Hello

Hey my crafty friends. I had another surgical procedure where the doctor goes in and burns several nerves. The recovery is rough but hopefully it will help with the nerve pain for several months.

It will be a little while before I feel like working on craft projects. In the mean time, I am going to be working on simple video tutorials to help crafters learn about digital die cutting machines and cut files. I will be posting them on my Cuttin' Up With Class blog.

If you would kike this set of "hello" captions and shadows cut files...

... You can download them for free over at the CUWC blog.

Loving eyes

Hello bloggy friends.
I was playing around with my heart files and came up with these really cute heart shaped glasses. I used to the the queen of fun glasses and hats when I taught school. My co-workers all came to expect that I would have some type of fun wearable item for each holiday or major event. Now that my teacher files are all packed away, this was a fun memory.

 You can download the cut files and PDF printable pattern by going to  Cuttin' Up With Class.


I cut these glasses out of plain card stock and was about to cut patterned paper to put on top. Then my hubby walked in with the mail and a package from my Secret Sweetie swap group from The Crafter's Cafe. It was filled with all sorts of fun Valentine's craft goodies.

THANKS Sherry Wegner!

So I was compelled to stamp and emboss the glasses. Then I added some gems and stickers.

Don't these just scream fun!


Head on over to the CUWC blog to get the files and details.

Last challenge for CUWC

Well, this week's challenge at Cuttin' Up With Class will be the last. I have had fun and enjoyed it while it lasted. I will be forever grateful to the DT members that made wonderful projects every week. I will still keep in touch with them and hopefully be joining them for other projects in the future.


The challenge is to use the gingerbread file in some way on any project.
Since this is the last challenge, I made 3.


A gingerbread girl in the snow with some warm accessories...

(she has glittery trimming)


A Santa gingerbread man...

(He has fake snow on his trim)


And an adorable baking gingerbread man with lots of goodies to share.

Complete with glittery doughnuts, chocolate chip cookies, and beaded cupcakes. The "table cloth" is a paper doily. (That is an oven mitt in the back next to the stove.

It is a step card I modified to form a cabinet with a built in stove. (get a load of the burners...LOL)

I will have this file available in my Etsy store soon. I have to work out a few kinks first.


I hope you enjoy this and get inspired to "Cut Up" with us this week at CUWC.

November Show and Tell at CUWC

Man, I am not sure where this month went, but it seems to have flown by. Since it is already the last Tuesday in November, it is time for a 

SHOW & TELL Link Up Party at Cuttin' Up With Class.

You can link up ANY project you have made

AS LONG AS...

You make a NEW POST mentioning that you are linking it up at the

 Cuttin' Up With Class Show & Tell Link Up Party

and 

provide a link back to CUWC

then

You must VISIT at least 3 other blogs in the "class" and say you came by from CUWC.

That's all :)

Here is my project

It is a snowflake ornament that I made from 3 of my new snowflake files.

(available in my Etsy shop)

 Here is a better view of the 3 different snowflake cuts.

For this ornament, I made 8 sets of snowflakes, scored them all in half,

stacked the 3 different flakes on top of each other,

then glued all 8 sets together.

Then I misted all the sides with Glimmer Mist and tied a decorative thread around the top.

(I promise it is so much easier than it sounds)

Here is a picture for the visual learners like myself...

I got this idea from Lovely Linda at Lovely Linda's Craft Central.

Check out her beautiful ornaments .

Be sure and link up something this week at 

CUWC's Show & Tell

Turkey Time

This week at the Cuttin' Up With Class challenge blog, it is turkey time! 


The challenge is to use the free turkey cut file or digi stamp on any project.


I made these two projects.

I turkey time clock so you can let everyone know when dinner will be. The hands of the clock are attached to the wings. The brads allow them to be manually moved and positioned into place.


I also made a holder for utensils.

I used a rosette for the front and used part of a rosette for the tail.


You can get the free files on the CUWC blog and play along with us.