CottageCutz Chocolate Cupcake Card

 Chocolate Cupcakes-yum yum!!!  At least these have "NO CALORIES"!!!    Oh what fun it was to make this card.  Someone very special was on my mind when I was designing this.  The wonderful Teaparty Gals at splitcoast stampers are having a teaparty for my dear Mother.  You can read all about it here.  My heart is just bursting with joy to know that my Mom's mailbox in Connecticut will be filled with cards in the next week.  They will surely cheer her! 

 The theme for the party is Chocolate, Cats, or Angels.  I used the beautiful CottageCutz dies from the Sweet Love Collection.
It was fun to color my images with distress and smooch ink.  The cupcakes are the Sweet Filigree Cupcake and Floral Cupcake.  For the border pieces the Sweet Cupcake Border and Fancy Lace Border were paired together.  They look really cool together.  The Fancy Floral Corner #2 was used along with Lace Flower Doily from past collections.  Lots of layers-just like I love it.  Stitching and distress ink along with glitter and bling and I was a happy camper in my craft room creating this.

Thanks so much for dropping by to see my creation today.  If you have time this week, please come and play the Teapot Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers.  Until next time, Happy Crafting and see you soon!

Sweet Filigree Cupcake	Floral Cupcake	Fancy Floral Corner #2	Lace Flower Doily
Sweet Cupcake Border	Fancy Lace Border

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CottageCutz Altered Valentine Heart

 

 Happy Valentine's Day!   Here is an altered heart shaped box I picked up at from the Dollar Tree.  I had a blast creating this sweet little heart to fill with Valentine candy.  This box was originally red.  So that the color wouldn't show through the pink and white paper I chose to cover the box with, I painted this box white.  The paper is recollection and I cover the inside and outside of the box.

The Sweetheart Border die was cut six times, painted with Gesso and sprinkled with glitter.  After they dried I applied them to the top and bottom of the box along with a string of iridescent pearl trim. 

 

 On top of the box I used the Flourish Love Heart cut from white cardstock and also painted with Gesso and  glitter.  For the vine between the roses I used the Sweet Flourish.  The flowers were hand made.  I was experimenting with distressing the edges of the petals.  I love how much texture I was able to achieve on the petals.  In real life it gives them a fuzzy look.  I also painted the flowers with Gesso and sprinkled with glitter.  The box is topped off with a butterfly from the Fiigree Butterfly Trio.

As promised here is my little mini album that coordinates with this box.  Thanks for stopping by today to view my project.  I sure do appreciate it.  Happy Crafting.  See you soon.  Here are the dies I used:

Flourish Love Heart

Sweet Flourish

Sweetheart Border

Filigree Butterfly Trio

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Valentine Mini Album

Greetings friends and crafters!  Here is a Valentime Mini Album created with the adorable CottageCutz Dies.  My cover features Mr. Love Bug and the Flourish Love Heart that he is mounted on.  If you look at my heart shaped mini, it is abstract.  That is because I purchased a heart box from the dollar store and used it as my template.  I am making the box to match this mini to hold some Chocolate treats.  I'll show you that at a later date.

The first page is decorated with the Elegant Envelope.  They're are a couple cute tags inside.  The second page has the Fancy Floral Corner #2 to hold the sweet little tags.

 

Page three is a mat to hold a photo.  Page four uses Confectionery Bag, Small to hold a tag and behind that is the Sweet Floral Heart and hot pink glitter.

 Page five has the darling Sweet Heart Die that will hold a photo.  Page 6 is also designed to hold another photo.

Page 7 uses the Flourish Love Heart which is mounted on a heart that opens to reveal a place for a photo and a pocket with more tags.   Page 8 is a pocket that holds 2 tags made from the Sweet Floral Heart

 Page 9 features a pocket of tags decorated with the Sweet Heart Die.  Page 10 is another pocket that has been decorated with the Filigree Cupid die.

Page 11 is a pocket the holds the Classic Petite Envelope.  It is decorated with the Sweet Heart die and Sweet Lovebirds.  For the last page the Lovebirds are gracing the Elegant Love Heart.

 

So grab some CottageCutz dies and make your sweetie a cute little mini for Valentine's Day.  Thanks so much for stopping by.  Happy Crafting.  Here are the dies I used:

Filigree Cupid	Sweet Lovebirds	Sweet Heart	Elegant Love Heart	Sweet Floral Heart	Flourish Love Heart
Mr. Love Bug	Elegant Envelope	Fancy Floral Corner #2	Classic Petite Envelope	Confectionery Bag, Small

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CottageCutz Cupid Card

Hey lovelies!!!  Today I would like to share with you a creation with CottageCutz dies that features the Sweet Love Release Collection.  This is so sparkly in real life.   The Filigree Cupid is absolutely adorable from this collection.  It's framed with the Sweet Love Frame and I used the Sweet Floral Heart, Elegant Love Heart and the Sweet Heart.   When I was cleaning off my craft table I found the Fancy Lace Border I hadn't used for a project so I used it on this card.

All the other layered hearts are from a mixed package of pretty glittered hearts I got at the "Dollar Store".  They have some cute embellishments this year.  You'll see more in the next coming post.  I am finally back to my craft room and hope to be doing more fun projects.

Just wanted to let you all know how much I have missed visiting your blogs and keeping up with your creations.  There is so much going on here right now.  My son got engaged at Christmas and the last few weeks he has had me go with him to look at houses.  He found a really sweet house not to far from where we live.  I am super excited and joyously happy for him.  We are waiting for a closing date.  In the meantime, we started looking for furniture.  You won't believe the used furniture you can find.  My goodness I picked up an all wood accent table with a beautiful grain design for $9.59.  Tonight my husband and I bought a beautiful solid wood 6 foot by 4 foot China Cabinet with pedestal legs for $100.   I figured if he doesn't want it, then I am keeping it.  So we have that going on.  Besides all this, my Mother is not doing well.  So I have days I am very very sad.  She is in Stage 4 COPD where it is effecting her heart, liver, and her weight is down to 78 pounds.  I am just worried sick about her.  Sometimes she doesn't answer the phone when I call and it scares me to pieces.  My brother is living with her and he doesn't pick up the phone either.  It's not like she can go anywhere except to the hospital-so ME, I always think the worst!  So anyway, just know I love you all and will be catching up soon.  Happy Crafting.  Here are the dies I used:

 

CottageCutz Valentine Card

 Hello friends!!  With Valentine's day fast approaching it's time to share some creations featuring the CottageCutz  Sweet Love Collection.  What beautiful lacy dies they are.  For my card I used the Elegant Love Heart, Sweet Love Doily, Sweetheart Border, and Sweet Flourish.  Doesn't it look so lacy!  I used some glittered roses and flower bling I picked up at Michael's.  And the other thing I wanted to mention was how ADORABLE that Sweet Love Doily is.  It has the works Love, Kisses, and Hugs designed into it.  That is just to cute for words!

Thanks for visiting today.  It was great to have you stop by.  Wishing you love, and joy and most of all creative happiness and inspriation.  Until next time-Bear Hugs and Kitty Kisses!  Here are the dies I used: