A Trip Outback

Hi everyone and Happy Monday today I am excited to share our Australian dies which reminds me of Down Under and Outback and not the restaurant.  When I saw these dies it brought memories of a television show I watched “The Crocodile Hunter” with Steve Irwin I could hear his accent as I created lol I loved that show and how cute!

Here are all the amazing dies in this release

I used the circle slimline die to create a sort of collage of all these outback critters on some desert sand cardstock

I then diecut the parrot in pink and added a touch of color with my copics

I diecut the Outback Trees in various shades of green show I could add a tree to each opening and it blended so well with the tan

I used the Koala w/Floral as my focal point and used the baby from the Koalas set to hang from ine tree.

I had so much fun with this release I hope everyone enjoyed a trip down under…😆

Products Used:

Protea for Mother's Day (new die)

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Hello CottageCutz 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.

Today for your viewing pleasure, I am featuring the new Protea die. I created a Mother's Day card for a friend. I usually send a lot of cards to my friends for Mother's Day, so this is my first one for this holiday. So, let's get started on some details of how I created my card.

Design Steps: 

I started my card by cutting the protea images. I used different shades of bright cardstock. I somewhat followed the coloring on the packaging. That's always a big help if you're undecided on what colors to use. I attached the protea image to a white square. It's the largest (3 1/2") of the Stitched Square dies.  

The card layout I used is an older sketch I had saved on my Pinterest page. Having a layout in mind is a big assist for me with cardmaking.  

Next, I selected the card colors and designer paper. I wanted something with stripes, and I found this blue pattern. I thought it works well with the shades of pink I used for the protea. I decided to use a blue ribbon to act as a divider between the panels. 

White Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Designer Paper Layer: 4" x 2 1/2"

I stamped my Mother's Day sentiment directly on the flower vase. 

Now that my elements are prepared, I am ready to start card assembly. I attached the designer paper and the ribbon with double sided tape. I took the ribbon to the inside of the card, and I will add another layer of cardstock inside to cover the ribbon. 

I attached the image panel with double sided tape. I layered this panel with a bright pink cardstock. It measures 3 5/8" square.  I also scattered a few bright pink enamel dots.

I decided to add another sentiment to finish off my card. I used the Wishes w/Shadow sentiment and cut it in 2 shades of pink. I decided to rotate the enamel dots from squares to diamond shapes. I moved them around and added to additional to highlight the wishes phrase. 

  

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. See you next Saturday. 

dies I used to create card:

Easter in the Forest

Hey there Krafty Friends, Jen from Katahdin Krafts, back on the blog today with this sweet "Easter Moose" card. I used several dies from the Spring Release, as well as a couple from the Winter Release. I absolutely love mixing and matching dies to create a scene.

For my background birch forest I used Winter Pine and Birch Trees and the adorable moose are from the Winter Moose w/ Hot Cocoa, both of these dies are from this past Winter Release.

My Easter decor comes from several Spring Release dies, I cut the Easter eggs from the Bunny Express Carrot Cars.  The tulips and tufts of grass are from the Spring Sheep, I also added some flowers from the Spring Chicken die.  The jellybeans can be found in the Bunny Express Engine set.  The female moose is holding a carrot from the Spring Sentiments set, and the male moose is holding a basket from the same set.

I decided to add my sentiment in the inside of the card, along with some extra flowers for a little pleasant surprise! 

I enjoyed making this fun Easter card, thank you so much for krafting with me again this week.  I will be back with a YouTube Video in a couple of weeks!  Happy krafting!

Black Swan

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Today, I am using the new Swan die and I just love how this card turned out!

Design Steps:

1.  Use the Swan die and cut out the pieces: black, blue, white, green, brown, and grey.  Shade the swan and the other pieces with inks and Copic Markers.  Use the Pierced Wide Circle Frame die (the largest) and cut it out of white and black card stock.  Use the center of the white circle and blend in grass and sky using inks

3.  Glue the pieces of the swan, rocks, pond and grasses to the inked circle as shown above

3.  Back the inked white circle with the black circle and glue the black frame on top of the white frame.  I did this for a little more stability 

4.  I used a black A2 card base and some DP cut 4 1/8 x 5 3/8.  Glue the patterned DP to the black card base

5.  Glue the circle to the middle of the DP.  Stamp your sentiment and layer onto black card stock.  Glue the sentiment to the card as shown below and your card is complete

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  And I will see you next Thursday.

Blessings and Take Care

Happy Birthday Slimline Baby Animal Cupcakes Card

Happy Terrific TuesDIE Scrapping Cottage friends!Melinda here with you for another fun Tuesday. My project is my first ever slimline card! Here's what I made.

I just loved having a go of this great sized card!

This card is very easy to duplicate!

I started by scoring my base. I took an 8.5 x 11 paper and scored it right down the middle at 4.25.

I went on to cut out some mats as well as the scallop stitched slimline piece.

Here are those pieces assemble.

Next I cut all of the main facial features with white cardstock. I was then able to color the pieces I wanted.

Here's a look at  my completed baby animal cupcakes. I added those toppings to each. Super cute!

Here's a shot showing how I assembled them onto the scallop stitched mat. You can see in this photo that I added some of the candles and a whole bunch of the little circles that cutout. I just used my markers to color them all.

Here's a closer look at the finished card.

And another view as well. These cupcakes are adorable! So many uses for these pieces! Like I said, this is one card that would be super easy to reproduce and have a lot of fun doing it. 

Here is one last look at the card again! I enjoyed making this slimline card and see many more in my crafty future! These dies make it so  much fun to create!

And speaking of fun dies.... Have you seen the newest release!!! 

ADORABLE FROM DOWN UNDER!

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The Dies I used to create this project:

Baby Animal Cupcakes

Scallop Stitched Rectangle Slimline

In case you didn't hear, The CottageCutz YouTube channel is filling up with beautiful projects and great how-tos!  Head over and check out the latest video! 

Well that about covers it for today! Until the next time, have a wonderfully crafty day!

Melinda Beltran