Happy Birthday Brendon

Brendon is 7 today!




Brendon is my grandson. What a handsome guy :) I swiped this pic from my daughters facebook album.

What's your number?

OH NO...the big 50!!

I made this card for my DH. I just looooooooove how it turned out.



On the inside...


The eyes are covered with Crystal Lacquer. That perfect line of paper piercing was done with my Scor-Bug tool and the Scor-Pal. Can't live without those tools! Coloring is done with Copic markers.
Copic markers ROCK!!!


Unlisted Clear Set from Inkadinkado. Grass Stamp from Copper Leaf Creations. Splatters Stamp from Print Works. Classic Numbers Clear Set from A Muse.

Trick-or-Treat

House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

Hey all you House Mouse Lovers!!!! Time for another challenge :)

House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge # 55 - Aperture
Heather came up with this weeks challenge. Create a card with an Aperture (a hole, opening, door, window, etc.) Totally fun! We also have a sponser this week...and you know what that means...a prize! Get all the details HERE.

OK OK OK....YES...I have ANOTHER Halloween card! I can't help it! They are just toooooo darn cute! And besides...I'm getting good use out of all the stamps on the Halloween Clear Set :) Plus I got to use my new Martha Stewart Fence Border Punch! Isn't it perfect for this! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT!



All the white areas of the patterned paper on the front I added Ultrafine Crystal Glitter. Super sparkly!

See what's inside :)



BOO! is also a stamp from the Halloween Clear Set.



I glittered up the cheese and pumpkin. The pumpkin is popped up on dimensionals and filed with little orange Twinkle Stickers from A Muse. There's also a little clear glaze pen on his nose :)



The next challenge is November 9th -- so I guess this will be my last Halloween House Mouse card till next year. You can always check out the Halloween HM stuff I made last year HERE & HERE. ;)

Recipe:
Stamps - House-Mouse Designs Halloween Clear Set
Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; Bazzill Cardstock, Fiskers Heidi Grace Decor Stripe Jeepers Creepers Double Sided paper;
Ink - A Muse Artstamps Black Dye Ink and Black Pigment Ink
Misc. - Prismacolor Pencils 917, 927, 939, 942, 1002, 1003, 1011, 1012, 1050, 1052, 1054, 1056; Gamsol OMS; Blending Stumps; Stampendous Clear Embossing Powder; Embossing heat gun; Marvy Uchida Tree Punch and Scalloped Square Punch, Martha Stewart Crooked Fence Border Punch and Bat Corner Punch; EK Success 1 3/8" Square Punch; Art Glitter Duck Tail Ultrafine Glitter & Ultrafine Crystal Glitter; 2-way glue pen; A Muse Artstamps Black & Orange Twinkle Stickers, Black & Yellow Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon; Offray White Grosgrain Ribbon; Dimensional Foam Tape

Go Hog Wild!

A quick card to share.

I just love this stamp from Penny Black. It makes me smile big.



Paper by American Crafts. Lime Twinkle Stickers by A Muse Artstamps. Die by Sizzix. Black Pigment Ink by A Muse Artstamps. Clear Detail Embossing Powder by Stampendous. Black Spica Glitter pen by Copic. Black ribbon from stash.

HELLO Release Day

Day 5 amuse-bouche and Release Day!

YIPPEE!!! Today you get to see all the new A Muse goodies! You can check 'em out online -- or maybe your local stamp store already has them in stock...that would be cool!

Yesterday I used the NEW Solid Chrysanthemum stamp -- today I'm using the NEW Open Chrysanthemum stamp.



All stamping is done with A Muse Black Pigment and embossed with clear detail embossing powder. The sentiment is from the NEW Monogram Frames Clear Set. The dots are actually the "period" stamp from the NEW Classic Alpha Clear Set. Cool idea huh! Glad I tought of it!
YAY ME! LOL!!!

The image is colored with Smooch Inks. I painted the flower petals with Pumpkin - then added a little Gold Lame on top. The leaf is Green Apple.



Well...that's it for all my yummy appetizers. It's time for the Main Course....and I'm SURE you will want everything on the menu ;)
Have fun shopping.

Links to all the amuse-bouche HERE.

Recipe:
Stamps - A Muse Artstamps Open Chrysanthemum; Monogram Frames Clear Set; Classic Alpha Clear Set
Ink - A Muse Artstamps Black Pigment Ink
Paper - White cardstock
Misc - Ultrafine Clear Embossing Powder; Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink Pumpkin, Gold Lame & Green Apple, EK Success corner rounder

Fall Floribunda

Day 4 amuse-bouche

More yummy stuff to share today!! YIPPEE!!! Don't ya just loooooove all the new A Muse goodies you have seen so far! Check out the NEW Solid Chrysanthemum stamp. Good news...there's a NEW Open Chrysanthemum too! LOVE IT. LOVE IT. LOVE IT! The sentiment is from the NEW Monogram Frames Clear Set. Let's see...what else is new on here...OH...the NEW Latte Pretty Pearls. This new Creative Candy has 3 different sizes all on 1 sheet!! Say it with me.....Git-er-done!!!



What else? Another color of NEW Shimmer Couture Paper! This one is called Slate. I probably sound like a broken record...but I'm gonna say it anyways... "THIS STUFF IS TO DIE FOR!"



Soooooo...are ya wonderin' how I made my cardbase? It's airbrushed with a Copic marker and a Spellbinders Impressabilities. Pretty cool 'ey. Doesn't that Pearl Sheer Ribbon from A Muse match beautifully.

Did you know A Muse is giving away some of the new stuff for free? Check it out on the A Muse News Blog! Don't forget to check out all the other sneaks HERE.

Recipe:
Stamps - A Muse Artstamps Solid Chrysanthemum; Monogram Frames Clear Set
Ink - Colorbox Chalk Charcoal, Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - A Muse Artstamps Slate Shimmer Couture Paper; White cardstock
Misc - A Muse Artstamps Latte Pretty Pearls; A Muse Artstamps Pearl Sheer Ribbon; Marvy Uchida Punches; Copic Marker E33 Sand; Airbrush System; Spellbinders Flourish Impressabilities; Foam Tape

Cool & Fresh

Day 3 amuse-bouche

How about a little late night appetizer -- something light -- something cool -- something fresh -- something new -- something A Muse.

This card was so quick and easy. I love how clean and fresh it turned out. You could stamp any sentiment and make it any color. When you create with the "Think Simple. Think A Muse." style, there are sooooo many ways to quickly create a card for any occasion.

I used the NEW Leaf Frond stamp, a stamp from the NEW Monogram Frames Clear Set, the NEW Big Thanks stamp and New Lime Shimmer Couture Paper. OH YEAH BABY...another wonderful color of that yummy shimmer paper!

Did you get a chance to look at all the other sneaks for day 3? How about days 1 & 2? They're all listed HERE if ya missed any.

Recipe:

Stamps - A Muse Artstamps Leaf Frond; Monogram Frames Clear Set; Big Thanks

Ink - A Muse Black Dye Ink

Paper - A Muse Artstamps Lime Shimmer Couture Paper; White cardstock

Misc. - A Muse Artstamps Black Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon