Puppy Love

Good morning friends!  I hope you all had a Merry and Blessed Christmas  or special time spent with loved ones during this holiday season.  Our Christmas was very pleasant.  My 15 yr. old had his wisdom teeth removed on Thursday.  Other than having chipmunk cheeks, he has been such a trooper and hasn't complained a bit.  Though he has been eating puddings, and jello, and ice cream and yogurt, he was able to eat a couple of helpings of turkey stuffing with gravy for his Christmas dinner.  The rest of us enjoyed turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy and some other sides.  My oldest son said the turkey this year was one of the best he has ever had.  It was very moist.  I soaked it in a salt brine the last couple of times and I believe that has made all the difference.  I always baste my turkeys but the salt brine was the only thing that was significantly different than other times I have prepared turkey.  I always wash and soak my poultry, like my mother taught me, but I added much more salt to the soaking water than usual.  I hope I haven't bored you with my little cooking lesson.  I don't usual ramble so much.  After dinner some of us started putting together a 1000 piece puzzle, another past-time my mother also shared.  It is nice that my son's girlfriends also enjoy doing them as well.  Enough of my rambling lets move on to my card.

     I used the very popular Peeker Pocket die along with the Shih Tzu Peeker die to create my card.  The little pooch was one of the first dies I ever received, and I still love it!  I cut the pocket and puppy from white cardstock and colored the images with copics.  To create the texture on the pocket, I first colored the pocket with a blue copic, I think it was Manganese Blue.  Then I took a piece of scrap fabric that seems like a denim of some sort, and my colorless blender refill solution.  Wet the fabric scrap with the colorless blender and press it to the colored pocket to remove color and create the texture.  I learned this technique from a very talented artist, Joanne Basile, who taught some My Favorite Things classes at my local Scrapbook Store.  (I hope I spelled her name correctly.)  Isn't it a great technique?  The paw print and sentiment are from Market Street Stamps Pawprints on our Hearts set and the clipboard stamp is by Unity.  I hope you have a wonderful day and a safe and Happy New Year!  I will be back with another post on January 7th.  Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Happy Winter!

Good morning, and welcome to The Scrapping Cottage Blog!  It's Lorie here today, and I sincerely hope that you ALL have enjoyed a wonderful Christmas celebration.  We've had gorgeous weather here in mid MO, for this time of year, with highs near 50 degrees, and lots of sunshine.  Not so Christmas like, but nice just the same.  My card today kind of reflects the kind of mood I'm in, because I'm one that likes the change of seasons, and yes, I even like winter.  I enjoy snow, and all the wonderful and fun things the first snowfall brings, like sledding, and bonfires, and snowmen.  So, with that being said, here's my Happy Winter card for you!  ;-)

 

 This Winter Snowman Cottage Cutz die is so perfect for ALL your winter cards and projects.  I just left out a few of the accessories included with this cutie to make him more of a general winter character than a Christmas one.  He's ready for some snowy fun, just like we are!!  

Wishing you a bright and beautiful day and happy crafting!

Thank You Card

Merry Christmas! I hope you are getting to spend time with your family and loved ones! I have a thank you card to share with you today. I know I will have lots of thankyous to send out, so this will get me started!


I used the adorable Mr. Gnome die, Mushroom and Flowers die, and Flowervine Edger dies from CottageCutz. This little gnome is just so cute, he makes me smile!

Snow Bird Sign

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!  Today I created a sign...now let me explain it just a bit.  My Mother's big party each year is Christmas Eve and she always tries to have a little keepsake for everyone to take home.  This year she has a beautiful little twig tree she spray painted silver and covered in glittery snowflake ornaments for everyone.  However with it being the center piece people would never know to take one home with them...so I thought I would make a little sign to put in front tree.

 I used the adorable HAPPY BIRD die for this project.  I've always looked at this die and have seen a sweet little bird singing in spring, but I love how he looks like a snowbird for my project today.....really a die you can use all year long. 

I hope everyone has a safe and Happy Christmas and is able to spend it with family and friends.  See ya next year!!!

Hugs,

'Tis the Season

Hello everyone and Happy Thursday to all! Today I wanted to share the sweet "Hot Cocoa Cafe" LOVE this cottage cutz too! There are different ways you can put this together, and i kept mine kinda simple.

I also used the banner from Boxwood Vine Wreath, and the matching stamp 'Tis the Season, now for the background i used the Holiday Doily in Red. Hot Cocoa Cafe was cut out all in white, and then i colored each piece with copics. Next I added some stickles for the snow :) LOVE the look it gave to my Cottage Cutz. 

Supplies:

Hot Cocoa Cafe/Cottage Cutz

Boxwood Vine Wreath/Cottage Cutz

Holiday Doily/Cottage Cutz

Design Paper /DCWV

Ribbon/Really Reasonable Ribbon

Pearls/Stickles/Sewing

Copics to color/Tim holtz for dusting the banner

2 gingerbread boys from a button pack

Well I hope everyone is ready for Christmas, I have wrapping to do, and all my shopping was done online this year. this is our first year with no presents wrapped yet under our tree, they are all up here with me, waiting to be wrapped.....hehehehehehe Im waiting for my hubby to help me, as i wont be able to do it alone. 

I do want to wish you all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! 

Thank you for looking and have a very nice day!

Hugs to all,Cheryl

Just Chillin'

Hi , everyone ! 

Trust  this is the time to kick back the heels , sit back 

and catch our breathes a little in the days just before Christmas. LOL! 

And a card today that I can share that expresses that sentiment exactly - 

I have used the Snowglobe , Winter Accessories die for the 

Fishing Penguin . 

I have cut out most of the parts using white cardstock 

and used my current fave Pebbles Inc chalk 

and American Crafts Glitter Gel pens to color in . 

Warmest Wishes for a blessed Christmas time with you & yours ! 

Pearl 

A Touch of Sparkle

 A Touch of Sparkle. . . .Here I used glitter paper three different ways with the Cottage Cutz Dies. The first was the Cottage Cutz Celebrate the Season die. I cut the scroll verse from glitter paper than mounted on white card stock, than mounted on black card stock.. Added a dimensional 3/4" black card stock circle with a mini snowflake from the Cottage Cutz Snowman in Mug die. I also added some eyelash yarn in the same red sparkle as the verse around the snowflake.

 The second mini card I used the Cottage Cutz Filigree Snowflake die. I made a 4" x 4' Card with a 3" x 3" window, slipped the white glitter paper behind the window than mounted the tips of the snowflake to the frame. I than added a few clear and silver jewels to the snowflake.

 The third mini tag you can see only take a few cutz. I used the Cottage Cutz 3'x3' Snowflake Ornament die. The ornament was cut in white card stock first, than red glitter paper. I trimmed the edge of the ornament away on the red glitter ornament. . to use the snowflake only. I used a hole punch to cut the 2" black circle and a 3/4" for the small white circle.

Start your sandwich with the white mini circle glued behind the red glitter snowflake. Glue the red glitter snowflake on top of the white ornament, matching the pattern. Than glue the entire ornament to the black 2" circle. Added jewels to the tip of the red glitter snowflake and a large jewel in the center. Mounted on Silver card stock.

Added note: I used Black, Red and White with a bit of Silver on all the cards. The Black against the vivid Red and stark White makes a really good contrast. Black has become designer favorite at Christmas in the last two years.

Thanks and this will be my last post before Christmas .

. so Merry Christmas to all and to all a good 2012. 

. . . .  Barry

The Reason for the Season

Here we are, only a few days before the big day. I have a Nativity card for you today to help us all remember the reason for Christmas.

The Nativity die is a 4x6 die that comes with Mary, Joseph, the baby Jesus and a star. I made the stable and hay myself.

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas!

Kay

Less is More, Sometimes

Hello Everyone!  Today I wanted to share a card that is different than my usual style.  This is clean and simple with high impact, I think.  I also wanted to show you that you do not need a Christmas tree die to make a Christmas tree.  I first cut a triangle in the shape of a Christmas tree, from glittered cardstock.  I cut several strips of paper using the Scallop Three Edger die from green patterned paper.  I then layered the strips onto the Christmas tree, offsetting each strip so the scallops were staggered.  I cut a brown tree trunk and then adhered the tree to a red card base.  I cut a strip of white glitter cardstaock with a slight wave for a hill.  Merry Christmas was written with a white gel pen, and a white snowflake was added for the tree star.  How do you use your dies in different ways?  I hope this inspires you to look at the possibilities your dies can create.  Thanks for stopping, as always.

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Driving By With Merry Christmas Wishes!!

Good morning!  Lorie here today, and as the title says, I'm driving by this this cute little Santa to send you wishes for a VERY Merry Christmas!  I was so happy when this Santa's Truck with Tree die arrived in my mailbox, because I though he was SO stinkin' cute!!  I knew it would be loads (pun intended) of fun to work with, and I wasn't wrong!!  Here's my card using this adorable Cottage Cutz die.

I cut nearly everything with white card stock and colored with Copic markers, with just a few exceptions.  Now with this being Santa's ride, I just HAD to have a little bling, and glitter card stock fit that bill to a "T".   If you haven't asked Santa for all those Cottage Cutz dies that are on your wish list, then you'd better get to it.  Just eight more days, and the big day will be here!

Thank you so much for dropping by today.  I wish you a glorious Christmas filled with more blessings than your heart can hold.  Merry Christmas!!!!

Flying By To Say Hi

I think I have been making Christmas projects since August - so I decided I needed a little break from the Holiday festivities! So I've got a card that is a little bit more spring inspired! I love the layering of the dies and patterns - I just think it makes for a fun card!

CottageCutz Dies

Bird With Flowers
Ornate Circle Frame
Leafy Foliage
Scallop Three Edger
Eyelet Edger

Other
October Afternoon Papers
Inspired By Stamping The Sky's the Limit stamp set
Want2Scrap Pearls
Worldwin Papers Cardstock

Quick but Beautiful Last Minute Gift

Are you needing a small little handmade gift for a teacher, hostess or friend?  I have an easy gift that really doesn't take long at all to make but is so useful.  A tissue box holder.  You can pick up wooden tissue box covers at your local craft store for just a couple dollars and then the creative fun begins. 

You can cover the box with just one sheet of designer paper...granted I used two but I just wanted the mixed up patterns.  Then just add a few die cuts and and your done.  Of course you can go more detailed if you want, but I figured I didn't want to much going on as you needed to be able to get to the tissue.

I used the beautiful Blossom Branch die.  I did ink up the center and some of the edges with a little distress ink and then cupped the flowers with my McGill paper tool to lift them up.  Easy Peasy...glued them down with some strong glue and topped them off with "of course" pearls.  I do love me some pearls, LOL. 

Have a great rest of the week and happy crafting.

Festive Penguin Ribbon Wreath

Good Morning Scrapping Cottage Friends! Angelica here with a SUPER simple, fun, festive ribbon wreath that you still have time for, even just a week or so away from Christmas. Whip up a few in an afternoon for your kid's teachers, neighbors and friends.

Starting with a small styrofoam wreath form, I wrapped some grosgrain ribbon in a muted shade of green all around my wreath, stopping at the bottom so I could wrap in an accent color. I placed dots of hot glue along the way (in the back). I then wrapped the bottom of the wreath in a red twill ribbon and secured to the back using my low-temp hot glue gun again. 

I even wrapped some baker's twine to anchor the red ribbon, but after I placed the snowflakes, it was hard to see. I cut out my Snowflakes 1 & 2 dies a few times and ended up using two of one of the snowflakes and just one of the other. It also would have been pretty to put them all over the wreath, but I really liked how the ribbon looked, so I chose to keep them on the bottom.  

I got the "peppermint" idea from The Twinery's Blog when Julie used her red twine to make holly berries. I think they look just perfect as peppermints, too! :)

The joyful penguin I added to the scene is from the Peachy Keen Penguin Doll die.

Hope you enjoyed today's inspiration! See you again right before Christmas! 

Gift Card Holder

Hello everyone, its Cheryl with a Gift Card Holder made for The Scrapping Cottage, and our Challenge #8 hosted by Pearl(square card& Embellished Cottage Cutz)

 I LOVE making these they are super fun and easy to make. 

Hope you will join us for her SUPER FUN challenge to make a Square Card & Embellish in 3-D a Cottage Cutz Die :) 

On my Gift Card holder i used the Christmas collection cottage cutz dies-

Winter Bird with Ornament

Boxwood Vine with Wreath

Ribbons

Pearls,Stickles,button

Here is the inside that holds the gift card. Also there is room to write on the inside, if i add another frame.

So for my Winter Bird i used design paper for the red and white. i added a black pearl for the eye, and then white pearls to separate the white and red. I added some red stickles to the wing. I wanted some greenery and added some to the botton of the bird with 2 candy canes.

I also stamped Merry Christmas from the Boxwood Vine and Wreath Cottage Cutz Die. love that this set has some stamps to match.

Thank you for looking and have a lovely day!

Hugs to all,Cheryl