Sunday, June 17, 2012

Cool Drinks

Hello friends!  Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!  Today's card features some older dies.  With the warmer weather I wanted to create a summer card.  So I chose CottageCutz Love Tags for the tray.  I used CottageCutz Happy Hour for the drinks.  I apologize that I don't have a link for that die.  There is a similar die called Tropical Drink that you can see by clicking here.


The images were colored with Copics and the glasses have glossy accents on them though not able to see in the photo.  I added glitter to rim the glasses.  Hope you all have a wonderful Sunday!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice


Thursday, June 14, 2012

Dragonfly~~


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Hi everyone Cindy here with a SWEET CottageCutz Design for you!!~ I layered lots of dies to make this PRETTY card.

Doily Mini




I added lots of layers of papers and doilies and then a Dragonfly to set my card off!!~

  


Thank-you for joining me today, I`m so thrilled to be sharing my CottageCutz creations with you, see you on the June 24th!!
Hugs Cindy xoxo



Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Some birdy Loves You

Hello everyone, today I'm sharing my Some Birdy Loves You card using the DARLING CottageCutz "Spring Blossom" Release 
I love this Release, and LOVE the CottageCutz Birdcage with 2 birds , and the CottageCutz Lace Flower Doily, both are a must have for your collection!!!

For the Lace flower doily I cut it out in white card stock and then distressed the edges with tim holtz ink, and some gold ink too. I also added some pink pearls to the bottom and 1 to the top. I ruched up the seam binding a made a bow with it and added a flower.

On the bottom I ruched up more seam binding to create a bigger bow and then added a feather,flowers, and flourish of pearls.

I added one of the birdies under my sentiment and colored it with copics. 

CottageCutz Dies used are:


Thank you all for looking and hope you have a lovely day!!
Hugs to all,
Cheryl

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Window Screen Flourish Flower

 Today's card is a window screen style card, you construct the base card with a window cut directly into the inside of the card. I used the Cottage Cutz Flourish Layered Flower die. This die is great for this type of card because the flourish is large enough to cover a window or hole cut in the base card. All you need is a small amount of the paper to attach to the edge of the card window.
 The Cottage Cutz die comes with a two layer flower. In this case I cut both flowers out in two papers. One with Cajun rust and the second set in printed page paper (old book). I added rust Copic color to the printed paper to match the rust flowers. I cut the printed paper like a pinwheel so I could curl the petals. Once curled I added Crystal Stickle. I stacked the flowers every other color. Rust, Printed large, than Rust small, Printed small and added a black center. I than glued green seed beads with Glossy Accents randomly in the center of the flower.
 This is the finished flower. I guess you would ask about the colors, Well. . .I am the master of pulling odd but striking colors together. I used Bazzill Leapfrog (light olive tint) Cajun (rust) and Bling Black. The rust and olive are great together and the black was pulled because of the printed page.
 As you can see, the black made a striking contrast color for the inside of the card and the backround of the green leaves. It made the rust, white and black flower pop. You can see I tested leaving it white and it just din not work. The greenery was cut from the Leapfrog paper, than tinted in two shades of green and one shade of brown Copic markers, than hightlighted with micro black dots.
 This is a photo of the card with the light coming through the screen of greenery. You can see the inside of the card had the black panel with a flat flower and greenery. I used the rust again on the back side of the window inside the card.
This is the Cottage Cutz die that was used. . . Flourish Layered Flower.

Thanks Barry


Saturday, June 09, 2012

Cottage Cutz Tea Time

It's time for tea at The Scrapping Cottage.  It's Carol here today with another card convection.  Let me invite you to sit a spell while I show you this card I created with some of the Tea Time Dies.  Tea Parties are one of my favorite entertaining themes.  So grab a nice cup of tea, relax, enjoy the company, and feast your eyes on this creation .
 This is the Tall Teapot and the Small Teacup.   Behind them is the Oval Doily frame.  While I was playing with the Oval doily I came up with some more ways to use it that I will show in the future.  This is one die that I will you use over and over again-the possibilities are endless.  I love that it looks like it is pin pricked and I didn't have to do a thing but run it through my die cutting machine to achieve that!!! 
 You can see what I am talking about in this picture.  See under the handle on the white die piece.  Yes it is absolutely lovely.  Working with Cottage Cutz dies makes your crafting so easy.  All I did was cut out the teapot and teacup, used a bit of "tea" dye distress ink, glitter, and some stickles and my image was done. 
 As you can see here in the corners I used the decorative flower for the teapot on my corners.  Don't you like to get the most bang for your buck out of your dies, plus coordinate the embellishing at the same time.  This set allows you to do that.
 I just cut the floral design out on white cardstock and glittered the piece with some Martha Stewart Rose colored glitter I had on hand. 
So now that you teacup is empty, I hope you have enjoyed viewing this card as much as I enjoyed making it.  This Tea Time Set is so beautiful.  I am in love with it and know I will use it over and over again.  So until your next visit, I will keep you close in my heart and always in my prayers.  Here are the dies are used for this card:






Thursday, June 07, 2012

All White Card

Hi friends!  Janice here.  I love the look of all white cards so I am sharing one with you today, with the exception of the base of the card.  I used CottageCutz Tropical Trio and CottageCutz Greenery dies to create my card.


The greenery die cuts are 2 layers thick, so they would show up better.  Then I added layered flowers and some bling for the flower centers.  I finished the card with an organza polka dot bow.  I hope you like this very simple, quick, and pretty card.  You could do this all white technique with any of the dies.  Try it out and see what you think.  I have been wanting to try it with the Window Die.  Maybe I will do that soon.  Have a wonderful day and thanks for visiting!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice


Tuesday, June 05, 2012

CottageCutz Catching a Buzzzzzzz!

Hello and happy Wednesday!  Lorie here today with a fun little card made with CottageCutz dies from the Spring Blossom release at The Scrapping Cottage.   These gorgeous dies just arrived in my mailbox yesterday, and I could hardly wait to get that package opened and start playing!  

 I used some patterned paper from my stash, added some punched elements for the sentiment and embellishment.  The wings of the bee have Stickles added to them for sparkle.  Oh!  I almost forgot!  I sponged the edges of the doily and bee's wings with distress ink, as well as the body, using  opaque white ink.   You can see that by adding just that wee bit of sponging, it gives the die cut a much more 3-Dimensional look. 
For this card, I used the following dies:



 
 
 
 
 
This Spring Blossom release has a lot of great dies lending endless possibilities for some truly amazing projects.  Be sure to visit The Scrapping Cottage to check them ALL out!  You'll be glad you did!!!  Have a wonderful and blessed day, and Happy Crafting!!
 
 
 
 

Sunday, June 03, 2012

Tags

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Hi everyone Cindy here with a SWEET CottageCutz Design Tag set.

Teapot Mini




I have used Teapot Mini and Tea Time Tags. Added some lace and ribbons. After I cutout the teapots I added a script stamps for some visual interest



Thank-you for joining me today, I`m so thrilled to be sharing my CottageCutz creations with you, see you on the June 14th!!
Hugs Cindy xoxo





Saturday, June 02, 2012

Tea Pot Mini Last Page

Hello everyone Cheryl here with my post for today sharing the Last page of My Tea Pot Mini Album designed for 
On this last page of my mini i used these

So my tag was made using some blue cardstock and embossing it, I then rounded the corners and added the Beautiful Oval Doily to my tag. Next I stamped and distressed the oval and then glued it on using Helmars 450 quick dry. The tag fits perfect in the Beautiful CottageCutz Lace Envelope.

I also added some leaves trim,buttons,flowers,and swirls to my tag.

The blue ruched flower was handmade by ME :) I will be doing a class Ustream on June 14th LIVE :)  I also added some wrinkled ribbon,lace, and a vintage flower

My VIDEO is on the Last page to show details on it! :)



Hugs to all,
Cheryl Walker