amuse-bouche: Mother Earth

Time for another amuse-bouche! More of the A Muse Stationery Release… have you seen what the other girls have done? I am in awe of their work. Such elegance.

Today's feature includes the Robin's Egg Shimmer paper among others. I am a *huge* fan of blues. More so than purple, even. I know, hard to believe. But it's true. I just don't scream blue since everyone else in my house is male and they have a claim to blue, green, red, and grey. Blech. So purple is all mine but blue is still my all-time favorite color (since I was probably 2!).

There are two shades of blue in this new shimmer paper. I used the Robin's Egg blue for a sympathy card. I little brighter than your usual sympathy card. I also used the new leaf trio stamp to accent one color and embellished with the new Robin's Egg pearls. Aren't these pearls beautiful? So fun!

And finally a sympathy stamp! Not happy for the occasion but happy that A Muse has created such an elegant one.

I tried to get a picture of the shimmer for you. So it's not a bright picture (i.e. kept my flash off, didn't edit it, etc) but at least you can see some of the shimmer.

Hope you are enjoying these sneaks!

Happy Wednesday!

 

amuse bouche – Autumn Elegance

Here it is! Day 1 of the BEAUTIFUL stationery release from A Muse Artstamps. There are so many beautiful things as part of this release. You'll have to check out the rest of the creative team's blogs to see some more Autumn Elegance. The amuse-bouche will continue all week… so come on back, ya' hear! 😉

Here is my 1st card:

My card base is the new A Muse Espresso Shimmer Paper. It is beautiful. Simply beautiful.

It's hard to tell in my picture but the maple leaf (new image!) is stamped in Copper Ink as is the new sentiment. And do you see something else that's new? PEARLS… yes, that's right. LOVELY. These are chocolate brown pearls.  

My friend, Michelle, is a big fan of Autumn. She's from PA. In Texas, we don't really have Autumn. We have "everything-is-green-then-it's-brown". Although we pretty much had a "it's always brown" because of our drought this summer. Oh well. Well, I guess that's the price to pay to not have "cold", eh?

Happy Monday! You're gonna love this release…

Stay tuned.

amuse-bouche – YAY cheerleaders!

Do you remember this cheer? Brings back so many high school memories for me…

Remember, I'm playing my own version of a limited supply challenge! I brought a pair of paper snips with me but no paper cutter (I usually bring a little one!)

I'm no good at cutting a straight line with scissors on a big piece of paper!

Isn't this cheerleader cute! Her pompoms have lemon spica on them for added sparkle!

Thanks for stopping by!

amuse-bouche – everyday fun!

Hello! Or should I say Hola!??

I'm in Mexico right now! And having a great time. I, however, did not finish my amuse-bouche before I left so in a quick dash, I packed one ziploc bag full of stamping stuff. As you may remember, I travel with my stuff often. Stamping is just relaxing to me so I love to take it with me. I wasn't planning on bringing any this time but … well, I *had* to! I love this release so much, I had to play along. It's an interesting exercise in having "limited supplies" though! After this is all over, I'll show you a picture of what I brought! (can't show you just yet ;))

In any case, I got to stamp a bit today…

More from Mandy's World!

Isn't she the cutest? I swear these girls are so much fun!

And I *love* ice cream 🙂

Alright… check out the other girls on the team for more stuff and the A Muse blog! And be sure to check your LSS for the stamps!

amuse-bouche – Back to School! Preschool, too…

OMG! This release is so made for me! Okay, well not made for me but I *LOVE* it. Everything about it is awesome… the new images, notes, 8.5×11 paper, ribbon… oh my! If you've followed me for any length of time, you know that I'm all about making stuff for my son's schools… both for the kids and teachers! School starts here in less than a month 😦 but I'll be ready this time for Back-to-school gifts – especially with this release!

My first amuse-bouche (aka appetizer… aka sneak ;)) is for the preschooler in my house and his buddies. I've made this type of thing before but it goes over SO well. I've even had some parents contact me and say how this little gift saved them at the dr's office or on an airplane ride! WOHOO! Gotta love that!

It's a little coloring book. I keep those small crayon packs on hand for gift giving in a pinch. You can get generic ones (i.e. not Crayola) in the party aisle now at the grocery store or order the 4 pk from Crayola. The measurements are 3×3 (cover is 3×6, pages are 2.75×5.5 – 3 pages folded). Isn't this lined paper awesome? It's the new A Muse 8.5×11 lined paper (I cut it to about 2.5 and punched the side with a punch). The inside is just a series of the different images waiting to be colored!

Check out the A Muse News Blog for more amuse-bouche as well as the rest of the Creative Team! And be sure to see if you LSS has these in stock! You'll want them!

Happy Friday!

It’s my birthday! and another amuse-bouche…

Today is my birthday! YAY! I love birthdays. I do. Not the getting older part but the celebration part. I have always loved them. I celebrate for about 3 weeks so that I can drag it out. I try to celebrate with all of my close friends and of course, my family. Today, I'm at Stamp Antonio teaching and we'll celebrate there as best we can. But my real partying starts Monday! 🙂

In honor of my birthday, I wanted to show you a card that I made a while back. I think it's just fun and covers my attitude towards this special day in my life! Anyway, during the 4th of July, our BFFs Sharon and BJ came to the lake with us and hung out. We had lots of water activities and appropriate 4th of July behavior but then we STAMPED together too (Sharon and I… not BJ and my husband! HA! HA! HA!). I "issued" a challenge for both of us so that we wouldn't pack our entire studios and cart them with us… and in the end the challenge was SUPER HARD for both of us but did keep our supplies in check. The challenge: pick 3 colors, 5 stamps, and anything else that would fit in a 6×9 box and that was all we could bring. We both cheated but not by much. 🙂

Surprisingly I picked green, pink, and yellow (neutrals didn't count). Here is the card I made (I made multiples of it but nothing else). My kids and our husbands found us (Rats!).

I used my doodlebug sugar glitter. I *LOVE* that stuff. LOVE IT.

Alright, some of you are here to see an amuse-bouche… well, I have another TAG for you. I told you… in tag mode… and this one is from one of my AP classes, also.

I love the new holiday houses image. And I think it goes so well with the old sentiment "from our house to yours".

So, have a great Friday! Thanks for stopping by.

amuse bouche – Christmas for the kids!

Day 4 of amuse-bouche… this time it's about the kids!

Does this color scheme look familiar, Sharon? 🙂

These are the new lime green notecards! I wanted to use my new spangle flourish punch (that I've had for a while!) and finally broke it out for this card. I do love the punch! Something fun and happy about it.

The image is the new Winter Friends. All of the A*Muse*A*Palooza images, paper and notecards are available right now at participating AP stores – see the A Muse News Blog for a complete list. Here in Texas, Memory Depot and Stamp Antonio have them!

I used the "have an ICE day" sentiment again. A Muse used to have this wording in a different font a while back and then it retired. Since then I've been looking for that one and never have found it. BUT now I don't need it because there's this new one! YAY!

Happy Thursday! I'm off to teach a whirlwind of AP classes down at Stamp Antonio!

amuse-bouche – Elegant Holiday

If you took one of those "how well do you know Geeta" quizzes, I *bet* you'd get this answer wrong… and it would be entirely my fault.

The question: What is Geeta's favorite color?

1. Purple
2. Pink (UM NO!)
3. Navy
4. Black

The answer is #3. NAVY.

Really? Yes, really. It was even one of my bridal colors. For as long as I can remember blue has been my favorite. But shades of blue. When I was in the single digits, it was baby blue. Then as I got older, it got darker (hmm, is that some sort of "symbolism"? older, less innocent = darker??? :)) Anyway, navy has been *the* color since my teens for sure. The only problem about navy is that it doesn't make for a very "colorful" blog. So, in comes purple. It's just happy.

WHY so much about navy? Well, I am beyond thrilled that A Muse has come out with NAVY notecards. OMG! I, even, screamed out loud when I first opened up the box they came in!

You know what else? A Muse notecards are white or natural white on the inside… these navy ones are white, which MEANS no funny colored pen required to sign the inside. A few years ago, I made my mom some holiday cards on navy cardstock for her to send to our relatives in India. They were navy on the inside too. I forgot to give her a white or silver pen to write on the inside and she lives in a small town. She couldn't find a pen to write in them. DOH. Anyway, these notes will fix that problem!

Okay, here's my amuse-bouche (it's from one of my AP classes!):

 A Muse products: Navy notecards, village chapel, merry christmas rm, white sheer ribbon, twinkle stickers (clear star)

Other: white stazon, white pen, glitter, paris dusk memento

Happy Wednesday!

amuse-bouche – Winter Critters

Day two!

One of the classes I'm teaching this A*Muse*A*Palooza is all about making tags. In the class we make 36 (6 each of 6 different designs). The class was a big hit here in Austin on Saturday. Anyway, I'm still in the tag making mode… so easy, SO USEFUL. I *might* just get ahead this year. And you know what else? I think I have the layout for my Christmas card. That's the one thing that I work on for months and can never get ahead on (work on it in my head as a design, I mean). AND… I might even have a cool picture of the boys already. I typically wait because my youngest changes so much during the year but I think we're somewhat outta the rapid changes phase! So, just maybe I have the *perfect* picture. YAY! I've never been ahead… ever. 🙂

Okay, back to this amuse-bouche… so last night I wanted to make a sneak in a hurry so this is what I came up with. I had so much fun making the tag samples for my classes that I wanted to make yet another one. Quick, Easy. Simple. Cute. Oh, and lots of glitter ;).

Happy Tuesday!

amuse-bouche – an all Natural Christmas

Time again for some amuse-bouche!

"An amuse-bouche is a single, bite-sized appetizer." It's the perfect name for an A Muse sneak peek of the new Holiday images!

Everything is new on this card but the natural white cardstock! It's hard to see in the photo but there is glitter on the branch for snow.

If you are in the Austin area, Memory Depot has these stamps, notecards, the wood grain paper and the new ribbons in stock! If you are near San Antonio, Stamp Antonio has them as well! I'll be teaching at Stamp Antonio this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday for A*Muse*A*Palooza! Hope to see you there!

Be sure to check the other muses and of course, the A Muse Blog for more amuse-bouche. Have a great day!