Hello Card

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I'm sharing this CAS card for my design team day.  This card came together very quickly with a few die cuts.

The patterned paper inspired the colors and rustic tones of my standard A2 sized card.  The scraps left over from other projects worked perfectly with the patterned design.

The Telephone is absolutely adorable with the coordinating speech bubble.  I used the Hello die cut for a larger sentiment.  The sweet tag is from the Love Tags Set, I added a strip of brown behind the heart cut outs.

Once I created the base of my card, the tag was offset to one side of my card.  I adhered the tag directly on top of the patterned paper.  I love the striking contrast of the colors.

The next step was to add the speech bubble with the sentiment onto my card base.  The rustic telephone was adhered in the center of the tag creating a "happy hello card."

As a finishing accent on my card, I added a small bow created with some Totally Natural Trendy Twine.

Here are the dies used on my card, available in the shop:

Spring Frog

Hi!

It's Anja here. I have another simple card for you today. I combined tho die sets to make the scene with this cute frog.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Spring Frog w/lily Pad, Clouds & Sun),
- Distress Inks (Mustard Seen, Tumbled Glass, Wild Honey, Shabby Shutters, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Spun Sugar, Stormy Sky, Vintage Photo, Black Soot) and Oxides (Broken China, Faded Jeans),
- white card base (15x15 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- water color paper for background (14,5x14,5 cm),
- plastic stencil (clouds),
- white pen,
- water spritzer,
- heat gun,
- adhesive foam pads,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the frog.

Then I did the same with the sun and clouds.

Next I made the background. I used Distress Oxides to color it and then I added a few water drops to add a bit of dimension. I dried it with the heat gun.

On the upper side I used plastic stencil to make the clouds.

When I had everything cut and colored I put the card together. I used adhesive foam pads to glue the frog. And my card was done.

That's everything from me for today. See you again next week.

Have a great Sunday.
Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used for this card:

Floral Corners

Hi, Janja is here with you.
For today's blog post, I prepared a simple birthday card with roses.
I placed roses on the opposite corners of the central layer.

- CottageCutz dies: Little Princess & Roses, Fresh Spring Floral, Cross-Stitched Square Set, Nested Stitched Scallop Square Set
- white card base: 4.6 x 4.6” (11,7 x 11,7 cm), folded
- colored cardstock
- colored ink pads
- white foam
- glue, double-sided adhesive tape

First we cut out the wreath and roses.

Cut a white square with the largest die from the set. Create a background with a spray or use a stamp.
Stamp a sentiment.

Cut the wreath into four parts with scissors. Paste them into the background with glue.

Now place the roses as in the photo.

Prepare a white card base. Cut two squares. Use a foam and a pink cardstock.

Assemble the card.

Have a nice day.

Janja

Your Carriage Awaits

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne posting today.  I have a card for those of you who believe in fairytales!  This was a simple card to make with an unexpected (but fun) twist on the background.

I started by cutting the pieces from the Princess Carriage and Fairytale Princess dies using white and gold card stock.  I colored the pieces using Distress Oxide inks.

I assembled the pieces and used a small piece of Dazzling Diamonds glitter card stock for my shoe.

I wanted something besides a plain background so I decided to stencil one using a fleur de lis pattern I have.  I used Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide ink on a 4 1/8 x 5 3/8 inch Highland Heather panel.  I thought I would just have one purple shade on another but the combination has an almost iridescent quality.

It is difficult to see in the photos but the color of the background shifts as you tilt the card.  You can see it a bit in the photo below.

To finish the card, I adhered the assembled panel to a purple A2 card base.  The pillow and shoe are lifted using foam dots and I added gold rhinestones to the center of the wheels.

Dies:

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!

Farm Scene

Good Morning Friends!

It is Pam creating with you today!

I know so many girls and boys love horses.  So I thought it would be fun to create a farm scene using the horse from our Magical Fantasy release.  I have to admit I love horses too!  This card also combines some dies from other releases.  I love mixing the old and new dies!!

Designer Steps:

 1.  Using the Royal Horse die cut out the body in dark brown card stock.  Then cut out the mane and hooves in tan.  Color the tan hooves black with your favorite markers.  Then use TH ink to shade the mane and add a little pink to the inner ear.  Assemble the horse

 2.  Using the Barn and Windmill die cut out the barn in white.  Color the barn pieces using a black and red marker

 3.  Assemble the barn

 4.  Cut a piece of designer cloud paper 4 x 5 1/4 and add the barn and grass

 5.  Using the Picket Fence Border die cut out a white fence.  Using the Spring Grass die cut out to rows of grass in the same green and as the background grass.  Glue down the fence and then the 2 layers of grass as shown.  Then add the horse

6.  Use a white A2 card base cut a slightly smaller piece of red and glue it to the front.  Then add the panel with the horse and barn and your card is complete

CottageCutz Products

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Blessings

Pam