Graphic 45 Design Team Audition 2015

Hello Friends!! Today's Post is for Graphic 45
Design Team Audition 2015. I am super excited to share my 4 projects I made this past week using Graphic 45 Beautiful Collections. I have wanted to apply for this call before, but have always missed the call.  I tried to make my post as short as possible, by doing slides for each project, and I will have a video at the end of my post showing my mini album and other projects details. I hope you enjoy!

1st Project 

"Botanical Tea Pot Mini Album"

I cant tell you how much I LOVE their design paper, its absolutely BEAUTIFUL and brings so much inspiration to me. I had so many items I wanted to make, but just came across this call last week, and yep, I did all these projects in about 5 days. My 1st project above is a Tea Pot Mini Album using the Beautiful Botanical Tea Design Paper. I have a video below that shows details of the interactive pages, you wont want to miss this video, as I am very pleased with this mini! Lots of room for photo's as we seem to never have enough spots for all those photo's.

2nd Project 

" Couture Tussy Mussy/Treat Holder"

Next up is the Beautiful Couture line. I used this line on this Toilet Paper Tussy Mussy. Well it can be a little treat bag too. I LOVE this collection as well. Of course I love them all.....hehehehe The flowers I fussy cut, and heat embossed to give a glass type of look,I love how they turned out. I  also used some vintage trim, feathers,and some vintage type findings to embellish with.  How fun it would be to add some treats to this bag!

3rd Project 

"Photo/Calendar/Recipe Stand"

Next I made a Photo page for this multi purpose stand. Hubby and I made these several years back for Christmas Gifts. I had made calendars, recipes and so forth for this stand. We gave them as gifts. Love the Botanical Tea on this one too. Also the photo can be changed out super easy! In my video you will see. (Please see video below and end of post)

Flowers here are also fussy cut/Layered/and heat embossed to give a beautiful real look to them. love these too!!

4th Project

"Once Upon a Springtime Notepad Holder

My last project here uses the Once Upon a Springtime Design Paper pack. I made this Easel Card into a Notepad Holder for my counter next to the phone.

The fairy, frog and flowers are all layered. On this project I did the same with the flowers, by heat embossing them, to give them a glass like look. They dont even look like paper. I love how they are so different from regular fussy cut flowers. All pieces here were distressed, and layered to give the 3-D look.

Please be sure to watch my video,so you can see the interactive pages in my mini! 

Thank you for stopping by, and have a lovely day!

Hugs to all,

Cheryl

CottageCutz Merry Wishes /Tussy Mussy's

Hello everyone and Happy Sunday to all! 

Today I have 2 more CottageCutz Tussy Mussy's to share with you all :)

Again I used the sweet CottageCutz Filigree Reindeer, and then some CottageCutz winter pine branches. I hope you all arent getting tired of my 12 days of Christmas Tussy Mussy's.....hehehehehee. I have a couple more to share.

The tag was stamped with SU! stamp, and then punched out with SU! punches. Next I added some white gel dots, love this look!

For the branch and Reindeer's I colored them all with copic markers. The trim is from Really Reasonable Ribbon and the lace is vintage and from my stash.

DP used is DCWV and the container for this tussy mussy is a Toilet Paper Roll.

Thank you for looking and have a lovely day!

hugs to all,

Cheryl

Christmas Ornament Tussy Mussy's

Hello everyone, and Happy Saturday to all!

Here are 3 more Tussy Mussy's I designed for the 12 days of Christmas swap. For these 3 I used CottageCutz Filigree Ornaments, and CottageCutz Winter Pine Branches from The Scrapping Cottage.

I used the Toilet Paper rolls, and covered them inside out outside with DCWV design paper. Next I used some Vintage White lace for the bottoms. Then added the Beautiful Sheer Really Reasonable Ribbon Trim in red.

The Gingham red Ribbon is also from Really Reasonable Ribbon, and I used the 1/2 " Scor-Tape to add the paper to the outside of all my Tussy Mussy's! The Stamp sentiment is SU! stamp, and I used the SU! punches to punch out the sentiment.

I LOVE the look of the ornaments with all the Glitter glass, and beads glued on them. I think they turned out super pretty!

Thank you for looking and be sure to stop back by to see some more Christmas Tussy Mussy's and I will also have another fun surprise for my table setting on Thanksgiving :) Cant wait to share!!

hugs to all,

Cheryl

Tussy Mussy's "Merry Christmas"

Hello everyone, today I am sharing 4 more Tussy Mussy's I made for the 12 Days of Christmas Swap that I am in. For this group I decided to use the Sweet CottageCutz Filigree Reindeer die. I also used the CottageCutz Winterland Holly and used some vintage glass on it. 

 For the stamped image on the circle tag I used the CottageCutz stamp from the Homemade Gift Set that The Scrapping Cottage carries. This set will be on SALE for Black Friday! 

Next I used design paper from DCWV and the laces I used are Vintage from my stash.

 The brown Seam Binding and the Buttons are from Really Reasonable Ribbon and can be found here!

I really enjoyed making this set here too, and love using all the CottageCutz dies on these! Also think these are perfect for little handmade gifts,and cant wait to give these for the swap! I will be adding some candies to the inside for a sweet treat :)

Thank you for looking and have a lovely day!

hugs,

Cheryl

Christmas Tussy Mussy Treat Holder

Hello everyone, short post for today, as I wanted to share another Christmas Tussy Mussy made out of Toilet Paper Rolls that I decorated using CottageCutz Dies & Really Reasonable Ribbon.

I used the Beautiful CottageCutz Filigree Reindeer from The Scrapping Cottage, and the Winterland Holly too. Next I used some Really Reasonable Ribbon, Beads, trim, and jute. The lace is vintage and comes from my stash.

Supplies Used:

Really Reasonable Ribbon/ Bead Trim

Really Reasonable Ribbon /Red Jute

Really Reasonable Ribbon/ Mini Pom Pom Trim

Really Reasonable Ribbon /Sheer box pleated Red Trim

Really Reasonable Ribbon /Scor-Tape 1/2"

CottageCutz /Filigree Reindeer

CottageCutz/Winterland Holly

Will have more to share over the next few days, so be sure to stop back by and take a peek!!!

Thank you for looking and have a lovely day!

hugs to all,

Cheryl

Build-A-Christmas Stocking Tussy Mussy

Hello everyone, today I wanted to share 3 Tussy Mussys I made for a 12 day of Christmas swap i'm in. For these 3 I used the CottageCutz Build- a -Christmas Stocking, and the CottageCutz Winterland Holly. LOVE the look of these. I will be adding some candy inside of all my Tussy Mussy's/

The tussy mussy was made using the Toilet Paper Rolls, I covered them in design paper around the outside and also added design paper on the inside of the top part. Next I added some really reasonable Ribbon Brown Crocheted lace, and Brown Seam Binding, and then added the stocking and Holly, and lastly the ribbon bow and tag. My CottageCutz Build-A-Christmas Stocking was colored with copics and then I added some Glitter to the top part of my stockings.

I have others that I have made for this swap, a total of 13, and will have to share them later :) 

Thank you for looking and have a lovely day!!

hugs to all,

Cheryl

Vintage Butterfly Tussy Mussy

Hello everyone, today I have another Toilet Paper Tussy Mussy to share with you all! :) 

For my Tussy Mussy I did use some Vintage Trim,Lace, and then some Really Reasonable Ribbon Seam Binding, and Crocheted Brown Lace(for loops). the rose trim is some I have been hoarding....hehehehehehe Its very expensive trim, and I wanted to save it for a mini album or 2. But of course I ended up using it on my tussy mussy for today.  I should have used it all the way around the bottom but I decided not to , due to I cant replace this trim....

My butterfly is one of the CottageCutz Filigree Butterfly Trio. LOVE these Butterflies, they are absolutely beautiful! And I layered this one too. 

Supplies Used:

Toilet Paper Roll

Really Reasonable Ribbon/Seam Binding and Crocheted Lace/Jumbo Leaves

CottageCutz Filigree Butterfly Trio

Design Paper is Prima/Sun Kiss

Vintage Trim

Vintage Lace

Satin Rose trim

Prima Flower

Other flower

Feather

Pearls

I have a video showing how I designed this entire Tussy Mussy

Thank you for looking and have a lovely day!!!

Hugs to all,

cheryl

Shabby Chic Butterfly Tussy Mussy

Hello everyone, I wasn't planning on posting today, but I just finished this super FUN Shabby Chic Tussy Mussy made with a Toilet Paper Roll.

For my Tussy Mussy today, I used these 

SUPPLIES:

Prima/Sun Kiss Design Paper

Flowers

Really Reasonable Ribbon Buttons & Score-Tape

Really Reasonable Ribbon/Mini Pom Pom Trim, Sheer Box Pleats, Blue Seam Binding

Butterfly/CottageCutz Filigree Butterfly Trio

Creative Inspiration Paints/Deliquesce Gold Crystal(on edges of butterfly)

Fringe

Feather

Pearls(for butterfly)

I started by covering my toilet paper roll with a 4 x 6 piece of Prima dp, using Scor-Tape to attach as I go. To close the bottom, I used hot glue, and held it until it was dry. Next I distressed the edges of the design paper with Tim Holtz Distressed ink Antique Linen. 

Now we are ready to decorate-

1st I added with HOT GLUE the fringe to the bottom of my tussy mussy. Next I added Mini Pom Pom Trim in white to the top. I always do a trial layout to see how I want everything before I actually glue any items down. So I started with my feather, then bunched up some box pleated trim and glued it on top of the feather. Next I added my large flower, and then added the leaves underneath it. After that I added the small flower, and butters to the centers. then added the stick pin.

Butterfly-

My butterfly was cut using white card stock with a CottageCutz die listed in supplies above. I cut 2 of the same butterfly to layer.

Then I decided I wanted to airbrush them with the copic airbrushing system, and these colors

YR31 is the yellow

B34

B93

I used a small foam circle to attach them on top of one another, and then added the pearls. Lastly for the butterfly I added some glue around the edges of the wings, and then added CIP's Deliquesce Gold Crystal Glitter. LOVE the look it gives to the butterfly and in person its beautiful.

Challenges-Cute Card Thursday/Butterfly Kisses, Forever Friends Challenge/Diecuts ,Creative Moments/Things with Wings , Creative Craft Challenge/Alter It(toilet Paper Roll)

Thank you for looking and have a wonderful day! The sun is finally shinning here :) woohooo!

Hugs to all,

Cheryl

CottageCutz Vintage Mini Tussy Mussy

Hello everyone, today I wanted to share another Mini Toilet Paper Tussy Mussy that I made this week. On this one, I used CottageCutz "Fancy Perfume Bottles" from the Vintage Release. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this RELEASE!!!!

I wanted a vintage look to my Tussy Mussy, so I went with Vintage Laces, and ruffles, and Vintage Seam Binding, all from my stash. Then I picked a dp that I thought could be vintage looking, and went off of those colors for my perfume bottle. 

The CottageCutz Perfume Bottle is cut out with a design paper, then distress with brushed Corduroy ink. Next I cut the hose and top pieces all with cream card stock and distressed it with tea dye. The bulb is airbrushed with copic YR61 and then distressed with old paper. My flowers were colored with copics R32, YR61 , for the greenery on the bottle I used YG95 & G99 copic markers.

The Lace I used on the bottom ,top, and handle are very very old. The ruffled behind the bow, Im not sure how old that is. I also used Really Reasonable Ribbon Brown Antique Gold Ribbon for my bow. Now behind the hearts is a peach seam binding, I just ruched it up. Lastly I added a string of pearls to the bottom :)

If you havent seen the NEW CottageCutz Releases you will have to take a moment and stop by The Scrapping Cottage Store HERE :)

Thank you for looking and have a lovely day!!

Hugs to all,

Cheryl

Mini Tussy Mussy

Hello everyone, and Happy Wednesday to all!!! Today I'm sharing this Mini Tussy Mussy 

for Really Reasonable Ribbon today.

I used 7 different Ribbons,laces, trim and seam binding on my Tussy Mussy.

This is a TOILET Paper Roll Tussy Mussy, pretty NEAT huh????!!!!! A friend of mine Carol(Chocolate,Crafts and Bears oh my) is the one who I got this idea from. Its AWESOME to have another way to use up those rolls!!!! EASY to make too :) I thought they would be perfect to add a few candies in to give away :)

Really Reasonable Ribbon's Used:

Red Sheer Box Pleated Trim

Pink Seam Binding

White Mini Pom Poms

Chevron Striped Twill in Red

White Crocheted Lace 1.5" 

Sage Shimmer Satin

Victoria Crocheted Lace

Pearl for center of flower

Other Products Used:

Toilet Paper Roll

Scrap Design Paper

CottageCutz Fancy Perfume Bottle

Copics to color/Airbrushing too

Stick Pins/Wedding spray

Creative Inspiration paints /Deliquesce Gold Crystals Sparkle (used on the perfume bottle hose and pieces)

Gems

Thank you for looking and have a lovely day!!!

hugs to all,

Cheryl

Vintage Tussy Mussy's

Happy Saturday to all! Todays post is with 3 different Tussy Mussys! I had seen one that Gini had made and LOVED it! So I just had to try making these!

On my first Tussy Mussy I used Stamps from Heartfelt Creations

HCPC3318 Daisy Patch

HCPC 3303Posy Patch

HCD701 Posy Patch Matching Diecut

HCD703 Daisy Patch Diecuts

Pearls

Buttons

Vintage Lace, Trims

Ribbon(Really Reasonable Ribbon wine satin, scalloped trim Antique Gold

HISTORY on TUSSY MUSSY:

•During the English Gregorian period (1714--1760), pestilence was rampant and indoor plumbing was not. Elegant ladies would often carry small bouquets of fragrant herbs and flowers to fend off noxious odors. Also known as nosegays, tussy mussies remained popular through the Victorian era.

Read more: Tussy Mussy History

eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/facts_5189113_tussy-mussy-history.html#ixzz14VgAH2Xk

 Currant Use:

•Today, tussy mussies are still given as gifts, and they are a popular choice for bridesmaids' bouquets. Modern tussy mussies often deviate from the original round shape, but remain relatively small.

On my next Tussy Mussy I used Heartfelt Creations HCPC3303Posey Patch Stamps & Matching diecutsHCD701. I stamped on the green dp to match the tussy mussy. Then cut out with the dies. Next I added pearls to the centers, buttons,vintage roses, trim , vintage lace and Ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon! its called Satin with Grosgrain Moss!!

My Last Tussy Mussy for today

 Supplies Used

HCPC3303 Posey Patch stamps
Posey diecuts
Glue pad, Glitter, Pearls,White Gala Glitz(for some centers of flowers)
DCWV dp
Lace, Bridal Trim, Ribbon (satin) from Really Reasonable Ribbon
Pearl strands

Thank you for looking and have a lovely day!
Hugs,
Cheryl