Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Ghostly Greetings

Today I'm sharing a sneak peek at a new stamp set coming in the October Monthly Collection.  Yes, Amuse Studio is back to offering Monthly Collections!  Do You Believe in Magic will be available starting October 1st.  

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Stamps:  Do You Believe In Magic (October Collection), Come If You Dare
Card stock:  Sugar A1 card base, Slate, Sugar, Orange, Onyx, Fiesta Patterned Paper
Ink:  Onyx Versafine, Orange
Other:  Spooky Ghost Tag Trio, Medium Scallop Border, Mini Envelope Die, Do You Believe in Magic Die Set, Halloween Baker's Twine, 3D Adhesive 

Item #SSSH027  $20.99
Matching dies available



Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Simple Treats!


A few quick treats ready to go for Halloween!  

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Stamps: Costume Parade, Candy Please
Card stock:  Melon Reverse Polka Dot, Sugar
Ink:  Onyx Versafine
Other:  Orange Small Polka Dot Bags, Orange Small Diagonal Stripe Bags, Tuxedo Washi Tape Assortment, Onyx Mini Brad, Silver Mini Brad, Costume Parade Die Set, Copic Markers, Onyx Organdy Ribbon, Halloween Baker's Twine, Onyx Baker's Twine, Hole Punch

Monday, September 28, 2015

Card Swap!

I recently participated in a card swap with other Amuse Studio Consultants.  Look at all the creative cards that I received in the mail.  I really enjoy the card swaps!  Thanks everyone for the great cards!

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Super Moon!

Amuse Studio's Spooky Girlfriend stamp set is a personal favorite of mine!  This card reminds me that we are expecting a full eclipse of the moon here tonight.  The moon will look bigger and brighter than usual.  Showtime here in Iowa is 9:11 pm tonight!  

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Stamps:  Spooky Girlfriend, Candy Please, Any Other Night (Oct Collection)
Card stock:  Sugar A2 Card base, Onyx Polka Dot, Onyx, Trick or Treat Digital Paper
Ink:  Onyx Versafine, Saffron, Papaya
Other:  Clear Embossing Powder, Landscape Die Set, Spooky Girlfriend Die Set, Tag Bundle Die Set, Circle Dies for masking, Bat Trio Dies, Orange Glitter, Copic Markers, Clear Wink of Stella, Super stick tape, 3D adhesive


Saturday, September 26, 2015

Tombstone Banner

You can whip up a fun little Tombstone banner for your Halloween party!  

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Stamps:  Open If You Dare
Card stock:  Seattle, Slate
Ink:  Pebble
Other:  Rounded Pennant Duo Die Set, Even Taller Alphabet Die set, Sugar Crepe Paper, Ghost Tag Die, Tiny Attacher, ⅛" hole punch, Orange Organdy ribbon

Seattle card stock:  4" x 5" (for each pennant die cut)
Slate card stock: 1" x 1" (3 pieces, for letter die cuts)

Die cut the smallest rounded pennant from Seattle card stock.  Stamp label shape in Pebble ink in the center of the pennant die cut.  Rub the Pebble ink around the edges of the pennant die cut.  

Die cut RIP alphabet letters from Slate card stock.  Adhere the letters to the stamped labels shape on the pennant.  

Die cut the ghost tag from Sugar crepe paper (fold over crepe paper to die cut multiple ghosts at one time).  Punch two ⅛" holes in the top of the pennant die cut.  String together the pennant shapes using the Orange organdy ribbon to create a banner.

Friday, September 25, 2015

Boo!

A cute ghost card using Amuse Studio's Candy Please stamp set and dies.  

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Stamps:  Candy Please
Card Stock:  Wasabi Petite Pinstripe, Orange, Sugar
Ink:  Onyx Versafine, Splash colors - Orange, Grass, Apple
Other:  Halloween Washi Tape Assortment, Boo die, Candy Please die set, Corner Chomper
Thursday, September 24, 2015

Something Good to Eat

The new Amuse Studio Lunch Sack die gives you so many options for cute treats for all occasions!  

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Stamps:  Open If You Dare
Card stock:  Slate, Wasabi
Ink:  Onyx Versafine, Marshmallow Splash 
Other:  Lunch Sack Die, Jack Tag Die, Sugar Skull Die, Ghost Sequins, ⅛" hole punch, Medium cellophane bag, Onyx & Orange Baker's Cording

Slate card stock - 5 ½" x 7 ½", two pieces to die cut lunch sack
Wasabi card stock - 1" x 3"

Die cut the lunch sack from two pieces of Slate card stock.  Die cut the Jack tag and/or Skull from the front of one lunch sack to create a window.  

Use Marshmallow Splash Ink to create a splatter texture on both die cut lunch sack pieces.  Allow to dry and assemble the lunch sack.  

Stamp sentiment in Onyx Versafine ink on the Wasabi card stock strip.  Embellish the Wasabi card stock strip with ghost sequins.  Punch a ⅛" hold on the left side of Wasabi card stock strip.  Place a medium cellophane bag with orange treats in the lunch sack.  Tie tag to top of the cellophane bag with Onyx/Orange Baker's cording.


Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Halloween Mason Jar

I used the Amuse Studio Mason Jars die set to create this Halloween card.  I sponge inked the Sleepy Hallow card stock with Orange and Saffron ink.  

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Stamps:  Do You Believe in Magic (October Collection), Candy Please (stars)
Card stock:  Slate A1 card base, Sleepy Hallow, Sugar, Kraft, Orange, Onyx, Saffron, Trick or Treat Digital Paper
Ink:  Onyx Versafine, Orange, Saffron, Seattle
Other:  Mason Jar Die Set, Do You Believe in Magic Die Set, Spooky Trio Tag Die Set, Toffee Twine, Trick or Treat Button Mix

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Candy Package

A quick and easy Candy package for your yummy Halloween treats!

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Stamps:  Open If You Dare
Card stock:  Pumpkin, Slate, Sugar, Mysterious Manor Paper
Ink:  Versamark
Other:  White Embossing Powder, Static Magic, Pinking Circle 1a Die set, X-xmall bow die, Tiny attacher, Bat Trio Die

Score Pumpkin card stock piece at 3 ¼" and 3 ¾".  Prep the patterned paper with static magic.  Stamp the sentiment in Versamark ink in the center of the patterned paper.  Heat emboss the sentiment using White embossing powder.  

Die cut 2" pinking circle from the patterned paper, with sentiment in the center of the circle.  Adhere the pinking circle to the front of the Pumpkin candy package.  

Die cut the x-small bow from Slate card stock.  Assemble the bow.  Fold the Pumpkin card stock around the candy.  Use the tiny attacher to staple together the top of the candy package and bow.  Die cut the largest bat from Sugar card stock piece.  Use a mini glue dot to adhere the bat die cut to the center of the Slate bow.

Monday, September 21, 2015

Best Witches

The new Amuse Studio Lunch Sack die is so much fun for Halloween Treats!  I used the witch from Costume Parade to decorate the box.  The assembled box measures 4" tall x 3" wide x 1" deep.  I added some Halloween shreds and candy for a very cute presentation!

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Stamps:  Costume Parade, Ghostly Greetings
Card stock:  Orange Petite Polka Dot, Onyx, Lime, Sugar, Sleepy Hollow
Ink:  Onyx Versafine
Other:  Clear Embossing Powder, Costume Parade Die Set, Lunch Sack Die, Circle Stitched Die Set, Pennant Duo Die Set, Halloween Assortment Washi Tape, Copic Markers, Onyx & Orange Baker's Cording

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Simple Treats!

I used the Hershey miniatures and turned them into mummies!  Super simple Halloween treats using the Amuse Studio Sugar crepe paper and googly eyes!  

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Trick or Treat

A spooky Skeleton Trick or Treat card!

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Stamps:  Spooky Trick or Treat, Open If You Dare
Card stock:  Slate, Text-weight Vellum
Ink:  Sugar, Onyx Versafine
Other:  Sanding Block, Neon Washi tape trio, Tombow Mono Adhesive, Trick or Treat sequin mix

Score the Slate card stock at 5" to make a 4 bar sized card.  Stamp the Skelton hands in Sugar pigment ink on the Slate card stock layer.  Use a sanding block to distress the edges of the Slate card stock layer.  

Tear a 1" strip of text weight vellum (long enough to wrap around the Slate card stock layer).  Use washi tape to mask off part of the sentiment.  Stamp "Trick or Treat" in Onyx Versafine ink on the vellum strip.  

Wrap the Neon Orange washi tape around the bottom of the Slate card stock layer.  Wrap vellum strip around the Slate card stock layer, adhere on the back.  Adhere the Slate card stock layer to the Slate card base.

Embellish the card front with Trick or Treat sequins (orange and black) using pen tip of Tombow Mono Aqua adhesive.  Allow to dry.

Friday, September 18, 2015

Spooky Happy Hour

Eat, Drink and Be Scary this Halloween!  What a fun use for the Happy Hour stamp set.  It reminds me of a saying --- I'm here for the boos/booze!   

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Stamps:  Happy Hour, Come If You Dare, Spooky Trick or Treat
Card stock:  Wasabi A1 Card base, Sugar, Marigold
Ink:  Onyx Versafine, Pebble, Pumpkin, Marigold, Wasabi
Other:  Onyx Baker's Twine

Score Wasabi card stock at 3 ½" to make a 4 bar size card base.  Stamp the background image in Wasabi ink on the lower half of the Sugar layer.  

Stamp 3 medium ovals from Spooky Trick or Treat in Pebble ink on the upper half of the Sugar layer.  Stamp glasses from Happy Hour in Onyx Versafine ink on the 3 stamped ovals.  Stamp insides of the glasses in Pumpkin, Marigold and Wasabi ink.  

Stamp skull image in Onyx Versafine ink on the center glass.  Stamp the sentiment in Onyx Versafine ink on the Marigold card stock strip.  Adhere the Marigold strip to the Sugar card stock layer.  Tie the Onyx baker's twine around the Sugar layer.  Adhere the layers to the Wasabi card base.  

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Most Wonderful

As you can tell from all my blog posts recently, I really love this time of year.  Halloween, Fall and college football...what could be better?  Here is yet another fun Halloween card using new stamps from Amuse Studio.  Come If You Dare and December Stories are a nice combination to make this card.  


        
Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Lots of Treats!

Frankly...I can't get enough of this cute little Frankenstein stamp.  Amuse Studio's Candy Please stamp set and dies are just so fun for Halloween!  I decorated the small treat bags - one stripe and one polka dot.  I used Amuse Studio's new Pinking Circle dies as well as the Stitched Circle dies.  The black circle paper on the circle tag is from our new Trick or Treat digital papers.   
On the bottom two, I wrapped Kit Kat bars and decorated them for a fun Halloween treat using more digital papers!    
Oh and there is a sneak peek from a new stamp set coming in the 
October Collection called October Labels.  

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Spooky Sweets

Amuse Studio's Open If You Dare stamp set is spooky fun for your Halloween treats!
Amuse Studio's new Honeycomb and Horizontal Stripe treat bags are fun to decorate with all your spooky sweets inside!  These treat bags come in both orange and onyx in the 5" x 7 ½" size - Pack of 12 for only $3.50.

Item #SSSF026 $18.99
Matching dies available
Monday, September 14, 2015

Ghost Treats!


I saw this idea in the Amuse Studio October Collection flyer and I just had to try it.  You can make the cutest little ghost treats using the Amuse Studio Candy Package One die.  You just add a couple of Onyx pearl stickers for the eyes & you are all set.  I also used the Amuse Studio Candy Wrappers die set to wrap the chocolate nugget & I stamped Boo To You from the Halloween In Our Town stamp set.  
Sunday, September 13, 2015

Stitched Ghost Tag

This was a card I created for a swap.  The new Amuse Studio stitched Ghost die is so cute and makes a fun and simple card.  I die cut three of the Ghost Tags and glued them together to add dimension to the card, I love doing this!  The die cut boo words were cut out of Onyx card stock and then I went over them with the Clear Wink of Stella brush to add a nice sparkle!

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Stamps:  Come If You Dare
Card stock:  Sugar A2 Top Fold Card base, Sugar, Pumpkin, Onyx, Trick or Treat Digital Paper
Ink:  Onyx Versafine
Other:  Ghost Tag Die (die cut 3 times), Boo Die, Googly Eyes, Halloween Baker's Twine, Clear Wink of Stella, Quickie Glue Pen

Item #TAD0204  $7.99
Saturday, September 12, 2015

Halloween In Our Town

There are so many fun things you can create with Amuse Studio's Halloween In Our Town stamp set and dies.  This card is a fun Halloween scene with a dark sky and ghost floating over the town!  

I love this starry night scene!

And this shows the versatility of the set with a nice Fall setting!  

Item# SNSE094  $17.99
Friday, September 11, 2015

Digital Paper Kits

Amuse Studio has two wonderful new Digital Paper Kits available for purchase for only $4.99.  There is a Trick or Treat kit and a Dear Santa Digital kit.  You get the files emailed to you within 48 hours and you can print them out yourself with beautiful results!  I decided to print out the Trick or Treat papers in the easy to print 8.5" x 11" format.  I was very pleased with the outcome. 

Our Digital Paper Kits include eight 3" x 4" and two 4" x 6" journaling card designs. These are provided as individual PNG files as well as 8.5" x 11" PDF files. There are also 9 patterned paper designs. These are provided as 6" x 6" and 8.5" x 11" PDF files. Just open and print!
The fun thing about our Digital Paper Kits is that you can print what you need whenever you wish. You'll never run out. Our Digital Paper Kits are provided for personal use only. 
There are so many fun patterns to use for Halloween!  My favorite is the black stripe, you can use just a small strip on a card & it makes a nice statement.  The spider web pattern is also cool for your spooky cards and treats.  The chevron pattern is another favorite along with the black/white circles.  
Canon Matte Photo Paper (MP-101) is the preferred paper for printing digital cards and papers. I bought the Canon Photo paper on Amazon.  I have also seen it at Staples.  Amuse Studio Sugar Cardstock works well too.
The color of the final, printed item may vary significantly from the image on screen. This could happen for a number of reasons, but more often than not in the experience with digital printables, has everything to do with the type of paper you are printing on. (Some color variance from screen to paper is normal and unavoidable.) For example, if you print the same file on regular copy paper, Amuse Studio Sugar Cardstock, and the preferred paper, you will see three very different colors. 
Selecting "high quality" versus "standard" print quality also affects the color. For instance if we print the files on Canon paper in "High" and "Standard," we get slightly different variances in color because of the amount of ink the printer is putting out. This is normal. 
Amuse Studio tested these files on a number of different printers (low and high end) and achieved nearly the same printed result when using the Canon Matte Photo Paper and a high quality print setting. Amuse Studio used a $60 Canon Pixma Printer as the test baseline because they viewed it as a basic home printer that anyone would have - not a fancy, expensive photo printer. Special printers and equipment aren't needed to get great results from our files.
(My home printer is an HP Photosmart 7520 - and I used the photo paper setting)
Thursday, September 10, 2015

Boo To You!

I had used a part of the Honeycomb treat bag for another project and decided I would cut up and use the rest of the bag for a fun pattern on the bottom part of this card.  

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Stamps:  Costume Parade, Halloween in Our Town
Card stock:  Sugar A1 card base, Onyx, Orange, Orange Honeycomb Treat Bag
Ink:  Onyx Versafine
Other:  Clear Embossing Powder, Halloween Baker's Twine, Stitched Circle Dies, Costume Parade Dies, Copic Marker
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Candy Please

This cat is from the Amuse Studio Candy Please stamp set.  There are lots of fun stamps in this set and I just love the mixed font style for the sentiments.  



There are cute ghosts and the Frankenstein is a favorite of mine in this set.  Also did you notice Amuse Studio's new Trick or Treat Digital papers - the black stripe and the cross stitch?  

Item #SSSG018  $19.99
Matching Dies Available
Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Ghost Cards!

A cute Ghost card using Amuse Studio's Candy Please stamp set.  And check out the fun ghost sequins!

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Stamps:  Candy Please
Card stock:  Sugar Card base, Pebble Reverse Polka Dot, Trick or Treat Digital Paper
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Pumpkin
Other: Copic Markers, Ghost Sequins, Tiny Attacher, Candy Please Die Set 

Another fun Ghost card using Amuse Studio's new Pinking Circle Dies!  

Item #SSSG018  $19.99



Pinking Circles 1a Die Set  Item# TAD0207  $26.99
Pinking Circles 1b Die Set  Item # TAD0217  $26.99
Monday, September 7, 2015

Happy Labor Day Everyone - - - - -

AND is Anyone else excited for college football tonight?  My sis-in-law picked up this cute Ohio State die set for me when she went to the Stampaway Convention in August.  Notice my new Ohio State reading glasses - I'm all ready to craft and watch football!