Cupcake Kinda Day

What's better than a "cupcake kinda day?" I can't think of a thing! Well, except maybe a giant cupcake kinda day! lol!

Here's a simply sweet way to celebrate a birthday with a cupcake kinda' day card. The cute little cupcake and sentiment is from A│S Oven Joy.  The confetti frosting is made with Tombow markers and a little shimmer was added with diamond glitter and the quickie glue pen! 

 This card is just one of several donated to the Fairy Godmothers Fund for a silent auction basket. The Fairy Godmothers Fund is a fabulous organization in Manhattan that grants wishes to women in need. These needs are usually ones that fall between the cracks (see stories on the website). http://www.fgfund.org/
It's a great way to help the community! 

Have a wonderfully creative day!

A Muse Studio Facebook Challenge #5: Thanksgiving or Thank You

It's time for another A Muse Studio Facebook Challenge. This week the theme is Thanksgiving or Thank you. Lots of leeway there but I decided to combine the two ideas into one card. :)

Challenge Details
Theme: Create a thank you or Thanksgiving paper craft project
Keyword: AP11THANKS
Challenge Starts: Monday, September 19, 2011
Challenge Ends: Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 11:59pm Eastern time
Prize:  One random prize winner will receive an A Muse Studio “Thank you mix” stamp set!

All of the paper and stamps are from A*Muse Studio. This pumpkin is from Too Cute to Spook. It's just one example of how you can use stamps from one set for a variety of cards and holidays. It's stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and is colored with Copics. I need to figure out a better way to take photos as the shading on the pumpkin looks much better "in person" but you get the idea. :)

The black gingham scalloped oval is popped up over a slate grey polka dot border stamped directly on the Sugar card base and a strip of Pumpkin paper with versamark polka dots from Tini Time.It looks like it's flat against the card base in this photo but it really is popped up. The thank you sentiment was stamped on orange and cut out to draw a little attention to it. What do you think?

Oh - I forgot to take a pic but the inside of the card has a matching versamark dot border.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderfully creative day!

First Day of Autumn Blog Hop: Fall Kaleidacolor Birthday

Welcome to the First Day of Autumn Blog Hop! I hope to make another card or two to post with a*muse stamps but decided to share a card that I made in August before TAC closed. This was a hit with my August card class because it is super simple, quick and yet with the Kaleidacolor pad - has lots of pop and color. It's a great card for male or female birthday cards! And, it's a design that can be easily converted to Thank You cards.

Adding a little extra special bit inside really finishes the card, don't you think?

Hope you'll hop along and check out the other creations. This blog hop goes through Saturday evening so more should get added. :) Have a wonderfully creative day!



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Gingham Collage Card

Here's the final card from my class this month. I was inspired by a collage card I saw in an A*Muse Studio gallery. I took a variety of stamps from my starter kit and just went to town with some of the inks. So fun and so fast! In fact, it's a card that looks like it takes a lot of time but it really doesn't. love that!

I didn't have enough gingham cardstock of the same color for the class but it looked great on the orange, bubblegum and grass gingham papers. And, the bit of matching ribbon finishes it off well, don't you agree?

This is the inside of the card - it's great to carry a bit of the collage inside to add another bit of fun for the recipient. What do you think?

Have a wonderfully creative day!

A*Muse Studio Facebook Challenge 4: Paris

A*Muse Studio is holding another facebook challenge and it's taken me all week to play but once again I made it!

The challenge was to use this photo and make a card with at least one A*Muse Studio stamp set. I used three - Beautiful Botanicals, Harlequin and Loving Memories. The photo also lends itself well to two of the new inks: pebble and wasabi.

 

I don't have the wasabi ink yet but used pebble and lichen together which was also lovely. Isn't the combo of two of the solid papers, french roast and grass, pretty? I covered the grass paper with the harlequin stamp in lichen ink to make a tone on tone effect and then added a strip of satin pebble ribbon - yummy! Lichen and Pebble inks were used with the floral stamp to make a shadow effect on the french roast paper. Grass ink makes the sentiment pop without drawing undo attention to it and there's my card.

So, the essence of the photo is in the card but my time in Paris was anything but sorrowful. It's been years since I've had the pleasure of being in "La Ville de Lumière." I loved so much about Paris from the people -  to the gardens -  to the tourist attractions -  to the amazing museums  - to the amazing patisseries and so much more. My favorite museum in the world is in Paris - the Musée d'Orsay. The impressionists! Love them! Especially Monet and Manet. If you've not had the pleasure, I hope some day you take the opportunity to travel to Paris. 

Bon Soir, mes amis!

How ya' bean?

"How ya' bean?" hee hee! I love that phrase - reminds me of Joey on Friends - "how you doin'?" (did you do the accent in your mind? I did! lol!)

This is another card that I did with my class this month. We got to play with a couple of the papers - polka dot and plain! I am so in love with these papers already! And, we used The Perfect Blend and Swanky Backgrounds stamp sets.

This is the inside of the card. The coffee beans are carried into the inside of the card - still in the four corners. The a*muse studio ink is so wonderful that even though it's a pigment pad, you still get the detail in the teeny bean image. AWESOME!!!

Here's a close-up of the center cup/flower/paper element. The a*muse studio flower actually started out plain. No really, it did! See the picture below. But,with a little touch of the very tip of the copic markers, a polka dot flower was created to match the papers and copic colored coffee to go cup. Super fun way to create fabulous flowers to match whatever project you're working on.

This paper flower is the cosmos and can be purchased on its own (100 for $6.95) or you get 16 or so in the Meadow Mix pack which is a variety of 100 flowers for $6.95. www.amusestudio.com/seleise (look under embellishments). I got these little beauties in my starter kit and let me tell you, it's sure been fun to play with them!

Ok - I've got to get back to my custom order of 100 favor boxes and then will work on some custom card orders and swaps. Fun stuff! Have a wonderfully creative day!

Smile

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This card made me smile and it made my class smile too (until they started cutting out the tail of the kite - LOL. It was worth it though for the final product!) The top of the cloud is popped up as is the first "bow" on the tail. The base of the tail is glued directly to the cardstock. It gives the cloud the floating effect and adds a little "oomph" to the card. And, I stamped the sentiment twice - first in sky and then in ocean to give a shadow effect. Fun!

Card recipe:

• Stamp sets: Make a Scene-p76 of the catalog, Hand Scripted-p71 and Vintage A Muse-p 66
• Inks: sky and ocean a*muse ink and memento tuxedo black
• Copics: R35 and R37 (I think - I forgot to write this down - sorry!)

Take a look at the September A│S specials: https://www.amusestudio.com/studio-spotlight-september.asp!!! Awesome projects!! I'm super excited to try them!! Did you know I have different pages on my blog? Check the tabs on the top of the post. A flyer is posted on my A*Muse Studio Spotlight Specials page along with other specials.

Have a wonderfully creative day!

You're the Best!

I made this cute little box with my class last night. They loved it! This was their first experience with the A Muse Studio products and the products were a big hit! Especially the inks - great coverage and great colors!

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The papers were a hit too. Isn't this polka dot paper cute??? And, it makes the most adorable little bag!  So, how do you make this little treat holder? Start with a 8.5" X 5.5" piece of cardstock (half of an 8.5"X11" sheet). Score the 8.5" side at 2", 4", 6" and 8". Turn 90 degrees and score at 2". cut out the corner flap (1/2" x 2" piece). Cut the 2", 4", 6" and 8" score lines to the 2" score line. Fold all your flaps and assemble. Push the top part of the "bag" together and punch two holes. Thread some of the yummy grosgrain ribbon through the holes and there you go! The great thing is that you can make this bag any size - just increase the dimensions. :)

If you want to add a tag, you can use a spellbinder Labels 1 shape as I did, or you can cut a shape with a punch. Stamp your graphic sunflower and then add the sentiment. Now, here is my favorite part!!! Take the FABULOUS Sakuro Quickie Glue Pen and color the edges. The glue will be blue while it's wet but turns clear when its dry. While the glue is wet, dip the edge of the label into the a*muse diamond glitter (love it!) and in moments it will be dry and you'll have a wonderful glittery edge to your tag. I can't wait to do this to Christmas tags!!! By the way - did you notice that half my tag doesn't have glitter? I took the pic before class. I left half glitter free so I could demo the glue pen. :)

To finish your project, punch a hole with your crop-a-dile, thread the grosgrain ribbon through and voilà! A special little treat holder! I used paper from my starter kit so the work table was covered with bags in all different colors. so cute!!! I should have taken a picture!

Have a wonderfully creative day!

A-MUSE-A-PALOOZA Challenge 3: Sketch!

Wow - I am squeaking in under the wire to play in the super fun A-MUSE-A-PALOOZA Challenge 3: Sketch!

I used stamps and paper from my starter kit and let me tell you - I LOVE this cardstock!!! I had a hard time cutting into it at first - yep, I'm a paper hoarder! - but once I did I was soooo happy! It's such a nice weight and is white on one side so it's perfect for card making! 

So, back to the sketch challenge - the sketch was based off the cover art on the A Muse Studio Holiday catalog. See it here! 
   Challenge details
   Theme: Use our Holiday Catalog cover card as a sketch for your paper craft project
   Keyword: AP11SKETCH
   Challenge Starts: Tuesday, September 6, 2011
   Challenge Ends: Sunday, September 11, 2011 at 11:59pm Eastern time
   Prize:  One random prize winner will receive an A Muse Studio “Naughty or Nice” stamp set!

Here's my card. Kind of fun in its simplicity, don't you think? Can you see the heart in the bubblegum machine? If you click on the image, you can see it a little bigger. I made the heart glittery and also outlined the glass of the bubblegum machine with the sparkly gel pen to give it a glass type look. With more time it would be fun to put crystal lacquer on the glass part to give it a dimensional look. :)

Here's a side shot. The image is popped up to give it a little visual interest. And, what do you think of the gingham border? Ok - my yellow Tombow marker didn't match the gingham as well as I'd envisioned but it works for now. I may have to try to fix it. Any suggestions?

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the rest of the challenge participants on facebook! 

Have a wonderfully creative day!

Chocolate B-day Cake!!!

ok - who else wants a piece of chocolate birthday cake? I love chocolate cake and this stamp just screamed "make me chocolate when you color me!!!" so that's what I had to do. :)

A little copic coloring on a spellbinder cut-out, a little glitter pen, a textured background and a little ribbon. Et voilà! A birthday card comes to life. :) hmm - it also appears my ribbon has taken on a life of its own. oops! lol! ;)

Card recipe: Spellbinders Labels 1, pop dots, Memento ink, Copic Markers, clear glitter gel pen, A Muse Studio "a very un-merry, un-birthday" stamp set, cuttlebug folder, wire-edge organza ribbon and bazzill paper.
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Have a wonderfully creative day!!!

With Sympathy

It seems like there's always a need for a Sympathy card so I pulled out my new A Muse Studio stamps and ink and check out what transpired.

I think the harlequin background matched with the oval and scalloped oval nesties - all in a tone on tone look  - really made an elegant and beautiful card. I love the lichen and fern inks together - so lovely - don't you agree?!!

The inks stamp so well. They are a pigment ink but they're not as spongy or thick as other pigment inks so you don't get really goopy rubber. KWIM? ;) And, they handle sentiments as well as solid images. That's an ink pad that I like!!!

Finally, the best thing about this card is that it took about 5 minutes to make but I think it looks like it took much longer. I'm excited to see how many other five minute cards I can get made today. :)

Have a wonderfully creative day!
Seleise
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A New Chapter For Me and Stamping

As you know TAC closed it's doors recently and I really had no intention of going anywhere else to demo. Really! But, the lure of being part of a stamping company community drew me back in very quickly and I'm SO HAPPY! I am now a Creative Consultant for A Muse Studio! Do you know what's special about them? So many things but I'll just highlight a few!!! The following pics are all from my starter kit!

1. The stamps are pre-cut, pre-indexed and come in a DVD case that has a great cover.

 Simply pop them out and they're ready to use!!

 The DVD case clearly shows what's inside!

And, check out the acrylic blocks - slightly indented so your finger can get a good grip on the block - awesome!

2. The papers come in gorgeous colors and patterns. And, they're white on one side so they're perfect for card-making!

 3. And, look at those yummy ink colors!!!

4. The flowers come in packs of 100, the ribbons come in 8-10 yard lengths and there are twinkle stickers!!!

4. Copics!!! Need I say more?

6. And, most importantly, they have a great angel policy for their stamps! 

There's more but I'll stop with this for today! Time to start playing with my starter kit! If you want a catalog or want to host a party, please send me an e-mail at sbamethyst@gmail.com! 

I'll be back with some creations soon! Have a wonderfully creative day!!