Holiday Hoopla Blog Hop

If you are participating in the blog hop, you should have come from Kristine's  blog and if not, then you should start from the beginning with Karen's blog until you come to my blog. 

Welcome to the Holiday Hoopla Blog Hop.  I'm joining some of my fellow A|Muse Studio Consultants this month and our theme is the holidays to celebrate the start of Holiday Hoopla.  It's never too early to get started on your Christmas cards and here's one to get you inspired.  All supplies used to make this card are from a|s unless stated and can be purchased from my webstore 24/7.  Please be sure to contact me directly if your order is $150 or more in order to receive hostess benefits.  
Here are the details on the card.  I started out with a Kraft cardbase and added a piece of twas the night before christmas patterned paper along the bottom.  I also added a piece of Cherry Woodgrain paper because I wanted to keep this flat and easy to mail.  The reindeer is from Nordic Noel and is stamped with French Roast ink onto a piece of Vanilla cardstock which is matted with a piece of Wasabi cardstock.  I stamped the Noel with Cherry ink and then stamped the leaves with Wasabi ink onto a scrap piece of Vanilla, cut them out, and mounted them with 3-D foam adhesive onto the reindeer.  I finished him off with a little bit of liquid pearls (not available through a|s) for the nose and berries.  There you have it--a quick and easy Christmas Card that you can easily mass produce so you'll have time to enjoy the holidays with your friends and family.
Now on to your next stop Pamela's  blog. If you get lost here is the complete list:
Karen Crisp 
Linda Suarez 
Tami Grandi 
Kristine Vicente 
Kathy Hatzke   <<<<<<<< you are here
Pamela Fredrickson attemptedcreativity.blogspot.com

supplies:

Stamps:  Nordic Noel

Paper:  Kraft, Vanilla, Wasabi, twas the night before christmas, Cherry Woodgrain

Ink:  French Roast, Cherry, Wasabi

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Butterflies

I had a chance to play around the other day and this is what I came up with.  I wanted to use some items that are featured in May's Studio Spotlight for this card.  I started with a Papaya card base and stamped the Venetian Background stamp onto it with Bellini ink.  The butterflies from Papillion are stamped on a piece of Sugar cardstock with Papaya, Burano, and Bellini inks.  The sentiment is from Marvelous Marigolds and is stamped with Navy ink.  This piece is matted with Navy cardstock.  I added a few clear twinkle stickers that I'd colored with a Copic marker and then mounted it with 3d adhesive onto the card base.  I had a small die cut butterfly sitting on my desk and I decided to press it into my watermelon inkpad to change its color and covered it with Glossy Accents for some shine and dimension.  Once it dried, it added it near the sentiment with some 3d adhesive.  There you have it!

Remember, all supplies used to create this card can be purchased through my webstore.  If your order is $150 or more, please be sure to contact me directly in order to receive hostess benefits.   

SuppliesStamps:  Marvelous Marigolds, Papillion, Venetian BackgroundPaper:  Papaya, Sugar, NavyInk:  Bellini, Burano, Papaya, Navy, WatermelonAccessories:  Clear Twinkle stickers, Butterfly Trio Die

Studio Stampers February Blog Hop

Welcome to the Studio Stampers

February blog hop.  If you are joining us in the hop you should have
come from Karen who is starting out the hop.  

Last month, I took an online card class called Clean and Simple Card Making which was taught by Kristina Werner, Julie Ebersole, and Jennifer McGuire.  My card is based on a sketch from the class that I fell in love with.  I'm also working on embracing the white space and trying out a white on white card and I'm really happy with my results. My original plan was to only have two layers but a little oopsie on my part after coloring in all the flowers resulted in my cutting them out and popping them up on another layer.

On to the details.  All supplies are from A Muse|Studio and can be purchased from my webstore.  Be sure to email me if your order is more than $150 so that you can receive hostess benefits.   I stamped the flowers from Floral Duet in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Sugar Cardstock and colored them in with a variety of yellow and orange Copic markers.  Unfortunately, I cleaned off my desk before I wrote down which markers but in all honesty, just pick the colors you like that blend well together.  The flowers are cut out and mounted with 3d adhesive onto a Sugar Piece that has a sentiment from Hand Scripted stamped onto it with Memento Tuxedo Black.  This piece is also mounted onto a Sugar Card with 3d foam adhesive.  I finished it off with some black twinkle sticker and there you have it.  A clean and simple card that packs a lot of punch.



Be sure to visit everyone on our hop so you don't miss out on some A Muse|Studio inspiration.  

This is the line up

Karen Crisp
Kathy Hatzke  <=====you are here!
Kristen Watsonhttp://branchandsky.blogspot.com/2012/02/february-studio-stampers-blog-hop.html
Lianna Vigil
Angella Schellenberg
Lisa Wakabayashi 

Supplies

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Cardstock:  Sugar

Stamps:  Floral Duet, Hand Scripted

Accessories:  Copic Markers, Black Twinkle Stickers

A Muse|Studio WCMD Challenge: Buttons

I love Fall!  We have Indian Summers here in the Bay Area and generally have our best weather in September and October.  Plus, it's football season and one of my favorite things to do is to hang out and tailgate with family and friends.  There's nothing better on a gorgeous Fall Day.

Besides tailgating and football, I also love the gorgeous colors of Fall.  Yellow and Orange have always been my favorite colors and I love when the leaves turn colors.  This card is my entry into a muse|studio's WCMD Challenge to use buttons on your card.  All supplies are from a muse|studio and can be purchased 24/7 from my webstore.  
Here's the details on the card.  I started out with a Pebble card base and added a piece of Vanilla cardstock which I'd stamped with leaves from Fresh Foliage in Wasabi, Pumpkin, and Currant.  The leaf outlines were stamped after inking the stamped and the solid inner portion was stamped after stamping off on scratch paper once.   I added a strip of Slate Woodgrain cardstock across the center in lieu of ribbon and then topped it off with 3 pumpkin buttons.  The sentiment from Fresh Foliage is stamped on the Pebble portion of the card in Slate ink.  Easy peesy lemon squeezey!  I hear this card--Pebble is such a great neutral color and the autumn leaves make me happy when I look at them.  Thanks for visiting and be sure to come back again real soon.
SuppliesPaper:  Pebble, Vanilla, Slate WoodgrainStamps:  Fresh FoliageInk:  Wasabi, Currant, Pumpkin, SlateAccessories:  Pumpkin buttons

A-MUSE-A-PALOOZA Challenge 4: Paris Inspiration

Have you visited a muse|studio's facebook page yet?  If you haven't you should definitely check it out.  They have weekly challenges right now during A-MUSE-A-PALOOZA.  This week's challenge was to create a card that was inspired by a photo of Paris.  I took the greys and greens as well as the trees as the staring point for my inspiration.    
All supplies used are from a muse|studio and can be purchased from my webstore.  The layout for this card is from the Clean and Simple Stamping Blog and is FTL 158.  I started out with a Pebble cardbase and added a couple pieces of Holiday Washi Tape to it for the front strip.  I don't know if I'll be able to make a card that doesn't have Washi Tape--it's addicting.  The focal piece is stamped with images from Spooky Boo Day in Pebble, Wasabi, Slate, and French Roast inks.  I inked up the tree in Pebble ink and then added the Wasabi for the leaves with a sponge dauber to get both colors on the image.  The owl and sentiment are stamped in French Roast.  The bats and grave markers are stamped in slate--the grave markers were stamped off once prior to being stamped on the Sugar Cardstock.  I added some red micro twinkle stickers for a bit of bling before  I rounded the corners and attached this to a piece of Wasabi cardstock that also has rounded corner.  This whole piece is popped up with 3d foam adhesive to the card base.  
There you have it!  I love Spooky Boo Day and will be playing with it a lot more from now till Halloween.  Thanks for visiting.  
Supplies Stamps:  Spooky Boo DayCardstock:  Pebble, Wasabi, SugarInks:  Pebble, Wasabi, Slate, French RoastAccessories:  Holiday Washi Tape, Micro Twinkle Stickers, 3d Foam Adhesive 

September Studio Stampers Blog Hop

Welcome to the a·muse|studio blog hop with my  a·muse "cousins".   We are all lucky to have Krystie as our upline.  You should have come here from Kristen's blog but make sure that you follow all the links to see lots of a·muse|studio goodness.
Dh needed a card for a friend who's recently had a baby. All supplies used are from a muse|studio and can be purchased through my website or by sending me an email.   I couldn't wait to pull out the little crib from Sleepy Sighs and put it to use.  I stamped the crib onto Sugar cardstock in Versafine Onyx Black.  While I love Memento Tuxedo Black and use it 99.99% of the time, I find that the Versafine gives a nice, dark, rich, true black.  I colored in the crib with copics (RV21, RV25, E33, and E29) and spica glitter pens.  I added some Washi Tape from the Spring collection to the piece and tied some sheer onyx organdy ribbon above the tape.  I then stamped the sentiment from Sleepy Sighs onto the piece.  This is layered on a piece of Bermuda cardstock and the focal piece is mounted onto a Blush cardbase with 3d foam adhesive.
There you have it, a quick and cute baby card that will bring a smile to someone's face!
Thanks for visiting and be sure to check out all the rest of the stampers on today's blog hop.  Next up is Karen's blog but if you get lost, here's the complete list of blog hoppers.

Studio Stampers Blog
Krystie Hersch
Kristen Watson
Kathy Hatzke  --------you are here!
Karen Crisp 
Kari Bell 
Lisa Wakabayashi
Veronica Zalis 
Lisa Chapman
Lianna Vigil  

Angie Schellenberg  

Studio Challenge-Kathy

I'm so excited that I'm the Studio Star of the Week.  One of my favorite techniques is  masking because it’s one of those relatively simple techniques that gets a big wow.  You can add depth to your stamping, frame an image, fill in images, and even selectively use parts of your stamps to get more mileage out of them.  My challenge to you is to create a card using the masking technique and then share it at the Studio Stampers blog-it can be basic masking, reverse masking, or even masking a part of your stamp.  The only thing you need to do is use some type of masking on your card.

Here's my sample.  All supplies are from a muse|studio and can be purchased from my web store.  I stamped the Marigolds from Marvelous Marigolds on a kraft cardbase in Cherry and also stamped them on some eclipse masking tape that I've had forever in Memento Tuxedo Black.  I cut out the Marigolds from the masking tape and used them to cover up the Marigolds on my cardfront.  I then stamped the Woodgrain background stamp over the card front in French Roast and some leaves from Marvelous Marigolds in Grass.  I removed my masks and added a label that I had die cut from Cherry cardstock and stamped with the matching outline from Vintage Labels on the cardfront with 3d foam adhesive.  The sentiment from Contemporary Greetings is stamped on a piece of Sugar cardstock with French Roast ink and mounted onto the label.  Finally, I lightly sponged the center of the Marigolds with Sugar ink and added a couple Vanilla Pearl stickers to the centers of the flowers.  There is about as close to a one layer card as you'll get from me!
I love how all the masking and layering on of stamps and images adds so much depth to this card.
Thanks for visiting and be sure to come back soon to let me know you played in the challenge.  I can't wait to see what you create.
Suppliesstamps:  Marvelous Marigolds, Vintage Labels, Contemporary Greetings, Woodgrain backgroundpaper:  kraft, cherry, sugarink:  cherry, french roast, sugar, grassaccessories:  vanilla pearl stickers, labels die 

July Studio Stampers Blog Hop

Welcome to the a·muse|studio blog hop with my  a·muse "cousins".   We are all lucky to have Krystie as our upline.  Today, I'm first on the blog hop but make sure that you follow all the links to see lots of a·muse|studio goodness.

Dh needed a card for his grandfather and I wanted something elegant, simple, and appropriate for an older gentleman.  It's really hard for me to not pull out some bling or glitter  so this was definitely a challenge for me.  I love how this one turned out and think I might have to challenge myself to work on some more masculine, bling free cards in the future.

Here are the details on the car.  All supplies used are from the a·muse|studio spotlight and can be purchased through my a·muse|studio store.  I started out with a lichen card base and stamped the little coral stamp from Sea Shells on the card base in versamark across the middle.  It's really hard to see but so subtle and nice in real life.  The sea shells and star fish from the Sea Shells  set are also stamped in versamark on kraft, embossed in white embossing powder and then cut out.  I stamped "Papa" from the Classic Alphabet  set in Bermuda ink on Sugar cardstock.  I tore a piece of sage cardstock and attached it to this piece and then tied on some toffee twine to this piece and attached it to the card front.  The cut out pieces are attached to the front with 3d foam adhesive.  There you have it!  An elegant, simple summer card that can easily be adapted for the recipient since you're using alphabet stamps for the focal piece.  

supplies used:

stamps:  sea shells, classic alphabet

paper:  lichen, sage, kraft, sugar

ink:  bermuda, versamark

accessories:  white embossing powder, toffee twine 

Thanks for stopping, now you are off to Karen Crisp's blog 

Here's a complete list of the blog hop:

Kathy Hatzke  <----- You are here!

Karen Crisp

Kari Bell  

Lesa Wolfe

Lisa Wakabayashi

Lisa Chapman

Veronica Zalis

Ida P. Krause

Lianna Vigil

Kristen Watson

Have a Whale of a Day

So, it's June 28th and we're expecting rain and drizzle in the Bay Area.  Can I please just get some summer?  We didn't have Spring since it rained virtually every day. We have had some pleasant weather but can it be consistent? Waaaaaaah!
Enough whining from me.  I'm on break so I should be happy, right?  I'm transitioning between jobs right now--I left my former school/district and will be working in the school/district very close to where I now live.  Exciting times!  Of course, we went by my new school yesterday and the kids saw that the start time is earlier than where they currently go so they informed me that they really need to go to the school where I work. . .While it was convenient in so many ways, it's actually better for them to not have me as their principal.  It's better for me to just be mommy to them.
Are you done listening to my chit chat?  You came for a card, right?  Today's card is made using supplies from the a|s Elegant Summer Spotlight and can be purchased in my a muse|studio store.  I adore these colors and images--perfect for summer!  Here are the deets--I stamped the leafy image, fish, and bubbles from Keep Swimmin' in lichen, sky, and bermuda on sugar cardstock  and then added some clear twinkle stickers over the bubbles.  The sentiment from the same set is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black near the bottom of the focal piece.  The little fish is also stamped on sugar cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black and then colored in with Copics, cut out, and mounted on 3D foam adhesive.  The focal piece is matted on sage cardstock.  The entire piece is popped up on 3D adhesive on a bermuda cardbase that has a strip of lichen cardstock added to it.  There you have it, easy, peasy, lemon squeezey!  This card is perfect for so many occasions and it happened to go to our neighbor's son for his birthday.
Thanks for vising and be sure to come back again soon.
Supplies used:Stamps:  Keep Swimmin'Paper:  Sugar, Bermuda, Lichen, SageInks:  Bermuda, Lichen, Sky, Memento Tuxedo BlackAccessories:  Copics, Clear Twinkle Stickers, 3D foam adhesive

FS221

It's been awhile since I've played in the Featured Stamper challenge over at SCS but when I saw that the FS was Susan, AKA LateBlossom, I knew I had to play along.  I've been a fan of Susan's work for quite some time.  She is the Queen of Clean and Simple as well as doing an amazing job of embracing the white space.  This was a challenge for me and I've never done a white on white card before but I love how it turned out. 
All supplies are from a muse|studio and be purchased at my webstore 24/7.  Don't forget that if your order is more than $150, contact me directly so that you can get your hostess benefits.
Susan made two cards with the same layout and different colors and shared them on her blog.  I love how the vibrant colors just pop off the white.  I will say, I'm still scared of the white space and had a few choice words to share when I got a fingerprint on the top of my card.  My 6 yo suggested I just erase it--if it were only that simple, right?  I did carefully wipe at it with a baby wipe and got it off but the card is a little messed up where I wiped it off.  It's barely noticeable but bothers me especially since I was already done and admiring my handiwork.
Since I already had a bunch of stuff out, I decided to give a one layer card a try--that was a challenge and you'll have to come back soon to see how it turned out :-)
Thanks for visiting!
stamps:  clever girlspaper:  sugarink:  blush, bubblegum, papaya, orange, bermuda, ocean, slate

a muse|studio mega blog hop

Welcome to the a muse|studio consultants mega blog hop.  If you are participating in the blog hop, you should have come from Nancy's blog and if not, then you should start from the beginning with Samantha's blog until you come to my blog.
I absolutely love the tini time stamp set and can see so many great uses for it.  This layout was inspired by one that I saw on on Stephanie's blog.  Here are the details on my simple but fun card :-)  All supplies are from a muse|studios and can be purchased through my webstore. 
I added some washi tape from the summer collection onto a sky card and then adhered a piece of sugar cardstock that was stamped with the circles from tini time in bermuda ink.  Then I stamped the sentiment from tini time with bermuda ink onto the cardfront and added some twinkle stickers under the word thanks.  The martini glass was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black unto sugar cardstock and then filled in with the triangular block from the same set with lime ink.  The cherry was stamped with cherry ink on the drink and then I added some diamond glitter on the rim of the glass.  Appletinis, anyone?  I cut out the drink and added it the the card front with 3D foam adhesive.  There you have it--easy peasy, lemon squeezey--a fun thank you card in a short time that packs a big wow.
Thanks for visiting. Now on to your next stop Katie's blog.  

You're a Rock Star

My little ones went to a birthday party the other day and here's the card I made for the birthday boy.  All supplies are from a|s unless otherwise stated.  I {heart} this stamp set which is called rock star.  It's going to be getting a lot of use in my house :-)  This one's pretty simple but I absolutely love it.  This color combo might be one of my new favorite combos and I'm sure you're going to be seeing it some more in the very near future.  It's hard to see in this picture but the wings and stars have Rock Candy Distress Stickles on them.  It's a nice way to add something without making it too blingy and taking away from the boy factor.

Since I've had the chance to play around with my a|s inks lately, can I just tell you how much I love them?  They're a pigment ink but they actually dry fairly quickly and are very similar to chalk inks once dry.  I love how you can layer them on each other and they're still somewhat opaque plus the colors are just gorgeous.

Thanks for visiting and be sure to come back soon!

stamps:  rock star

paper:  orange, bermuda, sugar

ink:  orange, bermuda, ocean, memento tuxedo black

accessories:  Rock Candy Distress Stickles

Clever Girls

This originally started out as a one layer card inspired by one that Nichole Heady made.  But, I screwed it up because when I stamped the sentiment over the circles and flowers, you couldn't really see it.  Sooooooo, I decided to cut the card in half and use the other side to stamp the circles and flowers.  After I stamped them, I decided they'd look better in the top left of the card instead of the bottom right so I flipped it, punched out some holes in the center of the circles with my crop a dile,  stamped the sentiment, adhered some washi tape under the sentiment, die cut and glittered a swallow and popped that up on 3 d foam adhesive.  Then I rounded the corners of this piece and the card base with my corner chomper and mounted it with 3 d foam adhesive.  The colors were picked by my 6yo dd and this card is going to go to her one day :-)  Unless I decide to keep it for myself since I think it's pretty darn cute.

All supplies are from a|s.  Feel free to click the link in my sidebar for my a|s store to purchase the supplies needed to make this card.

Stamps:  clever girls

Paper:  blush, lime, bubblegum

Ink:  lime, bubblegum, memento tuxedo black

Accessories:  a|s dies set swallows, diamond glitter, washi tape-summer collection

Thanks for visiting and be sure to come back soon.  I've got another card with the same stamp set that has a totally different look to share.

Just Because

Here's a card I made for my oldest son's grandma.  She just had knee surgery and came home from the hospital.  I love the simplicity of this card and how it all came together.

All supplies are a muse|studio.  I stamped the leafy image onto sugar cardstock in sage and stamped off twice.  The flower is stamped in blush ink on the cardfront.  I stamped the sentiment in french roast and then added some washi tape from the Spring collection, sage gingham cardstock, and bubblegum buttons.  This piece is matted on sage cardstock and then put on a blush card base.  My dd wanted me to add some glitter and the butterfly from the set but I decided to embrace some white space and keep it simple.

Thanks for visiting!

stamps:  just because
cardstock:  blush, sage, sugar, sage gingham
ink:  blush, sage, french roast
accessories:  spring collection washi tape, bubblegum buttons

Dude, You Rock!

I had a little time to play around with some of my a muse|studio goodies and came up with this one.  Masculine/Boy cards are always a little difficult for me but I think this one might work.  With a 12 year old and soon to be 9 year old, I think this set might be getting a lot of use in my house hold.  I'm going to play around with this set some more and some different colors so be sure to check back and let me know what you think.


The card is pretty self explanatory and all supplies used are from a muse|studio.  The wings and flagged sentiment piece are popped up with 3d foam adhesive


Stamps:  Rock Star
Cardstock:  Kraft, Buttercup, Blackberry, Vanilla
Inks:  Buttercup, Lichen, Blackberry

Thanks for visiting and be sure to come back soon!

Graphic Sunflower

I had a little bit of time to play around with Friday's Free For All Challenge at SCS.  It's been raining a lot in the Bay Area and I'm so ready for Spring and the sun.  Friday's Free For All Challenge was to be inspired by the sun.

All supplies used are from a muse|studio.  I absolutely love yellow and orange together and sunflowers are one of my favorite flowers.  I inked up the sunflower from Graphic Sunflowers  with papaya and then rolled it in orange and stamped onto Sugar cardstock several times before reinking and stamping again.  I outlined the petals of the flower with a quickie glue pen and then sprinkled on some diamond glitter.  Smile is stamped with French Roast ink--what a yummy and rich brown color!  The rhinestones are clear twinkle stickers that were colored brown with a copic marker.  The corners were rounded and then the focal piece was matted on Orange cardstock that also has the corners rounded.  This piece is popped up on the Papaya card base with foam dots.  Finally, I rounded the bottom corners of the card base to finish it off.

I'm having so much fun playing with the items that came in my starter kit and just wish I'd have gotten the deluxe starter kit instead of the basic kit.

Thanks for visiting!