Christmas Window

Good morning Cottagecutz fans. I hope your week is gong well and that you are almost ready for Christmas. I can’t believe it’s next week. I say this every year but where does the year go?

Anyway, it’s Wendy bringing you the blog today. I have a simple sweet card for you using some of my very extensive Cottagecutz stash.

I thought’s I’d make a little window scene. I have had these dies for a while and I thought, let’s use them.

To begin with I took s card 6” x 4”. At each inch point I have scored a line. I then cut out the ‘Window with  Shutters’ die in white an then the top and bottom in grey. Behind the window I used the “Window Christmas Friends” tree die and added some some gold tinsel from the same die. I then added some red pearls to look like lights. I thought it would be fun to have wallpaper behind the tree so I had this in my crafty stash.

I attached the window with 2mm foam pads as I wanted some dimension. At the top of the card I used the same ‘tinsel’ that I used on the tree and added some poinsettias,l finished with gold gems.

Next I thought the card looked a little bland so I used the ‘Build a House Accessories’ and cut out the lamps twice for each side of the card. I also used the dog which I layered 3 times so it looked more realistic. That is our card done

Dies I have used:

I have been a little bit distracted and excited this week as my craft room was finally finished,I am so blessed to have such a large room and my family have really pulled together to get this finished for me.

Here’s a few photos, excuse my crafty mess

 

Quick Popup

Hi everyone Happy Monday and oh my, oh my, it's almost Christmas and 2022 so whose ready?! Not me time is going by way too fast for me.  I made this popup Christmas cards for a friend of mine kid who happened to be watching me craft.  She said "oooo make the bear popup" hahha I laughed and so oh ok now that I can do for sure...

So I created a slimline popup by cutting my card stock to 4 x 8.5 and scored it at 4x5, and then made two other sections at 4 x 3 approximately.  I then covered it with patterned paper that my new helper chose and then made the popup piece by simply folding a piece of paper for it to lean against.

I colored my diecut pieces with my copics and glued them with a twist meaning.  I put the hat on my bear and made the bear pull the reindeer... she thought it was funny so we went with it.

I have started coloring on colored cardstock with my copics I feel this gives it a different look

Here is my finished popup card and you can see the piece of paper I adhered to the back of my Santa Bear and walla easy peasy

I really love how it came out and I topped it off with the "Merry Christmas" sentiment 

using gold foil paper

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Holiday Cocoa Gift with Tag And Card

Happy Sunday Scrapping Cottage friends! Melinda here with another project share. Today I am showcasing an easy, cute and sweet gift and card set.

Here is a look at my project.

I decided to use some sticker paper for my jar. It is a matte finish sticker paper. I ran it through my Gemini with my die and it cut the paper like butter!

I filled my jar with some hot cocoa mix, a layer of red sugar, some chocolate and white chocolate chips. I then added another layer of the hot cocoa mix and then some more red sugar and the chocolate and white chips. I then set to work coloring out all of the different pieces and then began to layer them.

Here's a look at the finished smore for the jar front. The sticker paper layered very well and adhered without any ripples or bumps onto the jar.  I didn't put a layer of Mod Podge over it, but you could to seal the stickers. I finished off the jar by wrapping some red and white twine several times around the lid. 

Here is a shot showing how I pulled the sticker paper backing off so I can build up the characters.

Here is the cute little smore on the lid of the jar from the Christmas Smores die set.

Here's a look at the card. I used a variety of die cuts from the Holiday Cocoa, Christmas Smores and the Sweet As A Christmas Cookie Die sets. I cut them all out of plain white cardstock and then colored them with my various markers.

Here is a closer look at them. I used the rolling pin and wrote "Have A" and then the Sweet Christmas sentiment came from the Sweet As A Christmas Cookie die set. I finished off the mat with some of my White Nuvo drops. I added the pink mat onto the largest scallop stitched rectangle die from that set. I then mounted all of that onto a horizontal folded A2 card base.

Here's a look at the cute little tag I made. I used the Holiday Cocoa die set. I colored all of my various pieces with marker after I cut them all out of plain white cardstock.

I cut out an extra die of the cup in white cardstock and then backed the colored die with it. I wrote the "to and from" on there with my red marker. 

The Dies I used to create these projects:

Christmas Smores

Sweet As A Christmas Cookie

Holiday Cocoa

Nested Scallop Rectangle Set

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Until the next time, have a wonderfully crafty day!

Melinda Beltran

Angel Ornament

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! Our annual Black Friday release is in the store. It's the Campin' Out release with 14 ever so cute designs and they are currently on a 30% off sale. It's perfect for year-round card making. And the Christmas release Part 1 and Part 2 is also available. There is still time to get Christmas dies ordered and delivered for Christmas card making.

Today, for your viewing pleasure I have a Christmas card in non-traditional colors using the Fairy Angel Ornament die. It's from the Christmas Part 1 release. So, let's get started with some details on how I created my card.

Design Steps:

I started my card this week with the colors from the Splitcoaststampers color challenge #873. We were to use blushing bride, mint macaron and crumb cake for our color trio. Optional was to add bling. 

blushing bride, mint macaron, crumb cake

I chose some metallic ornament paper from my stash that had two of the challenge colors. I thought it would a great backdrop for my angel ornament. I love the paper but metallics are not easy for me to capture a good photo. This paper has lots of silver on every ornament, but it doesn't show on the photo. If you have any tips, let me know. 

mint macaron card base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

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

Next, I cut my fairy angel ornament in the pink cardstock and decided to use some white glitter paper for the background. I used the largest die from the Circle set to cut it. 

I had a bit of a struggle trying to figure out how to get the crumb cake color in my design. It doesn't have to be a lot, but it has to be there. So, I found some paper in my stash that had that color in a muted way. 

I cut it in a small banner and stamped my sentiment in a medium brown ink. 

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. 

I attached the angel ornament to the glitter paper with Art Glitter glue. It dries clear and hold securely. 

I used silver cord as the ornament "hanger" and also added a silver cord bow for interest. The ornament is attached with double sided tape.

To finish off my card, I attached the sentiment banner with double sided tape and scattered some mint faceted enamel dots for the bling option. And that's my sample for this week. I hope I have given you an idea for the angel ornament die. See you next Saturday!

dies I used to create card:

Christmas Wreath

Dear Cottagecutz fans. Thank you for continuing to stop by to see the blogs each day, it means so much. It’s Wendy bringing you the blog today and I have a very simple stylish card for you.

To begin with I cut a piece of card when folded measured 5.5” x 4.5”. I also cut another piece of card the same size and cut a 4’ hole just above the centre as i wanted to add a sentiment to the bottom of the card. I then stuck the single piece of card onto the main card with 1mm foam pads.

Next I cut a great piece of card in grey, which was the same size of the hole I cut in in the main card and attached the alcove in the card with glue adhesive.

Here is the design bis far

Next, I wanted to create a wreath and the best way of doing this is to create a ring. I made this from the ‘Nested Stitched Circles’ sizes, 3” x 2 3/4”

Once cut out I decorated the started to decorate the wreath before sticking down to the card. I used the ‘Christmas Farmhouse Florals’ to do this. I took some green holly, top tip, take the end off the holly as it sits better without it. Add some white mistletoe and then a few pine cones to finish. Attach to the main card with glue

Finally I added some red germs to look like holly and your card is complete.

Thank you for popping by today. I really hope you like the card.  It is super easy to make and will give your stash the wow factor. Have a wonderful weekend and I will see you Tuesday with another design

Hugs, Wendy

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