Birthday Wishes

Hello everyone and Happy Friday to all! Today I wanted to share a sweet Birthday card using the Carnival Cottage Cutz die's, this card is perfect for a little girl :)

Im LOVING this new Release all the Cottage Cutz Die's are just sooo DARLING!!!! To view the entire Release please visit here! :)

On my card I used 4 Cottage Cutz Die cuts:

Snack Cart 4 x 4 (used for sweet cart)

Boardwalk Carnival Silhouette 4 x 6(used for double borders)

Popcorn & Cotton Candy 4 x 4 (for oval on cotton candy)used as a tag

Ornate Circle Frame 4 x 4 (Used for frame)

For my Snack Cart 4 x 4 cottage cutz

For my cart I used a glitz black card stock and for the wheels too. I also used the coordinating polka dot dp for the shade on the cart. The tiny white flowers are brads. Ive added the icecream cone to the bottom of the card :) 

The little "For You" tag is from the Popcorn 4 x 4 cottage cutz(its the oval on the popcorn)

Also for my card I used the Boardwalk Carnival Silhouette for borders across my card. I just layered 1 white and 1 black, then added my sewing.

Snack Cart (4 x 4)

Boardwalk Carnival Silhouette 4 x 6

Popcorn & Cotton Candy 4 x 4

Ornate Circle Frame 4 x 4 

Thank you all for looking and have a lovely day!

Hugs,

Cheryl

Carousel Silhouette - Enjoy this way and that way

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Hello everyone from Sunny Singapore once again ! 

Hasn't it been fun seeing all our Cottage Cutz July release dies 

in action here so far ? 

When I first saw this Carousel Silhouette die , I just knew 

I would want to make birthday cards with it . 

For this card , I layered a cream colored patterned paper over black textured self adhesive cardstock.

To pretty it up I added a pink ribbon die cut from the MLSB Cameo & Oval Die 

with a touch of lavender pearl bling. 

Some Diamond stickles on the carousel finishes this card off quickly.

I used the tickets cut from the Ticket booth die to "hold" my sentiment using MLSB mini alphas. 

I also tried out die cutting the carousel in black  self adhesive cardstock

and gave the horses a different treament from the first card - 

I used Tim Holtz Distress stains  for the blue and green horses

 and topped them off with Diamond Stickles,

 and faced them the opposite way from the first card.

I just love how versatile this Carousel Silhouette die is - 

and I'm only just getting started using them on different types of projects. 

hugs, 

Pearl 

Galloping Birthday Card

Today I have a Birthday Card made from the Cottage Cutz Carousel Horse die. I wanted the horse to have a bit of motion so I used a Action Wobble under the horse.

As you can see I added the wobble to the back of the horse first. The action wobble spring has a clear plastic oval as the base on each side of the spring, each side is self sticking.. The pen lines are  showing you how I needed to cut the oval plastic on the horse side to fit. On the other side of the spring I cut the clear base conpletely off. There was no way that I could hide the oval clear base when it was attched to the card. I than used Glossy Accents on the spring to attach it to the card. The only thing that I needed to do when attaching without the clear base on the spring. . was to hold the horse level until it dryed. I know you are asking what are those . . .  blue dots. . . .well. . when using a wobble you want to get the most wobble for your wiggle. Ha! Ha!. . . The best way to do that is add some weight to the item that will be wiggling. I double the card stock on the horse/tail and added three stacks of three high card stock dots/weights. I used a normal hole punch for the dot weights. The double horse and the 9 dots added the additional weight needed.

The addition thing you need to do is cut the pole so there is no cardstock under the spring. this will prevent the horse from sitting level. Just cut a 3/4" area out of the pole and bring the poles back together under the horse after the horse has dryed.

Additional Cottage Cutz dies that I used on the card. Most of the card was highlighted in inks and Copic markers.

Thanks Barry

Screamin'

Hi everyone! Today I'm featuring the Roller Coaster 4x6 die and the Boardwalk Carnival Silhouette 4x6 die. My daughter and her husband took their very first vacation together (other than their honeymoon) in June and went to So. California. My daughter was so excited to go to Disneyland because her husband had never been before. They went on California Screamin' (which she wouldn't do when we went as a family a few years ago) and these dies are perfect to remember the event.

I love how you can combine these two dies or use them separately, make them detailed or simple. I chose to keep them simple so they wouldn't be too busy on my layout.

Be sure to keep these Carnival dies in my mind when you do those Disney layouts!

Have a great day and hope you get some crafty time today.

Orchids and Carousels Oh My!!!

Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by the Cottage Cutz blog today. I'm Erika Taylor and this is my first post as one of the new design team members. I'm so excited about using the Cottage Cutz dies, and I hope that I can inspire you to use them too. Please leave a comment and let me know what you think and if there are any particular types of projects you would like me to create for the blog.

Today I have 2 projects to share with you The first project uses the 4 x 4 Orchid Flower Die. I love the layers that this die has and it works so wonderfully well with patterned papers. I created two of these little orchids for the first card. I also added a little glitter to each of them for that extra "KAPOW" factor hehe

Next is a super sweet card using the amazing Carousel Horse die. I think this is one of the sweetest dies I've ever seen. Again, I used patterned papers from Nikki Sivils and some glitter to really make the pole stand out. Easy Peasy!!!

If you haven't tried the Cottage Cutz dies before, you should really take a boo at all the different dies available. You will be blown away I guarantee. Thank you so so very much for stopping by today. I hope that you have a fantastic rest of your week. Happy cutting!!!

Erika Taylor

Anticipation!!

Good morning friends!  I hope you have all been enjoying a lovely weekend.  Today it is raining here in New England and that's okay because it is much needed.  Today's card features the Popcorn and Cotton Candy die.  This little girl is peering into the window with excited anticipation, wondering which special treats she would like to buy while taking a break from the carnival rides.  I can almost feel her joy!

I made a snack tray/holder for the cotton candy.  The die cuts were cut from white cardstock and colored with Copics. The background papers are by Memory Box and the twine is from The Twinery.  The little girl was hand drawn with the exception of the Peachy Keen face.  Thank you so much for stopping by!
Hugs and smiles,Janice

You're A Winner!!

Good morning!  I hope your weekend is going just beautifully.  I have a card to share with you today that showcases more of these wonderful carnival release dies from The Scrapping Cottage.  For my card, I used the Ring Toss/Fish Bowl game Cottage Cutz die.  I'm tellin' ya, that these dies are waaaaay too much fun!!  The possibilities for amazing layouts, fun cards, and home decor projects are endless, as you have seen all week from each one of our amazing designers who have shared their wonderful work with you.  Good news is that I'm sure there's LOTS more to come!!!  Here's my contribution to the mix this week.  This idea has been in my head since I saw this release, and I thoroughly enjoyed making this one!  Fun, fun, fun!!!!

Here's a little closer look.  It's kind of hard to tell from the photo, but I coated the bottles with a layer of ultra thick embossing powder to make them look glassy. 

There are so many wonderful dies in this carnival release.  Check them all out below, and take in all the awesomeness!!  Wishing you a glorious day and weekend, and oodles of happy crafting!!

Fair Fun!

What have you done for fun this summer? Have you gone to any amusement parks or fairs, or how about a great 4th of July Celebration? Well, if so, then pull out your pictures and get ready to scrap! I have to admit, the photo that I used is about 3 years old - but it was perfect for what I had in mind. The Fireworks paper looks absolutely spectacular for my Fair Fun layout. I used the new carnival release from CottageCutz dies - which you are going to love. I was actually able to use 5 different sets of dies on this page! The others are all so cute, I was wishing I could have fit more on the page!

CottageCutz Dies

Viking Ride

Ferris Wheel

Carousel Silhouette

Boardwalk Carnival Silhouette

Ornate Circle Frame


hugs,
Gini

Summer Fun

Hi Everybody. With the heat of the season in full gear it's hard not to think of summer fun.  Outdoor parties, afternoon pinics and breezy nights at an amusement park.  So our new carnival collection is so awesome, in fact I couldn't stop creating so I have two cards for you today.

My first card uses the Carousel Horse Die .  I used Mcgill paper bloom tools to curve the body out and make it 3-D then I added all of his detail.  The tickets from the Ticket Booth Die were perfect for adding sentiments.

My second card I fell in love with the Airplane Ride Die. How stinkin cute is it...LOVE IT!



Close Up of Airplane Die



Handmade Rosette Flowers



Side View

For the leaves of the rosette cluster I used the Orchid Flower Leaves and it really finished off the cluster perfect.  This collection is just so much fun and I know you'll have fun playing with them yourself. 

See ya next week,