Gone Fishin'

Hello and happy Friday!  Goodness it's hard to believe that another week has come and gone, and the weekend is once again upon us.  I have a scrapbook layout to share with you today.  My goal in becoming a part of The Scrapping Cottage Design Team was to try and do more scrapbook pages, and so far, I've managed to get in two, which it two more than I've done for the rest of the year, so I'm chalking this up to one great success, so far!!  I created this page with some fabulous fishing paper that I picked up at my LSS, but there's nothing on the back of this paper that tells me who manufactured it, so I have no idea whom to give credit to, but at any rate, it's great paper, and just perfect for these adorable little goldfish which were cut with the Frannie Fish die from The Scrapping Cottage.  I pulled the colors from the paper's background to accent the photo frames.  The Stars Edger die added wonderful interest along one side of the page, and the wide striped grosgrain ribbon was calling my name to be put to use on this layout.  The title was cut with my Cricut using the Simply Sweet Cricut cartridge, and the letters were layered on  1 1/4" and 1 3/8" punched circles.  The little Frannie fishes were cut with colored card stock, but I did use my Copic markers to add some shading and highlighting here and there.  Once the color was finished, I gave them a good dose of Dazzling Diamonds glitter for a little bling.

 

 Here's a little closer look at the details.  I thought the page pebbles made good bubbles, and I placed those randomly around the page.

 

 

That about does it for this layout.  Now all I have to do is add some pictures, and I'll have one more of those elusive scrapbook pages finished.  It has been a busy crafting week for me, but those are the very best kind in my book.  We've had a lot of excitement surrounding the release of the new die/stamp sets.  Joanne and Kathy have given us the best of both worlds, and has it ever been fun playing with these new dies and stamps!!  Please take time to stop by my blog, because there you'll find two opportunities to win some free dies.  Hope to see you there!

Wishing you a wonderful weekend filled with happy stamping!

 

Sweet!!

Oh goodness, I'm loving these adorable little face stamp and die sets. I went a little crazy playing with them as you can see. LOL!! These are just the most fun to work with and the possibilities are limitless. Take a look.

I've added stickles -- who doesn't love stickles?! -- for a little sparkle...


and used the lily pads and cattails from boat and dock die for the grass.






I used these adorable penguins on the inside of this card for the "together" sentiment conveyed on the front.

The peach is one of my favorites from this whole release. I love the size and the face is too cute.

The polka dotted leaves add a sweet touch to the whimsical facial expression.

Here is the little bluebird singing his heart out! What a sweet little birdie he is.

And the frogs! I love the frogs!! In addition, I used the boat and dock die again this time using the cattails along with the lily pads for the froggie's home on the pond.

The bow tie from the penguin die fits Mrs. Frog perfectly....

and stickles add shine to Mr. Frog's crown.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you'll be inspired to make your own creations with these sweet stamp and die sets!

COOLIN' Down on a TOADALLY Awesome Day!

I apologize for the late post today, I've had multiple computer issues this morning but we're up and going again...finally!

I've had the opportunity to play with some of the darling CottageCutz dies w/Peachy Keen faces.

For my first card I used the new Penguin doll and used the scarf from the Doll Accessories #2 die.

I sat down at my computer and typed up some fun sentiments to use with my new dies and thought You're so COOL! would be a great way to thank someone and be able to use the penguin die all year round. I also used the Rick Rack Edger which is a must have in my book!

For my next card I used Barry's tip and made a faux embossed background by cutting out multiple frogs and inking the edges slightly and adhering them to the same colored cardstock for an embossed look. This Happy Lil Frog die is so cool because the spots are actually debossed like little dimples which make it so easy to color in.
For my last idea I used the mini Soft Serve Cone to make a simple little coupon for a free ice cream which would make a great addition to tuck inside a card or give to a child or student who did something extra special.

Whatever the occasion you'll find something that fits with the wonderful assortment of CottageCutz dies here at the Scrapping Cottage!

Hoo! Loves You Baby

Hoo Loves you ! (Baby) Was made with the New Cottage Cutz Stylized Owl Die. The whole color palette really started from the new paper from BoBunny, One side was the most vivid purple, and the other side the stylized suns in really bright colors. So I decided that the new owl would look great in those vivid colors. I embossed the background in leaves and branches, added hard core torn edges . . .mounded on the vivid purple side of the card stock. Than cut the owl out of the other vivid colors. To add some embellishments, I criss-cross some gold cord with bright color beads and added a few hearts (heart die was from the Cottage Cutz valentine cupcake die). I cut the hearts and punched a hole in the top edge to crete a bead to be threaded on the cord. . . . . I really did not add the Baby part to the card, I was not sure how many would remember the saying. . was I dating myself ????. . . and thought I better leave well enough alone.

The Blog Hop is Finally Here!!!

Good morning everyone! Well today is the day! The Peachy Keen Design Team will be showcasing the new Cottage Cutz dies with Peachy Keen faces. Let the HOP begin! Have fun!

Peachy Keen and Cottage Cutz - Last sneak peek!!

Ok, everyone, this is it. We've saved the best for last of these 14 incredible new die sets by The Scrapping Cottage featuring designs by Kathy Jakopovich, founder and designer for Peachy Keen Stamps. Each die set (except the Happy Bird package) will come with two to three Peachy Keen Face stamps to coordinate with your shapes!

The dies will be available for pre-order tomorrow on both Peachy Keen Stamps and The Scrapping Cottage. Single sets will be discounted 15%, or 25% off the entire collection for one week only! Pre-sale ends July 26th. Orders begin shipping the second week in August.

Join the Peachy Keen Stamps Design Team tomorrow, July 19th @ 9 a.m. CST for a special BLOG HOP featuring projects using every single one of these dies - you get to see them in action before you buy them! Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you back here tomorrow!

Thanks for your service

Hello! My sailor will be home soon from deployment, so I wanted to make him a card. I used the Rick Rack Edger die to create my flag. I just pieced them together and trimmed off the outer edges to make it straight.

For the stars on the bottom border of my card, I used the Stars Edger die. I just used the "inside" pieces and not the actual border bit. Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you will be back tomorrow to see the AWESOME pairing of Cottage Cutz dies with Peachy Keen Stamps! You are going to be absolutely blown away!!!! Have a wonderful day!

Nikki

Sneak Peek #2

We've got our die cutting machines revved up and ready to go! Our designers are working on some super fun projects to showcase these beautiful new dies and stamps! Are you ready for your second peek? You might recognize our fun peach from our Faceless Fruit set, we think she is just PERFECT! Don't forget, tomorrow is our last SNEAK PEEK before the BIG HOP on Monday, July 19th. Our designers are going to have some "peachy" prizes for you and Peachy Keen Stamps will also have AN AWESOME prize lined up for you! You won't want to miss it!

Exciting News!

Exciting News!

The Scrapping Cottage and Peachy Keen Stamps have teamed up to bring you amazingly crisp die sets featuring some of Kathy Jakopovich’s most whimsical and fun {and we like FUN} designs! And guess what? You’ll even receive coordinating Peachy Keen faces with your Cottage Cutz ® die shapes! Whaaaat!? This is so much fun; The Scrapping Cottage and Peachy Keen Stamps have never offered a bundle like this before, and it will be pre-sold exclusively on The Scrapping Cottage and Peachy Keen Stamps’ websites starting Monday, July 19th.

Which sets, you ask? Well, we’re gonna show you. But only a few right now. We’ll show you a few more tomorrow, and then the last bunch on Sunday. Are you ready to see the first sneak peek? Here you go!

Don’t miss our {BLOG HOP} featuring samples from ALL the new packages

Monday, July 19th


These die and stamp packages will be available with a {special PRE-ORDER PRICE} beginning Monday, July 19th on

The Scrapping Cottage

Peachy Keen Stamps

Happy Days and Blue Jays

Good morning!!  I certainly hope it's a happy day for you.  Happy days and Blue Jays are what I'm celebrating today.  This is a card I made with the Blue Jay die from The Scrapping Cottage.  During the winter months here in Missouri, we thoroughly enjoy feeding the birds, and it gives us a lot of enjoyment to watch them.  Beautiful Blue Jay's frequent our feeders on a regular basis, and when I received this particular die, it immediately reminded me of our lovely winter visitors.   I'm so impressed with the amazing  detail of each die cut piece.  As usual, I started with plain white Georgia Pacific card stock, for my die cut.  I assembled the pieces by gluing them together, then I started coloring with my Copic markers.   I always start with the lightest color, and build layers of color from there. 

The second picture below shows you a little closer look at the  coloring, and a tip I'd like to share with you is that after all of my coloring is finished, I like to go over the piece and add tiny details with a pure black Micron pen size 01.  You can see below some of the lines that I added with my pen, and it really helps give the finished project an authentic look.  I played along with the 2 Sketches 4 You Challenge (Kazan's sketch) with this card layout.  I just love sketch challenges, because by having the sketch already prepared, I can focus my time and energy on coloring the image and choosing great paper and embellishments.  It just seems to make my card making life so much simpler.

I hope you've enjoyed my offering for today.  Feel free to stop by my blog, The ThINKin' Spot  for more of my adventures in card making.   Have a wonderful weekend, filled with happy stamping and scrapping!

Mushrooms and cupcakes!

Welcome to my weekly post. I have so much fun working with the Cottage Cutz dies and these mushrooms are perfect for an outdoor page.


For added dimension I popped these with foam tape -- I'm obsessed with foam tape! I also used the loopy edger and cut the little wheat thingies by hand.

Leftover papers and more mushrooms for this quick missing you card.

and more foam tape. Must have foam tape! :)

Another recent love of mine are the October Afternoon papers. These are so so cute! this collection is Farm Fresh . For this baking page I've used one of the cupcakes, the scallop/dot edger, and the loopy edger.

Bling added to the scallop edger.

I matched the flower on the cupcake to the background paper.

Thanks for visiting! Come back tomorrow for more great projects from Design Team member, Lorie.

The Versatile Wise Old Owl

Today I'm using the Stylized Owl. The one thing I just love about owls is that they're so versatile. You can do cards for just about any occasion, male or female, young or old because there are so many cute sayings. I did a post last year where I shared some of my owl sayings, but I'm going to do it again since we have some new followers and a new owl die to play with.

I chose to leave my card without a sentiment so I could quickly add whichever suited my needs when I need a quick card. Here are a few to choose from:

Owl Always Love You

Hooooray! It's Your Birthday

Look Whooos Having a Birthday

You're Such a Hoot!

Owl Always be there for you

Whooo Forgot.....

Thanks for Giving a Hoot

Just to name a few, there are so many more.

Have a great Wednesday!

Friends. . Birds of a Feather

Birds, Friends of a Feather . . . This week I decided to try out one of the new bird dies from Cottage Cutz, They are the most adorable birds. They have a lot of uses. I used the Cottage Cutz, Bluebird, Lace Doily and Flourish #2 Die to create a collage type of look on this friend card.

There is a lot of detail in really two cuts. The bird comes out complete in just one pass in the machine, and a second pass will cut the wing and tail feathers again to create dimension.

When you cut the bird a second time, cut snip the wing out, it is only connected in three spots, and snip the center tail feather in four spots. I cut two scraps of paper, one to fold and use as a hinge for the wing. than put a foam square at the end of the wing. When you glue the wing to the paper hinge, it will create the slant of the wing, than just stick end of the wing down onto the foam. This will give the wing a nice dimention. Than take the really slim scrap and fold once, and glue to itself, than fold again and glue to its self. Than glue to the end of the center tail. When you glue the tail feather down. This will create the lift on the tail feather. (The foam tape/dot is to thick to use on the tail).

The flourish on the card was done by cutting three flourishes, (from the Cottage Cuts Flourish #02) gluing them together to create a chip board thickness. Than using the Sakura Gold Metallic gelly roll pen, paint the flourish really well. Coat with Glossy Accents, If you do it directly after you ink, the glossy accent will pick up part of the sparkle and allow it to swim in the glossy coating. This create a really shinny, almost metallic embellishment. The three layers of card stock keep it from curling as it drys. The Lace Doily was sponged in two colors of inks. Genuine artificial diamonds were added to the doily.

Hang In There!

Good morning friends! For today's card I used Frog with branch, and Snail. I tried Lorie's suggestion and cut out my image with white cardstock. I used Copics to color the die cuts. I freehand cut the clouds with scissors and inked the edges in blue. There are so many adorable dies at The Scrapping Cottage! Click here to take a look.
I apologize for the poor quality picture. The card looks much better in real life.
Have a great day everyone and thanks for stopping by!

Craft Queen

Hello! My name is Nikki and I am really excited to be on the Scrapping Cottage design team. I figured for my first posting I'd just go ahead and let the cat out of the bag...I am addicted to kraft cardstock! So, that having been said, here is my card for today.

I used the adorable Kitty Princess die. Isn't she just the cutest?! She has a little collar with a heart tag, but I chose not to use that this time. I wanted to focus on blinging up her cute crown. A girl HAS to have her bling, right?!

I also wanted to share with you one of my favorite ribbon techniques! I simply cut a slit on the fold of the card to slide my ribbon through. Then to finish, just tie a strand of twine or embroidery floss into a bow to secure it. I always add a little dot of zip dry adhesive to the knot of the bow to ensure it stays put.

I hope you like my card for today. I look forward to seeing you back here every Sunday. If you would like to see more of my work...Please join me over on my personal blog ScrappinNavyWife. I post a project nearly everyday, so pop on over to see!

I hope you all have a WONDERFUL week!

Nikki

Bloom Page

Good morning!  Welcome to The Scrapping Cottage Blog on this blooming beautiful morning!  I have a scrapbook page to share with you today.  I'll be honest with you and say that working on this page reminded me why I don't scrapbook nearly often enough.  You see, I have a hard time knowing when it's time to stop, and my pages kind of take on a life of their own.  I seriously need to learn that I don't have to use every die or stamp made to do one page.  Oh well, I had fun, and that's all that REALLY matters.  Here's my Bloom page ready and waiting for some wonderful pictures to finish it off.

 For this page, I used the following Cottage Cutz dies:  Flower 1 Layer, Flowervine Edger, Daisy with Swirl, Watering Can, and Scalloped 3 Edger.  Yes, I did get a lot of them in there, but I was having so much fun!  The Bloom sentiment was cut with my Cricut using the Storybook cartridge. 

All of the die cuts, except the sentiment were cut with white card stock, then colored with my Copic markers except the sentiment.  The sentiment was cut with pink card stock, then outlined with Copics and highlighted with a white gel pen.  

I added some rain drops as an accent for the page.  I've actually got some pictures in mind that will work beautifully for this page, and if I can only find them I'll be one happy scrapper  Thanks for stopping by today.  I wish you a blessed day filled with happy scrapping!!