Halloween Mini Album & Video

Hello everyone and Happy Monday to all! Today I'm super excited to share my 1st completed Halloween Album!

My Chipboard Mini House Halloween Album was designed for The Scrapping Cottage using the Halloween release Cottage Cutz die's from the Halloween release, and they are all sooo DARLING! I really had a lot of fun designing this album. 

Most design paper is from My Little Shoebox and so are the Alphabet Stickers as well :)

These are the 1st set of pages on the inside :)

I LOVE designing albums, and this one I have to say was SUPER FUN! I love Halloween and just LOVE all the Cottage Cutz Halloween Dies that were just released here.

Dies I used:

Cauldron Peekers ( 4 x 6)

Lantern Tree (4 x 8)

Haunted House Border (4 x 6)

Trick or Treat Puppy (4 x 4)

Halloween Stacked Frogs( 4 x 4)

Ornate Circle Frame( 4 x 4)

Frog Mini

Broom Mini

Lantern Mini

Owl Mini

Potion Bottle Mini

2nd Set of pages

3rd set of pages

I tied my album together with Satin Ribbon and added bows to the ties, most of the ribbon I used is from RRR. I also used the fringed trim that was sent to me in a swap.

The tree I airbrushed with Copics & used Silver Lustre Card Stock.I will try to do a video to show how fun and easy this was to do.

Tags are super fun to make and I LOVE dusting the edges, I think I forgot to mention that in my video below. I did dust the edges of the Happy Halloween tag too.

Back side of album

My Youtube Video showing my album!

Thank you for looking and have a lovely day!

Hugs,

Cheryl

Happy Halloween Treat Box

It's Sept 11 : I just want to say that even here in Singapore, 

we remember 9/11 . Our hearts and prayers are with America and all our American friends. Praying for  worldwide safety and appreciating the  resilience of America in moving forward with hope and confidence. 

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Today , I want to share a quick treat box/bag project which can be mass produced in quick time  .

I have decorated both sides of my box to show the scale of some our Halloween dies

on this type of box .  

My assembled Accucut box size is about 6x4" . 

You may prefer to use inexpensive , store bought  ready made bag/boxes . 

For this side of the box , I have used the 4x6 Haunted House Border die 

and I diecut the design using self adhesive cardstock to spend less time applying adhesive. 

I went to town with some stickles here - Black Distressed Stickles - for the rough texture , Blue and Green stickles too for added sparkle and color. 

For the other side of my box , I used the Spooky Frame with Owl . 

I love using patterned paper to die cut in the colors that I prefer for the project . 

Then to add depth I simply ink in the colors I want - in this case I used Walnut Stain distress ink . A little Black distressed stickles and I'm done . 

All the patterned papers used here 

are from the latest Trick or Treat collection from My Little Shoebox. 

Thank you so much for all your comments on our projects here. 

We so appreciate your feedback

 Until next time , 

Scrapping Cottage Challenge #05

Hello everyone, time flies and here we are again with a new challenge. Thanks to all those who participated in last months challenge.

Our random winner for August is. . .Drum Roll. . . . ?????

Entry #5

Theresa P.!!!!!

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

For this months challenge I have created a motion card,  you can create a card with any type of motion. it can be hand drive like this card or something can simply move when the card has been picked up. You can use any Cottage Cutz die from any season or collection. As you can see I used a Cottage Cutz Halloween and a Cottage Cutz Everyday Alphabet.

 Here I used the Cottage Cutz Halloween Stacked Frogs die. As you can see, there is a frog with a witch hat on.   . . @#$^&*$#@ Hocus Pocus. . .there is a second frog.

 The motion in the card is the second frog popping up. The hat you see on the first frog is really on the second frog.

 I mounted the second frog onto a stick. . in this case a small emery board. I mounted it in a horizontal strap of paper, the the emery board can slide up and down as needed. You do have to cover both sides of the emery board with paper.

 I know the huge question is why an emery board. Because it is tapered and strong. As you can see above I used a strap of paper to create the channel for the emery board to slide. Also notice the channel fits the width of the emery board but slightly higher space. The channel should fit the width of the emery board at the thinner 1/3rd end of the stick and as you slide or raise the stick it is harder to slide because the channel space is to small . .so the channel paper sides push out and use the extra paper above to create the space to slide. This will allow the stick (second frog) to be pushed up and stay up when you need it to. Than just slightly pull back down and it will release that tight grip and slide down and back behind the bottom frog .

 The bottom front of the card was mounted on a slight bow of paper. The biggest issue with a slide cards can be the item that is sliding sometimes gets caught. Rather than a flat raised area at the bottom of my card I bowed  the bottom of the card so the second frog would not get caught and there is plenty of room.

FI  also used the Cottage Cutz LOLLOPOP Alphabet die for the lettering on the card.

WE will choose one random winner and you will win a $25 Gift Certificate to the Scrapping Cottage! Link below and thank you for all your creativity.

A couple projects

Today is my last post as a GDT for Scrapping Cottage.  I've had a blast working with these dies and sharing my projects with you.  I have a couple projects for today. 

My first one is a lace ornament I created using Orante Circle Frame and a lace doily

and here is a different angle of the bow.  I cut out another one and made it look 3 dimensional

My second project, I used three different dies.  I used Trick or Treat, Spooky Fence and Kitties & tombstone

Friends and My Little Shoebox Dies

There are "sew" many great products on the market using sewing machines, spools and stitching. From papers to embellishments and everything in between. One of my favorites is the sweet Sewing Machine and Dress Form die from Cottage Cutz. This little 4 x 4 die is perfect for all those crafty friends occasions. The detail is amazing and super fun to embellish just how you see fit.

Hi Everyone, Erika Taylor here today to share with you a card I created using the Sewing Machine and Dress Form My Little Shoebox die. I absolutely love the little spools that come with this die and had to add a few extras around the sentiment. I topped it off with a few pearls and some Stickles to give it a little extra OOOMPH. Not that this sweet die needs it. So without further adieu...

A little distressing on the edges of this card go perfectly with the quilt like placement of the My Little Shoebox papers. What do you think? Super sweet right? If you haven't taken a look at the Dies that go with your My Little Shoebox collections, take a look. There are so many beautiful ones to choose from.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Make sure you leave a comment and let me know what you think. All of us really appreciate your comments. Until next time

Toodles
Erika Taylor

Having Fun With the Halloween Dies

Hello everyone!  Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.  So here are a few cards I have made with the new dies.  They are so much fun!

You can see the Halloween Dies here!

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Happy Halloween!

Good morning!!  Oh my goodness, has the weather ever taken a turn for the better!!  Warm, beautiful, sunny days and cool crisp nights really have me in the mood for creating Fall cards, and that's exactly what I've been doing.  The Halloween release at The Scrapping Cottage is one of my all time favorites, and my card today was made with one of the newest dies.  This cute little Witch Samara die was wonderful to work with!  I cut all the pieces with white card stock, then cut an extra dress out of patterned paper.  I like to "base" all my pieces with color, then assemble them and add the shading and details after they are all in one piece.  All the artwork on this card was colored with Copic markers.

I found this wonderful Happy Halloween paper in a DCWV Mattestack, and this cute little witch fit just perfectly around the Happy Halloween sentiment.    Check out all the wonderful dies in this new Halloween collection.  They're shipping now, and you're definitely going to want these for ALL your Halloween projcets and cards!!

 Thanks for visiting today.  I hope today brings you many, many blessings, including some happy stamping and scrapping!!!

Trick or Treat!

With Halloween quickly approaching, I thought it would be fun to make a treat box. I used the Window Box tutorial from the Scor-Pal website. I did change the dimensions of the box, however, to make it a little bigger. (See the end of the post for details).

I loved playing with the new dies from Cottage Cutz - and actually, the Witch's Castle Door inspired the whole project.....because, the really cool thing is that you can make the door open!

So, I used the Halloween Fun stamp from Crafty Secrets to stamp my sweet little trick-or-treater, and glued her to a piece of acetate in the door opening. I glued some Autumn Flower Soft around her feet to look like leaves blowing in. She looks so shy coming to the door for a little candy. I added accessories from the Castle Door die, as well as the Lantern Mini and Owl Mini dies, to complete the scene. The Happy Halloween on the side of the box is from the Haunted House Border.




To make this box, please refer to the tutorial at the Scor-Pal website, but instead of cutting your cardstock 9 x 6 3/4, cut it 12" x 8 3/4". Your score lines will be 1", 5 1/2", 6 1/2", 11". After you turn the paper, you will score at 3/4" and 7 3/4".

How Many Dies Can You Use?

Hi Everyone, Lori here with a little project I created that just kept on going.  I started making a mini book the other night with some of our new dies.  I planned on doing just a couple of dies, but I was enjoying myself so much I just kept going.  When all was said and done I used eight dies and it was so much fun. 

I also used the new Halloween Collection from My Little ShoeBox and it was the perfect compliment to the new die collection.  Below are all the photos of the pages and at the end you'll find a recipe with all the dies used. 

Lantern Tree

Gothic Frame with Witch

Spooky Iron Shelf

Trick or Treat Puppy

Frog Mini

Broom Mini

Lamp Post w/Sign

Viking Ride (border on cover)

Hugs,

Witchy Wishes

Good Morning Cottage Cutz fans! Angelica here, and I'm so glad you could stop by this morning - have you SEEN the new Halloween dies? Oh my goodness, they arrived in my mailbox this week and I couldn't wait to start creating! 

Pre-order these adorable dies HERE!

Of course, loving Halloween, when I recently traveled to Milwaukee and visited the Miller Brewery, I couldn't help but think their famous "Girl in the Moon" High Life logo resembled a witch.When I saw the "Elegant Witch Legs" die, it totally reminded me of the colors in the High Life logo. 

Luckily, I still had some of my favorite Basic Grey Halloween pattern paper ("Freak" in the Eerie Collection), so using that as my color inspiration, I created this card! I used some olive, cream and orange cardstock to piece my witch legs, and glitter to dress up the stars on her skirt. I cut extra stars and used those to accent the frame. VersaMagic chalk ink in "Hint of Pesto", "Pumpkin Spice" and "Sahara Sand" really brought everything to life. I used just a bit of Distress Stickles in "Peeled Paint" on her boots, and some rustic cream twine for that peek-a-boo bow. I finished the card off with a sentiment from "Lisa Jean Halloween" (Peachy Keen Stamps).

I hope you like it, I'm totally in the mood for Halloween now! By the way, have you joined our Cottage Challenge yet for August? You still have until next weekend to join in the fun and be in the running for a $25 Gift Certificate to the Scrapping Cottage!! I know there's at least one of these new dies that you just have to have!!