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!!

Owl Love You Forever!

My Daughter loves owls, so I made her a special little Valentine Owl! I love how it turned out, so CUTE!! I used Blush and Bubblegum A Muse Studio Felts with some white wool felt that I had. I used a large oval Nestability die to cut to owl body. I used the same die to cut the head the right shape, then I used the leftover pieces for the wings! I used nestie circles for all the pieces to make the eyes. Then a pink and white strip cut with my Scallop Edge Die, layered together for the tummy. Eyes, beak and tummy were glued on with fabric glue, Stitched it all together with embroidery floss, then added a paper straw with a little stamped paper flag on top, CUTE! I hope that she will like it. I think I am going to have to make more of these in different colors!

What do you think? Leave me a comment and let me know!
Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful weekend!!

"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!!

A Muse September Blog Hop

It's time for another A Muse Studio Blog Hop! This month our theme is Autum!! I chose Halloween!
 If you are participating in the blog hop, you should have come from Carissa's blog and if not, then you should start from the beginning with Karen's blog until you come to my blog.
I chose to make a cute little Halloween mini album for my project, I am loving all the fun new sets we have in the new Holiday Catalog. This is also a little sneak peek for all my Hostess Group girls, we will be making this together next week!!

For this project I used our wonderful Coasterboard as a base, it is great because you can cut it with your nestabilities! The papers I chose to use are Grass, Belini, Grape, Orange Cheveron, and Sleepy Hollow Card Stocks. The stamp sets I used are Toil and Trouble, Candy Corn Kisses, No Peeking, Screenprint Background, Mod Backgrounds 1 and 2.

I hope that you have enjoyed this fun Halloween Hop!!

 Here is the complete list,:

Karen Crisp http://www.papernstamps.blogspot.com
Linda Suarez http://www.luckydogstamper.com
Pamela Fredrickson www.attemptedcreativity.blogspot.com
Christina Seeger http://morethanalittlerandom.blogspot.com/
Carissa Fulkerson www.carissascottage.blogspot.com
Angela Kelley http://www.angelakelley.blogspot.com This is ME!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!!

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!! :)

One Layer

Okay, so one layer cards are not really my thing. If you have ever been here before you already know this, if you new, well , now you know too! So even though one layer is not in my normal comfort zone, I thought I would give it a shot, I do this on occasion, then go running right back to my layers! But this time I have to say I am quite pleased with how this card turned out!! I stamped and embossed the large flower from Marvelous Marigolds in white, onto the new Bellini card stock. Then I added some score lines with my score pal around the edge of my paper, which I sanded so they would pop. For the darker orange tones in my flower I feather blended very carefully with my Copic Markers, and it really came to 'life'. I think next time I would use my colored pencils instead, Not sure if the embossing will damage my marker or not...  The sentiment is from Wild Rose, and is also embossed in white. It would be fun to make these in a bunch of different colors, quick and easy too! All supplies for this card are from A Muse.
     What do you think?
We have a new catalog coming out soon (February 1st)! My friend Risa has been sending me sneak peeks from the A Muse National Conference this weekend in New Orleans, my wish list is LONG! My catalogs should be here next week sometime, if you would like one just let me know and I will set one aside for you.
 
I hope that you are having a fabulous weekend! :)

New Colors...

A Muse has a new catalog coming out at the end of this month! As a consultant I was able to order a few things to get started with. This card features one strip each of the new Venetian Palette solid card stocks. I paired them with Vanilla and French Roast card stock as well, and Toffee and French Roast inks. A bit of Brown Bakers Twine added the perfect finishing touch!
        What do you think?
I hope that you are having a wonderful day today! :)

Tweet Heart

Just a quick post today to share a new card. I have no idea where this last week went, time sure is flying by! For this card I used all A Muse products, I love, love, love, this gingham paper, and it comes in so many lovely colors too! The tree is from the set ""Tweet Heart". I stamped it in french roast ink first, then wiped off the leaves and added some fern ink, using the corner of my stamp pad. You can do this with markers too, but for me it was much faster this way, and I was happy with the results. Sentiment is from "Essential Sentiments".
I hope that you are having a fabulous weekend!

A Muse Studio Blog Hop!

I am so excited to be part of this A Muse Studio blog hop! If you are participating in the blog hop, you should have come from  Carissa Fulkerson's Blog and if not, then you should start from the beginning with Samantha's blog until you come to my blog.
The theme this month is Christmas, I love creating for the holidays, it is one of my most favorite times of the year. This card was one of the first ideas I had when I saw this Snowflake Impression Plate.  Sentiment is from Vintage Holiday Greetings, another new favorite!!

I don't know how many of you are like me and keep a stash of alterable items tucked away. It's a bad habit I have, usually a direct result of too many ideas and not enough time! This is one of those cute little mail boxes that can be found in the dollar bins around Valentine's day, but I thought it would be oh so cute as a "Letter's to Santa" mail box!! I used the set Holiday Tags, and our lovely Candy Cane Stripe Paper as well.

 Now on to your next stop Chelsea Comer's blog. Thanks so much for stopping by, have a wonderful day!!

A Touch of Autumn

I know that I have been sharing a lot of Christmas creations lately, but I haven't totally skipped Autumn. Here are a couple of cards I made to celebrate this beautiful time of year. We have been having beautiful days and cool crisp nights, and all the leaves are turning such lovely colors right now. This first card uses Bounty of the Season and Mad About Plaids, from A Muse Studios. Yes, I am still on a plaid kick, I just can't help myself, look at those gorgeous fall colors!I colored the wheat with Copic markers, then added a little sparkle with my glitter pen.

This card was inspired by THIS card, created by Krystie Lee. I just added my own personal style and this is what I ended up with. Thanks for the inspiration Krystie! This card features another A Muse set called "Fall Foliage" which is one of the set included in the A Muse Studio Spotlight Special this month! It also showcases our beautiful  "Script Background" stamp, I am loving using all these different background stamps again, didn't realize how much I have missed them!

I hope that you are having a beautiful Autumn day where ever you are! Thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it and all the sweet comments that are left!! :)

Dashing Through The Snow...

 Just a quick post today to share another Christmas card using my A Muse Studio stamps and papers! This image is from the "A Christmas Carol" set, I just love the vintage feel of these images. The paper that I used is my new favorite color combo, Bermuda, Eucalyptus, with a touch of Cranberry, and in this case a little Candy Cane Stripe. I colored the image with Copic Markers and then added a little Diamond Glitter to make my snow sparkle. Cranberry Buttons are also from A Muse. All of these items can be found in my A Muse store HERE.
I hope that you are having a wonderful Autumn weekend, we went to the pumpkin patch yesterday on a school field trip, so much fun! I am just loving the beautiful Fall weather we have been having too.
Thanks for stopping by!!

Washi Tape Tree

Who knew how fun some fancy masking tape in different colors could be?! I was curious about this Washi tape I kept hearing about, and since A Muse carries such a wonderful variety of it I thought I would give it a try.  It is such fun stuff! It is a low tack type of masking tape made in Japan, so it can easily be repositioned. This can be a really good thing, ask me how I know! :) I like how transparent and subtle it is too. This lovely green stripe Washi Tape is from the "winter" collection. I think I like it!
What do you think?

Wishing you a wonderful day! So glad you stopped by!!

Mad About Plaid

I have always loved plaids, but now that I can make my own plaid in any color that I like, for any project I want, I am crazy for plaid! It's true. I am loving this Mad About Plaid set!! I am still making lots of samples for my Open Houses this week, so many ideas, so little time!! This card also features the set A Christmas Carol, love the vintage feel. Sentiment is from Essential Sentiments, card stocks are Sage and Fern.
I loved how this card turned out so much I decided to make another using all the same ingredients!

I did use a different set for the sentiment, Contemporary Greetings, on this one. I don't know what it is about this set, it just gives me a warm fuzzy feeling. Of course paired with the plaid it is even better, IMHO!!
:) All of these items are from A Muse Studio, you can check any of them out in my online store too.

So, what do you think?

Have a Lovely day!! So glad you stopped by!

Snowglobes and Gumball Machines

When I saw this Snow Globe die in the A Muse holiday catalog I knew I had to have one, so many possibilities for cuteness!! This is my first card with it. I used stamps from Holiday Tags, and the Cloud dies to create my little winter scene, sentiment is from Mini Holiday Messages.  Papers I used were, Candy Cane Stripe, Twas, French Roast, Sky, Vanilla, and a tiny scrap of shimmer card stock for my snow. I love how this card turned out! It got me to thinking of other ways I could use this die...

 Like maybe a gumball machine!! :) It could also be a fish bowl, but I didn't have a fish stamp or die to try that idea out. I punched a bunch of 1/2 inch circles for my gumballs, the top was made by cutting off the top part of the globe stand and adding a 1/2 inch circle to the top. The other pieces I just free handed. Simple, but so cute! What do you think?

I hope that you are having a wonderfully delightful day! Thanks for stopping by.