Birthday Hedgehog! New Release

Hi Scrapping Cottage Friends,

It is Pam having fun with you on the blog today!

The new Birthday release is charming with all of it's darling little mice and other sweet little critters!  You are going to love decorating your special birthday cards with each of these dies!  And to make it even better they are 25% off in the online store now!  Don't miss this special new release sale!

I am featuring 2 of the new birthday dies on my card today.

Designer Steps:

1.  Using the Birthday Hedgehog die cut it out using tan card stock.  Shade and color him with brown ink

2.  Assemble the Hedgehog set aside

3.   Cut the balloon and packages with various scraps and colors of DP and card stock.  Great way to use up some of those pieces of DP and card stock

4.  Use a standard A2 card in cream color card stock.  Fold in the center and then fold the front flap in half as shown

 5.  Cut DP for the flaps and the front panel and layer them onto yellow card stock

6.  Glue the DP to the yellow card stock and then adhere to the card as shown

 7.  Using the Double Stitched Square die cut out 2 in tan and then layer onto yellow card stock

8.  Glue one of the squares to the front folded flap and then one to the inside of the card directly behind the one on the front

9.  Place dimension tape on the back of the hedgehog and package and pop them to the front square.  Add 2 more packages to the bottom of the front flap and some star rhinestones

10.  Add a package and Happy Birthday in blue cut out with the Happy Birthday Vine

CottageCutz Products

I hope you love this fun festive birthday card!  I think it would bring a smile to someones face on their birthday!  Don't forget our sale in the online store right now!

Blessings

Pam

Wish Card

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I'm sharing this sweet card for my design team post.  I used the new Birthday dies for the focal point and also pulled in a couple of older Cottage Cutz dies for this festive card.

The inspiration for my card was the patterned paper from the Bo Bunny Surprise 6x6 paper pad.  The different colored polka dots were used to draw out the bright colors of my die cuts.

The Party Elephant and Party Favors are from the new Birthday dies. I used the Nested Wacky Stitched Rectangle Set for the white card base and the Stitched Alphabet for the sentiment.  Once I cut out my pieces, I shaded them with some cheerful colors of Oxide Inks.

I layered the Wacky rectangle frame on my pattered paper.  The "wish" sentiment was adhered at the bottom of my card base and the adorable elephant was placed above the phrase.

Next, I added the presents above the sentiment and layered them slightly for a more cohesive design.

I created an embellishment cluster with the three tiny flowers in the corner of my card and finished off the birthday scene!

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

Round birthday cards

Hi! Janja is here. My summer holidays are over and I'm with you again.
For my today post I prepared 4 cards with a new release - Birthday.
Let's see how they are made.

- CottageCutz dies: Birthday Mouse Cupcake, Ballerina Mouse, Mouse with Cake, Party Mouse with Presents, Nested Stitched Scallop Circle Set

- round card bases

- white and colored cardstock

- colored ink pads

- self-adhesive foam pads, glue

Cut out all the pieces from a colored cardstock. Color them around the edges with colored ink pads. Then assemble all mouses.

Prepare white round card bases. Cut circles from patterned papers and colored cardstock. Paste all circles on card bases.

Attach the mouses to the background with glue and self-adhesive foam pads. Stamp a sentiment and we're done.

Thanks for stopping here and happy crafting.

Janja

Make A Wish

Hi!

It's Anja here. I got a package of new Birthday dies this week. And got so exited I decided to make two cards for this week's post.

For my project I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Birthday Hedgehog, Birthday Cake with Pedestal, Nested Stitched Scallop Oval Set, Fairytale Birthday),
- Distress Inks (Broken China, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire, Black Soot, Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint, Pumice Stone, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Seedless Preserves, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo),
- white card base (2; 15x15 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- patterned paper (2; 14x14 cm),
- black pen,
- white pen,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the hedgehog and the cake.

Next I cut and colored the sentiment. I made two.

And then I cut patterned paper and two ovals from white paper.

When I had all the pieces ready I combined it in two cards.

Hope you like the project I did for today.

Before I go want to remind you to check the store for some lovely discounts of Christmas dies.

Have a nice Sunday.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used for this project:

Party Cake (new die)

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 brand new release of Birthday dies in the online store. There are 25 new designs and they are currently on sale at 25% off. This release is filled with cute little whimsical animals, birthday cakes, cupcakes and birthday phrases. Everything you need to create some outstanding birthday cards.

Today, I am featuring the Party Cake and Festive Birthday Greeting dies. So let's get started on some details of how I created my card.

Step 1:   As I have said so many times before, having a layout in mind at the start of my card is always a big boost for me. It jump starts my creative thought process. I love working with the sketches that are out there in the online world. That way I just choose the colors and designer paper and I am good to go. 

This week's sketch #758 on Splitcoaststampers was perfect to create a festive birthday card. It allowed me to use designer paper and the image was perfect for showcasing the party cake image.

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

I cut the birthday cake in chocolate chip and melon mambo cardstocks. The candles are cut in grape cardstock, the cake plate in coastal cabana, and for the "cake confetti" I used a combination of the cardstocks I've just listed.

Step 2: I stamped my birthday wishes sentiment in melon mambo ink to match the "happy" banner at the top of the panel.
Attached the cake image with double sided tape. The happy banner and cake confetti are attached with Ranger multi medium matte.

I started the assembly of the card layers. Attached the designer paper to the card base with double sided tape. The white panels are element 2 of the sketch and also attached with double sided tape.

Secured the espresso panel - element 3 of the sketch- with double sided tape.

To finish off my card , I added the image panel and scattered a few melon mambo enamel dots to the espresso brown panel. That's my card for this week. I hope I have given you an idea on a way to use this super cute and festive party cake. See you next Saturday.

dies I used to create card: