Boots and Bling - it's a Cowgirl Thing!

Hello!  This is Sukie and today I have a quick card to share. The Country Farm die release was perfect for creating this all occasion card which came together very quickly!  There's a brand new release of Slimline dies in the store too, be sure to check them out while they are on sale!

Since I had the cowboy paper in mind for this card, I selected some coordinating card stock colors for all of the die cuts. The die cuts are from the Dog in Cowboy Boot, Country Farm Cows (fence) and the Mail Tag Set.

I wanted to showcase the patterned paper for this card so I kept my card base very simple and adhered the set of tags on top.  The double tags were tied together with some jute twine.

The fence was adhered along the bottom edge of the tag, slightly overlapping it.

The sweet doggy in the boot was affixed on top of the tag with the fence behind.

The fun sentiment was stamped on a hand cut flag.  I tied some more of the jute together and added it to my car as an embellishment. 

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

Happy Hello

Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends

It is Pam on the blog this fine Monday Morning!! I hope you had a wonderful 4th of July celebration.

We have a HUGE SLIMLINE DIE RELEASE with 20 fantastic dies.  You can get the entire collection for a whopping 58% off right now or if you wish a single die at 25% off!  The new designs are just so amazing.  They are sure to put your imagination into overdrive!!  Check them out right HERE.

I have used one of the new dies on this card.  It is called Circle Window Slimline.

I used a white card base and cut the die piece out in white using the Circle Windows Slimline.  Because I really wanted the little roosters to stand out.  The roosters where cut out using the Country Farm Rooster from our last release.  I cut 3 of them out and glued them to each window.  

After I glue them to the windows I used dimensional tape to attach the die cut panel to the card base.  I then cut out the Happy Hello 2 times using the Happy Expressions die and the Hello Expressions die.  I glued them together and then glued them to the card front

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Please make sure to check out the new Slimline release.  And as always thank so much for stopping by today.  I really appreciate it!

Take Care and Blessings

Pam

Happy Birthday

Hi!

It's Anja here. I have another farm inspired card for you today. I combined two of the Country Farm release dies and made the scene below. 

For this card I used:

- Cottage Cutz dies (Farm Tractor w/Trailer, Country Farm Barn, Clouds Slimline, Grass Slimline), 

- Distress Inks,

- craft card base (10x21cm),

- white card stock for die cuts,

- black pen, 

- silver pigment ink,

- black pigment ink,

- sentiment stamp,

- acrylic block,

- scissors,

- paper glue. 

 

First I cut and colored the tractor. 

Next I did the same with the barn. 

Next Ii cut paper stencils using clouds and grass slimline dies. I used the stencils to color the clouds and the grass. 

 

Last I stamped the sentiment and cut it out.

 

And the I just placed all the cut and colored pieces and adhered it on the card base. And my card was done.  

 

 

 

 

Before I go I want to invite you all to the The Scrapping Cottage online store to check out 4th of July sale. 

And that's all from me for today. Happy 4th of July celebrations and a nice week ahead. See you again next Sunday. 

Anja Z.

Cottage Cutz dies I used:

 

 

Sassy Farm Chicks Birthday

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.

IT'S NEW RELEASE TIME! We have a new collection of Slimline Designs. Your slimline cardmaking is going to get a lot easier. We have 20 new designs and they are on sale. You can get the entire set at 58% off or each individual die is 25% off. The dies have appeal for all styles of cardmaking. So check them out and make your selections. 

Today for your viewing pleasure, I am featuring the Country Farm Chicks from our Country Farm collection. I created a birthday card with a sassy birthday sentiment. I have a few brothers who would think this is just too funny. So one of them will receive it for their birthday. So let's get started with some details on how I created my card.

Design Steps:

I started my card this week with the layout. I had this one saved from Splitcoaststampers #856 and thought it would work well for the images I wanted to use. I did take some liberties with the sketch. Layer 4 is moved to the top of the image panel and instead of a rectangle image, I used a cloud. 

Next, I die cut the chick images using different colors of colored cardstock. I used the packaging colors because I liked them. You could always use white cardstock and then color the images with your favorite coloring medium. Our design team does each of the ways I just mentioned.

I selected a sky themed background paper for layer 2 of the sketch. I used a blue panel for layering. My hill is cut from designer paper using the Hills Slimline die. I decided to add a sun and that is cut from the Clouds & Sun die. 

Blue Layering Panel - 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Designer Paper Layer - 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"

I cut my cloud image and stamped my sentiment in a blue ink. 

Now that all my elements are prepared I am ready to start card assembly. I attached the designer paper and the sun to the blue layering panel with double sided tape. The farm chicks and the cloud sentiment are attached with dimensional adhesive. 

To finish off my card I added a white card base. The base is 4 1/2" x 5 3/4".  Scattered a few glitter enamel dots and this card is complete. I hope I have given you a fresh idea for a way to use these cute farm chicks. See you next Saturday with a sample from the new Slimline release. 

dies I used to create card:

Udderly Amazing

Happy Friday!  It's Jeanne today with a slimline card featuring some cows from the fun, new Country Farm release.  I used several of the slimline dies and the Country Farm Cows.

I started with this sketch from Splitcoaststampers.  When I saw the sketch I knew these cows would be perfect.

To start I cut the cows from white cardstock and colored using Distress Oxide inks.

These are the colors I used for the cows.  For my black I colored the cardstock with a black Copic marker.

I cut the base rectangle from the largest of the Nested Stitched Rectangles.  I used the third largest Rectangle and cut two - one from green and one from white.  I used the Clouds Slimline to create a stencil and stenciled the clouds on the white rectangle.  Using the Grass Slimline I cut the grass and glued it to the cloud panel.

For the sketch I needed to cut the cloud panel.  I wanted my stitched lines to be on the inside under the sentiment circle, so I cut 5 1/2 inches from the right.

Then I switched the two sides so my long side was on the left and the stitching in the middle.

I added the cows to the left side....

and heat embossed my sentiment in white on a red circle.

Be sure to visit the online store where there is huge July 4th sale going on right now.  Lot's of great dies are on sale including the Country Farm release.  And there is a NEW release of slimline dies that feature wonderful and unique designs!

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