Floral Mother's Day

Hi Cottage Cutz fans!  It's Friday and Jeanne here with another Mother's Day card made from some of the beautiful new release that is available now.  And the new release is 25% off for a limited time!
You'll want to stock up for sure!

This card features the Happy Mother's Day Phrase and flowers from the Hat Box with Flowers dies.

I started with an A2 card in Blushing Bride, then added a 5 3/8 x 4 1/8 inch panel of Always Artichoke and a 5 1/4 x 4 inch panel of patterned paper.  I stacked and glued these together.

For the medallion I used the second largest Scalloped Circle in Blushing Bride and the third largest Double Stitched Circle in white.  I used a self adhesive sheet on the back of Always Artichoke cardstock and cut the sentiment.  I often use these sheets if the sentiment is particularly fine.  For this card I carefully cut away the heart from the sentiment.

Next I cut the flowers and foliage.  I ran the So Saffron twice so that I could have a few extra yellow flowers.

Using a sponge dauber and Blushing Bride ink I carefully tipped the edges and centers of all the flowers.

I assembled them on the medallion and glued that and the sentiment to the front of the card.

For my final step I added Wink of Stella and some glitter dots.  This card called for a little sparkle!

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 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a creative weekend!

Miss You!

Good Morning Scrapping Cottage Friends!

It is Pam creating with you today!

We have a NEW Mother's Day Release available in the online store.  And the dies are currently on sale for a limited time at 25% off the retail price.  There are 22 fantastic dies!  These dies are so adorable don't miss out on this sale price!!

Now onto today's project!  I had my brother, his wife, daughter, her husband and baby visiting last week!  And I am finding the house is very quite now that they are headed home.  So that was my inspiration for this miss you card using our new release dies!

Designer Steps:

1.  Use an A2 light green card base, cut 2 side panels using DP at 2 x 4 and layer them onto a darker green card stock.  Glue them to the front of the card as shown.  Then cut a square using DP at 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 then layer the square onto the dark green card stock. Glue to the front of the card as shown

2.  On white card stock cut out the pieces of the flower using the new Orchid die

3.  Color the pieces of the Orchid with Copic markers or any markers you may have

 4.  On white card stock cut out the oval using the Pierced Oval Set 4th from the largest.  Glue the orchid to the oval

5.  Use foam tape to mount the oval to the card as shown and add your sentiment

Cottage Cutz Products

As always thanks so much for stopping by and make sure to check out this wonderful new release!

Blessings

Pam

Cacti in pots

Hi, Janja here!

The warm and sunny weather today is a great opportunity to share with you two cards with cacti.

I used:

- CottageCutz dies: Potted Cactus, Teacup Garden, Shelf w/ Plants, Rectangle Set

- white card base: 5.3 x 5.3" (13,5 x 13,5 cm), folded

- watercolor paper: 4.5 x 4.5" (11,4 x 11,4 cm)

- colored cardstock

- Distress ink pads: mustard seed, wild honey, twisted citron, evergreen bough, cracked pistachio, aged mahogany, hickory smoke, vintage photo, walnut stain

- string

- plastic stencil

- self-adhesive pads, double-sided adhesive tape, glue

On the first card, spray watercolor paper in two colors, add a string and stamp an inscription. Cut out two cacti, and attach them on the background with self-adhesive pads.

For the second card, use a plastic stencil for the background. Cut out the shelf and place the cups on it. Add an inscription. Complete the card.

The new Mother's Day release is available in the online store. The dies are on sale at 25% off. 

Have a nice day. 

Orchids for Mom

Hi, Lois here with some new dies to show you.   CottageCutz has a brand-new release of Mother's Day's dies -- words, flowers, and more.  They are currently 25% off, so you might want to check them out.  I featured one of the sets, Orchids, on my card today.

Again I used one of the old Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenges for my layout.

This is the card I created using that layout as a guide.

Orchids are such delicate-looking flowers, so I wanted my card to show that.  I took some vellum and colored it with a pink Copic marker before I cut the flowers.

Then I cut out the flower petals. I decided that one layer of the orchids needed to be darker, as shown in the packaging, so I colored them with a darker pink.   The rest of the pieces I cut from white cardstock.

I then colored the white pieces in appropriate colors and built my image.  You can see how the orchids have a delicate look.

I cut my cardstock and patterned paper as follows:

White cardstock for base - 8 1/2" x 11"

Pink cardstock - 4" x 5 1/4", 3 1/4" x 3 1/4", 3" x 4"

Patterned paper - 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"

Using the 2nd largest Double-stitched Square die and the 2nd largest Double-stitched Rectangle die, I cut two smaller white panels.

Using the sketch challenge layout, I constructed my card base.

I then cut the Mom sentiment from pink cardstock using another one of the new dies.

I glued the sentiment at the corner where the star appears in the sketch and popped up the orchid with foam pop dots. I added a few soft green enamel dot stickers, and I was done. 

CottageCutz dies used on my card are:

Window Shelf with Plants

Hi!

It's Anja again. We're having holidays here in Slovenia and it's so good to have a few days off of work. I'm actually going on a vacation for a few days to get some much needed rest and get some new energy that will hopefully last till summer :)

I made a card today, using Shelf w/ Plants die from a Llamas & Botanical release. But you should also go and check the new Mother's day release that's already available in the store and you can get it for 25 % off. I'm still waiting for mine to arrive and I look forward to use it in my next project.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Shelf w/ Plant, Springtime Window),
- Distress Oxides (Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick, Squeezed Lemonade, Forest Moss, Wild Honey, Evergreen Bough, Gathered Twigs, Peeled Paint, Black Soot, Walnut Stain, Aged Mahogany, Wilted Violet, Seedless Preserves),
- craft card base (15x15 cm),
- white cards stock for background (14x14 cm) and die cuts,
- embossing folder (bricks),
- adhesive foam pads,
- pen,
- scissors,
- paper glue.

First I die cut the window and colored it with Distress Oxides. I put adhesive foam pads to the left and right side of the open window to add dimension.

I cut the shape of the window with scissors. I glued the window on top, so when you look through the window it looks like the wall in smooth.

Then I cut and colored the shelf and the plants. I also used adhesive foam pads to glue it in front of the window.

I cut white card stock for the background and embossed it with embossing folder. I used Distress Oxide Vintage Photo for the edges.

When I had everything cut and colored I just glued the pieces on craft card stock. And this is my finished card.

Have a nice Sunday and I'll be back in a week.
Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used: