of the card.

Lastly add shade under the wagon and shoes. Use a light grey ink pad.

Thank you for stopping by. 

Janja

Father's Day Potting Shed

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. 

For my card today, I am featuring the new Potting Shed die. I created a Father's Day card for my hubby. He is an avid gardener and has a potting shed, so I thought this image would be perfect for him.

I hosted the color challenge #793 on Splitcoaststampers, and the colors I chose worked great for the potting shed image. For this challenge you can use neutrals and that includes dark green, so that was in my favor as well. 

blueberry bushel, balmy blue, lovely lipstick

I cut the potting shed in the challenge colors plus neutral shades of brown, gray and green. I sponged the flower pot and the watering can with the same color ink as the cardstock to get a deeper shade of blue. Used a cloud stencil for the clouds and lightly sponged the dark green ink for the grass.

I used the stitched sun, clouds & umbrella die for my cloud and stamped the sentiment in blueberry ink. Finished off this card with a few epoxy hearts. That's it for me for this post. See you again on Saturday!

   

dies I used to create card:

Special Delivery

Hi!

It's Anja here. I have a card in red for you today. I used this cute mouse with a wagon die for a special delivery card.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz die (Mouse w/ Garden Wagon),
- Distress Inks,
- craft card base (15x15 cm),
- red card stock for background (11x15 cm and 8x15 cm),
- patterned card stock for background (10x15 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts and background (7,5x15 cm),
- silver pigment ink,
- black pen,
- white pen,
- Versafine black ink,
- sentiment stamp,
- acrylic block,
- paper trimmer,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the mouse and the wagon.

I used a sentiment stamp and stamped it directly on the wagon.

Next I trimmed all the background paper.

And when I had all the pieces ready I put the card together.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a great Sunday.

Anja Z.



Cottage Cutz die I used for this card:

Puppy Hugs

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 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 Mother's Day, 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 Puppy in Garden Cart die and created a thinking of you card for one of my dog loving friends. This one could even be used for a birthday card with a birthday sentiment on the inside. So let's get started with some details on how I created my card.

Design Steps:

I started this card with my sketch. I had one saved on my Pinterest board that I thought would work well with this die image. It calls for a square shape that I also liked. It changes things up just a bit. 

Once the layout was decided on I chose my card colors. I decided to go with a medium blue shade and use the matching gingham designer paper. 

Card Base: 4 1/2" Square

Gingham Designer Paper: 4 1/4" Square

I cut the images in various shades of cardstock. For the garden cart I used a brown striped designer paper for added interest. 

The circle is the 2nd largest from the Stitched Circle set. I used a cloud stencil to sponge in some background clouds with tumbled glass distress ink. Sponged some mowed grass distress ink at the bottom of circle for a grassy area.

The "Big Hugs" sentiment  is stamped in a dark blue ink.

Now that everything is cut and stamped, I am ready for card assembly. Started by attaching the images to the circle using double sided tape. 

For the rectangle strip across the middle, I decided to use ribbon that matched the designer paper. 

I used dimensional adhesive to secure the image circle. I wanted it lifted slightly off the designer paper. The side leaves are cut from the Planter Box & Seeds die.

To complete my card, I attached the image panel to the card base. Scattered a few blue glitter enamel dots - just because I like using them on a card (lol)!! 

Well, that's it for me for this week. I will be back on Monday with a Father's Day card using the new Potting Shed die. 

Dies I used to create card:

Grown with Love

Happy Friday!  I hope everyone had a great "short" week.  I love holiday weeks - they seem to fly by.  Today I used the Gardening Cat from the new Gardening release, the Stitched Squares dies and a sketch from Splitcoaststampers to create my card.

The sketch this week reminded me of a garden trellis.  When I lived in Oklahoma we had one with clematis on it that bloomed a beautiful purple.

I chose paper that had a leafy feel without being an actual leaf pattern and cut 10 squares using the fourth smallest die from the Stitched Squares set.  On a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch white panel I vey lightly drew a line down the center.

I placed the panel on grid paper aligning the center line, then laid out the squares set an angle.  I left 1/4 inch between the points.  After these were glued down it was very simple to add the extra squares, aligning them by eye.  I used scissors to clip off the extra and could use those points to fill in the small sections.

I went to work on the kitty next and cut all the pieces from various colors of cardstock.

Although hard to tell in the photo the watering can is a "galvanized metal" foil cardstock.  In person it contrasts nicely with the cat.

I assembled the basket.  All pieces were edged with just a little bit of gray ink to give some shading.

I wanted my sentiment to be a stitched strip.  I originally planned to fishtail each side so I used the largest of the Stitched Squares and heat embossed my sentiment near the bottom, centering it.

Then I used the same square to cut the top.  Because I was planning on cutting off the sides I  did not worry about that stitching.  Had I wanted the stitching on the sides all I needed to do was use a larger die (a Stitched Rectangle) and that would leave the side stitching intact.

As it turned out, on one side the stitching lined up perfectly so I left it and trimmed off the other end.  I was covering that end with flowers so it wouldn't show.

I glued the sentiment directly to the panel on the upper part of the card.  Using alot of foam tape I popped the cat up off the card.  I probably use more foam tape than most but I like it when the die cut has a solid feel underneath.

Finally I added a few extra flowers to the sentiment and near the cat's gardening boots.

Dies used:

Thanks for visiting today!  I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!