The following card is my favorite! I love the ribbon (came from the fabric department of Hobby Lobby and it is elastic - go figure), the texture from the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder and the staples (Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher).
There is still room in class - just send me an e-mail to register - msmathey@gmail.com
Today is my brother Jay's and SIL Laura's 20th anniversary! WOW - time sure flies by quickly. I won't say that it seems like yesterday that they got married but it sure doesn't seem like two decades ago - I added some aging, brushes and effects with Photoshop to the photo. Sparkles courtesy of Art Glitter on Scor-tape. Kept it simple so that the picture would be the main focus -
This is the CAS52 Challenge from Splitcoaststampers this week. I reused some paper ribbon from a past project. 
Sure enough - when I stamped the sentiment disaster struck! What to do?! Quickly I cut a new strip of 3/4" x 5 1/2" white paper and stamped the sentiment perfectly (isn't that how it always goes?) - I glued it right over the offending portion of the card and all was well - no one will ever know the difference unless you tell them!
I wish all my mistakes were as easy to fix as this one was!
Have you been enjoying all the peeks at the MANY new PaperTrey Ink product lines? WOW - there is not enough money in my wallet for all I want (SIGH - never is). These are the colors I ended up with for the "paint" by number challenge since my online name, msmathey, starts with "M".
I used my two Papertrey stamp sets - Spiral Bouquet and Life. To make this challenge even easier, the sketch (with measurements) is provided too - Link in and play - I need to fold my laundry now and feed the family - Real life is calling. . . .
I had so much fun doing the A Muse Lounge Challenge #13 - A Colorful Challenge the other day that I decided to try another one - this combo is Black/Slate and White.
Sparkling up the Chrysanthemum stamp is easily accomplished with a Glue Pad, Stamp-a-ma-jig and Art Institute Glitter -
Round opposing corners with a Crop-a-dile Corner Chomper - 110 lb. cardstock is too heavy for a regular corner punch (note to self - buy a new corner punch since you broke yours!) A Muse Shimmer Paper, A Muse Black Pearls and gray/black ribbon complete this simple look.
This card features two challenges - The new A Muse Lounge Challenge #13 - A Colorful Challenge and the FTL 76 layout from Clean & Simple Stamping. I will admit that the color challenge part was much harder for me - Papaya, Orange Crush and Sky Blue are not three colors I'd ever think to put together - but that's what makes it a challenge, right? There are three color combos to choose from -
Can you see the shimmer from the new A Muse paper?? I used a Sakura Glaze pen on the ice cream to sparkle it up a tad - The swirls came from my favorite Cuttlebug Folder - D'Vine Swirl. Coloring the ice cream yellow made me think about Culver's custard!! Don't you love that custard? YUMM!!!
