Best Wishes card with vellum flowers

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends!

Yuliya here. Today I share with you my new card I will be sharing how to make this card using the CottageCutz dies!

Supplies:

- CottageCutz Tea Time Doily (4x4)
- CottageCutz Cross-Stitched Circle Set (Basics)
- CottageCutz Plumeria & Leaves (4x4)
- CottageCutz Expressions Best Wishes
Other:  White Cardstock for Cardbase,  vellum paper, Scissors, Paper trimmer, Sizzix machine

So let's start!

1.The size of my card is 14 by 14 cm. Prepare cardstock for base card: 1 pc - 11х 11 cm and 1 pc 14*28 cm

Prepare the details for our card - cut out 2 details from paper sheet. Prepare some die-cuts. I use CottageCutz Tea Time Doily (4x4) and CottageCutz Cross-Stitched Circle Set (Basics)

2. Glued the die-cuts as it is shown on the picture with help chipboard. 

3. Here is how I put the flower together. The flower has 3 pieces. I die cut them out with Vellum paper

4. Here is the finished flowers. Add some cristals

5. Add the Expression Hello from the CottageCutz Expressions Best Wishes

I hope you enjoy the tutorial and will be happy to inspire you!

See you next week. Please do leave a few words and thanks for your time.

MIXED MEDIA WITH COTTAGECUTZ

HELLO !!!!

Its Saturday again and time for my new post !!!! I hope you will like this post as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Have you always thought that die cuts are usually for card making or scrapbooking. But after this post , you will change your opinion, for today I have for you-A Mixed Media Canvas with CottaageCutz dies. YES!!! you got me right !!!
CottageCutz has some most amazing dies that can used in mixed media to create beautiful backgrounds.
I have made a video tutorial on the making of my mixed media canvas. Do go through it to get detailed description of the project.
Here is the video tutorial.

Photographs of the project

CottageCutz dies used

CottageCutz Wide Rectangle Stitched Frame Die

Cottagecutz Cross Stitched Square Set

CottageCutz Cross Stitched Circle Die

CottageCutz 3D flower #4 die

CottageCutz leafy Foliage die

CottageCutz Blossom Branch (4x4)

CottageCutz Tea Time Doily die Set

CottageCutz Butterfly (petites)

Other products used

An 8x8 inch wooden board, Modelling paste , white gesso, White sand Texture Paste, Distress inks, Distress Sprays, Stamps, Black Ink, Glossy Accents, Distress Glitter, Stencils, Multi Medium Gel

I hope you liked  the project. We are having a brand new Challenge at the CottageCutz blog and the theme is Hello Spring. So do take part in it to win fabulous prizes.

Keep crafting and thanks for stopping by.

Hydrangeas from vellum paper

Hi, is Vladka

Hydrangeas are one of my favorite flowers. I like them in all colors. At home, we have blue, pink and violet variations and they were my inspirations this time. You know, how pink blossoms are green first and then slowly change their color to pink. I tried to imitate something like this:

(Photo is from this side)

I created them with vellum paper. Let me show you how I did it.

Basics:
White card base: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (cut 5 1/2 x 11 inches, fold in half)
Additional piece of white cardstock (5 x 5 inches)
Vellum paper to cut out the flowers.

Other Supplies:
CottageCutz Dies: Listed Below
Distres markers: Peeled Paint and Mowed Lawn
Copic markers: Y17, G21, E04, R29
Other: Gold Glimmer Spray, Scissors, Paper trimmer, Sizzix machine, Scor-buddy,

1. With 3D Flower #5 die, cut second and third biggest petals out with vellum paper. Repeat this till you have at least 15 petals.
2. On the back side of the petal, color the middle of the petal with copic Y17:

3. Take green copic marker G21 and color all the petal as shown on the photo:

4. Take marker E04 and color the above part of the petals:

5. Take the last copic marker, the red one and color just petals's borders:

6. Now it is time to repeat steps 2,3 and 4 in opposite way. So, let´s start with pink copic marker (E04) in color the above part of the petal again to erase the hard borders between the colors. Do the same with green and yellow one. Namely, the copics work a little bit different on vellum paper. They don´t blend as they normally do. So, you can move the colors a little bit. Here is the difference between the petal from the previous stage (left one) and the one which is already colored with E04 again (right one).

7. With Leaves and Stems die cut leaves out with vellum paper. Also leaves can be colored with two shades of green copic markers, but I used Distres markers instead: Peeled Paint and Mowed Lawn. I colored all the leaves on the backside with both markers.

8. Use also Rose Doily die and cut it out of vellum paper and glue all the petals and leaves on it as shown on the photo:

9. Add some splodges with Gold Glimmer Spray on Additional piece of white cardstock. You can use any other spray for this or you can add splodges also with paint brush and distress inks or any other watercolors. Let it to dry.

10. With Cross-Stitched Square Set (Basics) cut the second biggest square out with white cardstock. Glue die cut pieces on the square and the all together on additional piece of white cardstock and the on the card base. With Expressions Congratulations cut the word out with white cardstock and glue it on the top of the card across the flowers.

Card is finished. I hope you like it.

Before I go, I just want to remind you on our second CottageCutz challenge with theme Hello Spring. Link button can be found here!

With Deepest Sympathy

Hello everyone,

It's Donna here sharing another card with you  using some of the latest releasse with the CottageCutz dies from April.

I love the black and pink together!  I think this card is very elegant and I decided to make it a sympathy card.

Closer look

How I put my card together.

A2 size card (4 1/4 x 5 1/2)
Black layer is 4 x 5 1/4

• I cut all my pieces with white card stock from the "Doodle Flower Set 2",
• die cut the leaves from colored cardstock,
• inked the edges of the solid pieces from the flower set and the leaves,
• embossed the black cardstock
• adhered all of the pieces together with liquid glue,
• arranged them on my card,
• I die cut the sentiment out of white cardstock and used liquid glue to adhere it to my card,
• finished off my card by using adding the pearls in the center of the rose,
• I colored the pearls with a copic marker to match the roses.

Dies I used on my card:

Thinking of You

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

Today for your viewing pleasure, I am featuring another of the April release dies. This time it's the Corner Flourish Elite die. I paired it up with the Mushroom & Flowers die to create a thinking of you card.

My card this week started with a sketch and from there I chose my patterned paper and coordinating cardstock. There are many sketch blogs on the internet and this time I chose the MojoMonday sketch for my layout.

 

When you work with a sketch you don't have to follow it exactly. For instance, instead of the corner circles I used the corner flourish die. Let's get started with some more details on how I created my card. I hear card makers say that they struggle with card layouts. That's why I look for a sketch to help the process along. It just helps to get the creative juices flowing.

Cardstock and Patterned Paper Measurements:

•  soft suede base measures 4 1/4" x 11" and scored at 5 1/2"
• patterned paper measure 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
• tilted panel is cut with the CottageCutz square set. I used the largest one 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
• rectangle patterned paper is 1 1/2" x 4 1/8". Daffodil satin ribbon is 5/8" wide.
• vanilla rectangle panel is 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"

For assembly: I die cut the corner flourishes in a light blue cardstock and attached with multi medium matte. I like this adhesive because it dries clear. I think the flourishes add an elegant touch to the card.

On the image panel, I used the flower from the mushroom & flowers set and cut in daffodil cardstock. I love the detail on The CottageCutz dies as well as the additional pieces that come with them. For instance, I was able to cut the pistil in the soft suede color for some great contrast. I am not a gardener, that duty falls to my hubby, but I think that's what this part of the flower is called (lol)!!!

For the sentiment, I used the thinking of you die and cut in the soft suede cardstock. I also used the multi medium matte to adhere the words. I scattered a few sequins and that completes my card for this week.

See you again next Wednesday Blogger friends! Until next time......inky hugs. If you have any questions about what I have created just ask. I will get back to you with an answer.