July 4 - God Bless America

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

We have a brand-new release in the online store. It's our Patriotic 4th of July release with 12 amazing patriotic designs. You can still pick up the individual dies at 30% off. 

If you love making patriotic cards to honor a veteran, to celebrate the 4th of July or to display your love for America, we have you covered with this new release. And don't forget about scrapbooking the photos you took at your July 4th celebrations. 

There is also a 4th of July sale going on right now in the online store. It runs through July 7th with savings of up to 70%. 

My card for today is featuring the Statue of Liberty die in a diagonal joy fold design. Here is a link to another card I made in this design with a complete tutorial. 

I looked at photos online of the Statue of Liberty to get an idea of the color. Over the years it took on a green patina with copper underneath. So, I attempted to recreate that color by using distress inks in salvaged patina and hickory smoke. 

For the background on this image panel, I used prized ribbon, salvaged patina and villainous potion distress inks for the ink blending. My buildings are cut from the City Skyline Slimline die and I added a few glittery stars to this panel. 

On the diagonal panel I used designer paper and I cut my July 4 phrase from the Stitched Alphabet and Stitched Numbers die. We have a new die in the Patriotic release - Happy 4th of July but I couldn't get it to fit on my diagonal panel. The red swirl is part of the USA Flag die that I had left over from another card. 

This is a photo of the card closed.

And here is the card inside. I used the Fireworks die.

Well, that's it for me for this post. Happy 4th of July and see you again on Saturday!

America....Land That I Love

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. It's the 4th of July weekend, and I am sending patriotic wishes to all. 

We have a brand-new release in the online store. It's our Patriotic 4th of July release with 12 amazing patriotic designs. You can pick up the individual dies at 30% off . If you love making patriotic cards to honor a veteran, to celebrate the 4th of July or to display your love for America, we have you covered with this new release.

There is also a 4th of July sale going on right now in the online store. It runs through July 7th with savings of up to 70%.

My card for today is featuring the USA Flag and the Patriotic Rainbow dies in a slimline design. I love making patriotic cards and mail them out for the 4th of July celebration. So, let's get started on some details on how I created my card.

Design Steps: 

The inspiration for my card came from a red truck that I saw driving by me recently. I loved the flag furling in the wind from the back of his truck. So, my card idea was born.

I cut my flag in red, white and blue. I love how the detail in this die that gives the impression that it is waving in the wind. 

Next, I cut my truck. I used an older CottageCutz die - Flatbed Truck w/Accessories. It is still available in the online store. 

I stenciled some clouds in broken china distress ink and added a 1/2" section of black cardstock with small white lines down the middle as a road for the truck. 

My card elements are ready and I can start card assembly. I attached the truck and the flag with dimensional adhesive. The America Phrase was secured with clear drying glue. 

To finish off my card, I stamped my sentiment and scattered a few stars. 

That's it for me for this week. See you next Saturday. 

Firecrackers for the 4th

 Hello Friends

It is Pam sharing with you today.

This is my last minute card for 4th of July!  It is from our release called Patriotic and the collections has 12 wonderful designs all perfect for our Nation's birthday! Check out this release HERE!

I am using 2 of the new dies Patriotic Rainbow and Firecrackers.   I decided to use a slimline design to accommodate all the fun pieces.  

Design Steps:

1.  Using Firecrackers and the Patriotic Rainbow dies cut all the pieces in the following card stock colors: red, light blue, navy, yellow and white.  Glue the rainbow and the firecrackers together with a fine tip glue

2.  For the card base use a white piece of card stock measuring 3 3/4 x 8 3/4 folded.  Cut a pieces of red dotted DP 3 1/2 x 8 1/2 and cut a piece of white card stock with the Circle Window Slimline die

3.  Glue the red dotted paper to the card base and then add the window circle slimline piece

4.  Start to decorate the front by beginning in the center with the Patriotic Rainbow and the words America

5.  Finish up the card with the Firecrackers and stars.  And just to add a little more dimension I add white accent lines and yellow stickles on the end of the firecrackers

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

Happy 4th of July

It's Marla back with another card featuring the "Patriotic" release available now in the Scrapping Cottage store.  I love the larger size of the "Patriotic Eagle w/Top Hat" which paired beautifully with the "U.S.A Flag".  I wanted to include the "Happy 4th of July Phrase" for my sentiment, so I went with a slimline card, which balanced out all the amazing dies well.

I am giving one of these new dies away in my YouTube video on the CottageCutz YouTube Channel.  I hope you'll join me.  Until next time.... Marla

Patriotic Mini Home Decor Sign

Happy Terrific TuesDIE crafty friends!

Melinda here with you today. I hope you are having a wonderful day and enjoying great weather and getting your craft on! Today I am sharing another Patriotic project I created with dies from the new CottageCutz.com Patriotic release. Here is what I came up with.

This cute little patriotic sign for my work station.

I started by die cutting all of my die cuts out in white cardstock. I then proceeded to color them in with my blue and red markers.

Once I colored all of my die cuts in, I began to assemble them and attach them onto the base. The mini wooden slat sign is one I picked up at the dollar tree. It even included the little string holder of jute. Has so many uses. Once I was happy with where I put everything, I adhered it all down with wet glue and foam tape. Once they were all set up, I added touches of Red, White, Blue and Silver glitter to various areas.

Here's a closeup of the larger star. I covered it in Stardust Stickles.

Here's a close up of one of the fire crackers. I used Stardust stickles for these stars. You can also see I used Red Stickles for the top as well as silver for the bottom fire spark. Off to the side you can see where I used my blue glitter for one of the little stars.

Here is one last look at my super cute sign. I placed on top of the little tray I have in the corner of my workstation and get to enjoy it.

Happy 4th of July

Firecrackers

Patriotic Pennants

Here's a look at the complete release. All such super cute and versatile images.

Be sure to head over to the Cottage Cutz YT Channel and check out all the great crafty inspiration there as well! So many fun and inspiring projects!

Well that about covers it for today. Until the next time, have a wonderfully crafty day!

-Melinda