It is always a good thing to use up scraps. At least, in my book it is. I worked on a project recently that needed a red bird. I made several birds using different techniques. I had these two embossed beauties leftover and wanted to use them in a similar layout and see how different they looked. I love these cards because they show how an edge punch here, a ribbon there, can make a card look the same, yet different. Why not take out a couple of your scraps and see what you can make?
One more Halloween card using the fence punch. Made this card with all my "wicked" fun friends out on the east coast in mind. Boris is the perfect person to wish them all a Happy Halloween. He is showing off his new potion on top of the fence. I wanted to use the pinking Nestabilities set for the moon because it reminded me of his scary hair. Gary said my moon looked like an award sticker but I am sure you all will agree that it goes with the hair! The next card I post is not going to be green! LOL
I promised another Halloween card so here it is. That new Martha Stewart Halloween fence punch is too much fun! I paired it with the new jack-o-lantern edge punch and made a card that will make anyone who hates spiders squirm. Green seems to be my new go to Halloween color so I used the grass cardstock for the card. That paired perfectly with the beware stamp and a giant moon. I have one more card to share using the new fence punch. Hopefully I can get at it before the full moon rises.
All my A Musing friends are posting cards for Halloween and they have gotten me in the mood for a little fun. I knew when I bought the new Martha Stewart fence punch that I would be using the Halloween cling set A Muse brought out for A Muse a palooza this year on a card. I could see that pumpkin sitting in front of the fence welcoming all the trick or treaters to the spooky house down the road. Isn't Halloween fun? I used black ink on the house and clear embossed it to give it an extra eerie look. Have another card waiting to be posted so check back to see some more halloweeny fun soon.
I have to give credit where credit is due. Michelle M is the one that inspired this card. She created a beautiful card, very similar to this one on the A Muse Lounge and I thought it was so beautiful that I had to make a card of my own. The colors are what really struck me, so pretty and soft. I am so sorry about the photo being shadowed. We haven't seen a sunny day around here for a while and I didn't want to wait any longer to put this card up. All the stamps I used are A Muse as is all the paper.
Thank you so much, Michelle for inspiring me to make this card for one of my classes. You are the best!
My brother's getting married! It's about time! My mom and sister and I are giving his new wife-to-be a shower. So of course, I had to make the invitations. Just love this tub with gifts stamp from A Muse. I started out wanting to make "simple" cards, I had to make 40 of them, but got carried away. I used paper piecing on the tub and stickles on the polka dot present, nestabilties, ribbon, the works. I even chalked around the inside of the die I used.
Get ready for A Muse a palooza! It starts this Saturday at your local stamp store. It's Christmas and Halloween in July!!!
Today I created Ronnie Lee's garden on my card. For those of you who don't know, Ronnie Lee was my cousin but we were very close, more like brother and sister. He died in a car crash 2 1/2 years ago. We had a memorial service for him on Tuesday and released butterflies to honor him and his life. It was so beautiful!I created this card to send to his partner who is struggling to be happy. The garden was created using 3 stamps and 2 ink colors. Took me a while to come up with the perfect combination to represent Ron's hosta garden. He had a huge, beautiful garden that gave him much pleasure. So happy to share this very special card with you and hope your Spring is bringing you happiness.
Last day of the A Muse birthday celebration! Wow, so many beautiful cards to look at. Did you see them all? I did! The other muses did such a wonderful job on their cards. Some of them will inspire me to try new things and get out of my box. I think I have been in there too long.
So on today's card we could use any of the new images. Guess I picked my favorite, the solid Marigold. And the sentiment, well, that is my favorite too. I just used Memento ink on the flower, some Stickles and one of my nestabilities for the sentiment. Simple, easy, A Muse. Don't forget to check out the A Muse blog and the other instructor's sites.
Almost forgot, Happy Birthday, Gail!
