Froggie Hello - Scrapping Cottage

Hi Blogging Friends!

I am so happy you stopped by today! And before we get started I wanted to let you know that we are having a wonderful sale in our online store. The new Spring release is 25% off.  Check out the new dies! They are so adorable.

Today, I am using one of the dies from the Spring release.  I think this little frog is just so cute!

Designer Steps:

 1.  Cut out your frog using the Spring Frog with Lily Pad die.  I used two different greens, blue, tan, pink and white card stock

 2.  Use a variety of ink pads to shadow your pieces and then assemble the frog.  I used a black marker to color the white die cut eyes and then added a white dot with a gel pen

 3.  Assemble the flower and the cattail

 4.  Use the large Stitched Scallop die and cut out a white circle.  Use a stencil and blue ink to make the clouds

 5.  Arrange the cattail and lily pad on cloud circle and glue them down.  Then pop up the frog onto the lily pad with dimension tape

 6.  Use an A2 white card base and cut out a slightly smaller piece of blue card stock for the front of the card.  Use a punch on the side of the blue to get the different size holes

 6.  Cut a piece of checked green DP 3 1/4 x 5 1/4 and glue it to the blue card stock.  Then glue it to the front of the card

 7.  Place dimension tape to the back of the scalloped stitched circle and place it on the front of the card

 8.  Use the Hello die and cut it out of white foam and glue it to the front of the card as shown

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As always I am so glad you stopped by to take a look! Hope you take some time for yourself to be creative!

Blessings

Pam

Fresh Flowers - Scrapping Cottage

Good Morning Friends

It has been such beautiful weather here in South Carolina that I have been able to clean out my flower beds.  We had a cold winter and even snow.  So some of the more tropical plants didn't make a come back this spring.  I am going to have to pick some new plants to replace the ones that didn't make it.  So with plants on my mind that was my inspiration for my card this week!

 Design Steps:

1.  Cut out the water can in silver metallic paper using the Spring Watering Can die.  Next cut out all of the flowers and leaves in white using the same die.  I cut out 2 each of the flowers and 3 of the leaf stems.

2.  Color the flowers and leaves using copic makers. Add shading to the watering can using copics

3.  Tape the leaves and flowers to the back of the watering can

4.  Cut the hello using the Hello Spring die.  I cut one in yellow and one in gray.  Glue the gray one in the back of the yellow one slightly off center.  Also cut a frame using the Pierced Wide Rectangle Frames dies the second from the largest in vanilla card stock

5.  Use a vanilla A2 card base, a yellow piece cut to 4 x 5 1/4 and a piece of DP 3 3/4  x 5.  Make sure to add the ribbon before you glue the panel to the front of the card. Add the vanilla frame to the card just slightly to the left of center

6.  Add the watering can onto the frame as shown

7.  Place the hello to the upper right side of the card and it is complete

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I hope you check out these cute dies in our store today!  

This card would make a great Mother's day card too!

Blessings

Pam

Easter! - Cottage Cutz

Good Morning to All of Our Scrapping Cottage Friends!

It is Pam with an Easter card to share with you today.  I have created a card using inlays from the die called Spring Bunny Egg.

1.  Begin by cutting the Spring Bunny Egg die and removing all the pieces. Be careful to put them in a place where the piece will not get lost.  I actually place them in a small box until I am ready for them

2.  Trace the egg to make a back so that you can glue down the inlaid small pieces after you are finished coloring them set aside

3.  Mask the top half of the egg using green ink sponge the bottom half of the egg.

 4.   Then mask the bottom of the egg using blue ink sponge the top part of the egg

5.   Gather all the inside pieces and begin coloring them with your copic markers or any coloring tools you may enjoy using

6.  After you are finished coloring glue the back to the egg and then start adding the colored inlay pieces

7.  Next using the largest Double Stitched Rectangle die center a piece 5 1/4 x 4 inch piece of yellow checked paper to make a frame

8.   Using the second largest Double Stitched Rectangle die cut 5 1/4 x 4 inch piece of yellow card stock

9.   Glue the yellow card stock directly under the checked paper

10.  Using the Grass Border die cut a strip of grass and glue it behind the frame on the yellow card stock

 11.  Glue the entire frame to the front of an A2 card

 12.  Center your Spring Bunny Egg in the frame under the grass

 13.  Cut two more bunnies using the Spring Bunny Egg and color them plus cut 3 orange flowers using the Hello Spring die

 14.  Add the bunnies and flowers as shown and for a final touch add a small bow to the top left of the frame

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I hope you enjoyed this Spring tutorial and that you will give it a try!!

Thanks for stopping by today! I am always so glad you did!!

Blessings

Pam