Soaring High! NEW SLIMLINE RELEASE

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends!

WE ARE CELEBRATING 19 YEARS IN BUSINESS!  SO WE ARE PASSING ALONG OUR THANKS TO YOU!  Save up to 60% on select CottageCutz dies.  DURING OUR BIRHTDAY CELEBRATIONS!

AND TO CONTINUE THE PARTY WE HAVE A NEW RELEASE OF SLIMLINE DIES!  THERE ARE 9 DIES WITH A SPECIAL BUNDLE PRICE OF 52% OFF!

Today,  I am excited to share with you one of the new slimline dies called Clouds Slimline.  I combined it with one of our Spring Release dies which are also still on sale.  The die is the Fox in Airplane.

Design Steps:

1.  I started with the Fox in Airplane die and cut out all the pieces with yellow, red, green, blue, silver, tan, brown and vellum

2.  I assembled the pieces using a fine tip glue and a small pair of tweezers

3.  My base is a slimline white card measuring 8 1/2 x 7 scored on the 7 side 3 1/2.  Using the Clouds Slimline dies I cut the clouds using all 3 different dies

4.  Glue the clouds to the card leaving the bottom of the cloud with no glue so you can tuck in the next cloud just below it

5.  Create your little banner, I just did it free hand.  Pop your plane to the front of the card and then add clear sequin and you card if complete

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Blessings and Take Care

Pam

Blowing Wishes Your Way!

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I have a sweet card to share. The bunny dies worked perfectly for this card which I plan to use for a friend's birthday!  

Two of the die sets used on my card are from the Springtime die release; Bunny w/Butterfly and Bunnies in Pots.  I shaded the die cuts with some Oxide Inks for a soft appearance.  I also cut out a Nested Stitched Eyelet Rectangle.

I selected a patterned pink card base and cut out a rectangle with my paper trimmer and created a stenciled cloud background.  A whimsical sentiment was stamped on the rectangle.

The 2 card panels were layered for a perfect fit and then affixed to my card base.

Next, the adorable bunny was nestled inside the double rectangles.

The tiny bunny inside the pot was adhered in the empty space next to the larger bunny with the butterfly fluttering above.

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

Easter Egg Hunt

Hi!

It's Anja here. I have my last Easter card for you today.

For this project I used:

- Cottage Cutz dies (Bunny Tree Cottage, Easter Egg Hunt),

- Distress inks,

- white card base (11x15 cm),

- white card stock for die cuts,

- black pen, 

- paper glue. 

 

First I cut and colored the bunnies and all the other pieces.

Next I cut and colored the eggs and the sign. 

Then I did the background.

Last I arranged all the pieces on the card base and glued it together. And my card was done.

 

 

 

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

Anja Z. 

 

Cottage Cutz dies I used for this card: 

Easter Chick

It's Jeanne today with the Saturday post.  I have a cute little Easter card for you that is very simple to make.  Although this sweet chick is ready for Easter with her bunny ears, after Easter she can be used without the ears.  Wouldn't she make an adorable baby card!

Now on to my card.  I started with a sketch from Splitcoaststampers.

This simplifies the design process.  I decided that I would substitute the oval in the sketch with my chick and egg.

Then I picked my papers.  I cut a base panel  4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches that will be adhered to my card base.  I used the largest of the Stitched Scallop Rectangle and Stitched Rectangle dies to cut my gingham layering panel.  When glued together the scallops just peek out from the gingham for a spring look.  Using the fourth largest of the Stitched Rectangles I cut my floral panel.

I arranged them as per the sketch and stamped my sentiment across the bottom.

It was time to cut my chick from various colors of scraps.  I chose a pink for her bow to coordinate with the flowers in the paper.

After gluing her down I added a few flowers I had leftover from another card that used the Bunnies in Pots die (also from this release).

I hope you've enjoyed my card today.  Be sure to visit the online store where the new release is on sale for a limited time!

Dies used:

Thanks for visiting.  I hope you have a blessed Easter weekend!

You Are Tea-riffic

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with us today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Friday edition of the Blog.

We have a brand new release of dies in the online store. It's our Spring Release with 22 new designs. Everything you need to create Spring, Easter, Birthday, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Thinking of you cards and so much more.

The Design Team has been showing samples using these new dies. So if you haven't seen them check back on the blog for lots of great ideas. The dies are currently on sale at 25% off so check all the new designs in the online store for some great selections. The Safari & Circus releases are still available at 25% off as well.

Now onto my card for today. I am featuring the new Spring Tea Party die and I created a Mother's day  card for a tea loving friend. She also collects teacups so I think she will like this one. Let's get started with some details on how I created my card.

Design Steps:

Since I knew what die I wanted to use I just needed the layout that would work with it. I found this one online. I liked the multiple layers and it gives me a chance to use designer paper. 

I looked through my papers to see what would work best. I decided to go with different shades of purple. 

Purple Posy card base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Designer Paper layer: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"

Heather Highland rectangle layer: 1 7/8" x 4 1/8"

Gingham Designer Paper Layer: 1 3/4" x 4"

Purple Posy sentiment Layer: 2 1/4" x 3/4"

Grape embossed panel: 4" x 1 1/4"

White Circle Image Panel:  I used the 3rd largest Circle die.

Highland Heather Circle Layering Panel: I used the 3rd largest Stitched Circle die.

 

Now I am ready to cut my images. I used just the fox image from this set. I decided to cut the fox in light and dark gray cardstocks. This color worked better with my designer papers. Forgot to take a photo of the images before I attached them to Circle panel (LOL)!!!

Next, I stamped my sentiment in black ink with the help of my MISTI tool. Just in case I needed to double stamp. Sometimes the clear stamps don't make a good impression on the first stamping. And, for this one I did need to triple stamp to get a good image. 

Now that all my elements are prepared I am ready to start card assembly. I attached all the layers with double sided tape. 

For the image panel, I used dimensional adhesive on the fox. I usually like images lifted off the background slightly for added interest. 

To finish off my card I scattered a few grape rhinestones. And, that's it for me for this week. I hope you all have a blessed Easter celebration. See you next Saturday. 

dies I used to create card: