CottageCutz Baby Elephant

Hello friends!  Today I have another card to share with you using dies from the adorable baby release.  I used the CottageCutz Baby Buggy and the CottageCutz Baby Elephant.  I used gingham and polka dots, my design elements, to create this card.  Blue gingham diapers and a blue baby buggy on a background of polka dots and lace combine to make an adorable baby card.

There are lots of great new dies in The Scrapping Cottage Store.  Have you made up your wish list?  Lots of fabulous dies to choose from.  Enjoy the day!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Peachy Challenge 29 Color Inspiration

Hello friends!  Today I have a card to share for the Peachy Challenge.  Can you believe I am posting it so early?  Usually I am submitting it with only minutes to spare.  I used PK-646 Faceless Fall Fun 2.  I stamped the leaf and the sunflower several times onto colored and patterned paper and then stamped a variety of Peachy Keen faces onto them.  Added some white to the eyes and some rosy cheeks and fussy cut them out.  With colors of papers from the challenge I created the sunrise/sunset and inked the edges of everything to give it some depth.

I hope you like the fall scene I have created.  It is my favorite season, though I enjoy them all.  If you would like to join the Peachy Challenge you can read all about it here.

Enjoy the day!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Peachy Challenge 28

Hello friends!  Here is my card for the Peachy Keen Challenge #28.  I used the sign from PK-646 Faceless Fall Fun 2 and PK-609 Build a Scarecrow, one of my favorite sets, an oldie but goodie!  I used my copics to color the scarecrow and paper pieced and colored the hat.  The sentiment is from a JustRite stamp set called Hangin' Around.

I used a little twine and a brad to hang the sentiment.  You may check out the details for this challenge here.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

CottageCutz Baby Release and Garden Bench

Hello friends!  I have two cards to share with you today.  For the first card I used a few dies from the baby release.  Everything was cut from white cardstock.  I was trying to give the illusion of an embossed card by placing the baby clothes and bottles randomly on the white background.  I added a little pop of light blue to represent a baby boy.

My next card was made from the Cottage Cutz Garden Bench die.  Cut from white and colored with Copics this little die cut could be used for Spring and Summer cards or layouts for the garden enthusiast.

Enjoy the day and I hope you have a great weekend!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Peachy Challenge 27

Hello friends!  I have 2 cards to share with you for the Peachy Challenge this week.  My first card didn't turn out the way I envisioned it so I made the Halloween card instead.  I still thought I would share them both even though I wasn't thrilled with the first one.  I didn't think it was so horrible that I would throw it away.  So here they are.  You can find all the details for the challenge HERE!

I used the tree and the fence for the sketch.  I traced the half circle and colored the entire image with copics.  The spooky tree was stamped twice.  The white highlights are from the Picket Fence Distress Marker by Tim Holtz.  It is a fun marker because when you draw with it it looks like nothing was drawn and then magically it appears.  I also used it for the moon highlights.  The fence is from PK-647 Faceless Fall Fun.  The spooky tree is from PK-636 Pumpkin House Accessories.  Frankenstein is from PK- 634 Frankly.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Peachy Challenge 26: Gift Bags

Hello friends!  This will be very short because it is my son's 25th birthday and we are going out to dinner.  I wanted to be sure and get this linked before it closes. This is for Peachy Challenge, Gift Bags. It started as a brown paper bag that I cut, covered and decorated, and added holes to thread the ribbon handles through.  I used PK-406 Sugar and Spice ginger girl.  I just purchased her from the retiring stamps because I didn't have the large size, and I love the gingers.  I just checked, and they are sold out.  However they do have the small set which is the perfect size for cards.  You may check them out HERE if you like.  Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

CottageCutz Baby Release

Hello friends!  Today I wanted to share some of the assembled die cuts from the CottageCutz Baby Release.    I want to show you how small changes can sometimes make big differences.  First I have several Christening Gowns cut out in various colors.

These 3 gowns were cut from off white cardstock.  The one on the far left is just the diecut.  The middle gown was distressed with YR0000, pale chiffon copic.  The 3rd gown was distressed with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink.

Next we have 2 blue gowns cut from the same cardstock.  One was distressed with Memento Summer Sky ink, the other with Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink.  This gives a very different look to 2 gowns cut from the same color.  The green gown was distressed with Memento Pear Tart ink.

The pink dress on the left was stamped with some small vines and a heart using Memento Angel Pink.  That is my favorite from this selection.  It looks much nicer in person.  The second pink card was highlighted with a white gel pen.

Finally I have 3 bears cut with the CottageCutz Romper Bear to show you.  2 were cut from Kraft cardstock, the other was cut from plaid patterned paper.

Different outfits on each bear and all 3 bears were distressed with the tea dye ink.  I hope I have inspired you to try different ways for using your dies.  I will be back in 10 days to share some finished cards from this baby release.  As always, thanks so much for visiting!  Enjoy your day!

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Peachy Keen July Stamp Club

Hello friends!  I received my July stamp kit yesterday and colored up the little girl in pigtails.  I love this set!  I know, I say it every month, but this one really is fabulous.  This set really has a lot of possibilities.  You can find out all the details about becoming a stamp club member here.

The papers I used are from My Mind's Eye, Lost and Found - Market Street.  She has been colored with Copics and the edges have been inked with Vintage Photo distress ink.  I think she is a cutie!  Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

July PK Release Challenges

Here are the cards I made for the Peachy Keen July Release challenges.  I posted them on the PK Connection.  If you are not familiar with the Peachy Keen Connection, you can read about it here.  It is a fun place for Peachy Keen fans to hang out with other people that adore Peachy Keen Stamps.

For the bonnet, I traced a PK pink acrylic block, on the back side of the paper I wanted to use.  This image is the scrap I made before making the final project.  The face is from PK-650 Just Baby Faces Assortment.  I used the largest stamp in the set.

I colored the face with Copics.  Inked the edges of the "bonnet", and added lace and a bow.  The bear is from a CottageCutz Baby Frame die.

For this farm scene, I used retired PK stamps with the exception of the sentiment, which is from PK-292 Faceless Corn.  I have had the cow for many years.  I love it!

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs and smiles,
Janice

Peachy Challenge 25 - Chalk it Up!

Hello Everyone.  Today I have a card to share with you for the Peachy Challenge.  I used PK-292 Faceless Corn.  I stamped the single corn twice and colored them with my Stampin Up chalks, using a blending stump.  I used a nestability die to cut the image out, then chalked up the edge with a sponge,

Thanks for having a look!  Have a great day!

Hugs and smiles,

Janice