THE CUTTING CAFE'S BLOG HOP (end of term)

welcome all to a sad but happy blog hop. our term at the cutting cafe has come to an end. we all were invited to stay for another term but i couldn't commit. my household is very hectic in november and december and i just couldn't stay. but i have to give miss regina a huge thank you for giving me the opportunity to be in her team. i have been a fan of her since the beginning of my paper crafting adventures, way back in the days when she had started the original "bitten by the bug" blog. anyway, i believe some of the girls are staying for another term but we still wanted to celebrate how much fun we have/had at the cutting cafe. i personally had a blast, learned new things and techniques, made some new friends...over all a great experience. i remember how excited i was when i was accepted to the team and how nervous i was to mess up because i do not own the digital cutter and my projects were going to be cut by hand. hehe. i think i did pretty good, as i went along i gained more confidence.

now, back to the hop...

generous miss regina has offer to give away to a lucky "blog hopper" (new term in my vocabulary, hehe) the file we are using today for our projects. thanks again miss regina.

HANDMADE WITH LOVE

this is the file i chose for a lucky winner:
JAR SHAPED CARDS

and as all files from the cutting cafe, it is made with love :P

all was cut by hand using the pdf document file included among the svg and wpc.
it also comes with a bundle of sentiments and different images to fill in the jar. i chose the plain jar for my project.
-the top part and hearts were hand-stamped-

the mini hearts were punched out and layered.
the sentiment was printed and i hand cut around it a banner shape.

hope you really like my card and my chosen file because...
all you have to do is leave a comment and i will choose a winner on friday. you have to contact me and i will forward your email to miss regina, owner of the cutting cafe and one of the sweetest ladies out there :) you have 5 days to claim your prize.

thanks again for stopping by and have fun hopping with us

all of us are giving away the file we worked on, the chances of winning different ones is great....good luck! 

your next stop will be dear barbara from and if you want to start from the beginning (you won't miss anyone this way).
 here is the line up.

Regina Easter

Rose Miller

Sheryl Wilder

Jeri Thomas

Rhonda Zmikly

Tmika Miller

Flowerdisco Agnes

Barbara Burgess

Lisa Minkcler

Audrey Long

Leslie Foley

 Mary Ann Guth

Tanya Alley

Melisa Waldorf
Krista Norman

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SKETCHY FRIDAYS NEWS

hello

and a huge happy mother's day to all!

 i have some sad news:

this week we are closing down 

"Sketchy Friday".

I am so sorry to see it go but it is a decision sonia made. She knows better and she knows the Y's.

i want to thank all of you who came to my blog from Sketchy Friday. i appreciate you taking the time to come over because you liked my project using sonia's digis. 

who knows what the future holds for sketchy friday, if any. :(

thank you sonia for giving me the opportunity to enjoy your super cute images and i wish you the best my friend.

here is a card i had made for my turn next friday but since there is no more sketchy friday i am sharing it with you today. :)

sonia has these gorgeous butterflies in her shop and i chose my favorite one for today's project BECAUSE, sonia will keep her SK DIGIS store open and sonia will continue designing, you can still enjoy her designs. that is a huge plus, lol. 

we won't loose it all :)

anyway, this is my card for you today

Fluttering by to Say Hi

3.5" x 5" tall

the butterflies were cut by hand and the jar was cut using my cricut expression.

i used vellum for the jar and my spectrum noirs for the coloring.

(since my butterflies were printed at 1 inch and 3/4 inch high, i chose to cut off the antennas to make it easier to cut by hand, but they do come with the antennas)

i also added some other butterflies inside the jar along with some glitter)

i also loved all the papers i chose for this card. 

and the stamped sentiment is adorable too and i loooove that font.

i hand cut that extra bottom piece in patterned paper. i think it added so much to the jar.

SUPPLIES USED 

IN THE MAKING OF MY CARD

digital image:     SK DIGIS

patterned papers:     fact from basic grey (red) and traditions from carta bella (blue/yellow)

yellow enamel dot:     my mind's eye

sentiment:     whimsical designs clear stamps (whimsical fun Vol. 1)

vellum

cotton twine

any questions? please contact me and always remember to

click and share

for others to see pretty projects :)

thanks for stopping by and have a super beautiful MOTHER'S DAY weekend!

A PUMPKIN SPICE BLOG PROJECT...a square card

Hello, this is me agnes

aka

flowerdisco. 

i am a new addition to this already awesome design team. today is my first post and i am so happy you came to visit.

i love making cards and love playing with pretty paper and, if you are like me, then you are in the right place. the pumpkin spice store is the place you need to get your "fix", i mean scrap supplies, hehe, you also will find many other addictive goodies. personally, i think denine has the best prices in her shop. if you "gotta see to believe", click here to see for yourself---(wink  wink).

anyway, i got this awesome paper at the shop called beautiful moments, from the new brand carta bella. oh my! you are going to love it. nice thickness and gorgeous patterns and colors, yummy! along with these papers i also got my first unity stamp called jars of love x 3.

these jars are all the rave now and the hearts make them perfect for valentine's day. the hearts come separate from the jars, in the same package. this is great because if you want to use the jars for any other occasion, you can, yay!

well, enough of chat-chat and let me show what i made with my shop pumpkin spice goodies.

Love

4x4 square card

the jars were stamped using a versafine onyx ink (my new favorite). i then stamped the hearts on the jars with versamark, sprinkled them with red brick distressed embossing powder from tim holtz and added this softer than most  jute. the rest came from my forever stash, :D what a cute and easy card if you asked me...shhh! it really took me a while, hehe. i wasn't pleased with the first one i made. wink-wink.

oh, i almost forgot the "so happy" sentiment comes from a my mind's eye clear stamp set i also got from the shop.

a few more pics (for more details, click on the pics)

and...this is it for now.

 thank you again for stopping  by to see my first project for this blog.

 i hope you liked my project and i invite you to subscribe, bookmark or follow us. this way you won't miss anything that denine has in store for all of us----and, that includes you too.

have a great day!

blogged by flowerdisco

MY PINK STAMPER PINK-A-LICIOUS BLOG HOP

hello and welcome to my blog!

my name is Agnes and as you already know i am a my pink stamper designer. i enjoy my paper crafts, gardening and sewing and i am so proud to be a designer in this team.

this is my project to share with you today. 

the requirements are to use a stamp from the "Yummylicious or Sweet Goodness" stamps set and make a treat/goodie bag for any holiday or any theme.

Sweet Goodness

4" x 5" 

matchbox

this is a beauty of a goodie box.

my sweet goodness stamp is from the Yummylicious set from no other than my pink stamper, of course ;D this is her hop and i am a proud designer of hers...as i mentioned before. i do not own the "sweet goodness set" but you will find the sweet goodness phrase on both sets:
just different fonts.

 you might be able to tell or not...that this is a matchbox from tags, bags, boxes and more. :P

 i cut it at 5"

above you see the top cover..
the jar is from doodlecharms and i cut it on cardstock and vellum. the vellum is the one on top.
the fruits are from the preserves cart and were wet embossed .
the tag is from home accents and the sentiment you already know is from the yummylicious stamp set from my pink stamper. the blue ribbon is a dyed bias tape i received as a rak.

this matchbox turned out to be a perfect goodie box.
and you will find many awesome stamps to match any of your paper projects in my pink stamper stamps. i invite you to click ----HERE----  and see it for yourself. you will also will find the online retailers who carry her stamps.

remember at the end of the hop going back to my pink stamper website and participate in the challenge.

NOTE: i have a goodie for you too but you must participate in the challenge for me to enter your name in it. one person will win it and that person will have three days after i announce the winner on oct 18 to claim the candy.

because i know you do not want to miss any of the stops.....

this is the Blog Hop Order line-up.

Robyn (My Pink Stamper)

Roberta

 Sharon

 Tracy (CraftJunkieToo)

Andrea

Angela (Simple Creations)

Renee (RockinRenee) 

 Kassidy

Cristi

 Missy

 Michelle (Meesh's Pieces)

 Carissa (Sprinkled with Glitter)

 Julie (readysetstamp)

 June

 Chelle (Paper Krate)

  Shelley

Edna (Create With Expression)

Helen

you are here at Agnes (Flowerdisco)

your next stop is

  Karlee 

 Courtney 

 Maria

and remember you have to go back to Robyn's aka my pink stamper.

thanks so much for the stop,

and have fun with the hop.