~HAPPY HALLOWEEN from THE CUTTING CAFE~

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~

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!!!!~

 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!~

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~

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)