Masculine Deer Card

Why is it that masculine cards are so hard to do? I think it is because we have to be so careful not to make it girly. The ribbons, buttons, lace punches, glitters and flowers are the fun accessories to use...but they don't always work for a man's card. I came up with a new accent by accident. I used bronze brads on my card and then decided to cut out my word window with the nestibilities label. As I rolled my card front through the cuttlebug, my eyelets flattened out making the heads look like nailheads. Cool!! Now I created a different look with my brads, but the card shouldn't have any problem going through the mail either! Hope this gives you a new thing to try! Happy stamping!!

Birthday Wishes

I am having fun with the new cuttlebug folders. This is one of the card combo dies. It is neat to use only part of the embossing for an accent instead of a whole background. The Great Impressions mouse with dandelion goes with it so well. I used a "birthday wishes" greeting, but it would work for a "Wish you well" or "wishing you a special day". The Chartreuse and watermelon colors give the card a sunny and fun feel. More Cuttlebug folders are coming soon!!

Cuttlebug borders!!

Some of the new Cuttlebug folders are here!! These new borders are very fun to use. I used the border on the edge of my DoubleMates cardstock. Then I sanded the embossed image to see the lighter purple color to the front. I colored the flower with Copic markers, using the feathering technique. So Simple!!

Copic class

Tuesday, I went to Milwaukee to become certified in Copic markers. We have been using these markers for years now. I have always like the look I got when using these fabulous markers, but I wanted to learn some more techniques...which I did. I will be having Copic classes at the store. Here is one of the cards we will do in the class.

Amuse News

Wow, what a busy week A-muse-a-palooza was, but what a fun week it was!! Here are some of the make and takes we had at the store:

I want to thank Lyndsay Neumann, a design team member for Amuse, who sent some samples for us to use as make and takes this week. Here are winners of our daily door prizes: Sara Wittlinger, Pat Tatro, Melissa Meyer. Dawn Stein won the Grand Prize Amuse door prize. Congratulations to all the winners. The August Card contest will feature Amuse stamps. We would love to see what ideas you have for these fun stamps!!

A*muse*A*Palooza!!

Today was the "unveiling" of the NEW A-Muse-A-Palooza 2008 Holiday stamps!! Remember...we will be having a free Make and Take each day this week. This was our make and take today. Keep checking the blog to see more samples this week. We have 2 more spots in our Thursday night class. There is a goodie bag and a chance to win an additional door prize during the class. The daily door prize winner for today was Jan DeWitt. Congratulation!! Be sure to come in and register for the door prize drawing. We have a door prize daily and the more daily drawings you enter, the greater your chance for winning the Grand prize on Saturday. The Grand Prize is $100 value. Lots of Fun stuff!!

Girl's best friend

Here's a fun card using the Stamping Bellas on the Amuse square cards. I love these cards. They are sooo cute and work well with smaller images. This funky paper is from Creative Imaginations and works great with the fun look I wanted to create. Of course the Prima flowers and gem stone stickers always add the perfect touch!!!