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...

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!

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!

Whimsy and Stars Valentine

Happy New Year! Hope that you all have had a wonderful beginning to this next year. I wanted to share a card I made using one of Mabelle's new Valentine's images, so cute! This one is "Valentine Girly". I added the sentiment on the heart with one of my A Muse stamps. The image comes with the large heart plain, I love that 'cause it offers so many possibilities! It's hard to see in the photo, but I added some lovely glitter here and there, so she is wonderfully sparkly!
Mabelle just posted a Design Team Showcase on her blog, Whimsy and Stars Studio, I hope that you will pop over and take a look, so many adorable creations!
Have a great day!

Creative Challenges...

Sometimes it is good to step out of your "box" and do something totally different than you would normally do things. I do not often join in on online challenges, because, well... they're challenging! Challenges have rules, and I am a rule follower. (seriously my husband refers to me as "a cross walk girl") I find that kind of restricting when doing something creative. When creating I , like my friend Linda says," let the squirrel out of the cage!", I am kind of all over the place. So challenges are challenging for me, but I decided that maybe I need to step out of my box a little more often, and try some new things. This card is the end result. There was an inspiration challenge over on Paper Wings, the inspiration piece was very Victorian, very pretty, very not me. But I wanted to join in the fun, and this is what I ended up with. I followed the layout of the inspiration piece as close as possible, and the colors kind of, but I definitely added my own style in there too I think. I was not sure if I even liked it, I thought twice about posting it to be honest. But I am so glad that I did because, I received a lot of positive comments on this card! So sometimes it is good to step out the box and do something totally different!! So what do you find challenging when creating, working with a set of guide lines (rules), or flying but the seat of your pants?

What do you think?

What I used for this project:
stamps: Cheery Thoughts R-2043
Ink: Palette Burnt Umber
Paper: Willoughby SWIC, More Mimi SWIC, Kraft and Ivory Cardstock
Accessories: Heart and Flower punches, Nestibilities circle and label dies, dew drops, Copic markers, scrappers floss.