Showing posts with label Christmas Floral. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas Floral. Show all posts

Friday, September 06, 2019

Bluebird of Happiness

Hi!  It's Jeanne sharing today.  We've had bluebirds in our yard recently and they inspired me to make this card.
I love this chubby little bird who started off as a cardinal but ended up as a bluebird.   I used the Jolly Cardinal and the Christmas Floral # 1 dies to cut the bird and leaves in white cardstock.
Distress Oxide inks and a sponge dauber were used to color the pieces.

I cut three panels - one 4.25 x 5.5 inches and two using the second and third largest of the Stitched Rectangle dies (I love these dies - they are SO useful!)  I also cut a strip of patterned paper 4.25 x 1.5 inches from striped designer paper.
I embossed the large panel using a leaf pattern folder that coordinated with the die cut leaves.
I centered the stitched panels on to of each other and adhered them together.  I glued the bird down by placing the glue mainly in the center and leaving the edges unglued.  This allowed me to tuck the leaves under the bird.  I cut apart one of the leaf branches so the I had a little more variety.  The bird was placed high on the panel to leave room for the sentiment.
The sentiment is heat embossed in white and popped up using foam dots.  I started by thinking this would be a birthday card, but it really could be for any occasion.  This little cardinal is so cute and just by changing his colors you can make him into many birds - think robin, canary, sparrow.....

Dies used:
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzjollycardinal4x4.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzchristmasfloral1.aspx
http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzstitchedrectanglesetbasics.aspx


Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you have a fun and creative weekend!


Sunday, December 10, 2017

Celebrate

Hi!

It's Anja again. We are all snowed in here. It's such a nice Sunday to spend inside with a cup of tea and all my crafting supplies out. I'm on a mission today to make all my Christmas cards. I have my mum to help me, so I hope will be able to do them all.

For today's post I made a card with Christmas florals.


For this card I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Christmas Floral, Pierced Circle Set, Nested Stitched Scallop Circle Set, Celebrate Phase),
- Distress Inks (Peeled Paint, Pine Needles, Forest Moss) and Oxide (Fired Brick),
- white card base (14,5x11,5 cm),
- craft paper for background (10x13 cm) and die cuts,
- white card stock for die cuts (300 g),
- texture plates with bricks,
- white pigment ink,
- red and pearl liquid drops,
- brush,
- Wink of Stella glitter brush pen,
- adhesive foam pads,
- paper glue.

First I made the background. I used craft paper and texture plate to make it look like a wall.


I added a bit of white. I just brushed the paper with the whole ink pad.


Then I die cut the greenery and colored it with Distress Inks, a bit of water and a water brush.


I die cut Celebrate phrase and colored it whit red Distress Oxide.


I die cut two circles for the middle of the card. I glued both together. On the backside I added a few adhesive foam pads to glue the circles on top of the greenery.


When all the greenery was dried I glued it together with the brick background to the card base. I added some liquid drops on top of the leaves.


I decided to add a bit of glitter to the celebrate phrase, before I glued it on the card.


And this is my finished card.




Have a beautiful Sunday and thank you for visiting.
Anja Z.





Tuesday, December 05, 2017

As Autumn is fast approaching the holidays, my heart turn towards all the gatherings with family and friends.  I wanted to capture this in my art journal.
I die cut the Cottage Cutz Christmas Floral.  
I used watercolors to color in the die cuts.  For the small pieces of the greenery, it helped to use my paper piercer to hold the die cut in place as I painted it.
I pop doted the container on the cardboard and assembled then rest of the floral arrangement.  I added ribbons, twill, lace and buttons to complete.  

Wishing you a creative day, dear friends.

Sheila


Sunday, October 29, 2017

A Cup of Christmas Florals

Hi!

This is Anja again. Red and green are two of the traditional Christmas season colors. Today I pulled out all the red and green shades of Distress Inks I have and used it to make a cup of florals. I love coloring greenery and flowers so I die cut a little more and made a card and a smaller circle that can be used as a tag if we make a hole trough it.


For this project I used:
- Cottage Cutz dies (Christmas Floral, Nested Stitched Scallop Rectangle Set, Nested Stitched Scallop Circle Set, Pierced Circle Set, Sweet Spring Kitty),
- Distress Inks (Barn Door, Fired Brick, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Mowed Lawn, Pine Needles, Antique Linen, Bundled Sage, Shabby Shutters),
- craft paper base (13,5x13,5 cm),
- white and craft paper for die cuts,
- Nuvo Crystal Drops (Autumn Red),
- Liquid Pearls (White Opal),
- paper glue,
- design paper (13x13 cm),
- gold pigment ink,
- gold acrylic paint.

I cut a piece of design paper and two strips of craft paper. 


Then I die cut two circles and rectangles. I spritzed the lighter ones with gold acrylic paint.


I glued all the card and tag bases together.


Then I die cut all the other pieces from white card stock and colored it with Distress Inks.


I die cut all the florals in two pieces. First I colored every piece with lighter shade of ink and then put a darker shade around the edges.


I made 3D effect with liquid pearls in red and white and let it dry.


 When everything was colored and dried I glued all the floral pieces together.

And this is my final result from a bit closer.







Enjoy your Sunday and have a nice week.

Anja Z. 

Cottage Cutz products I used: