Autumn Hues

Good Morning Everyone - Happy Tuesday!

One of my favorite ways to use my left over die cut pieces (I always cut extras!) is to use them as a mask or a screen. The shapes cut using these dies are much more intricate than a typical thin metal die, and the results are just so beautiful.

Today for my project, I used Ornate Circle Frame (one of the new MLS releases!) and some Zig Two-Way glue to adhere it to a blank cream-colored piece of cardstock. The Zig Two-Way glue is nice, because it's liquid, and once it dries it's reposition-able and removeable. So it will stay put when you are blending/misting and come off cleanly once you've achieved your desired look on your project.

I first took some Tea Dye Distress Ink and completely sponged my card. I sponged just a tiny bit on the inside middle of the circle to make it stand out (that's where I wanted my sentiment). 

After all my sponging was complete, I took some Glimmer Mist (Sunshine) and spritzed the entire card, and spritzed just once more in the center. Once it was completely dry, I stamped my sentiment in the middle of the circle with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. To finish off the background, I used Vintage Photo again all around my edges.

I cut the branches from the same Ornate Circle Frame die in an olive color. It may be hard to see, but I also inked the branches in Tea Dye and spritzed with Olive Vine Glimmer Mist. I thought this Autumn-hued card was a great opportunity to use some yummy new Prima embellies I picked up last week. They're actually meant to be flower centers, but it worked perfectly on this card as is.

After my entire layer was complete, I adhered to the same cream colored card stock with some foam dimensionals and that was it! 

On Sunday I mentioned today was Challenge day - well leave it to the newbie to goof it up! ;) The next challenge is actually on 8/13, which means you still have time to play in Lorie's Christmas in July Challenge! 

I would still love to see how you use masking with your Cottage Cutz - please share your creations on our Facebook page anytime! The other designers and I check regularly and love being inspired by YOU! 

Have  a great day everyone, thanks so much for stopping by! ~ Angelica

"Sweets" Funky Fold Card & Video

Hello everyone and Happy Tuesday to all! Cheryl here with my Funky Fold card and another Cottage Cutz "Pink Peony" Video using the Cuddlebug die cut machine. Ive also used 3 of the Carnival Releases for my card  :)

I'm LOVING the new Releases they are sooo SWEET! Its the Carnival Release and all the new die cuts are perfect for cards,layouts, and albums :) I LOVE THEM ALL and so will you :)

Here is a picture of the inside, I added some of the borders from Boardwalk Canival Silhouette, it reminds me of Santa Cruz California, and I will be heading there this month :) cant wait!! I also used on the inside the cotton candy Cottage Cutz and the tickets from Ticket Booth. I figured you could add your own writing on them :) sweet messages... hehehehe

For my Funky Fold card today I used:

Ticket Booth (4 x 6)

Boardwalk Carnival Silhouette(4 x 6)

Popcorn & Cotton Candy (4 x 4)

Pink Peony Flower (4 x 4)

For my card I wanted to go with a soft girly look. Not your normal ticket booth, but I thought for a little girl this card would be perfect :) The video I have on the #3 peony is done real easy with 2 diecuts pieces,airbrushing,and a pearl and glue. You can use any tool for the folding of the flower, I chose to use the quilling tool.

If you would like to try the Funky Fold Card, its super easy and fun to make, I have a couple video's that you can view here :) that I did last year.

Video #3 on Mini Pink Peony Cottage Cutz & Cuddlebug

I hope my video was helpful, and hope you all have a lovely day :)Hugs,Cheryl

Life is a Carnival !

Hello again , from Sunny Singapore ! 

I have a 3D tropical travel themed project to share with you today -

one that celebrates quite a few of our

  Carnival and My Little Shoebox  releases together. 

On the exterior of my little travel tote here , 

I have created a little scene  - 

I pieced together the ticket booth  - using an assortment of paper types - 

different colors of glitter paper, 

green glitter and foil paper(for the window pane) , patterned papers 

and white cardstock for the clouds which I also added Stickles . 

The horses I added for fun from the Carousel Silhouette Die .

The clouds I cut from the My Little Shoebox  designed die - Summertime Fun.

Click on image for a larger view

My little travel tote folds out to reveal a photo stand , 

which I decorated easily using -

the Boardwalk Carnival Silhouette - using blue glitter and foil paper.

The orange tickets for the word "Fun " were cut using the Ticket Booth die . 

The airplane here was cut from the Airplane w/Banner & Sign die 

and I've used the banner cut with the same die with the word "Fun" - a pink ribbon it became ! 

The white arrow from that die I layered on top a pink water lily for a fun dimensional embellie .;) 

I've placed the white cloud (cut with the MLSB Summertime Fun die )behind my green airplane . My brown bird on the sun is also cut using the same die.

My green ( legless - all our bird dies have legs actually- too cute ! ) bird 

is from the Laundry Line die . 

As you can tell , I had a tonne of fun using up 

adifferent dies from our July releases .

Truly the possibilities are endless -

 trying out different paper materials to cut with these adorable designs . 

Do take advantage of our bundled offers now & SAVE !  -

For eg,  you save 25% on a complete Carnival set 

and also receive a free Lollipop alpha set worth $24.95.

Have fun in the sun wherever you are ! 

Pearl 

Ferris Wheel Versatility

Hello hello everyone! Good Morning! I have two very different cards to show you today using a common object. Let's see if you can guess what it is (psst... don't worry I'll tell you towards the end of the post)!

I knew exactly what I wanted to create when I started playing with the Ferris Wheel set - Vintage Country Fair! So, that's exactly what I did!

I took some flecked cream cardstock as my base, because I love it (it's my favorite) and it always gives my cards that "eco" look I am drawn to. I decided I'd make a "wooden" ferris wheel using kraft cardstock as the base and dark chocolate cardstock for the wheel. Using just three different patterns, I made my little wheel seats and inked with "Brushed Corduroy" Distress Ink. I loved the idea of keeping a muted color scheme - it kind of reminded me of an old movie set. I used a thin piece of adhesive-backed cork for my center of the wheel.

To create my sentiment - a compass would have been handy. Yes, like the ones we used in geometry class (yuck!). Funny thing is, I have one, but since I never had a use for it, I couldn't find it. Isn't that always how it goes? However, I was able to "wing it" and using the ferris wheel as my guide, I sketched a curved line in pencil and stamped the first part "Life's" from a set of stamps I designed using my own handwriting ("Fashionista" by Market Street Stamps). I then hand-wrote "a journey - enjoy the" and finished off the phrase with the word "ride" from the Ticket Booth set.

That's also where I found the polka dot stamp that I used on the bottom of my card. Loved that everything I needed was right in this release!

So for the second card that I made....do you see what I see?

I cut out multiple wheels "just in case" and noticed when I punched out the areas between the spokes, it kind of looked like a citrus wedge. Why not use half the wheel to create an orange (or a lemon, or a lime, or a grapefruit....)?! With that in mind, I created this card:

And would you have ever guessed it's using the same Ferris Wheel? The versatility is awesome with these dies.

I cut my "orange wedge" using two slightly different colors of orange and inked them up using my Dried Marigold Distress ink. I doodled in some dots to represent the lines in the sections and hand-drew the sentiment with the same white gel pen. The middle part of the sentiment is a Faber-Castell journaling pen.

After adding in the two pretty sculpture flowers I added some Lilac bakers twine from The Twinery and some pom-pom trim from American Crafts to finish it up. What do you think?

Hope you enjoyed today's post - don't forget you still have time to enter Lorie's Christmas in July Challenge! Head over there today and get your project entered before it's too late! I'll be posting a new challenge for you on Wednesday, August 3rd.

Have a beautiful day!
~ Angelica

Cameo Appearance

Don't you love all of the cameos that are popping up all over Scrappyland? They are so romantic and feminine. I was inspired by the Cameo and Oval Frame from CottageCutz to make this scalloped card. This is such a fun set to add some paper piecing. I cut two bows - one from patterned paper, and the other from cardstock to act as a shadow.


And what would a girly-girl card be without a handmade flower? I used the Pink Peony Flower
and inked it with Distress ink, and shaped it. I added Crystal Lacquer to the buds and the center to add another texture. I love that this flower is the perfect size for cards and layouts.


I hope you have a great weekend!

Friend Card

Good morning!  Well at least it's still morning here for a little while.  I'm babysitting my grandson, Max today, and he's kept me pretty busy this morning.  Since he's enjoying a little tummy time, I've got time to get my post made for today.  I'm back to the Flower Power release, mainly because I just can't stay away from all the wonderful flower dies.  Especially at this time of year!!  For my card today, I used the Plumeria & Leaves 4x4 die from The Scrapping Cottage.  Those lacy looking cut out leaves are so pretty and add such interest.  I decided to do this card in shades of ivory and yellow.  I think that's such a subtle, but striking and elegant color palette, and I sure love the way it turned out.  I hope you do, too!!!

I started with a base layer of ivory, and embossed that card stock with a floral embossing folder.  I then sponged the edges of the flowers, and the top of the embossing with ink in the same shades as the card stock.  I added some pearls for embellishment, which I colored in a soft shade of yellow to match the rest of the card, and finished with an ivory organza bow.  A relatively simple card, but one that looks like you spent hours fussing over it.  Now THOSE are my kind of cards!!!!!

I'm so glad you could drop by today.  Have a blessed day, and I hope you get to enjoy some crafty time today, too!

Sew Much Fun !!!

Hey everyone , hello from Sunny Singapore !

So excited to share my first creation with you here today !

I was so thrilled to have the Cottage Cutz latest releases in my hands that

I simply had a little die cutting frenzy with my Cuttlebug machine .

I started off diecutting with scraps of neutral colored cardstock - brown , white ,kraft

and then I worked them out with My Little Shoebox's Sew Cute papers .

Here are the die designs that I tried out first -

I did not have many pre-conceived ideas for my first project

except that I was going to use some of the die cuts together

on this step center card and I knew I would want a dressform at least.

So from my random die cutting , I put a few designs layered up

and this center panel came together quickly .

Essentially, I used the oval frame and ribbon from the Cameo and Oval Frame die ,

the dressform from the Sewing Machine and Dressform die,

the heart for the ribbon center is from the Laundry Line die.

After I finished my center panel , I then decorated the rest of the card

with My Little Shoebox Handmade pp, cardstock stickers and journalling spots.

I snuck in a little kraft button on top of the heart button sticker -

cut with the Sewing Notions die .

This was sew much fun for me , and it was just mainly using glue and paper

and of course these adorable Cottage Cutz dies,designed by My Little ShoeBox.

hugs, Pearl

I have a stack of fun dies waiting for me to play with from the Carnival release, but I'm waiting on some more pictures and journaling from my daughters trip to Disneyland and California Adventure.......so I decided to show you this Prom layout I made with the CottageCutz Leafy Foliage 4x6 die. I love this die, it can be added to so many other dies or used alone to put that finishing touch on things.

This die cuts out a leafy stem as well as some individual leaves. I inked the edges with some Peeled Paint Distress ink and adhered them to my layout. Very simple and adds just the right touch I was looking for.

Hope you are enjoying all the talent from our new design team members - aren't they great??

Have a great Wednesday!

The carnivals in town. . .

 Hello all!, This week I have made a card using dies from the new Cottage Cutz Carnival Collection.  This is the cute Snack Cart, by pop dotting the cart you add dimension to the cart window and than bend the awning and you will add additional dimension.. I used the row of tickets from the Ticket Booth die like ribbon. I glued it under the square panel and flipped it over  to create a loop and glued the other end down. The Cottage Cutz Ticket Booth dies has 10 Clear stamp words so you can customize your tickets.

I added the Cottage Cutz Broadwalk Silhouette die as a background stripe on the card.

Flower Power!

Good morning friends!  What a talented group of new DT members.  I sure have been enjoying reading about them and seeing all their wonderful talent!  So much inspiration already!  Today I have a few cards to show you, using several dies from the Flower Power Release.

Doesn't this turtle make you smile?  I love the little hat!  So cute!  The die is Groovy Turtle.  I also used the Grass Border die, one I am sure I will be using often.

For this card I used the Floral Doily.  I used Copics and a white gel pen to color the doily and a few bits of bling to add some sparkle.

For my final card I used the Tropical Flower die.  I made the leaves myself and added even more bling to make the design pop!  Thanks for having a look!  Please be sure and come back often for even more inspiration.  Did you get a chance to watch Cheryl's video showing us how she dresses up the Dress Form from the Sewing Machine and Dress Form die?  I love all the beautiful tags she has made with the dress form.  Have a FANTASTIC week!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice