Saturday, August 05, 2017

Mr & Mrs Wedding Card

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

It's wedding season here in my neck of the woods. It seems like every couple of years I get invited to several weddings and this is the year. Fortunately for me, we just had a release of 20 new wedding dies that fit perfectly for my card ideas.

So lets get started with some details on the card I am showcasing today.

Step 1: I start my cards each week in several different ways. Today, I started with my card colors. That made it easy because these are the ones the Bride has chosen for her wedding. I looked through my paper stash for colors that matched along with patterned paper. I chose a soft green, a rich espresso brown and peach as my accent colors. I am also using a peach ribbon. I assembled these parts of the card at this point.

Green Card Base: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
Espresso Layering Panel: 5 3/8" x 4 1/8"
Patterned Paper Panel: 5 1/4" x 4" 
Step 2: I decided to use the Mr & Mrs with Hearts and frame it with the Nested Stitched Doily dies. I assembled this part of my card and attached to the base panel. I used dimensional adhesive to attach it to card. It adds depth to your card. 
 
 
Step 3: I also wanted to finish the inside of my card. I don't usually do this with anything more than a sentiment. The exception is wedding cards.  I like to add other embellies to make it a little more special for the couple. So for this card I used the Rose with wedding rings, Love Phrase.and the  Nested Scallop Rectangle dies.
 
I adhered the images to the scallop panel. I really like the wedding rings that are part of the rose die. The hearts were leftover when I cut the Mr & Mrs phrase.
Attached the decorated panel to the card inside. The espresso is such a rich shade of brown and complements the green nicely. The bride chose some beautiful colors for her wedding.
I decided to add a bow to the card front. It just seemed a little more complete. I don't have to mail this card so no worries that my bow will get ruined. Well that completes my card for this week. I hope I have given you another idea on how to use these new wedding dies. See you next Saturday.
 
 
Dies I used to complete card:
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzrosewithweddingrings.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutznestedstitcheddoilyset.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzmrandmrswithhearts.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutznestedscalloprectangleset.aspx
 
 
 

Friday, August 04, 2017

Wedding Doves


Good morning!  It’s Jeanne here with my first post as a guest designer on the CottageCutz Blog. I am excited to be a part of the team and share my crafting skills with you.
  
 The card I have for today's post would make a great engagement, wedding, or anniversary card.  For a wedding, it would be fantastic to do in the bride's colors.  The layout for this card came from a sketch challenge on Splitcoast Stampers.
I started with a pink card base of 8 1/2 x 5 1/5, scored at the 4 1/4 inch point and a vanilla layer cut to 4 1/8 x 5 3/8.
Next I cut the doily using the largest die from the Nested Stitched Doily Set.  Since the color of the pink cardstock was close to the vanilla color, I sponged the edges with pink to give some definition.
From vanilla cardstock, I cut two medium flowers, one small flower and one large flower along with a small and medium center from the Plumeria and Leaves die.  I sponged the edges of the flowers in pink and the centers in yellow.  I also added just a touch of pink to the very center of each flower.
When I have very small items to glue, I usually place a large drop of glue on a craft mat and use a toothpick to put the glue on my piece.  The toothpick also helps me to place the item where I want it on the card.
I cut the birds from vanilla cardstock and their perch and the word "love" from a matte silver cardstock. The birds were edged in a light grey ink and their beaks colored in the same yellow I used for the flower centers.  I used a Multi-liner to dot their eyes.
The last step was to put it all together.  The doily, birds, and one medium flower are glued to the vanilla layer.  I used a foam dot to place the small flower on top of the medium flower.  The larger flower was created in the same way and adhered to the card using two layers of foam dots.  I added the word "love" and some pearls to finish it off.
That’s my card for this week. I hope I have given you some inspiration on ways to use the new wedding dies. See you next Friday.
Products used:
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzpairofdoves.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzlivelaughlove.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutznestedstitcheddoilyset.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzplumeriaandleaves4x4pre-order.aspx

There is another great release of new dies over in the online store. The Nested Shapes with 17 designs as well as a Wedding Release with 20 designs. Janet (our video artist) has put together a video showcasing all the new nested shapes dies. Just click on the photo below to be taken to the CottageCutz YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LOQcFflcIE&feature=youtu.be




Thursday, August 03, 2017

Roses!

Good Morning Cottage Cutz Friends!

It is Pam sharing with you today.  I am playing with the new release Rose with Wedding Ring die and giving you options to make your dies more versatile.  The card I made for you today can be a wedding card, birthday card, thinking of you and many others.  Who wouldn't love a beautiful bouquet on their card!



1.  Start with an A2 Vanilla card base cut a light pink piece of card stock to 5 1/4 x 4 and a piece of dark pink card stock 5 x 3 3/4
2.  Run the dark pink through an embossing folder and then glue the layers to the front of the card and set aside
 3.  Using a mint green card stock and the Cottage Cutz Roses with Wedding Ring die cut out 6 stems.  Then cut out 5 dark pink roses and 5 light pink roses.  Using your copic markers shade the flowers.  Using the largest of the Cottage Cutz Nested Stitched Eyelet Rectangle Set cut out a vanilla rectangle

 4.  Begin the arrangement in the center of the retangle and work from there.  I cut a lot of the leaves off and rearranged them in the bouquet.  Use a glue dot to attach your bow mount the rectangle to the dark pink on the front of your card


Cottage Cutz Products



There is another great release of new dies over in the online store. The Nested Shapes with 17 designs as well as a Wedding Release with 20 designs. Janet (our video artist) has put together a video showcasing all the new nested shapes dies. Just click on the photo below to be taken to the CottageCutz YouTube channel.
https://youtu.be/2LOQcFflcIE

I hope you will visit our shop!  We have a great selection of beautiful dies!

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings


Pam

Monday, July 31, 2017

A Love Story

Hi, Lois here today with a card using some of the new CottageCutz dies.  As you may know, there is another great release of new dies over in the online store. The Nested Shapes with 17 designs as well as a Wedding Release with 20 designs. Janet (CottageCutz's video artist) has put together a video showcasing all the new nested shapes dies. Just click on the photo below to be taken to the CottageCutz YouTube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LOQcFflcIE&feature=youtu.be



I'm showing off several of the new wedding dies  today.  I saw a fold-out card on Pinterest a couple of weeks ago that I thought I could create -- depicting a little love story.  The card I saw on Pinterest was a birthday card; mine is a wedding card, using the following CottageCutz dies:

Pair of Doves
Wedding Chapel
Garden Bride and Groom
Mr and Mrs with Hearts
Honeymoon Car



There are many panels of cardstock on my card:

White - 5 1/2" x 11 1/2", 2 3/4" x 4 1/4", 3 3/4" x 5", 3" x 4 1/2" (2), 2 1/4" x 3 3/4" (2)
Blue - 4" x 5 1/4", 3 1/4" x 4 3/4" (2), 2 1/2" x 4" (2)
Patterned Paper - 3 5/8" x 2 1/4", 2 7/8" x 1 1/2" (2), 2 1/8" x 1 1/4" (2)


Cut the various die-cut pieces from white, blue, gray, pink, and black cardstock, as shown.


Score the 5 1/2" x 11 1/2" piece of white cardstock at 1/4", 3 3/4", and 7 1/4".


Rotate the cardstock  and, with the 1/4" scored side at the top, place it at the 5/8" mark of your paper cutter and cut down to the last score line.  Cut out the 5/8" section, as shown.


Place a strip of 1/8" Scor-tape on one side of the 2 3/4" x 4 1/4" piece of white cardstock and adhere to the 1/4" section.  Trim the excess 1/4" strip at the top, as shown.


Adhere the various pieces of patterned paper to the remaining white panels and run a piece of narrow blue ribbon around the top of the patterned paper, adhering at the back.  Add some color to the die cuts using Copic markers to give some dimension and construct the die-cuts on the white panels. (As I was constructing the chapel, I decided that I needed a couple of yellow pieces for the windows.)  Then adhere the white panels to the blue panels.


Stamp the small sentiments to several of the panels and adhere to the card base.  Add some pearls throughout.



CottageCutz dies  used on my card are:

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzpairofdoves.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzweddingchapel.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzgardenbrideandgroomelites.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzmrandmrswithhearts.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzhoneymooncar.aspx