cheery snowman

My sister gave me this lighted snowman for Christmas. She bought the glass block and painted his face on it. She made the hat out of black felt and added some snowflake ribbon with a pine cone sprig. After adhering a plaid scarf and snowflake he was complete. I think he is the perfect addition to my snowman collection. Thank you Shari for a wonderful gift!

snowflake cards

Two beautiful cards made by my sister....who is one talented gal! She used craft cardstock from amuse and stamped the snowflakes with french roast ink....a great combination.

snowflake delight

This delightful snowflake treat is made from a mold. the bottom layer is melted chocolate and the top layer is melted peppermint.....what a great combination. The tag tops it all off. What a great treat to give co-workers and teachers. It is just too pretty to eat!

snowman treat

This tall snowman is a real sweet treat. It is made from mint patties. The red ribbon is an added touch to make it look like he is wearing a scarf. Thank you for sharing, Shari.

decorating for the season.....

.....of basketball, that is!

The Xavier Muskies brought home another win over the weekend. In this house we not only decorate for the Christmas season but for the basketball season as well. We have XU fans and Flyer Fans......yes, Alison and Collin I did not forget about your precious flyers.



A friend of mine made these darling snowman decorations for my daughters....big XU and Flyer fans!

let it snow...

I love my snow globe die. It makes the darn cutest tags or card. I used amuse blueberry polka dot and french roast cardstock. I also used the "holiday tags" stamp set for my scene inside my globe. Add a little twine and oh so cute!

warm winter wishes

This is a winter scrapbook page using the "snow crystals" stamp set and the snowflake die.

I stamped the snowflakes in winter sky ink onto sugar cardstock. I used twinkles to jazz it up a bit.

I love this stamp set and have used it so many times!

I love the snow crystals stamp set from amuse studio. You just can't help making a winter card when you have this in your hands.....it is just so beautiful!

amuse studio supplies:

ocean cardstock, ocean ink, and ocean grograin





Not that I want to be thinking of winter....but this card makes you feel like having a good cup of hot chocolate....mmmm....brimming full of mini marshmallows!

amuse supplies:

cherry cardstock, cherry ink, and cherry grograin

holiday tags and snow crystals stamp sets

Amuse A Palooza AP11SKETCH

Here is my card for the Amuse A Palooza Challenge #3

I used bermuda shimmer cardstock for the snowflake and trim.

Stamp sets were Snow Crystals and Holiday Tags.

Pearl sticker and sky ribbon.

Now come play along with Challenge #3
Details below:

Don’t you just LOVE the card on the cover of the Holiday Catalog?  We do too!  You could do so many things with that sketch.  And that is exactly what we are going to do!  Your challenge this week is to make a card using the design layout of our Holiday Catalog Cover Card.  We can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Here is how you can play along in the challenge:

Challenge details
Theme: Use our Holiday Catalog cover card as a sketch for your paper craft project
Keyword: AP11SKETCH
Challenge Starts: Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Challenge Ends: Sunday, September 11, 2011 at 11:59pm Eastern time
Prize:  One random prize winner will receive an A Muse Studio “Naughty or Nice” stamp set!

Prize Eligibility
Only persons residing in the United States who are at least 18 years of age may enter.

Participation Instructions
Create a design as described in the challenge details.

Your project must feature at least one (1) A Muse Studio stamp image.

Take a picture of it and post it on your blog or public gallery such as Splitcoaststampers.com or twopeasinabucket.com.  If you upload to a public gallery, be sure to include the challenge keyword in the photo description or keyword box.

When you are finished, copy the url/link of your upload and add it in the comments of this challenge post by the specified deadline.  (Sorry, entries posted after the deadline will not be included in the drawing.)

Projects must be new creations not previously posted or submitted to any A Muse Studio contest.  You may submit more than one entry for our design challenges as long as they each meet the requirements.  The more you create, the more chances you have to win!

A winning name will be randomly selected from all those that play!

warm wishes

A simple card using the cuttlebug, punches and the holiday tags set from amuse|studio.

snow crystals!

I believe this is one of my new favorite stamp sets from the holiday catalog. This card was so easy to make and it turned out beautiful!

I love how easy these tags were to make using the snow crystals stamp set.

amuse|studio supplies:

sugar, ocean, and onyx cardstock

sky and ocean ink

pearls

snow crystals and holiday tags stamp sets from the new holiday catalog