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.
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) 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 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!
and more foam tape. Must have foam tape! :)
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:
Have a great Wednesday!
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. 
