Love You Mom

Hi!

It's Anja here. Unicorns are still on my minds and another unicorn card was done on my craft table. This one can be used for Mother's Day.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Sweet Unicorns, Love You Mom Phrase, Nested Wacky Stitched Square Set),
- Distress Inks (Hickory Smoke, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Pumice Stone, 
- white card base (15x15 cm),
- patterned paper for background (14x14 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- gold pigment ink,
- VersaMark embossing ink,
- glitter embossing powder,
- heat gun,
- paper glue,
- adhesive foam pads.

First I cut the unicorns and embossed the wings and hair with glitter.

Next I colored both unicorns. I used gold ink for the horns.

Then I cut the paper for background. I used pink Distress Ink to color the edges.

Next I cut and colored the sentiment.

And when I had everything cut and colored I arranged it and glued it on card base. I used adhesive foam pads to glue the unicorns. And my card was done.

Before I go I want to invite you to the online store. Yesterday was National Scrapbook Day and there are still some sales going on. Don't miss all the great prices.

Have a nice Sunday and see you again next week.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used:

You're My Happily Ever After

Hello Scrapping Cottage 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.

We have a new release of dies in our online store. If you haven't seen the Magical Fantasy release yet, you have to drop by the store and check it out. These new dies are all so cute and whimsical. There are 27 new designs and I am in love with everyone of them. 

The new dies are currently 25% off and in honor of National Scrapbook Day there is also a 60% off sale on select CottageCutz dies. 

Today, I am featuring the Knight + Princess Dress-Up dies. Check out the names of the princesses - Elsa, Snow White and Belle. When I saw these dies I immediately thought of wedding, anniversary or even a Valentine card. So this will be the card I will give my hubby for our anniversary. Let's get started with some details on how I created this clean and simple card.

Step 1: I decided to cut the knight and princess first so I could figure out the size on the layers. I went with the colors on the packaging for both images. Belle's dress matches the Knight's shield, banner and helmet decoration.
I colored her face and arms with Prismacolor pencils.

I then decided on my card colors. I bought this paper pack from Hobby Lobby that has cardstock that has a watercolored look to it. I chose one of the blue sheets. I wanted a green slope on the card front so I cut one from another sheet that had a green at the bottom. Layered it on white cardstock then my card base is the heather shade I used on the Knight & Princess.

Heather card base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
white layer panel:  4" x 5 1/4"
image panel: 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"

With the help of my MISTI, I stamped my sentiment at the top of my designer paper panel in a grape ink. I got a good image the first time but I didn't think it was dark enough so I stamped it again. That's the beauty of the MISTI. I thought the sentiment was perfect for an anniversary card.

Step 2:  Now that the card elements are ready, I can start card assembly. Attached the grassy slope to the image panel with double sided tape. Then the image panel to the white layer.

My Knight and Princess Belle were attached with dimensional adhesive.

To complete my card, I added a few hearts and attached the card to the heather base. Well, that's it for me for this week. I hope I have given you some inspiration for a way to use both the Knight and the Princess Dress -Up dies.

See you next Saturday!

dies I used to create card:

Once Upon A time there was a girl...and a boy...

Happy Friday Cottage Cutz fans!  It's Jeanne today with a wedding (or engagement) card using the Magical Fantasy dies.  My family has a big wedding coming up this summer and there are lots of activities scheduled so I need a few cards.  When creating this one I certainly had Joe and Abi in mind.

This card can be personalized with the couple's wedding colors for a truly special card.

The card base, oval and sentiment are a pearlized white card stock which makes for an elegant card.  I started by cutting the sentiment from this card stock, the rings from gold and the flowers from plain white card stock.

I used a self adhesive backing on the rings and the sentiment.  When using a self adhesive backing the die often cuts through the card stock but not the backing, making it very easy to lift the die cut piece up off of the backing.

Next, I used sponge daubers and colored the roses using a soft yellow, pink and green.

I often use a silicone mat when I am gluing die pieces together.  While the pieces dry they do not stick to the mat.

Then I cut an oval from the pearlized white and three from pink card stock. 

I stacked and glued them together adding the sentiment and entwining the rings on the sentiment.

I glued this to the card base and added the roses to the sides.

 Finally I added a small rhinestone to one of the rings.

Although this card is mostly white, it has a hint of color in the stacked ovals and the flowers set off the sentiment.

Dies used:

Thanks for joining me today.  Make sure to visit the store where the Magical Fantasy dies are 25% off for a limited time.  They are a wonderful collection and offer so many creative possibilities!

 I hope you have a relaxing and creative weekend!

Fairytales!

Good Morning Friends.

It is Pam creating with you today!

I just love all of the Disney princess cartoons and this new release reminds me of all of those special fairytales! If you go to our store right now they are on sale for 25% off!  Please take some time to check them out.

Design Steps:

 1.  Using the Princess Carriage die cut all the pieces out with purple, pink, dark pink and yellow card stock

 2.  Use your favorite ink and add the shading

 3.  Assemble the carriage

 4.  Using the Princess Dress Up die cut out the girl using dark pink, purple, yellow and tan.  Shade the pieces and them assemble them

 5.  Using the Fairytale Princess die cut out the words "fairytales do come true."  I used black fun foam with an adhesive backing. I cut the words so the sticky side would be on the top.   I took off the waxy paper protecting the sticky surface from each of the words and sprinkled fine gold glitter over the sticky side.  I then burnished the glitter so it would adhere completely

 6.  Use a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of DP and glue the words to the top as shown

 7.  Glue the DP to a A2 black card base

8.  Add a piece of black card stock to the bottom to resemble rolling hills.  Pop dot the Princess and Carriage to the card

CottageCutz Products

I want to thank you for stopping by today!  We always appreciate it and look forward to your comments!

Blessings

Pam

Princess Card

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I'm back for my design team post.  I'm sharing a princess card created with the new Magical Fantasy die release.  The die sets used on my card are sure to bring out the inner princess in all of us.

The floral paper was the inspiration for the hot pink colors on my card.  I also incorporated some vellum on my card base.

I used the Princess Dress Up, Princess Accessories 1 and the Little Princess & Roses dies to cut out all of my pieces using card stock. The circle is from the Nested Stitched Eyelet Circle Set.  The die cuts were inked on the edges for extra dimension.  A black gel pen was used to add some eyelashes to my princess and a bit of chalk was brushed on her cheeks.

I created my A2 sized card base and adhered vellum to the bottom portion.  The vellum toned down the patterned background so the "princess" sentiment and roses would pop on my card.

The sweet princess and her purse were adhered to the die cut circle. All of the pink really stands out against the basic white circle background.

The circle was centered on the top portion of my card. This card is perfect for any little girl who is a princess!  

Here are the dies I used on my card available here: