Doing What I Love and Loving what I Do...

This weekend was a hot one around here.  Can't complain too much because last week was beautiful, especially for July!  I had no desire to be in the heat at all, NONE!  So any excuse to work on my projects is a good excuse for me.

Since I didn't get out this weekend, except to let the dog out (she's a puppy and tends to go out a lot..UGH!), I was able to finish some of my ideas.   Miss Mint at Peppermint Creative has been really busting out some new kits and new LIP Kits that coordinate with existing kits.  For this project I used the My Guy LIP 4x5 journal and filler cards Edition.  But first a Sneak Peek of my project.

  You'll never guess that this is made out of the My Guy Kit!!!!

 

This kit below is the one I used for this project and for the project I will post tomorrow.  They are totally different.  I think you gonna love it.

 

LIP KIT - My Guy Edition

Here are some of the other kits in the My Guy Edition:

 Okay, now for the Actual Project.  If you guessed it was a card with a flower, you guess right!!!  You guys are smarter than I thought! Hehe

  This is actually a box...you can use it for the card I made or a cd or jewelry.  I'm going to add the card along with a gift card and gift it to a special friend of mine.

This is the card I made to go with the gift box.  Both the Box file and the flower files came from Silhouette America online store.  I think the flower is made by Lori Whitlock.  She is quite the designer.  I love her work. 

If you have any question on these projects, feel free to ask away. 

Thanks for stopping by!!

And don't forget to stop by tomorrow!  I will have Two completely different projects for you, using the same kit.

I Love You A Latte..........

(Not real sure why this post isn't layed out correct~ it's a mess and I can't correct it~Sorry)

I can't believe I actually finished my project for The Cutting Cafe.  I had one problem after another.  First, the silhouette studio kept freezing me up and I kept having to start over.  It happened, not one, not two, but three times.  Yes, I said THREE!  My husband said, "That's why you are suppose to save your work!"  Yep, I know that, It wouldn't let me before it would freeze up again!  Oh, the next problem was cutting.  I've had a few issues in the past with cutting, but not like this.  It would cut each image at least 6 times and still not cut all the way through the paper.  Oh well, I finally got it done!

    Do you like coffee?  I like it more now than I use to.  Today I had two BIG cups (I usually only have one, but I had to wake up).   I haven't had alot of fancy coffees or lattes.  Heck I'm not even sure what a latte really consist of.  When Regina at  The Cutting Cafe designed this adorable cutting file I immdiately had a idea of what I wanted to do with it.......One was use the saying "I Love You A Latte" 

For my project this week I used:

COFFEE CUP SHAPED CARD 2 template - cutting file is approx. 4 by 5.25

The set comes with 9 sentiments (will punch out using a 1.5 inch circle punch), 4 misc images and an inside pocket to hold a gift card.

  This is the sentiments that comes with the set.

I hope you like my card!

I used my Silhouette Studio to cut out the SVG files that come with this set.  I really enjoyed making this card despite all the problems I had with my Cameo and the Studio progam.

Additional supplies:  Craft cardstock, white cardstock, double sided tape and red ribbon

Go to The Cutting Cafe Blog to see the rest of the design team's projects.  Don't forget to leave a comment to win free sets.  Every week Regina has a winner for free sets out of the store, she's sweet that way!!!

 Oh, I almost forgot to post the picture of the problem I was having with my Silhouette Cameo.

It would cut each image at least 6 times and it still would cut all the way through.

I had some really bad cuts this time.  It was very frustrating.

This circle is a close up of the mess it was making....UGH! 

If you like this project or have suggestions on my cutting problems, please feel free to leave comments at the end of this post.