Thank you_St Patricks Day Style

Here's a Thank You card I made using one of the Shamrocks from the Lucky Me set that I used earlier this week. It just goes to show you how versatile this Cutting Cafe set really is.

I paired it up with an image from The Stamping Boutique that I think is adorable. It comes in a girl version too. It's really a quick and simple card but sometimes that is all you need.

Think Green!!

I thought I'd share a card I made for St. Patricks Day. It's a whole lot of green and I love it. I used several different prinable images from The Cutting Cafe which I've shared below.

First I printed the Lucky Background on a piece of white card stock. Then I printed the large shamrock from the 4 Leaf Clover Shaped Card printable set using the background paper I just created. I cut out the shamrock and popped it up with dimensionals.

The large sentiment and the black and white clover embellishment is from the Lucky Me printable set. All great sets to have of course.

Be sure to head on over to The Cutting Cafe to see what wonderful things Regina has to offer. There are some new must have sets.

Happy Birthday!!

I thought I'd share a fun shaped card today. I used one of my latest printable sets from The Cutting Cafe. The party hat shaped card is from the set called Party Hat Shaped card set which can be found HERE and the Fun with Party Hats set found HERE.
Both sets are a must have and would be perfect for birthday parties and projects alike. As you can see in the close-up photo I paired it up with a sentiment from The Birthday Tags set which can be found HERE.
Challenges: Paper Pretties- use punches or die cuts

Digital Tuesday Challenge

This week's Digital Tuesday Challenge is all about using your stash. You know you have stuff laying around just waiting to get used so now is the time to put it to good use....great use.

This week's sponsor is Spesch Stamps. You know the place with the great digi's and also clear stamps. Remember to have a chance to win you must use a digital element on your project.

For my project this week I used the image Bonnie digital stamp from Spesch Stamps. It' still one of my favorite images from our sponsor this week. I paired it up with a couple of printables from The Cutting Cafe. The XoXo background can be found HERE and the Hershey's Kiss Valentine Bottoms can be found HERE.

Hope you play along this week and before I forget, Happy Valentine's Day!!

Hey Tootsie!!

If you are a fan of shaped cards then you should really like this one.

For my tootsie roll cards I used two different printable sets from The Cutting Cafe. The shaped card template is called The Candy Shaped Card Set and it can be found HERE. Included in the set is an adorable peppermint shaped card. I can't wait to play with that one.

The sentiment tags were made using the Candy Sentiment Set found HERE. Included with this set are various colored backgrounds that will be a welcomed addition to any project. Now onto card 1:

I thought ribbon would be a fun addition to the first card. That way its not 2 Dimensional. I used SU tag punches to cut out the sentiment. Here's a close-up of Card 2's sentiment:

Card 2 looks a little more old-fashioned than the first. I decided to add a couple of buttons and used tacky tape so I could attach the baker's twine.

Both cards came together very quickly and are pretty sweet.

Adore

Here's a quick Valentine's Day card I made with one of the latest printable sets from The Cutting Cafe.

The set is called Feb. 14th and is perfect for any addition to a Valentines Day project. It is a huge set of 41 black and white images and 41 colored images. It's a very versatile set. You can see all the images on the Cutting Cafe site. You'll be amazed at just how much is in this set.

For my card, I decided to keep it sweet and simple. I wanted to let the sentiment shine. And remember that you can cut out individual sentiments like I did for the word Adore shown below. It just goes to show you just how much you can do with this one set.

Be sure to come back tomorrow for a new project.

Red, White and Black Challenge

This week's Digital Tuesday Challenge is a color challenge: RED, WHITE and BLACK.

This week's sponsor is none other than Digital Delights. They have an ever growing collection of digi's, 3D decoupage and more. They have a free and bargain section that is worth checking out too.

For my project I used a soon to be retired image from Pollycraft. I couldn't resist ordering a huge bundle of stamps. To justify my purchase I had to use at least one.

That fabulous long sentiment is from the set February 14th from The Cutting Cafe. Just think of how many sentiments you can use separately from this set. You can't go wrong with this one.

Be sure to head on over to the Digital Tuesday Challenge Blog to see what the DT has come up with this week. That's also where you'll find Mr. Linky. Happy Crafting!!

It's the Little Things

It's not that often that I use a sentiment as the main focus of the card but it does happen sometimes.

This fun little sentiment is from The Cutting Cafe and is part of the Feb. 14th printable set. Since its a printable set I was able to resize the sentiment as needed. The other great thing about this set is that it comes with 41 black and white images/sentiments as well as 41 colored images. Now that is one huge set.

The little girl image was part of the Pollycraft bundles that I bought recently. Isn't she adorable?

Be sure to head on over to The Cutting Cafe to see what Regina's been up to. You won't be disappointed.

Heart Pocket - Photos Galore

This week's Digital Tuesday Challenge is to make a Romantic card.

My Grafico is offering 1 set of digital images and a 20% discount to this week's winner. Don't forget to include a digital element on your project to qualify.

For the main part of the project I used the Heart Pocket's set from The Cutting Cafe. The set features 4 different pockets. I had so much fun with this one that I ended up making 3 different inserts for my pocket. Here's what the set looks like:

Here's a close-up of just the Heart Pocket:

Here's what the heart pocket looks like with one of the inserts. The fairy image is from the Heart Fairies set from Stockberry Studio.

Here's a close-up of the Heart Fairy image:

Here's the last view of the project:

Challenges:

Paper Issues: Love is all you need (valentines project)

The Crazy Challenge - Tic Tac Toe (Ribbon, Image, Gems)

Daisy Doodles - Anything Goes

Long Tag Sentiments

It's inspiration time at The Cutting Cafe.

Be sure to head on over to The Cutting Cafe Blog to see what the DT came up with using the printable Long Sentiment Tags set this week.

The great thing about this set is that it's a list of sentiments so it fits most occassions. Simply check off the sentiment or sentiments that suits the moment. It's one of those sets that you can use over and over again.

There are lots of new sets to choose from. Next week I'll be sharing my Heart Pockets project so stay tuned. It's a fun one.

Challenges:Tip Top Tuesday - Anything Goes

Punch it Out!!

This week's Digital Tuesday Challenge. This week's sponsor is Spesch Designer Stamps. They have a great variety of digi's and they are offering 3 digi's to this week's winner so be sure to join in.

For my project I used the Hershey Kisses Valentines Bottoms printable set from The Cutting Cafe. It's such a cute and versatile set. If you scroll down to my previous post you'll see how different my previous card looks from this one even thoughI used the same images.

I also used the Heart Shaped Card 2 printable set also available at The Cutting Cafe but instead of using it as a card Template I only used the front portion of the card and layered it onto my own card.

I used a couple of punches for the "Punch it Out" challenge." I used Stampin Up's 3/4 inch circle punch to punch out my sentiment circles and my heart punch by Marth Stewart to cut out the intricate hearts. The layered hearts were cut out by hand and are included in the Heart Shaped Card 2 set from The Cutting Cafe.

Challenges:

Crafty Cardmaker's - No Floral Embellishments

The Pink Elephant - Use Hearts

The Teddy Bo Challenge - Anything Goes

CES Challenges - Anything Goes

Tip Top Tuesday - Anything Goes

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Happy Valentine's Day!

I got a little crafty last night and made several projects. Some of them can't be shared until until later this week and/or next week. No worries, it just means that I have to make more soon. I think I can manage that.

I thought I'd get a jump on Valentine's Day projects. I love using the colors pink, red and black together.

I recently got a new printable set from The Cutting Cafe and couldn't wait to use it. The set is called Hershey Kisses Valentines Bottoms. It's just one of the many adorable sets from The Cutting Cafe.

I didn't have any Hershey Kisses but plan on buying some soon!! That will be one Sweet project.

Since one of my many goals this year is to participate in more challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - What's New (new printable images)

Dutch Dare Challenge - New Beginnings (new Love? Rekinding Love?)

Remember to...

This week The Cutting Cafe DT has been asked to make a project using the Loopy Loopy Bow Flower printable set.

It comes with two different styles of bows (Plain or With Holes) and is perfectly sized to layer.

If you are a visual person you can check out the how to video HERE.

For my 12 x 12 scrapbook page I printed the small Loopy Bow (with holes) on a piece of designer paper. Even though the template I used printed where the holes should be punched out I decided to leave them as is and I chose to only use one layer for my bow.

I also used the Long Sentiment Tags printable set from The Cutting Cafe.

To put more focus on the sentiments I ended up printing out the Remember to dance tag five times. I added a couple of layers and combined the tags and the Loopy Loopy Bow Flower to create a page element.

Here's a close-up of the sentiment tags:

As you can see I used Basic Grey brads to select various sentiments for the tags. You could use punches, a marker, hole punch or practically anything else too. I had a little trouble getting good pictures of the full layout. I really need a better camera but I did manage to photograph the main elements of the page.

Don't forget to head on over to The Cutting Cafe for some great printable sets. There is a new background set perfect for Valentine's Day. Printable sets used from The Cutting Cafe: Loopy Loopy Bow Flower and Long Sentiment Tags

Celebrate!!

I only make a handful of New Year's Day projects so one of the things I do to get more use out of a seasonal set is to look to the basics of the set.

I look to see if the images and/or sentiments can be used throughout the year. Today's project shows you just that. The sentiment image is from the It's New Year Time printable set from The Cutting Cafe.

I used the sentiments that I associate with birthday celebrations so I covered up the words Clock and New Years with my image and simply cut off the bottom sentiments Toast and Resolutions. It was just that easy.

There are a lot of words that can be used as single sentiments in this printable set. Colored versions are also included with this set. I've included a sample of what comes in the set below. The full version can be seen HERE.

Case it Tuesday Challenge

I thought I'd share a card that I made last night for The Cutting Cafe's CASE it Tuesday Challenge. This week's card had such a fun design I thought I'd give it a try. It also gave me a reason to use a set that I've gotten around to using until now. Aren't they adorable?

You don't have to use a set from The Cutting Cafe to take part in the challenge I used the Everyday Elisha Jean and Friends printable set from The Cutting Cafe.

There are even some sets that I didn't know about with the girls holding a balloon, a heart, a berry, a basket, etc. See below if you want to see the card that I CASED. Mine is very different. I through in little Halloween skull paper on mine since the inspiration card was Halloween themed. Here's Kelly's card:

I also wanted to mention that I haven't forgotten about my Monster Mash card using halloween sets from The Cutting Cafe. My sneak peek can be found HERE. I forgot to take pictures of the finished card but will soon.

Monster Mash - Sneak Peek

Who says monster's can't be cute?

Most of you know that Halloween is my favorite holiday. So you know I couldn't resist these printables from The Cutting Cafe. The monster images seen below are from the set called Little Monster Gang. It comes with 3 different birthday sentiments so all you have to do is print, cut and color.

You can't see by the picture but I paired these little cuties with the Monster Love Background set. Oh how I love Halloween. Normally I don't post sneak peeks but I was having trouble getting a good picture of the entire card and I couldn't wait to show you how cute these little guys are.

I'll post the finished card soon. I hope you've enjoyed the sneak peek.

From me to you

As you can see I'm back into the bright colors. I just love red and black together. I haven't made any shaped cards lately so I thought it would be fun to make a ribbon shaped card instead of my usual 4.25 X 5.5 inch cards.

I used the Ribbon Sentiments and Banner set and Shaped Card set from The Cutting Cafe. I printed the ribbon shaped card template on white cardstock and cut along the lines. The two circle sentiments are from the 1 inch Everyday Sentiments set also from the Cutting Cafe.

The large layered flower was made with my Cricut (The cartridge is called Paisley).

Close up of sentiments:

Some Odd Girl Challenge

It's been awhile since I made a card using a Some Odd Girl
image. Their images are just my style - cute and sweet.

I made this card for the Some Odd Girl Challenge. The challenge theme is "Think Spring."

I don't know about you but I am definitely ready for warmer weather and sunshine. I decided to use the Sunny Tia image for my card. She is part of the March 1st release. Isn't she adorable in her orange and green outfit?

I created the background paper by printing the Clock Background from The Cutting Cafe on Kraft paper. I'm glad I decided to print it out on a full sheet of cardstock because it is a lot more versatile than I first thought.

Here's how the card ended up:

I used a circle punch and punched out one of the clock faces to add a little dimension to the background. It's hard to see on the picture but it looks really neat IRL (In real life).

Digital Tuesday Challenge

See previous post for the winner of last week's Digital Tuesday Blog Hop giveaway.

This week Robyn's Fetish is sponsoring the challenge. They are giving away 5 digi images or 4 digi images and 1 paper pack (winners choice).

This week's challenge theme is Welcome Little One. We are asking you to make a baby card. For my card I used 3 digital images: Cute litte baby, sentiment (The Cutting Cafe - Huge baby circle set and the clock background set). To customize the background and to add a little interest to the card, I printed it on kraft cardstock. I may try printing it on pink or light blue cardstock next time.

As you can see, I mixed and matched several different designer papers. It's nice to be able to use up some of my paper scraps- as it is a never ending pile. I hope you join in on the challenge this week. It never hurts to have a baby card around.

Home Run

I thought it was time to share another one of my tee-ball pages. The "A little dirt never hurt" quote came from the All ABout Boys set from the Cutting Cafe. I'm surprised that I've been using this set as much as I have, since I only have girls.

So many sets, so little time. If you haven't been to the Cutting Cafe lately be sure to take a peek. Lots of cute sets to work with. I'm in the process of making something with the It's about time set and can't wait to use the Let's go for a ride set. It is cute and it also comes with some fun sentiments.