Saturday, August 12, 2017

Miss to Mrs (Bridal Shower Card)

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Saturday edition of the Blog.

I mentioned last week that it's wedding season here in my town. Before the big day arrives for the bride and groom, first comes the bridal shower. They are always such exciting events to honor the bride.

Since I am invited to a couple of these showers, I thought I would start to create one of the cards to go along with my gift. So lets get started with some details on the dies I am showcasing today.

Step 1: This week I started my card by planning a layout for my card idea. I wanted a more elegant style card but nothing too fussy. This bride will have that elegance reflected in her wedding.
I then selected the dies that would fit what I had in mind. Since it's a bridal shower card, I chose the wedding gown die. And, then to make it all about love, I am using the love tags and sweet love borders dies.

The cardstock I chose is called blushing bride and I matched it up with some patterned paper of the same color. What an appropriate cardstock name for a bridal card.

Blushing Bride card base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Patterned paper layer: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
I assembled these panels and then placed aside to complete my die cutting.

Step 2: I made all my cuts on this step. The bridal gown, hanger and bow is cut in a pearlized gold cardstock. The tag and borders are cut in the blushing bride cardstock. I am always so impressed with how smooth the CottageCutz dies cut cardstock.
Step 3: Started adhering the die cut pieces to the patterned panel layer. I didn't add the tag and dress at this point because I wanted to stamp the sentiment first. I wanted to make sure I had the correct placement after the heart borders were attached.
Step 4: I stamped my sentiment in chocolate chip ink. This one works so perfectly for my bridal shower theme.
Step 5: I attached the wedding gown and hanger to the tag with dimensional adhesive. Angled it just a bit, mainly for card interest. I let the left side of the bow drape down on the tag and secured it there. I liked the more free flow look.
Step 6: To finish off my card I scattered some of the pink hearts that were part of the border die. As I looked at the border, I thought it would add a bit more elegance by adding some pearls down each side. I like the look and since the pearls are small it's not too fussy.
 Well that's it for me for this post. I hope I have given you an idea for a bridal shower card. There are 20 different wedding designs to spark your creativity. Check them out here. 

Dies I used to create card:
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzweddinggown.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzweddingbellswithbow.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzlovetagsset4x6.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzsweetloveborders.aspx
 
 


Friday, August 11, 2017

Fairy Tale Wishes

Hi!  It's Jeanne sharing my card today.  I love the Wedding Horse & Carriage and Wedding Chapel dies - they remind me of Cinderella! So I wanted to create a birthday card for a girl who loves fairy tales or could be used as a wedding card (just change the "wish" to "celebrate"!)

I cut the cardstock to 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 and scored it at the 4 1/4 mark to make a top folding A2 card.  All pieces except the word "Wish" are cut from the same vanilla cardstock.


The die cut images are colored with Copic markers.  (You'll see double in some of my pictures because I often make two of the same card at one time!) I used several shades of brown for the horse and cool greys to shade the carriage and wheels.


The chapel was colored with two shades of very light beige and warm greys for the roof. The rose was colored in the same manner using pinks and greens.
To create the horizon line in the background I cut a free form mask using scissors. Then I used a sponge to create the grass and sky.  The white panel is slightly smaller than the front of the card.
I cut another panel out of vanilla cardstock the same size as the card front.  From this I cut an oval using the largest oval die from Basics Oval Set.  I decided to emboss the front to give it some additional interest.
 I played around with the arrangement within the frame and decided to have the steeple of the chapel outside the frame.
The last things added were the word "Wish" and the rose.  I did need to trim one set of leaves off the rose to fit the space.  I also added rhinestones to the center of the wheels.

I hope I've inspired you to be creative!  See you next week.

Products used:
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzweddinghorseandcarriageelites.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzweddingchapel.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzrosewithweddingrings.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzovalsetbasics.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzexpressionspluswishphrase.aspx

Thursday, August 10, 2017

Owl Always Love You!

Good Morning Scrapping Cottage Friends!

Hello it is Pam sharing with you today.  I am using one of the new release wedding dies that has a touch of fun to it!  Wooo.. doesn't love little owls?  I know they sure make a sweet card!

Designer Steps:
1.  Start by cutting out all the pieces using the Cottage Cutz Tandem Bike die. The card stock colors used were blue, black, yellow, brown, white, and green.   Shade your pieces and assemble
 2.  To make the background use the largest of the Cottage Cutz Nested Wacky Stitched Rectangle set for the white background.  Then use the largest of the Cottage Cutz Nested Wackey Stitched Oval set for the hills.
 3.  Stencil in the clouds and add a black strip for the road.  Add a dashed white line down the center of the road
4.  Use an A2 white card base and a slightly smaller piece of blue then a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of dotted DP. Mount the completed scene to the card front and add your sentiment

Cottage Cutz Producted



I hope you give some of our new dies a try!  Make sure and visit our shop soon!

Blessings
Pam


Monday, August 07, 2017

More Wedding Doves

Lois here with another Monday card.  A wedding is such a wonderful occasion for which to make a card.  You can go elegant or you can go fun.  I think my card today is somewhere in between the two.  CottageCutz has recently released two series of dies, both of which contributed to my card today.  There is a wedding set and a series of nested shapes.  I used one die from each set along with some wedding paper that I had in my stash.


To begin I cut a piece of heavyweight white cardstock 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", one piece of patterned paper 4" x 5 1/4" and another piece of patterned paper 3 3/4" x 2 3/4".


Then I cut the die-cuts from pink, green, and shimmer white cardstock.


Using some Copic markers, I added some color to the doves and the small hearts.


I placed some large foam pop dots on the pink die-cut panel.


The wedding paper that I used came in a pad which also included some pop-out die-cut pieces.  I found one that I liked and added the two small pink hearts to it.


I applied some liquid glue to the back of the branch . . .


. . . and some foam pop dots to the backs of the doves.


And then  I constructed my card.


CottageCutz dies used on this card are:

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutznestedstitchedeyeletrectangleset.aspx

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzfancydoveswithvine.aspx




Sunday, August 06, 2017

Engagement Party Invitation

Hi!

It's Anja here. I finally got my hands on the new wedding and nested dies. For my first card I made a clean engagement party invitation with a matching envelope. This can easily be turned into a wedding invitation or even a wedding card.


This is what I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Nested Stitched Scallop Rectangle Set, Rose With Wedding Rings, Pair of Doves),
- Distress Inks (Antique Linen, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Dusty Concord)
- silver VersaColor pigment ink,
- white card stock for invitation base and die cuts,
- white paper for printing,
- violet card stock,
- black pen,
- Wink of Stella glitter brush pen,
- WRMK Envelope Punch,
- paper glue,
- adhesive foam pads.

And this is how I did it.

First I die cut the base for the invitation. I used the largest die from Nested Stitched Scallop Rectangle Set and made it longer. I cut a rectangle from violet card stock that was a few millimeters smaller than the inside of the stitched rectangle.


This is how I prolonged the stitched rectangle. First I cut through only half of it.


Than I turned the paper around and put the die it the already cut lines. And again I only cut it to thee part that has not been already cut. You have to be careful with this so you don't cut to far because the die will leave a mark. 

 

Then I die cut all the other pieces and colored them with Distress Inks. I used Wink of Stella Marker to add a sparkle to the diamonds. 


For the envelope I used WRMK Envelope punch. It's so easy to make a matching envelope to go with your card. For my invitation I needed to cut a paper size 21x21 cm and started to score it at 7,9 cm. I also cut a smaller stitched rectangle that would fit the name and the address.


I designed the invitation text and printed it on white 220 g paper. And then I just glued all the pieces together. I glued the doves with adhesive foam pads. 






You can check all the other new dies in Janet's video. 


 Have a sunny Sunday!

Anja Z.