Glenda, one of my A Muse friends posted a card recently that used the shimmer paper with an embossing folder. My eyes popped out of my head when I saw how beautiful it looked. You can see it here. I thought of my MS snowflake punches and how good they would look if I used the blue shimmer paper. So when I made cards for a recent get together, I used both of those elements on my card. Don't normally think of craft paper when I think of a blue card but I thought it worked out pretty well for this one. A touch of a small piece of blue and green ribbon I had in my stash, supplied the finishing touch for my shimmery, snowy greeting.
I have been working on Christmas cards, really I have. Just wanted to wait to post them till after my friends in the Cities had time to make them. Didn't want them to have a sneak peek of what was coming up for them on our Black Friday stamping weekend. Yes, that's what I said, we all stamped on Black Friday and Saturday! My friends Lyndsay and Theresa came up with some really fantastic projects for us to make along with the cards I designed. I can't forget to mention Karen who was content to make stuff and eat pizza. This is the first of the cards I brought. The holiday lights were made using a Fiskars punch and doodlebug sugared paper. So easy to punch and stick, although the top of the light did give us some trouble. The sentiment is one of A Muse's new cling stamps. It is the perfect size and shape for a gift tag. Think I will use it for one of mine. I digress... Anyway, I made my own ornament using the nestabilities big scallop circles set. This might be my new favorite nestie set!!! A little A Muse dotted ribbon at the top and the card is complete. Stay tuned for 2 more of the cards I made for our little get together.
Hey, everyone, Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you all have a little time set aside to be thankful of the good things in your life. It is nice to have a day to sit back and reflect on all the special people that bring you joy. I am very lucky to have a wonderful family and my friends are the best! My husband makes me happy every day, well, almost every day. :) I am blessed.
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!
