Soft Fall Hydrangea

 Nothing like a beautiful Hydrangea amongst your fall floral displays.  I love Hydrangeas.  I made this one with lots of lacy accents.  

 The die cuts on this card are spellbinders.  The border and butterflies are a Martha Stewart punch.  I topped off the embellishments with Recollection pearl swirls.  The pearls around the focal point are Kaiser Kraft.  The image was colored with copic markers.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I sure do appreciate it.  Can you believe how fast the Holiday's are approaching.  I've done some Christmas shopping on line in the past week to get a jump start.  It's great not to have to leave the house and it will be delivered right here too!!!  Have a great week!

A Bear for MaryLou

 Hello everyone!  Today I am back with the Teapotters after a very long hiatus.  And what better way to re-enter Teapot Tuesday's is with a "Bear Challenge", right!  After all, I just love bears.  This weeks destination is to MaryLou who lives in Florida.  She is another fellow Bear lover just like me.  I couldn't resist joining in any longer and Marie my punchkateer pal is the Challenge coordinator-so I have no excuse not to play.

This is my favorite paper pieced bear.  We were supposed to bring bears dressed up for a tea party and I thought of this bear right away.  Isn't she sweet?  I know MaryLou is going to love her.  With lace and flowers she is ready to go to Florida a bring a smile to MaryLou dressed in her tea party finery.

All the dies are from Spellbinders including the rolled roses and leaves.  I used Studio G ink from the 97 cent bin at Walmart.  The roses were painted with "Twinkle Toes" Glimmer Glam by Tattered Angels.  The sparkly green leaves are pieces of leaves from a Michael's Christmas spray.   Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I appreciated it.  Will see you soon.

Cottage Cutz Autumn Flat Bed Truck

Nothing takes me back to my beloved New England Autumn like a flat bed truck filled with baskets of the season's harvest.  The apples in New England cannot be beat and there's nothing like picking your own pumpkin right out of the pumpkin patch and loading it all up in an old truck to take home and enjoy.  Just love this awesome CottageCutz die.

 This truck was piece together after cutting all the elements out with cardstock.  I distressed the truck with green ink and it is the same ink I distressed the paper in.  It's Studio G from Walmart but it doesn't have a color number or name on it.  It's the darkest of the three green inks they carry in the 97 cent bin-I've been raiding it lately.  I happen to love those little pads of ink-they're juicy!  To make my background I used a simple evergreen tree and stamped the white cardstock with this green ink and then die cut the pieces. 

 My paper is from K & Company.  The autumn sentiment is something from my stash.  I used both the large round and large scallop spellbinders die.   The scalloped borders are a Martha Stewart punch I had for a long time and I think this was the first I used it.  I stickled my edges with crystal stickles and this was a breeze to make.  I really loved piecing this together!  Here are the CottageCutz dies are used.

Isn't it great when dies are so versatile.  This truck would look festive with one of the tree dies in the back bed for a Christmas look.  You could even tie some red little bows on the wooden bed to give it a decorated Christmas look.  Thanks so much for stopping by.  I really appreciate it and hope to see you again real soon.

Reindeer Tilda Easel Card

Greetings friends and bloggers.  It seems ages since I have posted on my blog but it has only been a week.  I took a little break from blogging, but I have been working in my craft room.  Today I wanted to share with you a card I made for the QFTD137 Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers.  The Queen chosen for this week was my pal AudreyAnn so I just had to play to honor her.

The card was made from the scalloped circle Spellbinders Grands die and I used one of the label dies for the sentiment.  I was inspired by Andrey's felt roses and created mine with the Marieanne English Rose Die and then I stickled them to make them sparkle.  The doily on this card is also Marianne's as well as the pine looking leaves.  The flourish is Cheery Lynn.  The sentiment is from the 97cent bin at Walmart.  I picked it up on Friday of last week.  I think I need the other two they had because I really like the font and size of it.  It's just a little wooden stamp block.  I punched the little deers from a Martha Stewart punch to compliment Tilda with her antlers. 

Thanks for stopping by today to view my card.  I love having you visit and really appreciate it.  Happy crafting!

Heartfelt Creations Vintage Floret Gift Bag

 Today is Heartfelt Creations Wednesday.  Today is my last post as a Design Team member.  Congratulations to all the new designers that made the team and I bid a fond farewell to the current designers!  For my last creation, I decided to do a gift bag.  It was fun to make.

 Products Used for this Project:
HCPC 3503 Vintage Floret Bouquet PreCut Set
HCPC 3502 Mini Vintage Floret PreCut Set
HCPC 3500 Open Vintage Floret PreCut Set
HCD 727 Vintage Floret Die
HCD 704 Perfect Petals Die
HCD 720 Western Broncos Die
HCDP1 227 Vintage Floret Paper Collection

Other Products: Kraft Gift Bag 8" X 10", Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink, Crystal Stickles, Studio G Pink Pigment Ink, Pearls Ribbon, Martha Stewart Lattice Deep Edge Border Punch, White Card Stock and Copic Markers

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Be sure to check out all the creations by the fabulous Design Team on the Heartfelt Creations Blog.  Have a great week!

Layered Vintage Floret

Welcome to another Heartfelt Creations Wednesday reveal.  This collection allows you to make some of the prettiest flowers and the colors of the paper are just so yummy.  Perfect for your shabby chic creations.  I did something a little different and embossed my flowers this week.  I really love how they came out. This card has a lot of layers on it which you can't see, but in real life it is very dimensional.

 

Products Used:
HCPC 3501 Bold Vintage Floret PreCut Set
HCPC 3504 Bold Vintage Floret Background PreCut Set
HCD 727 Vintage Floret Die
HCDP1 227 Vintage Floret Paper Collection
253840 Marvelous Squares

Project Instructions:

Other Products: Martha Stewart Vintage Floral Punch Around the Page Punch, Want 2 Scrap Green Rhinestones, Crystal Stickles, Ribbon, Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink, Berry Floral Spray, Sprinkle N Sparkle Mulberry Star Embossing Powder, Black Embossing Powder, VersaMark Ink, White and Green Cardstock

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Be sure to check out the Heartfelt Creations Blog to view all the other wonderful creations by the design team.  Emma also has a video that will show you how to create more flowers with this set.  Have a wonderful day!

CottageCutz Witch Cake Plate

 Believe it or not, a few years ago, Cracker Barrel had a cake plate almost just like this.   Isn't this just darling.  It's CottageCutz time and I am showing you today this die called Witch Cake Plate.  Maybe next year I will use this die and host another Halloween Tea Party.  This would be a perfect image for an invitation.  I have had a Halloween Tea Party before and it was such a blast.

 I cut out all the pieces from the die and distressed them with Brushed Corduroy distress ink and assemble the pieces.  I applied glossy accents to the "cover" to make it look like glass.  Martha Stewart Spider Punch around the page was used to accent the focal point and I used spellbinders for the corners and applied purple rhinestones in the centers. 

This is was so much fun to make.  I just love CottageCutz dies.  They are a lot of fun to work with and very easy to assemble.   Just a reminder that we are looking for some Guest Designers so be sure to check out the information at the top of the CottageCutz blog.  Thanks for stopping by today and viewing my creation.  I really appreciate it.  This is the die that I used: