Holiday Hoopla!

Holiday Hoopla starts tonight at midnight...don't wait...book your workshop now to earn more incentives and free products!

Hosting a qualifying workshop will get your this free Christmas die set. Contact me to get your workshop booked so you won't miss out on some great products!

They're here!

Catalogs have arrived...you'll be receiving yours soon! Ordering starts September 1st!

Start your wish list now! Visit my webstore www.amusestudio.com/lauraroell

girlfriends!

I just love the new girlfriends stamp set in the main Amuse Studio catalog! I just can't stop creating cards with these beauties! And on Sept. 1st they will have a few holiday girls!

What a fun way to send some girlfriend love to all your friends...

more birthday wishes

I came back from vacation and had a lot more birthday love in the mail.

Love all the beautiful handmade cards I received. Thanks to all my friends and family for all the wonderful wishes. It's going to be a great year!

You're the sweetest

Last but not least...this card we embossed the words on vellum. You can't really see the cupcake under the vellum but we water colored the paper and stamped the hey cupcake stamp on it. It looks great in person! I love the color combo and the tiny sequins!

Tri Fold

Here is a tri-fold card that will make a statement!

Love how the ballerina on the front is bold and the one on the inside of the card is subtle.

thinking of you

Sylvia created this card using some patterned paper.

So easy to create a background for your card. Large circle die for the window look.

An apple a day...

They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away...but in this case how about for the teacher on the first day of school. This duo was fun to make. Sylvia showed us how to use acetate to make a unique card.

Thanks Sylvia!

love and thanks

This is an easel card. Sylvia is great at these cards.

We used house plants from amuse studio...I could put this on my window sil and they would never die...I don't think I have a great green thumb.

Measurements:

4 1/2 by 4

on the 4" side score at 1, 2, and 3"

Enjoy!

You Rock

Sylvia's card class concentrated on different folds to use in your card making. Here is a Joy Fold card...love it! It makes for a great card and very easy to make.

Here are the measurements:

base: 41/4 by 81/2"

score at 3"

Inside piece:

3 by 8"

score at 4"

Have fun!

Card class

Karen and I went to Sylvia's card class this week and oh man was it awesome!

I will be show casing her cards in the next few days so you can get a close up view of the goodness!

She is one talented lady...so glad to call her my friend!

Thanks Sylvia for a rocking good time!

Love from the girls!

So many birthday wishes...and pink...my favorite color!

Love Doreen's card on the left...that big glass of wine...and the homemade touch with the 50 tag on our new stitched die.

Melissa's card in the middle...love everything about it!

and Karen's on the right....so cute and oh the yummy inside...Graeter's and Target will be my new best friends...when we going shopping Karen?!

It's my birthday today!!

It's my (gasp!) 50th birthday today!

Happy birthday to me! 

My dear client last week brought in a cake from Graeter's for me...so much CHOCOLATE!!!

It was so delicious!

Thank you Jo Scheben!

Then I come home from work and in the mail is a beautiful package from my sweet SIL, Melissa.

She is so creative and I just couldn't wait to open the box and see my surprise!

So many goodies inside! 

Thank you so much Melissa for making my day so special (even a week early!) 

Love you so much!

Another friend of mine gave me this beautiful wine glass of my very own.

I love it and again...pink is my favorite color! 

Thanks Cheryl for my special glass and all the other wonderful birthday surprises! 

So far 50 ain't so bad!

handmade wishes

Here are some wonderful hand made cards Joe received for his birthday.

So many talented family members.

Home sweet Home

Cute gift idea for a new home owner using amuse studio berry box die. 

Make a cute tag...attach to a small wooden spoon and stake it in a plant. 

Such a cute idea!

Holiday hoopla

Holiday hoopla is coming! Great hostess incentives for a qualifying workshop along with a special 3 set Christmas word die. You won't want to miss out...book your workshop and get in on all the fun and excitement!

Birthday boy!

Here is the birthday boy enjoying his night at the pre-season Bengals game with Luke and Dan.

Great seats... compliments of my dear friend and family...Cheryl and Chad...thank you so much!

Never let your phone in the hands of Luke...nah...just kidding...he's a great photographer! 

He just needs a shave!

Happy birthday!

Here is the card I made for my husband for his birthday. 

The stamp is from our daily bread.

Happy birthday Joe!

Holiday Catalog!

It's COMING SOON to you!

thanks

A cute treat for someone sweet!

With sympathy

I've been in need of several sympathy cards lately. This one I made the other day with a new spellbinder die that I found at the stamp convention. Love the wrought iron gate with the open door.

Make-n-Take

While at the stamp convention over the weekend, many of the vendors offer free make-n-takes. This gives you an opportunity to try out their products. Here is a tag I made at the Technique Junkies booth. 

We stamped the sunflower background and then colored it in using thick paints that dry very quickly and are dimensional. We then used different color sprays that blended so well across the tag. The final step was to add the stencil word. A very beautiful tag.

Fun day!

A fun Saturday at the stamp convention!

Good friends and so much to see!

Shopping...shopping...and more shopping!

card carousel

I found this beauty at a little shop in downtown Harrison that is going out of business. They actually carried a huge selection of decor and gift items. I was waiting in line to pay when I saw this on their desk and asked if it was for sale...and guess what?! $10 later it was mine! 

It will make a great addition to my stamp room/workshop days.

I will miss Edgewood Designs but I thank them for my wonderful find!

Love

My friend Karen made us this card. 

I love how she put a blue and pink heart on this card. 

Thank you Karen for such a sweet card!

Happy

This lovely anniversary card was made by Melissa! I love all the word dies by amuse. They are great paired with other sentiment stamp sets! The splash looks awesome Melissa...and you know I'm not a fan of splash! Thank you for a beautiful card and wish!

Anñiversary card

This beauty was made by Monica. You can't tell in the picture but the brick wall is embossed and looks so good they way it was chalked. Great card Monica!

Love

We received several beautiful handmade cards in the mail for our anniversary. I will share them in the next few days. This one is from Shari...her cards are always so pretty and full of detail. I love this retired peony set from amuse...gorgeous! Thank you Shari!

Thank you

Some students are heading back to school this week! Be ready for that special teacher and have this cute treat on her desk! 

bring on the fun

At National Conference we consultants do a swap of cards or other items we created. This fun posti note pad was made by Seleise and I love it! It's the perfect size for your desk or purse. So I thought I would make a few of my own and change the saying up a bit!

I love these cute little posti note pads! You can find the posti notes at any office supply store.

Create your own and give to all your friends.

I used papaya polka dot cardstock and paper lanterns stamp set and fiesta stamp set.

Anniversary wishes

Happy Anniversary to my sweetie of 28 years! We haven't changed a bit!

This is the card Joe gave me on our anniversary...he is so funny...he sneaks into my stash of cards and finds one for the occasion. This one in particular I did not make... it was from a swap I did...I think.

He wrote on the envelope "thanks for making such great cards!" Guess I made his shopping a bit easier.