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Valuable Treasure Birthday Card – The Cutting Cafe Design Team Project

Valuable Treasure Birthday Card

This week at The Cutting Cafe we are focusing on gratitude! We could use the Grateful Word Shaped Card or the With Gratitude Printable Stamp Set which is what I used. For this card for my mother-in-law, I layered patterned papers from Teresa Collins and used the treasure sentiment from the stamp set. I layered and Stickled flowers also. I like the way it turned out. Here are more views…

Valuable Treasure Birthday Card - Front Detail

Valuable Treasure Birthday Card – Inside

Make sure you head over to the blog later Wednesday to see all the design team projects and leave a comment to be eligible to win three files of your choice in next week’s drawing. Thanks for stopping by and be sure to watch the video before you go!

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Don’t Be Scared Birthday Card – The Cutting Cafe Design Team Project

23 Oct

Don’t Be Scared Birthday Card

It is time for another design team project for The Cutting Cafe! This week we could use any Halloween files we wanted to. We could make something for Halloween or some other theme. I went with a birthday theme for a card for my uncle. One of my aunts loves to say, “don’t be scared,” so I used that phrase for the sentiment which I put on the Eek Background Printable Stamp, and layered on top of the Chevron Halloween Background Set. I used the Distressed font from Creating Keepsakes.

Don’t Be Scared Birthday Card – Inside View

On the inside I used more of the Chevron and the sentiment reads …it’s just another birthday! Have a happy day! I used Spellbinders dies to make the shapes my sentiments are on. Here are close-ups of the top and bottom embellishments…

Don’t Be Scared Birthday Card – Close Up View

Don’t Be Scared Birthday Card – Bottom Embellishments

Be sure to stop by The Cutting Cafe Blog to see all of the design team projects which are posted on Wednesday afternoon. If you leave a comment, you will be eligible to win three free files during the next week’s drawing…so comment away!

Thanks for stopping by. Before you leave though, take a peek at my video …

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Chinese Takeout Birthday Box

21 Oct

Chinese Takeout Birthday Box

A few weeks ago I was traveling for work when The Cutting Cafe Design Team was assigned the Chinese Takeout Box Set to work with. I hated to miss that challenge! Well, I am using it now! One of my staff has a birthday so I made this cute box to hold a gift card for her. I loved the way it turned out.

Chinese Takeout Birthday Box Back View

Chinese Takeout Birthday Box – Top View

Chinese Takeout Birthday Box Close Up Flower Detail

For the details, check out my video! Thanks for watching.

Tags: birthday box, Chinese Takeout box, The Cutting Cafe

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Beer Mug Box for Boss’s Day

18 Oct

Boss’s Day Beer Mug Box

My boss love’s beer! Did I mention my boss loves beer? Also, during boss’s day, our organization’s Board of Directors was meeting at our facility so my boss was a bit stressed. So since he could not have a real beer, I made him a paper one LOL. The foam lid comes off and I filled it with some goodies.

I used a file from SVG Attic to create the mug and I added glossy accents and Stickles to create drips and frost. I added a Spellbinder cut out with a sentiment using the CK Frosty font from Creating Keepsakes, and a bottle cap with his initials on the back. Below are a few more pictures and a video. Thanks for stopping by!

Close up of Sentiment

I used glossy accents to add to the drip effect

I used frosted lace Stickles to add frost elements around the bottom of the glass

I added a bottle cap with initial jelly dot on the back of the sentiment

Tags: beer mug box, Boss's Day gift, SVG Attic

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25th Anniversary Pillow Box – The Cutting Cafe Design Team Project

16 Oct

25th Anniversary Pillow Box

Pillow boxes are so versatile as they can be made in multiple sizes and decorated any way you like. They can have window cut outs or they can be plain and they make great goodie holders! This week at The Cutting Cafe, we worked with the different pillow box files Regina has available. I used the Assorted Pillow Box Set and it is very versatile in that you can just make it plain, or you can add various shaped windows such as a circle, star, or frame like I used.

For my project, I used striped and polka dot glitter papers from DCWV, an Anna Griffin vellum sticker, some flowers, a butterfly, and Thickers to decorate the box. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of the back which said happy anniversary but you can see it in the video below. I gave it to one of my staff with a gift card for her 25th work anniversary.

There are many other pillow box sets available:
Halloween Pillow Box
Candy Corn Pillow Box
Snowflake Pillow Box
Christmas Pillow Box

Be sure to stop by The Cutting Cafe Blog to take a look at all the other design team pillow box projects. If you leave a comment, you will be eligible to win three files of your choice in a drawing next week. Thanks for stopping by and here is the video I mentioned earlier…

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Crazy Candy Corn Treat Box – The Cutting Cafe Design Team Project

9 Oct

Crazy Candy Corn Treat Box

It is time for another design team project for The Cutting Cafe! This week I made a gift for a staff person who has worked hard to get my projects completed with short notice. I used the Candy Corn Treat Box file along with one of the three feature files for the week, The Crazy Candy Corn Printable Stamp Set. The other two files that we could use were the Bunch of Monsters Printable Stamp Set and the Halloween Trio Printable Stamp Set.

Here are a couple more pictures…

Crazy Candy Corn Treat Box – Side View

Crazy Candy Corn Treat Box – Back

Crazy Candy Corn Treat Box – With Treats

Head over to The Cutting Cafe Blog to take a look at all the design team projects for this week. Leave a comment and you just might win three free files next week! Thanks for stopping by!

Here is the video…

Tags: Candy Corn Treat Box, The Cutting Cafe, The Cutting Cafe Design Team

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Happy Fall Card – The Cutting Cafe Design Team Project

25 Sep

Happy Fall Card

This week we focused on Fall at The Cutting Cafe! I loved Fall so I had a great time with this card. We had a choice of three files to work with:

Welcome Fall Printable Stamp Set (I got the tree from this file)
Acorn Shaped Card (I used the circle sentiment from this file)
Fall Word Shaped Card

I also used the Garden Stand Up Set for the grass.

I love the bling leaves and how they added a colorful element to the card. I used patterned paper from My Mind’s Eye and Fancy Pants. If you want more info on how I made the card, here is the video…

Be sure to stop by The Cutting Cafe Blog to see all the design team projects. Leave a comment and you might win three free files next week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Tags: Fall Card, Fall Leaves Card, The Cutting Cafe, The Cutting Cafe Design Team

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Funny Shaped Car Birthday Card – The Cutting Cafe Design Team Project

16 Sep

Funny Shaped Car Card

This week we focus on boys at The Cutting Cafe. We had a choice of three files, the All About Boys Printable Stamp Set, the Overalls Shaped Card, or the Funny Car Shaped Card and Treat Box Set.

I just made a simple card using the topper from the set. I found the cute paper from Queen & Co. and it fit the bill! I just kept it very simple but it is a funny card for my cousin who is turning 16 and just starting to drive. The sentiment says beep beep at the top and get off the road, 16 year old driver coming soon.

Take a visit to The Cutting Cafe Blog on Wednesday afternoon to see all the projects the team comes up with. Leave a comment for a chance to win three files! Thanks for watching! Here’s the YouTube video…

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Apple Treat Box – The Cutting Cafe Design Team Project

11 Sep

Apple Treat Box

This week at The Cutting Cafe we had a back-to-school theme with a choice of files featuring apples, school busses, pencils and other school themed items. We could use the Bus Shaped Card, the School Borders Printable Stamp Set, or the Apple Treat Box which I used.

This file is very easy and can be done easily by hand, so you do not need to have an electronic cutting machine. That is one great thing about Regina’s files…they come in multiple formats including PDFs so that those without an an electronic cutter can still make beautiful items!

I used a cute orchard patterned paper, some bling leaves, bling mesh trim, and a woodgrain patterned ribbon. I finished it with a rust color leaf, a gold bow and a thanks sentiment. Here are a few other views:

Apple Treat Box - Side View 2

Head on over to The Cutting Cafe Blog to see the new projects from our team. By leaving a comment, you always have a chance to win three files of your choice the next week. Thanks for stopping by. Here is a quick YouTube video before you go…

Tags: apple treat box, Scrapbooking, The Cutting Cafe, The Cutting Cafe Design Team, Treat Box

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A Myriad of Cards and an Altered Frame

8 Sep

The month of August was a very busy month as I had several birthdays and anniversaries to do cards for and a frame. Plus I promised I would make a few Christmas cards for a friend’s mother. I had planned to do posts as I went along, but I am just now getting to the post. So, I am doing a group post. If you want to know more about any one item, I do have videos on my YouTube channel of them all. To get to my channel, click on the My YouTube Channel to the right of this post. Thanks for stopping by!