Saturday, June 02, 2018

Celebrate with Breakfast in Bed

Hello Scrapping Cottage 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. Wow, I can't believe the month of June is already here. May is just a memory now.

We have a new release of dies here at the Scrapping  Cottage. This one is our "Just For Guys" dies. There are 14 awesome designs and they will be so perfect for creating your Father's Day or other masculine cards. The design team will begin showing samples, using these new dies, next week. 

For today's card, I am featuring the sweet Breakfast in Bed die. I have a friend who loves being pampered this way by her family on special occasions. Her birthday is coming up so I thought I would send her a card honoring her special day and treatment. Let's get started with some details on how I created my project.

Step 1: I started my card this week with the card colors and the layout. For the colors, I used the Splitcoaststampers color challenge #689. The colors are turquoise, cucumber crush (green). daffodil delight (yellow) and berry burst. The sketch is an older one that I had saved on my Pinterest board. But I thought it would work well for this die. I switched it up to a vertical layout.
 
turquoise, cucumber crush, daffodil delight, berry burst
Step 2: I didn't have any patterned paper that worked for my background. So, I decided to use a background stamp inked in berry burst ink. I always forget about my background stamps and they are a nice alternative to patterned paper.
I paired this with a berry burst card base. For the 3 strips on the sketch, I used some berry burst ribbon.
Card base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Stamped Background: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
I used all the challenge colors to cut the Breakfast in Bed elements. For the little kitty, I used a medium, brown cardstock and for the coffee service items,  a naturals ivory cardstock.  I sponged the edges in the daffodil delight.
Step 3: Started the card assembly by adding the 3 ribbon strips to the stamped layer and then attaching to card base.
I found a paler yellow sheet of paper in the stash and used this as the backdrop for my images.  Before I attached my images to the rectangle panel, I stamped my "celebrate your day" sentiment.
Next up, I adhered my images to the rectangle panel. I just love this sweet little breakfast in bed scene.
The image panel was attached to the card base with dimensional adhesive. I always like the look when the image is lifted from the card background. And, on this card I didn't use a layering panel for the image so the extra lift is good.
Image Panel: 3 1/8" x4 3/8"
Step 4: To complete my card I added the little flags that are part of this sketch. Used berry burst patterned paper to get a bit of color gradient.  And, since I like the look of enamel dots so much I scattered 3 of them on the card.  
 
Well, that's it for me for this post. I hope I have given you an idea for the Breakfast in Bed die. I used it for a birthday card, but you could also use it as a get well card or a thinking of you. Maybe you have your own ideas- let me know in the comments below.
 
See you next Saturday and I will be featuring a masculine card.
 
dies I used to create card:
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzbreakfastinbed.aspx
 


 

 

 

 
 
 

 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 


 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


 



























Friday, June 01, 2018

Beautiful Orchid

Happy Friday everyone!  It's Jeanne posting today.  We have a number of sales going on in the store today!  Including a look at our new release which is Just for Guys!!! Which is also on sale for 25% off!  So please check out the online sales!

My card today features the gorgeous orchid die from the Mother's Day release.
I saw this layout in a card making book and thought it went well with the die.  I first picked out the paper - I wanted it to coordinate with what I think of as "traditional" orchid colors.
I cut an A2 card base, six strips of patterned paper 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches, a rectangle using the third largest die from the Double Stitched Rectangle set and one slightly larger.    I glued the stitched rectangle to the larger one.
I laid out the strips alternating their angle then glued the rectangle on top.
Next I cut all the pieces for the orchid from white card stock.

I used alcohol markers to color in the pieces.
Finally I added the word "Beautiful" cut using the Beautiful Phrase die (sorry I forgot to take a colse up of the die cut).
This is a very versatile card that could be used for a number of occasions.

Dies used:
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzorchids.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzexpressionsplusbeautifulphrase.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzdouble-stitchedrectanglesetbasics.aspx

 Thanks for stopping by today - have a great weekend.  I hope you find the time to do something creative!


Thursday, May 31, 2018

Gorgeous Tulips

Good Morning Friends!

It is Pam creating with you today!

We have a number of sales going on in the store today!  Including a look at our new release which is Just for Guys!!! Which is also on sale for 25% off!  So please check out the online sales!

Today, I am using one of the dies from the Mother's Day release.  I think it is just beautiful and can be used for anniversary, birthday, sympathy and thank you.

Design Steps:
1.  Using the Bouquet of Tulips die cut all of the pieces out in white
2.  Use your markers to color and shade the flowers
3.  Assemble the flowers and tape or glue them to the back of the pitcher.  Glue the bow to the pitcher as shown

4.  Use a black A2 card base cut a piece of polka dot black DP slightly smaller then the base.  Use the second from the largest Cross Stitched Circle and cut a black circle.  Also using the Expression Thanks die cut 3 out and layer one on top of the other.
5.  Pop the pitcher to the black circle and then add to the card.  Glue the thanks to the card as shown
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Thanks so much for stopping by today! And make sure to take some time for yourself to be creative!

Blessings
Pam