Made Especially For You-Shaped Card

Hey All!

It's time for another challenge over at Made Especially For You!

Here are the details for the week!

Week of November 26th - December 2nd
Challenge: Create a shaped card - anything but a square/rectangle, a circle card would be acceptable
Sponsor: Meljen's Designs - http://shop.meljensdesigns.com/
Prize: 4 non-colored images of the winner's choice
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I just LOVE shaped cards! And over at The Cutting Cafe, they had an AWESOME shaped card for Christmas that I KNEW I wanted to make!!!

Here is my card:

My card

A bit closer so you can see the shape and more detail

Up close shot of the "bling" on snowflakes

Supplies:

 

Machine: Silhouette Cameo

Files: The Cutting Cafe FUN WITH SNOWFLAKES and CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT FUN

Stamps: Recollections

Ink: Stampin' Up Pacific Point

Paper: My Minds Eye "Tis The Season" 6X6 pad

Tools: Bling-Stash ( I do know its from Tuesday Morning though!), ATG, Pop Dots, Ribbon from my stash

 

 

I hope you have a second to stop by and see my DT sisters work! Holy cow are they talented!!! Then, make sure you enter YOUR shaped card to win!!!

 

 

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'! 

Paper Beads from The Cutting Cafe! How to with video!

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Hey All!!

 

I wanted to share a video for an AWESOME file from The Cutting Cafe that Regina has so graciously created for us! She has made a PAPER BEADS file! And guess what??? Its AWESOME!!!

 

 

You could use these to make jewelry, scrapbook and card making embellishments! Arent they too cool?

 

Here is the video that I made to show you how to make the beads!!!

 

 

Here is the link to purchase the Crystal Effects that you will need to create the shiny appearance of the beads, and also to harden them! You can only get Crystal Effects from a Stampin' Up demonstrator! So, purchase from me!!  :)

 

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed the file, and I hope the video helped you!

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'! 

Turkey Toe Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Turkey Toe Blog Hop, brought to you by the design teams of Made Especially For You and Red Carpet Studio!

Today the design teams of Made Especially For You and Red Carpet Studio have teamed up to share with you all sorts of turkey-themed projects to help you get ready for Thanksgiving!

 If you've come from PAM'S blog, you're in the right place.

For today's hop, I made a Turkey Thanksgiving Card for today's project! And I used a file from The Cutting Cafe for it and my Cameo! It was super easy to make and I think it turned out shiny like I wanted!!! I kinda didnt care for the back of him, but I didnt want a shaped card, and I must of thrown out 4 backgrounds before I decided to add some twine and a button to it! I suppose I am happy with it! You know as paper crafters, we are all our own worst critics!!! LOL!

Here is my card:

 

We also have some wonderful sponsors giving away prizes to those who comment on every stop of the hop!

Paper Piecings by Nikki
$15 Gift Certificate

My Thoughts Exactly

$15 Gift Certificate

Floppy Latte Designs

$10 Gift Certificate

Prize Package from Scrappin' Fab Pam

Participants have through Sunday evening to hop. The winners of the blog candy will be announced on Made Especially For You on Tuesday November 13th. Please make sure to leave your contact information when commenting to be eligible to win!

Here's the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

Ashley - http://especiallymade.blogspot.com
Robin - http://www.thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com
Chas - http://scrapinlizards.blogspot.com/
Eileen - http://scrappingactuary.blogspot.com
Tara - http://craftindesertdivas.blogspot.com/
Stephanie J - http://sthom97093.blogspot.com/
Candice - http://stampinpearls.blogspot.com/

Kristy - http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com
Dawn - http://dawnsworldnz.blogspot.com/

Laura - http://scrappinaroundtheclock.blogspot.ca
Cyndy - http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com

Pam - http://scrappinfabpam.blogspot.com
Jessica - http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com

Happy Hopping and hope to find you Craftin' and Stampin'!

HOLY CRAFTY SUNDAY!!! What's that???

Hey All!!!


Wait, whats a Crafty Sunday??? I haven't had one in SO long that I TOTALLY forget what it is!!

Well, a Crafty Sunday starts out bright and early at a Crafty Store with you BCP (Best Crafty Partner)...In my case, its my sister-in-law, Colleen! We made a trip to Michael's first, then off to AC Moore. We were suppossed to hit Hobby Lobby last night, but a certain BCP forgot about me! WAHHH! I wish they were open on Sunday's! All the best things are closed on Sunday's!

Then, after you get your crafty shopping done, you come up and make some room for all your new stuff in your craft room! That's usually the hard part, lol!

After you get it away, clean up the mess you made trying to make more room! HAHAHAHA!!!

Now, its time to GET CRAFTY!!!

Today, I am hardcore working on my pre-made scrapbook layouts for our upcoming craft show! I am also making die cut embellishments to sell! I am just doubling ever icon I make to add to the list!!!

But, I also wanted to make a SUPER CUTE card today with a file that I received from Regina over at The Cutting Cafe. She had sent me an adorable little owl card that I wanted to make, and so I did!

Here is the card all finished!!!

 

 

And here is a video of what the pieces look like! I also tell you the supplies that I used for the project!





Click HERE for the link !!!


OK all....I'm still getting crafty, so I hope you all are Craftin' and Stampin' as well!!!

The Cutting Cafe Video Post-Chevron Cutting File card

Hey All!!!

How empty have I felt without having my camcorder??? I am SO glad I have it back now! Because I have not had my camera, I have not been able to do my postings for The Cutting Cafe because I am party of the video team! I needed to get that camera fixed, and FAST! Thankfully, its back in my craftroom!!

SOOOOO, I wanted to share a quick card that I made with The Cutting Cafe's file-Chevron Cutting File's. This file was SUPER easy to cute on my Silhouette Cameo! And it turned out SUPER CUTE!!!

Here a picture of my card:

 

Front of my card!

 

 

Inside sentiment

 

Now, here is a quick video on how I made the multi-colored Chevron background:

 



 

 

Thanks for checking out my first video in A WHILE! Now that my video camera is back up and running, more videos will be coming!!

OK All!! Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

Creating Paper Bows using "The Cutting Cafe" Bow Tie and Ribbon templete

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Hey All!!!

I FINALLY got a video done! WOO HOO!!! My first video since I moved! Well, I actually got it done yesterday with ALL hopes of posting yesterday. However, since I could not locate my cord for my camcorder to upload to my computer until this morning, I could not do it yesterday. BUT, its now up on you tube!

I decided for my first video, I wanted to make a quick baby card using this AWESOME file from
The Cutting Cafe called Bow Tie and Ribbon templete. It was SO FAST AND EASY! And the days that I need to make it quick and cute, this file is EXACTLY what I need!



And here is my finished card:

FRONT

INSIDE

Supplies:

Cutting Machine-Silhouette Cameo

Cutting File-The Cuttting Cafe Bow Tie and Ribbon Templete

Stamps: Fiskars "Baby"

Paper: The Paper Studio "Jung-A-Lo, Bung-A-Lo", Recollections South Beach

Adhesive-Scotch Quick Dry, ATG Gun

Ink: STAYZ On, Close To My Heart Cotton Candy

I am SOO happy to be able to share projects, infomation, and videos with you all again! I am on cloud 9, I swear!

OK All, hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

National Scrapbooking Day is tomorrow! And a video!

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Hey All!!


I just wanted to give you all a heads up!!! Tomorrow is National Scrapbooking Day! Woo Hoo!!

Well, just so you know, you may want to stop back tomorrow morning starting at 11:00 am! I will be doing 5 challenges along with the design team girls over at HIDING IN MY CRAFT ROOM! I will be doing 5 giveaways also! 1 for each challenge!!! So, come on back and join! Rumer has it that I am giving away the new DOTTY FOR YOU from Close To My Heart!!!

YEEEEAAAA! How awesome is that???? In case you forget what it looks like, see it here:

Also, I am just posting really quickly to upload a video in reponse to some people asking how to import and use files from The Cutting Cafe!

Hope this helps you!!!





OK all!! Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

First Post and Video for The Cutting Cafe!!

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Hey All!!!


I am SO VERY EXCITED to be sharing my FIRST video for The Cutting Cafe!

Regina, the owner, was kind enough to send us A BUNCH of cut files to play with before we OFFICIALLY start on the team. As for the team, there is a whole lotta talent there!! Check them out!! I am on the video team! I will be showing off the cards and projects that I create for the team!

Here is a picture of the first project I made:

Isn't it SUPER CUTE??? It's LOADED with layers!

Here is what I used:

Machine: Silhouette Cameo

File: The Cutting Cafe SWEET WORD CARD-click HERE to purchase it!

Paper: Close To My Heart Dotty For You, Pink from stash, Close To My Heart Cotton Candy

Stamp: Thoughtful Tidings- Close To My Heart February Stamp of The Month

Tools: Foam Dots, Scotch Quick Dry, Flowers and Brad-Recollections

Now, speaking of video, here is mine! Check it out!!!

OK all, don't forget to check out the rest of the DT! Like I said, LOTS of talent!!! Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!