Upside Down Christmas

Hi!

It's Anja here. I have a first Christmas card I made this season for today's blog post. The scene I made is a bit unusual, as is this whole 2020.

For this card I used:

- Cottage Cutz dies (Upside Down Santa, Snowman in Snow, Owl),

- Distress Inks,

- white cad base (10x21 cm),

- white card stock for die cuts,

- black card stock for background (9,5x20,5 cm),

- alcohol markers,

- white pigment ink,

- white acrylic paint,

- black pen,

- white pen,

- scissors,

- paper trimmer,

- heat gun,

- brush,

- paper glue.

 

First I cut and colored the Santa. I used alcohol markers to color the lights. 

Next I cut and colored the snowman.

And last I cut and colored the branch to hold Santa.

Next I started on the background. I used black cardstock and lightened it a bit with white pigment ink. After that I spritzed the paper with white acrylic paint. I dried the paper with the heat gun.

Next I trimmed a piece of white card stock for the snowy ground.

And then I put all the pieces together and my card was done.

Have a nice Sunday and see you again next week. 

Anja Z.

Cottage Cutz dies I used:

Kittie & Jack-o-Lantern

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 three brand new releases in the online store. It's Christmas Part 1 (22 new designs), Christmas Part 2 (21 new designs) and a Halloween release (14 new designs). They are all currently on sale and you can save anywhere from 25% to 60%. 

Today, I am here with a card from the Halloween release. Many of you create cards for Halloween and are looking for ideas to use these new dies. So, I am featuring the new Black Cat w/Jack-o-Lantern die. I think both the pumpkin and the cat have such cute faces. Nothing to scary at all so it would be one you could send to a child. So let's get started with some details on how I created my card.

Design Steps:

I started my card with the colors from the Splitcoaststampers color challenge #810. We were to use terracotta tile, flirty flamingo and soft suede. Plus neutrals are allowed so I was good with the dark green for the pumpkin vine and black and gray for the cat. 

terracotta tile, soft suede, flirty flamingo

I cut the pumpkin from terracotta tile cardstock and the cat's scarf in flirty flamingo. The cat is cut in black and gray cardstock. I used a dark green designer paper for the pumpkin vine. 

I had my card base and designer paper chosen so I just needed a layout. I picked the Splitcoaststampers sketch challenge #819. I thought it would work well with the pumpkin and cat image. 

For layer #1 I used a soft suede designer paper. I thought the circles worked well with this image. For layer #2 I used a woodgrain designer paper and cut it with the 2nd largest Rectangle die. For layer #3 I used soft suede cardstock and the 2nd largest Square die. 

Next, I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink and then embossed it with black embossing powder. I wanted it to stand out on the card. I cut it out with the Stitched Oval die.

I am ready to start card assembly. I attached the image to the square panel with dimensional adhesive. 

Attached the designer paper to the card base and layer #2 and the image panel with double sided tape. 

The sentiment panel is also secured with double sided tape. I added another layer to the panel. It's cut from  terracotta tile cardstock with the Oval die.  

I finished off my card by scattering a few terracotta tile enamel dots and to the sentiment panel a couple of leaves. 

That's it for me for this week. I hope I have given you an idea for this new die. See you next Saturday!

Dies I used to create card:

It's a Halloween Party!

Happy Friday Cottage Cutz fans!  It's Jeanne today and I have a fun card using dies from the new Halloween release.  Someone in this camper is having a party and I think they left their cauldron outside!

I started by die cutting the camper, cauldron, ghosts and bats from the Spooky Camper and the Spooky Witch House dies.  These two are perfectly sized to coordinate with each other.  I used various colors of cardstock and shaded only the fire by using a sponge and orange ink.

I cut the trees in black from a Christmas die (think outside the box when using your dies!)  The Merry Christmas w/Deer Family die.

For the background I used a pre-printed card from a card kit that I received this summer.  The cards are all night skies - perfect for Halloween cards!

The ground is a piece a black cardstock cut to 2 1/8 x 4 1/4 inches.

I glued the ground leaving the top edge open so I could slip in the trees.  Then I glued this down and added the sentiment from Halloween Phrase and More.

I adhered the camper and added the cauldron using foam dots to pop it up from the card.

I think my favorite part of this card is the kitty in the door window.  Although she's from the Spooky Witch House die she fits just perfect in the camper window!

Dies used:

Be sure to visit the online store where the Halloween release is on sale for a limited time!

Thanks for visiting today!  I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!

Trick or Treat Ghost

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends

It is Pam sharing with you today!

We have some very cute Halloween dies that are not to scary for anyone you might want to send them too!  I have a very young great niece and nephew that are the perfect age to send a sweet Halloween card too.  I love seeing the wee little ones all dressed up for Halloween. I am using this adorable ghost with his Halloween balloon and pumpkin treat bucket.

Background Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Design Steps

1.  I am using a black card stock base with a gate fold.  You start with an 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 piece of black card stock then you score it at 2 1/8 and 6 3/8 inches and then fold

2.  Cut 4 pieces of Halloween DP 2 x 5 1/4 and purple DP 4 x 5 1/4.  Use your Pieced Square die second from the largest and cut a piece of purple DP and then layer it onto black card stock

3.  Glue the 4 pieces of Halloween DP to the front flaps of the card and on the inside flaps

4.   Glue the purple DP to the center of the inside of the card.  Glue the purple pierced square to a layer of black

5.  Using the Trick or Treat Ghost die cut out the pieces using orange, black, yellow, white and purple card stock

6.  Using a fine tip glue assemble the little ghost.  Use a fine tip black marker to add the ghost's eyes and the bats eyes.  Dot with the ghost's eyes with a white gel pen

7.  Pop dot the ghost to the purple square

8.  Stamp your sentiment and layer it onto purple then black card stock.  Glue the Ghost square as shown making sure you only put glue on the left side of the panel.  Next so the same for the sentiment

9.  For the inside I cut an additional little pumpkin and I also cut a rectangle using the 3rd from the largest Pieced Rectangle die out of white.   Stamp the sentiment and glue it to the inside along with the little pumpkin.  Your card is complete

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Thanks so much for stopping by and please make sure to stop by the online store to check out these adorable Halloween dies!

Blessings

Pam