WELCOME TO MY FIRST POST FOR THE CUTTING CAFE

hello all,

so happy to show you the rest of my sneak peek of my first project for my new team.

i am sure you know regina easter. she was the owner of the original bitten by the bug blog where she had another fabulous team creating projects using the cricut. when she closed it down she started working with her own digital images and opened 

the cutting cafe.

i was on the bitten by the bug2 team with heather, who came after the first was closed down. i had so much fun there too but i was dealing with lots of life stuff at the time and couldn't stayed for long.

anyway, that is a little of a background for you to know why i am so happy i am working with regina's files.

i always admired her work and i am so happy and proud to finally made it to her team. a bit apprehensive but i think is normal. you will be too if you see what these talented ladies in her team are all about.

i chose an oldie file for my project.

there are so many i would have loved to work with but i had to choose one and i chose the

 summer fun
my card is a round card

enough of the sneak peek, right? hehe
--i stamped the background waves with a so old wooden stamp from plaid i believe i could call it vintage right now--

the umbrella, the sandals, the beach bum sign and the starfish are included in the bundle. these are not the only images in this set, there are many more. actually, they are 33 images in this printable stamp set.
here is the link to the summer set and i warn you,
you will be amazed at all the gorgeous files regina has in her shop. and you will drool when you see all the inspiration offered. oh my, i can't hardly contain my excitement.

now, a bit about my card

the base for my card was done with the cricut cart called life's a party. i punched the two holes on the left with the cropadile to insert the pretty ribbon i found in my stash.  i made that cute bow with the help of a fork. i colored my images with the spectrum noirs alcohol markers. i am still avoiding the shading, lol.

NOTE: for some of you who are not familiar with regina's blog, anyone who comments is automatically enter to win some digital stamps from her shop. yeap, that is right, you heard well...a chance to win some free digis if you comment on her blog. you can also subscribe to her newsletter so you do not miss any news.


and this is it for now.

thanks you so very much for stopping by.
xoxo

A SNEAK PEEK...

of a project i will use for my first post on my new design team home

The Cutting Cafe

with Regina Easter, yay!

i am a bit intimidated by the awesome work these ladies at the cutting cafe put out there for you all to see. i almost quit even before starting because i was like, "no way i can even think of trying to fill these ladies steps", but regina patted my back and said "you are going to be fine" and i decided to stay. my term will be for 4 months and i will try my best to not let the team down.

let me introduce myself to you as one of the new ladies at 

the cutting cafe

hehe

 and this is a sneak peek of my project 

i will be posting the rest on may 5th

do not think i am getting to greedy with these dt's, i already thought of it but some of these are for short term and it will keep my mind busy and out off trouble.

thank you for all the good vibes, the negative ones are being rejected---wink!!!

SNAIL MAIL CARD

It's me again!

I wanted to share this card I made for an online friend.

I made this card using the Sentimental Cricut cartridge and one of the Joy's Life Lots of Pun stamp set. When I couldn't be her designer she still sent me a set of her new stamps and just now I got to use them.  I wanted to share the card I made and the stamp I used from her set. It was very thoughtful of her and I appreciate her kindness.

Snail Mail

5 inches

You can find the card base/shape on page #35 on the card feature. 

The polka dot paper was cut at 4-1/2 inches using the same card feature.

The snail was cut at 2 inches and its shadow came out to be at 2.06 inches.

You can find the snail on page #47. I used foam adhesive to pop up the snail layer.

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The umbrella is from Everyday Paper Dolls and you can find it on page #41 (accesories2). As you can see I dry embossed the umbrella using the Cuttlebug and a Cuttlebug folder called Swiss Dots. I also added some doodling.

The clouds are also from Everyday Paper Dolls from page #42 and I cut them at 1.79 and 1.99 inches. I stickled them with the Frosted Lace Stickles I received from Helen.

The butterfly is also from the Sentimentals cart and you find it on page 46. I used the shadow image and I made the small circles with my Crop-a-Dile. I also doodled on it this time with white ink.

I added some rub-on flowers to the grass I punched out with a Martha Stewart paper punch. Before I adhered the grass to the card I used the sentiment

Snail Mail

from Joy's

Lots of Pun clear stamp set.

A beautiful card for a beautiful friend,

Thank You Joy!