Celebrate!

Happy Friday Cottage Cutz fans.  It's Jeanne posting today.  Christmas is just around the corner and I've made a card for you that could easily be adapted to Christmas or other celebration just by changing the colors and paper.  Today I made it a birthday card.

This card goes together very quickly.  I cut most pieces from white card stock.  For the cat, balloon and present I used colored or patterned paper.

I used alcohol markers to color the white pieces to match the colors in the patterned papers and glued the pieces together.

I chose some coordinating paper and cut an A2 panel and a square from the second largest of the Nested Wacky Stitched Squares along with the word Celebrate in red.

I angled the square in the lower right corner and added the cat, present, balloon and sentiment.

Finally, I popped the cupcake up using a foam dot and added some sequins.

Dies used:

Thanks for visiting today!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend and a happy holiday!

Christmas Tree

Good Morning Scrapping Cottage Friends!

It is Pam on the blog with you today!

I have one more Christmas card for you!  I used two of our new dies to create this fun card.

Designer Steps:

1.  Use an A2 card base and cut the front flap in half

2.  Cut a piece of red checked DP 4 x 5 1/4, piece of tree DP 3 3/4 x 5, green card stock 5 1/4 x 2, red checked DP 5 x 1 3/4, cut 2 white oval using the Stitched Scalloped Oval die

3.  Glue the green card stock and the red checked DP to the front flap as shown

4.  Glue the red checked DP to the inside and then glue the tree DP to the red checked DP

5.  Using the Handmade Tree and Presents die cut out the tree in green and the trunk in brown shade with TH inks.  Assemble the tree and glue to the white oval.  Cut out the packages in the DP, assemble and pop to the oval

6.  Glue the oval to the front flap only putting glue on the left side of the oval

7.  Add the star and rhinestones to the tree.  Use the Joy of Giving die to cut out the sentiment and package and then glue to the oval on the inside of the card

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Thanks so much for stopping by and I would like to take the opportunity to wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Blessings

Pam

Warm Wishes Layout

Hello! This is Sukie with my guest designer post.  Today I'm sharing a single page 12x12 layout.  I used several Cottage Cutz dies on this page.

The patterned paper was the inspiration for the die cut cuts on my layout page.  I cut all of the drinks from the Cottage Cutz Coffee & Cocoa Warm Wishes and Sweet Christmas die sets.  Everything was inked on the edges for added dimension.  The mug from the Sweet Christmas set was layered on top of a circle cut from the Pierced Circle set.

I created a pocket and tucked in an ephemera die cut card.  A couple of tags cut from the Cottage Cutz Nested Stitched Scallop Rectangle set were stamped with sentiments from the My Creative Time "Do the Cocoa Motion" stamp set.  A small bow in Christmas Mint Trendy Twine was adhered to the mug.

The title and drinks were layered on a piece of paper to act as a shelf. I added a second layer of paper underneath for a pop of color.

Some Stickles were used to accent the holly berries and the candy cane for a sparkly finish.  The Stickles coordinate perfectly with the strip of red glitter paper on the base of my layout page.

To fill up some of the space at the top of my page, I layered the title at an angle above the 4x4 photo mat.

The journaling pocket was layered with the mug and the sentiment tags were tucked insides.  A few adhesive gems were sprinkled amongst the drinks.

Here are the dies used on my layout page available in the shop:

Cards with pets

Hi, Janja is here.
Christmas is almost here and we all probably ended up with our Christmas cards.
Today, I prepared three cards with some new dies from Pets release.

- CottageCutz dies: Miss Kitty, Rufus The Hound, Goldfish & Bowl, Fancy Feline (cat), Shelf w/Plants (shelf), Retro Tag Toppers, Fireplace w/Accessories (small bows), Nested Stitched Scallop Rectangle Set, Rectangle Set

- white card base: 4.25 x 5.35" (10,7 x 13,9 cm), folded

- kraft card base: 5.3 x 5.3" (13,5 x 13,5 cm), folded

- colored card stock

- different ink pads

- plastic stencil: brick wall

- double-sided sticky tape, double-sided foam tape, foam pads, glue

- glossy accents

Start this card by cutting a fish, bowl and cat. 

I used colored card stock. For greater depth, I used different ink pads. On the picture is missing a shelf that I cut out later.

Use a plastic stencil brick wall for the background.

Cut the background to size 5 x 5" (12,7 x 12,7 cm). Paste it with a double-sided sticky tape to the card base. Stamp a sentiment. 

Attach the fish bowl and cat to the shelf with foam pads. 

Use glossy accents for air bubbles.

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Cut out all the pieces with the die - Rufus The Hound. I used the die - Fireplace with Accessories for small bows.

Cut two patterned papers of this size: 4 x 5.2" (10 x 13,2 cm) and 4 x 2.9" (10 x 7,3 cm). I printed the sentiment in Word. 

For the final touch, draw a shadow around the dog with a brush. Apply a glossy accents to the water in a bowl.

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Cut out and assemble Miss Kitty. 

Prepare background and two frames. Cut out two circles and stamp a sentiment. Attach frame and Miss Kitty to card base as shown using double-sided foam tape. 

Finally, add a little pearl to the flower.

Have a nice day.