There will be variety this week at The Cutting Cafe for the design team post as we could choose any file we wanted to work with! Since shaker cards are still very hot right now, I chose to do a candle shaped shaker card from the 6 Assorted Shaker Cards set. It came out great.
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The design team at The Cutting Cafe is shaking things up this week with fall and Halloween shaker cards! There are so many to choose from. Just take a look here and here!
I chose the Pumpkin Shaker Card Template version to use. I put the shape on a card, but you can also make the whole card pumpkin shaped.
I love the fall colors of this and the shaker has flower and leaf shaped sequins and gold microbeads. I decorated the inside too.
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As always for my design team projects, here is my video! Thanks for stopping by!
Make sure you stop by The Cutting Cafe Blog to see all of the design team projects today. They are posted on the 7th and 21st of each month. Leave a comment to be eligible to win 3 files of your choice!
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This week at The Cutting Cafe we could use any of the Elisha Jean and Friends Printable Stamp files. I used the Sweet Angel Printable Stamp Set file to make this cute birthday card for a friend.
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Inside of Card
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It is all about cupcakes for our design team post projects for The Cutting Cafe! Who does not like cupcakes? I know I love them and I made this sweet card to send my cousin for her birthday. I played with patterns in the same color family for this one and I like the way it turned out. The pink and taupe is a different color combination for me but it works.
Check out the other team member’s projects and be sure to leave a comment. Each new design team post, the owner, Regina, randomly pulls a name from the comment left on the previous post. That person wins three free files of their choice! You can lose because even if your name is not pulled for the drawing, we all love to read your comments! Plus we have some new design team members, including our first very young ladies who will surely be an inspiration to other children crafters.
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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.
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.
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
I changed the size of the card and made the bow smaller so the background paper would show.
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!
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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
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
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 Back
70th Birthday Clock Side
Yes, this is a real working clock! I purchased the mechanism from JoAnn Fabrics.
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.
The Clock at the Birthday Party
Now here is the video for more details. Thanks so much for stopping by!
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…
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
On the inside I printed a humorous sentiment…
Acorn Shaped Birthday Card Inside
And I covered the back in the same acorn/leaf paper…
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.
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…
This week we used the new Pizza Box Template file for our projects for The Cutting Cafe and it is so cute! It can be cut out plain or with a window and it comes with multiple inserts to divide the box. The file makes a great small gift box or you can do something different like I did…
Happy Birthday Pop Up
I added a happy birthday pop up to the inside and there you have it…a birthday card. I have been into doing non-traditional cards lately so this one fits right in!
For more info on my project, see the video below. Also, visit The Cutting Cafe Blog to see all the other design team member projects. Make sure to leave a comment so you can be in the drawing to win three free files.
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