Showing posts with label Oval Set. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oval Set. Show all posts

Saturday, March 18, 2023

Cross with Spring Lilies


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.

Our Flowers & More release is still available in the online store at 30% off the individual dies. This release has what we are calling "simple cuts". Meaning not as many pieces to put together so they assemble quickly.

They are so perfect for the many card making occasions that we all have. Easter, Birthdays, Thank You, Sympathy, Mother's Day, Thinking of You or even a scrapbook layout just to name a few. 

Today for your viewing pleasure I am revisiting an older die -  Cross with Spring Lilies die (2019 release). This is a perfect die to reflect on why we celebrate Easter. It's retired but still available and on sale right now. Let's get started on some details of how I created this card.  

Step 1: I started my card this week with the layout. I am using a sketch that I had saved on one of my Pinterest boards. I thought it would work great to show off the cross and allow me also to use some background designer paper. This particular sketch gave all the dimensions for the layers so it made creating the card a bit easier.
I just had to select my card colors and I decided on shades of purples since purple is the color of royalty.
For the center panel I used a white dotted tulle and an olive satin ribbon. The olive picks up the stem of the lilies.  For the oval panel, I used the 3rd largest oval and stitched oval dies.
I cut my cross using 2 shades of purple cardstock. The lilies are cut in a paler shade of purple with olive for the stem. I thought that color would look better against the white background. 
Next, I stamped my sentiment in the heather shade of ink. It's the top layer of the cross color. Attached to the ovals with dimensional adhesive. 
Now that all the panels, card base and cross are cut, I am ready to start card assembly. I used double sided tape for all the panels. I secured the ribbons with glue dots.
To complete my card, I secured the oval image panel with dimensional adhesive and attached to the card base with double sided tape. 
Well, that's it for me for this week. See you next Saturday. 

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dies I used to create card:






Friday, March 18, 2022

Bunny Baker

Hello CottageCutz 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.

The Spring Release with 20 new designs is in the online store. There is a nice combination of both religious and whimsical designs. So perfect for all card makers out there.

And there is still plenty of time to order and get them for your Easter cardmaking. Today for your viewing pleasure, I have a whimsical card for Easter using the ever so cute Spring Bunny Baker die. I made this one for my neighbor who is an avid baker. I have enjoyed many of her homemade treats, and I thought she would really like this card. 

I used the colors from this week's Splitcoaststamper color challenge #887. The color trio is real red, petal pink and pool party. 
I used the challenge colors to cut the elements of the Spring Bunny Baker die. Plus, some allowed neutral colors for the bunny, her mixing spoon and the card base. I thought the pool party needed a darker shade to make it pop. So, I used a dark gray cardstock.  

My card is a little larger than what I usually make, but I needed that because of the layout I used. 

Gray card base: 4 3/4" x 6"
Pool party layer: 4 1/2" x 5 3/4"
Pool party designer paper: 4 3/8" x 5 3/8" 

I used the largest of the Stitched Oval die and cut in pink cardstock and then the largest of the Oval Set die and cut in white cardstock. I attached my image to the circle with dimensional adhesive to give it some depth.

The sentiment is from the 2019 Bunny Kisses & Easter Wishes die. It is still available in the online store. I cut it in pink cardstock and used Art Glitter Glue to attach to the image panel. 

Well, that's it for me for this post. I will be back tomorrow for my regular Saturday post. 

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dies I used to create card:








Saturday, January 29, 2022

Easter Cross (new die)

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! The Spring Release with 20 new designs is in the online store. The individual dies are currently at 30% off.

There is a nice combination of both religious and whimsical designs. So perfect for all card makers out there. I do a combination of both designs for my Easter cards. Today, I have a religious one for you using the Easter Cross w/Flowers die. Which, I believe, is the reason we celebrate Easter. So, let's get started with some details of how I created my card.

Design Steps:

Since I knew what die I was going to use to create my card and I sort of had a layout in mind, I looked for a subtle designer paper that would work. I wanted paper that wouldn't overtake the cross. I found this one with a floral image on it. 

Yellow Card Base: 4 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Designer Paper Layer: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
Light Purple Oval: 3rd largest from the Stitched Oval 
White Oval: 3rd largest from the Oval Set. 
Next, I cut the cross and flowers in colors that complemented the yellow papers.
I wanted to use one of the new phrase sentiments that were just released. I chose the alleluia phrase from Faith Sentiments die. I cut it in 2 shades of purple because I wasn't sure which one to use. My cards are always a work in progress. 
Now that all my elements are prepared, I am ready to start card assembly. I decided to use some ribbon on my card that matched one of the shades of purple on the cross. I attached that to the designer paper and then that layer to the card base with double sided tape. 
For the cross, I used dimensional adhesive to slightly lift it off the oval background. At this point I decided to change the flower colors. I made them all yellow, and I liked that better. I added the alleluia phrase. I went with the darker purple one. I thought that made more of a statement on the card. 
To finish off my card, I added a few yellow enamel dots. And that's my card for this week. I hope I have given you an idea for a way to use this new Easter cross. 

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Dies I used to create card:











Saturday, November 20, 2021

Magic of Christmas

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! The new Christmas dies are in the online store with 40 new designs from Christmas Part 1 and 19 new designs from Christmas Part 2.  

Today for your viewing pleasure, I have a design featuring The Magic of Christmas die. It made for such a cute and whimsical scene as so many of our dies do. Here are two other cards I made using our scene building dies.  So let's get started on some details of how I created my card. 

Design Steps:

I started my card this week with the layout. As I have said so many times before having the sketch in mind helps jumpstart the card making process for me. I find the sketches I use very easy to interpret. I liked the sketch #880 on Splitcoaststampers. I thought it would work well for the oval shape of the die. 
I looked through my designer paper for a background pattern that might fit and not overwhelm the die scene. I found this subtle snowflake pattern that I only had pieces of, but I had enough to use for the three horizontal layers. 
Blue Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Designer Paper Layer: 3 7/8" x 3 11/16"
Layer under DSP: 4" x 3 11/16" 
Next, I cut the image from blue green (lost lagoon) cardstock. Then I used the 2nd largest die from the Oval die set to cut a snowy background from white glitter paper.  

I cut the Christmas sentiment using the Merry Christmas w/Shadow die. The shadow is the light blue (card base) and the Christmas phrase is the lost lagoon shade. 
Now that all my card elements are prepared, I am ready to start card assembly. I attached the designer paper layers to the card base using double sided tape. 
I attached the image panel to the white glitter panel with Art glitter glue. Then I attached to the card base with dimensional adhesive. 
To finish off my card I attached the Christmas phrase with glue dots and added a few snowflakes for element 4 of the sketch. 


Well that's it for me for this week. I hope I have given you a fresh idea for a way to use this new die. We are having a Black Friday release and the DT will begin showing samples starting tomorrow. See you next Saturday!

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dies I used to create card:








Sunday, June 20, 2021

Happy Father's Day

Hi!

It's Anja here. For today's post I made a Father's Day card. I used one of the dies from the Christmas release. It seemed perfect for the occasion.


For this card I used:

- Cottage Cutz dies (Christmas Pets, Rounded Rectangles Slimline, Oval Set), 

- Distress Inks and Oxides,

- white card base (9,5x22,5 cm),

- white and patterned card stock for die cuts,

- white pen,

- black pen,

- plastic stencil,

- heat gun,

- washi tape,

- tape,

- water spritzer, 

- printer,

- vellum paper,

- adhesive foam pads,

- paper glue. 

 

First I cut and colored the pets.

 

Next I started on the background. I used the smooching technique. I dried the paper with the heat gun. 

 
Next I added more interest to the background using the plastic stencil. I used the same Distress Oxide for coloring.
 
 
 
Next I cut an oval out of patterned paper and placed it on the background. I used rounded rectangle slimline die over it and adhered it with the washi tape to prevent moving. I cut it with my cutting machine.
 

I printed the sentiment on the vellum paper and teared the paper on both sides. I adhered the paper to the background using tape on the back side. 


I placed and adhered the background to the card base and added the pets using adhesive foam pads. And my card was done.



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

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used: