SO WHAT'S YOUR POINT...................

I have always loved this cute little old lady stamp...isn't she the cutest old thing...with her funny looking slippers and aqua color robe with pink...anyways I thought the title was oh so fitting for this stamp...the title stamp comes from a set of Printable from the Cutting Cafe titled SMARTY PANTS BUBBLE WORDS..you can view the entire set here....there are 20 different phrases in the set....I used some old style stampin up paper on this card with a touch of kraft paper...my old and new favorite stuff to add onto cards....The card is a different shape to...short on the front side with the inside showing longer on the right.....

MAKE YOUR OWN CALENDAR PAGES.........

I have just released 2 new Printable sets over at THE CUTTING CAFE....one is called 2009 CALENDAR printable set....this set features 60 images....there is a circle calendar and a square calendar...it is a great set for adding a little calendar to your layouts, cards or other craft projects....you can view this set here..........I decided to use this 2009 calendar set with the latest bbtb challenge...the challenge was to use the LIFE IS GOOD cut from the GRAPHICALLY SPEAKING cart.....this cart has so many awesome sentiments on it....The girls all did a fab. job on this weeks challenge...you can check out their work here...I used some new SEI paper for this calendar..I love this pad of paper...I also used some scrapnfonts flowers (db pretty petals)...the green frame on this card comes from another new release over at THE CUTTING CAFE...the set is called BLANK CALENDAR......see below for more information on this set.
The other new release over at THE CUTTING CAFE is a printable set called BLANK CALENDAR....and it features approx. 163 images if ya count each and every image (smile)...this is a great set for making your own calendars for any year or month....I decided to get ahead of the game and make my son's 14 birthday card....I actually love making guy cards because you don't have to worry about being to FUSSY...Plain and simple and to the point...The only kind of bling or fuss on this card is the glitter on the candle flame..........I also love the big size of this calendar...no need for an envelope...I will just sit it in front of his cake perhaps with a bag or two that matches the big card filled with some birthday goodies.....I used the plain frame with dots for this calendar.......Also there is a great SPECIAL going on over at the CAFE site...if you purchase this BLANK CALENDAR set from now until the end of this week, you get to choose any other set that the cafe has for free....click here for details.

SWEETARTS PAPERIE and THE CUTTING CAFE'

and COSMO CRICKET.......come together....

Sweetarts Paperie Scrapbooking kit this month is TOTAL EYE CANDY..just about one of the yummies kits I have seen so far....Krista from Sweetarts Paperie asked me to design a set of Printable stamps for her latest kit and I couldn't resist...I love Cosmo Cricket...Here is the stamp set that I designed to go with the kit............

IT IS currently ONLY AVAILABLE with this kit....ALSO if you purchase one of these kits, you get to choose ANY set you want for free from the CUTTING CAFE SITE...now I say that is a super sweet deal....so hope on over and check out Sweetarts Paperie latest kit here...and then you really really need to visit Teri Berrios blog. She is the guest designer for this month over at Sweetarts and created some stunning projects...Click here to visit her blog.

CARD FOR THE GIRLFRIEND?

Yulp can't believe it myself.....I just did a quick birthday card for my son's first girlfriend....Not many bells and whistles to it..he needed it like right away....it was actually really sweet that he even wanted me to make the card....he didn't want one from the store....so.......................just a little something I whipped up using some yummy making memories paper and doodlebug glitter paper................I did put one of my All occasion circle birthday stamps on it though...you can find this set here at the cutting cafe' site.

LUCKY LUCKY......AND SOME BLOG AWARDS

Do ya feel LUCKY.......or perhaps are ya LUCKY IN LOVE...(smile) Either way I feel and am so very LUCKY to have such a wonderful family and equally awesome BLOG FRIENDS......many that I love dearly.....Okay on to a few cards that I recently created....these first two are from the new set over at The Cutting Cafe....YULP, St. Patricks stuff already...I made so much Valentine stuff that I was ready for the NEXT special day....This set of Printable stamps contains 10 fun images....You can view the set here. I used all K&Company papers on these two fun cards...I thought on the clover card I would fold up the clover leaves to give them an extra special look...

This last card comes from the latest challenge over at the BBTB...do you own a cricut machine....boy if ya don't, you are surely missing out...if ya do and you have the HOME ACCENTS cart, please do take part in the challenge...you can view all of the ladies awesome take on the challenge here..... well that is it for now...I hope you all have a HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TOMORROW....HUGSI wanted to take a moment and thank everyone that has given me an award these last few weeks................I FEEL HORRIBLE, that I no longer have the links to add the awards to my site and to play along to pass them forward...I saved them in a folder in my email and they are GONE...(BOO OOO)..........Know that I am very honored to all of you that gave me the awards........Thank you Thank you.................

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL...................

It surely is...........Recently I released a fun set of FRUIT GREETINGS over at The Cutting Cafe and decided that I wanted a cute little folder to put them in....This folder will hold 6 cards and 6 envelops or you could even put a note pad on one side and some envelopes on the other side...would make an adorable handmade gift....If your cards are heavily embellished, you might not be able to get a full 6 of them in the folder though...I got this YUMMY YUMMY new Making Memories paper the other day and decided to do all of the FRUIT GREETINGS using this paper....Granted Cherries are not blue and Strawberries are not Orange, but don't they look so cute anyways..........*smile.........all of the stems and leaves are colored in with my copics and the body of the fruits are raised on the cards with pattern paper on them....also used LOADS of Basic Grey rubons....I have this thing with putting rubons on the corner of my work...can't get out of the addiction.................Wanta get the CARD FOLDER BELOW FOR FREE?...Click here for details.

HERE IS THE NEW GREETING CARD FOLDER TEMPLATE OVER AT THE CUTTING CAFE. Remember these templates come in the form of a pdf and wpc...With Pdf you print, cut and embellish...with wpc you use your cutter machine...

NEED TO MAKE SOME VALENTINE PROJECTS ON...

A BUDGET?...........Lets face it, alot of times it is the packaging on gifts that give it that WOW FACTOR....sometime the packaging, wrapping is so nice that you don't even want to open the gift................well I have just released a cute little box to hold those little Conversation Candy Heart boxes......This little box would be perfect to decorate and place one of those Conversation Candy Boxes in.....You can make the box as pretty as can be...........CUTE INEXPENSIVE VALENTINE GIFT..............I think I might just give these to my son's teachers with a card...I hope they like them....Click here to view the set.

This first box is my take on the new challenge going on over at the bbtb...the challenge was to use the heart cut from the doodlecharms cart...oh my the designers did such an amazing job on this cut.....you really need to hop on over and check out their take..you can view their projects here. The next box I decided to use the handle in the set....

BEAUTY..................

What a fitting phrase for this weeks challenge over at the BBTB....I see Beauty in all of my designers work and secondly I see BEAUTY in this BLACK rose...it is so pretty TO ME..The challenge this week over at the bbtb was to use the ROSE from the INDIE ART cricut cartridge... this is a beautiful cut...I love it...and the girls did such an amazing job with their take...You can find their take here....We also have a new contest going on right now over at the bbtb...WANTA WIN A FRED table...ooooooooooo that will make your life a bit sweeter...here is the link to the contest....

http://regina-bittenbythebug.blogspot.com/2009/01/contest-time.html

Okay so this black frame that I did my card on is a new release from the CUTTING CAFE...you can purchase the SHAPED FRAME CARD alone or with 6 other shaped cards...Have a lookie here....

Also I must say that over at 2 SKETCHES FOR U, The Cutting Cafe is the sponsor this week and will be giving away the ALL ABOUT CUPCAKES

set and 3 other sets of your choice...so hope on over and take a look at the new sketch for this week.........PLUS all the amazing designs....

http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/the_cutting_cafe/2009/01/all-about-cupcakes-.html

http://2sketches4you.blogspot.com/2009/01/lauras-sketch-18.html

GUESS WHAT I ............................

Made today in about 5 minutes..........this totally cute necklace.........okay so like the other day I went to Michael's and they have redone their whole store...when you walk in, it almost looks like a scrapbooking store and then over to the right is this HUGE bead section...well normally I wouldn't even go over to the bead section because the Michael's that is closer to my house has the same thing, but on a MUCH smaller scale...well my 7 year old son was telling me that there was some BIG DIAMONDS over in the bead department that he wanted to buy.....(kids I tell ya....and he thinks the diamonds are real)........anyways so I decided to go into the bead department and oh my I fell in love with all the stuff..............so I made this cute little wooden necklace with a leather rope.............ALL FOR 3.00.............that's what I'm talking about (smile)

Just wanted to share...........a little bit of what I did today...well gotta run, my 16 year old soon to be 17 year old is on his FIRST DATE....................YIKESSSSSSSSSS...LORD HELP ME............Oh yeah that is not all, this was his first week with his driving instructor.............DOUBLE YIKESSSSSSSSSSSSS...I bet he feels like his life is just awesome right now, but it is a PANIC, WORRY time for mommy...........

YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE.................NEW CAFE RELEASE

I've got much to share on this AMAZING HISTORICAL DAY.......wow what a wonderful day, the weather is beautiful and we have a new President............

My first two cards are for my Scrapnfonts.com design team....I am so loving the look of the black and yellow on this first card.......YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE...This chandelier comes from a new set of brushes (digital art) to be released soon over at scrapnfonts.com

Another project for my scrapnfonts.com design team is this cute little penguin, it is from a set called DB Chill Out....this set will also be released in a few days...I got this yummy new Making memories speciality paper yesterday and had to use it for this card....

Lastly is a recent completed project for my Pazzles design team....I used some fun Basic Grey papers to make a Christmas Goodie Bag......

In keeping with the LOVE OF CUPCAKES, I have just released a new set over at THE CUTTING CAFE: The set is called CUPCAKE HOLDER........The set comes with two cutting files (pdf templates), one for 1 cupcake and one for 2 cupcakes...This set can be used for just about any occasion.........There is also a new special going on over at THE CUTTING CAFE to celebrate my new LOOK....I am offering all of the boxes and bags that the Cafe' has to offer for 9.99...click here for details.

STAMPIN UP'S NEW CATALOG...............

Is out and GORGEOUS...today is the official day to order from the new book...........AND I wanted to remind everyone that I give 10% off each order ALL THE TIME....If you need a new catalog they are 9.95 plus 6.95 for shipping plus tax....The catalog is great to have JUST for the ideas in it alone.........you can view all of the new stuff also online at: http://www.stampinup.com/
Please email me at fabriccutups@prodigy.net if you want to place an order.....

The Cutting Cafes New Home............

Yes that is right, I have been working my little fingers to the bone these last few days....Actually I still am working...(smile)....but I wanted to let all my customers know that THE CUTTING CAFE has a new home....Here is the link to the new site:

http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/ (please bookmark this new site)

I still have loads to do...new banner, other fine tuning...which will all come over time...Please be sure to check out the new site sometime over the up coming weekend, I will have a new small delicious release and a special offer......Just in case you happen to order still from the old site, that is fine, it still works, but starting from today, all new items and new gallery pictures from the design team will be posted on the new site....Have a great day...

CARD KITS AND AWARDS.................

Looking for some awesome card kits and scrapbooking kits to start on your Valentine Projects, well I am happy to announce that The Cutting Cafe Printable stamps are featured in two amazing kits...

First there is the card kit from Create My Keepsake....this kit actually features the new Heart Bag release from the Cutting Cafe...........this kit is yummy and Danielle Flanders made an amazing project using the Heart bag.

Next is the amazing kit by Sweetarts Paperie..........This kit features a few of the printables from some of the Cutting Cafe Valentine sets............ooooo this set is way YUMMY.........

PLEASE MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT BOTH OF THESE AWESOME KITS...THEY ARE VERY LIMITED.........

Next I am so excited and honored to have received a few awards in the last few days........

First award is from Odette, she awarded me this BUTTERFLY AWARD.....for having a COOL BLOG...thank you so much Odette.... be sure to check out Odette's blog, she is so talented.The next award comes from my sweet friend Krista Norman, I have known Krista now for at least over a year now....She is on my bbtb team and is just the sweetest person ever...Very special to me...She awarded me the ONE LOVELY BLOG AWARD...be sure to check out Krista's blog........here work is amazing...

YIKESSSSSS MORE CUPCAKES AND A BAG

I don't know what it is about CUPCAKES, I just love these little yummies..............I have just released a new set of 49 images of ALL ABOUT CUPCAKES over at THE CUTTING CAFE.........it is yummy to........here are two projects using the yummy cupcakes...You also get a free heart cutting bag when you purchase this set through Sunday....see the bag below...


This Heart Bag is another new release over at THE CUTTING CAFE and you get the file for free when you purchase the ALL ABOUT CUPCAKE SET ABOVE...I actually put a brad in the back of the bag so that I can open and close it up easily when filling with goodies...