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2012-01-27T01:47:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends! I have a couple of cards to show you today. I used dies from the Valentine release. My first card was made with Kitty in Chair die. Even though it was released with the Valentines, by changing the colors it can be for any occasion. I made a living room scene and added the sentiment to the picture frame hanging on the wall. I tend to like to make scenes. I hope you aren't getting bored with them.

I used the Love Shack die to make my next card. I love house dies and this one is a real cutie. It doesn't have to be made into a Valentine. There are so many cute dies in the store! I hope you will take the time to have a look in the store.

I cut the house from white cardstock and colored the images with my copics. Have a GREAT day!

Hugs and smiles,

Janice

Simply Elegant

2012-01-26T07:36:00.000-08:00

Good morning! It's Lorie here today to share with you a very simple, but elegant card. No one loves to spend more time fussing, or adding detail to their creations than I do, but sometimes... every once in a while, I want to created something quick and easy, but I still want it to look like I fussed over it. Our friends at The Scrapping Cottage have made that so easy for us with their line of Cottage Cutz Made Easy. The dies in this line are exquisitely detailed, and pretty much finished in just one pass through the die cutting machine. With some carefully chosen paper, you can have a gorgeous project finished in mere minutes, which is what I've done for you with this card.

I chose this beautiful red glitter paper from Stampin' Up! to use with this Filigree Love Birds die. The details on this die are wonderful, and with the sparkly paper, there just is no need for anything else. Sometimes, less is very beautifully MORE. The sentiment for this card comes from the January 2011 released Frame 1 Lettering Stamps from The Scrapping Cottage. I thought, and probably overthought what to do for the bottom of this card, and I resisted the urge to use ribbon or make a bow. I finally decided to add just a little more bling with some clear rhinestone strips, which I colored to match the red, using my Copic markers. The embossing folder I used for the background is a Cuttlebug folder called Birds and Swirls.

Here's a closer look at the gorgeous detail on the die cut. You've just gotta love how wonderfully easy this card is, and yet SO pretty, too. I love it when that happens! I'm so happy you could stop by today, and I hope you've found some inspiration. Have a blessed and beautiful day!

Best Buds!

2012-01-25T00:01:00.000-08:00

Hi Scrappy Friends! I have a layout to share today that celebrates the friendship my sister Lori has had with her best friend Rachel for the past 30 years. It's hard to find true friends and I would say that they have both been blessed !

I thought it would be fun to use the title "Best Buds" as a play on words for all of the lovely flowers I made using one of the newest dies from CottageCutz - Sweetheart Flowers Layered. This is a wonderful flower die, that you can combine in so many different ways for so many different looks. Mine are a little on the distressed side, with lots of crumpling and shaping, and and heat embossing. But here's the package, to give you an idea of another way to make these flowers.

If you would like a chance to win a $25 gift certificate for CottageCutz, then be sure to check out our monthly challenge. This month, all you have to do is make a scrapbook page using any CottageCutz die. Easy Peasy!

Love is in the Air

2012-01-24T00:01:00.000-08:00

It's the perfect season for cards filled with love and sweet wishes. With out new Valentine collection cards are easy peasy. This card was created using the Whimsey Bird and Cage die. Granted it's great for Valentines but the best part about this die is you really can use it anytime for any occasion. The sentiment is stamped on the Airplane with Banner and Sign another one that I use over and over.

I hope you have had a chance to participate in our current challenge....just create a layout and use one of our dies and you might just win a prize. Here's the link to our current challenge.

Hugs,

♥♥Vintage Valentine♥♥

2012-01-22T00:31:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone today I wanted to share my ♥Victorian Valentine Card♥ made for The Scrapping Cottage using all Valentine's Cottage Cutz.

♥First I used the Filigree Hearts( the double hearts) 2 of them for behind my tag. I distressed all my pieces using tim holtz tea ink and a duster. I ♥ using the duster to dust and distress my ink, its super easy to do, much easier than dabbing.

♥ The tag was cut using the Love Tag Set 4 x 6 and my Key was cut using the Vintage Key cottage Cutz and the stamp that comes with it.

♥The little Flowers were all layered and they came from the Whimsy Bird and Cage Cottage Cutz.

♥♥♥I added pearls to the flowers,bird cage and the corners of my card.

♥♥♥Cottage Cutz Die's Used♥♥♥

4 x 6 Love Tag Set

4 x 6 Filigree Hearts

4 x 6 Whimsy Bird and Cage

4 x 4 Vintage Key

The ribbon i used is seam binding from Really Reasonable Ribbon, and i just took one piece from the edge of it and pulled on it to scrunch it so its gathered up. I tied it to the bird cage and the key.

Next I made a bow and then gathered the ends. I glued it to a feather, and then added a button to the center of my bow.

♥Filigree Hearts 4 x 6 ♥

♥Love Tags Set 4 x 6♥

♥Whimsy Bird and Cage♥

♥♥♥Hugs to all♥♥♥Cheryl

Living the Sweet Life !

2012-01-21T05:17:00.000-08:00

While waiting for the latest Cottage Cutz Valentine's release to reach our sunny shores,

I took a look at one of my very favorite earlier releases - the July 2011 Carnival release -

to see which designs would work with a Valentine's Day theme.

The Cotton Candy die easily stood out for me and I went on to diecut it in white cardstock so as to color in the colors to match the DP I was using.

I used Pebbles Inc chalk to color &

added some stickles to add a pop of color and dimension as well.

I spy other designs in the Carnival release that would work well for Valentine's Day

and if you do use any , do share your creations with us on our FB page or in the comments section here.

Pearl

Sweet Kisses

2012-01-20T20:01:00.000-08:00

Sweet Kisses. . A sweet treat for my love. This week I decided to use one of the New Valentine Cottage Cutz dies along with one from last year. Sweetheart Cupcakes and Hugs & Kisses Phrase. This cupcake die is a cute stack of two cupcakes with a heart pick at the top. You can do the cupcakes with the natural cake color base or do the base in a paper/foil color paper. The cupcakes can also be made side by side. The Hugs and Kisses phrase die from last year has a creative assortment of words that can be used in any combination.

Sorry for the delay today, have been out of town for a couple weeks and have missed being with everyone. I look forward to a bright New Year and having the opportunity, along with my fellow creative team to bring you lots of new ideas for using Cottage Cutz dies. There are some great dies coming in this New Year.

Thanks Barry

Valentine Hugs & Kisses

2012-01-19T07:53:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Today I want to show you this cute little Valentine's Day banner I made with the Love Tag Set 4x6 die. It comes with 3 styles of tags, complete with hearts that cut out on each of them that can be used to embellish your tags with.

I also used my Valentine mini dies from a previous years release to embellish my tags.

This would be a cute a decoration for your home, for a party or on a gift.

Have a "Sweet" day and we'll see you back here tomorrow for Barry's post.

Kay

Fun Glitter Technique

2012-01-18T00:01:00.000-08:00

Hi die cut fans...it's Lori here with you today highlighting one of our new Valentines Days Die...Filigree Love Birds. I really wish I could have captured a bit of a better picture, but the glitter was difficult to photograph. However, I did really love the technique I used for this project.

I mounted a 4 x 4 sheet of Sookwang double sticky cardstock to a piece of vellum and then cut out the die. Being double mounted it won't cut all the way through the vellum, but it will go through all of the Sookwang. I then used my fine tip tweezers and removed sections of the tape cover. Once I had a section pulled off I sprinkled with colored glitter. Once the green area was glittered in, I moved onto the pink area taking off the tape cover and then glittering. I mounted it to a mini book ready to fill with love notes and pictures for that someone special. I hope you give this technique a try

See ya soon,

Hugs,

Sending Love

2012-01-17T06:46:00.000-08:00

Good morning friends,

Today's card features one of the new Valentine release dies called Kitty Love Mail. Lots of really cute dies from this release, so I hope you will go take a peek. I cut the pieces from white cardstock and colored them with Copics. Lately I have been liking more clean and simple cards. I placed the die cuts directly onto the card. I made a sun from twine and also tied some twine with a bow to the card.

So what do you think? Do you like clean and simple or do you like to see more layers? Enjoy the rest of your week.
Hugs and smiles,Janice

Sending Eskimo Kisses

2012-01-16T08:54:00.000-08:00

Good morning! I hope you enjoyed a great weekend, and if you're lucky, you are enjoying an extra day this week with the holiday today. That's an extra day for crafting, which sounds like a productive way to spend a day off. Even though it doesn't feel quite like it, believe it or not, we're still in the middle of winter. It's 53 degrees in Missouri this morning, but I'm sending you some Eskimo kisses with the card I'm sharing today.

This sweet little Eskimo with Igloo Cottage Cutz die is so much fun to paper piece using patterned paper. That's exactly what I did with his clothes. I added some shading with Copic markers, and of course had to bling it up a bit with some glitter for sparkle. I sponged the edges of the fur on his clothing with some distress ink, and I sponged the igloo with blue ink to accentuate the blocks. The sentiment is from Peachy Keen Stamps, and I finished this card off with some waffle weave red ribbon.

Have a wonderful day, and happy crafting!

Lorie

Birdcage Card

2012-01-15T00:01:00.000-08:00

You can never have enough thank-you cards, so I thought that this lovely Birdcage die from CottageCutz would make a very elegant and feminine card for a friend of mine. I fussy cut the papers from the ScrapCake and nestled an Eyelet Edger diecut behind the flower. The ticket is from the Ticket Booth set and the sentiment was a rub-on from Kaisercraft. Finally, one of the Vintage Keys seemed like a sweet way to finish this card off.

NEW YEAR...NEW CHALLENGE!

2012-01-14T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hi Cottage Cutz fans. It's Gini and Lori here today to share January's challenge #9 with you all. Let's make it fun and easy...how about create a layout and be sure to use some of our adorable dies.

Need a bit of inspiration?

Dies Used:

Summertime Fun

Pink Peony Flower

Dies Used:

Blossom Branch

Floral Doily

Scallop Three Edger

Be sure to jump in on the fun and you could win a $25 gift certificate to Scrapping Cottage. Please enter here

Now onto challenge 8...drum roll please for our winner

HEIDI

Please email scrappingcottage@cox.net to claim your prize and we look forward to seeing the beautiful creations you'll be able to make.

We look forward to seeing all the beautiful entries!!!

Thinking of you

2012-01-12T01:00:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone and Happy Thursday to all! Today I just had to share the CUTEST lil' mouse Iv'e ever seen, its called "Mouse with Sunflower" Cottage Cutz , and I think she is just sooo DARLING!!!!

♥Most of the time I cut all my pieces out with white card stock and color them with copic markers, im not sure why, but it ends up being that way.....hehehehehehe so for my sweet little mouse she is cut out with cryogen white card stock, and colored with copics. Next her eyes are black pearls, i love using the pearls for eyes. The sunflower is popped with foam squares and so is the butterfly, ooo and i also used the pearls on it too♥

♥♥I also use the most darling paper from My Little Shoebox, and the clouds are from there as well, just love this design paper, its sooo sweet!!!♥♥

♥♥♥For the clouds i just wrote the "thinking of you" on each cloud and then did a little bit of color along the bottom of the clouds and top of some. I used Really Reasonable Ribbon and tied it into knots and then hot glued the clouds to the ribbon, gives for a different look i think♥♥♥

Of course I had to use the beautiful lace (RRR) and added a feather too. I did hot glue the bow,button,feather,banner, and cottage cutz with foam squares to my card.

♥♥♥Mouse with Sunflower Cottage Cutz♥♥♥

♥♥♥Ornate Circle Frame♥♥♥

Hope you all have a lovely day!Hugs to all,♥♥♥Cheryl♥♥♥

Sweet,adorable you !

2012-01-11T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hello from Sunny Singapore again !

With Christmas behind us, I'm so ready for the next holiday -

Valentine's Day !

I knew the Snow Globe die would be perfect for this holiday going

with the sweet theme.

And so using fun Valentine's Day colors , metallic foil , cardstock and patterned paper

this gumball machine turned out exactly the way I wanted it .

Have a great crafty week ahead and remember to always look at your holiday dies

and consider another way to use them ! ;)

Pearl

Doily dies make great tags!

2012-01-09T07:01:00.000-08:00

Today I wanted to show you a quick and easy way to make a tag or small greeting. The Scrapping Cottage has many doily type dies that are great for many purposes.

For my tag I simply ran the Scalloped Doily die through my diecut machine, popped out the little pieces, stamped my sentiment in the center with white ink and added a couple of the Snowflakes 1&2 dies to my doily. I added a gem to one and a couple of dots of Stickles to the other.

Have a great day and remember the many uses of doily dies with your projects.

Kay

What's Cookin'?

2012-01-07T08:23:00.000-08:00

Good Morning Friends! The winter has been kind of strange here this season. Still no snow. I do like the four seasons and wouldn't mind having a little snow. One thing that hasn't changed with the cooler temperatures is my love of soup, and the comfort it brings on a cold winter day.

For my card today I used the Pine Tree Forest, the 3x3 Campfire, and the 4x6 Stockpot and Veggies die. The Stock Pot and Campfire were cut from white cardstock and colored with copics. The trees were cut from patterned paper. The sentiment is a Unity stamp. You could tuck a favorite soup recipe inside this card and send it to a friend. My husband makes some really yummy soups too! Last week he made a very tasty bean soup with ham. Have a great weekend!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Friday Bliss

2012-01-06T08:22:00.000-08:00

Good morning! It's Lorie here today to share a SUH-WEET little card with you. I titled this one "Bliss", because cooking is something I LOVE to do, and the result, for this sweet little mouse, anyway is cupcakes. Now THAT'S what I'd call "bliss".

I cut this adorable Miss Chef Mouse out using white card stock, and she was colored with Copic markers. I added some Stickles to the frosting on the spoon and cupcake for added sparkle, and a little rhinestone bling was all this needed for embellishment. Isn't she a cutie, and even though she was a part of our Christmas release at The Scrapping Cottage, just by changing the colors I used, she would be perfect for any time of year, and any recipe or scrapbook page, too! I love it when I can get double duty out of my dies!

Thanks so much for spending some time here today. I wish you a very Happy New Year and a wonderful weekend!

Blessings,

Lorie

Vellum Flowers

2012-01-05T03:00:00.000-08:00

Today I've got a layout to share with you that highlights the Flower With Cutouts die and the Leafy Foliage set. I layered vellum paper over a pale pink cardstock to create a romantic flower. The foliage die is one of my most used dies! I just added a little distress ink to the edges, and they really popped. This April will be my third wedding anniversary - so don't be afraid to scrap pictures going back in time, as well as those fun memories that you just created!

CottageCutz Dies: Leafy Foliage, Flower With Cutouts
Worldwin Papers Translucent Vellum 48LB and 29 LB
Worldwin Papers ColorMates: Mist, Mint, Strawberry Smoothie
GlueArts Glue Glider Pro with Perma Tac Adhesive
Tim Holtz Distress Inks
GlueArts Glue Glider Pro with Perma Tac Adhesive

Live in 2012

2012-01-04T00:01:00.000-08:00

Happy 2012! Wow...does time fly or what? Well I'm not one to make New Year Resolutions...but I do actually have one for this year. It's to LIVE!!! To enjoy life and be the best person I can be never taking one day for granted. So this card goes with my theme for 2012...LIVE LIFE TO IT'S FULLEST.

I adore the die cuts I used in this project...

Peony (which is one of my must have from Scrapping Cottage)

Ornate Circle Frames

Remember to LIVE LIFE
Hugs,

Happy New Year 2012

2012-01-02T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone and HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!! Today im sharing my card made with the Beautiful Cottage Cutz die's and My Little Shoebox design paper

I also used MLS stickers and they make it super easy to spell out what you want to say :) LOVE these too!!! I used the ornate frame from the summer release and then the Plumeria Flower. I added pearls to the center of my flowers.

I added some RRRibbon and some pears to my card. Also love adding sewing :) I love the Plumeria flower because the cottage cutz has 3 different sizes and leaves too, its a perfect flower to work with :) and with my 3 flowers here i used the MLS design paper, so no ink on these :) heheheheh

http://www.scrappingcottage.com/cottagecutzornatecircleframe4x4mylittleshoeboxpre-order.aspx

Ok I just have to let you all know that the DARLING VALENTINE RELEASE is now up on the store site for PRE-ORDERS, and OMGOSH I LOVE Them all!! This release is way too SWEET and PERFECT for Valentines Day!!!

YOU CAN SEE THEM HERE!!!

Hope you all have a wonderful and awesome New Year!!!Hugs to all,Cheryl

Hello 2012 !!!

2012-01-01T08:42:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, from Sunny Singapore !

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all our blogging friends !

& Wishing you ALL a NEW YEAR filled with more inspiration than ever !

I am so looking forward to enjoying the ride in 2012 ,

so it is only fitting that I chose to use the

Carnival Silhouette die from our Carnival release in July 2011

to go with my card sentiment today .

I have used American Crafts' glitter paper for the diecut -

one of my faves to use when using a silhouette die- glitter paper ie.

As I look to the year ahead , I like to be reminded -

"The Best is Yet to Come ! "

Enjoy 2012 , blogging friends !!!

Hugs,

Pearl

Let it Snow!

2011-12-31T13:30:00.001-08:00

Here in Utah we usually have snow on the ground at this time of the year, but not this year.

We've had a couple of skiffs and that's it. I'm not complaining but many are saying "Let it Snow!"

It's a funny thing because when it starts to snow and everyone starts slipping around when they drive and they get wet and cold, they start complaining about the snow.

We'll see if my Eskimo w/Igloo card brings some snow for the new year.

Here is wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

Kay

Celebrate the BIG 2

2011-12-29T22:05:00.000-08:00

Yes. . Celebrate the BIG 2. . . 201"2". . . . This week I decided to work on a New Years cards. I used a few dies from the Cottage Cutz Birthday release from the middle of 2011. Cottage Cutz Celebrate which has the word Celebrate and several confetti type shapes and the two small Cottage Cutz dies, two styles of balloons. The entire Birthday release really allowed you to use most of the dies for any type event.I used Lime Green glitter, Black & White Bling and Metallic Gold card stock. The colors seem to pop against each other. I foam dotted some of the balloons to create dimension. I used a 1/8 hole punch to cut a few Lime Green Glitter card stock dots and glued them to the black sheer ribbon so the polka dots would match the card. You can't always find ribbon to match a card perfectly. The tag with the 2012 is tied with a gold cord bow to the BIG 2, just like a tag on a gift. I also let the balloons and strings overlap the card a bit. Fill the finished card with confetti before mailing. . .

Thanks and Happy New Years to All! Barry

Happy New Year!

2011-12-29T01:00:00.000-08:00

Since Christmas is over I was looking for something fun to make for New Year's and spotted my wreath die sitting on my craft counter. So I made a New Year's wreath. This was so simple. I cut out a silver and blue foil (American Crafts foil cardstock) wreath and then placed the silver one over the blue one and stuck a few of the blue leaves up over the silver ones to intertwine them.

I cut out the banner from the same die. I cut out a white one and a silver one. I stamped the white one and the cut of the sides, inked the edges and adhered it to the silver one. I used pop dots to raise it above the wreath. Super simple.

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and I wish you a Happy New Year!

Kay

Plumeria & Leaves

2011-12-28T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone, and Happy Wednesday to all! Today im sharing the Beautiful Plumeria & Leaves Cottage Cutz.

this cottage cutz is perfect for adding handmade flowers to your projects. I used pink card stock, pink ink, stickles, and a pearl to create my flower I also inked up the leaves. For the design paper I used My Little Shoebox design paper and stickers for my wording.

I added some sewing, Ribbon(RRR), and a fabric brad to the center of my bows.

Supplies Used:

Plumeria & Leaves Cottage Cutz/The Scrapping Cottage

Design Paper/My Little Shoebox

Stickers/My Little Shoebox

Ribbon/Really Reasonable Ribbon

Stickles & Pearl

fabric Brad

Sewing in Pink

Card Stock AC

Inks to distress flower and leaves on Plumeria flower

Hope you enjoyed today's post!!! And I hope everyone had a Very Merry Christmas!!! Happy New Year to all :)

Hugs to all,Cheryl

Puppy Love

2011-12-27T03:25:00.000-08:00

Good morning friends! I hope you all had a Merry and Blessed Christmas or special time spent with loved ones during this holiday season. Our Christmas was very pleasant. My 15 yr. old had his wisdom teeth removed on Thursday. Other than having chipmunk cheeks, he has been such a trooper and hasn't complained a bit. Though he has been eating puddings, and jello, and ice cream and yogurt, he was able to eat a couple of helpings of turkey stuffing with gravy for his Christmas dinner. The rest of us enjoyed turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy and some other sides. My oldest son said the turkey this year was one of the best he has ever had. It was very moist. I soaked it in a salt brine the last couple of times and I believe that has made all the difference. I always baste my turkeys but the salt brine was the only thing that was significantly different than other times I have prepared turkey. I always wash and soak my poultry, like my mother taught me, but I added much more salt to the soaking water than usual. I hope I haven't bored you with my little cooking lesson. I don't usual ramble so much. After dinner some of us started putting together a 1000 piece puzzle, another past-time my mother also shared. It is nice that my son's girlfriends also enjoy doing them as well. Enough of my rambling lets move on to my card.

I used the very popular Peeker Pocket die along with the Shih Tzu Peeker die to create my card. The little pooch was one of the first dies I ever received, and I still love it! I cut the pocket and puppy from white cardstock and colored the images with copics. To create the texture on the pocket, I first colored the pocket with a blue copic, I think it was Manganese Blue. Then I took a piece of scrap fabric that seems like a denim of some sort, and my colorless blender refill solution. Wet the fabric scrap with the colorless blender and press it to the colored pocket to remove color and create the texture. I learned this technique from a very talented artist, Joanne Basile, who taught some My Favorite Things classes at my local Scrapbook Store. (I hope I spelled her name correctly.) Isn't it a great technique? The paw print and sentiment are from Market Street Stamps Pawprints on our Hearts set and the clipboard stamp is by Unity. I hope you have a wonderful day and a safe and Happy New Year! I will be back with another post on January 7th. Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Happy Winter!

2011-12-26T07:26:00.000-08:00

Good morning, and welcome to The Scrapping Cottage Blog! It's Lorie here today, and I sincerely hope that you ALL have enjoyed a wonderful Christmas celebration. We've had gorgeous weather here in mid MO, for this time of year, with highs near 50 degrees, and lots of sunshine. Not so Christmas like, but nice just the same. My card today kind of reflects the kind of mood I'm in, because I'm one that likes the change of seasons, and yes, I even like winter. I enjoy snow, and all the wonderful and fun things the first snowfall brings, like sledding, and bonfires, and snowmen. So, with that being said, here's my Happy Winter card for you! ;-)

This Winter Snowman Cottage Cutz die is so perfect for ALL your winter cards and projects. I just left out a few of the accessories included with this cutie to make him more of a general winter character than a Christmas one. He's ready for some snowy fun, just like we are!!

Wishing you a bright and beautiful day and happy crafting!

Thank You Card

2011-12-25T00:01:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas! I hope you are getting to spend time with your family and loved ones! I have a thank you card to share with you today. I know I will have lots of thankyous to send out, so this will get me started!

I used the adorable Mr. Gnome die, Mushroom and Flowers die, and Flowervine Edger dies from CottageCutz. This little gnome is just so cute, he makes me smile!

Snow Bird Sign

2011-12-24T00:01:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!! Today I created a sign...now let me explain it just a bit. My Mother's big party each year is Christmas Eve and she always tries to have a little keepsake for everyone to take home. This year she has a beautiful little twig tree she spray painted silver and covered in glittery snowflake ornaments for everyone. However with it being the center piece people would never know to take one home with them...so I thought I would make a little sign to put in front tree.

I used the adorable HAPPY BIRD die for this project. I've always looked at this die and have seen a sweet little bird singing in spring, but I love how he looks like a snowbird for my project today.....really a die you can use all year long.

I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Christmas and is able to spend it with family and friends. See ya next year!!!

Hugs,

'Tis the Season

2011-12-22T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone and Happy Thursday to all! Today I wanted to share the sweet "Hot Cocoa Cafe" LOVE this cottage cutz too! There are different ways you can put this together, and i kept mine kinda simple.

I also used the banner from Boxwood Vine Wreath, and the matching stamp 'Tis the Season, now for the background i used the Holiday Doily in Red. Hot Cocoa Cafe was cut out all in white, and then i colored each piece with copics. Next I added some stickles for the snow :) LOVE the look it gave to my Cottage Cutz.

Supplies:

Hot Cocoa Cafe/Cottage Cutz

Boxwood Vine Wreath/Cottage Cutz

Holiday Doily/Cottage Cutz

Design Paper /DCWV

Ribbon/Really Reasonable Ribbon

Pearls/Stickles/Sewing

Copics to color/Tim holtz for dusting the banner

2 gingerbread boys from a button pack

Well I hope everyone is ready for Christmas, I have wrapping to do, and all my shopping was done online this year. this is our first year with no presents wrapped yet under our tree, they are all up here with me, waiting to be wrapped.....hehehehehehe Im waiting for my hubby to help me, as i wont be able to do it alone.

I do want to wish you all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Thank you for looking and have a very nice day!

Hugs to all,Cheryl

Just Chillin'

2011-12-21T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hi , everyone !

Trust this is the time to kick back the heels , sit back

and catch our breathes a little in the days just before Christmas. LOL!

And a card today that I can share that expresses that sentiment exactly -

I have used the Snowglobe , Winter Accessories die for the

Fishing Penguin .

I have cut out most of the parts using white cardstock

and used my current fave Pebbles Inc chalk

and American Crafts Glitter Gel pens to color in .

Warmest Wishes for a blessed Christmas time with you & yours !

Pearl

A Touch of Sparkle

2011-12-20T03:56:00.000-08:00

A Touch of Sparkle. . . .Here I used glitter paper three different ways with the Cottage Cutz Dies. The first was the Cottage Cutz Celebrate the Season die. I cut the scroll verse from glitter paper than mounted on white card stock, than mounted on black card stock.. Added a dimensional 3/4" black card stock circle with a mini snowflake from the Cottage Cutz Snowman in Mug die. I also added some eyelash yarn in the same red sparkle as the verse around the snowflake.

The second mini card I used the Cottage Cutz Filigree Snowflake die. I made a 4" x 4' Card with a 3" x 3" window, slipped the white glitter paper behind the window than mounted the tips of the snowflake to the frame. I than added a few clear and silver jewels to the snowflake.

The third mini tag you can see only take a few cutz. I used the Cottage Cutz 3'x3' Snowflake Ornament die. The ornament was cut in white card stock first, than red glitter paper. I trimmed the edge of the ornament away on the red glitter ornament. . to use the snowflake only. I used a hole punch to cut the 2" black circle and a 3/4" for the small white circle.

Start your sandwich with the white mini circle glued behind the red glitter snowflake. Glue the red glitter snowflake on top of the white ornament, matching the pattern. Than glue the entire ornament to the black 2" circle. Added jewels to the tip of the red glitter snowflake and a large jewel in the center. Mounted on Silver card stock.

Added note: I used Black, Red and White with a bit of Silver on all the cards. The Black against the vivid Red and stark White makes a really good contrast. Black has become designer favorite at Christmas in the last two years.

Thanks and this will be my last post before Christmas .

. so Merry Christmas to all and to all a good 2012.

. . . . Barry

The Reason for the Season

2011-12-19T06:00:00.000-08:00

Here we are, only a few days before the big day. I have a Nativity card for you today to help us all remember the reason for Christmas.

The Nativity die is a 4x6 die that comes with Mary, Joseph, the baby Jesus and a star. I made the stable and hay myself.

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas!

Kay

Less is More, Sometimes

2011-12-18T13:49:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone! Today I wanted to share a card that is different than my usual style. This is clean and simple with high impact, I think. I also wanted to show you that you do not need a Christmas tree die to make a Christmas tree. I first cut a triangle in the shape of a Christmas tree, from glittered cardstock. I cut several strips of paper using the Scallop Three Edger die from green patterned paper. I then layered the strips onto the Christmas tree, offsetting each strip so the scallops were staggered. I cut a brown tree trunk and then adhered the tree to a red card base. I cut a strip of white glitter cardstaock with a slight wave for a hill. Merry Christmas was written with a white gel pen, and a white snowflake was added for the tree star. How do you use your dies in different ways? I hope this inspires you to look at the possibilities your dies can create. Thanks for stopping, as always.

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Driving By With Merry Christmas Wishes!!

2011-12-16T07:17:00.000-08:00

Good morning! Lorie here today, and as the title says, I'm driving by this this cute little Santa to send you wishes for a VERY Merry Christmas! I was so happy when this Santa's Truck with Tree die arrived in my mailbox, because I though he was SO stinkin' cute!! I knew it would be loads (pun intended) of fun to work with, and I wasn't wrong!! Here's my card using this adorable Cottage Cutz die.

I cut nearly everything with white card stock and colored with Copic markers, with just a few exceptions. Now with this being Santa's ride, I just HAD to have a little bling, and glitter card stock fit that bill to a "T". If you haven't asked Santa for all those Cottage Cutz dies that are on your wish list, then you'd better get to it. Just eight more days, and the big day will be here!

Thank you so much for dropping by today. I wish you a glorious Christmas filled with more blessings than your heart can hold. Merry Christmas!!!!

Flying By To Say Hi

2011-12-15T00:01:00.000-08:00

I think I have been making Christmas projects since August - so I decided I needed a little break from the Holiday festivities! So I've got a card that is a little bit more spring inspired! I love the layering of the dies and patterns - I just think it makes for a fun card!

CottageCutz Dies

Bird With Flowers
Ornate Circle Frame
Leafy Foliage
Scallop Three Edger
Eyelet Edger

Other
October Afternoon Papers
Inspired By Stamping The Sky's the Limit stamp set
Want2Scrap Pearls
Worldwin Papers Cardstock

Quick but Beautiful Last Minute Gift

2011-12-14T00:01:00.000-08:00

Are you needing a small little handmade gift for a teacher, hostess or friend? I have an easy gift that really doesn't take long at all to make but is so useful. A tissue box holder. You can pick up wooden tissue box covers at your local craft store for just a couple dollars and then the creative fun begins.

You can cover the box with just one sheet of designer paper...granted I used two but I just wanted the mixed up patterns. Then just add a few die cuts and and your done. Of course you can go more detailed if you want, but I figured I didn't want to much going on as you needed to be able to get to the tissue.

I used the beautiful Blossom Branch die. I did ink up the center and some of the edges with a little distress ink and then cupped the flowers with my McGill paper tool to lift them up. Easy Peasy...glued them down with some strong glue and topped them off with "of course" pearls. I do love me some pearls, LOL.

Have a great rest of the week and happy crafting.

Festive Penguin Ribbon Wreath

2011-12-13T10:41:00.000-08:00

Good Morning Scrapping Cottage Friends! Angelica here with a SUPER simple, fun, festive ribbon wreath that you still have time for, even just a week or so away from Christmas. Whip up a few in an afternoon for your kid's teachers, neighbors and friends.

Starting with a small styrofoam wreath form, I wrapped some grosgrain ribbon in a muted shade of green all around my wreath, stopping at the bottom so I could wrap in an accent color. I placed dots of hot glue along the way (in the back). I then wrapped the bottom of the wreath in a red twill ribbon and secured to the back using my low-temp hot glue gun again.

I even wrapped some baker's twine to anchor the red ribbon, but after I placed the snowflakes, it was hard to see. I cut out my Snowflakes 1 & 2 dies a few times and ended up using two of one of the snowflakes and just one of the other. It also would have been pretty to put them all over the wreath, but I really liked how the ribbon looked, so I chose to keep them on the bottom.

I got the "peppermint" idea from The Twinery's Blog when Julie used her red twine to make holly berries. I think they look just perfect as peppermints, too! :)

The joyful penguin I added to the scene is from the Peachy Keen Penguin Doll die.

Hope you enjoyed today's inspiration! See you again right before Christmas!

Gift Card Holder

2011-12-12T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone, its Cheryl with a Gift Card Holder made for The Scrapping Cottage, and our Challenge #8 hosted by Pearl(square card& Embellished Cottage Cutz)

I LOVE making these they are super fun and easy to make.

Hope you will join us for her SUPER FUN challenge to make a Square Card & Embellish in 3-D a Cottage Cutz Die :)

On my Gift Card holder i used the Christmas collection cottage cutz dies-

Winter Bird with Ornament

Boxwood Vine with Wreath

Ribbons

Pearls,Stickles,button

Here is the inside that holds the gift card. Also there is room to write on the inside, if i add another frame.

So for my Winter Bird i used design paper for the red and white. i added a black pearl for the eye, and then white pearls to separate the white and red. I added some red stickles to the wing. I wanted some greenery and added some to the botton of the bird with 2 candy canes.

I also stamped Merry Christmas from the Boxwood Vine and Wreath Cottage Cutz Die. love that this set has some stamps to match.

Thank you for looking and have a lovely day!

Hugs to all,Cheryl

Gift Tags with Matching Box

2011-12-10T19:59:00.000-08:00

Just in time for Christmas I created a gift box of gift tags. . a great gift for someone at the work, next door or that person who has everything . . and who has enough gift tags at Christmas anyway.

The box 9" long, 2" high and 3" wide. I added a gift tag label and the above gift tag. Notice the colors in the outer edge area's of the snowflake.

Really easy to cut three each of the snowflakes from the Cottage Cutz Filigree Snowflake die. I cut one each of three colors of blue. Than took the large pieces that came out of each snowflake and added them randomly back into the other snowflakes. . .like a puzzle. This gave each snowflake a three color shadings without cutting the snowflake more than once.

Than I randomly glued the snowflakes onto tags. Notice how I overlapped the snowflake. . that way the cut off of the other side of the same snowflake . . could use on the same tag. I sponged a bit of blue ink around the edges of the white tag.

For the additional three snowflake tags I used the Cottage Cutz Snowflake Doily die. Again cutting only three and using the tree shape pop out to fill the other snowflakes.

I also added blue swirl lines with a rubber stamp to randomly fill the white area, than used Stickle on some of the blue ink lines and added a few jewels. The tags were knotted with a white sparkling wired rope cord. All six tags fit into the 3"x9" box to create the gift.

Here I have shown you how I cut all the tags the same size on the top. Each tag was 2.5" x 6". when I found the angle that I wanted on the corners of one the tag. . I built a Jig, I rolled tape and put a triangle at the top of the cutter and than taped a scrap (green) of paper at the bottom, than all I had to do is lay the retangular tag into the frame (jig). . cut one corner, flip the paper and cut the other side. Every tag had exactly the same angle.

These are the the Cottage Cutz dies that I used for the seven tags.

Cottage Cutz . . Snowflake Doily 4x4 and Filigree Snowflake 4x4

Thank You and hope all of you are having a Merry Season. Barry

Scrapping Cottage Saturday Challenge #8 !

2011-12-10T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hello, everyone !

Pearl here , back with a second Saturday Challenge for you this December !

Our winner for November's challenge is ...... Linda

with her adorable entry here :

http://www.myquillingnest.com/2011/12/quilling-it-thursdays-episode-5-cottage.html

Congratulations ,Linda !

You've won a $25.00 gift certificate to The Scrapping Cottage.

And on to my December challenge for you :

Make a SQUARE holiday card - any size -

and decorate your Cottage Cutz die used with 3D embellishments.

For my 6x6 square Christmas card sample here -

I have used the Whimsical Tree die cut out of patterned paper.

I chalked the edges and the embossed areas for more definition .

And for some fun embellishments for the tree,

I have added Eyelet Outlet's Holiday Sock Monkey brad,

gingerbread man and some peppermint candy brads.

We will choose one random winner and you will win a $25 Gift Certificate to the Scrapping Cottage!

Link below and thank you for all your creativity.

I love Snowflakes!

2011-12-09T07:00:00.001-08:00

It seems like I'm always drawn to snowflakes and this CottageCutz Filigree Snowflake is no exception. I simply cut these out of a heavy white cardstock and then added Stickles, Star Trail pen and gems to embellish them.

The one on the right I glued down to the cardstock and the other one I applied mounting tape to it to give it some dimension.

Be sure to visit us tomorrow for our Second Saturday Challenge from Pearl.

Have a wonderful Friday!

Kay

Santa has Laundry too!

2011-12-08T07:00:00.000-08:00

For those that didn't get a chance to participate in the blog hop last weekend I wanted to share with you the card I made with Santa's Clothesline. Yes, Santa has laundry too - of course

Mrs. Claus gets to do that.......

This is such a fun die and makes a great rectangular card. I inked the edges, added some Stickles and some details with my Star Trail pen and used pop dots to give it more dimension.

I'll see you back here tomorrow with a new Christmas creation.

Have a great day!

Kay

Season's Greetings

2011-12-07T15:08:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone! Sorry for the late post. Better late than never right? I have a couple of cards to show you using the Boxwood Vine Wreath and I had an extra snowman scrap from the Snowman in Mug die.

I cut the wreath out twice and inked the leaves a bit with Brilliance olive ink. I put the 2 wreaths together and then wrapped some red and white twine around it. I had the snowman hold a stocking, and added a few poinsettias to the wreath along with a bow. I then used some striped background paper for the card. I stamped the sentiment, included with the die, onto the banner.

I used some of the other parts from the boxwood die to make the second card. I put 2 of the banners together to make it look like garland. Have you seen the new hunting dies? You may check them out here. As always, thanks for stopping by!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

We have some Winners!

2011-12-06T14:50:00.000-08:00

The winners from our Blog Hop are:

April

Michelle

Joanna

Pruttybird

Terri

Annette

Carol

each of you has won a 3x3 die of your choice.

The Grand Prize Winner is:

Ann Marie

Congratulations everyone and thanks for participating!

Please email scrappingcottage@cox.net with your die choice and address if you haven't already.

Another Sparkly Ornament

2011-12-06T08:57:00.000-08:00

Good morning! It's snowing here in mid Missouri, and oh how pretty it is. Lorie here to share a card with you today. That first little bit of snowfall for the season brings out the kid in all of us, and today is certainly no exception. It's the perfect day to share a Christmas card complete with snowflakes and sparkles, and that's exactly what I've got for you.

I used a couple of techniques for this card. First, I created some background paper using an ornament die cut from the Holiday Ornament Cottage Cutz made Easy die. I just cut the ornament using the waxy paper that you peel away from the foam that comes with your Cottage Cutz dies. That stuff is wonderful for this technique, because when you spritz your paper, with Glimmer Mist, it won't stick to the die cut, and you can reuse it time and time again. I moved the die cut around on the paper and misted away. Since I was using a light blue Glimmer Mist, I didn't mind if there was a little over spray. In fact, I liked that look. Let your paper dry well, or dry it carefully with a heat embossing tool, and use just as you would any paper.

For the ornament, I cut 1 layer with glitter card stock, then cut a layer of blue by hand in the same color as my base card stock for a backing on the ornament, and to make the sparkly part stand out. The snowflake embossing folder is from Stampin' Up!. Combining techniques shows just how versatile these dies are, and adds so much interest and texture to all your cards and projects!

So happy you could stop by today! Have a wonderful day and happy crafting!!!

Love ya!
Lorie

More Christmas Cheer!

2011-12-05T00:01:00.000-08:00

I've certainly been having fun creating lots of Christmas projects! For today's card I used Snowman in a Mug from Cottage Cutz. I made him into a Christmas card, but you could certainly use him for any winter projects.

Thanks for looking!

Boxwood Vine Wreath with a Twist

2011-12-04T00:01:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone, I hope you are all having a great weekend! Today I've created a card using the Boxwood Vine Wreath Die. I added a small twist to my wreath. I cut it out of two varying shades of green and then I took one of my wreaths and snipped it in open. This allowed me to wrap one wreath around the other letting the shades of green mix together for a more realistic and fuller feel.

Don't forget to jump into our blog hop we are having right now with PSA Essentials...today's the last day.

Hugs,

PSA Essentials/Cottage Cutz Blog Hop - Day 2

2011-12-03T10:07:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone!

Just popping in for a quick second to let you know today is DAY 2 of the Scrapping Cottage's co-hop with PSA Essentials!

Here's a look at the card I made for the hop:

I was lucky enough to be in a hop with PSA earlier this year and used one of the sweet Whimsy Cakes to make this gingerbread couple look like they'd baked a holiday treat just for you!

I used the Gingerbread Doll Die from the Peachy Keen line as well as the Doll Accessories 1 package.

Just in case you didn't get a chance to visit all the stops yesterday, here's a list of all the designers!

Have fun!

Angelica

· www.kcreatedbykay.blogspot.com - Kay Norman

· http://www.thecountrychiccottage.net - Angie Holden

· www.thethinkinspot.blogspot.com - Lorie Souther

· http://paperiepetals.blogspot.com - Kim Schofield

· www.maisymary.blogspot.com - Pearl Liu

· www.lingshappyplace.blogspot.com - Vera Yates

· www.stampingwithjanice.blogspot.com - Janice Wilson

· www.simpleflourishes.com - Jennifer Holmes

· www.pinkcloudscrappers.blogspot.com - Lori Leng

· http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/ - Jeanne Streiff

· www.ginicagle.blogspot.com - Gini Cagle

· www.livingthecircuslife.blogspot.com - Kim Moreno

· www.taylordconcepts.blogspot.com - Erika Taylor

· www.fantastink.blogspot.com - Meylssa Connolley

· www.handmadebyangelica.com - Angelica Suarez

· www.sweeetdesignsbycheryl.blogspot.com - Cheryl Walker

· http://maearmstrong.blogspot.com - Mae Armstrong

· http://scrappingcottage.blogspot.com/ - The Scrapping Cottage

· www.psastampcamp.blogspot.com – PSA Essentials

PSA Essentials & Cottage Cutz December Hop!

2011-12-02T11:30:00.001-08:00

Hello everyone and welcome to todays PSA Essentials & Cottage Cutz December Blog hop. Today we have tons of projects to share along the way, so grab your favorite drink and enjoy the hop!!

Not only do we have tons of projects to share today, but there are lots of wonderful prizes to win as well!

PRIZE PACKAGE DETAILS: Readers who hop to each of the blogs, comment at each, and are a follower of PSA Stamp Camp will be entered to win the “Holiday Card” prize. This prize contains 3 Peel & Stick stamp sets, 1 stamper, 1 black ink & 1-2 color ink from PSA Essentials. The winner will also receive a $50 gift certificate to The Scrapping Cottge for the grand prize. There are also 9 opportunities to win a 3 x 3 die from The Scrapping Cottage.

Here is the complete line-up for todays hop!

· www.kcreatedbykay.blogspot.com - Kay Norman

· http://www.thecountrychiccottage.net - Angie Holden

· www.thethinkinspot.blogspot.com - Lorie Souther

· http://paperiepetals.blogspot.com - Kim Schofield

· www.maisymary.blogspot.com - Pearl Liu

· www.lingshappyplace.blogspot.com - Vera Yates

· www.stampingwithjanice.blogspot.com - Janice Wilson

· www.simpleflourishes.com - Jennifer Holmes

· www.pinkcloudscrappers.blogspot.com - Lori Leng

· http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/ - Jeanne Streiff

· www.ginicagle.blogspot.com - Gini Cagle

· www.livingthecircuslife.blogspot.com - Kim Moreno

· www.taylordconcepts.blogspot.com - Erika Taylor

· www.fantastink.blogspot.com - Meylssa Connolley

· www.handmadebyangelica.com - Angelica Suarez

· www.sweeetdesignsbycheryl.blogspot.com - Cheryl Walker

· http://maearmstrong.blogspot.com - Mae Armstrong

· http://scrappingcottage.blogspot.com/ - The Scrapping Cottage

· www.psastampcamp.blogspot.com – PSA Essentials

My recipe card was designed for todays hop using this DARLING Snowlady Chef Cottage Cutz, she is sooo perfect for this recipe snowballs II! this recipe calls for candycane, so its a little different, but super yummy!!!

Your next stop will be the PSA Essentials Blog here! Be sure to leave comments on each blog as you will be entered to win some WONDERFUL PRIZES!!! Have fun!!! :)

Hugs to all,Cheryl

The Best Gift of Christmas

2011-12-01T01:09:00.000-08:00

The best gift at Christmas for me ,

year after year ,

is eternal life which is the gift of God

in Christ Jesus. ( Roms 6:23)

"Christ" is my reason for this season.

And helping me capture my belief is the Cottage Cutz Nativity Silhouette.

I have diecut my Nativity scene out of self adhesive cardstock

and used American Craft's Glitter Gel pens to add highlights .

A few choice colors and pieces of bling

easily finishes off this Nativity scene for me .

Blessings to you and yours

as we celebrate this sacred season !

Pearl

Cool Christmas

2011-11-30T03:10:00.000-08:00

Cool Christmas,

A Christmas wish from the little guy at the north pole. This Eskimo is from the Cottage Cutz Christmas die called ESKIMO w/IGLOO.

The die comes with the Eskimo, an Igloo and a fish on string. the Eskimo can be made into a girl or boy. Just cut to extra hairpieces and split a bit off and use on the sides.

The snowflake came from the Snowman in Mug die, and I just received my order of Alphabet dies and used the Cottage Cutz Hopscotch alphabet set. It saw just the size I needed. Here in Virginia it is just starting to show a few signs of cold, so it can get everyone in the Christmas spirit. . somehow the weather always helps.

Merry Christmas to everyone. . .Barry

Mr. Mouse Chef Recipe Card

2011-11-29T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone Cheryl here with a Recipe Card for The Scrapping Cottage using the DARLING Mr. Chef Mouse Cottage Cutz. I just LOVE this darling lil' mouse, he is soo sweet!

I thought this cottage cutz was perfect for a Recipe Card, and the design paper too. Mr. Chef Mouse was cut out with grey,green,white card stock. I dusted the apron and cap with tim holtz distress ink. the bowl was colored with copics, and so was his bow tie, and shoes.

I had my daughter print out a recipe from my computer in my craft room and bring it up to me :) i then added the name of the recipe and the ingredients to the front and the directions to the back.

The back is plain but normally i add the directions to the back of my cards and these are super simple ones....hehehehehe

I hope you enjoyed my Recipe Card for today, and thank you for looking! Enjoy your week!

Hugs to all,

Cheryl

Life is a Song, SING IT!!!

2011-11-27T22:27:00.000-08:00

I love great quotes and would adore having a few of them framed and hanging on my walls. This got me thinking and my mojo kicked up a gear. Hi everyone Erika Taylor here today to share with you a card I created using the Spooky Iron Shelf and Potion Bottle Mini dies from the Scrapping Cottage.

I wanted to show you today how easy it is to use some of the holiday dies for different occasions. For the Shelf; I embossed it with a wrought iron embossing powder to give it an antique feel.The Potion bottle is colored with a bit of Faber Castell Metallic Pitt Pens. I paired the dies up with some beautiful Websters Pages papers and a stamp from Unity Stamps. This is piece that I came up with. And to think, I used Halloween dies. Whodda Thunk!!!

Hope you enjoy.

Try using holiday dies for other occasions. The possibilities are truly endless. Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you all have a fantastic week.

Until next time
Toodles
Erika Taylor

Snow Globe Fun

2011-11-27T11:35:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends! Today I have a few ideas to share with you. I used the Cottage Cutz Snow Globe and Snowglobe, Winter accessories die. This is such a fun die with so many possibilities. I have 2 globes assembled and ready to put on a card. While looking at the globe it reminded me of an ornament, so I used a Cottage Impressions stamp, Cardinal with Holly Stamp. I also used the branch and ornament hook from the Winter Bird With Ornament die.

I hope you feel inspired to look at your dies and the many ways they can be used. Thanks so much for having a look.

Hugs and Smiles,
Janice

Jingle, Jingle, Jingle!

2011-11-26T09:16:00.000-08:00

Good morning! The holiday season is now fully upon us, and that of course includes Christmas cards. I have a fun little card to share with you today that I made using the Christmas Fawn Cottage Cutz die from The Scrapping Cottage. I cut this out with white card stock and colored him with Copic markers. I love this sweet little guy, and I paired him with the Jingle, Jingle, Jingle sentiment from Peachy Keen Stamps, and added the jingle bells for embellishment.

Have you dropped by The Scrapping Cottage for their sales this weekend? Be sure to check them out, because there's savings everywhere you look, from merchandise, to shipping, and a special release just for Black Friday. AWESOME!!!! Have a blessed day, and a fabulous finish to your weekend, and Happy Holidays!!!

Love ya!

Lorie

The Christmas Season is Officially Here!

2011-11-25T00:01:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving is officially behind us and Christmas-time is here! I hope you had a very blessed Thanksgiving and had time to enjoy your family and loved ones. We are all so blessed and it is so great to have a day that reminds us of that! But now, Christmas is really here - so let the carols play on the radio, let the tinsel sparkle, and let's finish all of those Christmas cards that we said we would finish in July, and we just haven't gotten them done.

I used the Christmas Fawn Die from CottageCutz for today's project. Don't you just love all of the details? I had to add a little Sakura Crystal Lacquer to her little red nose. Also, did you notice my stamped seam binding? I thought that was a perfect place to add my sentiment. The stamp came with the Boxwood Vine Wreath set - and I keep using it over and over again!

I hope you have a wonderful holiday season. Don't forget to check out the special Black Friday release from CottageCutz!

Happy Thanksgiving, Welcome Holidays, Bring on the Sales!

2011-11-24T00:01:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone, it's Lori here today on gobble, gobble day. I hope all of you have plans to be with friends and family this weekend and celebrate everything we have to be thankful for. I heard a little saying not to long ago about if you had tomorrow everything that you had thanked God for today, what would you have? I know my list would honestly be to long to name. One thing I am thankful for is the wonderful design teams I'm able to serve on. Scrapping Cottage has been so good to me and I feel so blessed to have been able to be on it with my best friend and sister Gini...yeap, I'm truly grateful.

Today I created a simple holiday card using Whimsical Tree. I always think of Dr. Seuss for a little whimsy and pink and green...Go figure. I love how our dies help you create really unique cards in no time, so simple but really eye catching. I know I would love to get a card like this in the mail.

I hope you gets lots of holiday shopping done this weekend and be sure to check out our sale.... and we don't even have lines you have to stand in. You can get dies up to 50% off...so you'll want to check it out. It's a great time to pick up some holiday gifts for you, your family and friends and then a little more for you, LOL.

Have a blessed weekend and I'll see you soon.

Hugs,

Black Friday Sale!!! New Die Release

2011-11-23T00:01:00.000-08:00

We're so excited to present you with the 2011 Black Friday Winter Release of 8 new dies.

Our Design Team has created a card or project for each of the new dies.

Jingle & Twinkle Elves

Christmas Fairy

Snowflake 1 & 2

Chilly Willy Penguin

Ginger Boy Chef

Ginger Girl Chef

Skating Polar Bear

Cookie Cafe

We hope you enjoy our new winter release!

Happy Shopping :)

Mr. Chef Mouse & Snowlady Chef

2011-11-22T08:09:00.001-08:00

Hello everyone and happy Tuesday to all! Sorry im a little late this morning posting, i havent felt well for the last few days. Anyways I do have a couple of DARLING Cottage Cutz to share with you today! :)

First I have Mr.Chef Mouse, he is sooo SWEET I really wanted to make a Recipe card for todays post and just didnt have enough energy to do it, so instead i figured i would share what i had put together :) Now I used Tim Hotlz distress inks for most of his highlighting, the bow,bowtie,and spatula i colored with copics. His chef cap, and his apron i distressed with antique linen, Mr. Chef was cut out with grey card stock and then distress a tad with a shade of blue. For his green outfit i used a tim hotlz green that i had next to me.

For Snowlady Chef

I cut all her pieces out with a wide column card stock, thats what gives the lines in her. Next I distressed her with a blue ink, for her apron i distressed with a pink and same for her cupcake top. The heart,bottom of apron,holly berry,cupcake wrapper,and wooden spoon are all colored with copics. Her pan hat is colored with 3 different grey copic markers. Lastly I added some stickles to her pearls and the cupcake icing.

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving, and thank you for stopping by!!

Hugs to all,

Cheryl

You melt my heart !

2011-11-21T00:28:00.000-08:00

Hello from Singapore, everyone !

Today I want to share a Christmas card project

where I explore using a new medium to me -

that is using chalks to color die cuts cut out of white cardstock.

For my snowman diecut here , I've used Pebbles' Inc light blue chalk to add

a little subtle shading to the body of the snowman, black chalk for the top hat and blue for the snowman's scarf .

I also used 2 shades of green chalk on the pinetree .

For more definition on my snowman's scarf,

heart, hands and red band on the top hat,

I've used American Craft's Glitter Gel pens .

I so love this discovery of using this

new combo of using chalks with gel pens on my diecuts.

The patterned paper used here is from the Winter Wonderland line

by My Little Shoebox.

Happy Crafting !

Pearl

Santa Treat Box

2011-11-20T05:12:00.000-08:00

This week I made a project using the Cottage Cutz Santa Peeker die. I wanted to trim a triangle treat box. I thought the shape of the Santa worked well with the triangle. I added a belt and buckle to the box. The handle was made with a metallic red pipe cleaner and I wrapped the pipe cleaner with the new Martha Stewart metallic eyelash yarn.

The Cottage Cutz Santa was highlighted in Copic markers. If you can see above I used #C5 grey (left) than blended it out with #W0 grey (right). . than went back with the blender and worked it all out. Mrs. Clause likes a little grey in Santa! She thinks it makes him look a bit frisky!

These two cards were a little demo, make n' take class I did. I needed two simple cards . The first is using the Cottage Cutz Ornate Poinsettia die. You can't tell from the photo. . but the gold and the white is sparkle paper. I used Stickle red for the berries.

This card I used the Cottage Cutz Snowflake Doily and the Cottage Cutz Snow Globe Accessories die.

This is a second snowflake I made, I really liked the tree on the other side of the snowman away from the dark scarf.

Thanks for stopping by. .. . .Barry

You're an Angel

2011-11-19T07:48:00.002-08:00

I'm so excited that CottageCutz dies have ventured into people. The faces are so adorable!

I made this Christmas card with the Nativity Angel 4x4 die.

This die (as well as all the others...) makes such cute gift tags or cards for holiday giving.

Here's a closer look at these darling angels.

I also used the Boxwood Vine Wreath to get my banner and Merry Christmas stamp. I have to say as I opened this die to put on the foam I thought WOW! this die is loaded with goodies, it has so many possibilities!

I think winter has hit here in Utah. We had our first snowfall last night.

I hope you have a wonderful Saturday!

Kay

My Little Shoe Box Thank You

2011-11-17T22:42:00.000-08:00

I'm loving these sweet little birds, clothes and flowers in the Laundry Line Die Set. So many options and oh so sweet. These My Little Shoebox inspired dies are perfect. Hi everyone, Erika Taylor here today to share with you, and card I created using the Laundry Lines Die Cuts from The Scrapping Cottage.

For this card I used some wonderful MME and Teresa Collins papers and I absolutely adore how these little birdies and dress turned out. Super sweet indeed.

Super cute indeed. Check out all the wonderful My Little Shoebox inspired dies that are available at The Scrapping Cottage. There is one for everything I think. Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you all have a fantastic Friday.

Don't forget to take a try at the new Tic Tac Toe challenge here too. You can find it Here

Until next time
Toodles
Erika Taylor

Cards Made With My Little Shoebox Designs

2011-11-17T02:06:00.000-08:00

Good Morning! Today I have a couple of cards to share using some My Little Shoebox papers and the MLS Cottage dies. I used the Ornate Circle Frame on both cards. The silhouette was hand cut from some MLS designer paper and framed with the ornate die cut frame. I used ribbon and lace to finish the card.

For the next card I used the Orchid Flower die. I love this die. I think the flower is really beautiful and easy to assemble. I also used MLS designer paper on this card as well.

I added another card using the MLS Summertime fun. I hope you have enjoyed my cards for today.

Have a great day!Hugs and smiles,Janice

Be Merry

2011-11-16T06:45:00.000-08:00

Good morning! Lorie here today to share a "less is more" card, if you will. I had some pretty ribbon and flourish embellishments picked out to put with this die cut image, but after choosing this paper that acted as a beautiful canvas background I just couldn't add those embellishments.

Using the Cottage Cutz Whimsical Tree die, I cut the image with white card stock, assembled, then colored with Copic markers. The rhinestones were all added by hand, and on the star, I added some Stickles for sparkle

Here's a closer look at the detail and sparkle. Quick, simple, and outside of the box for me, because I do love my ribbon and embellishments. Not this time, though. Less is sometimes very beautifully... more. So happy you could drop by today. Have a blessed day!

Thanksgiving Basket

2011-11-15T00:01:00.000-08:00

We've been having so much fun showing you great creations to make for Christmas, but I wanted to sneak a Thanksgiving project in here before we missed it! I have always had a thing for cornucopias - so this Cornucopia die was a must have for me! If you start looking at all of the mini-shapes that are a part of this set (leaves, corn apples, pears, etc.), I'm sure you can start thinking of all kinds of ways to use this all year long. I cut all of the pieces out of Kraft cardstock, and then colored them with Copics. I think starting with the Kraft, gave everything a nice, rustic look.

Don't you think this would make a great decoration for Thanksgiving?

hugs,
Gini

2011-11-14T00:01:00.000-08:00

I'm super excited to share this little box I created this weekend...I LOVE IT!!! It's from a tutorial I saw on Splitcoaststampers "Secret Box" . I've used My Little Shoebox papers from the Audrey Collection and the really cool part is the matching dies from Scrapping Cottage. Honestly it's just so much fun to create. Now let me show you everything this little box has going on.

Top of Box

Box Opened, Revealing Drawers

Front Side

Side

Back with stamping and Dies

Isn't that just the coolest!!! Now here is a list of all the dies I used from Scrapping Cottage if you wanted to make one of these for yourself.

Sewing Machine and Dress Form

My Little Shoebox Paper and Stamp

See ya soon,

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

2011-11-13T06:06:00.000-08:00

It sure is! Good Morning Scrapping Cottage Friends! Angelica here, and we had our first snowfall this week in Wisconsin. I have to admit, I think it put a lot of people into the holiday spirit. I like to wait to start putting up the Christmas decor after Thanksgiving, but there's no reason you can't get a head start on your cards, right? ;)

Today I am showcasing the gorgeous new ornaments from Cottage Cutz! I used "Snowflake Ornament" and "Holiday Ornament". These intricate dies cut beautifully on the Big Shot by Sizzix and leave you with a gorgeous ornament that you can layer on top of cardstock as I did, OR you could also use it to mask on your mixed media art pieces and use chalk, ink or an airbrush to leave the lovely pattern behind! I just love the endless possibilities!

I used my favorite holiday pattern paper, "Eskimo Kisses" (Basic Grey) and combined patterns to create my long card. I used Market Street Stamps' "Joyful Snowman" sentiment to create a little more interest on the kraft background. I simply stamped it multiple times using Versamagic Watermark ink by Tsukineko.

After adhering all my pieces, I added a few strips of bling and heat embossed the sentiment once again in Seafoam White (Ranger) on chocolate brown cardstock.

Wanna know something even better about this card? I used all scraps! Yep, I do use this paper quite often in my holiday cards and gift giving (hey, if you love it, you love it, right? ;)) so I had strips left over from the 12x12 sheets - it worked out perfectly and there was no waste! I bet you have some scraps that you can use to create a card like this, too!! Hope you enjoyed today's inspiration, thanks so much for stopping by!

- Angelica

Scrapping Cottage Tic Tac Toe Challenge #7

2011-11-12T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone Cheryl here with a Tic Tac Toe challenge for this month. I thought it would be a lot of fun to do this challenge. So grab your favorite Cottage Cutz and pick your Tic Tac Toe, 3 in a row!

WINNER from challenge # 6 is ........................

# 3 Jill Rugg with her beautiful framed layout here

http://jrugg.blogspot.com/2011/11/kennywood-fun.html

Congratulations Jill

You've won a $25.00 gift certificate to The Scrapping Cottage. Please email scrappingcottage@cox.net to claim your prize.

On mine i used more than the 3 in a row I used ribbon,trim,cottage cutz ,bling,design paper, buttons.

Cottage Cutz i used are:

Santa Peeker

Snowman Angel

Santa's Truck with Tree

Boxwood Vine Wreath

Christmas Fawn

Holiday Doily

Mrs. Chef Mouse

Mouse With Candy Cane

Penguin with Tree

Front of Christmas Tree Chipboard Album

Inside of album backside of top of tree, and then 2nd page

backside of 2nd page and front of 3rd

Backside of 3rd and front of 4th

Here is a video on did showing the entire album and the backside. I didnt take a picture of the back since i hadnt finished it until right before my video.

All my Cottage Cutz were made in my bed, due to being in my cast for my ankle. It was easy to put them together, but not so easy using a big shots machine in my bed....LOL that was a challenge in itself......hehehehehehe

I really enjoyed putting all the cottage cutz together, they are all sooo CUTE! You are going to want all the christmas ones, i know I do.....hehehehehe

Hope you will join us for my challenge this month, and cant wait to see what you make!!! Challenge is open from November 12, 2011- December 9th, 2011

Hugs to all,Cheryl

Joyful Greetings !

2011-11-11T00:30:00.000-08:00

Hello again from Sunny Singapore , everyone !

Pearl here back to share some non-traditional Christmas color combos

on cards.

Love this hot pink , emerald green combo with pops of crisp white or

sunny yellow.

For this card, I've used the Holiday Ornament die .

For added sparkle on the ornament I have used Stickles in green and pink.

Here I used the Flourish Tree die

and black and clear bling to sparkle up this gorgeous tree. ;)

I hope everyone's off to an early start with their Christmas projects

as we are here at Cottage Cutz !

Have a fabulous crafting weekend, everyone !

Pearl

Fall: It's hard to say Goodbye...

2011-11-09T08:53:00.001-08:00

Fall is my favorite season and it's giving way to Winter awful fast around here by turning COLD already....Today I wanted to share with you one last taste of fall with my October Project 12 layout. For those that don't know what Project 12 is - it's a website that introduces a double page sketch each month for you to follow. It's a great way to summarize your families happenings each month.

Of course my CottageCutz dies come in handy for these layouts as it did again this month. I used the Raking Leaves die from last years release and the MLS Summertime Fun die from a couple of months ago to add the fall touches to my layout.

I hope you still have some beautiful fall weather where you are - enjoy it while it lasts!
Have a great day and remember to use your CottageCutz dies when you scrap.

Kay

Made with Love

2011-11-08T07:31:00.000-08:00

There is something so special about gifts made with love. That little extra thought that goes in to make something perfect. The heart that one used to create it and the time that someone selflessly put into it. Yup, I'm a big fan of homemade gifts.

Hi everyone, Erika Taylor here today to share with you a card I created using some wonderful papers from My Little Shoebox and the Sewing Notions Die Cut . I added a little pleated ribbon, twine and buttons to finish the card off and I know exactly who I'll be sending this one to.

I'm absolutely adoring that little spool and could a pin cushion get any cuter? I think not. Well, I'm off to do some more creating, so I hope you all have a fantastic Tuesday. Until next time

Toodles
Erika Taylor

2 Christmas Pooches

2011-11-07T04:57:00.000-08:00

Good morning friends! Today I have 2 cards to show you. I used the adorable Santa Puppy and Dog with Sled dies. I have been enjoying the new winter release dies and will be showing you more cards soon. I hope you will have a peek in the store and check out all the new, adorable dies. Enjoy your day!

I used liquid applique on the puppy's hat, sprinkled with glitter and then heat set.

Hugs and smiles,

Janice

Baby It's Cold Outside!

2011-11-06T07:46:00.000-08:00

Good morning! Yeah baby! It IS cold outside, and getting colder. I guess it's time, and after the long hot summer, I'm ready. It sure makes crafting winter and Christmas cards much easier. I've been playing with the dies from the latest Christmas release at The Scrapping Cottage, and this card was made with the Winter Bird with Ornament Cottage Cutz die. This one was really fun to color, and I love the bigger size. I can't help it, I just love to color bigger images and die cuts. This was cut with white card stock and colored with Copic markers.

I used some Basic Grey paper for this card, and I added plenty of stickles to the ornament, along with a rhinestone embellishment. NO ribbon on this one, and I gotta tell ya that it just doesn't feel right! I think I use ribbon on about every card I make, but it's good to change it up once in a while. ;-) I gave the bird some extra shimmer by going over it with a Saukura Gelly Roll pen in red, and smudging it with my fingers to spread the sparkle around.

Here's a closer look at the sparkle on the birdie. I'm so glad you could drop by today, and I hope you're enjoying a wonderful weekend. Have a blessed day, and happy crafting!

Love ya!

Lorie

Tis The Season

2011-11-05T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hi, It's Gini and I've got another Christmas Card to share with you today! I hope you've been enjoying all of the Christmas Inspirations we have been sharing with you. Cottage Cutz just has so many adorable dies for the season, it's hard not to keep making projects with them.

I used the Boxwood Vine Wreath for the main image on my card. It's such an amazing die, that can really be used all year long. The boxwood branches are perfect greenery for any flower projects - you also get a banner, a bow, a 3-d flower - and then all of the Christmas goodies...!!! Oh, and I forgot to mention that this die set, also comes with 3 stamp sentiments. I love it!

Another really versatile die that I used was the Holiday Doily. This is perfect to add a circle element to your project, or maybe to frame it.

Poinsettia Pretty

2011-11-04T00:01:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone, it's Lori here and I want to show you one of our new holiday die sets...Ornate Poinsettia. It's so beautiful!

The holly leaves on the side of the sentiment are from the Christams Fawn and they add such a delicate touch.

The border is the Scallop Three Edger that has been doubled to make more of a bolder border.

See you in a few days and keep on scrapping!

Hugs

Non-Traditional Christmas Greeting

2011-11-03T07:53:00.000-07:00

Good Morning Scrapping Cottage friends!

Angelica here with one of my favorite non-traditional Christmas color combos - that's right - it's not red and green!

I do love those gorgeous evergreens and holly berries, but isn't it fun to see bright blues and pinks, too? With just a little bit of sparkle?

The Ornate Holiday Tree is one of my favorite Cottage Cutz ever! It is so versatile and perfect for stenciling or just as it is! I used some of my most favorite specialty cardstock - American Crafts glitter paper to cut the tree. It has a fabulous sparkle, is a breeze to cut, and the glitter is completely encapsulated so there is absolutely no rough texture, it doesn't flake off - ever.

Here's a close up of the paper:

I used my iRock to rock those beautiful little ornament circles that punch out with the die. Using the size of the circles as my guide, I chose three different gem sizes and placed them inside the tree.

Hope you enjoyed today's inspiration - the holidays are fast approaching and this would be an easy and quick card to make for your friends and family this Christmas season! Thanks for coming by today!

Angelica

Snowman Angel Post-it Notebook

2011-11-02T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone and Happy Tuesday to all! Today im sharing my Post-it Notebook made using the DARLING Cottage Cutz Christmas Die's.

On my post-it notebook i used these darling cottage cutz

Snowman Angel 4 x4

Penguin with Tree 4 x 4 (for the tree)

Boxwood Vine Wreath 4 x 8

For my snowman i used all white silver lustre card stock, and then distressed with tim holtz distressed inks. I colored the star,gloves,scarf,and wreath with copics. for the Tree i used 2 different card stocks and just layered them. I love the leaves from the boxwood vine wreath cottage cutz and used it for a filler on the left side of my notebook.

The Scrapping Cottage has come out with soooo MANY DARLING releases and you can view them all HERE!! Im just loving them all, they are all sooo SWEET!!! Cant wait to share the others with you on my next post :)

Hope you have a lovely day!!! Hugs to all,Cheryl

Celebrate the Season !

2011-11-01T02:16:00.000-07:00

Hello from Sunny Singapore , everyone !

Today I'm featuring the Celebrate the Season die

from our second release for October .

Gotta love the swirls and flourishes of this design .

I've added Red Glitter glue to my diecut cut

from American Craft's Cranberry cardstock

and embellished with a coupla pearls.

Enjoy all the adorable designs with our great

bundle offer for this release !

Pearl

Poinsettia Cluster . . .

2011-10-30T03:20:00.000-07:00

Hello all! I apologize. . have to dash out of town very quickly for work so I am posting just the center of my card so not to miss my day. I have used the Cottage Cutz Ornate Poinsettia die. This die is great on its own as a ornate doily type cutout. . .but even better when cut up and layered.

Here I have broken down the layers of my finished poinsettia. Cut the die as is, one cut with green card stock ( I used a sage green here). Than cut again with burgundy card stock. Cut all the holly and berries off the burgundy three cluster poinsettia card stock. ( you should only have the three Poinsettias). There are three dots on the die that are to be done in yellow card stock for the centers of the poinsettias, at this point glue the small and medium dot behind the small and medium poinsettia. Glue the three flower cluster on top of the green card stock. With two pieces of burgundy 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" card stock, cut two large flowers. Glue the two large burgundy poinsettias together with the large yellow center glue between them (Oreo style). Pop dot the large poinsettia onto the large poinsettia/leaves base. (the reason you double the single large poinsettia is for strength). I highlighted the poinsettia in #G94 Red Copic and the holly and vines in R46 Green Copic Pen. I added Sakura clear star pen for glimmer and last added red crystals as berries.

When I return I will get it mounted to a card. . but I just wanted to get you started. This group of Poinsettias will mack a very elegant card. . . off I go. . till next week.

Thank You Barry

Christmas Tags

2011-10-29T09:16:00.001-07:00

Today I am featuring the Mrs. Chef Mouse on a cute little baking tag. I always give away goodies at Christmastime and my CottageCutz dies are perfect for making tags.

Whether it's cards or tags there are lots of wonderful Christmas/Winter designs to choose from.

Hope you get some crafty time today - have a great weekend!

Kay

We interrupt this Christmas Season...

2011-10-27T23:59:00.000-07:00

For a little Halloween treat. Haven't the projects this week been amazing??? The new Christmas dies are simply beyond precious and I hope you've all grabbed a few of your favorites.

Erika Taylor here today to share with you my favorite Halloween Die. The Elegant Witch Legs die really has a tonne of options. From Witch to Barbie and everything in between. I've paired this great die up with my favorite Halloween paper collection this season. The Oct 31st line from Fancy Pants. I love the colors and the distressed look they have. I added a few small marker doodles to the skirt and the boots and then a layer of Helmar Crackle Medium to the skirt. This is the final product. I hope you like it.

Don't forget there is a new challenge here on the Cottage Blog. Use frames!!! If you don't have a frame die, create one using small pieces from other dies. You could win a gift certificate!!! You can find the challenge HERE

Until next time
Toodles
Erika Taylor

Winter is Coming Already

2011-10-27T12:12:00.000-07:00

Hello friends! I've just returned from a really fun gathering with my Crafty friends from the Peachy Keen Design Team and Lorie and Angelica that are also on this team. Lots of great memories that I will cherish forever! For today's card I used the newly released die Snowman in Mug available for pre-order for next shipment. I am loving the new Christmas release. I cut the die cuts from white cardstock. I wanted to use a Peachy Keen face so I traced and cut the snowman from a piece of shimmering white cardstock so it wouldn't have the details in the face. I then used Copics to color the images and mounted it on Stampin Up designer paper and cardstock. The ribbon is also Stampin Up. Expect to see more winter designs shortly.

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Simple Elegance

2011-10-26T09:03:00.000-07:00

Good morning, and welcome to The Scrapping Cottage Blog! I hope you're enjoying a beautiful day wherever you are. Lorie here today with a simple and elegant Christmas card to share with you. Have you seen the beautiful Cottage Cutz dies that have been released for Christmas? Oh my goodness, are they EVER fabulous!!!! Now, I am a big fan of coloring, and using many different mediums for coloring, from watercolor, to Copic markers, to paint, but once in a while, I like to create a card that is quick and easy, but looks like I spent a lot of time on it. Simple elegance is how I like to describe those creations. Here's what I came up with using the Snowflake Ornament Cottage Cutz die, and I've included a little picture tutorial so that you can see how I put it together. These little honeycomb type cards are so much fun, and the three dimensional effect is so showy.

To begin this project, you will need to cut 5 of the ornaments in your choice of card stock. I used a metallic silver. Place the cut ornaments on a scoreboard, and score right down the center. As you can see, scoring at one inch worked perfectly.

Once you've scored and folded all the pieces in half, the you can start gluing them together. Start by placing adhesive on the left under side of the first ornament, and gluing that to the right under side of the second ornament. Keep going until all 5 pieces have been glued. You should have the left under side of the first piece, and the right under side of the last piece free from adhesive. You will add adhesive to those when you're ready to put the ornament on your card.

Once the ornament has been secured and is dry, you can add some sparkle. I used a 2-way glue pen and some Martha Stewart white gold glitter. Kinda messy, but that's the way I roll! ;-)

The finished 3-D ornament. Gorgeous!! I did take a Zig Painty pen and color the top with a bit of gold.

Apply adhesive of your choice to the back side of the ornament and secure to card front.

VOILA!!! One completed very simple and elegant card!! Wouldn't these make wonderful ornaments for a mini tree? You'd need to add a couple more cut ornaments to allow them to come full circle when you glue them all together, but that would work great.

Have a blessed and beautiful day!

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

2011-10-25T00:01:00.000-07:00

Santa Clause is coming to town, and he's driving his favorite old truck! Thanks to the latest release from Cottage Cutz dies! My adorable Santa 's Truck with Tree die is in the store for pre-order now. And just think how cute this little truck will be for any time of the year! And with a little ingenuity, I used the Holiday Doily die to add a border to my circle. Finally, a "borrowed" the sentiment stamp from the Boxwood Vine Wreath set, so I could wish you Merry Christmas!

Sneak Peek : Hot Cocoa Cafe

2011-10-24T00:01:00.000-07:00

I'm so excited to share a sneak peek of one of our new Christmas Dies that will be coming out soon. Hot Cocoa Cafe is so detailed it's just darling and honestly you don't need anything else on a card to make it a WOW project.

I topped off my card with the Scallop Three Edger, it blended in just pefect. One of the great things about our dies is on many of them you can use all or part of the design or just a portion. I used the whole die for this card but wouldn't the little marshmellow tree be adorable all by itself.

Have a great week and stay tuned for more sneak peeks to come...

Hugs,

Nativity Angel Christmas Tag

2011-10-23T07:43:00.000-07:00

Good Morning Scrapping Cottage Friends!

Angelica here, and today I have a sweet and fun way to use the soon-to-be-released Cottage Cutz Christmas dies from The Scrapping Cottage!

I have so many awesome ideas for these Nativity characters, especially since my 3 1/2 year old daughter is starting to really enjoy Bible stories, learning about Christmas, and why we celebrate it.

The first idea I'll be showcasing from this Nativity Angel set is a gift tag that has limitless possibilities! I took the die cut angel and colored her with Copic markers. I loved that she was just the perfect size for this small, arched tag.

I went ahead and cut out two tag shapes - one in a pink cardstock and the other in a transparent vellum. I stamped a music background stamp over the vellum in Memento London Fog ink. I wanted the music to be noticeable - but subtle, so grey ink was the perfect choice.

I finished the tag off in pretty Lemondrop and Blossom twine.

Have you seen this sweet die yet? It's being released soon, and you can still get it at great pre-order price!

Here are all the dies in the release - I LOVE them all!!!

I hope you enjoyed today's project and you're inspired to go out and create your own Cottage Cutz tags! They give SO much life and dimension to a regular ol' gift tag! :)

Angelica

Halloween Peeker Candy Tube

2011-10-22T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone and Happy Saturday to all! Cheryl here with a sweet Pumpkin Peeker Halloween Candy Tube that i made using the DARLING Cottage Cutz Dies.

Right now im laid up in bed after i had my ankle surgery, I had 2 plates and lots of screws put in to hold my ankle in place.Next week i get my stitches out and hard cast put on, woohooo!!!! So while im in bed ive been starting to slowly craft this week and it feels sooo good!!!!

I wanted to use the sweet frog from the Cauldron Peekers Cottage Cutz and the pumpkin from the Trick or Treat Puppy Cottage Cutz.

For my frog i cut him out using a light green card stock, and then black for his hat, and orange for his moon. The purple band was white, and i just colored it.

The pumpkin was dusted using the tim holtz ink and a duster, i do have a video on how to do this technique here.

The tubes i bought out of the bead section at the craft store and used it for the candy instead. I added some funky halloween lace to the back of my cottage cutz piece, and then hot glued to the tube.

for the top of the tube I tied on the polka dot ribbon and then added a double bow to it. lastly i added a pumpkin sticker to my bow.

I hope you enjoyed todays post with using the Cottage Cutz Halloween collection found here. Have a lovely day!!!

Hugs,Cheryl

Happy Haunting !

2011-10-21T04:29:00.000-07:00

Hello from Sunny Singapore once again , everyone !

Trust you've had a great time soaking in all the Halloween

inspiration that we've been featuring for the past month.

For my card today, I wanted to create a ghoulish scene

and wanted to see what would come out

when I combined the following 2 dies :

I used white cardstock to die cut the 3 ghouls and

inked up 2 bats with distress ink in purple for a pop of color .

The Haunted House border was diecut using self adhesive cardstock.

I've used patterned papers here from My Little Shoebox's Trick or Treat line.

Definitely simple and easy to create a new scene each time

with different die combinations in our Halloween release .

I can't wait to see more sneak peeks with our second Christmas Release

here on our blog in the following days !

Do keep a close eye

and I'll be back with Christmas projects the next time !

Can't wait ! ;)

Pearl