A Sweet Little Fox

Happy Friday!  I hope everyone is ready for Christmas!  I'm almost there - but not quite.  For today's post I decided to switch things up a bit.  It's a little late for Christmas cards, so I thought I'd share a Valentine's card.  This card could also be altered for a birthday by simply changing the paper and sentiment.

I started with a piece of red card stock 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches that I scored and folded in half.  Then I cut a piece of patterned paper to 4 x 5 1/4.  I used the second largest stitched heart die to cut a heart from white card stock.

I cut the fox from Cajun Craze, the word "Love" from red and all other pieces from vanilla card stock.

I colored the bird, heart and fox nose and eyes using Copic markers.  I used B24, E99, Y18, R27 and black.  After gluing the tail tip and chest to the fox, I used a sponge dauber and Cajun Craze ink to shade him (or her).

I then assembled all the pieces for the final card.

This card goes together quickly and makes for a fun clean and simple card.

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Have a Merry Christmas!

Snowman Shaker!

Hello Scrapping Cottage Fans!

It is Pam sharing with you today!  This is my last post before Christmas so I wanted to wish you all a very blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year! Let's hope 2018 will bring good health and happiness to all!

Now it is time to share my card!

I can't get enough of this adorable Sweet Snowman die so I made this last Christmas card into a fun shaker card! And actually it could be used for a winter birthday card too!

Designer Steps:

 1.  Use an A2 white card base and cut a slightly smaller piece of purple card stock then set aside.

 Next cut a piece of fun foam and designer snowflake paper 4 x 5 1/4.  Run both the foam and DP through the die cutting machine with the 3rd to the largest Cross Stitched Circle dies in the upper center of the paper and foam.  This will create the opening for the shaker card

2.  In between the foam and the DP sandwich a piece of acetate

3.  Next cut out a Stitched Scallop Circle 3rd from the largest in white.  Then lay the same Crossed Stitched Circle die you used to cut the opening onto the scalloped circle and cut.  This will make a nice frame for the opening

4.  Place a small pile of turquoise sequins and snowflake sequins onto the purple paper directly under the acetate opening

5.  Place glue on the back of the foam all around the opening and the entire back then lay it centered over the opening on the purple card stock.  Attach the white scalloped from to the front to frame the opening of the shaker

6.  Using the Sweet Snowman die cut out all of the pieces using, purple, turquoise and white card stock

 7.  Assemble the snowman I colored the branch arms and carrot nose with copic markers

 8.  Pop dot the snowman to the front of the card, add the ribbon, cotton ball on the hat and sentiment

9.  And finally attach the purple card stock to the white card base and your card is complete

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Blessings

Pam

Art Journal - Home for the Holidays

Art journaling is quickly becoming one of my favorite places to create smaller works of art.  Die cuts can add interest and whimsy to these small creations.

I used the Cottage Cutz Vintage Holiday Car and colored in the image with watercolors.

By adding layers of watercolor, I added shading to the car.  For small die cuts, it is easier to leave them in the die cut scrap when coloring them in.

Next, I added glitter glue to the die cut to give a little shimmer.

Then I used Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in assorted colors to create the background.

Wishing you a creative day, dear friends.

Sheila

Santa and Rudolph

Hi, Janja here!

Although Christmas is getting closer and closer, there's still time to create some cards.
Today I share with you two cards with a similar layout.

Supplies:
- CottageCutz dies: Woodland Santa, Reindeer Barn, Moose & Trees, Santa Napping
- white card base: 4.25 x 5.5" (10,7 x 13,9 cm), folded
- patterned paper: 4 x 5.2" (10 x 13,2 cm)
- white and colored cardstock
- Distress ink pads: Aged Mahogany, Vintage Photo, Mowed Lawn
- Wink of Stella brush glitter pen maker - clear
- paper crimper
- Flower Soft - polar white

Create a card base from a white cardstock. Cut the smaller layer from patterned paper, and place it on to the card base.

Stamp Merry Christmas on a piece of white cardstock. Cut the upper edge with scissors. Put it through a paper crimper.

Cut out individual pieces from colored cardstock for both main motive. 

Prepare some white cutouts of spruces, and add glitter.

Assemble the cards. 

Since this is my last post this year, I prepared another card with Santa. 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Feel Better Bear

Hi, Lois here today with another card using dies from the Get Well release from CottageCutz.   The cute dies were released for Black Friday.  Again, I've made something other than an A2 card -- it's a Z Box Fold card, using both Bear Patient die and the Ouch with Tooth die, as well as a Double-Stitched Square die.

As I wasn't sure which of the images from the Bear Patient die I was eventually going to use, I cut all the pieces out of white cardstock so that I could color them.  I knew I was only going to use one sentiment from the Ouch with Tooth die, so I just cut it out of red cardstock.

Using various Copic markers and a couple of Wink of Stella brushes, I colored the bear pieces and constructed the various images.

I then cut the cardstock for the base of my card -- a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of dark brown and a 9 3/4" x 4" piece of kraft.

I scored the long piece at 5 1/4".   With the short edge of this piece at the top of my paper cutter and the long edge at the 1" mark, I cut a slit from the 3" mark to the 7 1/2" mark.   IMPORTANT:  If you decide to make a similar card, be sure that the larger section of the cardstock strip is at the top before you cut the slit.  (Ask me what happens when you don't place it in your paper cutter the correct way!)

I placed  the strip on my Scor-Pal with the long edge across the top and the larger section toward the left.  I then scored at the 3" mark down to the slit.  At the end of the slit (at the 7 1/2" mark), I scored down to the edge.  (I slightly folded on the score lines so that you can see them.)

Fold on the score lines to make the "box."

Apply Scor-Tape to the back of the 4 3/4" x 4" section, as shown.

Now it was time to cut the background panels of the card.  I wanted to use the Double-Stitched Squares and Rectangles on my card, but the rectangles weren't quite the right size.  So I just cut the front panel with the die and the rest of the panels as listed:
Cream cardstock - 2 1/2" Double-Stitched Square, 4" x 2 1/2" rectangle
Dark brown cardstock - 2 3/4" square, 4 1/4" x 2 3/4" rectangle, 3/4" x 5" strip, and (2) 3/4" x 2" strips
Patterned paper - 1/2" x 4 3/4" strip and (2) 1/2" x 1 3/4" strips

I layered the panels and adhered them to the front of the card.

I then glued the die cuts to the front and inside panels . . .

. . . removed the protective covering from the Scor-Tape and glued the back panel to the dark brown card base, carefully centering it.

And my card was complete.

CottageCutz dies used on my card are: