DESIGN TEAM CALL

Just wanted to let you all know that THE CUTTING CAFE is having a Design Team call from today until this Saturday...click here for details.

HAPPY EASTER..................BBTB PROJECT

Here is my take on the new challenge going on over at the BBTB..the challenge was to use the bunny face from the Doodlecharms cart.....hum not quite sure if I am in LOVE with the BUNNY face or not, but I sure do love the box...I gave it a little border around it to make it look like a napkin was folded around the whole basket....The box came from the Cupcake box with Lid set over at the cutting cafe...I guess I will just put some jelly beans or a special egg in this little basket for Easter...The sentiment is also from the cutting cafe...
This next circle card was made using one of the new Cutting Cafe Printable Stamp sets Called HUGE HAPPY BIRTHDAY CIRCLE WORDS.....these huge circle printable stamps are great for layouts and for making big circle cards with....The circle word fits perfectly over the Circle Shaped Card from The Cutting Cafe site....I didn't want to make this card to fussy because it will be for my Sons 17th Birthday...I am trying to not always have to put a bunch of bells and whistles on projects...I used all Crate paper for this circle card adding just a touch of glitter...Also from now until the 4th of April when you purchase any of the 3 new HUGE CIRCLE WORD sets you get the CIRCLE SHAPED CARD template for free.

EASTER BUNNY HUGS

Another fun Easter project to share with you all today....This one is a little special though....it uses four of the Cutting Cafe sets...
HAPPY EASTER BACKGROUND STAMPS
EASTER SENTIMENTS
ASSORTED PILLOW BOX SET
ALL ABOUT EGGS PRINTABLE STAMP SET
....so what is special about this project, well a good friend of mine DeeDee Campbell started using a few of the Cafes printable stamps sets in color...............SO...........I thought I had better show one way of being able to do that......As you may know all of the printable stamps on the site are designed to print out in black ink from your printer, well if you have a some type of Printmaster or Printshop program, you can change the colors of the lines....Which is what I did for this project...I used my Printmaster program...I copied the pdf print and then brought it into printmaster and changed the color of the words to brown....and I LOVE how it looks.....i will be posting EXACTLY how I did this later today over in the tips section at the Cafe site...So be looking out for that....Also don't forget to leave a comment on the cafe site for a chance to win a free SCOR-PAL...it really does make ones life easier...click here for details...
I used mostly all Basic Grey papers on this pillow box with a touch of Doodlebugs inc. glitter paper for the egg...I think this will be cute to add some pink jelly beans in for my daughter..

CUPCAKES, OLD STYLE BIKES, SCOR-PAL..OH MY..................

Granted all of these items don't go together, but I have some great stuff to share about each of them...First off, awhile back I designed a file over at The Cutting Cafe called ALL ABOUT CUPCAKES and I must say that it is still my all time favorite printable stamp set, with enough images to make one wanta go make some CUPCAKES........(smile)....well the FABULOUS and I do mean FABULOUS site The Cuttlebug Challenge design team cooked up some DELICIOUS projects using the ALL ABOUT CUPCAKES set.....Maggies site is full of inspiration...I am sponsoring their site this week with a few free files from the Cafe site....you really need to hop on over and take a look, you won't be disappointed.....You can view all the information here.

Secondly, one of the great things about being on the Pazzle team is that I get to design CD Submissions for up coming CD's for the public........some get accepted and some don't..(but its all good)....Here is an old style bike that I designed...Kind of cute Uh............hopefully this will get accepted and will be in an upcoming CD release soon..........
Lastly but surely not least, Diana over at SCOR-PAL.........is sponsoring one lucky person with a SCOR-PAL........this is a must have for working with all kinds of craft projects where one needs to have PERFECT folds and it will make some really fun boxes........As some of you may know, my Pazzles machine is SICK...it makes me SICK just telling anyone about it...I love that darn machine, well anyHOO, since she is sick, I have been using the Scor-pal in helping fold all my fold lines on projects and oh my gosh it is AMAZING, to say the least.....so in about a few minutes, hop on over to this post over at THE CUTTING CAFE and leave a comment to be entered into a drawing to win one of these awesome babies..................Well that is it for now.....HUGS

WELCOME SPRING...

Awe I can actually say that all though it is a bit chilly outside, it sure does look like spring...I had planted over 50 bulbs back in September and they have ALL came up...although they look FAKE, they are 100% real (smile)....Just in case in your part of town the sun isn't shinning YET, here is a little project that maybe will get ya in the mood thinking about SPRING...over at the bbtb, the challenge this week was to use the SPRING cut from the STRETCH YOUR IMAGINATION cart....the girls all did a fabulous job...you can see their take here......I used all Crate papers on this card and the flower stems and flowers are from the set called SENTIMENT STEMS AND FLOWER TOPS over at the CUTTING CAFE....the frame shaped card is also from the cafe...you can view the frame shaped card here.....

i love you i love you i love you.............................

a million times over....this card features another new set of printables from The Cutting Cafe .....the set is called I LOVE YOU and it comes from a new set of background stamps....the background stamps are approx. 6 by 6 inches...big enough to cover any size card and great to use on layouts for matting photos...here is the link to the new set..click here..I decided to use kraft paper....I so love the look of kraft paper...i think this card is manly enough to give to my hubby to remind him how much I love him...

SOME BUNNY LOVES YOU

Just a quick little project for another new release over at The Cutting Cafe....this bunny is approx. 5.5 by 5.5 inches...perfect to add a little greeting in the inside of his body...I thought the heart button I had was the perfect touch for his nose....the inside circle tag comes from the EASTER SENTIMENTS set....Here is the link to the bunny shape card...click here.

GOT EGGS.................

Here are a few more projects using some of the new Easter releases from The Cutting Cafe....I used all Imaginisce Easter papers on these two projects....The chick peeping out to wish you a happy Easter comes from the Easter set 1 of printable stamps...I really put the cracked eggs in 3d and added lots of glitter.....The GOT EGGS came from the Easter Sentiments Printable Stamps and the Frame that is holding the candy eggs is from the Frame shaped Cards template...

HAPPY EASTER.....

Wow can't believe that Easter is next month...these months are going by so fast......Here is just a quick little project I made using two of the new Cafe sets from The Cutting Cafe...I used the For the Love of eggs and The Easter Sentiments sets...I also used the Candy box for the Candy box.The shape of the card comes from the Oval shaped cards..this is also available at the cafe site at this link here....I guess I will just put some little candy eggs in the box and give this little set to probably one of my kids teachers....I used some new Cosmo Cricket for the pattern paper...Be sure to check out the new sets over at the Cafe..You can find these new sets here.

BOY ITS BEEN AWHILE..................

since I have posted anything...My cutting machines are SICK and it makes me SICK to just talk about it...plus my computer is going through a restore....so you know what that means...trying to put back all the stuff that mattered from the beginning....BUT LIFE IS GOOD..............here are just two little projects that I did recently...both use some of the new printable stamps sets from the Cafe site..

This one is from the new All Occasion Scallop Circle word set....This is just a fun long card for someones mother to cheer them up a bit....You can view the set here.

The next card is another card that I made for someone to go along with a little RAK for them....The printable stamps on this card come from the new set called Sentiments Stems and Flower tops...this is a huge fun set...You can view it here. The shape of the card uses one of the Shaped templates from the cafe set.....Half shaped card...you can view that set here.

LAUGH OFTEN..ITS GOOD FOR YOUR HEART AND SOUL

What an awesome thought for the day....Yes Laughing is great for your heart and soul....Luckily I have an older son at home that constantly is making me laugh....This is my take on the new challenge going on over at the bbtb..I decided to make a door or wall hanging.......You really need to check out the other designers take on this challenge...You can view their work here...........


Also I have just released a new set of Printables over at The Cutting Cafe....You can view the new set here.