Saturday, December 10, 2011

Santa Candy Bar Cover

I found this cute little candy bar cover on the A•Muse Website under templates.  It didn't have the measurements on the diagram but I didn't it a little different anyway so I will explain that here.
I started with a 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of red cardstock.  Lay it flat on your work surface.  Take a piece of white cardstock cut 1" x 5 1/2" and adhere to the center of the red cardstock.  Use a circle punch which measures about 1 1/4" and punch a half circle centered over the white cardstock.  This will be the front center of the candy bar holder.  Add score tape to the back side of one of the straight sides of the candy bar cover that are going vertical.  Center the candy bar to the back side of the cover and wrap the cardstock around the candy bar and adhere with the score tape.  You want it kind of snug but not so tight you can't slide your candy bar.  Use a piece of black cardstock cute 1 1/2" x 5 1/2" and wrap around the candy bar to represent Santa's belt.  Adhere to the back of the candy bar cover.  ONe the next step I used two of my clever lever square punches.  If you have these...it is the blue one and pink one.  I used glittle  cardstock for the buckle.  I first punched a square out using the blue punch.  I then centered the pink punch over the negative part of the blue punch (it is the hole in the glitter cardstock)...I then punched with the pink punch making a buckle.  It is a very easy technique to do making belt buckles or frames.  Adhere that to the front of the candy bar wrapper.  I used two different oval punches I had and punched a white oval out of the smaller punch and a black oval out of the bigger one.  I stamped the words "Sweetest Wishes" from the stamp set Holiday Tags from A•Muse Studio which you can order here  Hope you have enjoyed this cute little candy bar cover.  Have fun...would make great teacher gifts.



Thursday, December 8, 2011

Simple Christmas

It is getting down to the wire for making Christmas cards.  Here is a quick card I came up with.  I do love the simplicity of the card.  I think I will try to whip out a bunch of these within the next couple of days.  I am such a procrastinator when it comes to my cardmaking.  I really need to organize my time better for this.  Anyway...here is my card:

I used the set Holy Night from Amuse...You can get the stamp set here.  It is hard to see the colors..the picture did not do it justice.  I used vanilla cardstock and a burgundy color I had here.  The ink is Memento Rich Cocoa and a gold sheer ribbon for accent. The punched corner is EK Success corner punch.  Quick and easy..just the way I like it.

I am going to be posting some other things that are really cute on my other blog.  I have made quite a few things that aren't Amuse stuff so I am using the other blog for that.  Please check it out by clicking here.  Hope to see you there!!!!!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

A•Muse Specials

I just wanted to pass on some specials to you that A•Muse has going on.  The special starts today and goes to December 15th.  There are some great buys.  Be sure to check them out.  You can go here to place an order with me or call me if  you have enough to make a $150 workshop so you can get your hostess benefits as well.

Monday, November 21, 2011

I need to check in

Life has been a little busy for me.  I have went back to full time babysitting for my grandkids....or at least two of them.  My daughter's babysitter quit so I have stepped in to help out.  It is a lot of driving on my part as I have to drive kids to and from pre-school and getting my older granddaughter on and off the school bus.  Sure wish my daughter lived a little closer...LOL
Anyway....I have done some stamping but not as much as I would like to do.  I am going to have to organize my time.  That is hard for me. 
I did this Snowflake card before I went back to babysitting but didn't get a chance to share.  I used Snow Crystals Stamp Set and Snowflake Trio Die Set from A•Muse  I also used a Sizzix embossing folder.  What a fun card.  I hope you enjoy it. 


I will try to be better about posting.  Please be sure to check my other blog to see what else is going on and anything I have done non A•Muse related.
Have a great day! 

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Need some Christmas Mojo?

I have been working on some Christmas cards.  Not that any of these are the ones I am making to send out...these were some class cards.  I love them but I like to do something I didn't do in class.  Anyway here is a cute and fast card. 


Everything I used was from A•Muse Studio.  You can click my link above to go to my website.  I used the Holiday Tags stamps set.  There are so many stamps in that set and you can do a variety of cards with it.  I also used the Candy Cane and Evergreen cardstocks.  Cherry ribbon and copic markers rounded out the card.  It was so fast.  It looks like I use a scallop punch and punched an evergreen circle but I actually punched the circle out of the candy cane paper and then adhered the white circle with the sleigh on it in the center of the punched out scallop cirlce. 

Hope you enjoy the card.  If you need some help deciding on some Christmas stamps for your cards just let me know.  I would love to help you.  Check out my OTHER BLOG by clicking the link above and seeing the challenge for Perfect Setiments which goes live at 12:01 am Wednesday November 9th.  I am a guest designer with them this month so please take a look at the "Other Blog". and then visit Perfect Sentiments.  THANKS!!!!

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

A•Muse Studio Creative Consultant's November Blog Hop

The theme this month is Christmas, Kwanzaa or Hanukkah!  Of course I chose Christmas.  I just love this time of year.  This is my first Blog Hop with A•Muse so I hope you enjoy it.  Please take the time to go and visit all the blogs.  I'm sure you will be blessed.

The card I chose to do was a stair step card.  My daughter had actually done a card like this at a stamping event she went to.  I had to dissect it and do my own.  Here is a list of the items that I used:

Sage Cardstock  PAPS501
Sage Ink   IAPF501
Cherry Cardstock  PAPS204
Cherry Ink   IAPF204
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink  IMMP900
Sugar Cardstock   PAPS001
Stamp Sets:  Holiday Tags  SNSR071
                     Elegant Elements  SISQ011
                     Winter Wishes  SNSM048
Copic Markeers 
Sizzix Embossing Folder
Oval Punches

 "If you are participating in the blog hop, you should have come from Chelsea Beck's blog and if not, then you should start from the beginning with Samantha's blog until you come to my blog.  Now on to your next stop Sherri Thacker's blog

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Just a HEADS Up!

I will be posting a blog hop here tonight at midnight.  Please stop back by so you can go on the hop and get a lot of Christmas Ideas. 
I will also be posting a challenge where I am the guest designer this month on my other blog.  That challenge will also go live at midnight tonight.  If the link doesn't work to the blog...here is the address:
www.rita-holmes.blogspot.com 

I hope you enjoy both the blog hop and the challenge.  They will both be fun!

Have a great day!