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Hello All! It is time for another design team project for The Cutting Cafe, but I am also starting my first collaboration with Poetspice on YouTube. So, this project is also my first for the Embossy Punch Collab with Poetspice, which we are to make projects using our embossing folders and punches! I am excited to be a part of it. There are several ladies in the collab and I will give you their YouTube Channels below.
For The Cutting Cafe Files, I used the Pinwheel Sentiment Set and then I added the grass using the Garden Stand Ups file. I then used multiple punches and a couple embossing folders to complete the card. I love the way it turned out! For now, I have not added a sentiment as I am not sure what it will be used for. But it can be for Mother’s Day, Friendship, Birthday, or even just because.
Inside View
Front View
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Below is my video for this project and below that is the list of the other ladies in the Embossy Punch Collab and links to their YouTube Channels. Thanks for stopping by!
This week I combined Man Card Mondays and my The Cutting Cafe design team project. Baseball season just started so I decided to use that theme as this was a free week and we could choose any file we wanted to.
Make sure you visit the Cutting Cafe Blog on the 7th and 21st of each month to see all of the design team postings. Leave a comment and you just might win three files of your choice!
My Man Card Mondays YouTube series is meant to share inspiration, techniques, and ideas with you for making cards for the men and boys in your life. Thanks for stopping by! Missed my other episodes? Check out my previous posts to see them…
#1 – Valentines
#2 – Z Fold Card and Process
#3 – Foil…Aluminum that is
#4 – Retro Music
#5 – March Madness
#6 – St. Patrick’s Day
#7 – Easter Cross
#8 – Pop Out Book Vintage Birthday Card
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Woot Woot! I am on the eighth week of my YouTube series Man Card Mondays! I hope that you have found some inspiration to help you with cards for the men in your life! Today’s card looks pretty simple from the outside. But when the recipient opens it up, bam…
Inside
There is a pop out book insert. You can use any theme you want. I chose to go with a vintage feel and used numbers and words for the pattern and sentiments. I also added some little black corner stickers and metal numbers.
You could also use wooden embellishments to keep it vintage or maybe brighten it up with metal pieces. I also matted the back…
Back
There are tutorials and electronic files out there that will show you how to make this card. Give a card with a little extra! Thanks for stopping by. Before you go, check out my video…
This week I combined Man Card Mondays and my The Cutting Cafe design team project to create this Easter Card. I used three files from The Cutting Cafe:
I used shades of rust and the pop of color is red. I whipped out an old paper pad to find the rugged wood paper for the cross overlay. The inside is plane for now until I decide who will received the card.
Inside
In my video below, I share some possible sentiments and matting ideas. Make sure you head to The Cutting Cafe Blog on the 7th and 21st of each month to see the design team posts. Leave a comment and you just might win three free files of your choice!
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For my sixth episode of my YouTube series Man Card Mondays, I decided to tackle St. Patrick’s Day since that is coming up on Friday. This card can be for any man in your life depending on the sentiment you add to the inside which looks like this…
I just double matted the inside. I plan to add a cream or light green mat with sentiment on the right side.
I thought the Beers to you was clever and you have a ton of choices to use for the inside sentiment. I give several in my video, which can be viewed below, but a couple of examples are: and the luck of the Irish too or I am lucky to have you in my life.
Thanks for stopping by, Happy St. Patrick’s Day early, and take a peek at my video before you go!
This week at The Cutting Cafe, it was all about jars. There are many files to choose from but I chose the Jar Shaped Cards file and used the mason jar with window. I sized it down quite a bit to make them mini.
These work well for swap gifts and exchanges. Here is a sample of packaging for that purpose…
Cute gift packaging
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It’s March Madness time! Send a just because card!
Hey everyone! Welcome to Man Card Mondays #5! In honor of March Madness, this card can be sent to a male friend, relative, spouse, just to say hello or acknowledge their love of the tournament.
Here are a few sentiments that are ideas for you…
Sentiment Option 1
Sentiment Option 2
If you are a March Madness widow, sentiment 3 is for you if you are a crafter lol!
Or just write a note to say hello! This can also just be a birthday card for someone who likes or plays basketball. Thanks for stopping by. For all the details, check out my video below!
Woo hoo! Welcome to Man Card Mondays #4! Today if you have a retro man in your life, I have a couple nice card ideas for you. First up this retro record player or turntable…
Retro Turntable Card
You can add a lot of different catchy sentiments from You Rock to You are Old! I give several possibilities in the video below. Next is a card I made last year but fits right into the theme…
Cassette Card I Made Last Year
It is so stinkin’ cool! I just love it. So if you have a retro man, the album or the cassette version, either of these cards would be great to make and give. Thanks for stopping by and I will see you next week for another Man Cards Monday! Take a look at my video before you go…
Yep, these earrings are made of paper! For The Cutting Cafe design team, we got to work with the Paper Bead Set file and I must say these were fun and easy. The file comes with 9 different bead shaped and sizes and a small box . I decided to make earrings and will probably make a necklace or bracelet with the other beads (because they were too fun to make to just stop at two).
I have displayed them on a jewelry card made from the Jewelry Holder Set. It has several different styles of earring holders, and a couple boxes.
Paper Bead Earrings
You can see some of the wrapping detail on this close up shot.
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Here is a short video giving you all the details on how I made these cute earrings. Thanks for stopping by!
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