Die Cut Fun!

Good morning!  Yes, the title says it all, and that's exactly what I've been having... die cut fun!  I've been playing away with my Cottage Cutz dies, and I have a couple of projects to share with you today as a result.  My first project is a little 6x6 layout I made with the Picnic Ant and Mini Ant dies.  They were cut with white card stock and colored with Copic markers.  I kept the rest of the page pretty simple by only adding the pennant banner for a title, which I cut by hand.  A fast and fun page, ready for a cute picnic picture.

 My second project is a card.  I've so enjoyed all the adorable and "punny" cards the girls have shared lately, so I thought I'd try one of my own.  I used the Sea Otter die from Cottage Cutz, and again colored him with Copics.  The sentiment is computer generated, and when I think of ocean, I think of pearls, so pearls it was for the bling on this card, along with the sparkle of diamond dust for that icy water.   The sparkles don't show up so well in the photo, but believe me, they're there.

I'm so happy you could stop by The Scrapping Cottage Blog today.  I wish you a wonderful day, a beautiful weekend, and of course, happy crafting!

Fun with summer shapes

Love the ice cream cone mini from the summer release. Simple circles and ribbon make for a quick 'just catching up" card.

I added bling for sprinkles....looks almost good enough to eat, doesn't it.

Fun play on words here with the lawn mower. LOL I love punny phrases!


Another of my favorite shapes is this rooster. So cute in pattern papers! And the loopy edger just seemed like the perfect accent for the loopy chicken. LOL

Hope Your Day is Fabulous

Good morning to you!

I'm sorry I'm so late posting today, but my life is on the crazy side these days with planning my daughters wedding in less than 8 weeks!

I used this cute Shovel and Pail die and created a little beach scene.

I love the simple detail in this die. There are so many fun colors you can make this out of.

Chilly Treats 5 cents

I have to agree, yesterday was a hot day and all I could think of is getting cooler. How about an Ice Cream? . . . it's always time for Ice Cream!!!! This week I decided to do a winter door sign. I started with a 7" x 11" sheet of Chip Board. I used my Gypsy to weld an alphabet to create the work CHILLY, and gave it a little twist. I used a lot of Cottage Cutz Dies this week, including the Snowman Doll, The Doll Accessory Set #3 (Scarf/Hat). I also used the Spring Flourish #1 for the wind swirls behind the word chilly. The top and bottom edge of the sign I used the Cottage Cutz Rick-Rack Edger, yes the sign was longer than the die, but I pieced it behind the bow on top and the 5 cent disc at the bottom. Accented the wind, lettering (treats) and scallop edge of 5 cent sign with Crystal Stickle. Inked the edge of the sign in Lavender with a sponge.

Because I wanted my snowman to be a treat, I decided to use the Cottage Cutz Ice Cream Cone die from earlier this year. I have always loved the waffle cone. It make a great themed ice cream cone. O' and don't forget the cherry on top. Keep Cool!!!!!!

Colors may have been a little different, but White, Light Blue, Deep Turquoise, Lavender and Lime Green are a good color mix for Christmas. Cool and Bright!

Feeling Bubbly!

Good morning friends!
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. It has been hot, here!
Today's card was made using the Puppy in Bathtub die. I think I have a thing for bubble baths. I have several stamps that are bubble baths. Maybe because several years ago, I saw a card made with a shower curtain on the Score-pal website, and I just thought it was so cute! I wish I had thought of it myself.

I punched the die using white cardstock, then colored with copics. I put Krystal Effects on the bubbles. For the shower curtain, I used a 4" by 8" strip of SU vellum, scored at 1/2" intervals.
I folded along the score lines to make the pleats, punched a hole and used some white cord to hang the shower curtain. I placed a small eyelet at the top corners to thread the cord through. I tried to pick patterned paper to resemble wall paper and tiled floor. I am happy with the result. I hope you like it too!

little one

Hi! I apologize for the simple card! It's not my best work, I know! My husband and I are out of town this weekend, so I had to make something quickly! I really do LOVE the kite dies, and I am NOT showing them in a very good light! So, please forgive me, and know that the dies are AMAZING!!!!

That having been said, I hope you have had a great weekend! I will see you next Sunday! Have a wonderful week!!!!

♥ Nikki ♥

Sunny Saturday!

Happy Saturday everyone! My project today is inspired by the adorable Cottage Cutz Summer Sun Shape from the Under the Sun August Release.

For this card, I took my inspiration from the bright colors of this Bo Bunny patterned paper to make a cheery hello card. These vibrant colors and happy sun just can't help but to brighten someone's day!

I inked the edges of the individual pieces of the sun to make them stand out a bit against each other and to add a little extra dimension.

I hope you have a great weekend and Happy Scrapping!!

Sweet Summer

Hello and happy Friday!!  I have a couple of things that I've been working on to share with you today.  First up, I have an 8x8 scrapbook page that I made of my son when he was seven.  I'll never forget when he his his first real home run.  He came running into the dugout from home plate, so excited, saying "Mom, did you see that monster of a home run I hit?"  It was the cutest thing, and I"m not sure who was more excited.  Tyler, or his dad.  When I received my dies from The Scrapping Cottage this month, and I saw the mini baseball die, I started to wonder how it would work to pair that die up with my Make A Monster Faces from Peachy Keen Stamps.  Well, here is the finished product, and I'm thrilled with the way this turned out.  I  simply cut the die cuts from white card stock, then stamped the monster faces.  I then proceeded to add details and shading with my Copic markers.  I took a white gel pen and added stitching to the edge of the black frame, and the sentiment is computer generated.  This page will spark the memory of that very first home run forever.

 Now on to my "cool" card.  I took three of the Cottage Cutz mini dies from the August release at The Scrapping Cottage, and put together this fast and fun "How Cool" card.  There's nothing more cool than ice cream, popcicles, and sunglasses for summer, and this card has it all.  Once again, the die cuts were cut with white card stock and colored with Copic markers.  This yummy K&Co. Citronella paper was perfect, and I can't tell you how lucky I am, because I always color my images/die cuts first, THEN go looking for paper to match.  So far, this has worked out for me, because I always manage to find the perfect paper.  I don't know how it works, but it does, so I'm not going to change the process!!  LOL!!!

I hope you've enjoyed my summer projects today.  The summer is quickly winding down, but I think I'll hold on to it as long as I can by making good use of all the fun summer themed dies that I have yet to play with.  Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I wish you a glorious day and of course happy crafting!

How about a few more cards....

As you can see, I was rather busy with the cards this week! I've had such fun with the Cottage Cutz dies. They just work so well for cards. This girly card was so much fun. I love pink {in case you didn't already know that!} and bling, and the adorable convertible had to be in pink! Isn't it the cutest. :)




I've combined three of the Summer #2 Release dies for this card. The summer sun is awesome. I've added ink and stickles for dimension and foam tape for extra pop. Love this. The adirondack chair is from the beach chairs die, and the sand is actually the water from the otter die. I love using shapes for pieces other than their intended use and the water is perfect for the sand!



I love stickles. :)


I have to admit I'm not a lover of teddy bears {I know, there must be something wrong with me :P} but this guy is super cute and he is sad my friend is in the hospital. I hope he'll cheer her up.

I couldn't resist this adorable little face. The stamp and die sets are some of my favorites.

Just Flip Floppin' by to say Thank You

What would summer be without Flip flops? Then why not use these cute CottageCutz Flip flops on your cards and layouts. This die is so fun because you can make so many color combinations, flower choices etc.

For my flip flops I cut out a set in dark pink and a set in light pink so I could show some more dimension by overlapping them. I inked the edges and used a few white gel markings, Stickles on the flower centers and some Glossy Accents on the straps. For my sentiment I cut out another flower to tie it all together.

I also used the Flower edger and cut it out in white and slipped it under my green ribbon for a subtle touch.
I hope you enjoy your Wednesday!
Kay

Creepy Treats

What does every Halloween party need? Creepy Treats. . . . Cupcakes with gummy worms on top. This week for a Halloween card I decided to use the Cottage Cutz Cupcake #04 from the Valentine collection and Cottage Cutz Worm die from Spring. I used a traditional square 5" x 5" card and embossed ( Sizzie, large dot) and torn pieces of card stock. The chocolate cupcakes were trimmed in worms on a peach frosting with bugle beads (black/clear/white) and Stickle. Be sure to glue the bugle beads down with Glossy Accents. . .if you lob to much glue, it does not matter because the Stickle takes care of the cover up. I used the same pattern on the edge of the card by running the worms around the edge on the peach card stock and adding the beads and Stickle. I think the bugle beads take longer to fish out of the bag, choose the colors and glue onto the card than the rest of the card.

Something to Crow About ~ Just "B-caws"

Good morning! I have a fun fall card to show you today. I have a friend who loves primitive crows so I made this card for her. I received this adorable crow die in the mail Saturday, so I knew that was the die I would use for today's card. I have a lot of new dies just waiting to be put to good use.
I used 2 dies to make this card. Pumpkin Patch and Crows. Fall is my favorite season, so it is easy to see why I like these dies. Hope you like my card. Have a great day!

Dino-mite!

Hi, it's Nikki again! I have a simple 70's style card for you today, can you dig it? ☺ I used the Hippie Surfer Van and chose to omit the surfboard and the cute flowers too. I wanted my van to be more funky 70's rather than surfery. Ya dig? Oh no, I will try to keep the 70's lingo to a bare minimum! Anyhoo, I am happy with how groovy the van turned out. HAHAHAHAHA

I used silver glittered glazed brads to give the van far out hubcaps. The sentiment is from a pun set by My Pink Stamper. I realize that it should be "dynomite" with a y and not an i, but it's all that I had...so I just went with it.

I hope you're having a super groovy day!

☻Nikki ☻

p.s. Feel free to stop by My Blog and visit during the week!

Click here to see the fabulous new shapes from the latest Cottage Cutz Fall Release!!

Thinking of You

It is always nice to have a Thinking of You card on hand. I love this Cottage Cutz Stylized Tree Shape from the June Release because it is so versatile. As soon as I saw this new paper from My Little ShoeBox, I knew my Tree Shape would be perfect with it!

I also used the Cottage Cutz Loops Edger to add the details to the tree so it mimicked the trees from the patterned paper.