Happy Halloween!

I hope you're staying warm where you are. With fall officially here, the temps have dropped considerably here in the high desert of Eastern Washington and I'm even wearing slippers in the house! GASP! It may not sound like a big deal, but I'm a year-round barefoot kinda gal and my feet have been freezing the past few days on these hardwood floors! But I digress... the reason for my fall lead-in is this card :)

I've used the pumpkin trio, minus their face stamps, for this glittery fall card. For the pretty corner flourishes, I used the vine stamp that comes with the trio die.

I added vines and leaves from the pumpkin patch die and the grass from the spooky fence. Cute, huh!



For my final project this week, another treat container! If I had a whole house for a storage unit, I could fill it with containers. I'm a container-holic {Nikki - no comment from you, hoarder-watcher! LOL) K, so anyway, this container, as you can see, is Queen and Co.

I took it apart to make a template...

...and traced it onto my double-sided paper

On the inside, I made my score lines and marked where my tabs and slots would be.

Fold, adhere and punch holes in the sides for my ribbon handle, and now I'm ready to embellish.

The adorable little witch on her broom makes a super cute little treat sweetie, doesn't she!

Add stickles - cuz everyone loves bling, even witches, don't you know....

...and a tag for giving. Here I used one of the pumpkins from the pumpkin trio and slipped the ribbon handle through one of the slots.

You still have a few days yet till Halloween if you want to make treat bags. You can use most any container as a template to make your own, or just grab a lunch bag and start embellishing! Pretty much anything will work....as long as it's got candy in it, right!? :) Happy Halloween!

Spooked!

I hope your Wednesday morning was more pleasant to wake up to then mine was....

It looks like winter outside here in Utah with 2-3 inches of the white stuff.

It should wait until after Halloween to snow in my opinion...

Today I want to share with you this card I made with the Kitties & Tombstone die.

I love that this has so many elements on one die: grass, Jack 0'lantern, kitty, bat and tombstone. I also used the mini fence die as well.

I hope you have a beautiful fall day where you live!

Kay

It's Monday Again! Good morning!

Good morning friends! Hope this finds you well and ready to begin a new week. I don't know about you, but the older I get, the faster time goes. Halloween is just 6 days away so I have slipped in one more Halloween card to show you. The dies I have used are Pumpkin Trio, Ghosts and bat, Crow mini, Scaredy cat mini, and the picket fence. I used Copics to color the background and moon, and a white gel pen for the highlights. Wishing you all a safe and fun Halloween on Sunday. Be back in a week! Hugs, Janice

Thankful

Hello! I hope this Sunday finds you well. For my card today, I wanted to show that the Pumpkin House die doesn't have to just be "Halloweenie". I used it to make a more Harvesty/Fall card.

Can you see inside here? ☺ I always finish off the inside of my cards with a small strip of whatever patterned paper I used on the front of the card. Well folks, that's my card for today...I'm off to watch an American Pickers marathon on t.v. and do some craftin'! I feel the need to glitter something! ☺

Have a GREAT day!

♥ Nikki ♥

B is for Batty

Happy Saturday Scrappers!

Today I am posting my "B" page in my Halloween ABC Book. There are several great Cottage Cutz bats to choose from but I have used the Mini Bat for this page. Each of my bats has a tiny pop dot under the body to lift them off the page so they look they are really flying around. I also cut the bats out of glitter black paper for extra fun. I used yellow stickles for the eyes which are so easy to use and fun, too - just dot, dot and you have eyes!

I also added stickles to the orange stars of my patterned paper for some extra blingy fun. Plus I thought it would tie in nicely to the glitter bats.

Thanks for stopping in today and have a great rest of the weekend!!
Ruth Ellen

Boo Bag Gift Set

Good morning, and greetings from Chicago!!  Yes, I'm in Chicago!!!  I really didn't think that after CHA visiting Chicago again would be in my future for a long time, but I was wrong.  I'm here to take the first Intermediate Copic Certification class that's ever been offered.  I was so thrilled to get the opportunity to learn more about my favorite coloring medium, and I'm looking very forward to the class today.  

So, since I was really strapped for time this week with preparing to leave, I'm sharing a project with you that I made for the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge, which is a Wrap It Up challenge.  Participants are challenged to make somthing that has to do with or is used for wrapping.  I chose to make this fun little gift bag set., which includes the bag with lid, bow, and tag.  I started with a plain white lunch sack, and decorated the back ground with my PKS face stamps.  I cut a lid to fit the bag from card stock, and I used my Cottage Cutz Ghost and Bats die from The Scrapping Cottage.  This set comes with 7 stamps to give the die cuts an assortment of adorable faces.

 Here's a close up of the bow and tag.  The die cuts were cut with white card stock and colored with Copic markers.

 I'm hosting a blog candy give away on my blog, so please be sure to visit The ThINKin' Spot and enter for your chance to win three fabulous Cottage Cutz Halloween dies.  You have until Monday, October 25th to enter.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I wish you a blessed day and happy crafting!!

Hugs,

Lorie 

Halloween treat boxes and cards, oh my!

This pillow box door hanger was so easy to do. Click here to download the template. I simply printed the template onto my cardstock and cut it out then embellished with the tear kitty die/stamp set. This is such a fun way to leave a surprise treat for someone on any occasion!




For this project, I used a french fry box template and double sided Halloween paper (Basic Grey Eerie) embellished with the sweet little candy monsters (minus arms and legs - they aren't going anywhere! LOL) You can use the pattern in the link provided or do like I did and ask for an empty french fry box and take it apart.

I love making Halloween projects and cards in case you couldn't tell! For this one, I used the loopy edger with the image of the Mad Hatter from the Graphic 45 Halloween in Wonderland collection. Love these papers. I've embellished using stickles.

On the inside message I've used the witches brew cauldron and frog for my "go mad on Halloween" sentiment, adding stickles for the brew bubbles.

For this card, I wanted to do something a little different. I heat embossed my cardstock with clear embossing powder before cutting the chandelier.....

...and added silver stickles to the spider webs and bat eyes.

To make the chain, I used jump rings "hanging" the chandelier from the brad.

For the inside message I've used the cutest little bat and ghost on foam tape (gotta have foam tape on everything!), and ornate border rubon from my stash. The font is a freebie. You can snag it here.

Let me be Frank....

I can't see a Frankenstein without thinking two things. One is my neighbor who's name is Frank Brightenstein....and the other is the saying "Let me be Frank" from a tole painted Frankenstein

I did years ago. He makes such a fun Halloween card with his bright green face.

You can always count on CottageCutz dies to think outside the box when it comes to all the variety of diecut shapes. I also used the Scaredy cat mini on my card.

The inside of the card says "Have a Haunted Halloween".

Now that my daughters wedding is over I can start enjoying fall and the fun of Halloween.

Spooky Fence

Spooky Fence from Cottage Cutz, What a great die, you first look at it a a nice fence panel to add to a card or page layout. Sometime forgetting all of the possibilities. Today I did a card using the fence as a border. OCT 31st . . .I also used the small 2"x2" die from Cottage Cutz called Scaredy Cat Mini. He is kind of one of those Hair Razin kind old cats. The spider hanging from the T also comes on the fence die.

This panel shows how the fence hooks together, the top fence shows how the die design has HOOKS on each end to hook your fence together to create a long fence. The second shows how to cut the fence panel after three posts to create a gate.

This layout shows how you can put the fence together to create a complete fence. The fence you snip the hook off, than on the second fence panel you snip one post off. That is what I used on the card. To straighten the fence up a little on the third fence panel you snip a "v" out . . one full post and part of the second post. . . . .you can continue until you have the need fence. Don't forget the die also come with a great patch of grass for under the fence.

Happy Monday Morning Friends!

Good morning everyone! I am so excited about the new dies at The Scrapping Cottage! I can't wait to try them all. Today I have a card featuring Lisa Jean Witch. This die set comes with 3 Peachy Keen Stamps, a toothless grin face, a cranky witch face, and an angry broom face. I chose to use the crabby witch face today as I used the other face just a short time ago on my blog.

I cut the pieces using white cardstock and colored them up with my copics. I am so happy Lorie taught us that wonderful trick. I find myself cutting most of my images in white. I love to color and I feel that you can get a much more detailed image doing it this way. Please be sure and check out the new dies at The Scrapping Cottage or at Peachy Keen Stamps. They have been selling quickly. They are definitely dies you will want for your Halloween collection. I would love to see what you create with your Cottage Cutz dies. Just leave a comment with a link so I can come take a look. Enjoy your day and I will be back next Monday with some more Halloween cuteness.

If friends were pumpkins...I'd pick you

Hello! Happy Sunday!!! For my card today I used the Turkey w/Pumpkins die for my pumpkins, and the Hay Wagon die. I LOVE the cool texture on the wagon. I used mini brads for "nails" in the wagon.

I hope you're having a restful Sunday! See you back here next week!

♥ Nikki ♥

Brand New Cottage Impressions!!!!

Check out the newest addition to the Cottage Cutz family - Cottage Impressions!!

We have released some of our most popular designs from last year as Cottage Impressions Stamps. Cottage Impressions are cling mounted stamps deeply etched from top quality red rubber. They will cling to any acrylic block.

Check out the very first release here:

Halloween ABC Book

I have decided that since these Cottage Cutz Halloween dies are soooooooooooooo cute, I want to make a Halloween ABC Book. Sorry I am late posting today, but I was hoping my new Cottage Cutz Halloween dies would arrive today, but no such luck. So I skipped my title page for now and started with my "A" Page.

For this first page, I used the Cottage Cutz Candied Apple die. To create the caramel covering for my apple, I used brown fuzzy paper to add some really fun texture. My pages are 6x6 so I will have enough room for some of the larger dies plus my little rhymes along the way.

Glad you could stop by today. Hope you have a fun weekend filled with scrappy time!!

Fall Is Still In The Air

Good morning!  Yes, Fall is definitely in the air.  It's a chilly 42 degrees this morning, and I'm warming up with some beautiful Fall color, both inside and out.  Outside the leaves are beginning their change, and inside I'm crafting away with beautiful papers in rust, brown, and gold colors.  I took those wonderful warm colored papers and worked them into this altered Band-Aid tin.  I used the Happy Fall Y'all and Mini Pumpkin Cottage Cutz dies for this creation.  I used colored card stock, and colored the pumpkin with my Copics, then added some sponging to the edges of all the pieces with some Tim Holtz Vintage Photo ink.  I had a little scrap of lace that I had crocheted some time ago that just fit perfectly around the edge of the tin.  I'm so glad I riffled through my scrap ribbon jar and stumbled upon that little piece of lace, and it made me so happy to find a use for it.

 Now I'm ready to fill this pretty piece with a yummy treat, or some mini cards, or who knows what.  These are so quick and easy to make, and such a nice little gifting item.   Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Have a blessed day, and happy crafting to you!