Under The Weather & Picnic Ant

Hello!  Happy Friday to you, and welcome to The Scrapping Cottage Blog.  Boy, Blogger has been very contrary the past few days, as I've been trying for two days to log on to my Blogger account to make this post.  Whew!!  I'm sure glad the problem has been solved.  I have a couple of cuties to share with you today, and I'll make it short and sweet, because I'm off to visit my Granny.  

Barry showed you an adorable card on Tuesday made with this cute as can be duck from the newest release of Cottage Cutz/Peachy Keen Stamps dies.  I guess great minds think alike, because I've been playing with this adorable little duck, too.  I used the Duck with Egg die and Duck Accessories to make this little fella.   I cut him out with white card stock and colored him up with my Copics.

 This 6x6 recipe card was one I made for a swap I was in on Splitcoaststampers.  There's usually an abundance of ants at a picnic, but I don't think many ants bring something yummy along with them.  I thought this little pot brad was so cute in this Picnic Ants hands.  This IS a really yummy recipe, BTW, so feel free to click on the image to see a larger version and copy the recipe. 

Thanks so much for visiting today.  I'm so glad I was finally able to log on and share something fun with you!  Have a wonderful day, a blessed weekend, and happy scrapping!

Surprise Party!

Have you seen the cute birthday release dies from Scrapping Cottage. Look how fun! I've used two different dies for this simple card. The balloons are from the party puppy and the sentiment and noise maker from the surprise phrase die. Great for an invitation to any surprise event.

Glue string to the back of the balloons to make them look more realistic.

For this card I used the party puppy again, but this time he's pulling down the cute little birthday banner - naughty puppy!

For the banner, I used one of the flags from the plain pennants die and the pinking pennants  to cut a little valance at the top of each flag. If you look closely, you can see that I trimmed the ends of the flags to make it look like fringe.

Here's a close up of the naughty little party puppy with the banner in his mouth. I also added bling to his collar.

Thanks for looking! 

Gotta Love Presents!

I love this CottageCutz Birthday release! From making cards to scrapbooks these dies will be sure to get used. I ran this Presents, Variety die through my Revolution in several different colors to match my papers and then started assembling them. I have lots of different presents for future cards or layouts. Striped ones, plain ones & polka dotted ones!

If you haven't checked out the birthday release then now is the time to do it - there are lots of fun and very useful dies that are must haves!

Have a great day!

Kay

Surfs Up Dude

 Surf's Up Dude. . . Where do young hip ducks go in the Spring (after their Easter job is over) . . on Spring Break like the rest of the youthful. All hoping to be in the next DUCKS GONE WILD Video.

 This guy was made with the Cottage Cutz Duck w/Egg 4x4 and Duck Accessories 4x6 die. The accessories die as an umbrella, inner tube/goggles, flower hat and a combo rain slicker/Sherlock Holmes hat. There are a lot of options as to what the little guy can be dressed as. I used the inner tube and goggles on the surf card. I added acetate to the goggles frame so there was a glass over his eyes.

Here is the same duck with the umbrella.. . .O' and also included in the duck die is four clear stamps so you can add different expressions to your duck. Smile you never know where your picture could end up!

Thanks Barry

Change is Coming to the Cottage

We have some fun challenges that will be starting Saturday, May 14.  And what's a challenge without a prize?  How about a chance to win a $25.00 gift certificate to The Scrapping Cottage!  Every 2nd Saturday of the month The Scrapping Cottage will have a new challenge, so we will be looking forward to seeing how you use your Cottage Cutz dies.  I will be hosting our first challenge on Saturday, so please do come back and play along.  It is so fun to gain inspiration from each other.

So on to my card.  Today I used the new Birthday Bird die.  What a cute die this is!  Of course, I think all the Cottage Cutz dies are cute!  I like to use bold, bright colors most often, I think.  So bold and bright it is!  This little birthday bird is having a wonderful time.  He is celebrating because he is excited about the new challenges!I will be back on Saturday to start our first challenge.  Have a great day!Hugs and smiles, Janice

Mommy I love you thissss much

 Happy Mother's Day. . . .I made this Mommy card with the Cottage Cutz Bunnies Die, this die will allow you to assemble your bunny is several different poses. You also have the clear stamps to do three style faces. I added beads to the side of the card, baby blocks with mom and a girl angel charm. 

 Here you can see the bunny stretching her arms out so hard that one eye is closing. . the one eyed stamp adds so much personality. I highlighted the bunny in ink and added a few thread lines to the overalls. I embossed A, B, C in the background. The Verse "I Love You This Much" was done with my DYMO Machine

Here is the same basic bunny, but I made both ears up and used the stamp with eyes wide open!. Rather than used the feet as normal I cut them in black as if they were bottoms of shoes. Ran a string under to show on each side. . shoe laces. I also used the Cottage Cutz Stitched Flower Die to cut the buttons and the Cottage Cutz Rick Rack Border Die for the stripe.

OK here is just a added note for today. .I am trying something new with the 4x6 Cottage Dies. I have people ask me all the time how do I store the bigger dies. Well!!!! When the Cottage Cutz Die and Stamp sets came out I thought. . how do I keep the stamps protected and with the die. Above you will see the DVD size cases that Stamping Up sells for cling rubber stamps. They have a sleeve on the outside to put the paper label and I stick the stamps to the inside cover of the case. Also you can see how I stamp the stamps in black on the back of the picture before slipping into the sleeve. . so I have a clear view of what the stamps will do. So what are the negatives. . the case is to big too thick. . waist space !!!! . . Well it also fits the really big seed packet die, I have four border dies in a case also. You can put two 4x6 dies in each box if you want. There is two sides of the box sleeve to put your picture label. As you see with my second picture. I was able to put the Ducky Die and the matching Accessory die together. You can also add a zipper bag inside the box with extra pieces that you may have cut with the die but not used (waist not . . loose not). The CD Boxes do really stack neatly on a shelf.  This is really a possible solution for the bigger dies. **** at least for now.

Thank You   Barry

Celebrate A Beary Happy Birthday!

Good morning!  Happy Friday to you, and welcome to The Scrapping Cottage Blog!!  I have an adorable 8x8 layout to share with you today, made with the newly released birthday dies from The Scrapping Cottage.  I've had the most fun playing with these dies, and I don't think I'll be getting enough of them anytime soon!!  This release is AMAZING!!!!!

For this page, I used the Peeker Pocket (from a previous release), Birthday Peeker Bear, Pennants (plain), Pennants Pinking, and the Celebration Phrase, all from the birthday release.  I cut the bear with white card stock and colored him with my Copic markers.  The pocket was first stamped with the Burlap Background stamp from Market Street Stamps for an added look of texture to the pocket, then I added stitching with a white gel pen.  I cut the "Celebrate" in several different colors and paper pieced some of the letters for some color variation.  All the little stars and confetti are from the Celebration Phrase die, and I used those here and there for a fun touch.  

Thanks so much for taking visiting today!  Have a happy and blessed weekend and happy crafting!!

Holy cuteness, Batman!

Can you say stinkin' cute!? Cottage Cutz and Peachy Keen collaborations has done it again. Just look at this little guy. And there's more cuteness where that came from, but you'll have to wait till next time for that. ;)


But come on! Who wouldn't fall in love with this adorable little duck with that sweet little face. :) Well, I did and right now that's what counts because it's my turn to share with you using this cutie patootie die and stamp set. LOL! In addition to the duck with his cracked egg, I used the flower and grass patch from the mushroom flowers die....


....and printed my message on a nesting oval shape. The pattern papers are October Afternoon, my fave, and of course I used my favorite dimensional helper, foam tape!

Thanks for coming by the blog today. Keep an eye out for lots more to come from this stinkin' cute collaboration release! One word for this set....borrowed from my bud, Nikki --ADORBS! ;)

Seize the Cake

One of my favorite things to eat is the cake my husband gets me each year for my birthday. Since I have made cakes and decorated them for years it's a real treat to get a bakery cake for my birthday with that yummy filling inside.

This CottageCutz Celebration Cake die is great for all those fun ocassions we get together with family and friends. I have said it many times before and I'll say it again...these dies are so versatile!

Here is my birthday cake card:

My daughter got married last October and her colors were aqua & orange with black and white accents. These colors are tough to find together but with this cake die I recreated the wedding cake for a future layout I'll do on her wedding cake.

All this cake is making me hungry! Too bad I'm on a sugar free diet right now :(
Have a good one!
Kay

MOM my funny flower

 For all the Mom's out there, this week I made a Mother's Day Card with the Cottage Cutz Funny Flower Die. The die comes with the large flower, three styles of leaves. . and Clear Stamps to make the funny faces on the flower. In addition there are four mini clear bug stamps.

 The three leaves help you add personality to the flower. I sewed the vine with heavy thread and added the little blossoms and leaves  (1/4" hole punch cut in half). The leaves were all cut from a pale green card stock and colored with three shades of green Copic markers, The flower was a med pink card stock highlighted in three shades of pink Copic markers. The Mom was shaded from the center out with the same three shades of pink Copic markers.  Shading from the middle out adds a new look to the letters, rather than top to bottom/dark to light.

 I added the fence to break up the pink, and also to show you how to create a wood plank look on your card stock (most embossing folders are too large a print for a fence). I think Bazzil Bling gives you the best texture because of the finish on the paper, but you can do the same with less of a texture on basic Bazzil. Start (look at sample piece) with your knot hole and work stripes down and around the knot hole, be sure to be uneven widths and also stop here and there. . restart and go to the next line. Never start a knot hole in the same place and never put more than one knot hole per plank.  I know the tool that I use has several names, . . Ball Burnisher, Scoring tool. . They are double ended and come in several sizes. Martha Stewarts comes maybe 2MM on one end and 3MM on the other. They are really hard to find. (they come with wood handles in the clay dept.,  Martha Stewart's is a cream handle,  McGill is lime green/yellow and fiskars are royal blue).

This little guy I did in yellow with the eyes closed smiley face stamp and added one of the bug stamps from the set buzzzz-ing around his head. Swirled a few wires for vines. . . .Yes it's a southern Suu-ny Dayz . . .

Thank You and Happy Mothers Day to all. . . . .  Barry

Banana Split Anyone?

Good morning friends!  Today's card features the new Mouse With Banana Split die by Cottage Cutz from The Scrapping Cottage.  I love this die!  You could use it to make Summer Fun cards or Birthday cards.  You could put just the Split on the card or you could have the mouse running toward the ice cream excitedly.  I applied Crystal Effects to the bowl to make it look like glass.  I used bright, bold, festive colors to make this celebratory card.  Have a fantastic day!Hugs and smiles,Janice

Easter Puppy Card

I had a friend ask me to create a card for her 9 year old nephew who loves dogs. Of course I went right to my Cottage Cutz dies! I didn't have the puppy die, but I did have the Cottage Impressions Dog with Santa Hat stamp. Obviously I didn't need the Santa hat so I only inked the parts of the stamp I needed. After I stamped the image, I filled in the top with my Copic fine pen. Then, I colored him in with my colored Copics.

Thanks for stopping by today! Please keep Alabama in your thoughts and prayers. The damage and loss of 100's of lives as a result of the massive tornados that ravaged our state has been disasterous. I have lived here all of my life and the devastating events of this past week are truly the most horrific I have ever seen.