Happy Brrr-thday!

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Thursday edition of the Blog. Happy New Year wishes to all our Blogger friends!

Today, I am featuring the Polar Bear Fishing die. It's from our latest Artic Animals release. There are 13 new designs in this release and each one is so versatile for a variety of card making and giving occasions.

I needed a masculine birthday card and I thought this die image would be perfect. So let's get started on some card details.

Design Steps:

I started off by cutting the polar bear image. I used a variety of white and colored cardstock. Sponged blue ink on the edge of the ice float for depth.

I used a snowfall stencil and embossing paste for the top half of my card. I stenciled an A2 size piece of white cardstock but I cut it at 2 1/8".  I stencil on a craft mat because the clean up is a breeze.

Stamped the sentiment in an espresso brown ink. I decided to stamp it before it was attached to the card base. This bottom half of the card front is blue designer paper. I thought it had a water like pattern to it. 

Now that all the card elements are prepared, I am ready to start assembly. I attached the stenciled panel and the designer paper to the white card base. The panels are joined together with blue cardstock cut at 1/4" x 5 1/2". I was trying to get the look of the horizon line.

White card base: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
Stenciled panel: 5 1/2" x 2 1/8"
Designer Paper Panel: 5 1/2" x 2 1/8"

The polar bear image was attached using dimensional adhesive. For the ice float, I used double sided tape.

To finish up my card I attached the "brrr" letters. These were cut in blue glitter paper and I used the Retro Alphabet die. I stamped the remaining letters of the birthday sentiment on light yellow cardstock and sponged it with dried marigold ink to make it a bit more vibrant. Sorry I forgot to take pictures of this step in the process. But here is the finished photo.

Well that's my card for this post. I hope I have given you a bit of inspiration for a masculine birthday card. See you on Saturday for my regular posting day.

dies I used to create card:

Holiday Wishes & Gingerbread Kisses

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I'm sharing this sweet card. I have one last card to share from the Christmas holiday created with the adorable gingerbread couple from the Gingerbread Baking Set.

The couple was die cut in card stock along with 4 frames: Stitched Wide Rectangle, Nested Stitched Scallop Rectangle, Stitched Rectangle and the Rectangle set.

The sentiment is from the Scrappy Moms (retired) Winter Wishes stamp set.  I punched holes on each side of the sentiment tag and tied it some Candy Cane Trendy Twine.

The frames were layered together and adhered to the card base. The different sized frames nested inside one another perfectly.

The first gingerbread was angled a bit and placed in the left hand corner of my card directly under the sentiment.

The second gingerbread was adhered directly opposite of the first which completed this festive card.

Here are the die sets used on my card available in the store:

Birthday card for boys

Hi, Janja is here with you.
One of my three grandchildren is celebrating his birthday in January. So for the first posting of the new year, I prepared a birthday card.

- CottageCutz dies: Dump Truck, Bulldozer, Fireplace w/ Accessories (gifts)
- craft card base: 5.3 x 5.3" (13,5 x 13,5 cm), folded
- white cardstock
- colored cardstock
- clear embossing ink pad
- white embossing powder
- heat tool for embossing powder
- cloud stencil
- light blue ink pad
- glue, double-sided adhesive tape, self-adhesive foam pads

First, I cut the truck and bulldozer out of yellow and gray cardstock.

Then I prepared some gifts from colored cardstock.

Alternatively, you can add hearts instead of gifts, and get a Valentine's Day card.

For the background I used a cloud stencil and a light blue ink pad. I ripped off a craft cardstock and glued it to the bottom.

I took a blank craft card and a white cardstock. I cut the frame out with two square dies. The outside dimensions are: 5 x 5 inches (12,7 x 12,7 cm). The frame width is 1/2 inch.
For the sentiment I used a white embossing powder.

When I cut all the pieces, I started assembling the card. Finally, I added a yellow enamel dot to the sentiment strip.

Have a nice day.
Janja

Holiday Card With A Pocket

Hi!

It's Anja here. Hope you had a good time during the holidays. I had a few days off work and it was so nice to spend it at home not doing much.

But I took some time for crafting. One of the projects was this cute holiday card I did for a gift. It my give you an idea as a gift card holder.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Moose Pulling Gnome Sled, Holiday Corners, Santa Over Christmas Town, Peeker Pocket, Nested Wacky Stitched Square Set),
- Distress Inks,
- craft card base (15x15 cm),
- dark red cardstock for background (3 pieces of 14x14 cm) and die cuts,
- patterned paper (3 pieces of 13,5x13,5 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- glitter embossing powder,
- embossing ink,
- black pen,
- heat gun,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the moose and the gnomes.

Next I cut and embossed the corners with glitter powder.

I did the same with the snowflakes.

Then I cut all six squares for the background and insides.

And last I cut additional squares and the pocket. I used red card stock for the pocket.

And when all that was cut and colored I assembled the card together.

This is the inside of the card with a pocket to hold your gift card.
 

And that's all form me. I wish you a nice start of the new week and see you again on Sunday.

Anja Z.



Cottage Cutz dies I used:

Tons of Love

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends

It is time to start my Valentine cards!  I am finding that the cute Arctic Animals are perfect little critters to make adorable Valentines for friends and family.  I am starting out by using the Whale from the Arctic Whale and Narwhal die.

Designer Steps:

 1.  Use an A2 white card base cut a piece of red card stock 4 1/8 x 5 1/4.  And glue it to the white base card. Cut a piece of DP as shown

 2.  Cut a piece of blue card stock 4 x 5 1/8.  Use some blue ink and brush onto blue card stock to add some texture for the sky then glue to the red card stock

3.  Glue the DP to the blue card stock

4.  Using the Arctic Whale and Narwhal die cut out the whale using black and white card stock and then assemble.  Pop up the whale to the card and add the hearts and sentiment.  Your card is complete!

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