Adventure Awaits

Hi! Janja is here today with a card for all adventure travel lovers.

- CottageCutz dies: Arctic Whale & Narwhal, Snowy Mountains, Seal & Walrus Pals, Camping Phrases, Woodland Pine Trees
- white card blank: 5.5 x 5.5" (14 x 14 cm), folded
- light blue paper: 2.2 x 5.3" (5,6 x 13,5 cm)
- blue paper: 3.4 x 5.3" (8,6 x 13,5 cm)
- colored cardstock
- colored pads
- glue, double-sided adhesive tape, self-adhesive foam pads

First, start making a card by cutting out all of its elements.
I cut all my pieces out of colored cardstock. You can also use white cardstock, and color all the pieces with any color media.

For both islands I used floating ice sheets and for different conifers only their upper parts.

Use colored paper in two shades of blue for the sky and the sea.
Cut the mountains from white cardstock. Use them as a stencil to shade the sky behind the mountains. Now paste the mountains to the shaded spot.
Shade a part of the sea with a bit darker ink pad.

Paste both papers with a double-sided adhesive tape to get a 5.3 x 5.3 inches (13.5 x 13.5 cm) background.
Cut or tear off a strip from the same paper as the sea.
Paste a white "Adventure" cutout on the right.

Paste the forest to both islands and all together on the background. Paste the Arctic Whale on the back of the strip.
Finish the card by attaching the strip to the bottom edge with foam self-adhesive pads.

Have a nice day.
Janja

Husky With Presents

Hi!

It's Anja here. I used another adorable die for today's project. You can combine this cute husky with all kinds of dies. I used the presents from one of the older releases.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Husky w/ Sled, Holiday Reindeer),
- Distress Inks,
- craft card base (13x18 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts and background (7x17 cm),
- craft cardstock for background (8x17 cm),
- patterned paper (12x17 cm),
- black pen,
- white pen,
- clouds plastic stencil,
- red ribbon,
- jingle bell charm,
- tape,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the husky and the presents.

Next I started on the background. I used craft card base and trimmed the patterned paper first.

Next I used a strip of white and craft cardstock.

I adhered both together and made the clouds using the plastic stencil and blue Distress Ink.

I adhered this piece on the patterned paper and made a bow using red ribbon and bell charm. I taped it with the tape on the other side.

When I had the background done, I glued it on the card base and added the husky. And my card was done.

That's all from me for today.

Have a nice day and see you again next week.

Anja Z.



Cottage Cutz dies I used for this project:

Vintage Rudolf

Happy Friday Cottage Cutz fans!  It's Jeanne today with a card that reminds me of the style of Christmas cards around when I was a little girl.  This card is also quick to create and would be easy to make in multiples as we get down to the wire in the holiday cardmaking season!

I cut the reindeer from white and Crumb Cake cardstock using the Reindeer and Penguin die. 

I used Copic markers to color the hooves, nose and collar, and Distress oxide ink in Vintage Photo to shade the deer; then I assembled Rudolf.

 I cut a 5.5 x 4.25 inch panel from a vintage look paper and a circle from white cardstock using the largest of the Scalloped Stitched Circle die.

Using the same DO ink, I antiqued the edges of both and glued the circle in the center of the panel.

Next, I cut Merry Christmas in Real Red cardstock that I had backed with an adhesive sheet.

I assembled the pieces....

and adhered the panel to an A2 card base.  I added gold glitter dots as jingle bells on Rudolf's collar.  This card is quick to make for a fun vintage look.

Dies:

Thanks for stopping by today!  Be sure to stop by the online store to see all the latest dies!

A Beary Merry Christmas

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Friday edition of the Blog. 

The new release of Artic Animal dies are in the online store. There are 13 new designs in this release and they are currently on sale. You can get this entire release at an amazing price of under $70.00. The sale ends tonight though so make your selections quickly. 

These new dies are so versatile, and can be used for a variety of occasions. The baby Artic animals  would make a cute congratulations card,  baby shower invitations, a welcome new baby card, a child's birthday card or cards for our animal loving friends. The other dies are great for a winter birthday, thinking of you, thanks and let's not forget our Christmas cards. 

I am featuring the new Artic Polar Bear and Cub + the Artic Snowy Tree dies, and I made a whimsical Christmas card. So let's get started on some details of how I created my card.

Step 1: I started my card by choosing my designer paper. I have this Christmas collection of plaid papers and I wanted to use some of the patterns on my Christmas cards. Plaids are so on trend right now.

Spruce layering panel: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Designer paper layer: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"

Next I cut my Polar Bear images. I used a naturals white paper that has fine specks of gray in it. Although in this photo the bears look a bit yellow (lol)! It's perfect for the bear images. I matched their scarves to the colors in the designer paper. The snowy trees are cut in the same spruce cardstock as the layering panel.

I used the largest Circle and largest Stitched Circle dies for the image panel. My sentiment is computer generated so I printed that off first on white cardstock and then used the die to cut the circle.

I wanted the Bear to walk on a snow mound so I used the one from the Skiing Gnomes die.

In order for it to fit in the circle I used the largest circle die and laid the snow mound in there and cut it.

Finished image

Step 2: Now that all my elements are cut, I am ready to start card assembly. I attached the bears with dimensional adhesive & the snowy tree with double sided tape to the circles. 

I used double sided tape to adhere the other panels. When it was put together I decided to make the card base the cherry shade. I thought it brightened up the card with this extra color and I also added a tuft of spruce ribbon. The base measures 4 1/2" x 5 3/4". I added the glitter to the snow mound after it was attached to the designer paper. A little tricky doing it this way but it worked out ok. 

To finish up my card, I scattered a few gold sequins. I hope I have given you an idea on a way to use these new dies. Today is the last day of the sale, so if you are considering any or all of them head over to the online store before 9:00 pm PST.

  

dies I used to create card: