All Treats. No Tricks!

Fall is officially here! So now it's really time to get crafting all of those autumn inspired projects! I thought this Trick or Treat Puppy from CottageCutz was the cutest thing ever! And I also knew that my five year old nephew would love it - and would want lots of cards made for him with it! And of course, I was right.

I usually cut my images with colored and patterned papers, and piece them together. But, today, I decided to try cutting it from white cardstock, and coloring it with distress inks, like many of my teamies do. This was a really fun way to try - and I'm sure I will use it again. That is one of the really cool things about CottageCutz - there are so many ways to use them.

After I had my sweet puppy all pieced, I added a little Ultra Fine Flower Soft to make him kind of furry. It just made him that much more adorable! My card was made using Trick or Treat Collection from My Little Shoebox.

Halloween Shaker Easel Card

Hi Everyone...welcome to the weekend.  Today I wanted to inspire you with this Halloween Shaker card I created.  I love creating shaker cards...so much fun.  I wish I could show you better in the photo how the black glitter shakes around in the frame, pictures just don't do it justice. 

You can see bits and pieces here in there that haven't fallen down yet, but you still just don't get the whole effect. 

Want to know all the great dies I used for this card, here is the complete list.

Haunted House Border

Lamp Post With Sign ( yellow border interior of card)

Witch Castle Door ( Bats)

Have a great crafty rest of the weekend...

Hugs, Lori

Wholesome Pumpkin Bread

Hi Scrapping Cottage fans! Thanks so much for popping by today, it's Angelica here with a recipe card project that is quick, and has so many variations!

Have you checked out all the fun dies The Scrapping Cottage carries for the Kitchen? They are delectable! Today I opted to use the Bread die which is awesome because Fall is definitely in the air! My favorite bread is pumpkin bread and I found a wonderful recipe at Eat Clean Recipes that has wholesome, yummy, clean ingredients that will make you feel A LOT less guilty when you end up eating the whole loaf in one day. Oh, is that just me? ha ha!

This is the "Bread" 4x4 die I used for this project.

I decided to create a 4x6 Recipe card using Basic Grey's "Payrus" line and matched my cardstock to it. For shading this time, I used Color Box Pigment Inks and my Prismacolor pencils. Doesn't the bread look so toasty and warm?

To create the optional pocket, simply put a line of glue on the back of your pocket just around the outside edges leaving the top edge unglued. That will be your opening. You could even snap a photo and slide it into the pocket with the recipe card so you remember exactly how it came out!

I doodled a bit on the front of my card to match the pattern in the paper. I used my Faber Castell Pitt pens. LOVE them!

See? Once you tuck the card back in your quick pocket, it lays pretty flush against the card, making indexing a complete breeze. Hope you enjoyed today's project - what's your favorite fall treat? Have a great weekend, everyone! :) Angelica

Happy Halloween

Hello everyone and Happy Thursday to all! Today I wanted to share a card I decorated inside and out, using the DARLING Halloweeen Collection Cottage Cutz.

For my card today I used The Scrapping Cottage die cutz listed below. I'm  LOVING this DARLING Halloween Collection, they are all just tooo CUTE! To see the entire collection please visit The Scrapping Cottage here.

Cottage Cutz I used:

Halloween Stacked Frogs( 1 on the outside 1 inside)

Haunted House Border 4 x6 

Broom Mini

Ornate Circle Frame

Lantern Tree(for the little Ghost) 

My Little Shoebox Halloween Design Paper, and Sticker Pumpkin 

Others- copics, dusting, airbrushing,ribbons,flower, gems, silver frame.

For the frogs I just dusted them with 3 colors of greens, starting with the lightest like I show in my video with the pumpkin. The candy corn was white and I used copics to color the yellow and orange.

I love doing the insides of cards. On this one I kept it pretty simple. Ive added 1 of the stacked frogs, and used part of the Haunted House Border. The pumpkin is a sticker from My Little Shoebox.com

Thank you for looking and have a lovely day! 

Hugs to all,Cheryl

Spooky Haunting !

Hi again , everyone ! 

Pearl , in Sunny Singapore here .

I trust all our blogging friends have been enjoying 

all the different wonderful Halloween ideas all month long so far.

I have a simple decor idea to share today -

we have a Japanese dollar chain store over here ( called Daiso ) 

and this year they have a lot of adorable Halloween decor / costumes for sale

and when I saw these gauzy hats in different Halloween colors - I just had to bring one home with me to try an altered witch's hat . ;) 

I diecut this Lantern tree using at least

 4 different My Little Shoebox patterned papers 

in the colors I want - some of them I inked in the color I wanted 

to make piecing this come together easier. 

The little Ghouls were shadowed with extra black ones and then given a little textured Stickles treatment.

 To make the little bats stand out more I also stickled them in royal blue. 

Finally I adhered my entire Lantern tree on half a circular diecut from the My Little Shoebox Trick or Treat line. 

The Spooky Haunting sentiment is from our Haunted House border die.

Finally , when I was happy with my outcome I carefully adhered my entire piece around the brim of the hat 

If you've had a great time with us jumpstarting your Halloween projects, 

you will be as thrilled as I am to know that our Christmas release is available 

for pre-order NOW !!! woohoo ! Gotta love them all ! 

Build a Jack-O-Lantern

 Building a Jack-O-Lantern, Cottage Cutz has made it so easy to create the Pumpkin in their new Cottage Cutz Pumpkin Carving Die. The Jack-O-Lantern above was made in all orange, but below. .

 I have shown you the breakdown of the Pumpkin on the die. If you start at the top left you will see a android key thing-y. . Well that is the piece of paper that can save you a lot of work. When mounted on the black die cut. . you see it is like a puzzle. It can than be glued under the jack-O-Lantern .  .and WOW!. . .  you have all your shadows in the face of the pumpkin. Cottage Cutz as just replaced eight tiny pieces of paper with two. There is no worry if all your shadows are in the correct place. Just text fit the black card stock that has the yellow and glue on the back. I highlighted the Jack-O-Lantern with Memento Tango Orange Ink and Copic Markers. Orange, Yellow and Brown #YC04, Y17, E77.

Here I used the Cottage Cutz Carved Pumpkin die on a Halloween treat box. I also used the Cottage Cutz Stamp Frame die as my frame/boarder.

Thanks  Barry

A Halloween Display

I bought me one of these trays over a year ago and kept meaning to put something cute inside to display. With all these cute Halloween diecuts from the Halloween release I couldn't resist. I used papers from MLS and cut each paper I chose to size and then added some embellished dies. I love the look of tuelle so added a double bow to the top.

I secured each card piece to the windows using tacky putty so I can remove them and display other holidays in my tray. When Halloween is over I can simply remove the cards and put them in a bag for next Halloween.

I used the Jack-o-Lantern w/Hat die, Broom mini, Potion Bottle Mini, Frog mini, Scaredy Cat mini, Spider mini & Cauldron Peeker dies.

I wish you could see this in person, it's so much cuter!

I also used the ghost from a previous release. The cat and spider are also from previous releases.

I used the Haunted House Silhouette die and the cloud punch out is from MLS.

The pennants are also from MLS.

I used some Glossy Accents to make some things more dimensional even though the picture makes it look kind of white, it's really just shiney...I even used it to make a wart on her nose.

Remember to keep CottageCutz dies in mind for your holiday decor this season!

I'm lovin' this fall weather here in Utah, it really gets me in the mood for Halloween craftiness.

Have a great day!

Kay

Happy Haunting

Fall is definitely here and with that comes thought of Halloween and Haunting. I'm a huge fan of Halloween so when I saw these new dies from Cottage Cutz, I knew that I'd end up getting all of them. From haunted houses to pumpkins, lanterns to witches, these dies are perfect to personalize any of your Hallween crafts.

Hi everyone, Erika Taylor here today to share with you a "spook"tacular card using the Haunted House Border die. I love the detail in this set and wanted to create a background scene for the little My Little Shoebox bats. I die cut the images from some great Mica Metallic Paper from Paper Temptress to give a little sparkle to the card. Hauntingly delish right?

Isn't that Haunted House beyond amazing??? Love Love Love it!!! Not only can it be used as a border, but you can create great scenes with it. I love versatility when it comes to dies, and Cottage Cutz dies give so much of that. If you haven't seen the Halloween dies yet, make sure you take a look. Also I see some fantastic Christmas ones as well that are simply stunning.

Thanks so much for stopping in today. Make sure you leave a comment with all of the projects on the blog. We love to hear what you have to say.

Until next time
Toodles
Erika Taylor

"Witch" Way

Good morning friends!  I have a Halloween card to share with you today.

  I used the Spooky Sign post as well as the cat and bat from the Witch Castle Door.  The background paper is from a Recollections paper pad called Midnight Magic.  The journal tag looks like a menu sign when paired with the Spooky Sign Post..  I used some stamps from the Fall-o-ween set by KAndrew Designs.  I hope you like my card!  Have a GREAT weekend!
Hugs and smiles
Janice

More Happy Halloween

Good morning, happy Friday, and Welcome to The Scrapping Cottage Blog!  Lorie here today to share yet another wonderful Halloween card with you.  I swear that I never get tired of creating Halloween themed cards.  It's my favorite holiday to decorate for!  Today I have a card made with several Cottage Cutz dies.  

For this card, I used the Haunted House Silhouette, Jack-O-Lantern w/Hat, Haunted Tree, and the Lollipop Alphabet Cottage Cutz dies.  The beautiful patterned paper is from My Little Shoebox.  This is the Trick or Treat Starry Night paper, and it's double sided.   As you can see, I used both sides of this beautiful paper for this card.  The pennant is from the My Little Shoebox Trick or Treat 3-D Roll Up Flower punch sheet.  I just popped the pennants off of the sheet, punched some holes in them, and strung them on some twine.  Everything was cut with colored card stock, except the Jack-0-Lantern, and he was cut with white card stock and colored with Copic markers.  I sponged the tree with some Tim Holtz vintage photo ink, and the haunted house silhouette was sponged with white craft ink to make them both pop.  

Thanks for dropping by today.  As always it's wonderful to have you, and I wish you a blessed day and happy stamping/scrapping!

-

Girl's Night Out

I think it's so fun to create a project that has a little surprise about it - this one actually has a couple! I used the Elegant Witches Legs in a different colorway, so it is perfect for a girlie card, rather than a Halloween one. Next, I used an arrow from the Airplane with Banner and Sign to point to the secret tag. The frame from Gothic Frame with Witch was added underneath my lettering to act as a tab to pull out the hidden message. It's so fun to challenge yourself to see how many different ways you can use you Cottage Cutz Dies!

Happy Day!!!

Today is hump day of the week and I hope all of you have a HAPPY DAY! I created this card with the  Airplane with Banner Die. Having a little boy in the house you know I had to make two airplanes...one for my card and one for the card he made beside me during scrap time. What precious times.

I also used the My Little Shoebox matching patterned paper ....it all blended just perfect. Don't you love it.

Remember to have a Happy Day and I'll see you soon.

Hugs

You're a Peach!

Hi Everyone! Happy Tuesday! Angelica here, and today I'm sharing a pretty CAS (clean and simple) card showing you just how much of a punch this cute Peach die packs!

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This die comes with two clear face stamps by Peachy Keen Stamps already, but did you know you can use any 1-1/8" - 1-3/8" PK face on the peach too? I used the Princess Faces (1-3/8" face in the assortment) for my card today!

After I shaded the peach in a peachy-pink ink (Colorbox), I used chalk to shade her cheeks and used a white gel pen for the whites in her eyes.

The "peach" stickers are from My Little Shoebox and I used "Peapod" twine from The Twinery.

Hope you enjoyed the project today, be sure to stop by Barry's Challenge from Saturday and play along for a chance to win!!