Showing posts with label Cocoa & Sweet Treats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cocoa & Sweet Treats. Show all posts

Saturday, December 12, 2020

Snowman in the Meadow


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 Christmas dies are still available in the online store. And, there is still time to get some to create this year's Christmas cards.  We have Christmas Part 1 (22 new designs), Christmas Part 2 (21 new designs) and Christmas Part 3 (11 new designs). 

Today, for your viewing pleasure I have a card featuring the new Snowman & Owl Pal die. It's one of those whimsical dies from the Christmas Part 3 collection that makes for a really cute Christmas card. I created it for a friend who lives out in Washington. They don't get much snow so I thought a snowman card would be a cute one for her. Let's get started on some details of how I created my card.

Design Steps:

My card this week started with the color challenge #821 on Splitcoaststampers. The colors were limiting but the optional item was to make a snowman. We have so many really cute snowman dies this year so I knew I was in for the challenge. Our colors were bermuda bay, silver and pumpkin pie. Neutrals are allowed in this challenge and I used black, white and a few shades of brown . 
pumpkin pie, silver, bermuda bay

I managed to find some scraps of bermuda bay designer paper to use for the snowman's jacket and the owls hat. That made things a little easier. Then I used bermuda bay cardstock for his scarf, buttons, hat band and pockets.  

For the background, I embossed with a snowflake swirl embossing folder.  I like the visual interest it gave to my card. 

I cut a snow slope and used chunky glitter on the top of the slope. Stamped my sentiment in bermuda bay ink.  

I am ready to start card assembly. I attached the embossed panel with double sided tape and the snow slope with dimensional adhesive.
 
Next, I added the snowman image using dimensional adhesive. I cut some silver snowflakes from an older CottageCutz die(Cocoa & Sweet Treats) for added interest on the embossed panel. 
And, that completes my card for this week. I hope you are making progress on your Christmas cards. I have my cards out in the mail. Now I am ready to bake and make some candy for gift giving. See you next Saturday. 

die I used to create card:



 

Sunday, January 06, 2019

Winter Wreath

Hi!

It's Anja. Hope the new year started good for you. I've been sick the last two weeks, hoping to feel better soon. I managed to craft a bit and made a new card for you. A simple winter card.


For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Ice Skates & Mittens, Build-A-Grapevine Wreath, Cocoa & Sweet Treats),
- Distress Inks (Antique Linen, Worn Lipstick),
- Caretake Spray (Fudge Brown, Trunk Brown, Rusty Orange),
- white and craft card stock for die cuts,
- craft card base (18x13 cm),
- pink card stock for background (16,8x11,8 cm),
- patterned paper (16,5x11,5 cm),
- silver pigment ink,
- silver string,
- glossy accent,
- white glitter,
- tape,
- adhesive foam pads,
- paper glue,
- heat gun.

First I cut two wreaths from craft paper.


The I used spray colors to color it.


Then I cut and colored the mittens and the skate. I used silver pigment ink for the metal part of the skate. I used a bit of silver string to finish the skate. I used tape to adhere string on the back.


For the background I cut two papers.


Then I glued everything together. I used adhesive foam pads to adhere the skate. In the end I put some glossy accent on the snowflakes and sprinkled it with glitter to add some shine. And my card was done.




And this all from me for today.

Have a great week and see you again net Sunday.

Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz dies I used:



Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Cup of Comfort Ornament Tag

Do you enjoy a little cup of comfort?  You know the kind that is filled with delicious, warm cocoa, coffee or tea.  I created these sweet Cup of Comfort Ornament/Tags using the Nested Stitched Doily Set and the Cocoa & Sweet Treat Dies.
I used watercolors to color in the images.  To add deeper color to areas of the die, I add a base coat of the watercolor then let dry.  Next add a second coat in the areas to you would like a deeper more intense color, letting dry between coats.
Assemble the images, add some red/white twine, lace pieces, embellishments and glitter glue to add shimmer.  Add a hanging tag with the red/white twine.
I hope you enjoyed a little Christmas inspiration.
 Wishing a  creative day, dear friends.


Sunday, November 19, 2017

Gingerbread Card


Hi,


it's Anja here with my new card. I made a simple one this week, because I was away from home and

didn't have all my crafting materials with me. I combined two cute gingerbread men from two different sets. I love how Cottage Cutz sets complement each other so well. 

 
The materials I used for this card:
- Distress Oxides (Vintage Photo, Fossilized Amber, Fired Brick, Walnut Stain, Lucky Clover),
- craft card base (15x15 cm)
- white and craft card stock for die cuts,
- white (14x14 cm) and patterned (13x13 cm) paper for background,
- craft (14x6 cm) and patterned (14x5 cm) paper stips for background,
- paper glue.

First I die cut gingerbreads from craft card stock. I cut five bigger ones and four smaller ones. I colored them with Distress Oxides. I cut the smaller pieces from white card stock.Then I glued all the cut gingerbreads together to get a 3d effect.


I used the small holly branch leaves that were left from cutting the smaller gingerbread.


Then I cut all the other paper pieces for the background.


And then I just put everything together to get the final result. 


Gingerbread men could be easily used as little magnets for the fridge. They look quite realistic when you make them in layers. And they ares so easy to make.


Thank you for visiting the blog today. Make sure you check the new video from Janet. She is showcasing all the beautiful dies from our Black Friday release. It is the cutest "get well" set of dies
I've ever seen. It will be in the store soon, so stay tuned :)


Have fun and enjoy your Sunday. 
See you next week. 
Anja Z.


Cottage Cutz products I used: