Fox Card - The Cutting Cafe

Good morning! Today I have inspiration from The Cutting Cafe. The design team is creating with the animal files. There are so many to chose from! I decided to go with the fox shaped card.

I remember when this file was just released. I thought it was the cutest thing ever. Since then, Regina has continued to awe me with her adorable files. 

I cut the fox and pieces out with my Cricut Maker. I inked each piece and then glued them together. 

Stop by The Cutting Cafe Blog to see what the rest of the design team came up with. If you leave a comment on that post, you will be entered in a chance to win 3 free Cutting Cafe files. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a craftastic day. 

Hugs,

        Tina

You're So Sweet with The Cutting Cafe and Giveaway

Good morning crafty friends! The Cutting Cafe is having a blog hop today. The design team was able to choose any file they wanted to work with AND GUESS WHAT?!?! You can win the file that we chose to work with! All you have to do is follow each blog and leave a comment. The winner will be drawn at random. 

I chose to work with the Sweet Treats Shaped Cards and Shaker Set. The set comes with 4 different Sweet Treat Shaped Cards and sentiments! 

I made the banana split shaped card. Each piece was cut out with my Cricut Maker. If you do not have a cutting machine, that's ok! The files come in PDF format also. 

Here is a line up of the rest of the design team. Make sure to leave a comment on their posts as well as this one. That will raise your chances of winning! 

Regina Easter

Martha Lucia Gomez -

Maria Pilar -

Gail Scott -

Chauntelle Lee

Keri Parish -

Robyn Weatherspoon-

Lisa Bzibziak -

Mitra Pratt -

Audrey Long

Sheryl Wilder

Lisa Snowdy

Debbie Fisher

Maria Luisa

Shanta Newby

You are here.

Christi Steinbeck

  

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope you enjoy hopping with us at The Cutting Cafe! 

Hugs, 

           Tina

Animal Friends With The Cutting Cafe

Ok, ya'll know that I LOVE The Cutting Cafe. They have THE CUTEST cutting files, but did you know they also have digital stamps?  Well they do! 

Check out this new set!

It comes with all these adorable animals AND sentiments. The Set is called Animal Friends Printable Set. 

I can see many different cards being made with this one set. I love it when a stamp or stamp set can be used in different ways. 

I colored this sweet little cow with Copic markers. I forgot to color his eyes!

To create the background, I made a stencil with my cricut and used Tim Holtz distress inks to make the clouds and grass. It was the first time I had done this and I have to say that I love how it turned out! 

The Stitched Sun and Cloud are dies from La-La Land Crafts. 

Be sure to check out The Cutting Cafe Blog on the 21st. I know the Design Team has made some great projects with the Animal Friends Printable Set. If you leave a comment on the 21st blog post, you will be entered in a chance to win 3 free files from The Cutting Cafe. 

Thank you for stopping by today. Have a great day! 

You can find The Cutting Cafe here...

The Cutting Cafe
http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/cutting_cafe_blog/

The Cutting Cafe Shop
http://www.thecuttingcafeshop.com/

The Cutting Cafe - Be Inspired Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/690795774395207/

The Cutting Cafe Shop Pinterest Board
https://www.pinterest.com/reginaeaster/?eq=Reg&etslf=NaN

Cutting Cafe File used...

Animal Friends Printable Set

Smooch Word Shaped Card with The Cutting Cafe

Hi everyone! There's only a week left to get your Valentine's projects/shopping done.
The Cutting Cafe can help you with making that special card.

Regina, the owner has LOTS of Valentine card files.

Here's one I made for inspiration.

I used the Smooch Word Shaped Card. The Smooch Word Shaped Card comes with the lips and also comes with sentiments. 

I cut the word and layers out with my Cricut Maker. You don't have to have a fancy cutting machine though. The Cutting Cafe also has the files in PDF form. 

I cut the lips out and embossed them with a sticky embossing powder. After embossing, I added red glitter to the lips. 

The heart was a Cricut file. 

I had the card finished in about 20 minutes. You can't be that! 

I am going to run for now. Be sure to check out The Cutting Cafe Blog on the 7th. You are sure to be inspired by what the rest of the Design Team makes. If you leave a comment on the 7th blog post, you will be entered in a chance to win 3 free files from The Cutting Cafe. 

Thank you for popping in for a visit! Have a craftastic day!

You can find The Cutting Cafe here...

The Cutting Cafe
http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/cutting_cafe_blog/

The Cutting Cafe Shop
http://www.thecuttingcafeshop.com/

The Cutting Cafe - Be Inspired Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/690795774395207/

The Cutting Cafe Shop Pinterest Board
https://www.pinterest.com/reginaeaster/?eq=Reg&etslf=NaN

Cutting Cafe File used...

Smooch Word Shaped Card
http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/the_cutting_cafe/2013/01/smooch-word-shaped-card-template-cutting-file.html

I Heart You From The Cutting Cafe

Good morning! I've got some Valentine's Day inspiration for you today. The great thing about today's inspiration...it's from The Cutting Cafe. That means that not only is the card going to be super cute, it is going to be quick and easy to put together. 

Regina, the owner of The Cutting Cafe, has tons of Word Shaped Cards. I used the I Heart You file to make my card. 

I turned on my Cricut Maker, cut out the I Heart You outline and singles, put some pretty ribbon on the heart, put them on the card and was ready to go in 25 minutes. 25 MINUTES! 

In 25 minutes I had this adorable card ready to go. That is less time (and money) than I would have spent if I would have drove into town to pick out a Valentine's Card. Plus, it's always better if you make it yourself =) 

These Word Shaped Cards are perfect for those last minute "Mom, I need a birthday card for so and so tonight." All of us Moms out there know this happens...FAR TO MUCH in my house. I ended up making a bunch to have on hand for this reason. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Enjoy your Sunday and don't forget to stop by The Cutting Cafe Blog to see today's  Word Shaped Cards inspiration from the rest of the team. If you leave a comment on that post, you will be entered in a chance to win 3 free Cutting Cafe Files of your choice. 

The Cutting Cafe Planners

Hello all! Hope you are having a lovely Sunday. 

This week we are working on planners at The Cutting Cafe. 

I decided to use the 2018 calendar and make a special project for my 15 year old daughter. 

So, I need to explain some things... 1) Linaya (my 15 year old) LOVES chickens 2) We do not let our children date until they are 16. I guess we are pretty old school, but I just think that they need to have fun and concentrate on being a kid. Dating, as great as it can be, can also bring a lot of drama and heartache. Being a teen is hard enough without all that mumbo jumbo. 

Linaya is and has been wanting to date for a few years. She has met a VERY nice young man (whom we like a lot) and they have become quite good friends. This makes her want to date even more. Poor girl thinks us horrible parents are ruining her life by not letting her date. (Just kidding she's actually been pretty good about it.)

Dad has told Linaya that she can start dating on April 13th. The day before her 16th birthday. So, Linaya and her "non boyfriend" have it scheduled to become boyfriend and girlfriend on the 13th of April. 

This chicken calendar is a count down until April 13th. ONLY 96 more days!

Little does she know...Her "non boyfriend" and us parents have gotten together and planned out a big surprise for her. She will have to wait until Valentine's Day to find out =) Maybe I will come back later and share the surprise with you!

 Anyways, The Cutting Cafe Planner has a lot of great printables and add ons. I want to make a couple Bucket Lists. One for the year and one for Life. There is also a print out for a TO DO list which is something I am going to print out for each one of my kids. There are times when I have them do extra chores and they like to have them broken down between kids AND on a list.

Don't forget to hop on over to The Cutting Cafe Blog to check out what the rest of the DT made and leave some love on that post. You will be entered in a chance to win 3 free Cutting Cafe files of your choice. 

Cutting Cafe Files used...

The Cutting Cafe Planner

Love Die and Gift Stamp are from Crafty Doodle Chick

Thank you for stopping by. Hope you all have a craftastic week! 

Hugs, 

            Tina

Sweet As Pie - With The Cutting Cafe

Boy do I have a treat for you! A big 'ol slice of Pumpkin Pie! 

The Cutting Cafe design team is working with the Pie Slice Box. I used parts of the box to create a slice of pie. I thought it would make a cute card. I was right! 

I found the plate in Cricut Design Space. Both the plate and the pieces for the pie were cut with the Cricut Maker.

The sentiment comes with the Pie Slice Box. 

I found a tiny fork in my stash. Perfect for a slice of pie! 

The whip cream was done with a snow writer. I used a paint brush to spread it on a piece of card stock. 

I'd better run for now. Gotta lots of things to do before Christmas! Pop in at The Cutting Cafe Blog and leave a comment on the DT inspirational post and you will be entered in a chance to win 3 free files of your choice. 

See you again soon. 

Hugs, 

          Tina

May Your Christmas Be Merry and Bright - With The Cutting Cafe

Good morning! We are focusing on Christmas this week at The Cutting Cafe. 

I used a couple of different files to make this card. The Christmas Tree Trio Shaped Card and the

Snow Flake Shaped Card

The sentiment is one that comes with the Christmas Tree Trio Shaped Card file. 

I used the individual trees from the Christmas Tree Trio Shaped Card to create a little forest. Each tree was cut out with my Cricut Maker, inked with gathered twigs distress ink and then sprinkled with dry embossing powder. 

The white dry embossing powder is a great addition to any project you would like snow on. 

I made the snowflakes from the Snow Flake Shaped Card. Each snowflake is less than an inch big and was cut out with the Cricut Maker. They cut out perfectly.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you will stop by The Cutting Cafe Blog to see what the other design team members made. If you leave a comment on the inspirational post, you will be entered in a chance to win three free files of your choice. 

Have a craftastic day! See you again soon =)

Hugs, 

           Tina