Joyful Christmas Mice

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. 

Our  Christmas Part 2 dies are available, and on a 25% sale,  in the online store.  There are 29 new designs in this release. The Christmas Part 1 dies are still on sale as well for a limited time. 

For my card today, I am using two  of the new dies from Christmas Part 2. It's the ever so cute Christmas Mice and the Love, Peace & Joy dies.  So let's get started with some details on how I created my card.

Step 1: I started off by die cutting all the pieces that are part of this die set. I use various colors of cardstock. But you could cut them in white cardstock and then color the pieces with pencils, alcohol markers or water color. 
I simply followed the package coloring and used similar cardstocks. Our artist does such a great job of coloring the images, and I always love the colors she uses.

My Joy word is cut from the new die Love, Peace & Joy. I cut it 2x in red cardstock to give it a bit more dimension on my card.

Wanted just a bit of snow in my outdoor scene so I cut a snowbank in white glitter cardstock from the Snowman Lane die. Click here to see another card I made using this die.

The last item for my card prep is the background clouds. I wanted this to be a daytime scene. Although with the lamp pole you could certainly make a nighttime sky and have a great night scene. 

I used a mini-cloud stencil and distress ink to sponge in some clouds. I stenciled right on the white card base, making this more of a one layer card.

Step 2: Now that all the pieces of the card are ready, it's time for card assembly. I started with the snowbank.

Then I attached the Christmas Mice die cut pieces with a combination of glue dots and double sided adhesive.

The Joy sentiment was attached with Ranger multi matte medium to complete my card. I don't often do one layer cards because I like the addition of designer paper and layers but I like how this one turned out. I plan on making several more of these for Christmas. 

Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Well, that's it for me for this week. See you next Saturday!

dies I used to create card: 

A Country Christmas

Good morning Cottage Cutz fans!  It's Jeanne today with a card featuring dies from the Christmas Part 2 release.  The Christmas dies (Parts 1 and 2) are on sale for a limited time so be sure to stop by the online store!

This card would be perfect for the car enthusiast or anyone who likes a good old-fashioned Christmas.

I started by die cutting all the pieces in colored card stock.  I often use white when I have several small pieces.

In this case it was the tires and the blinkers.  I used Copic markers to color those.

I assembled the car.  To give the tree and wreath a bit of dimension, I sponged the edges in a dark green.  I also has cut several packages in different patterned papers so I could pick the ones I liked best.

Finally the assembled truck.  This die would be so cute at any time of the year.  Just remove the tree, wreath and presents, then fill with something else.  Or add more presents and make it a birthday truck!

Next - the background.  I cut a vanilla piece of card stock 2 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches and antiqued the edges. Then I cut pieces 3 x 5 1/2 inches from green, 4 x 5 1/2 inches from plaid paper and an A2 (4 1/2 x5 1/2 inches) panel in dark red.

The assembled panel.

I cut the sentiment from a piece of green card stock with an adhesive backing.

And the final card.

I hope you enjoyed this card today.  This was a fun and quick card to make.

Dies used:

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a fun and creative weekend!

Adorable Snowmen!!

Good Morning Scrapping Friends!

It is Pam sharing with you today from Stamper At Heart Blog!

 Make sure your check out the store because part 2 of the Christmas release is in the house! The card I made for you today is from Christmas part 1.   All of these new Christmas dies are so amazing and the detail is unbelievable! The best thing about all these wonderful dies is that right now they are 25% off but just for a limited time! Don't miss out on this fantastic sale!

Design Steps:

 1.  Cut out all of the pieces using white card stock and the Snowman Lane die.  Color all of the pieces with your favorite pencils or markers

 2.  Use an A2 white card base and then cut a slightly smaller piece of snowflake DP.  Using the Wacky Stitched Rectangle second from the largest cut out the center of the DP

 3.  Mount the frame made from the DP to the front of the card using Dimension tape next glue the cut rectangle flat to the center of the frame

 4.  Begin to add the pieces into the frame add the snow, snowman then the fence as shown

 5.  To add dimension place one of the snowmen outside of the frame and continue to all the rest of the pieces: Mailbox, sign and the third snowman

 6.  Add all of the snow to the scene and the small pieces to the mail box.  I added some additional snow to the base of the card

7.  I added some small black pearls for the snowmen's eyes and some Stickles glitter to the piles of snow for some sparkle.  Stamp your sentiment and the street sign and your card is complete!

CottageCutz Products

As always we love it when you come to visit us!  Thanks again and make sure you take some time out for yourself to be crafty!

Blessings

Pam

Woodland Scene

Happy Labor Day!  Lois here for my Monday visit.    CottageCutz is having a HUGE Labor Day Sale -- up to 60% off (25% off on the new Christmas release) and FREE SHIPPING on orders over $50.  Be sure to check it out.

And now, on to my card for today.  Even though there are three layers on this card, it almost looks like a one-layer card.

To start, I cut my cardstock as follows:

White - one piece 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (scored at 4 1/4") and one piece 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Red - one piece 4" x 5 1/4"

Using various Ranger Distress inks (Mowed Lawn, Scattered Straw, Dried Marigold, Red Lipstick, Tumbled Glass) and sponge applicators, I created my background on the smaller white piece of cardstock.  I had cut this piece larger than what I would ultimately need so that I could trim the edges and remove the dark marks along the sides.

I then cut my die-cut images from red (for the sentiment banner) and tan (for the trees and deer).  Prior to cutting the sentiment, I adhered a piece of double-sided adhesive sheet so that it would be easier to attach the sentiment to my card.

Using Ranger Distress Vintage Photo ink and a sponge dauber, I sponged around the edges of the deer and trees (lighter on the trees than on the deer).

After running the trees through my Xyron sticker maker, I constructed my cardbase and began to make my scene.

Once the trees were attached, I ran the deer family through my Xyron sticker maker -- although I had to use the next-size larger one for the buck, who was too large to fit through the 1" sticker maker.

After adding the deer to my scene, my card was completed.

Only one CottageCutz die was used on this card:

Christmas Floral

Hi!

This is Anja. I have a simple Christmas card for you today. I used new Christmas Floral dies and made a simple card.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz die (Christmas Floral #2, Merry & Bright),
- Distress Inks (Aged Mahogany, Mustard Seed, Fired Brick, Barn Door, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint, Pine Needles),
- white card base (15x15 cm),
- patterned paper (14,2x14,2 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- scissors,
- Wink of Stella glitter brush,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the flowers and greenery. I cut two flowers and four sets of greenery.

Then I cut the sentiment. I used scissors to cut off the lights.

Then I cut the paper for the background and used the scissors to distress the edges.

I used glitter brush t +o finish the sentiment. And this is my final product.

Don't forget to check the store. There's a labor day sale going on. 
Thank you for stopping by and have a nice Sunday.
Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used: