June a|s "Studio Stampers" Blog Hop

Welcome to the Amuse|Studio HOP! If you are following in order, you should have just checked out Lianna Vigil's blog! before reaching here. If not, no worries you can continue from here or start from the begining at Krystie's blog .
You will be hopping out of your seats to get creative when you click around and see all the cool ideas using Amuse|Studio products.
We carry the latest and greatest red rubber cling stamps and paper products. I am a paper snob, sorry I just know what I like, and the patterned paper really should be called patterned cardstock. It is sturdy and can be used as a card base itself. I also love that the cardstock is white on the back; this means no more adding white to the inside and adding bulk. The cards I decided to share do not have a sentiment on the inside but I thought the outside said enough.

I popped the white stamped image off the card base using 3-D foam to show off the cut out. I added a small gingham strip to accent the open heart! Simple & bright!

A sweet simple card using only two stamp sets; hearts a plenty & hand scripted. The a|s inks really pop off the paper creating a nice vibrant image. I used a clear twinkle sticker and colored it with a copic marker. Which is a very clever trick I learned somewhere in my blog hopping!

All paper, stamps, ink, ribbon, twinkle stickers, are amuse products and

can be found in my store here

So carry on and enjoy your blog hopping!

Your next stop-on the HOP ------------->KARI

Krystie Hersch http://www.cleanandsimplecards.com
Lianna Vigil  http://llamatales.blogspot.com/
Kellie Maggio YOU ARE HERE!

Kari Bell http://karikards.blogspot.com
Kristen Watson  http://branchandsky.blogspot.com
Veronica Zalis  http://lk2thestarz.blogspot.com
Kathy Hatzke  http://www.kathatstamps.blogspot.com
Kelly Spivey  http://www.southpawpaperarts.com
Lisa Wakabayashi http://dragonfliesandcats.blogspot.com
Karen Crisp http://www.papernstamps.blogspot.com
Kristie Hartfeil  http://krismybliss.wordpress.com
Angela Schellenberg  http://gypsypaperie.blogspot.com
Heather Wroe  http://wroedeo.blogspot.com

Be sure to like our group on Facebook @ Studio Stampers or the a muse studio page.

World Card Making Day!

Today is World Card Making Day. On all my favorite blogs everyone has challenges and is posting their card creations for the day, so I can't help but partake. My current all time favorite blog is {Capture the Moment}  They are having a challenge that caught my attention...winning some of their product! I love, love, love their stuff, so I HAVE to enter.

TheWCMD Challenge #1: Japan
We are traveling to Japan!

I personally have never been to Japan but my neighbors were stationed in Okinawa for three years and they were very gracious to always send us souvenirs. I have always loved the woodblock artwork and the colorful kimonos. I used this picture as my inspiration.

 

I did a simple card on kraft cardstock. The stamps I used were from PapertreyInk and Close to My Heart. I blocked the sides and in between the stamping with 1/4 inch quilters tape and then I pulled it off and used a gold metallic marker to the line the masked areas. The fan was created by stamping and using a watercolor technique to fill in the flowers and then I used a white signo uniball pen to fill in the spots surrounding the flowers. I then used my Scor-Pal (so glad I bought this tool) to create the fan creases. Thanks for looking and I now I have to work on the next challenges they have so I can be entered again to win the yummy product!