Showing posts with label Spring Greenery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spring Greenery. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Sincere thanks

Hi, Janja is here with you.
On the card that I share with you today, I used another die from Valentine's release. I replaced hearts with a bunch of flowers.


- CottageCutz dies: Swinging Monkey, Hedgehogs In Love (flowers), Spring Greenery, Circle Set
- white card base: 4.25" x 5.5" (10,8 x 14 cm), folded
- patterned paper: 3.75" x 5" (9,5 x 12,7 cm)
- brown card stock: 3.95" x 5.2 (10 x 13,2 cm)
- colored card stock
- colored ink pads
- double-sided adhesive tape, self-adhesive foam tape, glue

Cut out monkey and flowers. Emphasize cut outs with colored pads. Glue all the pieces together.


Make a card base from white a card stock. Trim selected patterned papers and cut the frame from the brown card stock.
Cut the round aperture in the middle, which is slightly larger than the inner edge of the frame.
Also cut out branch and greenery.


Stamp a sentiment and trim it with scissors.


First, attach the frame to the back of patterned paper. Attach branch and greenery and all adhere over the smaller patterned paper and brown card stock.


Fasten the monkey and banner on the background with a self-adhesive foam tape.



Have a nice day.
Janja




Sunday, March 25, 2018

Easter Egg With Flowers

Hi!

This is Anja. It's just one week away from Easter and that's why Easter and Spring themed dies are on my table.


For this card I used:

- Cottage Cutz dies (Floral Eggs & Butterflies, Spring Watering Can, Spring Greenery),
- Zig markers (numbers 043, 046, 052, 202, 260),
- Craft card base (15x10,5 cm),
- dark red card stock for background (10x14,5 cm),
- patterned paper - wood (9,6x14,1 cm),
- watercolor paper for die cuts,
- embossing ink,
- rose gold embossing powder,
- heat gun,
- Nuvo drops (Dandelion Yellow),
- paper glue,
- adhesive foam pads
- watercolor brush,
- scissors.

First I cut all the background paper.


Then I die cut the flowers and the greenery from watercolor paper and colored it with Zig markers. I used Nuvo drops for the middle of the flowers.


I die cut the beautiful egg from white paper and tapped it with embossing ink. I used rose gold powder and heat it with the heat gun.


I wanted the inside of the egg to be white, so I drew around the egg and cut it out from white paper. Then I glued the two pieces together.


I put adhesive foam pads on the backside of the egg and glued it on the "wooden" background. I glued the flowers around it. And card was finished.





I hope you have all your Easter cards ready to go. I have to make a few Easter treats and then I'm ready to go.

Btw Rise&Shine dies are still available for 25 % lower price.

Have a nice Sunday.
Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used:




Sunday, October 15, 2017

Cards with Birds

Hi!

It's Anja here. Last week I told you I prefer to use dies over stamps on my cards. But this week I decided to use stamps. Cottage Cutz has a few new stamp and die sets with beautiful birds and flowers motives. I colored two of my favourite and used them on cards. This is how the finished cards look like.


To make the cards I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Sparrow on Post, Bluejay & Apple Blossom, Spring Greenery, Nested Stitched Scallop Oval Set, Sweet Spring Kitty),
- Distress Inks (Peeled Paint, Forest Moss),
- Distress Oxides (Peeled Paint, Twisted Citron, Lucky Clover, Faded Jeans, Fired Brick, Broken China, Vintage Photo),
- two craft card bases (10,5x15 cm),
- water color paper for stamping,
- white card stock for die cuts,
- Versafine Black Onyx ink,
- Derwent watercolor and inktense pencils,
- Zig watercolor pencils,
- stamp with lettering motive,
- glossy accents,
- red, black, white, yellow pen,
- stamping platform,
- washi tape.

First I stamped the image on watercolor paper.


I colored both images with the combination of Zig markers and watercolor pencils, because I only have a few Zig markers. I mostly color with Derwent color pencils. They are my favourite.


When I finished coloring I cut the motive with my Big Shot machine. I used washi tape to fix the die.


I used the same coloring technique for the other bird image.


Then I die cut the ovals and colored them in light blue inside the die.


For the background I stamped directly on to the card base. Oxides really leave a clear image on craft background. I used Vintage Photo around the edges.


Then I die cut some greenery and flowers, colored them with combination of Distress Inks and Oxides and glued everything on the card base.



And for the finish touch I used some Glossy Accents.





I hope you will give this beautiful birds a try. They are so much fun to color. 

Have a beautiful and sunny Sunday and I will be back next week. 

Anja Z. 



Cottage Cutz dies I used:








Wednesday, May 03, 2017

Christening cards

Hi!

It's Anja here. The new Cottage Cutz baby collection has these two beautiful dies with which you can make gorgeous christening gowns. Today I made two cards, one for a baby girl and one for a baby boy. They are very simple to make and can be used as a christening invitations or congratulation cards.


I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Boy Christening Outfit, Girl Christening Gown, Fancy Mary Jane Shoes, Spring Greenery, Stitched Rounded Square Set),
- Distress Inks (Stormy Sky, Worn Lipstick),
- white card base (15 x 10,5 cm),
- white, pink, blue and green card stock,
- white liquid pearls,
- embossing folder,
- paper glue and foam glue pads.

First I cut all the pieces for the outfits. I used white, blue and pink paper. I put distress ink around the edges of every small piece.


I used the same procedure for the flowers. I used a special tool to make a 3D effect.


Then I cut some greenery from the green card stock.


I made each background from two pieces of paper. First I cut pink and blue (14,5 x 10 cm) and then white (14 x 9,5 cm). I embossed the white one with an embossing folder. I could use any other design. Then I cut the third largest square from the Stitched Rounded Square Set to put my gowns on. 



Then I just had to put all the pieces together. This is how I glued the greenery.


And in the end I glued the little flowers and decorated it with liquid pearls.





And this is it from me today.

Have a nice Wednesday.
Anja Ž.

Cottage Cutz products I used: