Mr. Bear

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends!

It is Pam creating with you today!

As we enter the first few weeks of summer it is fun to see all of the plants and flowers in full bloom.  That also brings the honey bee.  We have some fruit trees in the backyard and they still have a few blooms and the little bees love them! That is my inspiration for this card!

Background Photo by Nikhil kumar on Unsplash

Design Steps:

 1.  Cut the pieces out of a variety of colored card stock using the Garden Bear, Potted Plants, Flower Power Tomte and Potting Shed dies.  Shade the pieces and assemble with a fine tip glue

 2.  Use a piece of white card stock 3 3/4 x 5 and shade in some blue ink for the sky

 3.  Glue your pieces onto the blue shaded background

4.  I decided I need a bit of green at the bottom to ground my scene so I added it using a blender brush just as I did the sky.  Next layer onto a piece of black card stock

5.  I then added the extra pots and the little sign to complete the scene

6. Here is a good trick if you don't have any paper to match your scene.  I used the same ink that I colored the flowers with and brushed it onto the edges of a piece of white card stock 4 x 5 1/4.  Glue the edged panel to a white A2 card

7.  Mount the bear panel to the purple edged panel.  Stamp Hello to the little sign, add sparkle to the bees wings and black dots to the flower centers and your card is complete

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Thanks so much for stopping by and Happy Summer!!

Blessings and See You Next Thursday!

Pam

Make a Wish

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I have card to share featuring the Wishing Well die from the Magical Garden die release from last year.  This die is so versatile that it can be used for a variety of special occasions.

For my card, I went with more of a rustic design and shaded the die cuts to follow the theme.  A couple of extra flowers were cut for extra embellishments.  I also cut out a piece of fence from the Picket Fence Border die.

The Tim Holtz Brick Pattern embossing folder was used to create the background.  I inked the background with 2 different colors of Oxide Inks to create some depth and dimension.

I began to build my card base by adding the picket fence along the bottom edge.  I trimmed the fence so it would frame the wishing well on each side.

The sentiment was adhered to the card base and a small bow in some jute twine was the final finishing touch on my card.

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

Happy Retirement

Hi! It's Janja here with you today.
All the dies from gardening release are great for making a wide variety of cards for men. My card is for retirement.

- CottageCutz dies: Gardening Tools, Lawn mower, Gardening Hat & Gloves, Shelf w/ Plants
- blank card: 4 1/4 "x 5 1/2" (10,8 x 14 cm), folded
- patterned paper: 3 1/2 "x 4 3/4" (9 x 12 cm)
- different colors of cardstock
- embossing folder – lumber
- different colors of ink pads
- glue, double-sided adhesive tape, self-adhesive foam pads

Cut out garden tools, a lawn mower, a shelf and a garden hat from colored cardstock. Shade all the pieces with colored ink pads.
I shortened the garden hat with scissors.

Trim the selected patterned paper to the size of the card base. Also cut out two rectangles. Stamp sentiment on a white strip.

For greater effect, I embossed wood-patterned paper with a 3D folder and shaded the edges with ink.

Paste the background to the front of the card with double-sided adhesive tape. Attach the other elements with self-adhesive pads and glue.

Thank you for stopping by.
Janja

Make A Wish

Hi!

It's Anja here. I have another simple card for you today. This time I made a cat, planting flowers and herbs.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Garden Cat w/ Wagon, Planter Box & Seeds, Fairytale Birthday),
- Distress Inks,
- white card base (10,5x21 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts,
- black pen,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the cat and the planter box with all the plants.

Next I did the same with the sentiment.

Last I did the background. I colored the grass on the ground and cloudy sky in the back.

And my card was done.

And this is all from me for today. Have a nice Sunday and see you again next week.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used for this card:

Christmas Wishes from the Cardinals

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. Happy first day of summer to all of you in the northern hemisphere!

It's Father's Day weekend and time to celebrate all the great Dad's and Granddad's. The team has shown a lot of Father's Day card ideas using our new Gardening dies. So hopefully you got some fresh inspiration when you created a card for your special guy. 

Today, though I am going in a different direction with my card. I am featuring an older Christmas die - Cardinals & Birdhouse and I created a Christmas card. So let's get started with some details on how I created this card.

Design Steps:

My inspiration to create a Christmas card came from the color challenge #796 on Splitcoaststampers. When I saw the colors just I just thought of Christmas. 

When I started thinking about my card, I remembered I had a pack of beautiful frosty winter themed designer papers. I chose this pine tree one that was covered in snow and ice and knew it would be perfect for a scene with cardinals in it. And, my card was born!

The navy color is considered a neutral in this challenge so that color was a go. I took a photo of the entire 6 x 6 piece of cardstock because I wasn't quite sure at this point where I was going to cut the paper.  

White card base: 4 1/2" x 5 3/4"

Navy blue layering panel: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Designer paper layer: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"

I cut the birdhouse and cardinals in the challenge colors. I used a navy panel as an accent on the birdhouse. The branch is cut in a soft brown cardstock a neutral shade.

My Christmas wishes sentiment is stamped in garden green ink to satisfy that part of the challenge. 

My elements are cut and I am ready to start card assembly. I attached the designer paper to the layering panel first using double sided tape.

Next, I attached the die cut images using a combo of glue dots and ranger multi medium matte. This one dries clear so I like using it on diecuts.

For the sentiment I cut the banner and used dimensional adhesive to secure it to the top of the card. 

To finish off my card, I attached the image panel to the card base. Added a couple of red glitter enamel dots to highlight the sentiment. And, then scattered a few more and my card is finished. A  Christmas card ready for the December stash.

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

Dies I used to create card: