She's Here!

My friend, Susan recently became a Grandma for the first time so I wanted to send her a little something special.  I found the Brag Book photo album online.  We knew she was going to have a Grand Daughter so this soft floral was a nice choice.  I decided to try to find a floral stamp in my collection that I could stamp & try to come close to the floral on the brag book.  I did my best and tried to color the flowers in similar tones.  I did personalize the inside of the Brag Book with all the birth information.  I chose a few pretty fonts and printed it out on cream card stock.  

I used Floral Bliss by Simon Says Stamp, Your Next Stamp Set Whatnot Sentiments Four (congratulations) & Amuse Studio Ahhnouncing (she's here) stamp sets.  

Clean & Simple Sunday!

A clean and simple Sunday!  Linda at Amuse Studio has been featuring various stamp sets and I just love the cards she made using the Ahhnouncing Stamp Set.  She used washi tape for an accent.  

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Simple Graduation Cards!  I used a combination of Amuse Studio stamps & Papertrey Ink stamps to make these quick graduation cards. 

supplies:

stamps:  amuse|studio ConGRADulations & amuse|studio ahhnouncing,

Papertrey Ink For The Graduate

cardstock:  Amuse studio sugar, cherry, orange

ink:  versafine onyx

other:  Amuse Studio Vintage Labels 1 Die Set

It all started with a conversation...

Ok, so this whole project started with my husband running into friends of ours a few months ago.  They had not seen each other in a while.  When my husband was asked what I was up to these days he said "she makes cards & sells stuff to make cards".  My husband said the guy sort of crinkled up his nose and said "she does what?"  So I started thinking that I wanted to send our friends a sampler of my card making using all amuse|studio products.  And the biggie for me was the presentation!  So here is what I came up with...

I made the box out of kraft cardstock to fit 4 bar sized note cards.  It was a tutorial from a class that I took online.  I had some lido-colored tissue paper in my stash so I stamped the venetian background in titian ink.  This was a beautiful inlay over top of the note cards.  It really looked classy & professional!  I also used the 1.5" maple tag and stamped Handmade on it from the hand stamped stamp set & attached it with toffee twine.

Now for the cards...Eight note cards fit in the box nicely & I decided on a color palette of titian & lido.  It made it easier for me when designing the cards to stick with a couple of colors. 

Happy Birthday

I needed a quick & simple guy birthday card.  I love using amuse|studio's Woodgrain Impression Plate.  It is the perfect texture for any card base.  I also used our new Vintage Labels 1 Die Set paired with the ahhnouncing stamp set. 

   

All amuse|studio supplies:

stamps:  ahhnouncing, enjoy the ride

cardstock:  titian, lido

ink:  versafine onyx

other:  vintage labels 1 die set,

woodgrain/harlequin double-sided impression plate

Card Swap!

I recently participated in a Card Swap with fellow amuse|studio Creative Consultants!  Our challenge was to use something out of the new catalog.  I was excited to receive all of these wonderful cards in the mail.  These are a great addition to my samples that I can show customers.  Look at all the creative things you can do with our new stamps!!

ahhnouncing...

This is the card I made for a card swap I did with other amuse|studio Creative Consultants.  We were asked to use a stamp set from the 2012 Catalog.  I always struggle to come up with good guy cards and I'm excited that this stamp set called ahhnouncing by amuse|studio is perfect for those occasions!  I have several male birthdays during the month of March. 

amuse|studio supplies:

stamps:  ahhnouncing, mod background 2

cardstock:  sugar, slate, lido, onyx

ink:  lido, onyx versafine

other:  onyx baker's twine  

ahhnouncing...

I had fun playing with the new stamp set by amuse|studio called ahhnouncing!  I started with a kraft cardbase & added layers of vanilla cardstock stamped with the script background using toffee ink. I used the sponge daubers for inking with french roast & toffee inks.  I also added the scalloped border of french roast woodgrain.  The French Roast twill works well with these colors. 

amuse|studio supplies:

stamps: script background, ahhnouncing

ink: french roast, toffee

cardstock: vanilla, kraft,

french roast woodgrain

other: french roast twill, scallop border die