Keep the inner liner or toss it?

When you get your A Muse Studio stamp sets, they come in DVD cases. You have the choice to either take out the inner liner with the stamps in them and just let them stick onto the DVD case by themselves or keep them in their original places. I first took mine out but did not throw it away and I am glad I kept it. I prefer to keep the inner line inside and use it that way.

A different kind of fold ...

When I visited my friend Traci in February, she got this cool card from Joanne. You fold the card in half like you normally would, but then you trim off 1/2 of the top and you have this neat half fold card. Anyway, I used my newest A Muse Studio stamps for both cards but the "Where have you been?" stamp is by Penny Black. (That is going to a friend who I haven't heard from in a few months)

A Muse Studio grass die vs Martha Stewart grass punch

***I've had the Martha Stewart grass punch for a few years. I still use it quite a bit. When I saw that A Muse Studios had a grass die, I had to check it out and compare the 2. What do you think?

Ribbon organization

As you can see from my first photo, I was having a hard time remembering what colors of ribbon I had, how much ribbon I had, etc.

I decided to tackle this project this afternoon. I had 4 DRAWERS of ribbon like the above and now I have this:

I can't take all the credit. I saw it on someone's blog and I don't remember where I saw the idea (Sorry!). I already had this container that I had gotten from Hobby Lobby. I used it to store my necklaces that I made. I cut pieces of sturdy cardstock to fit in the compartments and then wrapped each ribbon around each one. Much better!!!!

So ... banners (or penants) seem to be all the rage on cards

When I saw this penant in the new A Muse catalog, I knew I had to order it. I made this for Josh's birthday which is next week.

Are you wearing GREEN today?

Shaving cream background?

I haven't tried the shaving cream background for a long time. In the first card, I sprayed shaving cream (regular men's shaving cream) onto a paper plate, then I added about 4 drops of Bubblegum re-inker (from A Muse Studios) and stirred it with a knife. I laid the piece of cardstock in the shaving cream mixture and then took the knife and smoothed it over (like I was frosting a cake). Let it dry and add to the card. It makes a neat marble effect!! And it smells great too!!!