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Card and Grandfather Clock for My Mom’s 70th Birthday

4 Dec

This week my wonderful mother turned 70 years young!  Happy Birthday Mom!  Here is the card I made for her…

Mom's Matching Birthday Card

Mom’s Matching Birthday Card

Mom's Birthday Card Inside

Mom's Birthday Card Front View

And here is the video on it…

We had a wonderful party and I took on a project.  My mother has always loved grandfather clocks.  She has a full-sized one that we have had forever.  I decided to make one for her special birthday.  It was an undertaking, but I got it done…

70th Birthday Clock

70th Birthday Clock

I am absolutely thrilled with how it turned out!  She loved it.  Everyone at the party loved it.  I love it.  I used a Paper Phenomen/Kathy Orta tutorial.  For the most part it was great but there were a few things left off the cutting guide which meant I had to go back and cut more chipboard.  I had to make a couple other adjustments and added some added support in places, but it worked out.  I will warn you, picture overload is coming.  It was a bit difficult to photograph and film, so I hope you can get the just of it.  In person, it is absolutely gorgeous.  To find out the materials I used, please watch the video I will have at the end of the post.  Now for the photos…

70th Birthday Clock - The Beginning

70th Birthday Clock – The Beginning

The Clock - Bases in the Making

The Clock - Column Pieces

The Clock - Making Columns

The Clock - First Third in the Making

The Clock - Making the Door

The Clock - Getting There

The Clock - All the Pieces

The Clock Almost Done

The Clock no Pendelum

70th Birthday Clock Back

70th Birthday Clock Back

70th Birthday Clock Side

70th Birthday Clock Side

70th Birthday Clock Top Decoration
Yes, this is a real working clock!  I purchased the mechanism from JoAnn Fabrics.

70th Birthday Clock Face

70th Birthday Clock Close Up Butterflies
This sections opens as shown above.  A mini album that I still have to make will go inside.  I will post it when I get a change to get it made.  It will house photos from her birthday party.

70th Birthday Clock Lower Portion Detail

70th Birthday Clock Bling Closures

70th Birthday Clock Flower Close Up

The Clock at the Birthday Party

The Clock at the Birthday Party

Now here is the video for more details.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Various Birthday Cards

30 Nov

As usual, I have made many birthday cards and thought I would share since I have not posted in a few weeks.  But there will be many posts coming as I share Christmas cards and projects as well as a major project that I have spent the last couple weeks on.

For now here are a few cards I made and their videos.  Thanks for stopping by!

Ms. Sharon's 70th Birthday Card 1Ms. Sharon's 70th Birthday Card 2Ms. Sharon's 70th Birthday Card Inside

Nancy Birthday Card 2014

Nancy Birthday Card 2014 Inside

Vicki's Birthday Card 2014Vicki's Birthday Card 2014 Inside

 

 

 

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Acorn Shaped Birthday Card – The Cutting Cafe Design Team Project

21 Oct
Acorn Shaped Birthday Card

Acorn Shaped Birthday Card

It is the 21st of the month and time for another Design Team post for The Cutting Cafe!  This time we focused on fall and Halloween.  I really do not celebrate Halloween so I went with the fall theme.  There were a few files we could choose from…

Acorn Shaped Card (which I used)
Halloween and Fall Shaker Cards
Halloween and Fall in a Jar Printable Stamp Set

I cut the card from brown cardstock and used Recollections and My Minds Eye papers.  I added a happy birthday rub on and candy dots for accents.  I also added acrylic leaf embellishments.

Acorn Shaped Birthday Card Close Up Leaf Detail

Acorn Shaped Birthday Card Close Up Leaf Detail

On the inside I printed a humorous sentiment…

Acorn Shaped Birthday Card Inside

Acorn Shaped Birthday Card Inside

And I covered the back in the same acorn/leaf paper…

Acorn Shaped Birthday Card Back

Acorn Shaped Birthday Card Back

I think it turned out nice and I plan to give it to my uncle who sometimes tells corny jokes.  Thanks for stopping by.  Make sure you stop over and see all the design team projects on The Cutting Cafe Blog.  Leave a comment to be eligible to win three files on our next post, November 7th.

Before you go, watch my video on the project…

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Pumpkin Trio Sympathy Card – The Cutting Cafe Design Team Project

6 Oct
Pumpkin Trio Sympathy Card

Pumpkin Trio Sympathy Card

For our project for The Cutting Cafe, the theme was pumpkins.  We are entering into the fall season and what better way to showcase it than with pumpkins.  They are standards for decorating and pumpkin flavored cake, coffee, cookies, syrup, and everything else is available everywhere you go!

I used the Pumpkin Trio Card and decided to go non-traditional and make gold and white pumpkins for a sympathy card.  One of my staff lost her brother very suddenly and she is entering a new season in her life without him.  So, I thought the pumpkins would be great to symbolize the season change.  I think it came out beautifully.  She loved it.

Pumpkin Trio Sympathy Card Front View

Pumpkin Trio Sympathy Card Front View

Pumpkin Trio Sympathy Card Inside

Pumpkin Trio Sympathy Card Inside

There were many other files we could choose to work from this week so there will be lots of variety on The Cutting Cafe’s Blog on tomorrow.  We post our projects on the 7th and the 21st of each month.  Make sure you leave a comment and you may win three free sets of your choice.  Now take a look at all the other sets that we could work with:

Halloween Trio Printable Stamp Set

Halloween Fall Milk Carton

Pumpkin Bread Just for You

Pumpkin Treat Box

Pumpkin Shaped Card

3D Pumpkin Template

Thanks for stopping by and here is my video:

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All About You Card – The Cutting Cafe Design Team Project

7 Jul
All About You Card

All About You Card

It is time for another project for The Cutting Cafe!  Regina created the A-Z Letter Set which consists of two cards for each of the alphabet, one folded like I used and one shaped like the letter.  This set is versatile because you can use the overlay letters by themselves for other projects.  You can also purchase the letters individually if you’d like.

All About You Card Angle View

I used the letter A and a sentiment that says all about you.  The person who this is for also has a name that starts with the letter A so it works out perfectly.  I used black cardstock as the base.  Added and overlay A out of striped sparkle paper, flowers that have been sprayed and stickled, a butterfly, and a bling flourish.  I also used some rick rack and a button and resin rose to accent the sentiment.  Here is a close up…

All About You Card - Close Up Detail

Lastly, I added an orange shimmer paper to the inside where I will attach a photo and a note…

All About You Card - Inside

Make sure you head over to The Cutting Cafe Blog today to see all the design team projects which are listed every 7th and 21st of the month.  Make sure to leave a comment on the posts and you will be eligible to win three free files of your choice in the drawing on the next design team post.  Also, we love reading your comments!  Thanks for stopping by!  Here is my video…

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Wine Bottle Shaped Thank You Card and Gift Tags – The Cutting Cafe Design Team Project

19 Jun
Wine Bottle Thank You Card and Gift Tags

Wine Bottle Thank You Card and Gift Tags

My husband’s organization was having an end of year celebration for their current Board of Directors.  The event had a wine tasting and the board gifts were insulated wine bags.  So he asked if I could make a thank you card for the outgoing Board Chair shaped like a wine bottle, and tags to put on each gift.  I was able to do what he asked with the help of  The Cutting Cafe!  This week for my design team post, I used the Wine bottle Shaped Card.

I enlarged it for the card and put two of them together to make it a tri-fold card to allow enough room for all the board members to sign it.

Wine Bottle Thank You Card Opened

On the label, I used the organization logo.  I also used a sentiment from the card on the neck of the bottle and cork paper for the cork.

Wine Bottle Thank You Card Close Up

I used the same file to make small tags that he used to hang from the gifts given to them.

Wine Bottle Gift Tags

Wine Bottle Gift Tags

My hubby wanted to give the outgoing chair something other than just a plain card.  He asked if I could make a 3D wine bottle and he could add a note on the back label.  I found this file and made this bottle which is actually a box, but I glued it shut and put glitter tape over the opening which is where the label starts.  This file was not from The Cutting Cafe but I think it went well with my Cutting Cafe projects.

3D Wine Bottle Box

3D Wine Bottle Box

Make sure you stop by The Cutting Cafe Blog on June 21st to see all of the design team projects.  Since everyone could use any file they wanted to this posting, you will find quite the variety I am sure.  Make sure you leave a comment to be eligible to win three free files of your choice on the next post on July 7th!  Thank you so much for stopping by and before you go, here is my video for this project…

 

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Father’s Day Card in a Box – The Cutting Cafe Design Team Project

6 Jun
Father's Day Card in a Box

Father’s Day Card in a Box

Hello all!  Thanks for stopping by!  Today I am sharing my card for my dad which is doubling ad my design team project for The Cutting Cafe.  Regina created the Card in a Box Template and the Card in a Box Embellishment Set to enhance the card.  I also used two sentiments from the For My Tie-Rific Dad Printable Stamp Set.  As I have said before I love making these.  They are not hard to do and I show you how to put them together in this video.

Here are more views of my card…

Father's Day Card in a Box View Two

Father's Day Card in a Box Top View

Father's Day Card in a Box Sentiment

Head on over to the Blog tomorrow and see all the versions of the card in a box created by our incredibly talented design team!  Plus leave a comment and you will be eligible to win three free files in the drawing on June 21 (we only post on the 7th and 21st now).

Thanks again stopping by.  Before you leave, here is my video for this project…

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Mother’s Day Cards 2014 – Pop Up Box Cards

12 May
Mother's Day Box Cards

Mother’s Day Box Cards

I have fallen in love with the pop up box cards now that I made one so I decided to make them for my Mother’s Day Cards.  I used a Lori Whitlock file ( the green one) and a SVG Cuts file (the pink one) as my bases.  Then I used lots of pop dots, glitter flat back pearls, and Stickles.  I also used a 3D sticker for the card with the birds and used embossing powder to color the two red birds which were brown chipboard pieces.

The first one is for my mom…

My Mother's Card

My Mother’s Card

My Mother's Card Angled View

The second one is for my mother-in-law who loves birds and flowers…

My Mother-in-Law's Card

My Mother-in-Law’s Card

My Mother-in-Law's Card Angled View

I loved the way they turned out!  I can see myself making many of these in the future!  Thanks for stopping by!  Here is a short video on the cards…

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Cross Shaped Easter Bible Verse Card

8 Apr
Cross Shaped Bible Verse Card

Cross Shaped Bible Verse Card

This week at The Cutting Cafe we focused on Easter.  I used the Bible Easter Verses Printable Stamp Set and I paired it with the Cross Shaped Card Set.  I used a lavender card stock and a shade lighter paper for the inside.  I topped the cross with white glitter paper and added a red glitter heart.

Cross Shaped Bible Verse Card - Cross Close Up

I printed the verse on white paper and put it on top of a rectangle Spellbinder cutout that I popped up on foam dots.

Cross Shaped Bible Verse Card - Close Up Verse

Cross Shaped Bible Verse Card View 2

There were several other files we could use this week also including the Easter Elisha Jean and Friends Printable Stamp Set, The Easter Bunny Shaped Card 2, and the Egg Goodie Box.

Make sure you visit The Cutting Cafe Blog on Wednesday afternoon or some time this week to see what the other design team members will make.  Plus, leave a comment and you just might win three free files of your choice in a drawing next week.

Thanks for stopping by and here is my video this week…

 

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Flower Pot Shaped Card – The Cutting Cafe Design Team Project

26 Mar

Flower Pot Shaped Card 2

 

We are thinking Spring at The Cutting Cafe! This week we had two files to choose from, The Flower Pot Shaped Card which I used and the Sentiment Stems and Flower Top Printable Stamp Set. I really liked making this flower pot shaped card.

Flower Pot Shaped Card

Flower Pot Shaped Card

Flower Pot Shaped Card Inside

With a few foam squares and some bling, the flowers look very dimensional.

Flower Pot Shaped Card Dimension

Flower Pot Shaped Card Close Up of Flowers

Flower Pot Shaped Card Sentiment
Stop by the blog Wednesday afternoon or Thursday and see all the DT projects. Leave a comment and you might just win three free files of your choice!  Thanks for stopping by.  Here is my video on this project…

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