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!
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
~SLOWLY BUT SURELY....With the help from THE CUTTING CAFE and CRAFTSUPRINT~
Posted by ~Jeri~ at 11:47:00 AM 4 comments
Labels: Christmas Boxes, Christmas Cards, Decoupage, The Cutting Cafe
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
~ONE WEEK LEFT...CRAFT US CRAZY DESIGN TEAM CALL~
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~
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Saturday, December 04, 2010
~FIVE UNDER $5 at THE CUTTING CAFE~
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
Posted by ~Jeri~ at 9:42:00 PM 13 comments
Labels: Candy Cane Box Set, Christmas Tree Goodie Bag, The Cutting Cafe
Friday, November 26, 2010
~BLACK FRIDAY SALE AT THE CUTTING CAFE~
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
Posted by ~Jeri~ at 3:39:00 AM 1 comments
Labels: Black Friday Sale, The Cutting Cafe
Monday, November 22, 2010
~New Challenge Blog & Design Team Call~
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~
Posted by ~Jeri~ at 12:33:00 AM 0 comments
Thursday, November 18, 2010
~WITH SYMPATHY.....THE CUTTING CAFE~
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!!!
Posted by ~Jeri~ at 3:09:00 PM 6 comments
Labels: Sympathy Card, The Cutting Cafe
Sunday, November 07, 2010
~Taking Care of Business...thanks to Bugaboo and Totally Gorjuss~
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!!
City Crafter -- Get Your Digi On
Crafty Cardmakers -- Stitching (Real or faux..I used faux
PaperPlay Challenges -- Circles
Posted by ~Jeri~ at 5:02:00 PM 25 comments
Labels: Bugaboo Stamps, Congratulations Card, Male theme, Totally Gorjuss Sketch
Saturday, November 06, 2010
~SNOWMAN SOUP NESTING IN BOXES...THE CUTTING CAFE~
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!!
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
Posted by ~Jeri~ at 2:43:00 AM 51 comments
Labels: Altered Boxes, altered projects, Snowman Soup, The Cutting Cafe
Sunday, October 31, 2010
~HAPPY HALLOWEEN from THE CUTTING CAFE~
EK Success -- 1/2" Circle punch
Stampin' Up -- 1 1/2" Circle Punch
Tellen's Place -- Dark and Creepy/Anything Halloween
Little Red Wagon -- Halloween
Posted by ~Jeri~ at 11:45:00 AM 46 comments
Labels: Happy Halloween Banner, The Cutting Cafe
Monday, October 18, 2010
~2 IN 1 GAME SET...TRICK OR TREAT...GO FISH & MEMORY~
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!!
Posted by ~Jeri~ at 10:43:00 AM 46 comments
Labels: Halloween Games, Stitchy Stamps, The Cutting Cafe
Friday, October 15, 2010
~B-I-N-G-O!!!!!! Halloween Bingo with The Cutting Cafe that is!!!!~
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~
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
Posted by ~Jeri~ at 2:11:00 PM 21 comments
Labels: Halloween Bingo, The Cutting Cafe
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
~THE CUTTING CAFE...Who says Spiders have to be Ugly!~
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!!
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
Posted by ~Jeri~ at 8:25:00 AM 34 comments
Labels: Halloween, The Cutting Cafe