Knight on Guard Duty!

Hi Everyone!

It is Pam sharing with you today on the blog.

I have two of the cutest little great nephews. They both just love any kind of action movie that has to do with super heroes! I thought I would take them back a few centuries and give them a super hero from the past. A knight in shining armor!  This fantastic knight is in our Magical Fantasy collection.  I think I am going to make 2 of these cards. One for each of them because it turned out so cute.

Designer Steps:

1.  Using the Knight die cut out all of the pieces.  I used light gray, flesh, and soft yellow card stock

2.  Before assembling the knight use your makers and ink to shade the knight. Add the blush to the cheeks and black for the eyes.  I used a white gel pen for the white on the eyes

 3. Cut out the Castle using the Fantasy Castle die and black card stock line the back of the castle with soft yellow card stock

 4.  Use an A2 white card base cut out a piece of blue dotted paper 4 1/4 x 4 1/2 and cut a piece of dark green card stock 4 1/4 by 3 for the hill

 5.  Glue the blue dotted paper to the front of the card and then using dimension tape add the green to the bottom

6.  Tuck the castle behind the hill as shown

7.  Pop the knight to the grass as shown above and add the sentiment

8.  For the inside I cut an additional lance and shield then glued them right under the sentiment

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Thanks so much for stopping by and please check our amazing new release call the Magical Garden.  It is now available at 25% off!

Blessings 

Pam

Happy Father's Day!

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I'm sharing this Father's Day card. These masculine dies made it easy to create this fun card for celebrating dad!

I created my card by cutting the pieces from the Hats, Glasses & Mustaches, Happy Father's Day Phrase and the Nested Stitched Scallop Square die sets.

I found this mustache themed paper in the Doodlebug Day to Day paper pad and coordinated the solid colors with the patterned paper.

Once I created my card base, I layered the background with the larger Nested Stitched Scallop Square.

The smaller Nested Stitched Scallop Square was turned on it's side and adorned with the die cuts.  I added some Glossy Accents inside the glasses.

While the Glossy Accents were drying, I worked on the inside of my card by adhering the sentiment along with the hat and mustache.  I also stamped a sentiment on a hand cut flag from the Scrappy Moms (retired) Fun Celebrations stamp set.  A piece of solid card stock was also added as a decorative element.

Finally my card was ready to be put together by adhering the die cut pieces to the card base. 

To finish off my card, I added the stamped sentiment at the bottom portion of my card.  The whimsical design of this card will be so fun for Father's Day.

Here are the dies used on my card, available in the store:

Have a purr-fect day

Hi everyone! It's Janja here with a card for all cat lovers.

- CottageCutz dies: Puppy & Kitty on Chair, Curtains w/ Rod, Floor Lamps, Rugs & Plant, Build-A-House Set 2 (window)

- kraft card base: 4.25 x 5.5" (10,8 x 14 cm), folded

- patterned paper: 4 x 5.2" (10,2 x 13,2 cm)

- colored cardstock

- colored ink pads

Cut out all the pieces from a colored cardstock. Color them around the edges with colored ink pads.

Prepare a card base from a kraft cardstock. Trim a piece of patterned paper and stamp a sentiment in the color of coffee.

Attach the background to the front of the card with a double-sided adhesive tape. Paste cutouts with glue and self-adhesive foam pads.

Recently, the new release Magical Garden was added to the shop. All new dies are currently on sale at 25% off.

Thanks for stopping here and happy crafting.

Janja

Unicorn With Flowers

Hi!

It's Anja here. I have another quick project for you today. I made a magical scene, using an unicorn and decorating it with flowers.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Unicorn Floral, Nested Stitched Eyelet Circle Set),
- Distress Inks (Mustard Seed, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Dusty Concord, Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, Pumice Stone, Broken China),
- white card base (21x10 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- patterned paper (20,5x9,5 cm),
- liquid drops (pink, yellow),
- adhesive foam pads,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the unicorn and all the flowers and greenery.

Next I cut all the pieces for the background.

And when I had everything cut and colored I glued all the pieces to the card base. In the end  used liquid drops to add a bit of dimension to the flowers.

And my card was done.

This is all from me for today. Don't forget to stop by at the store for the new release.

See you again next week.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used for this card:

Fairy Tale Birthday

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. 

We have released the new Magical Garden dies. There are 14 new designs and they are currently on sale at 25% off.
If you love fairies, fairy gardens, gnomes and flowers, you will love these dies. We will have several group posts to jump start your creativity starting next week. In the meantime, check out this little teaser from Jeanne using  the Mushroom Fairy Garden and the Fairy Garden Flowers dies.

Today, I am featuring the Princess Cake die. This one is from the Magical Fantasy collection of dies. I wanted the cake to be the center of attention on this card so I kept my design on the simple side. Let's get started with some details on how I created it.

Step 1: I was looking for a more clean and simple layout for this card. When I checked out the Splitcoaststampers Wednesday sketch challenge #752, it was just what I was looking for. The beauty of any sketch is that you can always bump it up a notch with designer paper, ribbon and embellishments. I stuck pretty much to the sketch layout this time.

Step 2:  I selected my card colors based off the designer paper I chose to use. I bought a pack of watercolor papers at Hobby Lobby a few weeks ago. The colors are perfect for all the cards I have been creating using the Magical Fantasy dies.

Light Purple Card Base: 4 1/8" x 5 1/4"
Designer Paper Layer: 3 7/8" x 5 1/8"
White Image Panel: 2nd largest rectangle die (2 11/16" x 3 11/16")
Light Purple Layer:  2nd largest pierced rectangle die (2 7/8" x 3 7/8")

Next, I cut the princess cake. I used 2 shades of pink and a light purple. The princess crown I cut in a metallic gold. I liked all the sparkle for a cake topper.

I stamped the sentiment on the white image panel. I only wanted the words Write Your Own Fairy Tale and Happy Birthday. Since both of the sentiments had more words that what I wanted to use, I taped off the portion that I didn't want and inked up the remainder. Used my MISTI just in case I need to ink the stamp a 2nd time. But, today with the grape ink once was sufficient.

Step 3: I am ready to start card assembly. Attached the designer paper to the card base using double sided tape. For element 2 of the sketch, I cut a 3/4" piece of grape cardstock and embossed it with hearts.

Added the cake to the white panel using dimensional adhesive.

Added the image panel to the card base using double sided tape. The sketch layout was to have the image panel a little further down on the card base. I decided to center this panel. To finish off my card, I decided to use a few glitter enamel dots.

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

dies I used to create card: