Butterfly Sympathy

Hello Friends!

It is NEW RELEASE TIME!  The collection is called EASTER and it has 17 incredible pieces!  They are so perfect for Easter and Spring.   Right now you can save up to 30% on these individual dies. This sale will not last so stop by the store today right HERE! 

Sympathy cards are always difficult to make especially when the death is close to your heart.  So I decided to make a couple just to have in my stash. I used the Spring Butterflies

Designer Steps:

1.  Using the Spring Butterflies die cut out two on black card stock and set aside

2.  Cut a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of heavy white card stock.  Use red and yellow inks to blend along the top, bottom and left side of the card (as shown above)

3.  Give the ink time to dry and then stamp the sentiment on the right side of the card in black ink

4.  To add texture use a stencil and some white embossing paste.  Place the stencil over the inked white card stock and apply the paste.  Give the paste time to dry

5.  For the card use a yellow A2 base.  Cut a piece of black 5 3/8 x 4 1/8 and glue it to the yellow card base.  The final step is to glue the inked panel to the black card stock and add the butterflies.  Your card is complete

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I think this is one of our most beautiful collection so don't miss out!  I think it will sell out fast!

We have more inspiration on our YouTube Channel check it out HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by!  And I will see you next Thursday.

Blessings and Take Care

Mother's Day Bouquet

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

We have a brand-new Easter release with 17 new designs available in the online store. There is something for every card maker with faith-based dies, beautiful floral images, whimsical with bunnies and frogs and several lovely birds and butterflies.

You will be able to take the images beyond the Easter or Spring season. And for a limited time you can get individual dies at 30% off. Today for your viewing pleasure I am using the new Spring Lilies to create a Mother's Day card. So, you see how easy it is to move these dies to another occasion besides Easter.

My card started with the colors from the Splitcoaststampers color challenge #943. We are to use calypso coral, fresh freesia and parakeet party for our color trio. Optional is to make it Spring and Mother's Day falls in the middle of Spring.

fresh freesia, parakeet party, calypso coral

I decided to use calypso coral as the background color. I embossed it with a new to me 3D embossing folder- it's named Vine Canopy. I ran a white pigment ink pad across to highlight the embossing. 

Tip: when you use a 3D folder spritz the cardstock with water to break up the fibers. This way your cardstock doesn't crack. 

My lilies are cut in fresh freesia cardstock and I used the calypso coral color for the pistil. I stamped my Mother's Day greeting on a flag from my stash that is edged in the calypso coral color. 

That's it for me for this post. See you again on Saturday.

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Daffodils for Mother's Day

Hello CottageCutz 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 Easter release with 17 new designs available in the online store. There is something for every card maker with faith-based dies, beautiful floral images, whimsical with bunnies and frogs and several lovely birds and butterflies.

You will be able to take the images beyond the Easter or Spring season. And for a limited time you can get individual dies at 30% off. Today for your viewing pleasure I am using the new Spring Daffodils to create a Mother's Day card. So you see how easy it is to move these dies to another occasion besides Easter.

Design Steps:

I started my card this week by cutting the daffodil images. I used a bright yellow cardstock (daffidil delight) and an orange cardstock (mango melody) for the floral images. The stems are a brighter green cardstock (granny apple green). 

I wanted to layer the daffodil images on black cardstock. I saw a card recently on Pinterest and it was so striking on black. I used a 3D textile embossing folder for a bit of background interest. It's more of a subtle embossing which is the look I was going for. 

Tip: when you use a 3D folder spritz the cardstock with water to break up the fibers. This way your cardstock doesn't crack.

I wanted a stamped sentiment on the card and after a bit of thought I decided to use one of the banner images from the Windows Slimline die. It was the perfect size for my sentiment. I cut the banner in the mango melody cardstock and stamped in black ink. 

I am now ready to start card assembly. I secured the embossed panel to the black card base.

Black card base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Black embossed panel: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"

Attached the flowers with glue dots. I used these just in case I needed to move any of the floral images. It's much easier to do that with glue dots than liquid glue. Attached the banner sentiment and scattered a few green sequins on the card. 

That's it for me for this post. See you next Saturday. Have a wonderful Easter celebration. 

Dies I used to create card:

Easter Lilies

 Hello Friends!

It is NEW RELEASE TIME!  The collection is called EASTER and it has 17 incredible pieces!  They are so perfect for Easter and Spring.   Right now you can save up to 30% on these individual dies. This sale will not last so stop by the store today right HERE! 

I think the flowers in this release are beyond beautiful.  So I decided to feature the Spring Lilies on this card.

Designer Steps:

1.  Using the Spring Lilies die cut out the pieces in white card stock.  Use green ink and a small applicator to shade the inside of the flower and the stems.  Use Copic markers to add additional shading and soft yellow and brown details.  Glue the pieces together with a fine tip glue

2.  Using the Oval Doily & Frame die cut it out of yellow card stock.  Arrange the flowers onto the yellow oval

3.  The card base is white measuring 6 1/4 x 4 1/4

• Cut a piece of yellow card stock 6 1/8 x 4 1/8
• Cut a piece of blue DP 6 x 4

4.  Glue the yellow card stock to the white card base adhere the blue DP the yellow card stock

5.  Glue the oval with the lilies to the card slightly above center

6.  Add the bow to the base of the flowers and then add the stamped sentiment

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I think this is one of our most beautiful collection so don't miss out!  I think it will sell out fast!

We have more inspiration on our YouTube Channel check it out HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by!  And I will see you next Thursday.

Blessings and Take Care

Split Scene Easter Card

Hello, my crafty friends, it's Marla back again with another CottageCutz YouTube video tutorial.  I am sharing a split scene card today using the "He is Risen w/Empty Tomb" and "Hilltop w/Crosses" dies.  I will be giving away one of these dies, so I hope you head over the channel to see how to enter to win.
The Easter release has been so much fun to create with and I hope you have been enjoying all of the inspiration on the blog and YouTube Channel.  There are several dies that go beyond the holiday, and we are excited to keep the inspiration coming your way.  Until next time... Marla
CottageCutz He is Risen w/ Empty Tomb 4x6 (scrappingcottage.com)

Spring Bunny Car

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

We have a brand-new Easter release with 17 new designs available in the online store. There is something for every card maker with faith-based dies, beautiful floral images, whimsical with bunnies and frogs and several lovely birds and butterflies.

You will be able to take the images beyond the Easter or Spring season. And for a limited time you can get individual dies at 30% off. Today for your viewing pleasure I am using the new Spring Bunny Car die. I needed one more Easter card for the two little ones who live next door.

I started my card using the colors from this week's color challenge #942 on Splitcoaststampers. I am the hostess and I chose granny apple green, pumpkin pie & balmy blue for the color trio. Optional is to use 1 or 2 additional colors. I chose polished pink and gorgeous grape. 

granny apple green, pumpkin pie, balmy blue

I wanted the bunny to be driving his car on a "road" so I used a piece of black cardstock and added a strip of white. I used the Slimline Clouds cut in white cardstock and then sponged with the balmy blue ink. The Easter Wishes is from the Bunny Kisses & Easter Wishes die. It's retired and currently on sale at 60% off.  

I stamped a sentiment on the card front in the polished pink color to complete this card. 

That's it for me fore this post. See you on Saturday!

dies I used to create card:

Spring Blessings Slimline

Welcome back Scrapping Cottage friends ☺

Kris here to share with you some more Easter inspiration! I decided to make a slimline card with the new Spring Blessings die from the Easter/Spring Release.  I also framed them using the Filmstrip Slimline die, and I used the heart from that set for the middle of my cross.  Aren't these lambs and bunnies adorable?!  And I love the pretty flowers and bird around the cross too.  

I used some papers from Doodlebug Designs.

Design Steps:

1.  I cut my white card base at 7-1/2" x 8-3/4" and scored the 7-1/2" side at 3-3/4" 

2.  I cut my plaid paper at 3-3/4" x 8-3/4" and glued to card front

3.  I die cut the Filmstrip die once and the Spring Blessings die 3x and colored the die cuts

*It's hard to see in the photo, but I also added Wink of Stella to all their pink ears, noses, sheep's swirls, bunnies tails, flowers, heart & cross for a bit of sparkle!

4. I cut (2) purple strips at 8-3/16" x 3/8" and glued to back of the filmstrip openings (see below)

5.  I cut 3 pieces of patterned paper at 2-3/4" x 3" and glued to back of filmstrip (along purple edges)

6.   Lastly, I added all my die cut elements and stamped and glued a sentiment and done!

Thanks for taking a peek!  I hope I've inspired you in some way to get creative with your favorite CottageCutz dies!  

~Kristine

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