Birthday Wishes

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I have a happy and bright card to share which is perfect for a Spring or Summer Birthday.

I found the patterned scrap of pink, white and black paper in my stash which coordinated perfectly with the solid colors.

I used each of the solid card stock sheets and cut out all of the Stitched Flowers knowing I would have enough for 2 cards.  I also cut out a couple of leaves from the same set and a banner from the Retro Tag Toppers.

I put 5 of the flowers together layering the different colors.  I added some foam dots to the back of each of the flowers for added dimension.

Once I created my card base, I anchored 3 of the flowers to fill up the center of my card base.

Next, I placed the remaining flowers clustering them together.  The leaves were trimmed and tucked in amongst the flowers.  I also added 3 of the flower centers as extra embellishments.

The finishing touch was a heat embossed sentiment from the Pink & Main Hello Sweet stamp set.  I curved the sentiment along the banner so it fit perfectly.

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

Lovely Princesses

Hi, Janja is here with you.
For today, I prepared a quite simple birthday card. To create my card I used lovely princesses from Magical Fantasy release.

- CottageCutz dies: Princess Dress-Up, Little Princess & Roses, Horse & Carriage
- white card base: 5.3 x 5.3" (13,5 x 13,5 cm), folded
- patterned paper: 5 x 5" (12,7 x 12,7 cm)
- glitter paper
- colored cardstock
- colored ink pads
- glue, double-sided adhesive tape, self-adhesive foam pads

Die-cut the princesses and roses from different colors of cardstock. Die-cut the carriage from white glitter paper.
Add the shading on the edges with ink pads.

Prepare a white card base. Trim a patterned paper and golden glitter paper. Attach them to the card front.

Now attach all the cutouts to the background with self-adhesive pads and glue as shown.

I hope you like it.

Have a nice day.

Janja

Little Princess

Hi!

It's Anja here. I made another card using new Magical Fantasy Designs. I combined it with a few older dies and made a card for a little princess.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Little Princess & Roses, Princess Dress-Up, Springtime Window, Ivy, Dogwood Branch),
- Distress Inks (Pumice Stone, Vintage Photo, Mustard Seed, Spun Sugar, Peeled Paint, Worn Lipstick, Mowed Lawn, Tattered Rose, Shabby Shutters),
- white card base (21x10 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts and background,
- grey card stock for background,
- bricks embossing folder,
- white pigment ink,
- gold pigment ink,
- black pen,
- cutting knife,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the window.

Next I cut and colored the sentiment.

Then the flowers and the princess.

And last ivy leaves ...

... and two branches with flowers.

Next was the background. I cut and embossed two pieces of grey paper (10x3,5 cm). I used white pigment ink to color the bricks.

Next I cut and embossed white piece of paper (10x14 cm). I cut a square out of it using a cutting knife.

And when I had everything cut  and colored I arranged all the pieces and glued it on the card base. And my card was made.

This is all from me for today.

Have a nice Sunday.

Anja Z.

Cottage Cutz dies I used:

The Frog Prince

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 a new release of dies in our online store. If you haven't seen the Magical Fantasy release yet, you have to drop by the store and check it out. These new dies are all so cute and whimsical. There are 27 new designs and I am in love with everyone of them. 

The new dies are currently 25% off and in honor of National Scrapbook Day there is also a 60% off sale on select CottageCutz dies. 

Today, I am featuring the Frog Prince die. I got my inspiration from the book of the same name that my 8 year old granddaughter just read. She likes it when I send her a card that is similar to the book that she just read. She saves them all. So this one will make her laugh. Let's get started with the details on how I created the card. 

Step 1: As I have said so many times before, having a layout in mind at the start of my card is always a big boost for me. It jump starts my creative thought process. I love working with the sketches that are out there in the online world. That way I just choose the colors and designer paper and I am good to go.
I liked this week's sketch #748 from Splitcoaststampers. I knew the slightly off center panel would work for my main frog image and also allow my designer paper to be seen.  

lovely lipstick card base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
designer paper layer: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
image panel: 3rd largest wonky rectangle die & 4th largest rectangle die

I cut my frog prince and layered him on a white background. I sponged some clouds and a little green slope and attached him with dimensional adhesive. 

The 3 little frogs are from the Garden Gnomes 1 stamp & die combo. I colored them with alcohol markers and used the die to cut them out. 

I stamped my sentiment on white cardstock and used a corner rounder on the corners. For the layering panel I used the 2nd largest of the stitched rounded rectangle die. 

Step 2: All my elements are cut and stamped, I an ready for  the card assembly. I attached the designer paper to the card base with double sided tape. 

The image panel is also attached with double sided tape. I moved it a little more to the left to accommodate the other frog images. 

The little frogs are attached with dimensional adhesive. I tuned one on his head just to make him a little silly. 

To finish off my card I attached the sentiment with double sided tape. That's it for me for this week. I hope I have given you an idea for using the Frog Prince die. See you next Saturday!

dies I used to create card: