Boy Birthday Card

 Come party with us at the Highline Room on Thursday, July 19 at 7pm. I have all kinds of fun projects planned for my Farewell Paper Party!

I made this card in February, so I am having a hard time remembering how I colored it. It looks like Koh-i-noor pencils, which is one of my favorite ways to color. Even though I have three sons, I rarely make a card for boys. This set came with the consultant pre-order for the 2012 catalog. At first I was pretty lukewarm about it, but I actually love the way this card went together, and I enjoyed working with this set.

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Stamps: Greetings Earthlings, Say It With Style
Paper: Sugar, Rialto, Wasabi
Ink: Rialto, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Koh-i-noor Pencils, Silver Elastic, Grass Buttons, Silver Glitter, Silver Embossing Powder, Stardust Spray

Praying For You

No one wants to make a sympathy card, or a card for a hard time. However, think about how you might brighten someone's day, even if it's just for a moment. This card could have any sentiment, though. I used our shimmer chalks, and I LOVE them! I've been using my SU! chalks for 12 years, but when I joined A Muse Studio, I thought I'd better have what we sell. I'm SO glad I did! These chalks are so pretty, I have a hard time resisting a little eye job in the middle of cardmaking. I KNOW some of these colors would look GOOD on me!;)

The sentiment has a matching die set!! It was absolutely one of the first things I ordered out of the 2012 Inspiration Guide. 

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Stamps: Charming Gardeners, Say It With Style
Paper: Apricot, Sugar
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Apricot
Accessories: Shimmer Chalks, Sky 1/4" organdy, Sugar Pearl Stickers

A Muse Studio has these things for consultants called Ready To Roll Workshops. You can just check the pdf and copy the projects, which is super easy because all supplies and instructions for creating the item are right there. You can even buy samples already made, and the supplies all bundled together. It's an incredible time saver!

Anyway, this box template is from a RTRW. It looks nothing like the original and uses none of the same supplies, but the box is fun, fast and easy to make and can be made to suit any occasion. I went crazy with dies on this one and used flower set 1, banner die, and the cupcake companion die set. a|s carries a lovely selection of top quality felt and packs of buttons bursting at the seams.

If you'd like to learn how to make this box, just let me know! I'd be happy to do a Paper Party for you and your friends!

Stamps: Essential Sentiments
Paper: Blueberry Polka Dots, Buttercup, Cherry Gingham
Ink: Blueberry
Accessories: Lemon Whip Satin Ribbon, Flower Set 1, Banner, & Cupcake Companion dies, Cherry baker's twine, Buttercup button

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Holiday Hoopla!!!

Say it out loud: HOOPLA! See how much fun that is? Well, let me tell you what's even more fun: I have a big box of Holiday Hoopla goodness winging its way to my house as we speak! New stamps, new patterned cardstock, new sprayable inks, memo cubes, ribbon, jingle bells, and who knows what else! Would you like to see it all? I will be booking Holiday Hoopla workshops beginning August 1st. You can see it, play with it, and order it for your very own beginning 8/1.

You're Invited!

This card looks fairly CAS, but I used four different stamp sets, two different embossing powders, and four different papers. This is a fun way to use up scraps. I started by embossing the circles from Clever Girls in A Muse Studio's fabulous white ep. Then I switched to onyx ep and embossed two of the flowers from that set. The large flower is from Charming Gardeners. The "you're invited" sentiment is from Hey Cupcake.


Stamps: A Muse Studio-Charming Gardeners, Clever Girls, Hey Cupcake
Paper: A Muse Studio- Sage, Fern, Cherry Polka Dot, Ocean
Ink: A Muse Studio-  Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: A Muse Studio- Sky Stitched Grograin, Onyx & White Embossing Powder

Discover Paris

I was playing around with the vintage style Come Fly With Me, and this is what I came up with.  It is for SCS WT380, so I posted it over there as well. I made the grass by applying my Grass pad direct to the Sky paper, and it looks perfect! I also used my Cloud and Heart dies, which I love to death!


                                                                            

I made this card for SC390 over at SCS. I have had this Clever Girls set for a while, but had not inked it up yet. Well, I love it! I't a huge stamp set with so many possibilities! I used eight stamps on this card, and they all just flow together so seamlessly.

You can see everything I used on this card in my A Muse Studio shop, except for the flower ribbon-it's discontinued.