A1: Bermuda & Cherry - Chevrons and Petite Polka Dots

This is probably my favorite of the A1 cards that I made for my November class. I ADORE the bermuda chevron mixed with the cherry petite polka dots. And the plain bermuda and cherry just pop on the patterned paper. Don't you just love it? I was inspired by a card made by Laura Roell. She's so talented!

This stamp set, Cup of Good Cheer, was on my MUST HAVE list when I first saw the holiday catalog. The mug is so fun to color and it's also awesome paper pieced as you see here. I kept it simple and didn't cut out the center of the handle but you could use a craft blade and clean that up really easily.

To get the steam perfectly placed is super easy. The trick is to cut the plain bermuda cardstock shape out of the vintage labels 2 die and stamp the mug on it towards the bottom of the die cut. Next, stamp the steam over that mug and don't worry about it overlapping because you'll be covering it up.

Stamp the mug on cherry cardstock and cut it out and glue it over the top of the plain mug.

Next stamp and cut out the marshmallows on sugar cardstock. That's the most tedious cutting but really isn't bad.

Layer the marshmallows on the paper-pieced mug and steam to give some dimension.

If you assemble it in that order, the steam will be perfectly placed in the mug for the cocoa to look freshly poured. :)

Add some organdy cherry polka dot ribbon to the back and layer the assembled bermuda cardstock die cut on the petite polka dot cherry cardstock.

Finish it off with a petite buttercup paper flower and black onyx pearl stickers.

Here's the inside. Simple but sweet! What do you think?

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Have a wonderfully creative day!!!

A1 - Shimmery Silver Tag Card

You're going to have to trust me on the shimmer on this card. It's very pretty but, I blew out the shimmer with the photo so...it doesn't look as shimmery as it should. It's so very shimmery in person! I'm not sure I've said shimmer enough. What do you think? lol! :)

So, this is another A1 card. Yep - told you I had more and then kind of got swallowed up by a continuous Thanksgiving/shopping week-end so didn't get anything new posted. I hope you were busy eating turkey and ham so you didn't miss the blog being at a standstill. :) So, back to the card - it's silver shimmer cardstock and has a silver shimmer damask strip. The tag and scalloped edge are both cut with a muse studio dies out of Heather cardstock - a more rustic purple. Love it! The snowflake is also part of the a muse studio die family and is cut from the silver shimmer. A clear twinkle sticker and the new yummy silver edged ribbon finishes off the card. Oh - and the snowflakes on the background are stamped with staz-on ink.

Here's the inside - a simple "JOY" stamped in heather ink. Easy peasy! :)


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Mitten Pocket with 1X8 Treat Bag

Hello! I hope you are having a wonderful day today! I'm looking forward to the Thanksgiving break and kicking into hyperspeed gear for my last craft fair of the season as well as the Christmas gift making season!

Here's a fun and easy project to make for coworker gifts or stocking stuffers or secret santa gifts or to hang on the Christmas tree. It's a mitten pocket!

This one is made with navy petite polka dot cardstock and the large mitten die. You put two sheets of polka dot cardstock together (polka dots facing each other) and run it through your Grand Caliber (or other die cutting machine). This gives you both sides of the pocket. Glue the outside edges together and let dry. Then, tie french roast bakers twine around the wrist. A little Merry Christmas (Santa Clause is Coming to Town stamp set) stamped in navy ink on wasabi with a little winter sky pearl finishes off the look.  Die cut the large snowflake from the snowflake die trio and add another larger winter sky pearl in the center and attach to the pocket.

The final step is to fill a 1X8 treat bag with plain m&ms. If you use a single snack bag to fill the treat bag, you have room to push the m&ms so they're more at an angle and that helps them fit in the small pocket better. Here's a top side view.

So, there you have it. A super fun and easy mitten pocket that will be sure to delight the recipient.

All products are A Muse Studio. www.amusestudio.com/seleise

Have a wonderfully creative day!!

Thanksgiving Cards - A1 size and CAS192 SCS Challenge

Happy Thanksgiving! Here is a simple A1 (folded 3-1/2" X 4-7/8" card that brings the colors of the season. I'm a couple of weeks late to the CAS192 SCS challenge but this card is a great fit for it so am going to submit it anyway. :)

Cardstock: a muse studio (a│s) rialto, squash and french roast petite polka dot.
Ink: memento rich cocoa
Die: a│s leaf trio Stamps: a│s essential sentiments and mod backgrounds 2
Other: a│s latte pearls and french roast baker's twine

I'm loving these A1 cards! More of them will be shared with you soon. :) Have a wonderfully creative day!

A1 Cards: Mini Envelope Christmas Card

Whew - Can you say overcommitted? But, it's all good and it's all fun and unfortunately, the blog posting suffers a bit when I'm crazy busy. My apologies. But, I'm back and should be on track for a week or two. :)

I had my class on Monday night and it was a "study in A1 cards" because I've never really made many of that size and I guess it was just time as I was in an A1 type mood. :)  And, guess what? I LOVED making them. It's a great size.!

So, what is an A1 card. It's finished size is 3-1/2" X 4 -7/8". You can fold it either way but this one happens to be 7 inches by 4 7/8", scored and folded in half at 3 1/2 inches.

The mini  envelope die was the perfect size for this element on this card. It's got a piece of Twas the Night cardstock inside to look like a written note.  I got this fabulous idea from Angela Kelley. You should check out her blog - she's got awesome ideas!

The petite buttercup flower was inked in cocoa ink and the outside was sponged in currant ink. I love the two tone look, don't you? The fern envelope was inked in fern ink and the sentiment was stamped in currant ink.

The swirlie design on the currant cardstock layer is from the Winter Stag set. It's stamped in currant ink on the currant cardstock. It's really a pretty look. The gold border image is also from Winter Stag. It was stamped in versamark and covered with a muse studio gold embossing powder. It's a burnished, deep gold rather than a bright shiny gold and I think it's awesome! Look at how different this card looks from the one in the previous post that also uses the same set. I love that about stamping. Everyone looks at a stamp and set differently.

Do you recognize the paper pack? It is the study hall pack from September. Currant, Cocoa and Fern. Aren't those great colors together? I liked them so much that I just ordered more. The card base is vanilla.                                                                                                                                                                       So what do you think? I plan to make some more of these as maybe my Christmas card will be A1 size this year. :)

Have a wonderfully creative day!

Winter Stag Christmas

I LOVE the Christmas season and I love making Christmas cards (even though I don't get them completed for Christmas or Valentine's Day or Easter or....lol!). But, maybe this year if I make these I'll actually get them done because this card takes NO TIME AT ALL! Seriously - super quick and I really like it so hope you do too!

This uses the Winter Stag stamp set. I cut a piece of Twas the Night cardstock and stamped the stag in nutmeg ink, the tree in evergreen ink and the moon in slate ink. The sentiment is stamped on woodgrain cardstock in cherry ink. Every single stamp is from the winter stag set - isn't it great?! A little silver cord finished off the image which is popped up over a cherry petite polka dot layer which has the silver washi tape from the metallic collection and the deep brown washi tape from the fall collection.  The card base is cherry cardstock.  You can see how it's popped up in the photo below.

And, as you know, I never think a card is done until it's stamped on the inside too so here's the inside. Nutmeg and Cherry ink again. Clean and simple. If you pre-cut the parts, you can stamp a bunch of these in a few minutes so have fun stamping!

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Have a wonderfully creative day!
Seleise

Thanksgiving Treat! - Cone Treat Bag

Here is a super simple treat bag that would be great to put at everyone's place at Thanksgiving! Truly a 10 minute project!

First you take an a muse studio cone treat bag and fill about 2 inches with sunflower seed meats and top it with the Goldfish colors crackers. Tie it with french roast baker's twine.

Look at how perfect those colors are for fall!!! I just love it! And, it's a treat that isn't loaded with sugar. Don't get me wrong - I LOVE sugar but I love salt too and this satisfies that need. :) And, you can have this treat AND have a piece of pecan pie or pumpkin pie so you get both salty and sweet treats. But, I digress... lol! :)

Back to the treat bag - using the leaf die cut trio, cut one leaf from sage green petite polka dot cardstock. Then, stamp a pumpkin from the Too Cute to Spook stamp set (great way to extend the halloween stamp set to other holidays) on orange cardstock and cut out. Finally stamp Happy Thanksgiving from the Essential sentiments stamp set on on orange vintage cardstock.

Quick, simple and yummy! Have fun making these!!  I think I'll make a few for the next craft fair!

All supplies are a muse studio: www.amusestudio.com/seleise

Have a wonderfully creative day!
Seleise

Spotlight Specials for November! (free templates!)

Here are the lovely spotlight specials for November! Aren't those cute ways to use the product? And, look at the gorgeous paper combo - love those colors for Fall cards and gifts! There is a tab at the top of my blog that always has the spotlight specials listed as well to help you easily find the specials each month.

Check out these ideas put together by A Muse Studio - wonderful inspiration!

 Does anyone else want a cookie right now or is it just me??? :)

 A super cute stationery tote!

 And, isn't this card pretty? I just love it!

Would you like to know how to make the tray or stationary tote pictured above? Here's the template! (click on the image to see it larger). E-mail me if you'd like the pdf versions of each template.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderfully creative day!
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