Stamp Out Breast Cancer!

 

Good Morning! Happy October!! Just wanted you all to know that A Muse Studio is having their 

Stamp Out Breast Cancer

promotion again this year!! For the entire month of October you can get this fabulous stamp set, 

Fight Like a Girl,  FREE (with a $3.00 shipping fee)

This year we also have a wonderful ribbon die, that matches the ribbon in this stamp set, (TAD0072) for $5.99!! There is also an amazing Think Pink Sale as well, you can see the flyer HERE, or click on the link in my online store, to see the goodies! Another sweet item A Muse Studio is giving away this month is a free 15 month calender download, in color, or black and white!! You an get yours HERE, just click on the yellow link in the right hand corner, and down load yours today!

For 24/7 ordering you can use my online store HERE  or if you have an order of $150 or more, please contact me and let me place your order for you, so you can receive the Hostess Rewards!!  

We have all been touched by this disease in some way, let's spread the word about early detection, and breast health to as many as we can!!

 Holiday Hoopla is still in full swing as well, until October 15th! Which means extra Hostess Rewards for parties, or orders of $250 or more! If you have not seen the Holiday Catalog, you are missing out, so many cute new stamp sets!! :) You can see it online or let me know if you would like to get a hard copy.

Thank you for sopping by, I hope that you are having a wonderful day today!! I will be back tomorrow with the Spotlight Specials, and a incredible sale for World Card Making Day, October 5th!!

Spooky and Sweet...

Can you believe that tomorrow is the first day of Autumn??! This whole year has just flown by, it's crazy! Today I have a sweet little card featuring "Halloween Girl" from Whimsy and Stars Studio. This is one of my favorite images, it reminds me of my daughter when she was little. She loved dress up and had lots of costumes, one was a really cute little witch outfit.
I added some hot pink to my Halloween colors, just to change things up a bit. She is colored with Copic Markers. I used several scrap pieces that were on my desk for this card, A Muse Studio Grape, Orange, Orange Petite Stripe, and Berry card stocks. I stamped The polka dots on the Orange paper with Berry ink using "Polka Dots Patterns", also from A Muse Studio. I stamped the tickets with "That's The Ticket" and die cut them with the matching die.
Hope that you are all having a wonderful weekend, Thanks for stopping by! :)

June Studio Spotlight !

This months Studio Spotlight is filled with some wonderful stamp sets! This card is made with one of my favorites, Ahh-nouncing, it is such a fun set with a retro feel. For this card I also used Extraordinary Back Ground, another favorite. I just love these two sets together.

All the sets this month are really fun! Chevrons, make fabulous backgrounds for a quick and easy cards. Geek is the New Chic has some of the most wonderful sentiments, as well as the cutest eye glasses you have ever seen. Geek is the New Chic and Vintage Labels 2 have die sets to match as well! Father's Day is a wonderful masculine set, that can be used all year round. All these sets are on sale this month as well as the special card stock collection, "Roaring Twenties" that includes 4 sheets each of Onyx, Sugar, Seattle, Lemon Whip, and Buttercup card stocks.
For more information on any of these sets you can contact me, or visit my online store HERE, open 24/7 !

Thanks for stopping by and visiting my little blog, it is greatly appreciated!
Have a most wonderful day!! :)

Two in a Row!? *Gasp*

Two posts in a row! I know, shocking!! I hope you didn't fall out of your chair or anything.... :)  I wanted to share this wonderful set of stamps that you can earn this month for FREE! It is A Muse Studio's 2nd Birthday this month and we are celebrating by giving you the gifts!! Each person that purchases $35.00 or more receives a set of 8 Onyx note cards as a gift from A Muse! Any hostess with a qualifying workshop
($150.00 in sales and three unique guests) will receive a special edition Eat Cake stamp set!! Wow!!

This is a fabulous set, and it is perfect for the "chalkboard" style that is so popular right now!

  But it is also wonderful for birthday cards of any style as well....

If you are interested in this set or would like more information on how you can earn Eat Cake yourself, please contact me, angelakelley3363@sbcglobal.net, I would love to help you add it to your collection! Or visit my on line store for more information. Please note that if you have a qualifying workshop, I will need to input your order for you, so you can receive all the hostess benefits!! I wouldn't want you to miss out on any awesome goodies!

I hope that you are having a wonderful day today!! I really appreciate you stopping by, please leave me a comment and let me know you were here!! :)

Good Morning!

Good Morning! It is a bright, sunny, beautiful morning in my neighborhood. I think Spring may be just around the corner! I am sharing a card with you today that I made using some new stamps and dies from the brand new A Muse Studio 2013 Catalog. The nest is from a lovely new set called "You're Too Kind", and there are dies that go with this set as well!! I also used one of our new signature colors, Mermaid. I stamped the Venetian Background on Pistachio card stock in Mermaid ink. Then I added the main panel of Mermaid Petite Pin Stripe card stock, also new, backed with solid Mermaid card stock. My sentiment for this card is actually from a fall set called "Give Thanks". The nest was colored with Copic markers, and I added a touch of toffee twine to finish it off.

The new A Muse Catalog is beautiful! It is full of new exciting goodies:
31 new stamp sets, 11 with dies to match! 
3 new signature colors: Mermaid, Berry, and Apple
Petite Pin Stripe card stock in 10 colors
Fresh new color palette for the Petite Polka Dot, and Chevron card stocks:
Bermuda, Cherry, Grapefruit, Mermaid, Navy, Onyx, Orange, Papaya, Seattle, and Wasabi
Splash Ink now in 15 colors!!
That is just a few of the fun new things. Let me know if you would like one of our new catalogs, or if you would like to have a fun creative evening with friends, or a creative class!
You can see the new catalog on line HERE , or shop 24/7 in my online store HERE. If you have an order of $150 or more, please let me place your order for you, as you qualify for hostess rewards!!

I hope that you are having a lovely Spring day too!
Thanks for stopping by!!

Happy New Year!

Can you believe it is January 2013?  I can't, but  I am excited to be starting a whole new year!! I have some new goals and things I would like to do this next year, how about you? Mostly though I am just hoping for a smooth uneventful year. "Boring" and "Ordinary" are at the top of my list for things I would like to experience this year! Not really, but a little ordinary would be so very, very nice!!
I've been crafting a bit, trying to get my creative mojo going again. It's been nice to create just for the fun of it. I thought I would share this fun wine bottle decoration I made to other day, it could also be used as a door hanger. A sweet little addition to a Valentine gifty.
All supplies are from A Muse Studio:
Paper: Seattle Petite Polka Dot, Blush, and Bubble Gum Shimmer Card Stocks.
Stamps: Script Background, At First Sight, Mad For Plaids (on the ribbon!)
Other: Seattle Bakers Cording, Vanilla 7/8" twill, Scallop Border Die Set, Heart Trio Die set, Rosette Die Set,  3 1/2" Doilies.

Hope that you are having a wonderful start to this New Year!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Please leave me a comment, I would love to hear what you think of this project...

Hubba Hubba...

Hope that you all had a great Christmas!! Time is just flying by, next week at this time we will be starting a brand new year!! In the blink of an eye it is going to be Valentine's Day, and this year I am going to be ready! (I hope...I may have just jinxed myself.) So I have been playing with some Valentine ideas, and new supplies! Also, there is a fun Consultant Challenge with A Muse Studio to use our Paper Straws that I wanted to participate in. So I took a little time yesterday, just to play, and I made this fun card.
This is  a 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" square card- I don't make too many of these, but sometimes its good to change things up! I used, Cherry, Cherry Gingham, and Cherry Sweetheart card stocks, lots of red! I also accented with Cranberry Glitter as well, even more red! The heart is from our new Big Heart Die Set, this die cuts a full A2 sized card!! I made the rosette with our Rosette Die Set, but cut the pieces down so I had a smaller rosette to work with. The sentiment is from Love Me Do, so fun! Then I topped the whole thing off with an arrow made from one of our Cherry Paper Straws. Ta-Da!

So, what do you think? Leave me a comment and let me know you stopped by!

Have a wonderful day!

"Chocolate" Covered Strawberries

This is a little box I made using the A Muse Studio Strawberry Die Set. I always think of strawberries as a Summertime thing, but I have this oh so cute die just sitting there waiting to be used. I was working on making up some Valentine's Day samples, and it hit me, Chocolate Covered Strawberries!! I just applied my clear glue, kind of sloppy so my berry would have a truly "dipped" look, then rolled it in my French Roast Glitter! I am going to fill these with some yummy Dove chocolate hearts, or little gift items, jewelry would fit in there nicely!
Paper is Cherry Petite Polka Dot, and Sage (solid) card stocks. The Stem was made using 3/8" Vanilla Twill, I used my Copic Marker to "die" it green. I like to close this little box with a piece of ribbon like this so it can be easily reopened without wrecking it, and it also looks cute!

Hope you are having a wonderful day today, so glad you stopped by!

Twill Flowers

Did you know that today is the 17th? Of December? I awoke this morning with a plan for my day, and the misconception that it was only the 16th of December. Let's just say it was a shock to realize I am a day closer to Christmas and a day even less prepared than I thought I was! Yikes! So what do I do, I sit down here in my jammies and write a blog post, great time management don't you think?! :) We were having a challenge over on the A Muse Studio Consultant Lounge, I missed the deadline cause I thought I still had today to post my projects. But no. So I thought I would post here instead, for anyone out there still reading my little blog....

The Challenge was to use our A Muse Studio Twill on a project or card. I decided to use one of our Coffee Window Bags and jazz it up a little. I stamped all over the front of the bag using Ornate Elements stamp set. I made my twill flower out of 7/8" Vanilla Twill after I had sponged down the length of one side with Grapefruit Ink. A French Roast Button and large pearl finish it off. I also used some 3/8" French Roast Twill as a ribbon embellishment as well. The sentiment is from a new Valentine's Day set called Love Me Do.  I really love how this turned out!!

What do you think?

Well I should get myself dressed and on with my day, before it's like the 20th and I still think it's the 18th or something!
Hope your day is full of unexpected blessings!! Thank you for stopping by!

Fabulous Fry Box

Who doesn't love a warm cup of cocoa on a cold day? I made up several of these little Fry Box "Cocoa To Go" gift sets for my craft booth, my hostess group made them as well. This fry box is one of my favorite A Muse Studio dies, so quick and easy to make up, and you can embellish it up for any theme that you might like. For this project I cut the fry box out of Candy Cane Stripe card stock- one of my favorites! It's also on sale right now 30% off, but only until the 16th! I used the Cup Of Good Cheer stamp set for the cocoa cup, peppermints, and sentiment. I wrapped a packet of cocoa in Petite Polka dot Cherry card stock and jazzed it up with a band of  Latte Wood Grain card stock and a little Cherry Bakers Twine. A couple of peppermint sticks packaged in  one of our small cellophane bags finish it off! This would be wonderful all by it self, or you could add a Starbucks card to make it extra special. I also thought it would be sweet to give this with a really nice mug!
So what do you think? Leave me a comment and let me know!

Thanks for stopping by, have a fabulous day!!

Open House

I had an Open House this weekend for the new A Muse Holiday catalog,(if you would like a copy, just let me know, it is awesome!) this is one of the cards that we made using a new set called Cup of Good Cheer, and some of the new Chevron Paper in Bermuda paired with some Bermuda Petite Polka Dot  and Sage card stocks. A little Cherry ink and ribbon really make this combo pop! Inside this card I used our new Gift Card Insert Die, insert a Starbucks gift card and I will have a perfect holiday gift! I can think of a few teachers that would love this!! :)

I hope that you are all having a wonderful Summer.  Kids will be back to school soon and I am hoping to get back to more regular blogging again as well.

Have a great day, thanks for stopping by!

Bloom Where You Are Planted Challenge

  Today on the A Muse Studio Challenge blog it is all about the flowers! We have so many beautiful flower stamps and new flower dies in the catalog, it was hard to choose.  I settled on this new exclusive, spiral blossom 4 die from Spellbinders.

 I have had these wonderful little bird cages in my stash for quite a while now. Wouldn't this be lovely with a sweet cupcake tucked inside or a celo bag filled with chocolates?  I used three of the spiral blooms for this project, creating the little buds by clipping off an end piece of two blossoms before I rolled them up. The buds are rolled with the colored side of the paper on the outside, the larger flowers are rolled with the color to the inside. I sanded the edges of my blossoms before rolling, as well as worked a little to brake down the paper fibers a bit.

I also made a card to go along with my sweet little bird cage, you never know when you might need a nice little gift, this would be perfect for so many occasions! I hope that you will pop over to the challenge blog and take a peek, you can even join in the fun and be entered to win a prize!!

Products used A Muse Studio
Paper: Grape, Sage, Sugar
Inks: Grape, Amethyst, Toffee
Stamps: Script Background, Life's A Song, Chirrup
Other: Med. Dots  Impression Plate, Scallop Border die set, Twine, Blackberry Buttons

Hope that you are having a wonderful day, thanks for stopping by!! :)

Been Sick....

Just a quick post today so you don't think I fell off the face of the Earth or anything, I've been sick. It's been no fun. But I am feeling better and wanting to get back to my normal routine, I am so very behind!! This is another Christmas card I made using all A Muse Studio products. The stamp set is Nordic Noel and  Winter Stag (sentiment). Paper is Cranberry, Bermuda, Kraft, and Sugar Shimmer. The reindeer is coated with flocking . The snowflakes were created by using the snowflake impression plate, then gently sanding the paper so the white shows through. Simple and fun!
I hope that you all have had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! Thanks for stopping by! :)