Birthday Wishes

It's Anja here. Today I have a simple card for a little girl's birthday. She loves pink color and cats. And with the new stamps and slimline dies it's so easy to make a quick and cute card for any occasion.

For this card I used:

- Cottage Cutz dies (Lil' Bluebird Designs Kitty Love Stamp Set, Lil' Bluebird Designs Kitty Love Die Set, Lil' Bluebird Designs Happy Birthday Stamp Set, Lil' Bluebird Designs Happy Birthday Die Set, Star Window Slimline),

- Faber Castell Polychromos Color Pencils,

- patterned card stock for die cuts,

- purple card stock for card base (22,5x19 cm),

- black pigment ink,

- acrylic block,

- glitter brush, 

- white pen,

- washi tape,

- paper scorer,

- adhesive foam pads,

- scissors,

- paper trimmer,

- paper glue. 

 

First I stamped and colored all the images and the sentiment and cut it out. I used washi tape to hold the dies in place for the cutting part. I used white pen to emphasize the images. 

Next I made the card base. I trimmed and scored a piece pf purple card stock. I also used the Star Window Slimline with the patterned paper. 

Last I added the images a touch of glitter and used adhesive foam pads to attach it on the card base.

 

Then I assembled the card together and my project was done.  

 

And that's all from me for today. Have a nice week and see you again on Sunday.

Anja Z.

Cottage Cutz stamps and dies I used:

 

 

Celebrate in the City

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.

IT'S NEW RELEASE TIME! The Scrapping Cottage has just added a new brand to the company line. Lil' Bluebird Designs is being introduced with 16 new Photopolymer Clear Stamp Sets and 16 coordinating dies. There are stamps for so many of your card making occasions and then some. The coordinating dies just make it a perfect fit for your card making designs.

They are currently on sale at 25% off. And speaking of new releases, we have just introduced new CottageCutz Sentiments with Shadows. There are 12 phrases in this new release and you can pick these up at a 25% off price as well.
The shadow dies are so popular right now and they coordinate so well with the new Lil' Bluebird Stamps and dies.

Today for your viewing pleasure I have created a slimline card featuring the new City Skyline Slimline + Pinking Shear Edge Slimline dies. For my sentiment, I chose the new Celebrate w/Shadow die. 

I needed a birthday card for my nephew. I like to create his card with patriotic colors of red, white and blue. He is a vet and served 4 tours of duty in Iraq. And, I am proud of him and like to honor his service. So let's get started with some details on how I created my card.

Design Steps:

I wanted a fireworks background for my city skyline scene but I didn't have any of that type paper in my stash. So I looked on Pinterest and found some Fireworks paper that you could download for free. Whoo-hoo it was just what I was looking for! I printed it on 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock. So I will have some left to use on another project.

I decided I wanted the pinking sheer edge to frame my city scene. So I used the largest die 3 1/2" x 8 1/2" and cut in red cardstock. Then I took the next size die and cut again to get my frame. I like how it adds to the festive appeal of my card. The card base is also red.

Red card base: 3 1/2" x 8 1/2"

Designer Paper: 3 1/4" x 8 3/8"

Pinking Shear Edge: 3 1/2" x 8 1/2"

Next, I cut the city skyline in a royal blue cardstock. And the Celebrate phrase in red and the shadow in white for contrast.  

I decided to stamp some sentiments directly on the designer paper. I used the "celebrate" & "birthday wishes" words from the Lil' Bluebird Designs Happy Birthday set. And the word "party" from the Kitty Love set. 

Now that all my card elements are prepared,  I am ready to start card assembly. I attached the designer paper to the card base with double sided tape. The city skyline is also attached with double sided tape. 

For the pinking shear frame, I used Tombow Mono liquid glue. 

To finish off my card I added my celebrate phrase and scattered some sequins to the center of the fireworks. And, that's my sample for this week. 

I hope I have given you an idea for the new Slimline dies as well as the stamps from Lil' Bluebird Designs. See you next Saturday!

dies I used to create card:

Thanks A Latte

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne today with a thank you card for the coffee lover in your life.  In my case the biggest coffee lovers I know are ME and my husband!  I drink it all day long and even have an espresso machine. Naturally I love the new Coffee Time stamps and dies from Lil' Bluebird Designs.

 

For this card I created my own patterned paper by stamping some of the images at random on a piece of 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch Crumb Cake cardstock.  I say random, but it wasn't completely.  I knew I was going to highlight one of the coffee cups so I needed to make sure at least one was off  center and did not overlap the edge.  To fill in the space between the cups I used the coffee beans.

For my color on this card I chose red.  I colored one coffee cup using Prismacolors and then die cut the Thanks w/Shadow sentiment in coordinating colors.  I used Soft Suede, a brown that is slightly darker than the Crumb Cake.

I stamped the sentiment Thanks A Latte slightly off center on my card using black ink.  I wanted to make sure it stood out from the background.

Then I added my sentiment with shadow on top.  This makes a strong focal point and covers the top line of stamping nicely.  I had originally planned to mask off the sentiment but this works just as well and is easier!

 

Finally I popped up my coffee cup using foam dots.

This card can be made in any color and would also look great on white with pastel colored images stamped in the background.

Be sure to visit the online store.  The big Labor Day Sale ends tonight September 10 at 9:00 pm Pacific!

Products used: 

 

Thanks for visiting today.  I hope you have a fun and creative weekend.

New Baby Boy

 Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends

We have a Big Labor Day Sale -- Click Here

SAVE up to 65% on CottageCutz  -- SAVE 50% on Slimline Dies -- SAVE 40% on Little Bluebird Designs

Sales Ends Friday, September 10th at 9pm Pacific Time 

Today,  I am sharing a card featuring the Little Bluebird Stamps and our CottageCutz Sentiments with Shadows dies.  I was running low on my supply of new baby cards so I decided to stock up just in case a new little surprise comes along.

Design Steps:

1.  I am using a mini slimline white card base measuring 6 1/4 x 3 1/4.  Green layer of card stock 6 1/8 x 3 1/8, blue layer of card stock 6 x 3 and a polka dot layer 5 7/8 x 3 7/8.  I used our Congratulations with Shadow die to cut out the sentiment on white and blue

2.  Stamp your little animal images from the Safari Friends stamp set.  Color with the copics shown above and then us the coordinating dies to cut them out

3.  Using the Tropical Bouquet die cut out some leaves and flowers

4.  Glue the green layer to the card front, next glue the blue layer and finally glue the polka dot layer.  Pop up the Congratulation in the center of the card.  Stamp the sentiment and layer on green gluing flat to the card under Congratulations.  Next glue down the leaves

5.  Pop up the lion and the monkey as shown and glue the zebra down flat.  Add rhinestones to the flowers and your card front is done

6.  Stamp the inside of the card on a piece of white card stock 6 x 3 and add your extra leaves and little hippo

CottageCutz and Lil' Bluebird Stamps

Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to check out the huge Labor Day Sale it will be ending very soon!

Blessings and Take Care

Pam