An A-Mus(ing) Saturday

Happy Saturday!! I managed to get tons of things accomplished today including pulling out the stamps I won on World Stamping Day from Amuse last year. These are the only Amuse stamps I own but now wish I had more! I was surprised at how quick the cards and game board went together. They sent me these 5 stamps, cardstock, card accent papers. I had a hard time coming up for an idea to put the hot pink, multi circle stock to use. Finally I came up with an idea for a tic tac toe game. I mounted the front of the card on to a piece of chipboard that I covered in brown stock, added velcro to pieces for a fun take along in the car game.

I also got to play with one of my new Cuttlebug folders. I almost didn't buy the Allegro one thinking I would not use it, happy I did now:)

Have a good evening and thanks for stopping by. Be sure to check back tomorrow I plan on offering up some yummy treats to celebrate my first 5000 hits!

Supplies

Amuse Rubber Stamps

Rubber Stampede (stars)

Amuse Accent card stock

Amuse cards

Black Ink

Clear empossing powder

H2O plum (matches perfectly)

Copic markers

Lasting Impression buttons, Wisteria card stock

Cuttlebug Allegro folder

Circle punches 1, 1 1/4, 1 1/2

Giga Scallop Oval

Velcro circles Oriental Trading

Charm (garage sale find)

Flowers- Michael's Bridal

Brad white

Brown card stock

5 x 5 Chipboard

Hum- Deal or No Deal!

This one is too good not to share with everyone. My husband who normally is not a good shopper brought this to my attention. A couple weeks ago I sent him to pickup some laundry detergent and he returned with the 32 oz bottle (pictured below). He paid $2.89. Last week while I was shopping I decided to pick up an extra bottle because I had a coupon for $1.00 off that he forgot to use, that was due to expire. I paid $2.99 before the coupon for mine (pictured below). I brought my bottle home and put it on the dryer next to his bottle. Well, let me say I will never live it down! My same ounce bottle contains 12 loads less and I paid more for mine. Now, not being a mathematician can someone tell me how this is possible before I email the company to ask them to explain. Both are identical in 2x concentration, ounces etc but one will wash 12 less loads.
Sort of looks like comsumer beware to me what do you think?

Crabby Get Well

I made this card for Kathy this weekend using Crabby & Co stamp set by SU. I waited until she got it to post it, didn't want to spoil it. If I was a real good mom I would have mailed it LAST week so it would have arrived by Monday but me being me I waited until the last minute. It is better this way she is well enough to appreciate it LOL!

I stenciled the clouds using my CTMH stencil then added bloue torn paper for water and sandy color for the beach. Colored the crabs with my Copic markers , cut them out attached a message and added some goggly eyes to finish off the crabs. The tree is from some old stash that I came acrossed. The textured beach ball is an embellishment from Spellbinders that I added for extra color.

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Home Sweet Home

I was surfing blogs and came acrossed a card posted on Kim's site that I fell in love with. I was instantly inspired to create a copy of it using some of my brass stencils. Paper and stencils are Lasting Impressions with the exception of the cloud which was a plastic stencil.
Home Sweet Home is a stamp by SeeD.

Thanks for looking. Have a great evening

Nephew's Graduation Card

I thought I would share another card I made this weekend for my nephew who will be graduating in June. I seem to wait until the last minute to create cards I need for family so I decided to get a head start on it for a change. I of course, couldn't resist I had to use my Kim Hughes "UR A Hoot" set from CHF. You can pretty well guess how I created the card from looking at it. I did use Lasting Impressions papers and my Copic markers. Some might spot it but I will confess to my screw up. The brown ink smeared on the lined paper so I just crinkled and aged it to make it less noticeable. Makes it look more like an imperfection, No? I made the tassel by using embroidery floss and coloring it with markers then wrapping a thin wire around top. It is made to match his school colors which are Gold and Black. I stamped the
"2008" on shrink paper and heated it with my embossing gun. I was going to nail it to the tree but it didn't look quite right so I stuck it on the side.

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Friendship Blooms

This is one of the cards I made yesterday, actually I made a whole weeks worth to share. My creativity just flowed yesterday. I normally don't think of stamping an image on any color other then light stock, usually white or ivory so this is a little different for me but I am quite pleased on how it turned out. It was an easy make too so that is a bonus. I ran the bottom part of a pice of stock cut to 5 1/2 x 4 through the Wizard using a Fiskar template. I stamped flowers on the upper with frosted white ink and then embossed in seafoam white EP. I did the same for the front panel before mount to card front with pop dots. I attached ribbon and had a card that I think looks pretty classy and like I said a quickie.

Supplies
Stamping Up stamps Friendship Blooms & Many Thanks
Colorbox frosted white ink
Seafoam white EP
Ribbon- Michaels
Pop Dots

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Embrace Love

I just love when you can make a card with a dual purpose. This card came out pretty enough to use as a Wedding card or an Anniversary card. Since there are so many weddings this time of year I went with spring soft colors and used Lasting Impressions "seaside" paper as my color choice. I first stamped the flower from my Stampin Up "Embrace Life" set using white pigment ink from ColorBox. If you have used this ink before you know it never seems to dry. Since I wanted to enhance the background a bit anyhow, I killed two birds with one stone by embossing it in seafoam white. Then I stamped wording and flower in brown, colored in image using a Copic marker that matched perfectly. I applied a couple of heart brads I found in my stash, mounted the wording on a piece of brown stock and attached all to complete.

I did say this was going to be my new favorite set from Stampin Up. It seems like it leads itself to endless possibilities. No matter how deep I put it in my pile of stamps I just keep pulling it out!

If anyone ever wondered why Kathy and I use so much Lasting Impressions paper it is because she lives not far from their warehouse and has caught some really amazing deals at their yearly sale. They have the best white core paper it is great for scuffing too.

I posted early today because I have a million ideas floating around in this tiny head of mine and as of lately I have been somewhat uncreative so I wanted to get this card that I completed in the wee hours posted so I can run off and put some of the ideas to paper.
Enjoy your Sunday and thanks for stopping by.... I hope you like my card today.


Supplies
SU Embace Life
Judith saying
Lasting Impressions - Seaside
DCWV Brown
Adirondack Expesso
ColorBox Frost White pigment Ink
Seafoam White Embossing Powder
Copic Marker
Wizard and circle dies
Large heart brads unknown
glitter glue