Christmas Poinsettia

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends

The design team is continuing to use our two new Christmas release dies.  The two releases are at 30% off but this great sale won't last long.  So make sure to take a peek before the prices go up.  I am using one of the very versatile dies the Woodland Christmas Set.  There are a number of great designs on this one die.  I am using the beautiful Poinsettia for this card.

Design Steps:

1.  Use a white slimline base measuring 3 1/2 x 8 1/2.  Cut a piece of white card stock using the Lattice Slimline die for the cards background.  Glue the Lattice to the front of the white slimline base card

2.  Next using the Woodland Christmas Set die cut out the red flowers, green leaves and the gold centers.  For the gold berries I used the Christmas Floral #2

3.  Use a stylus to give the flowers and leaves a little bend.  Rub the back of the petals and then flip over and make a circular motion in the cener of the flower.  For the leaves just rub the back of the leaves

4.  Make your arrangement just slightly below the center of the card.  I used glue dots for the flowers and tucked the leaves and gold berries in with glue

5.  Stamp your sentiment and layer with red card stock.  Glue the sentiment to the front of your card and your card is complete

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Take Care and Blessings

Pam

Hello again! 

It's Theary Chea here on the blog today. For today's post, I am sharing another video over on the CottageCutz Youtube Channel. 

For this video, I am sharing a card that I created using the Gingerbread Family Die from the most recent release. 

Sometimes, I find it difficult to find the right pattern paper for my projects. So, for this card, I decided to create my own pattern paper by using the Arctic Snowy Tree die. It was quite simple to make and I hope it will inspire you to create your own using the dies that you may have on hand.

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Supplies used:

Gingerbread Family

Arctic Snowy Tree

Nested Stitched Scallop Circle Set

Merry Christmas with Shadow

Tree Ornament

Happy Tuesday Cottagecutz fans, I hope you had a good weekend and are looking forward to the week ahead. It’s Wendy bringing you the Tuesday blog today and my project is a fun Ornamente for your tree or it could be a shaker tag

I just love this die and I used it on my project last week. I am going to be sending all my family these decorations for their trees. The great thing is that you can personalise on the back with names and the year

Ok, so lets get onto the tutorial. Firstly I took the largest ‘Scalloped Stitched Circle in both blue and twice in white. I’ll explain later why I cut the extra white pice

With the 3rd largest circle I cut an aperture in the white piece of card

Next I cut a piece of acetate that fitted the scalloped circle without hanging over the edge. You can do this by using the 2nd largest circle. Top Tip, if you are cutting acetate it’s worth having a piece of paper beneath the acetate to ensure a nice clean cut.

Next I attached the acetate to the back of the white scalloped hoop and attached 3mm foam pads as i want this ornament to be a shaker ornament

So you can put this to one side whilst we create the shaker scene. I cut the second largest circle in white card and then use the ‘Hills Slimline’ to crate a snowy background. I also cut some white glitter trees from the ‘Winter House’ Accessories’ die as I think these are super cute. I attached this to the scene with glue as I didn’t need the extra height on the scene

I then cut out the elements from the ‘Snowman Reindeer Car’. I have fallen in love with this die, it is too cute. Once assembled, I attached this to my winter scene with glue. Again, additional height is not necessary as I need room for the fun snow!

Next I added the faux snow. It’s just white chunky glitter and I really think it looks realistic. I put the glitter directly onto the scene

I then peeled off the foam tape from the other piece of card and tack over the base card

To finalise I cut a hole in the top of the ornament and threaded through some twine. The remaining white circle I cut I’m going to print on with my relatives name and also the year. So here’s the finished project.

I really hope you like this project. Cottagecutz have so many dies that could be used in this little winter ornament. 

I wish you a fantastic week and look forward to seeing you again on Friday with a super new idea

Wendy

Dies I used

Vintage Fun

Hi everyone happy Monday. It is actually cold here in Florida well to us Floridians 55 degrees is cold to us lol but it feels so good. So my card today features a snowman perfect for the weather but without the beautiful snow. 

I used patterned paper from P13 I loved the design and some chipboard pieces for added decor. 

I diecut the pieces using watercolor paper since I was going to use distress and brush pens to color the cut pieces.  Once. I was done I glued everything together to finish it off.

https://youtu.be/QTsllahq6Xk

Weekly Mini Calendar Spread

Happy Sunday Scrapping Cottage friends! Melinda here with another Sunday Funday project! 

Today I am sharing another page for my December Mini Album- December Daily project. Today's page is my weekly page spread for the first week in December. It features two dies from the new Christmas Releases. You need to grab these quickly so you can take advantage of the  30% off sale.

Here is a look at my project.

The finished size is 7 x 7.

For the base of the project, I started with a piece of 7x7 green cardstock. I then cut a red cardstock mat at 6.75 x 6.75. I then cut a piece of patterned paper from my stash and then mounted the weekly spread onto another green cardstock mat. I mounted that onto the patterned paper.

One of the main dies I used was the Christmas Deer w/ Ornaments die. This die was so cute to piece together. I love all the little delicate ornaments hanging from the antlers. I used my chalks to brush a little detail around the body lines. This is a very quick and easy way to give your die cuts some dimension.

Here's a closer look at some of the little deer from the Sweet Deer Under Mistletoe die.

You can also see there I added a couple of presents as well. I cut the little die out in just three colors. I then used my markers to color the little presents and bows in green and red.  I used my chalks and my black pen to add all the details to these cutie patooties!

Here you can see that I used my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen to add some touches of glitter to the little ornaments. 

I also used my white gel pen to add a few little accents here and there. These cute dies cut like butter and came together easily!

The Dies I used to create these projects:

Sweet Deer Under Mistletoe

Christmas Deer w/ Ornaments

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CHRISTMAS PART 2 RELEASE!!!!

SOME AMAZINGLY CUTE DIES! 

This release has the Merry Christmas with Shadow die.

CHRISTMAS PART 1 RELEASE!!!!

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Santa Gnome in Present

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 design featuring the whimsical Santa Gnome in Present die from the Christmas Part 2 collection. We have so many cute gnomes in the collection this year. Here is a card I made using another one of them. 

 So let's get started with some details on how I created this card.

Design Steps:

I started my card this week with the layout. As I have said so many times before having the sketch in mind helps start as well as simplify the card making process for me. I liked the sketch #869 at Splitcoaststampers. I thought it would work well for this cheeky little gnome. 

Then I also used the colors from the Splitcoaststampers color challenge #869. We were to use cherry cobbler, gold and shaded spruce. Perfect colors for the Christmas gnome. 

cherry cobbler, gold, shaded spruce

I had the perfect designer paper that had all the challenge colors. My card is a 5 1/4" square. For the diamond shape, I used the largest Stitched Square (3.5") die and the circle is the 2nd largest (3 1/4") from the Circle set. 

cherry cobbler base: 5 1/4" square

gold layer: 5" square

designer paper layer: 4 7/8" square

Next, I cut the Santa Gnome in the challenge colors. I used Art glitter glue to assemble the image. I like this one because it dries clear. 

I stamped my sentiment on an angle in the circle using the shaded spruce ink. I used my MISTI for placement. 

Now that my card elements are prepared, I am ready to start card assembly. I used double sided tape to attach the panels. The Gnome is attached with dimensional adhesive. I also changed the Christmas ornament, I decided to cut it from the designer paper to give a bit more contrast against the green present box. 

To finish off my card, I attached the panel to the cherry cobbler card base and also scattered a few gold sequins. That's my card sample for this week. I hope I have given you an idea for a way to use the Santa Gnome in present die. See you next Saturday!

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dies I used to create card: