We interrupt this fall....

...to bring you a "Sneak Peek" of The Scrapping Cottage Christmas release #2!!! Yes, there is another Christmas release coming and we have the dies to prove it :)

One of my favorites is the Eskimo w/Igloo 4x4 die. Isn't he cute??

I made a door hanger out of him. I simple cut out a rectangular shape and used a die to cut a circle for the doorknob and then cut a slit for easy use. Do you think if I had my door shut with this on the outside that people would get the hint to leave me alone??? I hate it when I finally get a chance to take a little nap and someone comes in and wakes me up or the phone rings...

I used MLS letter stickers for my "Chillin Out"

So be watching this coming week for the Design Teams Sneak Peeks as we lead up to the Christmas release #2.

P.S. - I'm glad it's still fall :)

Kay

Scrapping Cottage Challenge #6

Hello everyone, Erika Taylor here today with a late October Challenge. I do apologize for my tardiness and I hope that all the Cottage Cutz/Scrappers Cottage Fans understand and forgive me. We have had a bad bout of Pneumonia in our home that has really put the strain on things. But brighter days ahead and the first bit of bright news is Septembers winner. Random.org selected this one, and I couldn't agree more.

Here are your random numbers:

9

Timestamp: 2011-10-16 00:32:52 UTC

#9 is Barbara. Congratulations to you, Barbara! You've won a $25.00 gift certificate to The Scrapping Cottage. Please email scrappingcottage@cox.net to claim your prize.

Now onto this months challenge. I'm absolutely loving the frames from Scrapping Cottage and this month I challenge you to create a project using Frames. You can use any Cottage Cutz die from any season or collection. I've got a Halloween card and a Christmas Card using this beautiful frame.

For these card I used the  Gothic Frame w/Witch. This frame is so ornate, yet works so well with Vintage and Grunge designs.

Now lets see your frame creations.Just add your project below using the InLinkz tool and remember to use Cottage Cutz dies to win!!!

Fall Harvests

Hello Cottage Cutz fans!
Today I have a few cards to share with you.  They were inspired by things that remind me of fall or of summer's end.

  Nothing says the end of summer like giant sunflowers.  The sunflowers were cut from the Mouse with Sunflowers die and the rooster was stamped with a Cottage Impressions rubber stamp.

A lot of people can some of their fall harvests.  I know jelly isn't canned in the fall but that is what the jars reminded me of.

Finally, apple pie is definitely a Fall treat.  Apple pie or caramel apples.  YUM!!  I hope you are all enjoying a beautiful  Fall!  I used  the Oven Mitt and Stuff die for this card also.

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Halloween Greetings

Good morning and happy Sunday!  I'm still loving my Halloween cards, so today I have yet one more to share with you.  This one was made with the Spooky Sign Post Cottage Cutz die.  This was cut with white card stock and colored with Copic markers.

I added the sentiments by hand, giving each sign a different word.  A few rhinestones for sparkle, and some wide grosgrain ribbon were what I used for embellishment, so this one was really quick and easy.  I really think this would make a cute Halloween party invitation by just putting the words "You're Invited To A Party" on each little sign. 

I hope you're enjoying a fabulous weekend, and I'm so glad you could stop by today.  Have a blessed day and happy crafting!

Everything's coming up Poppies!

I love poppies! I have to say they are one of my favorite flowers, so I decided I needed to figure how to make one using my CottageCutz dies. I used the Pink Peony Flower for the petals and the stamen is from the Orchid Flower.



Step 1. Cut one base flower, 2 petal pieces and 3 stamens.


Step 2. Ink the petals. I used Distress Ink ( Spiced Marmalade, Barn Door and Black Soot).


Step 3. Cut into the base flower to form four separate petals (but don't cut all the way through). Cut the end off of the stamens, so you just have a tip with three balls.



Step 4. Shape the parts with a flower shaping tool or ball stylus.


Step 5. Assemble the flower. Add a little Flower Soft in Sage Green for the centers.



Here's a layout that I made using some of the poppies. This is a picture of my nephew at the Land of Oz festival with the Wicked Witch. The quote says, " And now my beauties, something with poison in it. Poppies...poppies. Poppies will put them to sleep." ~ Wicked Witch of the West







Hope you get a chance to try these beautiful flowers!

Boo To You

I'm so excited to share my card double z fold card with you today...I LOVE IT!!!  I really am never sure what a project is going to be when I start and I sure was happy to see how this one came to life.  The puppy is just to cute.  I've attached him with twine where he will pull up and wish you a "BOO" but he won't come all the way out and get lost.  Nothing any sadder than a lost puppy, LOL.

Once you untie the bow a Happy Halloween sentiment is ready to greet you. 

Here are all the dies that are a must to make this card...be sure to scoop yours up as I hear they are selling out.

Hugs,

It'll be OWLright!

Good Morning Scrapping Cottage friends! Angelica here and I have a sweet little card for you today that would be perfect if you need to cheer someone up!

I love this cute owl (Stylized Owl) and thought he'd be the perfect focal point against my Woodgrain background from Market Street Stamps.

I wanted him to look a little nervous so I placed the pupils closer together and towards the top of his eyes. The packaging shows them looking down.

I used just a bit of Vintage Photo and Antique Linen Distress Ink to give his little wings, eyes, and body some depth. I opted to leave the leaves off and added some Prima sculpted flowers to the side instead.

I finished off the brown cardstock piece with a bit of whimsy faux-stitching (I didn't want it to look too perfect) and a piece of "Ripe Avocado" ribbon from Papertrey Ink. The sentiment was heat-embossed with Seafoam White (Ranger) Embossing powder and is from my Night Owls set (Market Street Stamps).

This owl will be adorable on all your Halloween projects too!! I used a die cut from My Little Shoebox, and for Halloween, I could have simply layered some black behind it so it looked like he was in front of a moon!

Hope you enjoyed today's inspiration! Have a wonderful day! - Angelica

Happy H*owl*oween !

I was thinking about how to use our Broom Mini die  on a project 

and when I saw this scalloped journal die cut by Doodlebug Design a little lightbulb went off. 

I diecut a dark grey Owl mini from patterned paper and adhered it unto the the scalloped diecut,sitting it on the branch/broomstick. 

Then I trimmed off a smaller orange owl from our Spooky Frame w/Owl die , 

sitting it on our Broom mini diecut

and viola , here's wishing you "Happy H*owl*oleen"! 

These mini diecuts were sure made to be "scene" ! lol ! 

Hope this gives you ideas for piecing together other fun scenes 

that you can think of this Halloween ! 

In September, we released  some darling new Christmas designs - about 15 in all ! 

They are shipping now ! 

Guess what our October release is ? - 

 14 adorable new designs that are Fall themed ! 

I'm just so thrilled to see all the new designs 

that I had to whip up something Fall inspired too for today. 

I started my card design here with our Halloween Lamp Post w/sign die 

and cut a dark brown lamp post out of self adhesive cardstock.

Then I added a pumpkin , cut out of Crate Paper's Farmhouse pp, using the My Little Shoebox Spooky Treats die. The leaves in the patterned paper inspired me to use the Pink Peony and Orchid Flower dies, inking some of the leaves for better definition. 

As always , we have a 25% savings offer when you order the entire release Bundle . 

This new Fall release ships Oct 17th. 

Pearl

Happy Hoot-O-Ween

 What kind of design would an owl carve on a pumpkin? . . . an owl. This weeks Halloween card has the Cottage Cutz Classic Owl die. The owl is sitting on a branch and I added the carved pumpkin from the Cottage Cutz Spooky Frame Die along with the treat bag from the Cottage Cutz Trick Or Treat Puppy die.

 I added the ghost treat bag to the owl and strung brads onto wire to create a  light string twisted on the branch. I used Stickles in Orange and Yellow on the beads to make them shine.

 The owl carved jack-o-lantern is orange card stock light lighted in darker orange and mounted on a solid sheet of yellow card stock. Yellow Stickles was added to the yellow card stock on the inside of the j-o-l. . The Yellow Stickles was also added to the yellow frame edge on the card.

The lettering on the word HOOT was made from the

Cottage Cutz Kara Ashley Alpha die set.

Thanks Barry