Stop by The Cutting Cafe Blog on the 7th and 21st of each month to see all the design team projects. Leave a comment and you just might win three files in a drawing from the comments left.
Of course, I have a video for you! Thanks for stopping by!
It’s Christmas in July time at The Cutting Cafe and the design team is going to give you plenty of inspiration to get you thinking about projects you would like to make for Christmas! Yep, it will be here before you know it!
Be sure to visit The Cutting Cafe Blog on the 7th and 21st of each month to see the projects. Leave a comment and you will be entered into a drawing to win three files of your choice which will be announced on the next posting date!
For my project, I made the Sleigh Treat Box. We could choose any Christmas file we wanted to and I had not done this one and thought it would make a good gift for a co-worker during the holidays. You can fill it with candy or a gift card. The file comes with may layers to give you variety. It also comes with sentiment tags (I made my own from a stamp as my printer was not cooperating) and several sizes of a flower.Here are a few other views of it…
Sleigh Treat Box Front
Sleigh Treat Box Other Side
Sleigh Treat Box Back
Thanks for stopping by! I do have a video for you…
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.
Thanks so much for stopping by! As usual, I have a video of my project for you…
It has been a while since my last post! Hello! I have many things I should have posted but time was an issue. But I do have a new design team project for The Cutting Cafe that I am sure a lot of you will be thrilled about! Regina, the owner, has created two new files to help us get organized and keep track of what we own, and what projects or challenges we are doing.
The first is a Design Team Planner which can help you keep track of not only things for your design team projects, but also challenges you may enter, or swaps you may be in. The second is one I chose to do, the Crafts Supply Planner file! Woohooo!!! I have wanted to keep track of things I own but just had not gotten around to it. It will be a labor of love to do, but once it is done, it will make life so much easier!
I covered and decorated a three-ring binder for mine. I started to use chipboard to make 8 1/2 x 11 covers, then I found the binder and thought it would work well.
The file comes with a multitude of page options, both in color or black and white. There are pages for inks, markers, Stickles, embossing folders, cardstock, and many, many others. You can mix and match however you choose.
Sample Inventory Page
The file also comes with tabs and cover pages. I decided that I would also use this book to display photos of some of my projects and crafty good times with my friends. So, I made divider pages with the tabs and will use them to add pictures.
I decided to add pictures of my craft projects and get togethers with crafty friends to the divider pages.
Divider page with craft project pictures
Divider page with crafty friends photos
I will continue to work on getting all my things into the book, including stamps and punches, to help me get organized and stay that way. I have added a lot of pages to get me started.
Lots of pages!
Regina has added many new design team members so there will now be even more project inspiration for you on our design team posts which happen on the 7th and 21st of each month on The Cutting Cafe Blog! Be sure to stop by and view the projects. Leave a comment and you will be entered into a drawing to win three free files of your choice on the next posting.
As always, thank you for stopping by and before you go, here is my video of my project giving a lot of detail…
It’s time for another design team project for The Cutting Cafe! We had a little different challenge this time. We were to take a packaging item that we had used the contents of, that we would normally throw away, and alter it using one of the many background printable stamp sets available in the store.
My pin cushion above is made from an empty gelato container…
I added a large flower on one side and a cluster of flowers on the other side…
Here is one more view of it…
Be sure to stop by The Cutting Cafe’s Blog to see new design team posts on the 7th and 21st of each month. Be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win three free files on the next posting date. Thanks so much for stopping by! As always, I have a video of my project to give you more details…
Both of these files are very nice for making little gifts for people as you can fill them with goodies and wrap them up in a clear bag and tie with ribbons. I added pearl and chinese braid trims as well as single pearls and a cherub.
Be sure to stop by The Cutting Cafe Blog on the 7th and 21st of each month to view the design team project posts. Leave a comment and you might win three files of your choice as a name is drawn from the previous post’s comments.
Of course before you go, I have a video. Thanks for stopping by!
I tried my hand at shabby chic. I think the person I made it for will really like it. Before I take you into photo overload, remember that we post design team projects on The Cutting Cafe Blog every 7th and 21st of each month. Make sure you visit to see the new projects as well as to leave a comment to be eligible to win three free files!
Ok, back to the photos. I will show you all angles…
Thanks for stopping by! Before you go I have a video for you…
For our projects this week, we could choose from any files at The Cutting Cafe. There is sure to be a large variety for our Design Team post this time. Make sure you stop by the blog and take a look. Leave a comment because we love reading them and it will automatically put you in a drawing to win three files on our next post date (we post on the 7th and 21st of each month).
For my project, I actually used four different files:
I really like how it turned out. I used a gradient paper in yellow and orange that reminds me of a sunrise and Easter Sunrise services at church. I added three sizes of individual pearls randomly all over the card which gives it an elegant touch.
For the inside, I cut a second card out and put them back to back with velum for the cross in between. I cut the sentiments and placed them so they would not show through the vellum cross.
Here is a close up of the flower cluster…
To find out how I made this and the products used please watch my video below. Thanks for stopping by!
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…
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!
The other panels have a gold dazzle sticker at the top and a white one at the bottom for just a touch of decoration.
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…
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…
and one more red based…
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…
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…
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