Unicorn With Flowers

Hi!

It's Anja here. I have another quick project for you today. I made a magical scene, using an unicorn and decorating it with flowers.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Unicorn Floral, Nested Stitched Eyelet Circle Set),
- Distress Inks (Mustard Seed, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Dusty Concord, Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, Pumice Stone, Broken China),
- white card base (21x10 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- patterned paper (20,5x9,5 cm),
- liquid drops (pink, yellow),
- adhesive foam pads,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the unicorn and all the flowers and greenery.

Next I cut all the pieces for the background.

And when I had everything cut and colored I glued all the pieces to the card base. In the end  used liquid drops to add a bit of dimension to the flowers.

And my card was done.

This is all from me for today. Don't forget to stop by at the store for the new release.

See you again next week.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used for this card:

Fairy Tale Birthday

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 released the new Magical Garden dies. There are 14 new designs and they are currently on sale at 25% off.
If you love fairies, fairy gardens, gnomes and flowers, you will love these dies. We will have several group posts to jump start your creativity starting next week. In the meantime, check out this little teaser from Jeanne using  the Mushroom Fairy Garden and the Fairy Garden Flowers dies.

Today, I am featuring the Princess Cake die. This one is from the Magical Fantasy collection of dies. I wanted the cake to be the center of attention on this card so I kept my design on the simple side. Let's get started with some details on how I created it.

Step 1: I was looking for a more clean and simple layout for this card. When I checked out the Splitcoaststampers Wednesday sketch challenge #752, it was just what I was looking for. The beauty of any sketch is that you can always bump it up a notch with designer paper, ribbon and embellishments. I stuck pretty much to the sketch layout this time.

Step 2:  I selected my card colors based off the designer paper I chose to use. I bought a pack of watercolor papers at Hobby Lobby a few weeks ago. The colors are perfect for all the cards I have been creating using the Magical Fantasy dies.

Light Purple Card Base: 4 1/8" x 5 1/4"
Designer Paper Layer: 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"
White Image Panel: 2nd largest rectangle die (2 11/16" x 3 11/16")
Light Purple Layer:  2nd largest pierced rectangle die (2 7/8" x 3 7/8")

Next, I cut the princess cake. I used 2 shades of pink and a light purple. The princess crown I cut in a metallic gold. I liked all the sparkle for a cake topper.

I stamped the sentiment on the white image panel. I only wanted the words Write Your Own Fairy Tale and Happy Birthday. Since both of the sentiments had more words that what I wanted to use, I taped off the portion that I didn't want and inked up the remainder. Used my MISTI just in case I need to ink the stamp a 2nd time. But, today with the grape ink once was sufficient.

Step 3: I am ready to start card assembly. Attached the designer paper to the card base using double sided tape. For element 2 of the sketch, I cut a 3/4" piece of grape cardstock and embossed it with hearts.

Added the cake to the white panel using dimensional adhesive.

Added the image panel to the card base using double sided tape. The sketch layout was to have the image panel a little further down on the card base. I decided to center this panel. To finish off my card, I decided to use a few glitter enamel dots.

Well, that's it for me for this week. See you next Saturday.

dies I used to create card:

A Fairy Happy Birthday!

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne and today I'm featuring a card made with the new Magical Garden dies.  These adorable dies are 25% off on the website for a limited time.

I'm trying to make more birthday cards this year and these cute fairies went perfectly with the sentiment I had.  One more done!  For the layout I used the sketch challenge this week at Splitcoaststampers and for the colors I chose some designer paper and used the colors from it.  I thought the clouds and sprinkles went well with the fairies.

I started by cutting the pieces in white and vanilla card stock, using ink and sponge daubers to color the pieces.  I used the vanilla for the fairies skin and the under part of the mushroom cap.

I assembled and glued my pieces together on a silicone mat.  This allows the assembled element to dry and prevents it from sticking to my paper or table.

I decided to make an A6 card - 4 1/2 x 6 inches.  I cut one panel this size, a strip 1 1/2 x 6, a rectangle using the largest of the Scalloped Stitched Rectangle dies, and a white square using the third largest of the Stitched Squares dies.

I then heat embossed my sentiment in white on the scalloped panel.

I glued the white square on top and added my fairies and floral pieces.  The fairies and mushroom caps are covered in several coats of Wink of Stella.  I used gold Wink of Stella to add a few "drips" from the watering can.

I adhered the panel and the strip to the card base along with a piece of ribbon.  Then I used foam tape to pop the panel up from the front of the card.

Since fairies are magical creatures that seem to beg for sparkle, I added a few sequins to the scene.  In this photo you can really see the Wink of Stella.

I hope you enjoyed my card today.  Don't forget to stop by the store and check out all the new dies!

Dies used:

Thanks for visiting - I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!

By the Sea!

Good Morning Everyone!

It is Pam creating with you today on the blog

I live near the beach and in the summer that is the place to be here in South Carolina!  I was already to move cross country as some of you may have read in my earlier post a couple of months ago.  But our house sale fell through so we are still in SC.  It really is a nice place to live!  But the summers are pretty steamy!!  Anyway the beach is what inspired my card today. (This card was also inspired by the wonderful card maker Michelle Zindorf)

Design Steps:

 1.  You will need a white A2 card base, a slightly smaller piece of navy, then a slightly smaller piece then the navy of blue, then a piece of sand card stock 3 3/4 x 5. You will also need a 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 blue square, 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 navy square and a 3 x 3 white square.

 2.  Stamp the sand color card stock with a bunch of splashes using Versa Mark ink

 3.  Glue the blue to the navy then add the sand card stock on top of the blue.  Add the strip of striped navy ribbon using double sided tape

4.  Attach the panel to the front of the card and set aside

 5.  Round the corners of all of the squares.  And on the white square use blue ink spray to create a watery look

6.  Stamp the sentiment with black ink.  I used a positioning took to stamp it twice to get a nice dark black

 7.  Cut out the shells on tan card stock using the Sand Dollar and Trumpet Shell die.  Cut the sea grass using the Spring Meadow die and green card stock.  Use TH vintage ink for the shells and grass then add a little coral ink to the Trumpet Shell

 8.  I then sprayed the shells with some Walnut ink

9.  Glue the layers of square together and add the sea grass first then the shells

 10.  Pop the shell panel to the front of the card

11.  For the inside I added a Scallop Shell which I inked in the corner.  Next layered the sentiment on blue and glued it to the card.  Glue the panel to the inside of the card

CottageCutz Products

Thanks for stopping by and make sure to check out our new release called Magical Garden you won't be disappointed and happy summer!!

Blessings

Pam