~Crafty J's Place~

~INSPIRATION TIME at THE CUTTING CAFE~

2012-01-18T19:40:00.001-07:00

Happy Wednesday!!! Phew for a short week, this sure has been a hectic week! Maybe because I'm still trying to play catch up from last week, when my son felt it was necessary to pass on his stomach virus to me!! Boy that bug sure knocked me on my bottom! I hope and pray that none of you out there catches this thing!

Anyways, if it's Wednesday, that means its Inspiration Time over at The Cutting Cafe!!! This week, Regina asked us to use one of her Valentine treat boxes, bags, or pockets. I chose to work with the Heart Pockets, and since I missed last weeks inspiraiton due to illness, I chose to use the Long Sentiment Tags as well. I made this card to send to my mom for Valentine's Day. She loves reading her Bible and motivational books, so thought I wanted to give her a bookmark also. So when I seen the Heart Pockets files and the Long Sentiments Tags at The Cutting Cafe, I knew they would work perfectly together with what I wanted to do!!

I love the versatility of Regina's files. I loved the hearts pocket, but I wanted to position the hearts differently. So, I printed one of the files that was closest to what I was wanting, and then printed another copy for dissection. The first copy I used to make a blank pocket, and the second I used to cut out the hearts for placement onto the blank pocket. Just what I wanted!! And how can you beat 4 pockets for $1.50?? YA CAN"T!! So hurry over to The Cutting Cafe and check out this file along with all the other fabulous printable sets and files that Regina has. Remember that all files come in PDF format and most also come in WPC and SVG formats.

Thanks for looking at my project and don't forget to check out the rest of our teams Inspirational projects!!! Regina always has a great giveaway too...so be sure to stop by and leave your comments ... HERE.

~Products Used~

The Cutting Cafe - HEART POCKETS Templates - Cutting Files

LONG SENTIMENT TAGS Printable Stamp Set

DCWV - Doodlin' Around

Recollections - Black Cardstock

Georgia Pacific - White Cardstock

Glitz Stickles - Ruby Slippers

Fibers - Various colors from stash

Paintshop Pro X3 - Alter colors on Long Sentiment Tags Words

Assorted Rhinestones(Michael's) - Hearts

Rhinestone Stickers(Michael's) - Gold

Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Walnut Stain

Sandpaper

Entered into the following Challenges:

Crafty Creations - Valentine Theme

Scrapbook Sisters - My Sweet Valentine

Anything Goes - Anything Goes

Celebrate the Occassion - Any Occassion must use Polka Dots

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew - Seeing Red - Use Red as dominant Color

~INSPIRATION AT THE CUTTING CAFE~

2012-01-03T13:28:00.002-07:00

Happy Tuesday everyone!!!

Phew we've made it to Tuesday. For some of us, we're having a short week this week, and then next week its back to a full one. I already miss my husband being around the house, the holidays has a way of spoiling us! Today was Christopher's first day back to school after his car accident. It's definitely been a long few months, but a very THANKFUL one more importantly. We've got a few more months of rehab ahead, but he's a strong kid, so I know he'll pull through. Also..I'm happy to announce that I've been chosen to rejoin the design team at The Cutting Cafe!! I'm so excited to be with Regina and all the ladies once again. I love all of Regina's files and stamps, so it's never hard coming up what to do with them, my hardest choice is which file to use, as you'll see below lol

With that being said, its Inspiration Time at The Cutting Cafe!! This week we were asked to work with the Loopy Loop Bow Flower! I love this file because it's so versatile, and it comes with the bow it two different forms...with the holes and a plain one. This file comes in PDF, WPC and SVG format, for those of us with electric cutters and without. For my bow, I used the PDF file, to show how easy and cute it comes out even if you use your old faithful scissors. This bow will work with whatever project you have going, it's all in the papers you use. So get those Valentine ideas flowing, and fit this lovely Loopy Loop Bow Flower into your sketch!!

For my project this week, I made a little set for my aunt's granddaughter, Olivia. They like to send mail to each other, so I thought they could use this during their craft time while she's at my aunt's house. Olivia has been under the weather recently so I hope this brings a smile to her face :)

and more pictures of inside the box using even more files from The Cutting Cafe!!!

Box made using the 8 by 5.5 inch Box with Dividers

Cards using the Color Me In Sentiments...Printable Stamps

Regina personalized some handmade labels for Olivia to use from the Handmade Just For You Labels

Thanks for checking out my project, and be sure to head over to The Cutting Cafe tomorrow (Wednesday, Jan 4, 2012) for more inspiration and a giveaway!!!

~JERI~

SUPPLIES USED

The Cutting Cafe-

Loopy Loop Bow Flower - Template - Cutting File

8 by 5.5 inch Box with Dividers - Template - Cutting File

Color Me In Sentiments Printable Stamps

Handmade Just For You Labels

DCWV - The Spring Stack

The Spring Stack Cardstock

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

Small Butterfly Punch (not sure of brand, unmarked on punch)

Multiple Flower Punches - I believe they're Marvy Urich punches

Crayola Crayons

Twine from The Twinery

Signature Heart Accents - Heidi Grace Designs

Large Turquoise Gem from stash

Stickles - Silver

Pink Satin Ribbon from stash

Lace from stash

Handmade tag

Jolee's Pearl and Turquoise half Pearls Bling

I'm entering it into the following challenges:

Bearly Mine Challenges - Anything Goes
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - Use your new stash (Twine, Jolee's Bling)
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays - Something New (Twine, Jolee's Bling, Cutting Cafe Files)
Top Tip Tuesday - Anything Goes

~MERRY CHRISTMAS from Craft Us Crazy and KennyK Downloads~

2011-12-15T00:23:00.003-07:00

This week at Craft Us Crazy we've decided to do a surprise challenge and we have a great sponsor to go along with it.....

The challenge this week, is of course...Christmas and/or Humorous for those who might not celebrate Christmas. I would personally like to thank Kenny and Elena for this great image I got to work with this challenge, and I have a few more coming throughout the next two weeks. They're so much fun to play with!! And the winner of our challenge will win 5 digital images!!! So what ya waiting for? Come on over and join us!!

So without further ado, here's Queen's Cutie wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!!

Believe it or not this is the first time I've ever colored a KennyK image. To be honest, I've always been intimidated by them. Never thought I would do them the justice that they deserve, but I do believe that Queen's Cutie turned out pretty nice. So you better believe I'll be adding more of these images to my shopping list!

I tried to make my card look like a present, with the great Loopy Loopy Bow from The Cutting Cafe. This file was another fun addition to play with. I chose to print each of the pdf files off instead of using my cutter. I wanted to see how easy it would be, and I was right, it was just as easy printing and cutting by hand, as it was using my cutter. I really had so much fun making this card. The papers are from DCWV Christmas Stack and I done the "Merry Christmas" with the font Broadway and chose to distress the edges of each layer. Pulled out a button and some twine from The Twinery, and voila! She's ready to go wish someone a very Merry Christmas!!!

I hope that everyone has a very safe and happy holidays over the next few weeks. I wish you all the happiness and laughter that Christmas brings. I pray that everyone has a VERY SAFE and fun New Year's Eve as well. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE!!!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Products Used

KennyK Downloads - Queen's Cutie Digital Stamp

The Cutting Cafe - Loopy Loopy Bow Flower Template/Cutting File

DCWV - The Christmas Stack

Papertrey Ink - White Cardstock

Font - Broadway

Green Button from Stash

The Twinery Twine - Pea Pod and Maraschino

Studio G Ink - Green

Dew Drop - Versa Magic - Red Magic

Distresser

Copic Markers

Hair - E59, E37, E35, E33, E50

Skin - E0000, E000, E00, E11 Atyou Spica #2 Pink

Shirt - R21, R22, R24, R27 Atyou Spica #3 Red

Jeans - B91, B93, B95, B97

Boots - C1, C3, C5, C7

I'm also entering the following challenges

ABC Christmas Challenge - Y is for YIPPEE..Anything Christmassy
All That Scraps - Anything Goes
Crafting For All Seasons - Christmas
Crafts and Me - Christmas
Little Red Wagon - Christmas
One Stitch At A Time - Use a Digi

~Sketchy Inspiration at The Sweet Stop~

2011-12-05T02:59:00.001-07:00

Happy Monday!! Well hopefully it'll be a happy Monday for everyone! It's a cold one here in Arizona, so I think a day of crafting and keeping warm is in order!!
I came across a great challenge at The Sweet Stop, a sketch challenge, which I hardly ever do, but I loved this one for some reason. So, I decided to give it a try. I made this card for a dear friend of mine that lost her husband a few days ago. I hope it lets her know how much we're all thinking about her. We love you Mary!

On to the sketch... The sketch below is what we were to follow at The Sweet Stop. We could turn it, flip it, change the shape but needed to stay as close as we could to it, so I believe I accomplished that. Sometimes it's nice to have that inspiration, whether a picture, a sketch, an idea to jumpstart your creative juices.

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my card. I appreciate ya taking the time out of your busy day! Have a great week!!

~SUPPLIES USED~

Elisabeth Bell (Elphine House Australia) Rubber Stamp - Daisy

Card Sketch - The Sweet Stop
K & Company - Studio K - Blue Distressed Wood Flat Paper
Chatter Box - Scrapbook Walls - Butter Bloom
Chatter Box - Scrapbook Walls - Great Room Floral

CutCardstock.com - Cryogen White Cardstock

Colorbok - White Cardstock

Fiskars - Border Punch - Threading Water

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut Stain

JustRite - Victorian Nested Frames

Sympathy Nested Sentiments

Pebbles I Kan Dee - Chalks

CTMH - Edge Distresser

1/4" Nylon Woven Edge Ribbon - Cream
Offray - 1/8" Polyester Double Face Satin - Cream
Bow Easy

Copics -

Hair - E50, E31, E33, E37

Skin - E000, E00, E11, R20

Flowers - R20, R22, R27

Shirt - R22, R27, R46, R59

Jeans - B91, B93, B95, B97

Grass/Leaves - G12, G82

Entering the following Challenges

The Sweet Stop - SSS137 Sketch

Crafting When We Can - Borrow A Sketch

One Stitch At A Time - Be Square

2 Sisters Challenge - Punches/Dies

Craft Your Days Away - Buttons or Bows

Card Makin Mamas - Sentiments

~Thinking of You with Daisy~

2011-12-03T11:38:00.001-07:00

Happy Saturday!! Who's ready for the LSU/UGA game?? anyone...anyone?? I am!! I'm not a LSU fan, but I can't stand UGA, so I'll be rooting for LSU tonight and then waiting for Alabama to roll all over them in the National Championship Game! Anywho..on with why we're here lol

I made this card for a family member that's going through a tough time right now, so I wanted her to know that I was thinking about her. I do believe that this adorable Elisabeth Bell stamp, does just that. Daisy is lost in thought wishing that she could say or do something to make her day a little bit better! Daisy and I hope that we put a little smile on her face, if only for a few seconds.

~SUPPLIES USED~

Elisabeth Bell (Elphine House Australia) Rubber Stamp - Daisy

Card Sketch - Taylored Expressions

Prima Paper Stack - Melody Collection

Moulin Rouge Collection

Sizzix Little Textures - Sandbox Paper Collection - Blue Jeans

CutCardstock.com - Cryogen White Cardstock

Colorbok - White Cardstock

Stampin' Up - Scallop Trim Border Punch

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut Stain

JustRite - Victorian Nested Frames

Sympathy Nested Sentiments

Pebbles I Kan Dee - Chalks

Tim Holtz - Tiny Staples

3D Foam Tabs/ATG 714 Tape/Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive/Mini Glue Dots

CTMH - Edge Distresser

Making Memories - Sander

Copics -

Hair - E50, E31, E33, E37

Skin - E000, E00, E11, R20

Flowers - R20, R22, R27

Shirt - R22, R27, R46, R59

Jeans - B91, B93, B95, B97

Grass/Leaves - G12, G82

Challenges Entered

Willow Sketchie Challenge - Anything Goes

Some Odd Girl - Easel Cards

Cooking It Up with Katie - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Stampavie and more - Easel Card

~Having Fun With Penguins~

2011-11-30T16:44:00.001-07:00

Wow it's been awhile. Surprised I remember how to post on here. So much has happened over the past month or so. My youngest son had a wreck last month and it totally knocked the sails out from beneath me, but I think we're slowly getting back to normal again. A few more weeks and he gets his cast off and starts rehab. It could've been so much worse, so we're blessed that he was able to walk away with a few broken bones.

Anyways, with everything going on my mojo totally left me. I wasn't sure when and if it would return. Then an email came through from The Cutting Cafe, and it was some fun new items Regina was releasing. In it was a set called Fun with Penguins, and she was so right, it was so much fun to play with!! As soon as I seen that cute little penguin, something sparked and I had to play with it!!! So with that, I set off to see what fun I could have with him, and fun I had. Put it this way, I think I cut him out with my Pazzles and Make The Cut around 9pm last night and the next time I looked at my clock it was 4:30am. Then I came back in tonight and put him together once everything was good and dry. Everything I used on my cute little penguin comes in the set, including the sentiment you see on the flag, but you'll have many choices if you want to give as a birthday present and so forth.

I hope you enjoy checking out the pictures and hope you'll check The Cutting Cafe store for your own dose of fun and crafting mojo!!! Most all of the files and sets come in PDF, WPC and SVG format.

and below you can see the Glossy Accents I added to the front and back of the body to give it a shine

~SUPPLIES USED~

FUN WITH PENGUINS SET - THE CUTTING CAFE

PAZZLES AND MAKE THE CUT

RECOLLECTIONS - BLACK CARDSTOCK

COLORBOK - WHITE TEXTURED CARDSTOCK

DCWV - THE CHRISTMAS STACK (PRESENTS)

ICE STICKLES - GLITTER BLUE, CRYSTAL ICE,GOLD ICE

STICKLES - ORANGE PEEL, SILVER

GLITZ STICKLES - RUBY SLIPPERS

RED EMBOSSED FELT

GLOSSY ACCENTS

WHITE POMS POMS

WIGGLY EYES

SPARE PARTS - MINI BLACK BRADS

VARIOUS RIBBONS

CELLOPHANE BAGS

HERSHEY HUGS KISSES

CHALLENGES ENTERED

Cooking It Up with Katie - Anything Goes

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Fab N Funky Challenges - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Stampin' Royalty - Anything But a Card

Whimsy Stamps - Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time - Seeing Red

~ANYTHING GOES AT CRAFT US CRAZY w/ THE PIXIE COTTAGE~

2011-08-25T00:09:00.000-07:00

Phew!! I had to do some dusting around here and getting rid of some cobwebs before I could get in here and do this posting!! It's been awhile and I've missed yall!! Due to some family issues, I've been having a sort of pity party for myself, but I finally decided that I've overstayed my welcome and I had to leave, so I'm back!!! Well for a few months and then I'll be away for a bit because we're MOVING!! We're not sure where yet...gotta love the military lol but we know we have to be there by Jan 3rd. But anyways, enough about me and my glorious life, lets get on to this weeks challenge at CRAFT US CRAZY!
Our challenge this week is ANYTHING GOES and The Pixie Cottage at Michelle's Scrapbooking & More is sponsoring us!! Michelle supplied our DT with some beautiful stamps, and I was lucky enough to work with Hannah sitting on bench, which is now my absolute favorite stamp!! I knew immediately WHO I wanted to make it for, but I didn't know how I wanted to do it, so I went on the hunt for some inspiration!! AND BOY DID I FIND IT!!! So this card was inspired by Anne at Anne's Creative World!! I love finding inspiration, its amazing what creative juices it'll stir up in you when you find that perfect project! I love easel cards, but when I seen Anne's tag behind the image, I thought that was such a great idea, and something I had never done before. So Anne, if you see this, thank you for inspiring this project!!
So we hope you'll join us at Craft Us Crazy this week, and don't forget you'll have an awesome chance at winning a $10 Gift Voucher from Michelle's Scrapbooking & More!

Hope this card inspires you in some way and as always, thanks for looking!!

~SUPPLIES USED~

The Pixie Cottage - Hannah On Bench

Cryogen White Cardstock

Prima Sparkling Spring Collection

Recollections Black Cardstock

The Angel Company - Angelee Cardstock Collection

Purple Cardstock from stash

Memento Stamp Pad - Tuxedo Black

Pebbles Inc I-Kan-Dee Chalks - Blues

Tim Holtz Distressed Ink - Walnut Stain

Always My Sister Digital Stamp (On Tag) - TLC Creations

Inside Sentiment - Computer generated using PF Champion Script Font

Lace from stash and lightly inked with Walnut Stain

Tim Holtz Tiny Stapler

Heart Punch

Stampin Up - Real Red Ink

Silver Stickles

Diamond/Silver Button (Handmade Flower) - From Stash

Fibers from Stash

Modern Romance - Lilac Flowers

Crystal Stickers - Pearls

~Copics Used~

Hair - YR14, YR21, YR24

GOWN, HAIR BOW - V000, V91, V93, V95, V99

BOTTOM of SLIPPERS - C1, C3, C5

GRASS - YG11, YG13, YG17

SKIN - E00, E02, E11

BENCH(WOOD) - E29, E31, E34

BLENDER - 0

Entering the following Challenges:
Little Darlings Challenges - Pleats or Ruffles
Scrapbook Sisters - Flower, Ribbon, Gem
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Flower Power
Stampin' Royalty - Bling
Bearly Mine Challenges - Bring on the Bling
City Crafter - Best of Friends..use the word Friend, Friends or Friendship
Creative Card Crew - Handmade Flowers
Digital Tuesday Challenge - Cute and Girly (digital sentiment stamps)
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT - Favorite Stamp
My Time to Craft - Here Come The Girls
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Easel Cards
Heartsong Inspirations - Shabby Chic and/or Pearls
Make It Monday - Anything Goes
Paper Creations Ink - Flowers
Paper Playtime - Anything Goes
AI Factory - Anything Goes
Crafts and Me - Lace
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Crop Stop - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes
Crafts 4 Eternity - Embellishment Recipe (Tag)
Stampin' Bs - Round or square Easel Card
Designed2Delight - Anything Goes
Digi Doodle Shop - Anything Goes
Pixie Dust Studio - Tag You're It
Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge - Girly Girl (must have girl)
Kaboodle Doodle - Ribbons (Lace)

~Lili Of The Valley...Love Grows..Inspired by my fabulous friend Wendy~

2011-05-02T20:10:00.015-07:00

Happy Monday night to everyone!!! I swear it's only May 2nd, and it feels like it's been May for a few weeks now. It seems like April and May has been like a run on sentence...here in my home anyways..lol If it's not ONE thing, it's a million I tell ya!! Anyways, I'm running late, as usual, but wanted to post my card that I made for my husband for our 19th Anniversary today and then it's on to another card that I'll be posting hopefully tomorrow...God willing!

Anyways, this card was inspired by my dear friend Wendy, and you can find all her wonderful creations HERE and her Etsy store is HERE! She has been such an inspiration to me over the past year or so since I came across her blog through a challenge she entered, that I will never be able to thank her enough for all her help, tips and advice. I may not always take her shopping advice though..lol I try and she tries to save me money, and my husband thanks her for it, but I'm stubborn in that department still lol So thank you Wendy, yet again for being my inspiration with this project!! You can find her beautiful card that this card was CASE'd from HERE.

So be sure to look at some of those projects folks are entering in all of these challenges. You never know what creative talents you'll come across. I have learned so much from so many in the blogging and challenge world!! Speaking of challenges, we have a great one at Craft Us Crazy right now... Moms and Flowers..and I think this card fits that theme perfectly!!!

~SUPPLIES USED~

The printed papers that I used are from the Basic Grey line... Lollipop Shoppe. The solid metallic type paper is from DCVW..I'll have to see which stack...it's leaving my brain right now. The beautiful image is from Lily Of the Valley called Love Grows and you can find it HERE. The Happy Anniversary sentiment is from the Love Sentiments set at Doodle Pantry and it can be found HERE. I changed it from black to a deep red and put a drop shadow on it, hopefully you can see it. I colored this beauty with Copics, and I have to say this is probably one of the first images that I've colored that I've really liked, and hope you do as well!!
Thanks for looking and I hope to see you joining us over at Craft Us Crazy!! We have some great sponsors this challenge, so head over and check out all details!! Let me just say..

is there anything else to say!!! I didn't think so...so hurry over for your chance of winning some great prizes from one of these awesome sponsors!!!

I'm entering this into the following Challenges --

Bunny Zoe's Challenges - One For The Boys (Card for my Husband)

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
The Crazy Challenge - Cards for Men
Kaboodles Doodles Challenge - Embellishments that begin with "B" - Mine is Button in the flower
Make It Monday
Pollycraft - Anything Goes
Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central - Anything Goes
Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Hearts
There She Goes Clear Stamps - 3D Flowers
Lili of the Valley - Love is in the Air
Charisma Cardz - April Showers/May Flowers - I went with Flowers
Paper Cutz - Anything Goes

~Monthly Inspiration at The Cutting Cafe & Giveaway~

2011-04-18T17:19:00.000-07:00

We're having a new monthly inspiration over at The Cutting Cafe!!! The DT challenge was to use Shaped cards and the samples are super spectacular!! I chose to post a few shaped cards that I posted over the past that were my favorites. I love the shapes of them and they're soooo easy to work with!!

So head on over to the link below and you could possibly win your choice of 3 shaped card templates just for leaving a comment!
Just click here to see all the DT creations!! Such yummy and awesome talent and creativity!!

Ribbon Banner Shaped Card

FRAME SHAPED CARD -- My absolute favorite!

~MAKE IT SASSY at ONE STITCH AT A TIME~

2011-04-18T16:41:00.000-07:00

ADULT MATERIAL BELOW!!

This week's challenge at One Stitch At A Time is to MAKE IT SASSY, and I do think this image is sassy and HOT!!! If any of you are familiar with an awesome artist Keith Garvey, then you'll recognize this beauty below. Garv is extremely popular in the tagging world. You can see a lot of Garv's work at his site HERE but be warned that's it's very adult in nature! Garv is considering allowing Stitch to carry some of his artwork as digi's, so I was lucky enough to be asked to guest design and use one of these beauties!!

I took the layout and sketch from a previous card I made. I thought it would work with this image as well, with a different sentiment, which I chose since my 19th anniversary is coming up in a few weeks. Too bad I didn't really look like this lol but I'm sure if my husband closes his eyes, holds his breath, turns the lights off and bangs his head against the headboard a few times, I'd be a close 2nd hahaha

Anyways, enough of me...I hope you enjoy my card and THANK YOU to Garv and Stitchy for allowing me to work with this awesome image called SMOKIN'! Hopefully Garv will be a regular at Stitchy Bear Stamps very soon!!!

This beauty was colored using my copics, and then glossy accents put over her lips and undergarments. Sentiment was made using the font LD Soccer MOm....hey Soccer mom's can be sexy too!!!!

Anyways, thanks for looking and hope you enjoy!!!

~ELISHA JEAN & THE CUTTING CAFE WISHES YOU HAPPY SPRING!!~

2011-04-06T11:33:00.003-07:00

Happy Hump Day and Happy Spring!!

It's a beautiful day here in Arizona! Bright and sunny with a nice breeze! Weather just like I like it. Hopefully it won't be too harsh of a summer or Monsoon season this year. The Cutting Cafe has some adorable new little girl images. Regina definitely took me back to my paper doll days with these little beauties!

For my project this week, I chose to make a Spring sign and really wanted to work with Elisha Jean from the Everyday Elisa Jean and Friends release. I gave her a nice paper pieced dress from my DCWV Spring Stack. Again back to my paper doll days! I then pulled out this cute Spring Title Printable Stamp, also from The Cutting Cafe, choosing to use the colored version printed multiple times to give it depth, and then using patterned paper for my background on my sign from my DCWV Spring Stack!

I used Copics
Hair - C3, C5, C7
Skin - E25, E33, E34
Bow, Socks & Shoes - Y17, E17, R20, R22
I used various ribbons from my ribbon wall and a piece of chipboard to give my sign sturdiness.
Elisha Jean looks so cute on my Spring sign but she and her friends, Ruby J and Mikala Ann, would make adorable paper dolls for that special girl in your life!!!

~CEL-E-BRATE GOOD TIMES...with Limited Runs & The Cutting Cafe~

2011-03-17T00:01:00.005-07:00

Happy St. Patricks Day!!!! Hope you remembered to wear your green today!! Unless you're into the kinky stuff and like to get pinched ... lol
Anyways...two weeks sure has flown by! To hell with the weeks, this year is flying by! We're already half way through March. Anyways, we've made it to Thursday, and that means its time for a new challenge at Craft Us Crazy!! This weeks challenge is CUPCAKES and/or a CELEBRATION theme! I used a cute image from Limited Runs Stamps called Tall Drink #2 and a few great printable/cuttable files from The Cutting Cafe called Happy Birthday Frame Word Block and Frame Shaped Card. We hope you'll be able to join us because we have a great sponsor for the next two weeks.....

When I started creating christmas cards for my friends I didn't realize how addictive it could be and it's slowly been getting larger. We all start somewhere and it's been growing.Creating Digi's just happened to be a blend of using my drawing and computer graphix together to create "Limited Runs"which is my digital stamp store. I've also started Freebie Fridays and will be doing this for a Limited time too. Each may be posted from 1 day to ??? (Limited Time Offer) May you all enjoy my digi's as much as I love to make them. So if your looking for some YUMMY cupcakes I've got over 70 Varieties to choose from with more always in the works. Don't worry there are also others available too from Cute to a little scary. Pop by and you'll see what I mean!!! And we have occassional large seasonal Digi's for those who scrapbook digi's that are 8 By 8 Inches too these will pop up from time to time and be Limited Runs too.

Be sure to check out The Cutting Cafe and Limited Runs for some awesome digis and printable/cutting files. Limited Runs is offering 3 Digis to the winner and a digi stamp to each Top 3! There's also an inspiration challenge at The Cutting Cafe where you could win 3 stamp sets of your choice and a buy one get one deal on all background files.

Now on to my card....

~SUPPLIES USED~

Limited Runs - Tall Drink #2

The Cutting Cafe - Happy Birthday Frame Word Block

The Cutting Cafe - Frame Shaped Card

Copics - BV04, 08, 11, 13

C1, C2

E25, 33, 34 - Lt. Choc

E29, E39 - Dk Choc

DCWV - Nana's Nursery Baby Boy Stack - Patterned Paper

GA Pacific Cardstock

DCWV - Christmas Cardstock - Solid Brown

Stampin' Up - Lavender Lace Ink

CTMH - Organdy Ribbon - Purple

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
Amber's Crafts and Stuff - Anything Goes
Freshly Brewed Challenges - Spots and Dots
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges - From the Kitchen
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Happy Birthday
Going Grey with Scrap-Creations - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Happy Birthday
Try It On Tuesday - Chocolate Therapy
Kaboodle Doodles - Happy Birthday
The Shabby Tea Room - Birthday and/or Celebration
Stamps R Us - In The Kitchen
Meljen's Designs - Dots
Do You Stack Up - Add A Bow

~CUTTING CAFE MONTHLY INSPIRATION....BACKGROUNDS~

2011-03-14T13:34:00.004-07:00

Welcome to another Cutting Cafe Monthly Inspiration!!! This month Regina challenged us to use backgrounds. I chose to use the Time 2 Background Printable Stamp. Unbelievably the school year will be coming to an end soon. It feels like this year, especially the school year, has just flown by so far. And what does that mean...GRADUATION! So I figured I'd get a few cards made up in case my boys had any friends graduating this year, and if not, I can put it up for my nephew that will be graduating next year, since it's done in his school colors. Anyways, graduation makes me think of TIME...time that you've spent studying, time that you've spent planning out your future, time that you've spent in school since you were a wee little thing, and the time that you will always feel you're up against as you're moving down your new path in life.
Along with this background image, I also used the Happy Graduation Huge Circle Set and the Ribbons Sentiments Banner Set & Shaped Card that you can find at The Cutting Cafe as well. I love the Ribbons Sentiments Banner set, it's so versatile and along with the backgrounds, you could make so many quick cards to keep on hand.

Be sure to check out the Cutting Cafe Monthly Inspiration post at The Cutting Cafe on Wednesday, March 16th for your chance to win 3 stamp sets of your choice from The Cutting Cafe store and some brilliant inspiration from our design team.

~SUPPLIES USED~

The Cutting Cafe - Time 2 Background Printable Stamp

Happy Graduation Huge Circle Set

Ribbons Sentiments Banner Set & Shaped Card

Birds Cards - Free Graduation Digital Images - Graduation Hat & Diploma

DCWV - Christmas Cardstock Stack - Solid Cardstock

Copics - R22, 24, 27 - C2

Stampin' Up Classic Ink - Real Red

Colorbox Cat's Eyes Ink - Black

InkEssentials - Glossy Accents
I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Dream Valley Challenges - New Beginnings (Graduation)
Paper Sundaes - Keep It Simple
One Stop Craft - Clean and Simple
Pollycraft Challenge - Teen Cards (Hope this is acceptable)
Aly's Sunday Challenge - Anything Goes

~HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM THE CUTTING CAFE~

2011-03-13T06:31:00.006-07:00

Happy Sunday!!! Boy did this weekend fly by rather quickly, at least to me it did. I can say it was an entertaining weekend but I'd be lying. I'm actually glad it's almost over. But anyways, I did find some time to make this birthday card with the NEW! Ribbon Sentiments Banner Set & Shaped Card that was just released over at The Cutting Cafe! Regina has done it again by creating a wonderful stamp set! You can't go wrong with 48 images and a shaped card cutting file for only $4.99! So many possibilities with this set and so fun to play with. I used a freebie image from Cuddly Buddly, I thought it was cute little birdie. I can see many more cards made with the Ribbon Sentiments Banner Set in my future! I have quite a few birthdays coming up in the next couple of weeks. So one down...upteen more to go!

I hope you enjoy my card and hope that it inspires you to find some time and create something for yourself or someone special! And if it doesn't, then there's creativity and inspiration surrounding us all over blog land and especially at THE CUTTING CAFE! I hope the upcoming week is a great one for everyone!

~SUPPLIES USED~

The Cutting Cafe - Ribbons Sentiments Banner Set & Shaped Card

Cuddly Buddy - Freebie Birdie Image

DCWV - The Summer Stack (Printed Paper)

The Summer Cardstock Stack (Solid Paper)

Papertrey Ink - White Cardstock

Stampin' Up - Classic Ink Real Red

Stickles - Orange Peel, Xmas Red

3/8" Red Nylon Ribbon

Glossy Accents

Creatology - Wiggle Eyes - 4mm
Green Buttons from Stash
Hemp Cord

Copics - C2, R27, RV21, Y11, Y13, Y17, YR12, YR68

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
All Sorts - Luck O' The Irish
ECP Challenges - GREEN
Send A Smile 4 Kids - Anything Goes
Card Makin Mamas - Something Green
Delicious Doodles - Use Green
Fairy Fun Fridays - It's My Party/Party Theme
Totally Papercrafts Challenges - Shaped Cards
Aud Sentiments - Birthday Theme
Crafty Purple Frog - Something with Wings
PaperCrafting Journey - Things with Wings
StampInsanity - Anything Goes with a pop of Green
Creative Card Crew - No Flowers
Paper Sundaes - Keep It Simple

~OWH BUNNY HOP BLOG HOP WINNER~

2011-03-08T01:51:00.000-07:00

Thank you to everyone that joined along with us this weekend during the Operation Write Home Bunny Hop!! I appreciated each and every one of your comments and hope that you'll help support Operation Write Home whenever possible!

Now the winner of a $10 Gift Certificate to the wonderful THE CUTTING CAFE is ....

ALLISONG of ALLISON'S CREATIONS

Congratulations Allison!!

Please contact me at Craftyjsplace@cox.net to redeem your gift certificate!!

And thank you again for stopping by my blog!

~OPERATION WRITE HOME BUNNY HOP & CANDY TO THE CUTTING CAFE~

2011-03-05T07:41:00.002-07:00

Good morning and happy Saturday!!! Today is the day...what day ya ask?? The Operation Write Home Bunny Hop!! You should've began your hop at OWH Stars and Stamps, if you didn't, please hop back to the front and start your hop over, as we would hate for you to miss any of the creations from all of the fabulous talent in this blog hop! If you did, then you should've arrived here from Maritza's fabulous blog.

Before I post my card, I want to post two important deadlines...

Easter Card Deadline - March 18th
Mother's Day Deadline - March 31

If you'd like to participate in Operation Write Home, the best starting spot is the "Get Involved" page on the OWH website. It gives you all the information that a newbie would need to get started. And if you should have any other questions, don't hesitate to ask..there's always someone that can help you and plenty of heroes that could use a card to send to a loved one back home, or a loved one that's overseas as well.

So for my card, I chose an Easter card to post. I do have glitter on my card, but it's Stickles and then covered with Glossy Accents, to keep any flaking of the glitter. We can't put our heroes in harm's way by covering them in glitter now can we?

On a personal note - As a military spouse and soon to be military mom, I would like to Thank everyone that participates with Operation Write Home, or any other organization that helps our heroes while they're away from home. It's awesome and heart warming to know that there's folks out there willing to give of their personal time. So thank you to each and every one of you from my family to yours.

Now on to my card and a chance to win some candy.....

If you'd like to win a $10 Gift Certificate to THE CUTTING CAFE, please leave a comment below and I'll draw a winner on Monday, March 7th, 2011.

Thanks for stopping by and joining the Operation Write Home Bunny Hop!!!

Your next stop is the lovely and talented Linda at Catered Crop!

~Supplies Used~

The Cutting Cafe - Happy Easter Inside and Out Greetings

Easter Frames Printable Stamp Set

For The Love of Eggs Printable Stamp Set

Colorbok - Solid Print Cardstock

DCWV - Nana's Nursery Baby Girl

Stampin' Up - Classic Stampin' Pad - Apricot Appeal

InkEssentials - Glossy Accents

Stickles - Orange Peel and Yellow

Tim Holtz - Walnut Stain Distress Ink

Tim Holtz - Tiny Stapler

Ribbon from Stash

~Stop by and say Hi at The Cutting Cafe~

2011-02-26T07:42:00.001-07:00

Good Morning and Happy Saturday!! I hope everyone's weekend is off to a great start!!! It's supposed to get chilly here, but we'll see. Think I'll run out to some yard sales and see if anyones getting rid of some treasures...some crafty treasures!! Before I do that, I wanted to share this really cute bike set called Let's Go For A Ride that Regina released over at The Cutting Cafe! I think it's just the cutest! She's got so many different bikes, scenes and sentiments in this set. You're surely to find what ya need to come up with your own little bike card.

I chose this little scene and bike to send to my nephew and his wife. They're such sweethearts and two of my very best friends. I love and miss them so much, and I wish I could hop on a bike right now and ride over and see them. Unfortunately I'm in AZ and they're in GA, so it would be quite the ride, but if I thought I could make it, I'd be on my way. So hopefully they'll enjoy this little card when it stops by!

Anyways, back to my card. I took the images and manipulated them a bit in my Paintshop Pro program, and added in the sentiment over the sign that's already there, and finished it off into a bigger sign. I also took a cotton ball and put it on the clouds, thought it would give it some texture and just a fun addition. It kind of reminds me of the Pee Wee Herman bike haha

Well I hope this little card inspires you to make something fun today and let someone that you may not get to see as much as you'd like, know you're thinking of them!

~SUPPLIES USED~

The Cutting Cafe - Let's Go For A Ride Printable Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - White Cardstock

Stampin' Up Cardstock - Basic Black

DCWV - The Stack 6 (Patterned Paper)

Stash - Red Ribbon, Cotton Ball & Red Buttons

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut Stain

Stampin' Up Classic Ink - Bashful Blue

Pebbles Inc - I Kan' dee Chalks - Blues

InkEssentials - Glossy Accents

Stickles - Yellow & Lavender

Copics - BV0000, BV04, BV11

C1, C2, C3, C5, C7, C9

E00, E11, E33, E37

R22, R24, R27

Y11, Y13, Y17, Y26

YG09, YG13

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - Friendship

Tellen's Place - Buttons

Do You Stack Up - Anything Goes

Paper Romance - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter - Seeing "RED"

Totally Gorjuss - Black and -- I chose Red

Stamptacular Sunday - S.O.S - Someone Special - My nephew and niece
Creative Inspirations - Stripes

~The Cutting Cafe Inspiration...For That Wonderful Mom & 2011 Calendar Set~

2011-02-22T00:00:00.004-07:00

I hope everyone had a wonderful President's Day for those that had it off. Back to work but at least it'll be a short week for most! Today I have some inspiration for you from The Cutting Cafe! Why?? Because they're our monthly sponsor over at Craft Us Crazy for the month of February and I just love all of Regina's stamp sets and files, probably why I'm on her DT as well. It's easy to promote a company when you love their products!!

My moms birthday is coming up on March 5th, and with not being close to home, I wanted to make her something special that she could use at work. So as soon as Regina showed me this sweet set, For That Wonderful Mom, I knew I wanted to use it for her birthday. Don't get me wrong, there's so many wonderful verses, that I'll be using it for Mother's Day also. But I knew I wanted to use these sweet words to tell my mom how special she is on her birthday. I used the 2011 Calender Printable Stamp Set from The Cutting Cafe as well. I immediately knew which image I wanted to use with these sweet words. It's Dress Up Time from Kelley Kid's. I thought she was just adorable and would look perfect on the gift I wanted to make my mom. Soooo...with that said..this is what I came up with...

I made her a post it note and calendar frame that she could use on her desk at work. It's made with an 8 x 10 acrylic from that I picked up from Michael's the last time I was in Tucson. I've always wanted to alter an acrylic frame, but have always been intimidated by them. I have to say though I had fun with this one!
I know I won't be able to wait until March 5th, so this will be shipped out this week I'm sure lol I'm bad at keeping things until the right dates. But anyways, I hope you like it, and I really hope my mom likes it when she gets it! Below are a few more pictures of the back and again of the front so you can see the glossy accents on the shoes and bow, and the liquid pearls on her necklace. The image is up under the frame, so it's not easily seen.
Thanks for looking and I hope you'll check out The Cutting Cafe and Kelley Kid's for more inspiration!! And we hope you'll join us over at Craft Us Crazy for our current challenge!!

~Back~

~Supplies Used~

The Cutting Cafe - For That Wonderful Mom

2011 Calendar Printable Stamp Set

Kelley Kid's - Dress Up Time

Papertrey Ink - White Cardstock

The Angel Company - Angelee Designer Paper Pack

Solid Purple Cardstock from Stash

Stampin' Up Classic Ink - Pale Plum & Lavender Lace

Liquid Pearls - Lavender Lace

InkEssentials - Glossy Accents

thePaperStudio -Spare Parts-Mini Round Brads - Metallic

We R Memory Keepers - Crop-A-Dile

We R Memory Keepers - Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper

Close To My Heart - Organdy Ribbon - Summer Carnival

Green Ribbon - Stash

Prima Flowers - Lavender Flower

Terrifically Tacky Tape

Michaels - Studio Decor Basics Acrylic Photo Frame - 8 x 10

Basics by Kaisercraft - Pearls - Snow but colored with Copics BV11, BV13

Post It Pad 2.75" - From Stash

Copics - BV0000, BV000, BV11, BV13

E0000, E000, E00, E33, E34, E51

R20
I'm also entering this project in the following challenges:
(Tuesday) Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes
(Tuesday) Sweet Stamps - Flowers
(Monday) Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Flowers
(Monday) Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight Challenge - Plastic
(Monday) Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog - Break Tradition (Altered Acrylic Frame - 1st time trying it)
(Monday) Lexi's Creations - Flowers
(Monday) Stamps R Us - For The Girls
(Sunday) Catered Crop - Recipe (I chose to use..Patterned Paper, Colors, Color Mediums, Embellishments, Misc. Supplies, Tools, Shapes)
(Sunday) I Did It Creations - Anything Goes
(Sunday) One Stitch At A Time - No Square Cards (I used a Rectangle Frame)
(Sunday) Stamptacular Sunday - For Someone Special (made for my mom)
(Friday) Guylou's Inimitability - Anything Goes
(Friday) Totally Papercrafts - Use a Digi
(Sunday) Pile it On - Childhood Dreams
(Thursday) Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything Goes
(Thursday) Papercrafting Journey - Anything Goes
(Thursday) Shelly's Images - Anything Goes
(Friday) Delicious Doodles - Glitz/Glam/Shimmerz and Bling
(Thursday) PaperPlay Challenges - Add Shine
(Saturday) My Sheri Crafts - All About Girls
(Sunday) WhoopsiDaisy - Someone Special
(Friday) Res-Q Challenge - Something that makes you Happy (my mom)
(Wednesday) The Creative Cottage - Fabulous Florals (Bg paper & Prima Flower)
(Friday) A Gem of a Challenge - Buttons, Brads, Beads, Bows (I chose Backward Brads, Bow)
(Wednesday) Forgotten Scraps - Spring or Flowers (I chose Flowers)
(Thursday) C.R.A.F.T - Not a Card
(Thursday) StampInsanity - Anything But a Card

~The Cutting Cafe ... GREEN Inspiration Giveaway!~

2011-02-21T07:04:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone that visited my blog and left a comment on my card using the Beautiful Flowers set from The Cutting Cafe!

The winner of this beautiful set is............

Melissa Bove (SCS ~ Melissa1872) said...: Gorgeous card!!; February 18, 2011 8:52 AM

Congratulations Melissa!! Please contact me at CraftyJsPlace@cox.net within 3 days to claim your Beautiful Flowers Printable Stamp Set!

~Brrrrr it's cold Outside at Craft Us Crazy!!~

2011-02-17T00:01:00.013-07:00

You notice I said at Craft Us Crazy! Here in Arizona, it's a bright and sunny day! We're sitting at 72 degrees right now, so I'm going to enjoy it while I can! And what better way to enjoy any weather...well in my opinion, since there's really not anything around us to do...Craft the days away!!!
So for our challenge at Craft Us Crazy this week is something that makes you think of WINTER!!!! And nothings better during the winter than snuggling up with a warm blanket by a fire if you have one, with a good book and a hot cup of chocolate!
So that's exactly what I came up with for this challenge using an adorable image donated by our talented sponsor Meljen's Designs!!

For this project, I chose to use the Yeti Cocoa image and some fabulous papers I had won in a blog candy giveaway from the talented and my dear friend, Wendy Ramlakhan. I think he turned out adorable and screams winter, with his little cup of cocoa. I also used the Corner bookmark Tutorial found HERE. Super easy and fun to make!

~Back of bookmark~

Also, don't forget to check out our monthly sponsors as well!! Regina has some awesome files over at The Cutting Cafe and Terri has a great sale going on right now at Stamps Alive!!

and

~Supplies Used~

Meljen's Designs - Yeti Cocoa Digital Image

Papertrey Ink - White Cardstock

Basic Grey - Olivia 6x6 Paper Pad

Tim Holtz - Distress Ink - Walnut Stain

Martha Stewart - Edge Punch - Embossed Snowflake

Marvy Uchida - 2 1/2" Circle Punch

Computer Generated sentiment - LDJ Thankful Font

Details & Access - 5/8" White Satin Ribbon inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink listed above

Zig Ball - .5mm for Faux Stitching

Sakura Gelly Roll - Med White Pen for Faux Stitching

Copics -

B01, B91, B95

BG01, BG10, BG11

C1, C3, C5

E000, E00, E34

R20, R22, R24, R81

I'm also entering this project into the following challenges:
ABC Challenge - O is for Old Fashioned
Stampin' Royalty - Mark It Up/Use Markers (Copics)
A Spoonful of Sugar - Anything but a Card (Corner Bookmark)
My Time to Craft - Going Round in Circles
Top Tip Tuesday - All Stitched Up (Faux)
The Shabby Tea Room - Keeping Warm & Inspiration Picture
CES Challenge Blog - Cute and Cuddly
Delightful Challenges - Animals (I believe a Yeti is considered animal..at least part)
Desert Islands Crafts Challenge - Use 3 or more from itenerary..I chose The color Red, Border Punch, Book Inspired, and No Flowers
Lollipop Crafts - Favorite Coloring Medium (Copics)
Stamping Vacation - No Flowers
Stamping Vacation - Animal Applause Challenge
Sassy Studio Designs - Use Punches (Snowflake Border Punch, Circle Punch)
Stamps + Fun = Creativity - Anything Goes
C.R.A.F.T - Not A Card
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything Goes
StampInsanity - Anything but a Card
Shelly's Images - Show Us What Ya Got
Samuel Taylors Monthly Challenge - Copic Chic/Promarker Gal
The Rubber Cafe - No Patterned Paper

~Beautiful Flowers at The Cutting Cafe & Giveaway!!~

2011-02-13T00:57:00.006-07:00

Happy Sunday everyone!! One more day until Valentine's...is everyone ready?? I have to take my son to pick up his flowers for his girlfriend today. At least I did raise my boys to treat their girlfriends right, I hope it carries on through life when they have a wife. As my husband tells me, he doesn't have to "shmooze" me or try to impress me anymore since we're married. Must be why Valentine's is just another day around here lol Anywho...just because he's a fuddy dud doesn't mean we can't have some fun! And Regina over at The Cutting Cafe is allowing us to do just that!!!

This month at The Cutting Cafe, our monthly inspiration is GREEN! So I used the Beautiful Flowers Colored Printable Stamp Set from The Cutting Cafe to inspire me as I used the color GREEN throughout my project. There is so much to be inspired by in this set, but I wanted to use the Black and White digital stamp of a BEAUTIFUL FLOWER that is included along with one of the included sentiments. So I hope I succeeded with inspiring you to make something with the color green!!!

Ohhhh but I'm not through...this month at The Cutting Cafe, Regina is letting us offer you the set that we've chosen to work with!! How do you get it you ask...JUST LEAVE A COMMENT! That's it!!! I will be drawing a name for a winner on Feb. 20th, my youngest sons 17th birthday!! So go HERE and check out this BEAUTIFUL set and if you'd like a chance to win it... come back here to my blog and leave me a comment in this post!!!

And if you'd like a chance at winning 3 more FREE sets from The Cutting Cafe, join us over at Craft Us Crazy, as Regina is sponsoring us this month!!!

Have a great day and thanks for looking!!

~SUPPLIES USED~

The Cutting Cafe - Beautiful Flowers Colored Printable Stamp Set

Black & White Flower Image

Just Because Sentiment

Papertrey Ink - White Cardstock

Anna Griffin - Patterned Paper

Colorbok - Solid Cardstock (Cool Earth Tones & Warm Earth Tones Stacks)

EK Success Chalks - Green & Brown (Front around image)

Studio G - Green Ink (For Distressing around edges)

Offray Ribbon - 5/16" Straight and Narrow (loops on front and inside ribbon)

1/4" Spool O' Ribbon - Bow inside

Basics by Kaisercraft - Pearls - Green

InkEssentials - Glossy Accents

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges;
Little Claire's Designs - Anything Goes
Secret Crafter - Stamped Flower
Totally Papercrafts - Clean and Simple
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Nature
Do You Stack Up - Ribbon
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Kaboodle Doodles - Ribbon
Ooh La La Creations - For Someone Special

~Claudia Cow Calendar and Memo Holder at Craft Us Crazy~

2011-02-03T00:01:00.001-07:00

Happy Thursday!!!! And what an exciting Thursday it is! Today is our first challenge over at Craft Us Crazy!! Our challenge this week is ANYTHING GOES!!!!

We have some awesome sponsors for throughout the month of February!! Our sponsor for this challenge is the one and only.......

Our TOP 3 will be put in a drawing at the end of the month to win a terrific prize from one of our monthly sponsors....

and

With Valentine's Day around the corner, I knew I wanted to make another Valentine's gift. Another that I'm not sure where it'll go, but maybe I'll come up with someone.

For this challenge I chose to work with and the Claudia Cow Colored Image from Digital Delights and the 2011 Calendar Printable Stamp Set from The Cutting Cafe!! I chose the colored version of Claudia because I knew I wanted to print it multiple times so that I could layer her for a 3D look, but she's also available in black and white form!! I used two pieces of wood that came in a gift that I received from Christmas one year that I of course held on to because I just knew it would come in handy one day lol and IT DID!!! I painted both of them, and hand painted the clouds on the top piece, and free handed a cow pattern to match Claudia on my bottom piece, and attached the calendar to the front side with double ribbon bows, and used my Tim Holtz Swivel Clasps to attach it all and allow it to turn at the bottom and find the sticky note pad on the backside. I had so much fun making this project and hope you enjoy checking it out!!!

~Supplies Used~

Claudia Cow Colored Image from Digital Delights

2011 Calendar Printable Stamp Set from The Cutting Cafe

Sentiment Computer Generated using 101 Cow Print Font

Papertrey Ink Cardstock

2 Wood Shapes from Stash

Stickles - Xmas Red & Yellow

Distress Stickles - Frayed Burlap & Scattered Straw

Sky and Clouds hand painted - Making Memories Paint - Daquiri & Spotlight

Bottom Piece hand painted - Making Memories Paint - Asphalt, Folk Art - Burnt Umber, Apple Barrel - Brown Oxide

Mod Podge to seal Paint

Brown Ribbon - Dashes Dots & Checks - Michaels

White Ribbon - Greenbrier International - Dollar Store

Blue Satin Ribbon - Michael's

Tim Holtz Swivel Clasps to connect both pieces

Glossy Accents - InkEssentials

Grass Paper - DCWV

Creative Hands Foam Sheets and Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive for 3D Pieces

I'm also entering this into the following challenges:
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge - Valentine's Day/Romance
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Valentine's
Paper Crafting Journey - Love is in the Air
Fab n Funky - Chocolate and blue
Simon Says Stamp - Love is in the Air
Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

~ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOOOOOTBALLL???~

2011-01-26T04:33:00.007-07:00

HAPPY HUMP DAY!!!! I hope everyone is waking up to a beautiful day. I know a lot of folks are having very cold days still so stay warm and inside as much as you can. Here in Arizona, it's been a little cool but nothing like everyone else is having. It's actually getting back up into the 70s during the day, so it's been nice!

Anyways, I have a fun little card for you today. Everyone knows what February 6, 2011 is right?? WHAT?!?! YOU DON'T?!?! Well it's SUPERBOWL SUNDAY!!!!!!!! The 2nd day of most consumed food in the USA behind Thanksgiving! That little fact when I read it surprised me really. Guess I need to go back to the grocery store!

Congratulations to all the Steelers fans out there...and the ahem... Packer fans! My team obviously didn't make it, but HOPEFULLY we'll be there next year! But since I couldn't make any cards or have a party for my team, I made a little Invite card for a friends brother that is a die hard Steelers fan. So hopefully he'll like it when he receives it!!

For this card I used a cute little collaboration set by Stitchy Stamps and Panda Bear Designs called Football Mini Kit. I did open it up in PSP and with the artists permission, and alter the number and helmet icon so that I could put the appropriate numbers on their jerseys. I don't usually use digital papers, but I'm finding myself liking them more and more. You have everything you need in this little set, from the digital stamps to your papers. So head on over and grab this little set so you can get your cards and favors ready for all those Superbowl Parties coming up!!!
If you will be going to parties or having parties, be safe, smart and live to see the next Superbowl! And of course have fun!!!

~SUPPLIES USED~

Football Mini Kit - Stitchy Bear Stamps

GinaK White Cardstock

Stampin Up Basic Black Cardstock

Tiny Mosaic Cuttlebug Folder

Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Ink

EK Success Chalks

Yellow Stickles

Vince Lombardi Trophy from Google search...altered and downsized in PSP

Sentiment on front from my son Christopher

Fonts used - Mostlios and College for numbers on jerseys

LD Soccer Mom for sentiment on front and inside

Glossy Accents

Copics - C1, C2, C7, C9

E0000, E11, E33, E34, E39, E51

Y11, Y13, Y17, Y23

YG67
Entering into the following challenges -
One Stitch at a Time - As You Like It
My Time to Craft - Emboss..Wet or Dry (Dry emboss inside of card)
Cards for Men - Party (Invitation to Party)
Woodware USA - Anything Goes
Aly's Sunday Challenge - For the Guys
Paper Sundaes - Distressing (Sandblock on front, Inking on Inside)
Allsorts - Male/Boy

~A Few Birthday Cards~

2011-01-24T14:41:00.000-07:00

Happy Monday to everyone! Wait...is that even possible....a HAPPY Monday?? Hmm I'll have to think about it and let ya know on Tuesday. Anyways just a short posting today with a few birthday cards that I made for my sister and sister in law. It's very sad that I've been married to my husband for almost 20 yrs, and I really don't know anything about his brother's wife. With us in the military, I see them MAYBE once a year at the holidays and then nothing in between. So it was really hard to come up with something for her, not really knowing things she liked. But I think the decoupaged card I finally settled on works, and hopefully she'll like it. So far so good on my resolution of sending out cards to everyone!

Ok so this one was for my sister. I was inspired by Holly and loved her sentiment that she used, so I knew it would make a cute card for my sister. More than not, my sister has a pretty good sense of humor, so hopefully she got a chuckle out of it.The image is from Squigglefly. Papers are from the DCWV Latte Stack. Her favorite color is Purple, so tried to make that the main color of the card.

The card below is the one I finally decided on for my sister in law. It's a decoupage sheet I bought from CraftsuPrint and made by Carol Clarke
I liked the colors of it and though it was subtle and would fit any personality. Well I hope so anyways lol I printed it out a few times and pieced different areas. Some that were shown on the sheet, and other areas that I chose to do on my own. Highlighted some areas with Crystal Stickles and Tiara Glitz Stickles and put it on a black cardstock base.

Thanks for looking and hope they inspire you to make something today!

~I Can See It Clearly at Frosted Designs Challenge Blog & A Giveaway~

2011-01-22T00:01:00.005-07:00

I was recently asked to be a Guest Designer at Frosted Designs Challenge Blog, and how could I say NO! I got to work with a great image from Stitchy Stamps AND be a guest at Frosted Designs...and like that wasn't enough, I even got this cute little blinkie to put on my blog... now on to the challenge this week!!

This week over at Frosted Designs, our challenge was to use Acrylic, Vellum, Acetate, or some sort of transparency on your project. I knew immediately what I wanted to make with Valentines around the corner. I chose to work with a cute little image from this weeks sponsor, Stitchy Stamps, called Puppy Love. I thought he/she was just the cutest, and what's more loveable than a puppy! I used acetate, which in my world is just an old piece of transparency from an old package or box that I recycled. Why pay high prices when its right there in a lot of the things you buy. So I warn you now there's a lot of pictures!

So I took my adorable puppy and decided to make a little box with card set. I used the Stationary Box with lid and Envelope/Liner cutting file from The Cutting Cafe and the Words of Love Colored Printable Stamp set to accomplish this idea of mine. I used a larger puppy on the lid of my box and then smaller puppies on my cards to keep with the focal point. I think it turned out rather cute and I hope you think so as well! So head on over to Frosted Designs and play along for a chance to win a Gift Certificate to Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps!!!

Hmmm and now to figure out who to give it to...maybe a little blog candy to help celebrate my Guest DT spot?? If anyone's interested in this posted project, please leave a comment below stating that you'd love to have this card set, and I'll do a drawing on Jan 27th, the end of this weeks challenge at Frosted Designs!

~SUPPLIES USED~

Stitchy Stamps - Puppy Love

The Cutting Cafe - Stationary Box with lid and Envelope/Liner cutting file

Words of Love Colored Printable Stamp set

Papertrey Ink - White Cardstock

Stampin' Up - Basic Black Cardstock

Gina K - White Cardstock

DCWV - Envelope Liners

Pink and Red Cardstock for Envelopes - From Stash

Copics - E000, E00, E51, E11, E53

R20, R22, R24, R27

C1, C2

Y13

Liquid Pearls - Mint Green, Petal Pink, Ruby Red

Stickles - Xmas Red

Acetate - From Stash

Target - Ribbon - Grosgrain 3/8" Red hearts and Pink Hearts

Ebay - Ribbon - Nylon 3/16" Light Pink

Nylon 1/4" Natural and Red

Cats Eye Colorbok - Lipstick Red

Tattered Angels Glitter Mist - Candy Apple Red

Adhesive Gold 3D Heart Embellishments - From Stash

I'm entering this project in the challenges below:
One Stitch At A Time - Theme is "New" (new stamp set from The Cutting Cafe, New Ribbon)
Just Us Girls - Valentine Container (Card box)
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Heart and Ribbon
Send A Smile 4 Kids - Puppy Love
Wee Memories - Any creation goes
Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenges - Anything Goes
Totally PaperCrafts - Add a Heart
Do You Stack Up? - Think Pink
Meljen's Designs - Pink and Red
Paperplay Challenges - Back to Black
Southern Girls Challenge - Lovey Dovey
Fab n' Funky - Animal Magic
Freshly Brewed Challenges - Love or Valentine's Themed
Tuesday Throwdown - Valentine
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Love is in the Air
Pile It On - Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes - Favorite Challenge from past year - Valentines
Craft Your Days Away - Love

~BINGO!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY...THE CUTTING CAFE~

2011-01-20T15:24:00.010-07:00

Hey yall!!! Phew thank gosh it's Thursday! This year is already flying by, I mean we're almost done wih January! We'll be celebrating 2012 before we know it!! But that means I need to get realllllly moving on Birthday cards then! It's my goal this year to make and send out a birthday card to most of my family this year. I would love to send out to everyone (cousins, aunts, uncles, 2nd-3rd cousins and so forth), but geez I would never be doing anything else if I done that, and honestly I don't know everyones birthday...oops! Ahh well if it wasn't posted on Facebook, they wouldn't know mine either lol so we're all even!

Anyways, on to my card this week! This card was made for my mother in law. I love the Bingo sets that Regina has at The Cutting Cafe, so for this card I chose to go with the Bingo Card Set Printable Stamp set. There are SOOOOO MANY pieces in this set, that you could make a card for any occassion! Hopefully she'll get what I was going for with the Happy 'Bee' Day, but if not, she'll think it says HAPPY DAY! lol I used the bee from the Animal and Bug Mini Colored Circle Printable Stamp Set and cut it out to put on top of my ribbon flower, layering it twice to give it some depth. Used some black wire from my stash to make his antennas. Not real thrilled with the colors but it's her favorite colors and her card so what can I do..lol I probably would've threw this paper out since it came in one of my stacks but I think I'll put it in a special 'Mother In Law' drawer.

I hope you enjoyed checking it out and as always thank you for visiting and taking time to leave me little comments! They're always fun to read and always appreciated!! Now what are you headed for, head on over to The Cutting Cafe and check out all the inspiration that's posted there, along with all the wonderful stamp sets and cutting files and see what you can be inspired to make!!

~SUPPLIES USED~

Bingo Card Set Printable Stamp set - The Cutting Cafe

Animal and Bug Mini Colored Circle Printable Stamp Set - The Cutting Cafe

The Spring Stack - DCWV

The Spring Cardstock Stack - DCWV

White Cardstock - Stampin' Up

Walnut Stain Distress Ink - Tim Holtz

Ice Green Pearls -- Basics by Kaisercraft

Organdy Autumn Garden Ribbon - Close to my Heart

Glossy Accents - InkEssentials

Crystal - Stickles

Black Wire from stash
I'm entering this card into the following challenges -
The Stamp Man - Distress
Fairytale Challenge Blog - Flowers
Fairy Fun Fridays - Birthday
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays - Anything Goes
Our Daily Bread - Wing It (bee)
Creative Inspirations - Birthday
Craft Your Days Away - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Flowers
Pile It On - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - Theme is NEW! New year of life, New ribbon, New Stamp Set
Gingerloft - Celebration (Birthday)
Aly's Sunday Challenge - Things with Wings (Bee)
Karber Weekly Challenge - Ribbon (Flower made of ribbon)
Stampin' Royalty - Anything with Wings
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Birthday
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything Goes
Delightful Challenges - Celebration (Birthday)
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge - Distressing
AiFactory Challenge - Anything Goes
Wee Memories - Ribbon

~Rockin' Inspiration~

2011-01-06T14:40:00.006-07:00

Hello everyone!! Yep I'm back! What can I say, when I see something that inspires me, I can't stop until I get it done, and that's exactly what happened here! Quite a few people played hands in inspiring this little project! Oh how I miss my kiddos being young, but even tweens would like this one. Heck I'm th..nevermind....and I would love to receive one lol Ok so I love following Lorri over at Confessions of a Stamping Addict and I love trying to see what I can translate over to The Cutting Cafe files when I find something that inspires me. And the other day I accomplished that goal!! Lorri posted the cutest Ipod project that she was inspired by from a magazine called Family Fun, but then I thought of the Conversations Candy Box at The Cutting Cafe....and VOILA!!

I had to cut down the box a bit because of them making the SweetHearts boxes a little smaller this year, but that wasn't a problem at all. I then used the lil playlist template from the magazine mentioned above, being inspired by my cousin Jen and her love of the group 311, and changed the list to songs that she would like and has a Valentine feel. Instead of the peanut butter cups, I used these cute little heart shaped chocolates that I found last night while hunting for the SweetHearts. Such a fun and quick Valentine's gift. I also used the All Occasion Tag Set from The Cutting Cafe to give it more of a personal touch. I hope you like and it inspires you to try something new today!!! Thanks for looking!

~SUPPLIES USED~

The Cutting Cafe - Conversations Candy Box, All Occasion Tag Set

Family Fun - Rock Candy Playlist Template

Red Cardstock from Stash

Stampin' Up - Basic Black Smooth Cardstock

Black Nylon Cord

My Litte Shoebox Ribbon - Unique

Silver Elastic Cord

Small Heart Punch

Colorbox Chalk Ink - Lipstick Red

InkEssentials - Glossy Accents

Hershey Milk Chocolate Hearts

Sweethearts Candies

Celephane Bag from Stash
~Entering into the following challenges~
Southern Girls -- Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments -- Anything Goes/Anything But A Card
Fab n' Funky -- Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion -- Anything Goes
One Stitch At a Time -- Anything Goes

~My Blog has ATTITUDE!!!~

2011-01-03T13:27:00.000-07:00

or at least that's what Rhonda said!!! lol And actually I tend to believe her...my mom and dad would tell you she's right! Oh wait, we were talking about my blog! I think they would agree there also! I have to say though, that this is a very cool award...it comes with a $5 Gift Certificate if you're awarded it and complete the requirements!!! Soooo here I go....

First requirement is to list 3 things that make you different from everybody else....oooo I'm with Rhonda, this is a hard one. hmmmmm

I was born with 3 kidneys and had two removed on my left side when I was 5 yrs old, leaving me one kidney on my right side.
My first name is very unique, named after my grandmother and not often seen....Jewren
hmmm this last one is giving me a run for my money...maybe that's my 3rd one, that I have trouble coming up with anything positive to say about myself

Phew that was hard...lol Ok now an even harder part...filling the second requirement. Finding 5 bloggers that is worthy of this award and letting them know about it. The hard part is narrowing it down to ONLY 5 bloggers....but I chose the following blogs.....

Deborah at A Scrapping Mom's Scraps
Wendy at SugarPea Designs
Kym at Nanas Keepsakes
Carol at Chocolate, Crafts, and Bears, OH MY!
Nancy at For the Love of Tim

The last requirement is to post this award in your sidebar with a link to the Digi's with Attitude Challenge Blog.

Thank you again Rhonda for choosing my blog!!! It's appreciated and Thanks to Digi's with Attitude for an awesome award!

~NO MATTER HOW YOU SPIN IT.....~

2011-01-03T04:13:00.003-07:00

Happy New Years!!! Geez it's already Jan. 3rd and there's no telling how quickly the other 362 days will fly by! Every year it seems the days are going faster and faster. So be sure to enjoy every second of every day! I've been enjoying my day crafting!

Regina over at The Cutting Cafe has been releasing some really awesome Valentine sets, so be sure to head over and check them all out! There's surely something there that will help you let all the special folks in your heart know how you feel about them!!
I knew immediately which set I just had to work with, and that was the Fun with Valentine's Day--Printable Stamp Set and the It's All About Love--Printable Stamp Set!! These two sets are so fun and whimsical, or you could make them sweet and elegant, it's completely up to you! I chose to go the fun and whimsical route since my son decided he wanted to give it to his girlfriend. This little card was so fun to make and hope it inspires you to make something special for someone on Valentine's!!
P.S...and yes! The spinner actually spins! =o)

~ Supplies Used~

The Cutting Cafe -- Fun with Valentine's Day; It's All About Love

GinaK -- Pure Luxury White Cardstock

Core'dinations Black Magic -- Hocus Pocus

Computer Generated Font -- Duchess

Stampin' Up -- Basic Black Ink

Stampin' Up -- Lavendar Lace Ink

Stampin' Up -- Perfect Plum Ink
VersaMagic -- Red Magic Chalk Ink

The PaperStudio -- Spare Parts -- Silver Brad

Stickles -- Lavender

Glitz Stickles -- Grape, Ruby Slippers
Marvy Uchida -- 3" Circle Punch
Entering into the following challenges:
Aly's Sunday Challenge -- Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations Paint -- Inspired by Circles
I Did It Creations -- Favorite Technique (Distressing)
One Stitch At A Time -- Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes -- Something New (Cutting Cafe Stamp Sets, Black Magic Paper)
CES Challenges -- Anything Goes
Crazy 4 Challenges -- Celebrate Something (Happy Valentine's)
Mark's Finest Papers -- Use Something New (Cutting Cafe Stamp Sets, Black Magic Paper)
Delicious Doodles Challenges -- Use Purple
Crafty Sentiments -- Anything Goes
Southern Girls -- Anything Goes

~SLOWLY BUT SURELY....With the help from THE CUTTING CAFE and CRAFTSUPRINT~

2010-12-15T09:47:00.001-07:00

Good Morning everyone!! Please forgive any mistakes that I may make in this write up. I've pulled an all-nighter once again, so I may overlook something lol I'm slowly getting my Christmas cards completed and out the door. With the order I had for my brother, the passing of my sweet Grandma, and trying to get all the Christmas chores done (which I still haven't gotten my Christmas tree up yet..oops) it has been a crazy week, so I'm a little late getting this post up. It should've been up this weekend, so I fall all my knees in shame..lol

For my project this week (last week..shhh..lol) I used a few decoupage sheets from CraftsuPrint along with some wonderful card greetings from The Cutting Cafe! Again so much versatility with the files and stamps you can get at The Cutting Cafe! These are specifically Inside Greetings but as you can see, I was able to use them on the front of my card as well.
Also I have a few more gift boxes that I done for my brother using some of the new cut outs that Regina posted a few days ago, along with the Christmas Circles Set 2 for the tags.

Ok so enough blabbing from me...I hope you enjoy my cards, and it inspires you to get those last few cards made and out the door! Don't forget to swing by The Cutting Cafe and check out all the new files that Regina has going up!

~SUPPLIES USED~

The Cutting Cafe -- Christmas Boxes with Cut Outs

The Cutting Cafe -- Christmas Circles Set 2 -- Printable Stamps

Cricut Expression

Make the Cut

DCWV -- Various Christmas Stacks

Center Wreath is free clipart through Microsoft Word

1 1/4" and 2" Stampin Up Punches

Various Ribbons

Acetate for cut out areas

~SUPPLIES USED~

The Cutting Cafe -- Christmas Card Inside Greetings - Printable Stamp Set

CraftsuPrint -- Christmas Blue Lace Spiral Edge Stacker -- Ann-Marie Vaux (Designer)

Craft Brulee -- Music Sheets

Stampin' Up Whisper White Cardstock

DCWV Christmas Stacks

Stickles -- Xmas Red(holly berries), Frosted Lace(snow)

~SUPPLIES USED~

The Cutting Cafe -- Christmas Card Inside Greetings - Printable Stamp Set

CraftsuPrint -- Christmas Window Cottage View - Val Ramon (Designer)

Craft Brulee -- Music Sheets

DCWV -- The Christmas Stacks

Stampin' Up Whisper White Cardstock

Stickles -- Frosted Lace (Snow), Gold

InkEssentials -- Glossy Accents

Acetate -- Window

~ONE WEEK LEFT...CRAFT US CRAZY DESIGN TEAM CALL~

2010-12-14T15:46:00.000-07:00

Just a reminder that Craft Us Crazy is a brand new challenge blog and we're having a design team call and giveaway! If you love crafting, then I hope you'll consider going on this new venture with me. Either as a designer or as a sponsor!
If you're interested in being a sponsor, please email me, ~JERI~ at CraftUsCrazy@cox.net and put SPONSOR INQUIRY in the subject line so it doesn't get lost! We would love to help show off your products and get your business out there!!

Please go to the Craft Us Crazy Challenge blog for all the details on the Craft Us Crazy Design Team call and a chance to win a $15 Gift Certificate to an online store of your choice!!!

Thanks so much!
~Jeri~

~FIVE UNDER $5 at THE CUTTING CAFE~

2010-12-04T19:42:00.003-07:00

Hello everyone!!! I wanted to stop by tonight and post a project I've been working on the past few days. They're really quick and easy to make, but I've had kiddos to take to and from work, chores *blech*, and bill paying. And speaking of bills, everyone needs a way to save on money during the holiday season. There never seems to be enough to go around anymore. So for this project I call it, 5 Under $5. Because that's all it would take to make these five boxes and even a few more actually.

You can find the Candy Cane Holder Box..Template/Cutting File at The Cutting Cafe for ONLY $2.25. With that $2.25 you get 4 different Box templates. The Christmas tree box shown I used the Christmas Tree Goodie Bag and traced it on to the solid box template. It costs only $1.50!! For the embellishments, I used ribbons that I already had on hand, that I had picked up from the Dollar Tree and Big Lots for $1, and little Jingle Bells that I had in my stash that I had got from Wal-mart a while back. The little Christmas ornament balls, I picked up at Target for $1and there's 16 in each tube. So for about $4.75 I was able to make these cute little boxes with different types of Candy Canes in each one. And the papers, I already had on hand as well.

The good thing is, you could fill each one with whatever you'd like, and use whatever embellishments and papers you already have on hand, saving even MORE money!!!

I hope you like them and that it inspires some money saving creativity for you this holiday season!!

Thanks for looking as always!

~SUPPLIES USED~

The Cutting Cafe -- Candy Cane Box Set, Christmas Tree Goodie Bag

DCWV - The Glitter Christmas Stack

Target - 16pc Ornament Set

Horizon - Jingle Bells

Dollar Tree Decorative Bell Garland - 16 pk

Darice - Tinsel Stems

Stickles - Tiara, Platinum, Lime Green, Candy Cane

Big Lots, Dollar Tree - $1 Ribbon

I'm entering these boxes in the following challenges -
2 Sisters Challenges - Sparkly Christmas
Mami Doodles - Gift Items
Creative Belli Blog - "R" embellishments (I Used Ribbon)
A Crafty Little Place - Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew - Not Another Card Challenge
Tuesday Throwdown - Embellish It
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Christmas but NOT a card

~BLACK FRIDAY SALE AT THE CUTTING CAFE~

2010-11-26T01:39:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone the Cutting Cafe is having a Black Friday special starting today....through Saturday at midnight....PST..for every set you purchase you can get another set for free of equal or lessor value....So if there are any sets you have been eyeing, now is the time to stock up....there is no limit to this offer....
Please note: PLEASE DO NOT PAY FOR THE FREE SET(S).....either send Regina a separate email indicating the sets you want for free or in the paypal section there is a section for you to send a message to the buyer...please put in that section the ones you want for free........this way she won't have to refund you for the sets you want for free....
THIS SPECIAL IS GOOD NOW...........THRU MIDNIGHT SATURDAY THE 27TH OF NOVEMBER....
GIFT CERTIFICATES:
Do you have a friend or family that you want to give a gift certificate to shop at The Cutting Cafe? Or maybe you know someone that is just getting into Digital - Printable Stamps and you want to let them shop a bit to try out the Cutting Cafe sets...well just send Regina (the awesome owner) an email to fabriccutups@prodigy.net requesting more information....One great thing about giving a gift certificate to shop at the Cutting Cafe is that it is almost an instant gift...no mailing involved...they will have their gift within 24 hours or less....so send an email request for more info to Regina
fabriccutups@prodigy.net

~New Challenge Blog & Design Team Call~

2010-11-21T22:33:00.002-07:00

Hello and thanks for stopping by!! Craft Us Crazy is a brand new bi-weekly challenge blog! If you love crafting, then I hope you'll consider going on this new venture with me. Either as a designer or as a sponsor!
If you're interested in being a sponsor, please email me, ~JERI~ at CraftUsCrazy@cox.net and put SPONSOR INQUIRY in the subject line so it doesn't get lost! We would love to help show off your products and get your business out there!!

Please go to the Craft Us Crazy Challenge blog for all the details on the Craft Us Crazy Design Team call and a chance to win a $15 Gift Certificate to an online store of your choice!!!

Thanks so much!
~Jeri~

~WITH SYMPATHY.....THE CUTTING CAFE~

2010-11-18T13:09:00.001-07:00

Happy Thursday!! And it's a happy Thursday because that means its the weekend VERY soon, and that also means we're closer to Thanksgiving! I love fixing a big dinner for Thanksgiving. I miss however going to my moms or getting with my sister, but being in the military I've had to give that up a lot of years. BUT I have grown to enjoy cooking the big dinner for my own family. The boys love it and they usually have a few friends come over, as well as my husband inviting a few of the soldiers that can't get home. So its a great time.
My card this week is a Sympathy card using quite a few files and printable sets from The Cutting Cafe. With my grandma being so sick right now, it hit me that 'Sympathy' cards are one thing I don't have a lot of. So I drew inspiration from my grandma and family and came up with this sweet card. I think I'll be making another one of these when the time comes for my mother. These flowers will last so much longer than any other plant or flower or could send home.
Regina at The Cutting Cafe has so many wonderful images and sets to use to let someone know you're thinking of them when you can't be there. And so many of them can are versatile so you can use them together or by themselves.
So anyways, I hope you enjoy my card and you have a wonderful weekend!!!

~SUPPLIES USED~

The Cutting Cafe - Flower Pot Shaped Card Template and Cutting File

The Cutting Cafe - Isaiah 41:10 Bible Verse..Printable Stamp Set

The Cutting Cafe - You're In My Thoughts Greetings Inside and Out..Printable Stamp Set

DCWV The Garden Stack

DCWV Mariposa Stack

Stampin' Up Whisper White Cardstock

Ice Stickles - Coffee Ice

Cats Eye Chalks - Black

~BELIEVE IN THE SEASON...THE CUTTING CAFE & STITCHY STAMPS~

2010-11-12T01:24:00.004-07:00

Before I get into my project that I'm posting today, I hope that everyone had a very nice and safe Veteran's Day! A HUGE THANK YOU to all of our Veteran's out there, past, present and future. I'm saying my thanks today because I feel every day should be THANK a Veteran day!! So THANK YOU!!!
I'm pretty pleased with my project today. I love this little girl from Stitchy Stamps and love the shaped frame card template that I used from The Cutting Cafe. This little girl represents the innocence of young children at Christmas and the beliefs they have in the magic of Santa! Even at age 38, I still have that magical belief because so many years, when times are hard, we still manage to have a nice Christmas. How I don't know sometimes, but there's just something magical about the season.
So anyways I hope you like my little card and I hope you and your family find that magic this holiday season!!

~SUPPLIES USED~

The Cutting Cafe -- Frame Shaped Card

Stitchy Stamps -- Guess Who

Word Art World -- Believe Freebie

SEI Alpine Forest Stack

DCWV The Christmas Stack -- Holiday Collection (Patterned Paper)

Stampin' Up -- Whisper White Cardstock

Papertrey Ink -- White Cardstock

Glue Dots 1/2"

3D Dots

Colorbox Cat's Eyes Inks -- Silver, Black, Cranberry

Glitz Stickles -- Champagne

Stickles -- Stardust

The Paper Studio Spare Parts -- Mini Rd. Brads - Metallic

Prima -- Fabric Fancies -- Jade, Garnet

Copics -- BG01, C1 C3, E000 E00 E11 E34 E51 E53, R20 R22 R24 R27 R29 R39 R81 R83 R85

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

One Stitch At A Time -- Winter Wonderland
Cute Card Thursday -- Anything Goes
Delightful Challenges -- Glitter It Up
Sassy Studios -- Anything Goes
ABC Challenges -- H is for Holidays
Creative Cottage -- Create Something Special for Someone at Christmas (I'm creating this card for my mom..she's definitely someone special!)
Fresh Brewed Challenges -- 2 or more patterned papers (2 used)
Scrapbook Sisters -- Christmas Colors
Flourishes -- Use Glitter
Craft Your Passion -- Double Up (2 patterned papers, 2 Flowers, 2 Layers)
Wild Orchid Challenge -- Classic Christmas
Bee Crafty -- Christmas
Secret Crafter -- Red and Gold
Alphabet Challenge Blog -- B is for....BELIEVE
Little Red Wagon -- Do It In 3's
Digistamps4Joy -- Inspired by Christmas
Shelly's Images -- Anything Goes with Christmas theme
Digital Tuesday -- Never Used Stash (Prima Flowers & Image)

~TAGS WITH GIFT BOX...CUTTING CAFE~

2010-11-09T02:26:00.010-07:00

Hey there! Thanks for stopping by today. Are you getting tired of me yet?? lol There has been so much inspiration on so many blogs, that it has my creative mojo running right now. Well hopefully you'll think it's 'creative' mojo lol I really had a lot of fun making this Gift Tag set with Gift Box! I'm not sure where it will go yet, but I'm leaning towards maybe my mom..not sure yet.
For this project, I used the Square Box with Dividers, and left out the dividers because I made my tags a little too big, and I also used the Christmas in A Square Printable Stamp Set, both you can find at The Cutting Cafe!! Regina has some awesome digital stamps and stamp sets, as well as cutting files and she's adding new set/s daily so be sure to check them out.

I also used the digital stamp set from Stitchy Stamps called Ginger Folk Gift Tags and an adorable decoupage wobble card made by Mary Jane Harris and can be found at craftsUprint and left the wobble card part off and just used the lil Gingerbread in a cup Image.
I was inspired to make this project from the "Winter Wonderland" theme challenge over at One Stitch At A Time Challenge Blog. I don't get much of a WINTER Wonderland living here in Arizona, but it does get a little chilly, so for me, it reminds me of evenings around the fireplace with Hot Chocolate and warm Gingerbread Cookies.Which I always eat the poor little head off first..lol How do you eat your Gingerbread Cookies?
Anyways, I'll shut up now and show you a few more pictures.
Thanks for stopping by as always and I appreciate all your comments!!

~SUPPLIES USED~
The Cutting Cafe -- Square Box with Dividers
Christmas In A Square Printable Stamp Set
Stitchy Stamps -- Ginger Folk Gift Tags
Mary Jane Harris -- Gingerbread Hot Cocoa Wobble card
DCWV -- The Christmas Stack (2 diff Christmas Stacks were used)
Papertrey Ink -- White Cardstock
Stampin' Up -- Whisper White Cardstock
EK Success -- 1/2" Circle Punch
Stampin' Up -- Ticket Corner Punch
Michaels -- Satin Green 7/8" Ribbon
We R Memory Keepers -- Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper 1/2"
Tim Holtz Tiny Stapler
InkEssentials -- Glossy Accents
Colorbox Cats Eyes Ink -- Dune
Various Fibers from my personal collection
Suze Weinberg Glitz Stickles -- Ruby Slippers & Champagne
Stickles -- Black Diamond, Silver, Lavender
Liquid Pearls -- Petal Pink, Lavender Lace, Lemon Yellow, Ruby Red, Mint Green
Copics - B21, B91 - BV000 - C1 - E000, E00, E13, E17, E33, E34 - R20, R24, R27, R29, R81, R83, R85 - V13, V17 - YG03, YG13, YG63
Faux Stitching using Zig Memory Systems Ball 5mm - Black

I'm entering this project in the following challenges --
One Stitch At A Time -- Winter Wonderland
Bunny Zoe's Crafts -- Anything but a Card - Christmas Theme
Wild Orchid Challenge -- Classic Christmas
Bee Crafty -- Christmas 2
No Time To Stamp -- Tags are Fun!
Totally Papercrafts Challenge -- Tag It..
Charisma Cardz Challenge -- With Love @ Christmas
Delightful Challenges -- Stitching (Real or Faux) .. Mine is Faux
Paper Romance Challenges -- Everything but the Kitchen Sink (Stickles, Liquid Pearls)
Stamp Insanity -- Use Punches (2 were used)
Freshly Brewed Blog -- Anything Goes
Digital Tuesday -- Use something you purchased but never used (Digi stamps used, Patterned Paper, Ribbon)
The Stamp Man challenge blog -- Christmas
Top Tip Tuesday -- Coloring with Copics and Use an Image challenge
Tiffany's Doodles -- Anything bug a Card
Lil Red Wagon -- Use the color Red
Pattie's Creations Design Challenge -- Christmas Card or Creation
WhoopsiDaisy Challenge -- It's Christmas
Anything Goes Challenge -- Letter "B" (Box)

~Taking Care of Business...thanks to Bugaboo and Totally Gorjuss~

2010-11-07T15:02:00.004-07:00

Hello again!!! I have a card to post for everyone today!! I know..it's been awhile since I actually done a card. I've been on an altered projects kick here lately, but thought I'd throw a card in today. I love this lil image from Bugaboo Stamps. It reminds me of my own 7year old Rottweiler baby, Bama.

For this card, I used the challenge sketch this week over at Totally Gorjuss! The bottom corner of the sketch really had me thinking though. I was at a total loss, as to what I could go with that would fit the theme of the card. And then I remembered my glass pebbles and my 'skittles'. So I decided to use them to look like, hmmm, well pee around the hydrant lol and then had the bright idea to form it into the shape of a paw print..I know cheesy..but it worked lol

The inside has the sentiment "Congratulations on taking care of business!"
Again thanks for looking and hope it inspires some creativity somewhere!!

~Supplies Used~

Bugaboo Stamps -- Rottweiler Puppies Collection - Hello

Totally Gorjuss Sketch

DCWV -- The Pets Stack

Gina K Pure Luxury - White Cardstock

Copic Markers

InkEssentials - Glossy Accents

EK SUccess - Jolee's - Doggy Bones (Bone charm on hydrant)

Walmart - Glass Pebble

Michaels - "Skittles"

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Totally Gorjuss - Sketch Challenge
Catch the Bug - Anything Goes

Crazy 4 Challenges -- Square Card

Crafty Catz -- Spots and Stripes

Fairy Tale Challenge Blog -- Everything Goes

Delightful Challenges -- Stitching (real or faux..mine is faux)

My Time to Craft -- Quick and Cute

Papertake Weekly -- Boys/Men

Cards for Men -- Anything goes for Male

Craft Your Passion -- Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Designs -- Anything Goes

Lexi's Creations -- Anything Goes
City Crafter -- Get Your Digi On
Crafty Cardmakers -- Stitching (Real or faux..I used faux
PaperPlay Challenges -- Circles

~SNOWMAN SOUP NESTING IN BOXES...THE CUTTING CAFE~

2010-11-05T23:43:00.012-07:00

Finally the weekend!! It couldn't have come soon enough really. It has been one of those weeks but at least I got to play with some awesome sets from The Cutting Cafe to get through it!!
After a few burnt fingers, I can say I got reacquainted with my embossing gun and powders. I forgot how much I enjoyed working with it, well minus the burnt flesh, but that will be better next time. It was just the tag I was working on and was a little impatient, so it was my own fault lol Regina has released such cute sets and scriptures this week over at The Cutting Cafe, you really need to head over and take a look!! I guarantee you won't be disappointed!!

For this weeks project, I worked with the newly released FUN WITH FROSTY THE SNOWMAN - PRINTABLE STAMP SET & the 3 NESTING BOXES CUTTING FILES/TEMPLATES. I used the quite a few pieces from the Frosty set, such as Frosty himself, icicles, Snowman Soup Poem, Icicle background, but theres so many pieces to this set that you can create with. The creative possibities with this set are endless this holiday season. Each box contains a different portion of the 'Snowman Soup'. The top box I put some peppermint candies, middle box has a little bag of marshmallows, and the third box has a few different flavor pouches of Hot Chocolate, and then attached two "stirring sticks" behind the 'Snowman Soup' recipe. Thanks for taking the time to check out my project and I hope to see you creating something with this set really soon!!! Have a great weekend!!

~SUPPLIES USED~

The Cutting Cafe -- Fun with Frosty the Snowman Printable Stamp Set &

3 Nesting Boxes Cutting Files/Templates

DCWV -- The Christmas Stack -- Patterned Papers

Stampin' Up -- Whisper White Cardstock

Colorbox Cat's Eyes Ink -- Cranberry, Brown

Stampin' Up Classic Ink -- Not Quite Navy

Stampin' Up Heating Gun

Versamarker Watermark Pen

Ranger - Embossing Tinsel - Silver

Ranger Stickles -- Icicle, Candy Cane, Orange Peel, Black Diamond

Ranger Ice Stickles -- Crystal Ice

Doodlebug Designs Sugar Coating Glitter -- Blue Jean

Metallic Gold Eyelet

CropADile

Various Fibers from my personal collection

Michaels Sheer White Ribbon

Hobby Lobby -- Christmas 2009 Glitter Red Ribbon

Copics -- C1, B91, 93, 95, G14, R27, Y09, 12, 14

I'm also entering this project into the following challenges---

Top Tip Tuesday -- Christmas Inspired

Fairy Tale Challenge Blog -- Everything Goes

Mami Doodles -- Anything But a Card

No Time to Stamp -- Tags are Fun!

Totally Papercrafts -- Tag It!

Charisma Cardz -- With Love @ Christmas

Some Odd Girl -- Backgrounds(Icicle Digis used for Tag Background)

ABC Challenge Blog -- G is for Glitter

Creative Cottage Challenge Blog -- Wet or Dry Embossing(Icicles on tag..wet emb)

Anything Goes Challenge Blog -- The letter B (Boxes)
Craft Your Passion -- Anything Goes
Lexi's Creations -- Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time -- Christmas
Pattie's Creations -- Christmas Card or Project
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge -- Time to Sparkle
Little Red Wagon -- Use the Color Red
Critter Sketch Challenge Blog -- Anything Christmas
Bee Crafty -- Christmas
Whoopsi Daisy -- Lots of Sparkle
Shelly's Images -- Thinking Outside the Box
Totally Stampalicious -- Big Red Bow

~HAPPY HALLOWEEN from THE CUTTING CAFE~

2010-10-31T08:45:00.005-07:00

Happy Halloween!!!!

I love Halloween, one of my most favorite holidays with Christmas being number one! I wanted to get this posted earlier, but phew, it was a lot of work. Only because "I" made it a lot of work, which is usually the problem with anything I do...lol But I do have to admit, that I had so much fun making this banner! It's rather large, so I had problems on finding a spot to hang it to get pictures. That was a whole new job in itself lol My husband was still in bed and I'm rather short, so I tried hanging it in a corner of my craft room so that I could snag some pictures, but I wasn't really happy with it, as you can see what I mean. You can't really see it.

So luckily, the old man woke up just in the nick of time to take it into our family room and hang it up on our high wall for me. I used two of the Halloween Printable Sets from

The Cutting Cafe for this project.

Halloween Banner Set..Template and Cutting File

Halloween Mini Colored Set..Printable Stamps

The thing I love the most about the Banner set is that there's blank banner templates that you could make your own sayings, not just Halloween. I used Seed Bead Wire to hang altered "Charms" from the banner lettering. They were originally poker chips lol

Also..in appreciation for all the awesome customers that visit The Cutting Cafe, Regina is generously offering a free Stamp Set!!! It's called December Daily 2 and it's FREE until November 6, 2010 -- 11:59PM(PACIFIC TIME) .. Go HERE to get all the details and to download this awesome set!!

Here's a few more close ups of my banner...I hope you enjoy!!!

~SUPPLIES USED~

Halloween Banner Set..Template and Cutting File -- The Cutting Cafe

Halloween Mini Colored Set..Printable Stamps--The Cutting Cafe

DCWV The Fall Stack & DCWV The Halloween Stack -- Patterned Papers

Stampin' Up -- Whisper White Cardstock -- Template printed on as well as the mini images
EK Success -- 1/2" Circle punch
Stampin' Up -- 1 1/2" Circle Punch

Wrights -- Seed Bead Wire -- Copper & Violet

Stitching with machine using Black and White all purpose Thread -- Walmart

Harvest Craft Ribbon 1 1/2" -- Walmart

Offray Garbo Black Ribbon -- Walmart

Glitter Orange Sweet Treat Ribbon -- Michaels

I am entering this project into the following challenges:

The Crafty Pad -- Stitching, Real or Faux(each piece is sewn)

Creative Inspirations -- Inspired by The Pumpkin Patch(The banners hanging around the tents)

The Paper Players -- Anything Goes

Oh Alice..--Halloween
Tellen's Place -- Dark and Creepy/Anything Halloween
Little Red Wagon -- Halloween

Totally Gorjuss -- ooo Spooky, Halloween

Crafty Catz -- Halloween

Mami Doodles -- Anything but a Card

AiFactory -- Halloween

Create with Connie & Mary -- Theme Challenge - Halloween

Digi Doodle -- Anything Goes

Dutch Dare -- Halloween or Purple/Black/Orange/Green

Paper Play -- Halloween

Pixie Dust Studio -- Happy Halloween

Stamp Insanity -- Halloween
One Stop Craft Challenge -- Anything Goes

Anything Goes Challenges -- Halloween

A Crafty Little Place -- Make it Spooky

Paper Playtime -- Halloween
Wee Memories -- Anything Goes

~2 IN 1 GAME SET...TRICK OR TREAT...GO FISH & MEMORY~

2010-10-18T07:43:00.001-07:00

Happy Monday everyone!! I hope you all had a wonderful crafting weekend!! It was a great weekend here. The Vikings beat the Cowboys yesterday so my weekend ended on a high note!! Better than that, my week is beginning on that same high note with a new project using an awesome printable set!! Todays project uses the Halloween Mini Colored Set Printable Stamps from The Cutting Cafe! I loved working with this set as I do all of Regina's awesome creations. For some reason I have been on a gaming kick, maybe its all the Halloween Parties I hear being planned, so I decided to stay with that theme.

This week I made a 2 in 1 Game set. It started out as Go Fish, but ended up Go Fish and Memory!! I used an old deck of cards and covered the front with the printable stamp from the Halloween Mini Colored Set and then I colored the back with printed Halloween paper from DCWV. I couldn't find a box that fit the card shape since the cards were alot thicker after adding both papers to the front and back, and then I remembered these little baskets my sister had given me a few years ago. I stripped them down, repainted them and gave them more of a Halloween look. I added this cute lil witch from Stitchy Stamps called "Can I Go Too?". The cards fit in the little basket perfectly! I hope ya like it and thanks for looking!!

I hope you'll head over to The Cutting Cafe and check out all the great new things Regina is releasing in the store!! Don't forget that Thanksgiving is right around the corner and she's got some wonderful new releases that would help decorate your invites and tables this season!!

~SUPPLIES USED~

The Cutting Cafe -- Halloween Mini Colored Set Printable Stamps

Stitchy Stamps -- Can I Go Too?

Stampin' Up -- Whisper White Cardstock

Papertrey Ink -- White Cardstock

DCWV -- The Fall Stack

Copic Markers

Offray Ribbon -- Garbo Black

Stickles -- Lavender, Golden Rod

Liquid Pearls -- Lemon Yellow

Acrylic Gesso -- White

Folk Art Acrylic Paint -- Metallic Sequin Black

Mod Podge

Bat Ribbon from Stash

Various Ribbons on Handle from Stash

Old Deck of Playing Cards

Wood basket from my sister

I'm also entering this into the following projects:

Aly's Sunday Challenge -- Halloween

Craftilicious -- Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time -- Embellish It (Love ribbon)

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge -- NO CARDS ALLOWED!!

Tellens Place -- Trick or Treat
2 Sisters Challenge Blog -- Halloween

Bee Crafty -- Halloween

One Stop Craft -- Halloween

Sweet Stampin' -- Ribbons

Stampin' For the Weekend -- Fall or Halloween

Stamp Something -- Halloween Somethings

Craft Your Passion -- Colors-- Purple, Black & Orange

The Crazy Challenge -- Halloween

Ooh-La-La -- Something Scary

Pile It On -- Kid Themed Halloween

Moving Along With the Times -- Halloween

Double Dutch -- Boo To You! Halloween

Crafts and Me -- Halloween

Fussy and Fancy -- Halloween

Crafty Ann's -- One digi and favorite Coloring Medium (Copics)

Lil Red Wagon -- Something Old (Basket & Ribbon), Something New (Stamp Set)

Really Reasonable Ribbon -- Halloween

Creative Craft Challenges -- Trick or Treat

Wee Memories -- Anything Celebrated (Halloween)

Creative Friday -- Altered Projects

Inky Impressions -- Anything Goes

Easy Craft Projects -- Halloween

PapercutZ -- Anything Goes

Anything Goes Challenges -- Ribbons

~B-I-N-G-O!!!!!! Halloween Bingo with The Cutting Cafe that is!!!!~

2010-10-15T11:11:00.012-07:00

Phew what a week!! Without having some craft projects to do this week, I would've surely went over the deep end lol Thank gosh the weekend is here and hopefully that will bring a better upcoming week.

But enough of that...on to my project that I have for you today. B-I-N-G-O!! As soon as I seen this set over at The Cutting Cafe, I knew I wanted to get it and play with it. Regina has once again made a terrific and fun stamp set for the Halloween season. The awesome thing about Regina's sets are that they contain the pdf file and cutter files, which with this project I used both. Along with the Halloween Bingo Printable Stamp Set, I used the 8 x 5.5 Inch Box with Dividers to hold my Bingo set. My cards, tokens and box bottom were done with the PDF printing file, and my top was done using my Cricut expression and Make the Cut program. Since I used a heavy chipboard for the bottom, to give it more sturdiness, I had to do some altering with the box top, to get it to fit over the bottom. So I opened it up in Make the Cut, resized and Voila! All done!! I also made two handmade Halloween bags to hold the markers and Bingo tokens with some fabric I had from previous seasons purchased from Walmart.

Once again thank you for stopping by my blog and checking out my project. I hope it inspires you to head over to The Cutting Cafe and make your own for someone special this Halloween Season!!

~SUPPLIES USED~

The Cutting Cafe -- Halloween Bingo Printable Stamp Set

The Cutting Cafe -- 8 by 5.5 Inch Box with Dividers

DCWV -- The Halloween Stack with Glitter

GinaK Pure Luxury Pure White Cardstock - 120lb

Sweet Treat Ribbon --Ruban

Offray Ribbon -- Garbo Black

Stampin Up -- 1" Circle Punch

Grafix Chipboard -- 8.5 x 11 medium weight

Halloween Fabric -- Walmart

Tulip Fabric Paint Metallics -- Violet

I'm also entering this into the following challenges --

One Stitch At A Time -- Use your Digi Stamps/Papers

Karber Weekly Challenge -- Halloween
Papercraft Star -- Halloween Photo Inspiration
The Creative Cottage -- Halloween
Stampin' Royalty -- Halloween
Everybody Art Challenge -- Halloween
Aly's Sunday Challenge -- Halloween
Craftalicious -- Anything Goes
Bee Crafty -- Halloween
Create4Fun Challenge -- Use a Digital Stamp
I Did It Creations -- Spooky/Halloween
Lexi's Creations -- Spooky/Halloween

~THE CUTTING CAFE...Who says Spiders have to be Ugly!~

2010-10-06T05:25:00.014-07:00

Wow, it's already Hump Day! Where do the hours go anymore. It'll be Halloween before we know it! I hope everyone is hard at work on their Halloween decorations, cards and projects. I'm working on a Halloween swap and thought my friends' daughter would get a kick out of this one. I'm hoping anyways lol

For this project I was inspired by Lorri's "Drac In the box" project. I got her tutorial and template and tried to tweak it to make it my own. I took the box template and converted it over so that I could cut it with my Cricut using Make The Cut.
The handle on the side, I used a brad where it will really spin around like the real Jack In The Box, if only I could've figured out how to make it pop open..lol Instead of using the Dracula that came with the tutorial, I switched it up and used the HUGE SPIDER PRINTABLE STAMP SET from The Cutting Cafe!
I cut my spiders once again using Make The Cut and my Expression. That's the awesome thing about Regina's stamp sets, is that I can choose to cut by hand or use my cutting machine. I have to say since being with The Cutting Cafe DT, I have been using my Expression and Make the Cut more than I ever have, and am actually having fun with it. I hope you like my project and it inspires you to dust some tools off that you haven't used in awhile and bring them back to life! Thanks for looking!!

~SUPPLIES USED~

Huge Spider Printable Stamp Set - The Cutting Cafe

"Drac In the Box Tutorial/Template" - Confessions of a Stamping Addict

The Halloween Stack (Dotted Paper) - DCWV

Latte Cardstock Stack (Purple Cardstock) - DCWV

Jewels - From Stash

Silver Sequins - From Stash

Stickles - Lavender

Brads - Flower Brad Asst Black - the Paper Studio

Twine - From Stash

Cricut Expression

Make the Cut

Crinkly Paper on inside of box from my dear friends Deborah and Caitlynn--received it in a gift a few years back and new it would come in handy one day so I held on to it. I'm a hoarder, you'll see me on A&E one day lol

I'm also entering my project in the following challenges -

One Stitch At A Time -- "Spooky Halloween" Anything Goes
A Spoon Full of Sugar -- Sparkle and Shine
Incy Wincy Designs -- Sparkly Glitter
Karber -- Use a digital image (spiders)
Lexi's Creations -- Spooky
Ooh La La Challenges -- Nothing Floral
Paper Playtime -- Ribbons, Buttons OR Rhinestones or any other embellie
Cowgirl Up Designs Challenges -- Anything Goes
The Crafty Pad -- Spooky
I Did It Creations -- Spooky
Gingerloft Challenges -- All the Glitters or blings
Paper Sundaes -- Something from your Stash (Jewels, Sequins, Crimped paper)
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle -- Anything Goes

~WHEELS ON THE BUS GO TO THE CUTTING CAFE~

2010-10-01T23:57:00.003-07:00

Happy World Card Making Day!!

I hope everyone has a great day of crafting planned, if not, you can find some great stamps sets and files to play with over at The Cutting Cafe! Regina has such wonderful cut files and images for all occassions and events, always a pleasure to create with. So head on over there and see what you can find! And what's even better is today in honor of World Card Making Day, Regina is offering a fabulous sale!!!!!!! She's offering a 2 for 1 special until 11:59pm, October 2, 2010! That's any set and you can get another for free at equal or lessor value. Click HERE for more details!

The project I'm posting today is made with the Bus Shaped Card - Cutting File. What's great about Regina's files is that you can use them with your cutting machine or print the pdf file and cut with your scissors, which is how I made my card today. Sometimes I just feel like creating the old fashioned way, and The Cutting Cafe allows me to do that! I have a great friend that drives a bus and she's been a little stressed lately, so I hope this card puts a little smile on her face. I tried to make it after the colors of the schools she picks up for, and put the name her kiddos call her on the side of the bus where the school name should go and then personalized it with her bus number. Of course I had to use the cute little monkeys that I found on some paper from the Animal Crackers stack from DCWV. We need to remember to thank our bus drivers, so Michele, this ones for you!!
Thanks for looking and hope ya like!

~Supplies Used~

The Cutting Cafe -- Bus Shaped Card - Cutting File

DCWV -- Animal Crackers Paper Stack

Stampin' Up -- Whisper White Cardstock

Buttons from Stash

Stickles -- Candy Cane, Frosted Lace

EK Success Chalk -- Black

Stampendous -- Class A Peels - Alphabet Dots - White

Faux Stitching -- 0.3 Copic Mulitliner

Sharpie Paint -- White

KaiserCraft Pearls -- Snow

InkEssentials -- Glossy Accents

I'm also entering this in the following challenges--

The Wild Flower Patch -- Glass Effect (Bus Windows)

Paper Pretties -- Animal or Animal Print(Monkeys)

Digital Tuesday Challenge -- Thank You or Give Thanks(Bus Drivers)

Everybody Art Challenge -- Friends (the recipient & the little monkeys represent friendship)

Incy Wincy Designs -- Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time -- Anything Goes

Stamp Something -- Something to Celebrate(Our School bus drivers & friendship)