Happy Mother's Day

Hi,  Today I'm sharing the card that I will be giving my mom on Sunday for Mother's Day.

 



Stamps:  Stitched Flower Trio - Hero Arts
Sentiment from Annabelle Stamps (Flowers for You)
Background Stamp: Woodgrain from Stampin'Up!
Card Stock: Real Red, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink and Summer Sun.  Designer Paper (source unknown)
Ink:  Embossing Ink, Winter White EP (SU), Prismacolor Pencils.
Butterfly Die - Amuse Studio
Pink Baker's Twine
Blue Gem and Some Liquid Pearls complete the accessories.

Amuse Teaser

Welcome...today I'm sharing a very "small" peek at a card that will be posted tomorrow on the Studio Stampers blog.
Each week we've been posting a "Featured" stamper and a challenge by that person on the following day. I hope you'll check out the blog and come back for my Challenge on Tuesday as well.

Here's my little Sneak Peek:

Let's get "Hoppin" Amuse Studio Style

Welcome to the July A.Muse|Studio Blog Hop! - This is my first time participating and I'm excited about being a part of Krystie's Team Who sadly this month was not able to join in on the fun but come join me and the other A.Muse ladies and see what fun and creative ideas are in store for you.

You should have arrived here from Veronica's fabulous blog.

If not you may want to head on back to Kathie's blog for the start of the HOP. A complete list of the participants will follow at the end of my post.

I kept my design Clean and Simple to really show off the sweet little bunny and the bright cheery colors.
Stamps: Bunny Business
Polka Dot Patterns
Card Stock: Orange, Sugar (White)
Designer Paper - Orange and Grass Gingham
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Orange
Copic Markers
Ribbon - Lime 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain
Clear Twinkle Sticker Gems
Circle Nestabilitie Dies and Foam Mounting Tape

Next up on the hop is the fantastic Lianna's

blog.

Kathy Hatzke http://www.kathatstamps.blogspot.com/
Karen Crisp http://www.papernstamps.blogspot.com/
Kari Bell http://karikards.blogspot.com/
Lesa Wolfe http://www.thepaperpundit.blogspot.com/
Lisa Wakabayashi http://dragonfliesandcats.blogspot.com/
Lisa Chapman http://www.piesafepapergoods.blogspot.com/
Veronica Zalis http://lk2thestarz.blogspot.com/
Ida P.Krause http://faithartistry.blogspot.com/ - You Are Here
Lianna Vigil http://llamatales.blogspot.com/
Kristen Watson http://branchandsky.blogspot.com/


All supplies can be purchased by clicking on my On-line Store link at the top of the page on the right hand side of my sidebar.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you all had a good time.

Friend to Friend

Hi! - Welcome to my blog. Usually I don't post on a Wednesday but today I'm sharing a card that I recently created for an (Anything Goes) swap on another Yahoo Group I belong to. It's a pretty easy design but I like how cheery it turned out.

All Supplies on this card unless otherwise noted are from
A.Muse Studio.
Stamp Set: Friend to Friend
Card Stock: Sugar(White)
Buttercup, Sage
Basic Black-SU
Gingham Check DP
Copic Markers
Spica Glitter Pen
Pearls - Dyed with a Copic Marker
Flower - Dyed with a Copic Marker
Lemon Whip Flower Ribbon
Punch-EK Success
Nestabilitie Dies

Don't forget you can purchase A.Muse Studio stamps etc...from me. Just click on my On-line Store icon. I'd love to have your business.

BC209 Ribbon and Lace

Hello and Happy Friday! It's been a challenging week. Cricket got sick from chewing pieces of Coleen's Super ball on Sunday but I'm happy to report after a trip to the Vet and some Medication she is doing much better. There is an update and video on my personal blog if you want to watch her in action with one of our cats. Link on my sidebar.

Today the BC Challenge is: Ribbon or Lace. I actually have 2 cards to share today.

My first card features a CAS design. I struggle with this type of design as I always think it needs "just a little more" so when I don't add extra's I tend to think of the design as plain. What do you think?

On this card I tried the crumpled ribbon look that I've seen on other people's cards. I used Sticky Strip tape and ruffled as I went along. Needless to say my ruffles aren't very evenly space (I need more practice). Then I added a punched flower and a simple sentiment to complete my design.
Card Stock: Pear Pizzaz, Textured Crushed Curry, Designer Paper from Cosmo Cricket-DeLovely
Ribbon, Ellen Hutson,
Sentiment-A.Muse Studio
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Punch - MFT
Brad, Pink Hedgehog Crafts

For my 2nd card I went a bit fancier with the design.
I started out picking out my stamps: There She Goes - Buckets of Love. Don't those Daisies just make you smile.
I colored them with various Copic Markers and added some sparkle to the pink hearts with a Spica Glitter Pen.
The DP is from SU and that sweet Daisy Ribbon is from A.Muse Studio. I used a punch (Martha Stewart) to create the look of lace and added 3 tiny punched hearts for a bit of whimsy in the upper right hand corner.
Card Stock: Old Olive, So Saffron, Cool Caribbean, Pretty in Pink,Whisper White and PTI Select White.

So now it's your turn to show off some Ribbon and Lace.


Before you go I want to wish you all a Blessed and
Happy Easter!

BC207 Inspirational Butterflies

Hip Hip Hooray it's Friday!!!
So are you ready for some "Inspiration" - That's the theme of this weeks BC Challenge. Our list mom, Lisa gave us this photo to work with.

Now I must admit that I was indeed "challenged" by this one.
I looked and looked at the photo and thought, ("What was she thinking?") After awhile I just decided that I wanted to go with the colors of the photo. To me they were: Blue, Green,White and Black (although Lisa saw Brown).

Then I wanted to add some sort of element that might resemble the way the photo's were grouped. I settled on adding an embossed background that had some of the patterns I saw from the photo. - You see them too, right?

I'm not sure if there were any Butterflies in the Inspiration photo's but with the lovely flower photo I imagined a butterfly landing on the bloom and voila' they landed smack on my card too!

Details: Card Stock: Basic Black, Whisper White (SU) Sky and Sage from A.Muse - Designer Paper, DCWV.
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and White Pigment (SU)
Embossing Folder-SU
Butterfly Die, A.Muse
Punch-SU
Pearls-Zva

Don't forget you can get in on the FUN by linking your card below:


Also if you take a close look you will now see that I have included an Emblem at the top of my Blog with a direct link to my A.Muse Studio On-line store.

Cricket gets her stitches removed today and she is doing amazingly well since her surgery two week ago. Will update with another photo soon.

Have a wonderful weekend.

BC205 A Sketch and an Announcement

Happy Friday! - Before I get to this weeks Bloggers Challenge I want to thank all of you who left well wishes and said prayers for our little puppy, Cricket. She came through the surgery with flying colors. I talked with the Veterinarian this morning and she told me that Cricket is up and moving about and doesn't even realize her leg is gone. She had very little blood loss during the surgery, has been eating well and the incision is healing nicely. Best news of all is that we get to bring her home this afternoon! I'll keep you updated on her progress but again thank you all for your concern and well wishes.

It's a SKETCH challenge this week. Here is the sketch we were given to work with.

Here is my card:

So you can link up your card as well:


This is my very first card using my new A.Muse Studio products. Yes, I signed up to be a Demo for A.Muse Studio. I'm not sure just yet how that is going to go but I do enjoy their line of stamps and hopefully I'll have an On-Line store soon.

Life has been a bit "crazy" here lately so I haven't had a lot of time to work with getting things off the ground.

Also I just wanted to mention that I am no longer on the AnnaBelle Design Team. Andrea decided to switch DT members to allow new people to come in. I so enjoyed my nearly 2 years there and had a blast being a part of the Design Team.
I hope you'll stop by the AnnaBelle blog
and check out their sketch for this week and welcome the new DT members.

Also if you haven't already entered a chance for my Birthday Blog Candy

you have until 10:00 pm PST today to comment for your chance to win. The winner will be announced on Monday.