Announcing The Sugar Kissed Cottage

We have exciting news to share with you all today!

We have opened a new etsy shop called The Sugar Kissed Cottage!  To accompany the new shop, we have also started another blog!

Right now our shop is full of vintage style digital stamps to use in your crafting!

If you've never heard of a digital stamp, it is a black and white image that is emailed to you, then once printed, use it in your everyday traditional crafting!

Isn't that cool?

As our shop grows we hope to add more items to fill your crafty needs!

I had heard of digital stamps in the past, but as soon as I would see the digital part I thought I wanted no part in it. I like traditional style crafting, but when I took the time to find out what it really meant and that it works with traditional crafting I was all in!

How great is it that you could have so many more designs to craft with for a lot less money, no shipping and you can print them at any size which is great for cardmakers and scrappers.

So come on over to our new blog, The Sugar Kissed Cottage, where you will soon see new designs, tutorials, crafty inspiration and more!

 

Wishing you much happiness, Lindsey



Altered Cigar Box

Hello friends!

This week I altered a cigar box.

These are fun because I create a more distressed and art deco style. 

For this one, I used Circa 1934 paper by Cosmo Cricket. This has been one of my favorite paper lines and I am excited that Moda will release it in fabric this Fall.

The 2 vintage ladies on top are from the Domestic Goddess paper line by Graphic 45.

I pulled out lots of Tim Holtz goodies to add to this box and one of my favorite items is the film roll ribbon. It's so cool! I was lucky enough to run across a pile of old metal clock hands at an antique store recently and added that to the bottom corner.

 A good way to use up leftover paper scraps is to cut them into 1" squares and piece them together. I love how it looked as the background on the cover and around the sides.

Wishing you a lovely Friday, Lindsey



Exciting News!

Hello friends!

I have exciting news!

I have a card published in the new Cricut Cards Magazine!!!

For those of you that don't know, Cricut is a die cutting machine that cuts thousands of designs for crafting.

This was my first time submitting a card I've made to a magazine.

 I have always dreamed about this and now I finally can see my name in a magazine like this!!

The paper I used for this card was the extremely popular Early Bird line by Cosmo Cricket. It has a retro kitchen theme that is so cute for all occasions.

I was so excited when I found the issue on the newsstand!

I have not received my issue from Cricut magazine yet, but

I couldn't resist buying it anyway when it was right there in front of me!

Even though I have known about it for awhile, it was so

thrilling to see it right in front of me!

Wishing you a lovely day, Lindsey



Little Red Riding Hood

Hello friends!

This week in my creative space I have been working on a Little Red Riding Hood mini album.

I got this cute paper and sticker line from Reminisce and thought it would be perfect for an album. Not much paper in the line but I knew I could find lots of coordinating patterns in my collection.

This was a super fun project!

 I made the album measure 5 1/2 x 8 1/2.

To make the chipboard book, I took sheets of chipboard and cut it down to size. Then, I used my Cinch book binder to punch the holes.

After I finished creating the pages and gluing them down,

 I cut the wire and bound the book.

I loved the giant stickers in this line. Makes for easy crafting!!

This album is available here in our etsy shop.

Wishing you well, Lindsey



Altered Canvas

Hello friends!

Today I wanted to show you this altered canvas.

At Michaels, they sell a set of four 6 inch canvases. They are the deep canvases measuring 1 1/2 inches wide.

I wanted this to be really sweet with a sugar kissed feel to it, which is our signature style of read and pink that we use during Christmas.

The paper I used was Cosmo Cricket's Odds and Ends line.

The cute blue and cream polka dot pattern

is actually fabric from a charm pack by Moda.

The cute stamped Button card is from a stamp set by Papertrey Ink.

The cute pink chipboard doily behind the button card is from Martha Stewart's new line of craft products at Joann Fabrics. I then added the little white keyhole from Melissa Frances and small paper roses that I picked up on the clearance isle at Michaels.

I painted the sides cream and wrapped pink seam binding around the canvas and tied a bow in the upper right corner to finish it off.

This sweet canvas is available here in our etsy shop.

Have a wonderful Friday, Lindsey



Craftiness

Hello friends!

Do you ever feel the need to do something crafty,

 but that is totally different from what you're use to?

I sure did! I love working with sweet vintage girly colors

 and I have a girly pink project in progress on my craft table right now,

 but I recently felt a need to try something different.

So when October Afternoon came out with a Space themed Boy line called,

 Rocket Age that was really cute, I thought, perfect!

I really enjoyed working with this paper

 and created a 2 page layout over the holiday weekend using it.

It was fun to do something out of my norm

and I encourage you to try getting out of your crafty comfort zone too!

It helped my creative juices to flow and I love how this layout turned out!

This layout is available here in our etsy shop.

Wishing you a day of fun and craftiness, Lindsey



Magic of Oz Mini Album

Hello friends,

I have spent all week working on a mini album!

It's Wizard of Oz themed!

I have always had a special place in my heart for this sweet story and wonderful movie.

I love collecting different copies of the story to see all the different interpretations of Oz.

When I came across this amazing new paper line called, The Magic of Oz by Graphic 45,

 I knew I couldn't wait to get it!

When I flipped through all the lovely patterns of this beautiful book

 I knew right away that I had to make a mini album.

This book measures 6 x 6 1/2.

Every photo mat is yellow cardstock that has been embossed with a brick pattern

 to look like the yellow brick road.

I also purchased a Wizard of Oz stamp set by Crafty Secrets that coordinates perfectly just for this!

It's so sweet and I had fun adding extra tags and pockets in between my pages to showcase some of the stamp designs.

I cut lots of green cardstock swirls and added green glitter touches to add whimsy to almost every page in the book.

I also took a vintage Oz valentine from my collection

 and added it to this library pocket.

The back of the library pocket features the ruby slippers!

The last page of the book reminds us that there is no place like home!

This mini album was so much fun to create and is my favorite project to date!

This album is for sale here in our etsy shop.

Here is a look at the Graphic 45 paper pad.

It is a brand new release so you should be able to find this lovely paper soon!

Here is a look at the Crafty Secrets stamp set.

I am currently working on a few tags using these cute stamps.

Wishing you a happy day, Lindsey