Garden Sign

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends,

It is Pam having fun with you on the blog this gorgeous Thursday!

This little sign card can be for encouragement, graduation or a just because card.  I love mixing fun papers with our wonderful Garden collection.  I am a bit of a paper hoarder so I love when I can actually use some of it.  My husband said I have enough paper and dies to last a lifetime.  But you and I know you never have enough craft supplies!

(Background Photo by Chad Madden on Unsplash)

Design

 1.  Use an A2 white card base, green card stock 4 x 5 1/4, Designer Paper 3 3/4 x 5.  Glue the green to the white card base and then glue the DP to the green

 2.  Cut out the pieces of the sign using the Garden Phrase die.  I used brown wood designer paper, pink, white and yellow card stock.  Using the Gardening Hat and Gloves die cut it out in white card stock.  Using the Spring Grass die cut it out using green card stock

 3.  Shade the pieces using a variety of Tim Holtz inks and a small applicator.  Next glue the grass to the card front then add the sign and phrase.  Assemble the hat and the gloves using a fine tip glue

6.  Last pop up the hat to the upper corner of the sign.  Then glue one glove flat to the card and pop up the other to that glove as shown.  Add the flowers and the rhinestones

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I am so glad you where able to stop by today.  I love looking at all the wonderful dies in the Garden Collection.  It just makes me want to go out and plant a wonderful flower garden!

Blessings and see you next time

Pam

Live Life in Full Bloom

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I have cheerful card to share for my design team post. My card showcases the new Gardening dies which include such cute characters with a happy vibe!

I selected the Gardening Mouse and the Garden Phrases for the focal point of my card.  All of the pieces were cut with card stock and inked on the edges for some dimension.

I created a simple background for my card using a cloud stencil with some ink.  I only used one ink color however created an ombre effect. The puffy clouds make for a fun card base.

Once I had my background completed, I added the dirt mound and adhered the garden sign by tucking it into the mound at a angle.

The mouse was adhered to fit perfectly under the sign.  Next I added the rake in his hand creating the whimsical gardening scene.

The final die cut was the small gardening tool added to the dirt mound.  It fit perfectly between the sign and the adorable mouse.

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

Puppy in a Garden Cart

Hi Janja here. Welcome to the blog.
Today, I want to share with you a card with a cute puppy in a garden cart.

- CottageCutz dies: Puppy in Garden Cart, Potting Shed (potted plants), Retro Tag Toppers
- blank card: 5 5/16 x 5 5/16" (13,5 x 13,5 cm), folded
- white cardstock: 4 3/4 x 4 3/4" (12 x 12 cm)
- grey paper strip: 4 3/4 x 5/8 " (12 x 1,6 cm)
- different colors of cardstock
- different colors of ink pads
- brick wall stencil
- white texture paste
- spatula
- enamel dot
- glue, double-sided adhesive tape, self-adhesive foam pads

I used different colors of cardstock for all the cutouts and colored the edges with slightly darker ink pads.
You can also use white cardstock and then color all the cutouts with any color media.

Cut a square out of white cardstock. Then apply a white paste, stained with grey and red ink, over the brick wall stencil and let it dry.

Cut a banner out of white cardstock and stamp a sentiment.

Add a grey strip to the bottom edge of the brick wall.
Complete the card.

Thank you for stopping by.

Janja

Father's Day

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends!

It is Pam sharing with you today on the blog!  I hope you are enjoying your Monday!

I am having so much fun creating with our new Garden Release.  I decided to make a card for my brother for Father's Day.  He loves working out in the yard and at one point in his life he had a landscape company.  So I thought this card would be perfect for him!

To make this card I used a sketch from one of the Splitcoaststampers Challenges.  The sketch looked like this:

I used a variety of designer papers and a bright red ribbon to finish it off.  The dies I used are the Lawnmower, Spring Grass and Wacky Stitched Circle.  I have linked them so you can take a peek.  

CottageCutz Dies

Thanks so much for stopping by and I do hope you check out all the wonderful dies we have in stock right now!

Blessings

Pam

Spring Garden

Hi!

It's Anja here. I have a garden scene for you today. I combined different dies from the latest release and made the following card.

For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Potting Shed, Puppy in Garden Cart, Potted Plants, Garden Phrases),
- Distress Inks,
- craft card base (17,5x12 cm),
- white card stock for die cuts and background (17x11,5 cm),
- silver pigment ink,
- plastic stencil (clouds),
- black pen,
- paper glue.

First I cut and colored the shed, cart and all plants.

Next I cut and colored the sentiment.

Then I trimmed the paper for the background.

Next I colored the background. I used plastic stencil for the sky.

When I had everything colored I put the card together.

That's all from me for today. Have a nice week and see you again next Sunday.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used for this card:

A Gardening Tomte

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 brand new release of dies in the online store. This one is garden themed and has 19 new designs. These new dies are perfect for Father's Day, birthdays, thank you, or even a thinking of you card for the person who loves to garden. 

For my card today, I am featuring the new Gardening Tomte and created a thinking of you card for a friend. So let's get started with some details on how I created my card.

Design Steps:

I started my card with the colors and used the color challenge #790 on Splitcoaststampers. I thought this color trio would work well for my outdoor garden scene. Plus you can add neutral shades and with this challenge dark green is considered a neutral shade. So that helped with the grass I would need for my scene.   

flirty flamingo, crushed curry, rich razzleberry

The outdoor scene was easily created with my landscape themed designer paper. The clouds and sky were a good match for the crushed curry color. The sky goes from the light to dark shades of this color. I decided to go with a square card this week because I didn't want to lose a lot of the designer paper. 

Crushed curry card base: 5 1/2" square

Designer paper layer: 5 1/4" square

Next, I cut all the images in the challenge colors + a few neutrals. To get the varying shades of crushed curry in the flower pot and the gnome's hat. I used a crushed curry designer paper that again went from light to dark. The images are attached to the designer paper layer with a combo of glue dots, double sided tape and multi medium matte. 

I stamped my hello sentiment in a cloud cut in crushed curry cardstock and used rich razzleberry ink. The cloud die is an older one from CottageCutz - clouds and sun die. I used the 2nd largest cloud on my card. 

Attached that to image panel with dimensional adhesive. The image panel is secured with double sided tape. I added a few flirty flamingo enamel dots to complete the card. 

Well, that's it for me for this week. I hope I have given you an idea for a way to use this new die. Designer papers can give you a big assist with your design. See you next Saturday!

dies I used to create card: