Pet Sympathy 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.

IT'S NEW RELEASE TIME! The Scrapping Cottage has just added a new brand to the company line. Lil' Bluebird Designs is being introduced with 16 new Photopolymer Clear Stamp Sets and 16 coordinating dies. There are stamps for so many of your card making occasions and then some. The coordinating dies just make it a perfect fit for your card making designs.

They are currently on sale at  25% off.

And speaking of new releases, we have just introduced new CottageCutz Sentiments with Shadows. There are 12 phrases in this new release and you can pick these up at a 25% off price as well.
The shadow dies are so popular right now and they coordinate so well with the new Lil' Bluebird Stamps and dies.

Today for your viewing pleasure I am featuring the new Puppy Love Stamp & Die Set + Hugs w/Shadow die. I used the set to create a pet sympathy card. I never seem to have one of these cards on hand when a friend or family member loses a pet. So let's get started with some details on how I created my card. 

Design Steps:

Having a layout in mind at the card start is always a big boost for me. That way I can just choose the card colors and designer paper, and I am good to go. I liked this week's Sketch #869 from Splitcoaststampers. I thought it was a great layout to use several of the stamps.

I found this dog themed paper in my collection. I liked all the "dog" words and the distressed appeal of the paper. Even with the diamond shape you can still read though a lot of the words. 

Maraschino red card base: 4 3/4" square

Designer Paper Layer: 4 1/2" square

Diamond Layer (Element 2) - 2nd largest Stitched Square die 

Circle Layer: 3rd largest Circle Set 

Next, I stamped and colored the images from the set that I was using for my card.

I cut my Hugs sentiment from the maraschino & a dark brown cardstock.

I used the following Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils for my color medium. 

I used a stamp that had the words "sending big" and stamped that in the circle. Used my MISTI just in case a double inking was required and it was. 

Now I am ready to start card assembly. I attached the card layers with double sided tape. 

To finish off my card front, I attached the images with dimensional adhesive. The "hugs" phrase is attached with glue dots. 

To complete the inside, I stamped a pet sympathy sentiment. I used the paw print from this stamp set just for a little added interest. 

And that's my card for this week. I hope I have given you another idea of a different way to use these new stamps and dies. Sometimes you just have to think "out of the box". See you next Saturday. 

Stamps & Dies I used to create card:

 

Sweet Wishes

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne today.  I have a card that I made for a double challenge - a color and sketch challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches. Talk about a card that went quickly!  The colors AND the layout were decided for me.

Here is the challenge.

I thought this would be perfect to showcase some of the images from the In the Kitchen stamp set.  I didn't have markers in the exact challenge colors so I used close matches in Copic markers and Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends.

 Next I put the card together.  To anchor the images I used a heart stencil in the corner and faded it out as it went to the upper right.

The mixer and flour sack are glued to the card and the apron is popped up using foam dots.

I used the Sweet w/Shadow and Wishes w/Shadow to create the sentiment.

I opted not to use the shadows though in order to keep it clean and simple.  I love the new Lil' Bluebird Designs stamps and the sentiments with shadow dies.  They are so versatile and right now they are on sale in the online store.

Products used:

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

Hay There!

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends

WE HAVE A NEW SENTIMENT PHRASES WITH SHADOWS RELEASE!!! You can pick up the entire bundle for an amazing 50% savings!! Or you can select individual dies at a 25% savings.  These dies have a wonderful font and look perfect with the Lil' Bluebird stamps!

I am using both the new release phrase dies and the Lil' Bluebird The Country Farm Stamp Set.

Design Steps

1.  My white base card is 6 1/4 x 4 1/4, Checked black DP 6 x 4, Cut a piece of red card stock with the largest Stitched Scallop Retangle, cut a piece of blue DP with the largest Pieced Rectangle die

2.  Using the Hills Slimline cut 2 pieces of green cards stock then glue together

3.  Using the Country Farm Stamp set stamp the images and color with the copics seen above

4.  After the images are colored cut them out with the coordinating die set

5.  Glue the blue pierced rectangle to the red scalloped rectangle then add the hills

6.  Wrap the red checked ribbon around the black checked DP then glue to the card base

7.  Add the little farm animals and the card front is complete

8.  For the inside I used a sentiment with a shadow Miss You.  I also added a little of the black checked DP

CottageCutz and Lil' Bluebird Stamps

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I will see you next Thursday.

Take Care and Blessings

Pam

Sweet

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I'm sharing a card that features one of the Sentiments with Shadow die sets which is the newest die release from Cottage Cutz. The whimsical font on these sentiments is so super cute.  I also used one of the Lil' Bluebird Designs stamp and die sets and a die set from the last Slimline die release.  Currently, all of these releases are on sale!

I used card stock to cut out the Honeycomb Background Slimline and the Sweet w/Shadow sentiment.  The bees and trails are from the Love Bugs set.  The bees were watercolored with ink.

The honeycomb panel was placed on a white card base. I ended up die cutting a few honeycombs with the slimline die and adhered the negative pieces for a pop of color.

Next, the bee trails were affixed to my card base.  The sentiment was adhered on the bottom portion of my card.

The adorable bees were added near the trails.  I used some Wink of Stella on their wings for a sparkly affect.

The finished card is one that can be stashed away in the all-occasion pile for a special event!

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