Just CHICKEN in ♡ I Miss You

Happy Monday everyone!

It's Kris sharing with you today some inspiration using our Folk Art collection!  I've used the Folk Art Hen to let someone know I'm just CHICKEN in ... cuz I miss them ☺

For this card, I used very few supplies and colors and let the cute dies and papers do the work!  I've used  the Folk Art Hen, Pierced Ovals, Scalloped Ovals, Stitched Sun, and some papers from 'On the Farm' pack by Doodlebug Designs.

Design Steps:

1)  I started with a 5-1/2" square top-folding card base and layered a grey square that was cut at 5-1/4". 

2)  I already had a left-over piece of this cute chicken paper that had an oval already die cut from it so I cut it down to 5".  (The oval size is the 2nd largest from the Pierced Oval dies) I cut a piece of red bandana paper just a li'l bit larger than my oval opening and attached it to the back of my chicken paper.  

3)  I used a strip of the chicken paper that was cut off  when I trimmed that paper to 5" and used the backside -- which has a chicken wire pattern -- and attached that to the lower part of my card. I then wrapped some natural colored twine around that strip of chicken wire paper, and tied in a somewhat of a bow.  Then added a cute red/white gingham brad and attached on top of the grey layer. 

4)  Next, I die cut a white oval frame by layering the 2 largest of the Pierced Oval dies together, taped them in place with a low-tac tape and ran it thru my machine.  Then I glued on top of the oval opening on card.

5)  I die cut my Hen from light grey, white, and red cardstock (to match the cute chickens on my paper!) and assembled.

6)  I noticed the red comb & wattle of my chicken were lost again the red bandana paper, so I die cut a Stitched Sun and placed behind her head ☺  I also added some white gel pen detail on all the red pieces.

7)  And lastly... I added some Scattered Straw (Distress Oxide Ink) onto a piece of white cardstock since that was the closest I thought would match my paper, and then ran it through my computer printer to get the sentiment on it.  Then I backed it with a Scalloped Oval and popped it onto card with foam dots.

****TIP:  I did try printing my sentiment first, then ink blended over it, but the opacity of this pigment ink just covered up my sentiment!  Lesson learned!  LoL.

Thanks so much for taking a look today!  I hope you are inspired to get crafty with your favorite CottageCutz dies!  These Folk Art ones are so cute and different - We'd LOVE to see what you are creating too!  Please use hashtag #cottagecutz when posting so we can find your projects!

~Kristine

Folk Art Bear at Christmas.

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.

Our new Folk Art release is still available in the online store at 35% off individual dies. There are 19 new designs that are so perfect for cardmaking, journaling, and scrapbooking. 

They allow you to add a beautiful touch of folk art to whatever you may be creating - birthday, thank-you, new home, thinking of you and even Christmas. The design team has featured many creative ideas using these dies so take a look back at our posts for inspiration. 

Today, I am featuring the new Folk Art Bear die on a Christmas card. I think my completed card has a bit of a Nordic appeal. So, let's get started with some details of how I created my card. 

Design Steps:

I wanted my bear mostly white with a few touches of color. For that color I used red and navy blue, and I did the die inlay technique. 

Next, I cut my phrase in white cardstock from the Peace and Joy Wreath (Christmas 2022).  

I started assembling my card. I attached the bear with repositionable tape to get an idea of where I would place my peace and joy phrase. 

I cut some greenery from the Folk Art Flowers Mixed die to layer on the card front. I also realized I forgot to inlay the red heart for the bear. I also added dimensional adhesive to have the lifted slightly off the background. 

To finish off my card, I added more greenery. This time it's cut from the Folk Art Fox die. I also scattered some circles around for added interest. They were cut from the dies I mentioned above. 

That's it for me for this post. See you next Saturday!

Christmas Poinsettia

Hello CottageCutz 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.

We have a 4th of July sale going on right now in the online store. It runs through today (Friday) at 9:00 pm (PDT) with savings of up to 70%. There are so many great dies on sale right now. 

My card for today is showing one of the Christmas dies from last year's collection. It is currently on sale at 30% off. The die is the Poinsettia Floral. 

For my card I used the colors from this week's color challenge #955 on Splitcoaststampers. It is also a Christmas in July theme. The colors we were to use are poppy parade, petal pink and soft succulent. 

petal pink, poppy parade and soft succulent

I don't have petal pink cardstock, so I used powder pink for my poinsettia. Since there are no veins in this die, I added them with powder pink ink and a brush and for the top layer I used a R20 Copic marker. The top layer idea came from my teamie Kristine. 

The leaves are cut in soft succulent cardstock and then shaded with the same ink for a deeper hue. After I finished this card, I found some soft succulent glimmer paper, so I cut the holly leaves in that paper for a little shine. I decided not to remove the other piece of cardstock but kept it for a darker border.

Stamped my Merry Christmas sentiment in poppy parade. To complete my card I added a few poppy parade enamel dots and the card base is also poppy parade cardstock. My card is a bit larger than I usually make - it measures 5" x 6". 

Well, that's it for me for this post. I will be back tomorrow with a card from our new Folk Art collection. 

New Home

 Hello Friends

Today, I am making a card for my nephew who is moving into a new home very soon.  

I am using the Folk Art Trees and the Folk Art House (Large).  These dies are from our Folk Art release!  There are 19 wonderfully detailed dies in this collection.  Each die can be used separately or together. They are perfect for multiple occasions.  

Design Steps:

1.  Start with cutting out the pieces using the Folk Art Trees, the Folk Art House (Large) and the Garden Accessories die (fence).   I used the following colors of card stock: coral, navy, light green, dark green, yellow, red, brown and white.  Assembly the pieces using a fine tip glue

2.  For the card base use a white card folded measuring 4 1/4 x 6 1/4.  On the base use blue ink and blend the sky after blending splatter with water and dry.  Next use the Hills Slimline die and cut a piece of dark green and light green card stock.  Layer the grass as shown above 

3.  Add the trees to the top of the dark green hill as shown above

4.  Tuck the house in the light green hill as shown above

5.  Place the white picket fence at the bottom of the card add you flowers, leaves and sentiment and your card is complete

We have more inspiration on our YouTube Channel check it out HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by!  And I will see you next Thursday.

Blessings and Take Care

4th of July Pinwheel Table Decor

Happy 4th of July crafty friends!

I hope you are having a wonderful time with family and friends and maybe getting a little crafting in too! Today I am sharing a fun 4th of July table decor piece I created. With some fun dies from Cottage Cutz. Take a look.

Here is my fun little table decor piece. It is a pinwheel with a festive 4th greeting with some stars and fireworks shooting out and sitting on top of a patriotic top hat.

To Make The Pinwheel

I started with a 6x6 piece of red cardstock. I drew a line from diagonal corner to diagonal corner and found the halfway points more or less in each quadrant. I also found the center by going 3" in both ways. You can see my markings very lightly above.

Next I cut from each corner to the more or less center of each square. I then slightly curled the left side of each corner.

I bent each of the curled corners in to the center. I used a glue dot at the bottom and then put another one on top to secure it.

Next I took some sparkly silvery tool and gathered about 15" or so of it in an accordion type style and used a little wire twist to secure the middle. This created the puff/pleats.

I poked the twist through the middle and secured it in the back.

Here is what the pinwheel looked like with just the poof on. You can also barely see the clear stick I used to hold it up.

Next, I went to work creating the center. I cut out two pierced circles from the die set and then created some corresponding mats in two shades of blue cardstock. I then cut out the Happy 4th of July phrase and adhered it. To get the Happy to stand more erect and sturdy, I cut it out three times. Two of them I put in front of the larger pierced circle and the third one, I put from behind the circle. This gave the letters some good stability. I then added the firecrackers and then added some glitter to their tops.

I then created a couple of these super cute fireworks from the die set. I used a couple of circle punches for the backs and glued some light weight wire to them. I also had some styrofoam glittered stars and used the same wire to pock into them and added them to the pinwheel too. 

Lastly, I added a blue metallic bow and then poked the clear stick into the top hat and it was done. The top hat came from the dollar tree just the way you see it. 

Check out the fantastic sale Cottage Cutz is currently having!

Pierced Circle Die Set

Fireworks

Firecrackers

Happy 4th of July

Well that about covers it for today. I hope you are inspired to give the pinwheel a try. Don't forget to head over to Cottage Cutz and pick up these super fun dies. 

Also head over to the Cottage Cutz YouTube channel for some more fabulous crafty inspiration!

Until the next time, have a wonderful crafty day!

Melinda