Hello Spring

Hi, Janja is here with you.
Because of many descendants, rabbits are a symbol of fertility and new life that awakens in the spring.
I made three cards with bunnies. I used dies from the spring release.

- CottageCutz dies: Bunny Carrot Car, Carrot Patch Bunny, Spring Bunny w/Cart, Hello Spring
- white scalloped card base: 4.6" x 4.6" (11,7 x 11,7 cm), folded
- white cardstock: 4.2" x 4.2" (10,7 x 10,7 cm)
- colored cardstock
- colored ink pads
- embossing folder
- white and black gel pen
- glue, double-sided adhesive tape, self-adhesive foam pads

Cut out all three bunnies from colored cardstock. For more depth shade all pieces on the edges with colored pads and paste them together.

Prepare the base for three cards. Cut squares and frames from a white cardstock. For embossed background I used a dotted lattice embossing folder.

Each square and frame paste on the card front with double-sided adhesive tape. Attach the bunnies with adhesive pads and we're done.

You can check all the amazing collection of dies at the CottageCutz Store. By the way, check out the BIG Anniversary Sale.

Have a nice day. 

Janja

Bunny With Coffee

Hi!

It's Anja here. Today I made a wish well card. I used the cover theme to decorate the inside.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Egg Painting Bunny, Love Latte & Donut, Coffee & Donuts, Nested Wacky Stitched Square Set),
- Distress Inks (Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Wild Honey, Picked Raspberries, Hickory Smoke, Vintage Photo, Pumice Stone, Black Soot),
- white card base (10,5x15 cm),
- patterned paper (2 10,2x14,7 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- Versafine black ink,
- acrylic block,
- white pen,
- sentiment stamp,
- pink liquid drops,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the bunny, coffee and donuts.

Then I cut two background papers and two squares.

I glued the patterned paper and the smaller square to the cover and then stamped the sentiment under the square. I used the other paper in the bigger square for the inside.

Next I glued the bunny, coffee and donuts. I used liquid drops to decorate the donuts.

And my card was done.

Next week I'll show you the projects with the Easter release dies.

Before I go I'm inviting you to the store for the Anniversary Sale. You can get the dies for great price.

Have a nice Sunday everyone and see you again next week.

Anja Z.



Cottage Cutz dies I used:

Vase with Flowers (new die)

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.
If you haven't seen the 36 new Spring dies, take a peek at them in the online store. You definitely won't be disappointed.There are a variety of designs so perfect for Easter or Spring card making. 

For my card today I am using the new Spring Vase w/Flowers die. This is such a pretty vase and would be great for an Easter, Mother's Day, birthday or anniversary card. I thought I would make it a Birthday card for a good friend of mine. So let's get started with some details on how I created my card. 

Step 1: Having a layout in mind at the card start is always a big boost for me. I love working with the sketches that are out there in the online world. That way I can just choose the card colors and designer paper and I am good to go. I liked this week's sketch #742 on Splitcoaststampers because it would allow for a more clean and simple card design. 

I decided to go with Spring like colors for my card. The card base is a seafoam green, Layer 2 is a medium purple, layer 3 apple green, layer 4 a daffodil yellow and layer 5 a lighter purple. I cut 1/2" cardstock strips and then taped them to a white cardstock base. That way I could be assured everything would be straight and also make placement easier on the card base. 

Seafoam Green Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
1/2" x 3 1/2" cardstock strips: colors listed above

I wanted bright Spring like colors to continue with the vase and flowers so I used a variety of colors. 

The greeting panel -layer 6- I made a little larger to accommodate the sentiment I am using. It's 1" x 3 1/2". even though this is a birthday card I used a friend's sentiment on the front. My birthday greeting will be on the inside of the card. 

Step 2: Now that all the elements for my card are cut I am ready to start assembly. I started with the 1/2" strips of cardstock. They are on a cardstock base so I just had to secure them to the card base. 

I brought the greeting panel down lower than what they had it in the sketch. I didn't want the flowers up on the top part of the card. I think it balanced out my card nicely.

I finished off my card by adding a few enamel dots to the bottom of the card. That's my sample for this week. I hope I have given you an idea for a way to use this Spring Vase. Mother's Day is approaching and this would be a great die for those cards.

Also we have a brand new release of dies in the online store. It's our Magical Fantasy Release. Each die is cuter than the next and they are currently 25% off.  The DT will begin showing card samples soon. See you next Saturday.

die I used to create card:

Bunny and Butterflies

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne today with a card that makes quite a statement and is easy to create as long as you don't mind inky fingers!

I love the intricate silhouette dies.  They just call for a beautiful background!

For this card I used a favorite method.  I wipe Distress Oxide inks on a craft mat, spray with water and dip my mixed media (or water color) paper in the puddles.  I use a heat gun to dry between layers.

The backgrounds always turn out gorgeous and no two are alike.  For this one I started with a piece of paper about 6 x 9 inches and several shades of blue and purple inks.

I cut the background down to 4 1/4 x 5 inches and mounted that to a 4 1/4 x 5 1/4 inch dark purple panel.

Next I cut my images from a piece of pearlized white card stock.

Using paper snips, I cut the butterfly from the eggs.

I glued the Easter die cut to the panel,wrapped ribbon around it and tied a small bow.  Then I adhered it to an A2 card base made from the same pearlized card stock.

I glued down the body of the butterfly and bent the wings up slightly to add dimension.  Finally I added some pearls.

Dies used:

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you have a fun, creative weekend!