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

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:

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

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!!

 

 

  

Tags

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

Teapot Mini

Tea Time Tags

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

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 

The Scrapping Cottage using the DARLING Tea Time Release found HERE!!

On this last page of my mini i used these

CottageCutz Dies

CottageCutz Lace Envelope

CottageCutz English Floral Doily & Frame

CottageCutz Oval Doily & Frame

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

Berry Special Cards in a Canning Jar

 Hello All, This week I have a Canning Jar filled with mini strawberry gift cards. I made four assorted cards, added a bit of shredded paper to the bottom of the canning jar and decorated the jar. The cards can be attached to cello bags of sweets or homemade cookies. I used several of the Cottage Cutz mini dies, The Strawberry Mini, Doily Mini and the Picket Fence Border. The mini white flowers that are on the berries came from the Cottage Cutz Laundry Line 4x4 die. There are several cute micro mini designs on the laundry line that work great as added items on any project. Bqt Flowers, Watering Can, Birds. . . .

 As you can see, I created a basic layout with the Cottage Cutz Mini Strawberry placed on the Cottage Cutz Mini Doily. . than placed inside a red 1 3/4" circle (this made it all pop). Each of these items have foam dots sandwiched between to add depth. I cut a four splint section of fence from the Cottage Cutz Picket Fence Border and placed in different area's of the mini cards. than arranged the circle medallion. The stamp HOMEMADE is from the Cottage Cutz Home Baked Clear stamp set. I randomly added the word Homemade, than stamped a swirl for vine. . . . .than the mini white flowers. The pink base paper happened to be polka dot on one side and pink wood grain on the other. . so I switched the designs out. The cards have red ribbon and brown lumpy yarn tied off the corners..

 I know everyone has their thoughts on the coloring of berries, but I will just . . throw my thoughts into the pile. #01 I highlighted the right side of the berry with a deeper shade of red Copic marker. #02 highlighted part of  that deeper section with white ink with a sponge #03 colored the seeds with a white gel pen, than when dry. . colored the white gel seeds with the same red Copic (will come out a crisp shade of pinky red). I know a lot of you color your seeds black, but I tend to like the seeds red . . where the seeds seem to just begin to turn. I never can seem to find a brand of color pen that will come out a crisp light color on dark card stock, so I have been using a white gel pen and tinting the white to the color I need. . it's like working on white card stock in a small area.

This is the berries dangling off the ribbons and lumpy yarn tied around the canning jar. Just sandwick the ribbon between two card stock berries. 

Thanks Berry Much. . and have a wonderful Spring. . Barry

Chocolate Covered Grasshoppers

Hi Crafters, it's Carol here today.  I wanted to show you this cute little project I made that is so easy and would be so fun to share with your friends, or children, or even grandchildren.  I thought this cute little Grasshopper die was so adorable.  When we had our blog hop, a lot of you asked for 3D items so this is one I came up with that I called "Chocolate Grasshoppers".   lol

 

Grasshopper Mini

So here are my Chocolate Grasshoppers-another a very easy project. I cut two grasshoppers from the Cottage Cutz mini Grasshopper die with green card stock. I then dry brushed some black ink around the edge of the grasshopper. I just placed two small round foam dimensionals on the back in the middle of one grasshopper and attached the second one on the back. Cover a Hershey Nugget with a 3/4" strip of paper and glue your grasshopper legs right on top. Tie a little bow and glue to the front and you are done. Easy peasy and lots of fun and oh so cute.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I appreciate it very much.  See you soon.

Bee Happy

Good morning friends!  I hope you are all enjoying the Memorial Day Weekend!  We have had some really beautiful weather here in Massachusetts, so I was in the mood to make a fun summery card.  This is the Kitty Bee Sweet die.  It was a Valentine release.  This die could be used for  so many occasions, not just for Valentines.   I also used the Oval Doily and Frame.  I used the inner piece.  There are several ways you can use this die as well.

I used my ruffled gingham ribbon once again.  I love the ruffled gingham ribbons.  I hope you haven't grown tired of them.  Lots of yellow and black elements for my card today.  Enjoy the rest of the holiday weekend!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice