Gingerbread family

Good morning CottageCutz friends, it’s Wendy bringing you the blog today, I really hope you’ve had a lovely weekend and are braced for the week ahead.

Today I’m bringing you a light touch tutorial and Friday will be a full tutorial

I just love this gingerbread family and I liked the die as parts could be easily separated

To begin with I cut my base card from white pearlescent card measuring 9” x approx. 4”. I then cut the ‘Circle windows’ Slimline’ in green pearlescent card and attached to my based card worth 1mm foam pads. I only did this around the edge so that I had enough room to slot the gingerbread family in.

Next I cut out small 3 elements of the gingerbread family and their component parts. I assembled and added some white stitching using a gel pen for effect.  /i also did this around the card

Next I added the family to the card, starting with the child at the top, mummy in the middle and daddy at the bottom. Here are some close ups for you

I had a wonderful die from a few years ago with I really wanted to play with which was the ‘Handmade cookies 2’. I thought they were a perfect match for my card so I cut out the base in fawn Bazzill card and then overlayed with white pearlescent card. I then scattered these about on the card when they looked grounded.

To finish off, I added some white gelato to make the gingerbread and the card look like it had flour / icing sugar on it. I think this really worked with the theme

I really hope you like the card today. I had such fun making it and I hope it inspires you to start making your Christmas cards

Have a a wonderful week and I will see you Friday for a full tutorial

Wendy

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Forest Friends

 Hi everyone welcome to another Monday with the Scrappin Cottage. Today I am sharing the  Windows Slimline card using the newly released Christmas Van w/Bear and Woodland Christmas set.

I used speciality papers to create the van and added the diecut piece to the bottom window on my slimline card

You can see how shiny it is in the image below

I next used craft colored paper to diecut the woodland deer and decided to leave it as it 

and adhered it in the second frame. 

The top window I colored the trees with my copics and used some white glitter paper to give a look of snow to the Forest Friends Border die (as seen below)

I glued the piece to a piece of white cardstock and this completed my card for today.

December Calendar Mini Page With Gingerbread Die Cut Family

Happy Sunday Scrapping Cottage friends! Melinda here with you today. First things first.... Did you remember to "fall back" today? I hope that extra hour means you get an extra hour of crafty time!!!!

Today I am sharing a cute December calendar I made featuring the gingerbread family die set along with a few elements from a couple other dies! They are all part of the fantastic Christmas Release #2.  Now is the perfect time to pick them up! They are 30% off! 

Here is a look at my project.

It is a fun December calendar page. The finished size is 7 x 7.

I will be creating a December Daily type project this year. I started off with this page.

For the base of the project, I started with a piece of 7x7 green cardstock. I then cut a white cardstock mat at 6.75 x 6.75. I then used an "ancient" MS border punch in my stash for the border.

To that I added a mat of some patterned paper I created. I cut that at 5.5 x 5.5. I added some flat back pearl strands to that border. 

Here's a closer look at some of the elements at the bottom of the layout.

Here you can see the cute girly gingerbread. You can also see the cute candy canes and the darling bow. The candy canes are from the Marshmallow Guys die cut. I colored them with my red marker and then added a little red stickles to give it a little extra. The double bow comes from the beautiful Ice Skates die. I love that you can easily mix and match pieces from the various dies!

To the top right corner, I added this pretty little stitched Cardinal with some holly leaves and berries. I added a touch of stickles to the berries for an extra touch. The photo doesn't show the sparkle to well though. 

Here's a closer look at the cute little gingerbread child and father. They are so cute and pretty easy to put together.

Here is one last look at my spread. I created the monthly calendar and then sized it down and printed it.

I haven't decided if I am going to add this to a little mini album or which way I am going to combine them. So STAY TUNED as next week I will be sharing more of my pages!

The Dies I used to create these projects:

Gingerbread Family

Christmas Smores

Woodland Christmas Set

Well that about covers it for today! 

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Until the next time, have a wonderfully crafty day!

Santa Gnome & Silly Reindeer

Hello CottageCutz 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 new Christmas dies are in the online store with 40 new designs from Christmas Part 1 and 19 new designs from Christmas Part 2 and they are on a limited time sale at 30% off.

I send a lot of Christmas cards and during the busy holiday season, I need to make a few cards that are more simplified in design and can be reproduced quickly. This allows me to spend time on more detailed designs.   

Today for your viewing pleasure, I have a CAS design featuring the whimsical Santa Gnome w/Silly Reindeer die from Christmas Part 2 and the Merry Christmas w/Snowflakes die from Christmas Part 1. So let's get started with some details on how I created this card. 

Design Steps:

I started my card this week by cutting the images. The packaging had the perfect Christmas colors so I went with those. 

Then I looked through my designer papers for a paper that had a snowy background scene. I found this one and thought it was just perfect. With the right designer paper I think you can make a more simple design but still have the wow effect. 

I didn't want to cut too much off this paper so I decided to go with a square card. 

Navy Blue card base: 5 3/4" x 5 3/4"

Designer paper Layer: 5 1/2" x 5 1/2"

I cut the Merry Christmas sentiment in navy blue cardstock.

 

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 images are attached with dimensional adhesive. Lifting them slightly off the background gives your card more depth.

To finish off the card, I added the sentiment using Art glitter glue. This one is my new fave and it dries clear. Well that's it for me for this week. See you next Saturday.

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Die I used to create card

Christmas Smores Penny Slider

Happy Friday Cottagecutz fans. It’s Wendy bringing you the Friday blog. I hope you’ve had a wonderful week and have plans for Christmas crafting this weekend. 

I really wanted to bring you something different today so I worked out that the smallest of the ‘Rounded Rectangles Slimline’ was great for crating a slider card. How fabulous is that!

So I have a full tutorial for you today to set you up for the weekend and helpfully inspire you to make some similar cards with the extensive Cottagecutz die range

To begin with I cut a pice of white card using the ‘Hills Slimline’ die twice. I’ll explain the reason for shortly.

So I took the smallest die from the ‘Rounded Rectangles Slimline’ to create the path for my slider die. I made the hill quite steep so that I could add some other embellishments to the card.

Next I cut out both S’mores, snowy trees and assembled. I wanted to give the side facing S’more some heft so it would move through the track so I attached another piece if card behind it and then I doubled up the ski’s,

So we are ready to get the slider up and running. Place the S’more on your desk and add approx. 4mm foam pads. Place the front layer of the card over the S’more and then attach a 1 penny coin.

Add the same height foam (4mm) all way around the front piece of card and attach this to the other piece of card that we cut in the same size which I mentioned in the opening tutorial

So then I started to attach the trees to the card before sticking over the finished design above. I also added a few snowflakes from the ‘Slimline Snowflake Background’

I added the other S’more to the right hand side of the card. Your slider card is now complete. Skiing S’more looks like he’s coming down the hill for a hot cocoa :-)

I really hope that you like the card and have got some inspiration for your Christmas crafting

Have a wonderful weekend and don’t forget to find time to craft

Wendy

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