Paper Pieced Pumpkin

Hello friends!  

It's Kris sharing with you today this easy-to-make pumpkin card for your inspiration!

I was inspired by some other die-cut and punched pumpkin cards on Pinterest and thought I'd give it a go with some cute Fall-themed papers and of course I got creative with my CottageCutz dies! 

CUTTING & SCORING:

Dove White Cardstock:

•  5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and scored at 4-1/4"

• 3-7/8" x 5-1/8"

• die cut Thanks w/ Shadow (shadow)

Pecan Pie Cardstock (brown):

• 5-1/4" x 4"

• die cut Thanks w/ Shadow (shadow)

• die cut Fence & Grass (fence)

Patterned Papers (Doodlebug Designs: Pumpkin Spice):

• (5)  die cut the 3rd smallest of the Pierced Oval set

• die cut (2) of the large leaves from the Flowers 4x6 die

*Tip... I just cut a piece li'l bit larger than the leaf w/ scissors first then die cut just the leaf

• die cut Thanks w/ Shadow (thanks)

• die cut Fence & Grass (grass)

DESIGN STEPS:

1.  First, I stamped "for all you do" in an olive green in the top right corner of my white layer.

2.  I assembled my pumpkin using foam strips between each of the top 2 layers.

3.  I hand cut a stem for my pumpkin and added some lines with a marker.  I then ran some twine thru a button and glued it to the top over the leaves.  

4.  Next, I decided I wanted more texture on the white layer, so I ran it thru with a lattice embossing folder.  I then smoothed it out with my bone folder, just over my stamped sentiment so it would be easier to read. ☺

5.  I cut apart my fence and grass as shown below so there are 3 slats and 2.

6.  I added my pumpkin with foam strips between the fence.

7.  I offset my brown "thanks" shadow behind the white and then glued my "Thanks" on top and added to the top left corner of card.  Done!

Thanks for looking!  I hope you're inspired to create something CUTE with your CottageCutz dies! 

♡ Kristine

  

  

Fall Leaves

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.

Our new Folk Art release is still available in the online store at 35% off individual dies. There are 19 new designs that are so perfect for cardmaking, journaling, and scrapbooking.

In fact, all of the releases from 2023 through Halloween of 2022 are currently on sale. Check them out here if you want to pick up any that you may have missed and still want. The sale won't be on long.

Since we are coming into my favorite time of the year, I decided to make a Thanksgiving card using the beautiful colors of Fall. The die is an older one from the 2018 collection "Stitched Leaves". 

For my leaves, I first die-cut the leaves from Bristol smooth cardstock and then ink blended barn door and fossilized amber distress inks. I pressed them in Ranger Perfect Medium and then used clear embossing powder with my heat tool. This technique makes the leaves really pop. Although my camera isn't picking up all the shine that's on the leaves.

My background paper is from a kit I had in my stash.  I really like the color washed background. I layered it on a crumb cake (kraft) panel then crushed curry and my card base is the poppy parade.

Card Base: 4" x 5 3/8" 

Curry Layer: 3 3/4" x 5 1/4"

Kraft Layer: 3 5/8" x 5 1/8"

Image Panel: 3 1/2" x 5"

Next, I stamped my sentiment. I stamped in chocolate chip ink. 

Now that my card elements are prepared, I am ready to start card assembly. I attached all the layers first with double sided tape. 

I secured the leaves with double sided tape. I decided to add some other greenery using the Rustic Wreath die.

To finish off my card I added a pinecone and a couple of acorns and scattered a few curry enamel dots. I also added more leaf greenery to the bottom leaf. 

 

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

Reminder: Marla has a video up on the CottageCutz YouTube channel. Click here.

Happy Haunting

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends

It is Pam sharing with you this fine Thursday. 

 I have a lot of fun sending out Halloween cards.  So I am getting a head start on one today.  I am using several of our older release dies featuring the Graveyard die.

Design Steps:

1.  Using the following dies Graveyard, Old Farm Fence, and Halloween Ghost cut out the following colors of card stock: white, black, gray, and brown

2.  Shade the pieces using a black ink and then assemble with a fine tip glue

3.  The card base is white A2, cut a piece of black 4 1/8 x 5 3/8, cut a piece of bat DP 4 x 5 1/4.  Glue the DP to the black

4.  Build your scene by adding a black 3/4 x 5 1/4 inch strip (which I cut slight hills on) then glued to the bottom of the card.  Next add the fence and then the graves with the mounds

5.  Glue down the ghost, crow and the black grass to the mounds.  I thought I needed a pop of color so I used the Halloween Ghost die which has a pumpkin and the Slime Cupcake which also has a pumpkin.  I cut out two pumpkins and added them as shown above.  Glue the panel to the white card base add the sentiment and your card is complete

6.  I had some left over pieces so I decided to decorate the inside of the card for an extra surprise!

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

Fall Floral Card

Happy Terrific Tuesday crafty friends!

I hope you are doing well and staying cool! Here in the south, in the United States, it has been very hot! Plus our schools are now back in session, so the hustle and bustle is in full swing! It is hard to be thinking about the fall season already but alas, as crafters, you always want to be a bit ahead of the season!So here is a lovely card I created with a wonderful fall theme.

I created this top folding A4 card with a festive fall theme. I used a Christmas die called Christmas Farmhouse Floral as my main focal piece. I did use the flowers from the Deer Floral Spray die instead of the Poinsettia's that come with the Christmas Farmhouse Floral die. I started by cutting all my die cut pieces from White cardstock.

I started by takin the white can and dressing it up. First I splattered my can with some gray ink. It gave the can a nice speckled look. 

Next, I blotted some gray onto the can with my finer paint bruch. This gave the can the appearance of an authentic milk can.

I then turned to my leafy branches. I had cut several out in Kraft cardstock. I set about coloring in the leaves with some vibrant fall colors.

Here's a photo as I am coloring the stems a darker brown,.

here is a closer look at the cute flowers that I used. They are so very cute.

here is another view of my completed card. Once I finished creating and coloring all my pieces, I assembled my can onto a double stitched oval cut from some Kraft cardstock. I layered all that onto a scalloped oval die cut from some white cardstock. For the sentiment, I used a double stitched rectangle and then a scalloped white rectangle. I hand wrote For You with a brown fine tip marker. I used a little foam tape to give it some lift and adhere it and then added all that to a base of Kraft cardstock with a piece of patterned paper for a mat.

Dies Used

 Christmas Farmhouse Floral 

Deer Floral Spray

Well, I hope this gave you a little fall insp in spite of the heat! It is never too early to start on your fall decor and cards! While I am a Spring girl, my whole family loves fall so we really do it up here!

Don't forget to check out the CottageCutz.com You Tube Channel! You will find some great inspiration there too!Until the next time, have a wonderfully crafty day!