Gingerbread flowers

Hi, Janja here!

When I first saw the Doodle flowers die, I immediately got an association to gingerbread. And so today I share with you monochrome set (card and notebook) with my gingerbread flowers :).

For the card and notebook we need:

• light brown card base: 10.6 x 5.3" (27 x 13,5 cm), folded in half
• dark brown cardstock: 5 x 5" and 3.7 x 3.7" (12,6 x 12,6 cm and 9,5 x 9,5 cm)
• white cardstock: 4.7 x 4.7" (12 x 12 cm)
• 2 x light brown cardstock for notebook: 6 x 4.4" (15 x 11 cm)
• inlay sheets: 5.8 x 4.1" (14,8 x 10,5 cm)

First we prepare the flower background. This I done with homemade stamp, using the die Doodle flowers set 1.
Cut out 6 pieces of flowers and glue them to each other. Apply adhesive across the entire surface. Because the adhesive is almost impossible to apply evenly, first place a flower with a sticky side on a piece of paper. With this, the adhesive is evenly spread across the entire surface and it is only then fasten to the second flower.
Once we have all the flowers glued to each other, place them on a transparent adhesive sheet which holds our stamp on an acrylic block.

With the stamp we prepare a unique background. Flowers can also be painted, or shadowed. Since my card is monochrome, I left the flowers unpainted. 

Now cut out the squares. Attach flowers and leaves to the cardstock, that is cut out with the largest cross-stitched square die from the set. Add the inscription with best wishes, and few sequins.  

Assemble the card.  

On the cover of the notebook, fix a frame cut out with a stitched wide rectangle frame die (the largest die of the set). Decorate the notebook like a card.  

Covers and inlay sheets tack to each other with your favorite binding machine. The corners are treated with a corner punches.

And don't forget on our May challenge - Hello spring. 

Dies, which I used at work: 

Have a nice day.

Janja

Best Wishes card with vellum flowers

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends!

Yuliya here. Today I share with you my new card I will be sharing how to make this card using the CottageCutz dies!

Supplies:

- CottageCutz Tea Time Doily (4x4)
- CottageCutz Cross-Stitched Circle Set (Basics)
- CottageCutz Plumeria & Leaves (4x4)
- CottageCutz Expressions Best Wishes
Other:  White Cardstock for Cardbase,  vellum paper, Scissors, Paper trimmer, Sizzix machine

So let's start!

1.The size of my card is 14 by 14 cm. Prepare cardstock for base card: 1 pc - 11х 11 cm and 1 pc 14*28 cm

Prepare the details for our card - cut out 2 details from paper sheet. Prepare some die-cuts. I use CottageCutz Tea Time Doily (4x4) and CottageCutz Cross-Stitched Circle Set (Basics)

2. Glued the die-cuts as it is shown on the picture with help chipboard. 

3. Here is how I put the flower together. The flower has 3 pieces. I die cut them out with Vellum paper

4. Here is the finished flowers. Add some cristals

5. Add the Expression Hello from the CottageCutz Expressions Best Wishes

I hope you enjoy the tutorial and will be happy to inspire you!

See you next week. Please do leave a few words and thanks for your time.

MIXED MEDIA WITH COTTAGECUTZ

HELLO !!!!

Its Saturday again and time for my new post !!!! I hope you will like this post as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Have you always thought that die cuts are usually for card making or scrapbooking. But after this post , you will change your opinion, for today I have for you-A Mixed Media Canvas with CottaageCutz dies. YES!!! you got me right !!!
CottageCutz has some most amazing dies that can used in mixed media to create beautiful backgrounds.
I have made a video tutorial on the making of my mixed media canvas. Do go through it to get detailed description of the project.
Here is the video tutorial.

Photographs of the project

CottageCutz dies used

CottageCutz Wide Rectangle Stitched Frame Die

Cottagecutz Cross Stitched Square Set

CottageCutz Cross Stitched Circle Die

CottageCutz 3D flower #4 die

CottageCutz leafy Foliage die

CottageCutz Blossom Branch (4x4)

CottageCutz Tea Time Doily die Set

CottageCutz Butterfly (petites)

Other products used

An 8x8 inch wooden board, Modelling paste , white gesso, White sand Texture Paste, Distress inks, Distress Sprays, Stamps, Black Ink, Glossy Accents, Distress Glitter, Stencils, Multi Medium Gel

I hope you liked  the project. We are having a brand new Challenge at the CottageCutz blog and the theme is Hello Spring. So do take part in it to win fabulous prizes.

Keep crafting and thanks for stopping by.

Hydrangeas from vellum paper

Hi, is Vladka

Hydrangeas are one of my favorite flowers. I like them in all colors. At home, we have blue, pink and violet variations and they were my inspirations this time. You know, how pink blossoms are green first and then slowly change their color to pink. I tried to imitate something like this:

(Photo is from this side)

I created them with vellum paper. Let me show you how I did it.

Basics:
White card base: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (cut 5 1/2 x 11 inches, fold in half)
Additional piece of white cardstock (5 x 5 inches)
Vellum paper to cut out the flowers.

Other Supplies:
CottageCutz Dies: Listed Below
Distres markers: Peeled Paint and Mowed Lawn
Copic markers: Y17, G21, E04, R29
Other: Gold Glimmer Spray, Scissors, Paper trimmer, Sizzix machine, Scor-buddy,

1. With 3D Flower #5 die, cut second and third biggest petals out with vellum paper. Repeat this till you have at least 15 petals.
2. On the back side of the petal, color the middle of the petal with copic Y17:

3. Take green copic marker G21 and color all the petal as shown on the photo:

4. Take marker E04 and color the above part of the petals:

5. Take the last copic marker, the red one and color just petals's borders:

6. Now it is time to repeat steps 2,3 and 4 in opposite way. So, let´s start with pink copic marker (E04) in color the above part of the petal again to erase the hard borders between the colors. Do the same with green and yellow one. Namely, the copics work a little bit different on vellum paper. They don´t blend as they normally do. So, you can move the colors a little bit. Here is the difference between the petal from the previous stage (left one) and the one which is already colored with E04 again (right one).

7. With Leaves and Stems die cut leaves out with vellum paper. Also leaves can be colored with two shades of green copic markers, but I used Distres markers instead: Peeled Paint and Mowed Lawn. I colored all the leaves on the backside with both markers.

8. Use also Rose Doily die and cut it out of vellum paper and glue all the petals and leaves on it as shown on the photo:

9. Add some splodges with Gold Glimmer Spray on Additional piece of white cardstock. You can use any other spray for this or you can add splodges also with paint brush and distress inks or any other watercolors. Let it to dry.

10. With Cross-Stitched Square Set (Basics) cut the second biggest square out with white cardstock. Glue die cut pieces on the square and the all together on additional piece of white cardstock and the on the card base. With Expressions Congratulations cut the word out with white cardstock and glue it on the top of the card across the flowers.

Card is finished. I hope you like it.

Before I go, I just want to remind you on our second CottageCutz challenge with theme Hello Spring. Link button can be found here!