Farm Style Folk Art

Happy Monday everyone!

It's Kris sharing with you today some super quick and easy farm style cards that feature the Folk Art Rooster which is part of the Folk Art collection.  

Design Steps:

Card Base = 5-1/2" square

B/W buffalo check paper = 5-1/4" Square

Red cardstock = 4-1/4" square

Kraft cardstock = 4" square

I used a white gel pen and black micro-tip marker to add a frame -- chicken scratch would have been super cute as well ;oP  ***I popped up the red layer with foam strips.

I couldn't decide on which color I wanted for the body of my rooster, so I cut it out of both white and black.  

I ended up liking BOTH versions, so I made a 2nd card following the same measurements listed above.

For my sentiments, I die cut (2) of the banners from the Windows Slimline set, then stamped a cute sentiment and fussy cut a red and black border for each.

Here's a few more photos of both cards finished.  Easy peasy -- and loving this Folk Art collection ♥

These would actually be super cute framed and hung as farm-style décor.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you are inspired to get crafty with your favorite CottageCutz dies!  

~Kristine

Celebrate with Folk Art Flowers

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 Flowers in a mini slimline design. So let's get started with some details of how I created this card. 

Design Steps:

I decided I wanted a black card base because it's such a striking look combined with bright colors. I embossed the 3" x 6" mat just for added interest. 

Mini Slimline Base: 6 1/2" x 6 1/4". Score in half at the 3 1/4" mark. 

Black Embossed Mat: 3" x 6"

I secured the flower images with clear drying glue. 

I added some greenery to each corner of the image panel. It's cut from the Folk Art Flowers Mixed die. 

For a sentiment I decided to use the Celebrate w/Shadow die. Cut the shadow in a bright pink and the phrase in black. 

To finish off my card, I secured the image panel to the card base with double sided tape and scattered a few enamel dots. 

Well, that's it for me for this post. I hope I have given you an idea for a way to use the Folk Art Flowers die. See you next Saturday.

Christmas Deer

 Hello Friends

I am celebrating Christmas in July by making my very first card for the holidays!  I always start early and end late!!

I am using the Folk Art Deer.  This die is from our Folk Art release!  There are 19 wonderfully detailed dies in this collection.  Each die can be used together or separately.  They are perfect for multiple occasions even Christmas!

Design Steps:

1.  Use an A2 kraft card base, 4 1/8 x 5 3/8 red dotted DP, 4 x 5 1/4 tan DP and 1 1/2 x 5 3/8 strip of DP.  Ink the edges of all the pieces with TH Vintage Photo

2.  To add a little texture tape a stencil to the tan DP and use some Glitter Snow paste in small quantities all over the card front.  Let it dry to continue

3.  Using the Folk Art Deer cut it out of kraft card stock and shade with ink.  Using the Star Window Slimline Die cut out two red dotted DP stars and 2 gold stars.  Using the Victorian Border die cut out two borders in gold

4.  Glue the red dotted DP to the card front and then add the tan DP. Next glue the borders to the top and bottom of the DP strip then glue to card front as shown.  Glue the stars together with the gold star on the bottom but slightly showing on the right side of the star

5.  To add another layer of texture I dyed a piece of cheese cloth with a walnut spray ink.  I let it dry and then layed it on top of my middle strip as shown above.  To anchor the cheese cloth I added extra glue to the stars and pushed down firmly to make sure the glue held

6.  Add the deer and your sentiment.  For the sentiment I embossed in gold and layered it on a piece of gold card stock

7.  I added just a little greenery by cutting green leaves and red berries using the Woodland Birdhouse.  Add the greenery to the card along with the red berries 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

God Keeps His Promises

Happy Tuesday crafty friends,

I hope your summer day is going well. Boy has it been hot here in Central florida.  Of course the best way to beat the heat is to stay inside and do some crafting! Today I am sharing a fun little home decor piece I made with some of the new CottageCutz.com files. Here is what I created.

I created this fun little home decor piece. I picked up this little stand from the dollar store. I decorated it with all kinds of die cuts from CottageCutz.com. I cut them all out in white and then used my chalks and markers to color everything in.

Holiday Front Door

Hello CottageCutz friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Monday edition of the Blog. I am filling in for Kristine today who is enjoying some family time this week. She will be back next week with a couple of posts. 

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 a card that I made for the Christmas in July color challenge #956 on Splitcoaststampers. We were to use cherry cobbler, pool party and old olive for our color trio. 

pool party, cherry cobbler, old olive

I used the Holiday Door (Christmas 2022 collection) die for my card and cut in the challenge colors.  I ink blended the pool party cardstock to get a deeper shade of blue. My sentiment is an older die from 2018 -  Christmas Greetings.

The background designer paper is from a "tidings of Christmas" collection.

That's it for me for this post. See you again on Saturday.

card details:

Paper: cherry cobbler, old olive, pool party, sahara sand, mossy meadow, tidings of Christmas dsp (Stampin' Up), glass slipper, sugar daddy (BazzillBasics)

Paper Size: A2

Ink: tumbled glass distress ink (Ranger)

Accessories: holiday door die, christmas greetings die (CottageCutz)

Paper: cherry cobbler, old olive, pool party, sahara sand, mossy meadow, tidings of Christmas dsp (Stampin' Up), glass slipper, sugar daddy (BazzillBasics)

Paper Size: A2

Ink: tumbled glass distress ink (Ranger)

Accessories: holiday door die, christmas greetings die (CottageCutz)

Folk Art Rooster Thank You

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 Rooster die as a thank you card. A friend of ours gave my hubby a bougainvillea plant that he was looking for and not willing to pay the exorbitant price that the nurseries were asking for. She found one that need some tender loving care and gave it to him. He has quite the green thumb and it's already looking good.  So, he wanted to send her a card to express his thanks. 

Card Details:

I started my card with the card colors. I had this designer paper that I thought would make a great background. It has a folk-art appeal to it.

Navy panel: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Designer Paper: 4" x 5 1/4"

Then I cut the rooster in navy and red colors. 

I was originally going to make this a fun fold card but I changed my mind at some point and just made it a double arrow card. To make the arrows I cut navy cardstock at 3" x 4".  Then on the 3" side I scored at the 1" point. On the 4" side, I made a mark at 2".

I lined it up as you see in the photo and scored. Then turn and score from the tick mark to the other edge of score line. 

When the scoring is done, use your bone folder to burnish and fold into the arrow shape. 

To attach to the designer paper, you add adhesive to the flap. I used double sided tape. 

Then attach the arrow shapes to your designer paper. 

Now I am ready to stamp my image panel. I found this die cut shape with a navy blue edging from a card kit in my stash and decided to use it as a frame for my rooster.  I stamped the thank you sentiment in navy ink and attached the rooster with dimensional adhesive. 

I attached the image panel to the card base. It was at this point I decided not to make this a fun fold card. It was going to be a free-standing card and I didn't want that, and I also couldn't get the bottom arrow panel to tuck in like I wanted. So, I lifted the designer paper from the navy panel and added it to a card base measuring 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". 

I stamped and decorated this panel that was originally going to be under the front image panel flap. I used a couple of flowers from the Folk Art Flowers die. 

That's it for me for this week. I hope I have given you an idea for a way to use this cute Rooster die. See you next Saturday.

Reminder: There is a new video on our YouTube channel from Marla Harris. Click here to see a beautiful Christmas in July card using the Folk Art dies.