PSA Essentials & Cottage Cutz December Hop!

Hello everyone and welcome to todays PSA Essentials & Cottage Cutz December Blog hop. Today we have tons of projects to share along the way, so grab your favorite drink and enjoy the hop!!

Not only do we have tons of projects to share today, but there are lots of wonderful prizes to win as well!

PRIZE PACKAGE DETAILS:   Readers who hop to each of the blogs, comment at each, and are a follower of PSA Stamp Camp will be entered to win the “Holiday Card” prize.  This prize contains 3 Peel & Stick stamp sets, 1 stamper, 1 black ink & 1-2 color ink from PSA Essentials.   The winner will also receive a $50 gift certificate to The Scrapping Cottge for the grand prize.   There are also 9 opportunities to win a 3 x 3 die from The Scrapping Cottage.

Here is the complete line-up for todays hop!

·         www.kcreatedbykay.blogspot.com - Kay Norman

·         http://www.thecountrychiccottage.net -  Angie Holden

·         www.thethinkinspot.blogspot.com - Lorie Souther

·         http://paperiepetals.blogspot.com - Kim Schofield

·         www.maisymary.blogspot.com  - Pearl Liu

·         www.lingshappyplace.blogspot.com - Vera Yates

·         www.stampingwithjanice.blogspot.com  - Janice Wilson

·         www.simpleflourishes.com - Jennifer Holmes

·         www.pinkcloudscrappers.blogspot.com -  Lori Leng

·         http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/ -  Jeanne Streiff

·         www.ginicagle.blogspot.com  - Gini Cagle

·         www.livingthecircuslife.blogspot.com - Kim Moreno

·         www.taylordconcepts.blogspot.com  - Erika Taylor

·         www.fantastink.blogspot.com - Meylssa Connolley

·         www.handmadebyangelica.com  - Angelica Suarez

·         www.sweeetdesignsbycheryl.blogspot.com  - Cheryl Walker  

·         http://maearmstrong.blogspot.com - Mae Armstrong

·         http://scrappingcottage.blogspot.com/ - The Scrapping Cottage

·         www.psastampcamp.blogspot.com – PSA Essentials

My recipe card was designed for todays hop using this DARLING Snowlady Chef Cottage Cutz, she is sooo perfect for this recipe snowballs II! this recipe calls for candycane, so its a little different, but super yummy!!!

Your next stop will be the PSA Essentials Blog here! Be sure to leave comments on each blog as you will be entered to win some WONDERFUL PRIZES!!! Have fun!!! :)

Hugs to all,Cheryl

The Best Gift of Christmas

The best gift at Christmas for me , 

year after year ,

is eternal life which is the gift of God 

in Christ Jesus. ( Roms 6:23) 

"Christ" is my reason for this season. 

And helping me capture my belief is the Cottage Cutz Nativity Silhouette. 

I have diecut my Nativity scene out of self adhesive cardstock

 and used American Craft's Glitter Gel pens to add highlights .

 A few choice colors and pieces of bling 

easily finishes off this Nativity scene for me . 

Blessings to you and yours 

as we celebrate this sacred season ! 

Pearl 

Cool Christmas

 Cool Christmas,

A Christmas wish from the little guy at the north pole. This Eskimo is from the Cottage Cutz Christmas die called ESKIMO w/IGLOO.

 The die comes with the Eskimo, an Igloo and a fish on string. the Eskimo can be made into a girl or boy. Just cut to extra hairpieces and split a bit off and use on the sides.

The snowflake came from the Snowman in Mug die, and I just received my order of Alphabet dies and used the Cottage Cutz Hopscotch alphabet set. It saw just the size I needed. Here in Virginia it is just starting to show a few signs of cold, so it can get everyone in the Christmas spirit. . somehow the weather always helps. 

Merry Christmas to everyone. . .Barry  

Mr. Mouse Chef Recipe Card

Hello everyone Cheryl here with a Recipe Card for The Scrapping Cottage using the DARLING Mr. Chef Mouse Cottage Cutz. I just LOVE this darling lil' mouse, he is soo sweet!

I thought this cottage cutz was perfect for a Recipe Card, and the design paper too. Mr. Chef Mouse was cut out with grey,green,white card stock. I dusted the apron and cap with tim holtz distress ink. the bowl was colored with copics, and so was his bow tie, and shoes.

I had my daughter print out a recipe from my computer in my craft room and bring it up to me :) i then added the name of the recipe and the ingredients to the front and the directions to the back.

The back is plain but normally i add the directions to the back of my cards and these are super simple ones....hehehehehe

I hope you enjoyed my Recipe Card for today, and thank you for looking! Enjoy your week!

Hugs to all,

Cheryl

Life is a Song, SING IT!!!

I love great quotes and would adore having a few of them framed and hanging on my walls. This got me thinking and my mojo kicked up a gear. Hi everyone Erika Taylor here today to share with you a card I created using the Spooky Iron Shelf and Potion Bottle Mini dies from the Scrapping Cottage.

I wanted to show you today how easy it is to use some of the holiday dies for different occasions. For the Shelf; I embossed it with a wrought iron embossing powder to give it an antique feel.The Potion bottle is colored with a bit of Faber Castell Metallic Pitt Pens. I paired the dies up with some beautiful Websters Pages papers and a stamp from Unity Stamps. This is piece that I came up with. And to think, I used Halloween dies. Whodda Thunk!!!

Hope you enjoy.

Try using holiday dies for other occasions. The possibilities are truly endless. Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you all have a fantastic week.

Until next time
Toodles
Erika Taylor

Snow Globe Fun

Hello Friends!  Today I have a few ideas to share with you.  I used the Cottage Cutz Snow Globe and  Snowglobe, Winter accessories die.  This is such a fun die with so many possibilities.  I have 2 globes assembled and ready to put on a card.  While looking at the globe it reminded me of an ornament, so I used a Cottage Impressions stamp, Cardinal with Holly Stamp.  I also used the branch and ornament hook from the Winter Bird With Ornament die.

I hope you feel inspired to look at your dies and the many ways they can be used.  Thanks so much for having a look.

Hugs and Smiles,
Janice

Jingle, Jingle, Jingle!

Good morning!  The holiday season is now fully upon us, and that of course includes Christmas cards.  I have a fun little card to share with you today that I made using the Christmas Fawn Cottage Cutz die from The Scrapping Cottage.  I cut this out with white card stock and colored him with Copic markers.  I love this sweet little guy, and I paired him with the Jingle, Jingle, Jingle sentiment from Peachy Keen Stamps, and added the jingle bells for embellishment. 

Have you dropped by The Scrapping Cottage for their sales this weekend?  Be sure to check them out, because there's savings everywhere you look, from merchandise, to shipping, and a special release just for Black Friday.   AWESOME!!!!  Have a blessed day, and a fabulous finish to your weekend, and Happy Holidays!!!

Love ya!

Lorie

The Christmas Season is Officially Here!

Thanksgiving is officially behind us and Christmas-time is here! I hope you had a very blessed Thanksgiving and had time to enjoy your family and loved ones. We are all so blessed and it is so great to have a day that reminds us of that! But now, Christmas is really here - so let the carols play on the radio, let the tinsel sparkle, and let's finish all of those Christmas cards that we said we would finish in July, and we just haven't gotten them done.


I used the Christmas Fawn Die from CottageCutz for today's project. Don't you just love all of the details? I had to add a little Sakura Crystal Lacquer to her little red nose. Also, did you notice my stamped seam binding? I thought that was a perfect place to add my sentiment. The stamp came with the Boxwood Vine Wreath set - and I keep using it over and over again!

I hope you have a wonderful holiday season. Don't forget to check out the special Black Friday release from CottageCutz!

Happy Thanksgiving, Welcome Holidays, Bring on the Sales!

Hi Everyone, it's Lori here today on gobble, gobble day.  I hope all of you have plans to be with friends and family this weekend and celebrate everything we have to be thankful for.  I heard a little saying not to long ago about if you had tomorrow everything that you had thanked God for today, what would you have?  I know my list would honestly be to long to name.  One thing I am thankful for is the wonderful design teams I'm able to serve on.  Scrapping Cottage has been so good to me and I feel so blessed to have been able to be on it with my best friend and sister Gini...yeap, I'm truly grateful. 

Today I created a simple holiday card using Whimsical Tree.  I always think of Dr. Seuss for a little whimsy and pink and green...Go figure.  I love how our dies help you create really unique cards in no time, so simple but really eye catching.  I know I would love to get a card like this in the mail. 

I hope you gets lots of holiday shopping done this weekend and be sure to check out our sale.... and we don't even have lines you have to stand in.  You can get dies up to 50% off...so you'll want to check it out.  It's a great time to pick up some holiday gifts for you, your family and friends and then a little more for you, LOL. 

Have a blessed weekend and I'll see you soon.

Hugs,

Black Friday Sale!!! New Die Release

We're so excited to present you with the 2011 Black Friday Winter Release of 8 new dies.

Our Design Team has created a card or project for each of the new dies.

Jingle & Twinkle Elves

Christmas Fairy

Snowflake 1 & 2

Chilly Willy Penguin

Ginger Boy Chef

Ginger Girl Chef

Skating Polar Bear

 Cookie Cafe

We hope you enjoy our new winter release!

Happy Shopping :)

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