Mr. Chef Mouse & Snowlady Chef

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 !

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

 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Cameo and Oval Frame

Ornate Circle Frame

Summertime Fun

Pink Peony Flower

Sewing Machine and Dress Form

My Little Shoebox Paper and Stamp

See ya soon,

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

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