Victorian Fountain

Hello friends and bloggers, it's Carol here today.  Here is a Cottage Cutz creation using the Victorian Fountain and Greenery dies for The Scrapping Cottage.  I tried to create a Sepia color in keeping with a Victorian theme and used Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink for that purpose. 

The Fountain was cut with brown cardstock and white cardstock that was distressed with the Brushed Corduroy on the edges.  The greenery was cut with green cardstock.  The flowers were made with a Marvey punch, white cardstock and distressed with Brushed Corduroy.  Here are the dies used:

A Happy Hello

Hello! Judy here with my first post as a member of the CottageCutz team~!

Today I am sharing a valentine I made for my college sophomore daughter. I used Elephant Peeker, Picket Fence Border, and the Scalloped Doily for my dies.

 

My little elephant is a girl, so she has painted her toes pink! I hand cut the little tag, punched a hole, and added a little stamped sentiment ("a happy hello") from Stampin' Up! The ruffled ribbon and twine are from Really Reasonable Ribbon and the felt flower is by Bride's.

My daughter lives 700 miles away, so I hope this little sweet elephant brings her some sweet love and cheer in her mailbox!

Thank You!

Hello CottageCutz fans!  Today I have a Thank You card to share with you using the CottagCutz Elf and Snowman Tag Set die.  I used some of my favorite elements, bold, bright colors, gingham, and who doesn't love a snowman!  I cut the images 3 times with white cardstock, colored the pieces for the snowman heads and then put them together.  I find it easier to color the pieces before assembling, but that is my personal preference.  So here is my card.

The large Thank You sentiment is from Peachy Keen Stamps.  The finished card size is 5"x7".  Have a great week!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

A Male Birthday Card

Hello everyone. It's Simona here with my first post for CottageCutz. How exiting!

I decided to make a male Birthday card using CottageCutz Peeker Pocket (4x4). This die caught my eye and it was a must have for me :). You can use this die on so many different projects, just use your imagination. 

The card size is 6"x6". For the base I've used Core'dinations cardstock and for the lining and a tie I've picked some cardstock from DCWV 'The Natural Stack'. I dyed the edges with some Distress Ink - Vintage photo. The tie I drew by hand and cut it out with scissors. I also used the tie to hold the card together and to give the shirt more realistic look. 

The CottageCutz Peeker Pocket (4x4) was cut 2x in white cardstock. I sponged both pockets with a  Distress Ink - Rusty Hinge. One pocket I cut up and used it for the sleeve. I also added a little button.

I wanted to use a birthday note, but I wanted it to blend in or to be part of the shirt. So I used some brown cardstock and cut out a shape of a hankicher to fit into the pocket. I punched a hole on the top and used some ribbon from my stash, so the card could be easier pulled out from the pocket. I've stamped the greeting and used some white embossing powder.

And here is another look at the final card. Hope you feel inspired by this project. 

 CottageCutz Peeker Pocket (4x4)

You can find all the beautiful CottageCutz dies on CottageCutz by The Scrapping Cottage.

Valentine.......

Please be mine!!!

Hello everyone, today's card was designed using this SWEET CottageCutz Cupid Mouse die from Last years Release. I just LOVE these CottageCutz/Peachy Keen dies with the stamp faces. Tooo cute!!

Card Measures 6 x 6 

I had cut this lil' guy out last year and never used him. He was in the package, and I thought perfect timing!! He was colored with copics that im sure of :) I also used some new design paper I got after Christmas, and some RRR Seam Binding to make my bows! Of course I had to add lots of buttons :)

CottageCutz Cupid Mouse

Thank you for looking and have a lovely day!! 

Hugs to all,

Cheryl

Sweet Baby Girl!!~

 

Hi everyone Cindy here with a SWEET CottageCutz Design. 

I used this DARLING Baby Border from Scrapping Cottage, perfect for a SWEET Baby Girl!!~!

Hugs Cindy xoxo

Build-a- Zinnia

Happy New Year to all!

Good morning everyone! Welcome to The Scrapping Cottage Blog! It's Olena from olenasplace.blogspot.com today with a first new creation from CottageCutz dies.  

Today I wanted to share my Zinnia circle card. I made this card using the Super CUTE CottageCutz Zinnia, Layered and Leafy Foliage dies.

 On this card I used the gorgeous CottageCutz Zinnia, layered die to create my own flower. I cut out using cream card stock, and then I airbrushed them with a mid.purple Copic marker. Next I used Zip Dry paper glue to give them a 3-D look, and then added some Liquid Pearls to the center of flower.

 For leaves I used the CottageCutz Leafy Foliage die. I cut out using cream card stock and airbrushed with green Copic markers.

 The base card  was cut with Spellbinders Classic and Scalloped circle dies. 

I added  flower and leaves to card front as shown in picture above. Then, I decorated card with clear Dew Drops and Liquid pearls.

For this card I used:

Thank you for looking and have a Lovely day!!

Olena

Plumeria Doily

Hi everyone!

Kathy here!  Today is my first post as a designer...so exciting!  For my project, I made a card using the Plumeria & Leaves Dies to create the flowers and the Oval Doily & Frame Dies. 

For the frame, I used 2 different papers for the inside and outside and inked the edges to give it some depth.  The nice thing about this is you can use anything for the sentiment, preferably girlie on this one! 

For the embellishments, I cut some leaves and flowers, shaped them, inked them, and arranged them around the doily frame.  Then I just added some adhesive pearls, trim, and a bow!  I love these 2 die sets, there are so many things you can do with these!

Here are pictures of the Sets I used here:

I hope this gives you a little inspiration!

Kathy

Happy New Year!

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Hi Everyone! It's Lisa here and this is my first post as a design team girl with CottageCutz! I'm excited to share my first project with you.

This is a layout I created with a photo of my oldest daughter.

I used the CottageCutz TeaTime Doily  under the large snowflake.

My very favorite leaf die is the CottageCutz Leafy Foliage. I cut this die in white cardstock and layered them on my page.

Everyone knows I love to make my own flowers. On this project I used the gorgeous CottageCutz Zinnia, layered to create my flowers.

The die makes perforations in the paper. For my larger flowers I bent the paper on the perforated lines and inked them with distress ink. For my small centers I snipped the perforations to the edge of the flower so I would have a "fluffier" look.

I hope you enjoyed my project and leave here feeling inspired!

Here is a look at the beautiful dies I used.

Thank You with Lacy Edge

 This week I have a after the season Thank You card. I wanted a simple elegance card using a Christmas die, but still not screaming Christmas. I used the Cottage Cutz ""Partridge & Pear Tree"" 4x4 die. I used solid white and pearlized white cardstock. This made a nice contrast, but yet kept the simple white I wanted. I cut the tree in white cardstock four times and the pearl white cardstock once. I wanted the tree to standout and be thick, so I glued two solid white and the pearl on top to create a chip board thick look. I added  clear micro jewels and placed a simple bird in the tree. The bird was also from the Cottage Cutz die. .  .I just snipped the gobble gobble off the top of his head.  Than added the foil sentiment. The panel that the tree is mounted on is 3 1/4" x 5 3/4".

 The border down each side of the card was also made from the Cottage Cutz Partridge & a Pear Tree die. With the other two trees that I cut out of white cardstock I cut two slightly wider than 1/2" borders. The card was cut from a 4 1/4" x 5 3/4" front panel out of pearl cardstock. I glued the 1/2" border down each side of the pearl cardstock cut side in. . puzzle piecing a little. Than I used foam dots and added the center tree panel, the panel covered up the straight cut edge of the border. The edge is flipped in color contrast (white on pearl) from the pane. Using the tree to make the border means the scroll border edge on the card matches the scroll work on the tree.. 

 Here I used the same concept on a heart. Below is the back of the heart showing how I glued the scroll border around the edge. On a 2 3/4" high heart one tree did a little over half the heart. You do need to do a little more snipping of the border to go around the curves, but as you look at the finished heart. . it turns out great from the front and you do not notice the stop and start.

Hope every one had a great Christmas and we are all looking forward to a good New Year.
Thank You   B