Hoot Loves You?

Have you seen the Valentine release from CottageCutz? It's so cute! And I have a sweet pair of love birds to share with you. These owls (Hoot Loves You) are just adorable, and by leaving off the hearts, you could use them for anything!

U Make Me Bloom

Have you ever had someone in your life that just makes you bloom? Makes you a better person just because? I'm so blessed to have several of those people and my sister Gini is one of them. She's been my best friend my whole life..This layout is about how she makes me bloom.

 I used multiple Leafy Foliage die cuts to great the vine over the page using two different shades.  I also inked all my edges.

 The small flowers are from Spring Embellishment...I love dies that can be versatile.  I curl them inwards with my McGill tools after I had cut them out.



Hope you enjoyed!  I'll see you soon.

♥Sweetheart flower Mini album♥

Hello everyone today i'm sharing a mini Album designed for

 ♥The Scraping Cottage using the beautiful Valentines Cottage Cutz.♥

So for my album I used the SweetHeart Flower Cottage Cutz,to make my flowers for this album. I will have a tutorial coming soon on this. I didnt get to finish my album due to having my 2nd surgery, but all is going well, and when i finish it i will post more pictures for you all to see. Now I used the tags for the front pocket, i put 3 in there. And then used the darling oval one for the front, i figured it could have the title added later. :)

The Love tags are a perfect size for any card,page, or album.

For this top page i used the Sweet Sign Shape with the wording Sweet! LOVe this shape its a perfect sweet sign. I added some pearls to the sign too with some little white gel dots. Now I also made a matte for a photo, and then added one of the new darling tags from The Love Tag Set

For this next page there is another photo matte and i was thinking of adding some tags, if i do i will take more pictures and post them later with the rest of my book. 

These flowers are also from the Sweetheart Flower Cottage Cutz, and there are sooo many different flowers to be made with this one set. LOVE LOVE LOVE this set!

I used all valentine design papers for my album, and ribbon is all from Really Reasonable Ribbon. All flowers were made with card stock and some were distressed.. I used Scrap Dots for the dimension on my flowers, its a liquid glue, and works perfect for flowers.

Sweetheart Flower

Love Tag Set

Cottage Cutz Sweet Sign Shape

I hope you enjoyed my post today and have a lovely day!!

♥Hugs to all♥Cheryl

You're Sweet !

Hello from Sunny Singapore again , everyone ! 

Pearl here back with some Valentine's Day cards to share 

and using some our latest Valentine's Day release! 

So the first die I just had to try out is our Layered, Sweetheart Flowers die .

I chose to diecut my flower pieces out of glittered cardstock and metallic foil papr

This flower here is secured with an Eyelet Outlet Cupcake brad

 to go with the sentiment. 

Using foam pads to put the layers together I easily created my very own layered dimensional blossoms. Easy Peasy ! ;) 

Pearl 

January Guest Designer

We are pleased to announce our Guest Designer for today: Patty Chalas

Patty is featuring the Kitty w/heart 4x4 die. If you would like to visit her blog here is the

link

Thanks Patty!

Love you a latte

 Hello all, Love you a Latte . . . . yes I love this new Cottage Cutz Cafe Latte from the Valentine collection. I used it here on a Valentine card. . but it can really be used anytime of the year. I used foam dots to add dimension to the Cafe window awnings and double dots for the roof awning. Because I wanted the furniture to overlap the ribbon and the fence I also foam dotted them to be at two levels. The dark paper strips on each side of the cafe give the look that the cafe is sitting back with all the awnings coming out. . .adds perspective.

This Cafe Cottage is a nice addition to the Cottage Village Die collection.  

Thank You   Barry

As an added note, I would like to thank Kay for all the talent that she brought to the team and also her leadership behind the scenes. Wish all the best for her and look forward to working with her in the future. Thank You again Kay. .  . . . . .

Sending Hugs & Kisses

For today's project I used the mailbox from the Kitty Love Mail 4x4 die and the oval tag from the Love Tags, Set 4x6 die.

I love using my CottageCutz dies to make tags for my candy tubes.

Remember that you can use bits and pieces of your dies to make your projects. Combining several dies gives you more options.

This is my final post for awhile, I am taking a break after being the Blog Coordinator for 3 years now. Cheryl Walker will take over as the coordinator and I have no doubt she will do an awesome job and bring some great new ideas to the blog.

Thanks for all the nice comments you've left for me over the years, they are very appreciated.

Signing off....

Kay

Love Shack

The Valentine's Release from CottageCutz is so adorable. I'm thrilled to share a card with you today using the Love Shack Die. This is so cute it just makes me smile every time I see it! This is a pretty simple card, but when you want your die cut to be the star of the show that's all you need!

Home Sweet Home

Hello Friends!  I have a couple of cards to show you today.  I used dies from the Valentine release.  My first card was made with Kitty in Chair die.  Even though it was released with the Valentines, by changing the colors it can be for any occasion.  I made a living room scene and added the sentiment to the picture frame hanging on the wall.    I tend to like to make scenes.  I hope you aren't getting bored with them.

I used the Love Shack die to make my next card.  I love house dies and this one is a real cutie.  It doesn't have to be made into a Valentine.  There are so many cute dies in the store!  I hope you will take the time to have a look in the store.

I cut the house from white cardstock and  colored the images with my copics.  Have a GREAT day!

Hugs and smiles,

Janice

Simply Elegant

Good morning!  It's Lorie here today to share with you a very simple, but elegant card.  No one loves to spend more time fussing, or adding detail to their creations than I do, but sometimes... every once in a while, I want to created something quick and easy, but I still want it to look like I fussed over it.  Our friends at The Scrapping Cottage have made that so easy for us with their line of Cottage Cutz Made Easy.  The dies in this line are exquisitely detailed, and pretty much finished in just one pass through the die cutting machine.  With some carefully chosen paper, you can have a gorgeous project finished in mere minutes, which is what I've done for you with this card.

 I chose this beautiful red glitter paper from Stampin' Up! to use with this Filigree Love Birds die.  The details on this die are wonderful, and with the sparkly paper, there just is no need for anything else.  Sometimes, less is very beautifully MORE.  The sentiment for this card comes from the January 2011 released Frame 1 Lettering Stamps from The Scrapping Cottage.  I thought, and probably overthought what to do for the bottom of this card, and I resisted the urge to use ribbon or make a bow.  I finally decided to add just a little more bling with some clear rhinestone strips, which I colored to match the red, using my Copic markers.  The embossing folder I used for the background is a Cuttlebug folder called Birds and Swirls.

Here's a closer look at the gorgeous detail on the die cut.  You've just gotta love how wonderfully easy this card is, and yet SO pretty, too.  I love it when that happens!  I'm so happy you could stop by today, and I hope you've found some inspiration.  Have a blessed and beautiful day! 

Best Buds!

Hi Scrappy Friends! I have a layout to share today that celebrates the friendship my sister Lori has had with her best friend Rachel for the past 30 years. It's hard to find true friends and I would say that they have both been blessed !

I thought it would be fun to use the title "Best Buds" as a play on words for all of the lovely flowers I made using one of the newest dies from CottageCutz - Sweetheart Flowers Layered. This is a wonderful flower die, that you can combine in so many different ways for so many different looks. Mine are a little on the distressed side, with lots of crumpling and shaping, and and heat embossing. But here's the package, to give you an idea of another way to make these flowers.


If you would like a chance to win a $25 gift certificate for CottageCutz, then be sure to check out our monthly challenge. This month, all you have to do is make a scrapbook page using any CottageCutz die. Easy Peasy!

Love is in the Air

It's the perfect season for cards filled with love and sweet wishes.  With out new Valentine collection cards are easy peasy.  This card was created using the Whimsey Bird and Cage die.  Granted it's great for Valentines but the best part about this die is you really can use it anytime for any occasion.  The sentiment is stamped on the Airplane with Banner and Sign another one that I use over and over.

I hope you have had a chance to participate in our current challenge....just create a layout and use one of our dies and you might just win a prize.  Here's the link to our current challenge.

Hugs,