Sunday, July 14, 2013

CottageCutz Mr. Spring Peepers

Hi everyone, Carol here today with a CottageCutz Creation.   It's summertime here in the South and to me that means every time after a summer shower these big ole frogs that live around here come out and make a racket.  I mean it gets loud and there is no mistaking that sound!  For today I want to share with you Mr. Spring Peepers.  Isn't he just adorable with his hat sitting on his lily pad enjoying his day amongst the flowers.
 The frog, lily pad, leaves, and greenery were cut out from two different colors of green cardstock.  Peeled Paint distress ink was used to shade Mr. Peepers.  All the other pieces of the die were cut on white cardstock and colored with Copic Markers.  The butterfly and the bee are so cute and I can see using them again without Mr. Peepers!
 To create the card, Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page Flourish Lace was used punched on a 5 x 5 piece of white cardstock.  The Bella Floral Frame was cut with green cardstock and fits nicely inside the perimeter of the punched white cardstock and frames Mr. Peepers nicely.
Three Prima flowers were added to the corner along with some die cut leaves from the CottageCutz Greenery die.  Thank you so much for stopping by today to view Mr. Peepers.  He was so much fun to create with.  Here are the CottageCutz Die used:



Saturday, July 13, 2013

What Can I Say? You Made My Day!

Hello Everyone from Olena.

Today I am sharing a cute Spring Tweetie card I created with Beautiful 
For this card I used NEW die cuts from Spring Collection - "Spring Tweetie" die (4x4). 
This bird is so cute. 



First I made cloudy background for bird. For this, I used oval template and blue Copic marker with Airbrush system.
Next, I cut bird 2 times using green, brown, cream and yellow card stock and then, sponged with craft ink. For small flowers I used "Springtime Strawberries die cuts from Springtime Collection too.



Then, I glued image on cloudy background and added sentiment "What can I say? You made my day!" on it.




For this project I used:







 Have A Wonderful Week! 
Olena


Friday, July 12, 2013

Bella Spring Tree





Hi there!

Today I have a center-step card using the Bella Spring Tree, Picket Fence Border and Birdcage & Stand Dies from CottageCutz!




This tree is so cute! I cut it with the Iced Cocoa and Reflecting Pool papers, trimmed off the flowers from the Reflecting Pool and added them to the Iced Cocoa tree. The birds were cut from both papers using the Birdcage & Stand Die. These were all glued to the Natural White mat that was embossed with the Rosa EF (Cuttlebug). I like having the diecuts against white or cream, but still giving it a little texture from the embossing folders.

The three panel were done with the Iced Cocoa, embossing the two sides with the Rosa Border EF. The Picket Fence Border was cut with Reflecting Pool paper and then embossed with Square Lattice EF.

I added pearls, bow, button and sentiment to finish it!

Here is a side view of the card.




Here are the dies I used:






Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Sweet Daisy With Love



Hello everyone, and Happy Wednesday to all!!!
Today's card was created for the Scrapping Cottage using the Beautiful Dakota & Daisy CottageCutz die , and CottageCutz Bella Spring Tree



I ended up using just Daisy from this die cut, and she was cut using white card stock, then colored with copics. Next I cut out the CottageCutz Bella Spring Tree with a green card stock, and turned it sideways and placed Daisy and her butterfly on top. I love the look, and think its a little different than just using it as a tree. LOVE all the swirls on it :)

The dp, is Echo Park/Eclectic Paper pack and the ribbon is vintage. I added these little paper circle things that were sent to me years ago. Lastly I added a button.

Photo's below are linked to the store :)



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

Tuesday, July 09, 2013

CottageCutz Fancy Bella Butterfly

 Greetings Friends and Bloggers it's Carol here today.  Welcome to my CottageCutz Fancy Bella Butterfly project.  Isn't this color awesome.  It is the special edition Tim Holts Peacock Feathers distress ink.  It's so pretty-I just love it.   What I have for you today is called a tent topper card.
 To create this gorgeous butterfly die cut two of the Fancy Bella Butterfly.  Distress ink with the Peacock Feathers distress ink making sure to ink the edges darker on the outer edges of the die and pull the color towards the center so it is lighter.  Paint both butterfly pieces with glitter glue and sprinkle Martha Stewart plain white glitter over the top and let it dry.  Once it has dried, use pop dots to attach the two butterfly pieces together and shape the wings.  The glittered pieces help the wings to hold their shape.  Glue some tiny prima roses down the middle for accent.
 For the focal point, attach your butterfly to a Spellbinders Nested Circle on top of the Spellbinders Nested Butterfly Circle, then two more layers of scalloped circles.  The largest nested circle is from the Spellbinders Grand Scalloped Circle die. 
The bottom was punched with Martha Stewart Deep Double Edge Punch - Embroidery.  Cut one Bella Spring Wreath out of white cardstock, then cut it in half.  Attach these two pieces on the bottom of card to frame the focal point.  Add a few rhinestones and your done.  Thank you so much for stopping by today to view my project.  I really appreciate it.  Have a wonderful day!  These are the dies I used from CottageCutz:
 


Monday, July 08, 2013

Spring Shower Lovebirds

Hello ladies, Vladka here today! 


This card is made with my favorite recipe: Kraft and white cardstock and birds die cuts. I love dies with bird motives and this is the reason, that I couldn´t resist to choose Spring Shower Lovebirds die. So, I made another wedding card and there is no wedding card without heart, this time cut out and stamped with polkadot stamp. ;)


I also cut out the branch with Whimsy Bird & Cage die and colored it with distress inks, which I also used to distress the edges of the card:


This is it for today, I wish you good start in new week!

Saturday, July 06, 2013

Spring Tweetie


Hello everyone and beautiful Saturday to you all!
It's Simona  with you again with a new project showcasing


The Spring Tweetie die was cut out of white cardstock
and colored with Spectrum Noir markers. 


For the base of my card I used white cardstock.
Then I added a layer of Graphic 45 - The Secret Garden
designer paper.


For the top layer I used white cardstock again.
I placed the Oval Doily & Frame die right in the center of 
the cardstock and cut it. Then I removed the doily cut
from the center and dry embossed the cardstock.
The edges from the oval doily were sponged with
Distress Ink vintage photo.


And finally the butterflies are from the
cut out of white cardstock and colored with brown 
Spectrum Noir marker. I also used some white liquid pearls.

Hope you like todays project.
Thank you for looking!

Hugs,
Simona

 The dies used:






Friday, July 05, 2013

Spring Showers Border

Hi, happy day to you all!
I have created a new card showcasing a 
wonderful CottageCutz die, Spring Showers Border.

Take a look:

Used Bazzill cardstock to cut the border.


Also used papers from American Crafts and Colorbok.
Some ribbon, twine, button and sequins on a string
to embellish this card.



Hugs,