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Dress Form Screen Card – The Cutting Cafe Design Team Project

21 Feb
Dress Form Screen Card

Dress Form Screen Card

It is time for another design team project for The Cutting Cafe!  This time we could choose from the Dress Shaped Card, Dress Shaped Card 2, or Fun with Dress Forms which I used.  I love this file as I am a sewer and I love all things dress forms!  I decided to make a screen card.  These type screen are used as room dividers and you often find them in dressing rooms in fancy stores.  I thought a replica of a screen with dress forms was a cute idea.

I decided to use velum for the screen and in the two middle panels, I encased the dress from between two pieces of velum.  On the end panels I put the dress forms on the sides.  Here is a view looking down at it…

Dress Form Screen Card Top View

I used pearl bling on the front of the card along with some flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and Alicia’s Glitz and More.  The pearl spray is a piece I have had in my stash my over 20 years.  I am trying to use what I have!

Dress Form Screen Card First Panel

The other panels have a gold dazzle sticker at the top and a white one at the bottom for just a touch of decoration.

Dress Form Screen Card Middle Panel

Dress Form Screen Card Last Panel

Be sure to stop by The Cutting Cafe Blog as we do design team posts on the 7th and 21st of each month.  There is always lots of inspiration!  Also, if you leave a comment, you will be in a drawing to win three free files as Regina, the owner, randomly pulls a name from the previous post’s comments.  Plus we love reading your comments!

Thanks for stopping by and of course I have a video for you before you go…

Upon request I also did a video tutorial on how to make this card…

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Valentine’s Day Cards, Treat Boxes, and YT Hop Challenge Projects

16 Feb
Cards and treat boxes

Cards and treat boxes

I hope that everyone had a great Valentine’s Day.  I just wanted to show the cards and treat boxes I made this weekend.  Above are a treat box from the Silhouette Store, a Skinny Tube Box from a file from The Cutting Cafe, and three cards I made for my god children and my hubby.  Here is another treat box I made and filled with chocolate for another young lady in my life…

Heart Top Box

Next, Betty who is scrappassion01 on YouTube hosted a hop called What’s Love Got to do With It.  To win prizes in the grand prize drawings you had to create seven things such as altered hearts, stick pins, altered dominos, etc.  Below are photos of what I created to enter the challenge drawing…

CWA Challenge Items

Blinged out Sunglasses and Heart Flower

Embellishments for CWA Challenge
Here is a close up of the blinged out sunglasses I gave to my goddaughter…

Blinged Out Kid's Sunglasses
Thanks for stopping by and here are my videos on these projects…

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Sweet Kisses Tube Boxes and Hershey Kiss Window Cards – The Cutting Cafe Design Team Project

7 Feb
Sweet Kisses Boxes, Hershey Kiss Window Cards, and Hershey Kiss Bottoms

Sweet Kisses Boxes, Hershey Kiss Window Cards, and Hershey Kiss Bottoms

It’s time for another design team project for The Cutting Cafe!  We post our projects on The Cutting Cafe Blog on the 7th and 21st of each month.  Make sure you stop over to see all the projects.  If you leave a comment, you will be entered into a drawing held on the next post.  The winner gets three free files of their choice!  Plus we love reading the comments!

Now on to my projects.  This time we were able to choose any file we wanted to use from the large collection of Valentine themed files.  I actually chose four different files to work with.  I made little treats and cards for staff.  First I used the Hershey Kiss Window Card file along with the Lots of Kisses Printable Set for the sentiment.  I made two different cards, one more pink based…

Hershey Kisses Cutout Card 1
and one more red based…

Hershey Kisses Cutout Card 2

Hershey Kisses Cutout Card 

The sentiments are designed to look like the paper strip that hangs out of the kisses.  But I also used the Happy Valentines Day version of it on the inside under my stamped sentiment…

Hershey Kisses Cutout Card 1 Inside

Hershey Kisses Cutout Card Inside

Next I made treat holders using the Sweet Kisses Tube Box file…

Sweet Kisses Tube Boxes

Sweet Kisses Tube Boxes

Sweet Kisses Tube Boxes view 2
Those hearts on the inside of my card were the cutouts from the box and the card and I used another sentiment on the front of the boxes, and I randomly added little dots of Stickles on the front of the boxes for a bit of added bling…

Sweet Kisses Tube Boxes Sentiment Closeup
Here are a few more close up shots of the tops…

Sweet Kisses Tube Boxes Top Embellishment

Sweet Kisses Tube Boxes Top Embellishment

Sweet Kisses Tube Boxes Top
Lastly I attached bottoms to the kisses which are inside the boxes using the Hershey Kiss Thoughts of You Bottoms…

Hershey Kisses Bottoms

Hershey Kisses Bottoms

Thanks so much for stopping by!  As usual, I have a video for you before you leave…

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Tea Box Holder – The Cutting Cafe Design Team Project

7 Jan

Happy New Year to you!  I hope your holiday season was fabulous!  I was a busy beaver and thus did not have a lot of time for crafting.  But, it is a new year and I am back at it.  Thanks for stopping by!  Today I am sharing my first design team project of the year for The Cutting Cafe.  This time we could choose any file we wanted to work with.  Regina recently created a Tea Box Holder Set and the minute I saw it I knew I had to make it!  I hate coffee and I like tea.  So, I made this to sit on my desk at work…

Tea box holder with tea bags

Tea box holder with tea bags

I absolutely love the way it turned out.  I wanted something with an elegant feel and I think the gold foiling accents and the shimmer paper does just the trick!  The file comes with a lid that comes off so you can put your tea bags in the box.  I added a diamond shape knob to the top of the lid.   The knob does not come with this file however.  It is from another file I own.  I also added the gold die cut border to the edge of the lid for more drama.  Here are views without the tea bag and a front on view…

This is the box with no tea bags in it

This is the box with no tea bags in it

Tea Box Holder Front View
The file comes in a skinny version, which I used, or a wider version.  Both also have a four inch or six inch version to choose from.  The teapot on the front comes in the file along with a couple other images.  I just fussy cut it and pop it with foam squares onto two circle die cuts.  The sentiment also comes with the file with along with a lot of other ones…

Tea Box Holder Close Up
This was easy to put together and can be done easily without an electronic cutting machine as all of the files at The Cutting Cafe come in a PDF version for hand cutting which is nice.  You can print out the pieces and take them with you to a crop or to work on during your lunch hour and not have to be tied to a machine!

Make sure you visit The Cutting Cafe Blog this week.  The design team posts go up on the afternoons of the 7th and 21st of each month.  Leave a comment and you will be entered into the drawing on the next post to win three free files of your choice!  Plus we love to read your comments!

Thanks for stopping by!  Before you go, I have a few more pics and a video for you to enjoy!

Tea Box Holder Top

Tea Box Holder Back and Side View

Tea Box Holder Back

Tea Box Holder Back

 

 

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Christmas Cards for a Friend

17 Dec

Hello!  I just wanted to pop in and share some Christmas Cards I made for my friend’s mom.  I used some Anna Griffin  and Spellbinders products to make them and they turned out great!

I used the Spellbinders Mystical Embrace Die to make this one.

I used the Spellbinders Mystical Embrace Die to make this one.

Spellbinders Christmas Card inside

i punched circles with various punches and layered them.

i punched circles with various punches and layered them.

Circles Christmas Card Inside

I used and an Anna Griffin die and layered sticker.

I used and an Anna Griffin die and layered sticker.

Anna Griffin Lattice Christmas Card Inside

I used the Spellbinders Sparkle Border Die for this one

I used the Spellbinders Sparkle Border Die for this one

Spellbinders Sparkle Border Christmas Card Inside

I used Anna Griffin borders and layers sticker here.

I used Anna Griffin borders and layers sticker here.

Anna Griffin Border Christmas Card Inside

I used an Anna Griffin border and die.

I used an Anna Griffin border and die.

Anna Griffin Border and Die Christmas Card Inside

Thanks for stopping by and here is my video…

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Present Shaped Shaker Cards – The Cutting Cafe Design Team Project

7 Dec
Christmas Present Shaker Card

Christmas Present Shaker Card

It is time for another design team post for The Cutting Cafe.  This time we are all about Christmas and shaker cards.  We could choose from either the Christmas Word Shakers or the Christmas Shape Shaker Cards which I used.  This file comes with eight different shapes including a bell, a snowman, a mitten, and the present that I used.

Christmas Present Shaker Card Front View

I used glitter paper and added foam tape to create the shaker area.  There is a tutorial on the website on how to make the shakers as well as written directions in the file.  They are really easy to make.  I used hexagon shaped glitter from Martha Stewart for my shaker element.

Christmas Present Shaker Card Close Up

Christmas Present Shaker Card Inside

Even though this is a Christmas file, it can still be used for other things.  For example, I used the same file to create a birthday card…

Birthday Present Shaker Card

Birthday Present Shaker Card

I changed the size of the card and made the bow smaller so the background paper would show.

Birthday Present Shaker Card Front

I used star shaped glitter from Martha Stewart for this one as well as one of the Birthday Hershey Kiss Bottom Printable Stamps for the sentiment in the center of the bow…

Birthday Present Shaker Card Close Up

Birthday Present Shaker Card Inside

Be sure to visit The Cutting Cafe Blog on the 7th and 21st of each month as we posts our projects on those dates.  We love to read your comments!  So when you leave a comment, you are included in a random drawing that will take place on the next post date. If your name is  selected, you will win three free files!

Thank you so much for stopping by.  As always before you go, here is my video…

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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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3D Party House – The Cutting Cafe Design Team Project

7 Nov
3D Party House

3D Party House

It is time for another design team post for The Cutting Cafe!  This week we were given a choice of two files to work with, the House Shaped Card, and the 3D House Set which I used.  I made this for my boss who has a milestone birthday coming up.  I wanted to give him something he could keep in his office so this fit the bill.

3D Party House View 3

This file is full of options!  There are three different sized houses (I used the medium-sized one), two different roof sizes, the option to have the roof open so you can put something inside, scallops for the roof edge, a wreath, different window and door options, a base, trees, and a lot of sentiments!  Whew!  That’s a lot of options!

3D Party House View 2

I went pretty basic with this one but with all the options, you can create so many different looking houses and you can combine other files from The Cutting Cafe to add things like grass, flowers, or a fence.  Be sure to stop by The Cutting Cafe Blog to see all of the other design team projects.  The project posts go up in the afternoon of both the 7th and 21st of the month.  Make sure to leave  a comment as each time a new post goes up, a name is randomly drawn from the previous post’s comments.  That person gets three files of their choice from The Cutting Cafe!

Here are a few more views of my house and a video too!  Thanks so much for stopping by and feel free to follow my blog to the right!

3D Party House View 4

3D Party House View 5

3D Party House View 6

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Christmas/Winter Shaped Gift Tag Swap

2 Nov
Fireplace Shaped Gift Tag

Fireplace Shaped Gift Tag

My friend Tmika, Scrapdaworld on YouTube, held another awesome swap and I loved being a part of it!  She hosted a shaped gift tag swap a couple of months ago (check out my tag post) and this was a variation on it.  I decided to do a fireplace for my tag and I actually love it.  At first I struggled with it as I had used wood grain paper for the mantle and bottom.  It was just too brown and had no pop whatsoever.  So I dug into my Christmas paper stash and found this paper.  The pattern scale was great as I needed a 12 x 12 sheet of paper to cut out all I needed and most of the patterns were too large.

Back of Tag

Back of Tag

The tags had to be shaped and had to have at least two embellishments, a to/from on it, and had to have some way to hang it.  I used a lot of metallic, glitter, and foil elements.

Mantel detail

Mantel detail

I love the mantel as I draped tinsel ribbon wrapped with miniature lights and hung glitter stockings.  It is so cute, just like a real Christmas Mantel.  I started to put candles and statues on top if it but I thought they would not be as durable since they would just be little pieces with no backing for stability.

I used a resin log for the firelog

I used a resin log for the firelog

I found resin logs from Michael’s fall Recollections embellishment line.  They were longer, I just sawed them down to size.  I also used some of my glitter to actually put glitter on the fire.  The bricks are a texture paste.  I was going to use brick printed paper and when I told Tmika what I was doing she suggested using a texture paste.  I am glad she mentioned that as I had not thought of it and really like it on my tag.

Fireplace shaped box for packaging

Fireplace shaped box for packaging

The Silhouette Online Store just added a fireplace box gift card holder and I thought it would be perfect packaging.  I resized it and used Tim Holtz’s frosted film over a layer of clear film that actually was the wrapper from the Silhouette mat I had just opened.  There was a little bubbling of the film but not a lot.

All six of my tags.

All six of my tags

There are five other members of my group and I also made one for Tmika.  Three have red garland and three have green garland.

I had fun with this swap after I got through the paper issue.  I really loved the way they turned out and I hope that my group members will also.  Thanks for stopping by.  Before you go, take a look at my YouTube video…

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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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