Santa and Rudolph

Hi, Janja here!

Although Christmas is getting closer and closer, there's still time to create some cards.
Today I share with you two cards with a similar layout.

Supplies:
- CottageCutz dies: Woodland Santa, Reindeer Barn, Moose & Trees, Santa Napping
- white card base: 4.25 x 5.5" (10,7 x 13,9 cm), folded
- patterned paper: 4 x 5.2" (10 x 13,2 cm)
- white and colored cardstock
- Distress ink pads: Aged Mahogany, Vintage Photo, Mowed Lawn
- Wink of Stella brush glitter pen maker - clear
- paper crimper
- Flower Soft - polar white

Create a card base from a white cardstock. Cut the smaller layer from patterned paper, and place it on to the card base.

Stamp Merry Christmas on a piece of white cardstock. Cut the upper edge with scissors. Put it through a paper crimper.

Cut out individual pieces from colored cardstock for both main motive. 

Prepare some white cutouts of spruces, and add glitter.

Assemble the cards. 

Since this is my last post this year, I prepared another card with Santa. 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Paper design inspiration

Hi!

It's Anja here. We got a terrible Sunday weather today here in Slovenia. Rainy and foggy, but perfect for crafting. And crafting is what I'm doing today. I was organizing my Christmas stash and found a fun pack of papers with holiday designs. Two of them caught my eye. I immediately knew which dies to pair them with.

 - Cottage Cutz dies (Santa Napping, Christmas Flamingo, Nested Stitched Scallop Circle Set, Nested Stitched Scallop Oval Set),
- Distress Inks (Fired Brick, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Pumice Stone, Black Soot) ans Oxides (Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, Vintage Photo, Antique Linen),
- craft and white card base (15x15 cm and 10,5x15 cm),
- design paper,
- white, black and red card stock for die cuts,
- Zig markers (grey and flesh shades),
- colored pens (black, green, yellow, red),
- paper glue.

This is the pack of papers I used for my inspiration. I cut two pieces of each. Ones are 14x14 cm and
the others 10x14,5 cm. I used Distress Oxides around the edges.

Then I die cut all the pieces for Santa. This time I also used red and black card stock. Santa was quite a challenge and additional instructions given to the die really helped. I colored him with the combination of Distress Inks and Oxides and different colored pens.

I made the flamingo in the same way as Santa. I die cut all the pieces from white paper.

I also die cut two ovals and two circles. I used one for the outside and the other for the inside of the card.

When I had everything cut and colored I used glued it together and made two cards. 

This is all from me today. I hope you have a crafty Sunday.
Anja Z.

Cottage Cutz dies I used: