New Release - Bloom Where You are Planted!

Happy Friday Cottage Cutz fans!  It's Jeanne today with a clean and simple card featuring dies from the beautiful new Gardening release.  All the dies are wonderful, but I fell in love with the Puppy in Garden Cart die as soon as I saw it! This little guy poking through the flowers is adorable.

To begin the card I picked a floral patterned paper so I could match some colors to use on my card.  I cut a white panel 4.25 x 5.5 inches and a strip of the floral paper .5 x 6 inches for the right side.  I glued the strip to the panel and snipped off the excess paper.

I then cut my pieces from matching colors of cardstock using the Puppy with Garden Cart die and the watering can from the Gardening Tomte die.

I cut a lot of flowers!  Before assembling the cart and flower pots I used Distress Oxide ink in Vintage Photo to edge the cart, pots and greenery.

I used Basic Grey ink to edge and shade the dog, then I assembled him.

Next, I cut my sentiment and a few flowers using the Garden Phrases die.  I thought this particular sentiment worked perfectly with this little pup!

I assembled everything flat on the panel.  When I added the watering can I used a foam dot to pop it up from the card.

I added a few matching sequins near the lower pots and a very thin strip of solid pink cardstock next to the floral panel to finish everything off.  I glued the panel to an A2 card base.

These dies are on sale for a very LIMITED time so be sure to stop by the online store!  They are all wonderful!

Dies used:

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a relaxing and creative weekend!

New Release!! Gardening Mouse!

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends!

It is Pam sharing with you on the blog this fine Thursday!

It is new release time again!  This collection is so fantastic for spring through summer and especially wonderful for those who love to garden.  Check it out in the online store because right now it is being featured with a FABULOUS discount!!

I am using the Gardening Mouse and it is just the cutest mouse ever!!

Design Steps:

 1.  Cut out all of the pieces using the Gardening Mouse die.  The colors of card stock I used where gray, brown, pink, green and metallic silver

 2.  Shade the pieces with a variety of inks and then assemble using a fine tip glue

 3.  Use a white A2 card base, cut a piece of light orange slightly smaller then the card base, and a piece of DP 4 x 5 1/4.  Using the Victorian Fence die cut out a white fence.  Using the second from the largest Pierced Rectangle die cut out a red rectangle and then layer it onto light orange card stock

4.  Glue the orange to the card base and then glue down the DP

 4.  Glue the garden base to the bottom of the red rectangle leaving the top of the garden base unglued so you can then slip the white fence behind it

5.  Pop up the mouse into the garden and then pop up the little shovel.  Add the sentiment and your card is complete

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Thanks for stopping by!  Please check out this new release it is so adorable and has so many uses!  Plus it is on sale now!!

Blessings

Pam

New Die Release - Meow are You?

Hello!  This is Sukie and I have a sweet card to share for my design team post.  There's a brand new die release with 19 new dies as part of the Gardening Bundle which are currently on sale!

I used the Garden Cat w/Wagon and the Gardening Hat & Gloves at the focal point of my card.  I also inked up a die cut circle from the Double Stitched Oval Set.  The yellow gingham paper is from my stash and provides a cheery background for my card.

I used a combination of inks and card stock for my die cut pieces.  I found the perfect sentiment in my stamp collection from the Scrappy Moms (retired) Party Animals stamp set.

I created my card by layering the oval on top of the gingham card base.  The Garden Cat w/Wagon was nestled inside the oval.

The Gardening Hat was added as an embellishment.  The sentiment strip was snipped off into a flag and adhered as the finishing accent on my card.

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

Sweet little baby

Hi Janja here. Welcome to the blog.
For today’s post, I made two newborn baby cards.

- CottageCutz dies: Bear On Cloud and Moon, Stitched Sewing Notions (buttons)
- card blank: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2" (10,8 x 14 cm), folded
- white cardstock: 3 x 5 1/2" (7,6 x 14 cm)
- patterned papers
- white and brown cardstock
- embossing folder - dots
- glue, double-sided adhesive tape, self-adhesive foam pads

Cut out both small bears and put all the pieces together with a glue.

Trim two white cardstock. Use the embossed dots folder to add some texture.

Then trim the selected patterned paper to the size of the card bases. Attach backgrounds to the front of the cards.

Cut two buttons out of patterned paper. Stamp the sentiment on the white strips.

Now we have everything ready to complete the cards.

We have a new Gardening release of dies in the online store. All new designs are discounted for a limited time!

Thank you for stopping by.

Janja

Hello Tags

Hi!

It's Anja here. For today's post I made cute little hello tags. I used different "bugs" dies to make a trio of Spring tags.

For this project I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Busy Bee, Doodle Bugs, Mail Tag Set, Dogwood Branch),
- patterned, colored (black, red, yellow, green, turquoise) and white card stock for die cuts, 
- black pen,
- Wink of Stella glitter brush,
- liquid pearls (black and yellow),
- pieces of ribbon,
- embossing mat,
- embossing tool,
- paper glue.

First I cut the tags. I used white cardstock for smaller tags and patterned card stock for bigger tags.

Next I cut hello phrases and the bugs.

I used black pen for the eyes and glitter brush for the wings to add more interest.

Then I cut the branches and the flowers. I cut two bigger and two smaller flowers of each color.

Then I embossed the leaves and the flowers using the embossing tool and mat.

When I had all the pieces ready I assembled the tags together. When flowers were on its place, I added a bit of liquid pearls in the center of each flower. I let it dry.

When the tags were finished I just added the ribbon. I used two types of ribbon for each tag.

Before I go, I just want to invite you to the store to check out all the new dies from the Gardening release. Can't wait to start using them.

Have a nice Sunday and see you again next week.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used: