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.
I printed the verse on white paper and put it on top of a rectangle Spellbinder cutout that I popped up on foam dots.
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…
My god daughter has turned one year old! It is hard to believe it. That time flew by! I looked at many blogs and websites to research Minnie Mouse parties and came up with a multitude I liked. I was able to find a cake that both her mom and I liked, as well as free downloads that others openly shared. As a result, we celebrated last night with family, decked out with Minnie!
I first started with an invitation. I used a free printable and SVG file from Sherry K. Designs (see the file) and cut the head and bow out. I layered it on top of a black card base, pink paper, and fuschia polkadot paper. The personalized label came from The Cutting Cafe and is called the Baby Girl First Birthday Colored Tags/Toppers. The inside invite page is from Catch My Party and was also a free set.
Minnie Mouse First Birthday Party Invitation
Next I made a banner to hang…
Birthday Banner – Happy
Banner – Middle Portion
Birthday Banner Name
High Chair Banner
My husband can wrap gifts like no one’s business. Here is one of the gifts he wrapped, using things he swiped from my crafting stash…
Present Wrapped By Hubby Using Customized Tag and Flowers From My Crafting Stash
Close Up of Present Front
Close Up of Present Back
We got her a lot of clothes so hubby wrapped each outfit separately and they went into a large gift bag…
Wrapped Items for Gift Bag
Of course I had to make the perfect card to go with the gifts and used the Dress Shaped Card 2 from The Cutting Cafe along with another version of the customize tag used on the invitations …
Happy 1st Birthday Card
Happy 1st Birthday Card Inside
After looking at a lot of blogs about Minnie Mouse parties, I found a cake I loved at Plus One Blog. Ours looked very close to it.
Minnie Mouse Birthday Cake
We also had a cake for her to smash…
The cake for her to smash!
And here are the end results…fun decorations and a happy baby…
Decorations including my banners.
Happy Birthday Baby!
An Excited Birthday Girl!
Everyone had a wonderful time! Thanks so much for sharing it with us by stopping by! Here are the videos I made on the Invitation, Banners, and Card…
This week at The Cutting Cafe, we focused on the color green and could use any files we chose. I pulled out some of my tools, like Spellbinders dies and some punches, that I had not used in a while to make birthday cards that showcase a couple of the many printable stamp sets available from the shop. I used the Birthday Fun Printable Stamp Set and the Birthday Greetings Inside and Out Printable Stamp Set.
For the first card, I used both sets. The cake image is from Birthday Fun and the sentiment is from the greetings set.
Birthday Card #1
Birthday Card #1 Inside
The second card uses the inside out set. Both files have tons of images to choose from and are great to use.
Birthday Card #2
Birthday Card #2 Sentiment Close Up
Birthday Card #2 Inside
Be sure to head over to the blog on Wednesday afternoon to see all the design team projects. Leave a comment to be eligible to win three files of your choice in next week’s drawing!
Before you leave, here is a video for you! Thanks for stopping by!
We are shaking up some fun at The Cutting Cafe this week with a whole new line of shaker cards! There are 13 different versions and you can find them all here! I used the hourglass version to make a 50th birthday card for a friend. Of course I used black and gold for the honor! I kept the card very simple in hopes of making the shaker 50 and the hourglass the focal points.
Here are a few more pictures…
Shaker cards are really fun to make and easy once the intimidation factor wears off. The Cutting Cafe helps you with that also as design team member Tmika did a video tutorial on how to make them which you can find here.
Make sure you head over to the blog Wednesday afternoon to see all of the new projects my fellow team members have created! Be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win three files of your choice! Thanks for stopping by. Now, here is my video…
I have wanted to make a name sign for my craft room and videos for a year now! Well this week for my design team project for The Cutting Cafe, I used two wonderful new files to help me do so. The Paper Flower Set and the Layered Flowers Set are two files Regina created to help all of us make some gorgeous flowers. The layered set also includes some great cards! My friend Tmika aka Scrapdaworld on YouTube also did a video to show you how to put the flowers together. You can view it here.
I used the Paper Flower Set for the rose and the Layered Flowers Set for all the other flowers. They were really easy to do! Plus you can make them larger or smaller as there are many sizes in each file. Plus Regina always makes the files in PDFs so anyone can use them by hand cutting the components.
I love how you can make the flower as many or as few layers as you choose which also gives you more variety. I layered them in many ways and added zebra bling or pearls in the centers. Here are a few more views…
Craft Room Name Plate
I love my new sign and both of these awesome flower files. Head over to The Cutting Cafe Blog on Wednesday afternoon to see all of the design team projects using these two files. Leave a comment and your name may be pulled next week to win three files of your choice! Thanks for stopping by. Check out my video before you go…
This week at The Cutting Cafe, we had a fun file to spark our creative juices. The Fun With Blocks file is so versatile and come with so many different options and variations! The possibilities are just endless! Make sure you check out all the design team projects on the blog on Wednesday afternoon or Thursday. Be sure to leave a comment as you just might win three free files in next week’s drawing!
I chose to make a countdown calendar with the file. The blocks are numbered on each side. You can countdown to anything, a birthday, vacation, anniversary, etc. All you do is move the blocks to show the numbers you need and go down a number each day. I made it in a spring color since I am REALLY wanting spring to be here now. Of course it is blinged out with mesh bling trim and glitter letters. The sentiment says everything you can imaging is real. I thought that would give me motivation for the countdown…whatever the countdown will be! Here are a couple other views…
I thought I would take a few minutes to share the cards I made for Valentine’s Day. I tried to keep it simple by using cutting files to save some time. First up is the card I made for my wonderful hubby. I always try to make something a little non-traditional for him.
Hugs & Kisses Card Front
Hugs & Kisses Card Back
This was a cute file I found in the Silhouette Online Store. I just added a few stickers for embellishments and I was finished. Next, I made a card for my parents…
For this quick and easy card I use The Cutting Cafe’s I Heart U Word Shaped Card and the Feb. 14 Printable Stamp Set for the inside tag shaped sentiment. Last but not least I made a card for my aunt whose birthday is on Valentine’s Day…
Birthday Love Version 2
Birthday Love Version 2 – Inside
This is actually the second version of this card. I made one for the design team project I mentioned above. It is again using the Valentine Window Card Tops file that I used above for the xoxo card. This is just another version of the tops included in the file.
Well, I hope you all will have a glorious Valentine’s Day. Thank you so much for stopping by and here are a couple of my videos that showcase three of the cards…
It is time for another design team project from The Cutting Cafe! I needed a little gift for my god daughter’s first Valentine’s Day. So I made a flower headband and packaged it in the Handmade Embellishment Box from The Cutting Cafe, which happened to be one of our project file choices this week.
I used black cardstock for the box and a pink patterned paper for the back or hanger part. I used old product packaging for the window and added embellishments. The bow is from the Bow Tie and Ribbon Set file, also from The Cutting Cafe.
The back is patterned as the paper was double-sided which gives a nice finish. I love the hanger cut out as if you are making things for a store or a craft fair, you can package little items in this box. Below is the headband.
Handmade Flower Headband
I used gorgeous pink and black lace from Elegant Embellishments on Zibbet, and a handmade flower that my friend Tmika aka Scrapdaworld on YouTube had on a package she gave me. I added some little pearls around the center and put the flower on a stretch ribbon to make the headband.
I love the way it turned out. Please head over to The Cutting Cafe Blog to see all of the design team projects for this week. Other files we could use were the Paper Beads file with the Jewelry Holder file. Also, when you visit, leave a comment. You will be entered in a drawing next week to win three free files of your choice! Before you go, thank you for stopping by and here is my video…
I participated in a fun swap hosted by my friend Tmika, who is Scrapdaworld on YouTube. The swap was all about using some of the things that everybody just had to have, like the Prima Doll Stamps, dominos, or bottle caps. I know I just had to have the doll stamps and I had not used one of them. They are so cute so I am not sure why I had not used them in some way!
The requirements were that you make a tag with a doll stamp and also make a coordinating charm with either a domino or bottlecap. Since I had participated in a bottle cap charm swap last year, I chose to go with the domino. I did have to go and search for dominos to use as I had not gotten on the had to have thing with those! Here is the back of the tags with the charms…
Prima Doll Tags Back with Domino Charms
I decided that I would make each tag different instead of them being all the same. It was a very fun process and I loved the way they turned out! Now I am going to put you on photo overload with individual shots and my video! Thanks for stopping by!
This week at The Cutting Cafe, we were all given just one file to work with. The great news is that this one file is very versatile and has many versions to choose from. The Valentine Window Card Tops Template has many variations of heart shape cutouts and words. I used one of the may heart versions for a quick and easy birthday card for my aunt. Here are some other views…
Birthday Love Card – Inside
Birthday Love Envelope
Make sure you head over to The Cutting Cafe Blog tomorrow to see the different things the Design Team comes up with from this one file! While there, make sure you leave a comment. Each week Regina pulls a name from the previous week’s comments and that person wins three free files of their choice! You just might win!
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