Father's Day Ice Cream

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.

It's new release time!!! We have new dies in the online store. It's our Sweet Treats release with 13 new designs. They are so perfect for any card making occasion you may have. The individual dies are currently 30% off.

Today for your viewing pleasure, I have created a Father's Day card using the Build An Ice Cream Cone die. This one I made for the little girl next door to give to her Daddy for Father's Day. He likes ice cream so this one is a perfect for for him.

So, let's get started with some details of how I created my card.

Design Steps:

I started by selecting my designer paper. I looked for something that had more of a masculine vibe to it. Stripes always work so I went that way. I cut the papers in the following sizes.

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

Blue Layering Panel: 3 7/8" x 5 1/8" 

Large White Embossed panel: 3 3/4" x 5"

Designer paper Layer: 4 1/4" x 3"

Red Scalloped Layer: 

Blue Laying Panel: 3 1/4" x2

Small white panel embossed: 3 1/8" x 1 7/8"

My ice cream cone is cut in colors that complement the designer paper. 

All my card elements are cut and ready for assembly. The layers are all attached with double sided tape. My largest white layer is an embossed panel, but it just isn't showing up well in the photo. 

Next, I attached the assembled cone image using dimensional adhesive. I stamped my sentiment in poppy red ink on vellum. I added a die cut heart to the center. 

I finished off the inside of my card by stamping a couple of sentiments and adding a strip of the designer paper and a couple of hearts.  

Well, that's it for me for this week. See you next Saturday!

Reminder: Our YouTube Channel has a new video from Linh Van. There is a giveaway for being a subscriber, liking the video and leaving a comment. Click here.

die I used to create card:

Summer is Here!

Hi everyone! My name is Linh and I'm honored and excited to be here as a guest designer. I have a new video up on the CottageCutz YouTube Channel. In this video, I combined the Easel, Build an Ice Cream Cone, and Ice Cream Truck die sets from the Sweet Treats Collection. Where's the ice cream truck, you ask? My initial design plan for this card didn't quite come together the way I saw it in my head. Then I remembered... there's a beautiful white canvas on the inside of the card! And voila -- the perfect spot for a fun surprise when you open the card!

 

Yum!

 Hello Scrapping Cottage Friends

The design team is continuing to give you some great ideas for our new release Sweet Treats!  There are 13 different designs and everyone of them can be used for a variety of occasions especially Birthdays!! The individual dies are 30% off.  This sale price won't last long so click HERE to hop on over to the store!

Today, I am using the sweet Cupcake w/Cherry.  I thought it would be fun to create a background with the same cupcake so this is what I came up with!

Design Steps:

1.  Using the Cupcake w/Cherry cut out 4 cupcakes on white card stock

2.  Assemble the cupcakes and glue them to the front of a white A2 card base as shown above 

3.  Cut out one cupcake using the following colors of card stock: turquoise, tan, brown, red and green.  Assemble the cupcake with a fine tip glue

4.  Place dimensional squares or dots on the back of the cupcake 

5.  Pop the cupcake to the middle of the card as shown above.  Stamp the word yum and tuck it under the icing as shown

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

Blessings and Take Care

A Rainbow of Flavors & GIVEAWAY

   One of my fondest memories as a kid was going to Thrifty's for an ice cream cone.  I can't tell you how many times I ordered Rainbow Sherbert.  The swirls of color and touch of tang always made me happy.

It's what inspired my card today, which I am sharing over on the CottageCutz YouTube Channel. For my video, I am featuring the "Build an Ice Cream Cone" die and bonus, I am also giving it away.  This die is filled with several styles of ice cream cones so you can build the cone of your dreams.  An ice cream card is a great way to send a note to let someone know you're thinking of them and would pair perfectly with a gift card to someone's favorite ice cream shop.  Who wouldn't love this sweet surprise in their mailbox?

I hope you'll head over to watch and don't forget to check if you are the winner of the "Candy Cart" die I gave away in my last video.

Thanks for joining me.  Until next time.... Marla

Happy Birthday Gnome Paper Piecing Card

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends!  

Melinda here with you on this Terrific Tuesdie!  Today I am sharing a FUN card featuring more dies from the New Sweet Treats Release! Last week I shared this cute little gnome piecing I created with some leftover pieces. This week I will show you what I used and share the cute little card he is on!

Here's a look at my completed card. I started with a horizontal top folding card base. I used some white cardstock for that. I then cut a piece of some colorfully cute diagonal striped patterned paper I had in my stash. I cut it to 4x5.25 for the mat. 

Here's the photo I shared last week of the little Gnome I made with some leftover pieces.

So here are the pieces I used to create this cute little fella. They are all pieces from various dies in this "SAHWEEET" release! 

So here's a closer look at the pieces I used for his arms (the top pieces). I cut off the bottom part and used that for his "hand". I also cut off that extra piece around the edge and it made a little lip at the bottom to look like a slight cuff.

Here are the pieces that I used for his "head". I added the side pieces to fill in the sides for the "hair". I did cut off the extra  once his beard was in place.

Here is what his head pieces look like. I loosely layered them onto each other to give you the idea.

Here is his body along with his two "shoes". I just cut the extra lip off the bottoms.

Here's another look at little Mr. Gnome. I mounted him onto a stitched rectangle scalloped mat with a yellow cardstock mat. I put some of those super cute cupcakes along side. I added some glaze to that tiny cherry, but it doesn't really show on the photo. I also added some stickles to the top cupcake and the centers of the flowers on the bottom cupcake.

Here's a closer look at the large cupcake and the Happy Birthday sentiment. I did add some foam tape underneath them all to give them just a little lift. I also added some cinnamon stickles to the brown swirls. It didn't show up too well in the photo but the swirls are nice and sparkly.

Here is the new sweet treats release.

Sweet Treats Release

The Dies I used to create this project:

Candy & Gumballs

The jar piece on the right is what I used for the gnomes arms

Cupcake w/Twists

I used this cupcake and the top for the gnomes head and beard. I also used the top right "pink" piece for his mustache.

Cupcake w/Swirls

I used this cupcake top piece for his hat and the longer swirl piece for his "hair". I did also use this complete cupcake to decorate my card.

Ice Cream Sundae

I used the sundae cups top ruffled piece (just above the heart) for the Gnome's hat brim.

Pedestal Stand W/ Cupcakes

I used the brown frosting on the cupcake on the top right for the gnomes hat top. I also used some of the cupcakes from this die to decorate my card.

Nested Scallop Rectangle Set

Happy Birthday w/ Shadow

Make sure you head over to the CottageCutz YouTube channel and check out all of the amazing projects on there. Our video team is doing a wonderful job of filling the channel with all sorts of creative content! You don't want to miss it!

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

Melinda Beltran

Stickle Frosting

Hi everyone I am back on the blog with another card that features: Cupcake w/Frosting a new release and Celebrate Expression plus for my sentiment.

I created a card with an extended lip if I couldnt think of a good description basically it doesnt close where the edges meet one extends out an inch.  As seen below you can see how it folds over.

Next I covered my card in patterned from Doodlebug 

Now its time to diecut 3 sets of cupcakes and decorate them using stickles for icing

I put everything all together to complete my card 🥰

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