CottageCutz Challenge #3 - POCKET

Hi, Vladka is here!

Thank you very much for all your great cards and projects you've made for Challenge #2. Two lucky winners will be announced at the end of this post. So, stay tuned.

And here is time to start new challenge. 

This time theme is POCKET. 

So, create a pocket on your card or on any other project an decorate it with CottageCutz dies.
And please, use ONLY CottageCutz dies and not any other dies. "Add your link" button is available under the list of used dies. If you are not familiar with this button, please check this post for more explanation. Challenge will be closed on 30th of June!

Ok, let's go to my project. I hope this will inspire you a little bit. 

Here is list of all supplies I used:

Cardstock: kraft Cardstock for the pocket and white cardstock for butterflies and greenery 

CottageCutz Dies: Listed Below

Distress Ink: Peeled Paint

Other: Scissors, Sizzix machine

I made a really simple pocket with new Posey Pocket die and used it for summer table decoration. All you need to do is to cut it out with kraft cardstock and cut off the lower fold, so that pocket is open also there. Glue it just on the side. So, you will be able to put cutlery through the pocket:

With Leafy Swirls cut some greenery out of white cardstock and colored it with Peeled Paint distress ink:

For the finish touch cut the butterflies out with butterfly die (I used Fancy Pocket Plus die) and white cardstock. Glue everything together as shown on the photo. 

So, this is my project for today and I can't wait to see yours. 

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And now go back to our challenge a little bit more. As I told you before, two lucky winners will be randomly chosen and will get gift certificate for Scrapping Cottage store.

First one will get gift certificate value of 50$...

... and second one in the value of 25$.

You have time till 30th of June to participate. 

Both winners will be announced in the same post as new challenge (for June) will begin.

All you need to do is take your CottageCutz dies and start creating! 

Please, use only CottageCutz dies!

Have fun and don´t forget to show us all your projects.

"Add your link" button is available under the list of used dies.

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And of course we should not forget about the winners for the first challenge.

1st Gift certificate value of 50$ goes to Damjana. Her card was linked under number 4:

2nd Gift Certificate value of 25$ goes to Cebelica. Her card was linked under number 11:

Congratulations!

Please, contact Joanne at scrappingcottage@cox.net to claim your Gift Certificate.

This is it for today. Have fun!

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CottageCutz Challenge #2 - HELLO SPRING

Hi, Vladka is here!

Thank you very much for all your great cards and projects you've made for Challenge #1. Two lucky winners will be announced at the end of this post. So, stay tuned.

And here is time to start new challenge. 

This time theme is HELLO SPRING. 

So, get out your CottageCutz dies and create the project which will be associated to the spring. For example, flowers, greenery, green color are some ideas which are perfect for the spring. And please, use ONLY CottageCutz dies and not any other dies. "Add your link" button is available under the list of used dies. If you are not familiar with this button, please check this post for more explanation. Challenge will be closed on 31th of May!

Ok, let's go to my project. I hope this will inspire you a little bit. If flowers on sticks are familiar to you, this is because Yuliya showed you already how to do it and she made Easter decoration. You need to check it, it is beautiful. I shoot my video some time ago, so I thought there will be no harm if I show you my way too :) And I used the same flowers to decorate also the frame.

So, here is my video, where you will see how to color the wooden photo frame and decorate it with paper daisies and some greenery and also how to put together these daisies and create a bouquet out of them.

Suplies which I used for this project:
CottageCutz dies: listed below
Cardstock: white cardstock for die cuts
Distress Inks: Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Brushed Corduroy, Gathered Twigs
Others: white acrylic paint, paint brush, water, wooden sticks, glue, Sizzix machine, yellow marker

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And now go back to our challenge a little bit more. As I told you before, two lucky winners will be randomly chosen and will get gift certificate for Scrapping Cottage store.

First one will get gift certificate value of 50$...

... and second one in the value of 25$.

You have time till 31th of May to participate. 

Both winners will be announced in the same post as new challenge (for June) will begin.

All you need to do is take your CottageCutz dies and start creating! 

Please, use only CottageCutz dies!

Have fun and don´t forget to show us all your projects.

"Add your link" button is available under the list of used dies.

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And of course we should not forget about the winners for the first challenge.

1st Gift certificate value of 50$ goes to Helena. Her card was linked under number 19:

2nd Gift Certificate value of 25$ goes to Karen. Her card was linked under number 29:

Congratulations!

Please, contact Joanne at scrappingcottage@cox.net to claim your Gift Certificate.

This is it for today. Have fun!

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CottageCutz Challenge #1 - ANYTHING GOES

Hi, Vladka here. 

My dear craft friends. I´m so happy to announce this. Today we are starting our first CottageCutz challenge. This will give you the opportunity to show us all your great projects made with Cottage Cutz dies. I´m so excited and can't wait to see them.

How and when?

Challenge will take place every month. It will be open with my first post within the month and it will be closed at the end of the month.

At the end of these posts, "Add your link" button will be available that you will be able to add link to your project. You do not need a blog to link up. You can also use social network sites (as Facebook...), or photo sharing sites (as Google +...). If you are not familiar how "Add your link" is working, I prepare this screenshot for you - click on the image to enlarge it.

Every challenge will have his own theme. So please, make a project which will represent the theme of the month and please use only CottageCutz dies. You can show us cards, invitations, boxes, decorations or any other project made with CottageCutz dies.

And this is not all. Every month two lucky winners will be randomly chosen and will get gift certificate for Scrapping Cottage store. Great, right?

And now it's time to start and let's start very simple - the theme for our first challenge is ANYTHING GOES.

Let me show you what I've created. I used dies from Nautical release to create Nautical table setting. Are you interesting how I did it?

Supplies:

CottageCutz Dies: Listed Below
Cardstock: white, red and two shades of blue Cardstock
Distress Ink: Brushed Corduroy, Gathered Twigs
Other: Scissors, Paper trimmer, Sizzix machine, black and yellow marker

1. With Captain and Sailor Owls die cut all die pieces out with white, red and two shades of blue cardstock. Color the front of the hat with black marker and beak and claws with yellow marker. Glue all the owl pieces together as shown on the photo.

2. With Paddles and Rope Ladder die, cut the paddle out with some white cardstock and colored it with Brushed Corduroy and Gathered Twigs distress ink or any other brown ink.

3. In the Word, design the name and print it with your printer on white cardstock. Before you cut out the oval, put the CottageCutz Stitched Oval die on the paper, so that the name will be displayed in lower part of the oval. Use the biggest stitched oval shape (sixth from the center). Glue paddle and the owl on it. Now you have a name holder for the table setting.

4. Cut the life preserver out with some white and red cardstock. Use Life Preserver die for this and color the twine with some light brown distress ink as Old Paper. Glue all the pieces together as shown on the photo. Use live preserver as napkin holder.

5. For some more decoration you can also cut out the ship's wheel or anchor, color it with brown distress ink and put it on the table.

OK, this is is my projects. And now go back to our challenge a little bit more. As I told you before, two lucky winners will be randomly chosen and will get gift certificate for Scrapping Cottage store.

First one will get gift certificate value of 50$...

... and second one in the value of 25$.

Isn't that awesome?

You have time till 30th of april to participate. 
Both winners will be announced in the same post as new challenge (for May) will begin.

All you need to do is take your CottageCutz dies and start creating! 
Please, use just CottageCutz dies!

Have fun and don´t forget to show us all your projects.

"Add your link" button is available under the list of used dies.

P.S. Sorry, but I have to write this. Because some linked projects didn't use only CottageCutz dies (which is the only restriction our Challenge has), I was obligated to remove them from the links. You are more than welcome to participate at our challenge, but please, use only CottageCutz dies.

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