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Hi!

It's Anja here. I have another Christmas card for you today. This time I used Mr. & Mrs. Claus Car die from the Christmas Part 1 release.

For this card I used:

- Cottage Cutz die (Mr. & Mrs. Claus Car),

- Distress Inks and Oxides,

- craft card base (12,5x17,5 cm),

- silver pigment ink,

- water spritzer,

- white acrylic paint,

- brush,

- sponge,

- embossing ink,

- white embossing powder,

- sentiment stamp,

- acrylic block,

- heat gun,

- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the car. I used Distress Inks.

Next I started on the background. This time I used Distress Oxides.

After coloring with Distress Oxides I spritzed it with water and dried it. After that I sprinkled the paper with white acrylic paint and dried it again. Last I used a small sponge and tapped white paint to the bottom. Again I dried the paper with the heat gun.

Last I added the sentiment. I embossed it directly on the card and used white embossing powder.

After that I added the card and my card was done.

That's all from me for today. Have a nice week and see you again next Sunday. 

Anja Z. 

Cottage Cutz die I used: 

Dashing Through The Snow

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 four brand new releases in the online store. It's Christmas Part 1 (22 new designs), Christmas Part 2 (21 new designs) and a Halloween release (14 new designs). They are all currently on sale and you can save 25% on the individual dies. Christmas Part 3 has just been released and is also on a limited time sale. This one also has savings of 25%.

Today, I have for your viewing pleasure a card featuring  the Dashing Through The Snow (Christmas Part 1) and the Winter Forest (Christmas Part 2) dies. We all look for card ideas that we can put together quickly and reproduce multiples of at Christmas. 

Today, I am showing you a way to do just that and it's using a slimline design. This design has found a resurgence of popularity in the card making world. 

So let's get started with the details of how I created this card. 

Design Steps:

I started off by selecting the designer paper I was going to use for my background.  I wanted something snowy and I had several papers in my collection to choose from. I thought this dark blue one would work great for a nighttime scene. Now you could create your own snowy background but if your looking to make multiples quickly a designer paper is the way to go. 

White Card Base: 9 1/4" x 4"

Designer Paper Layer: 9" x 3 3/4"  

I decided to cut the images and the sentiment from white cardstock because it would make a nice contrast against the dark blue background.  I also cut 2 snow slopes from white cardstock. 

I am ready for card assembly. I attached the snow slopes to the designer paper with double sided tape. I let them overlap a bit because that's where I intended to place the one leg of the horse. 

I used a combination of Ranger multi medium matte and mini glue dots to attach the images to the designer paper. I like the Ranger glue because it dries clear and makes a secure bond. 

Next, I attached the sentiment. I decided to cut another set to make it really pop against the blue background. I used just the Ranger multi medium matte. 

To finish off my card I attached the image panel to the white card base. I added some glitter to both ends of the snow slopes for a bit of an icy look. I am not sure why I did that or even if I liked it once it was done, but it's there now. All in all I am pleased with the way the card turned out.

Well, that's it for me for this week. I hope I have given you a fresh idea on a way to use two of these new dies. I will be back on Monday with another sample for you.

dies I used to create card:

 

Polar Opposites

Happy Friday Cottage Cutz fans!  It’s Jeanne today with a card featuring one of the dies from Part 3 of the new Christmas release; however this is not a Christmas card!  I found this sentiment and knew it would be perfect for the Polar Friends die.

I have always found it amusing that every (it seems) card maker puts polar bears and penguins together, but in real life one is an Arctic animal and the other lives in the Antarctic.  This sentiment brings both  together and it all makes sense!

Wouldn't this make a cute anniversary card for someone married in the winter?  (I may give it to my husband for his birthday which is coming up quickly.)

To begin I made the background.  I heat embossed the snowfall using white embossing powder and a stencil.

I stopped the stencil about an inch from the bottom so I would have a smooth area for my sentiment.

Next, I used blending brushes to create the background.  Since this is not a Christmas card I chose a light violet and two blues.  If this were for Christmas, I would not have used the violet.

I cut my bear, penguin and iceberg from white cardstock and colored using Distress Oxide inks and Copic markers.  I did cut the penguin body from black so it would be a nice solid color.  I used the large iceberg from the Seal & Walrus Pals die.

I cut a strip of white cardstock 3/4 x 4 inches and stamped my sentiment.  Then I cut a strip 1 x 4 inches from lavender glitter paper to frame the sentiment strip.

After using scissors to point the left ends and gluing them together,  I adhered them to the card front about 1/4 inch from the bottom.

I snipped off the part overhanging the right side of the card. 

To adhere the image I used used foam dots. 

Finally I added a few snowflake shaped sequins for sparkle and interest.

Dies used:

 

I hope you enjoyed my card today.  Be sure to stop by the online store where the new release is on sale for a limited time!  The new Christmas dies are super cute!

I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!

Griswold's Christmas

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends,

It is Pam sharing with you on the blog this great Thursday morning.

I don't know about you but I think one of the funniest movies I have ever seen is Christmas Vacation!  This little station wagon brings me right to the scene in the movie when the Griswold's went out to get their Christmas tree! I decided to do a fun fold card with this fun die.

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Design Steps

1.  Use the second from the largest Stitched Scallop Circle die and cut a red circle.  Use the second from the largest Pierced Circle die and cut out a DP blue circle

2.  Cut a piece of white card stock 7 x 3 1/2 and fold in half

3.  Glue the blue dotted DP to the red scalloped circle then mount onto the small card front

4.  Cut some red card stock 4 1/8 x 5 3/8 and 2 pieces 4 1/8 x 2 5/8. Cut green DP 4 x 5 1/4 and patterned DP 4 x 2 1/2.  Cut a white 11 x 4 1/2 fold in half placing the fold at the bottom of the card then cut the front flap in half

5.  Glue the large piece red card stock to the inside of the card and the two smaller pieces of red go on the outside of the front flap and the inside of the front flap.  Glue the green pattern paper to the inside of the card and the pattern paper to the front of the outside flap

6.  Cut all the pieces using the Griswold Wagon and green, black, brown, red, green and vellum.  Assemble the car with a fine tip glue

7.  Glue the small card to the green inside of the card folding the front flap under the flap of the smaller card. Open up the small white card and stamp the sentiment. I added a small strip of DP for added decoration

8.   Add some white snow to the blue dotted DP on the circle and then pop up the car.  Add a snowflake, rhinestone and your sentiment.  I used a small Velcro dot to keep the card closed

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This card just makes me smile!  I hope you get a grin on your face too!

Blessings

Pam

Brew Up Some Fun!

Hello!  This is Sukie, with only a couple of weeks away from Halloween, I thought I would share one more card created with the Cottage Cutz Halloween die release.  Today's card is bit different in that it's not traditional but a fun concept.

I used different colors of Oxide Inks to shade all of the die cuts from the Spell Books & Potions and the Witch's Brew die sets.

I punched out a border using the Martha Stewart Drippy Goo border punch.  This punch is an all time favorite.  I used a basic background for my card base and inked it on the edges.  The sentiment was heat embossed on some black card stock.

The border was affixed along the top edge of my card panel while the stack of books was added to the bottom edge.  The witch's hat nested to the side of the books.

The spooky skeleton was displayed on top of the books.  The spider appears to be crawling from behind the books.

The potion bottles were stacked next to one another with a bit of overlapping for a cohesive look.  All of the colors coordinated perfectly.

The sentiment tag was added as the final finishing touch on my card.  The sentiment is a great play on words for this card.

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