Stamp Out Breast Cancer!!

As many of you know this month is Breast cancer Awareness month. This is a disease that touches many of us in a very personal way.  For me it is my big sister Cindy, she was diagnosed two years ago. Unfortunately she is currently in the end stages of this horrible disease and on Hospice care. It takes too many, too soon, and early detection is key in fighting Breast cancer.
This month A Muse Studio wants to give away 10,000 FREE stamp sets to bring awareness to the fight against Breast Cancer and the importance of early detection. I would personally like to give away as many of these free sets as I possibly can, as this is so near and dear to my heart. You can get your free set through my web store HERE, (there will be a $3.00 shipping and handling fee. Allow 6-8 weeks for delivery of your "Fight Like A Girl" stamp set, and only one set per customer.) Would you please help me, and spread the word, let's all Stamp Out Breast Cancer together!!
I am so proud to be a part of a company that, in this economy, is willing to be so generous to help in even in a small way to fight a disease that in some way touches each of us.

I am also planning a few special events around this campaign, I am still hammering out the details, so please stop back by for more information to come, you will not want to miss it!!

There is also a special promotion for Hostesses in the month of October! In addition to regular Hostess Rewards, for the month of October only, hostesses will receive a special Pink Pack. The Pink Pack includes: 3 ink pads 3 ribbons card stock assortment Shell pearls Plus the free “Fight Like a Girl” stamp set! WOW!! This special hostess benefit will ship automatically to qualified hostesses who have a workshop of $150 or more in sales. (Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery of the free stamp set.)

Thanks for stopping by, I hope that you day is filled with unexpected blessings!!
 

 

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!!

Peppermints...

This is another project that I made recently with my Hostess group, using a fun new set from A Muse called Making Spirits Bright. We used these empty frapachino bottles I had, filled them with peppermint candies, then decorated the outside with candy cane stripe and petite polka dot papers. I used Kraft and vanilla card stocks as well to add a bit of a vintage feel that I thought went perfectly with this stamp set.The tag was cut using our classic tags die set, I folded my paper in half and kept the folded part just inside the die, so it didn't cut the fold, to create a tag that opens up. I used our cherry bakers twine to attach it to the bottle. I love how this turned out!
What do you think, leave me a comment and let me know!

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

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!

Every Path...

Every Thursday my friend and fellow A Muse Studio Creative Consultant, Chris, has "CAS Thursdays" on her blog, showcasing cards that are made in the "clean and simple" style. Chris does such a great job with this style of card. For me, this style is a bit of a challenge, but today I have a CAS card  I made, and I love how it turned out! I used Mod Backgrounds 1 for the tiny dots, and embossed it with Satin Pearl Embossing Powder for my rain. The sun was cut from Papaya card stock using a die from Cupcake Toppers Die Set. I inked around the edge with Bellini Ink to add some depth to my sun.The clouds are cut from Vellum card stock using our Cloud Duo Die Set. Sentiment is from Days Like This and the background paper is Bermuda card stock. All these items can be found on my web store HERE. I hope that you will go and check out Chris's blog too, she has lots of inspiring creations to look at!

Hope your day is full of joy! Thanks for stopping by!

Happy 4th of July!

 

Happy 4th of July everyone!! I hope that you are all having a wonderful day today!

 

July Blog Hop- Christmas in July

 
Time for another A Muse Studio Consultant's Blog Hop!! This month we are getting a jump start on those Holiday cards with Christmas in July.  I hope that you will join us for some holiday inspiration. Here is a list of Creative Consultants who are participating in this hop:

Samantha Kania www.kania-amusestudio.blogspot.com
Karen Crisp www.papernstamps.blogspot.com
Melinda Fisher www.stampwithmindy.blogspot.com
Tami Grandi www.journeyoflifetamijo.blogspot.com
Pamela Fredrickson www.attemptedcreativity.blogspot.com
Christina Seeger www.morethanalittlerandom.blogspot.com
Angela Kelley www.angelakelley.blogspot.com   (This is Me!)
Kristine Vicente www.checkerberrylane.wordpress.com

I hope that you will visit their blogs and leave a little love with a nice comment or two, it could make someones day!

All products used for my card are from A Muse Studio. For my card I used Cobalt card stock to create a frame with my nestabilities  labels #8. I embossed my snowflakes with Diamond embossing powder over Sky ink, on our velum paper. The sentiment is stamped with Cobalt ink directly onto the Sugar card base, then  covered with the velum layer. I used the cobalt frame not only to draw focus to the center of my card, but also to hide the lines created by the glue on the velum! The ribbon is from my stash, and wraps all the way around the front flap of the card. It's kind of fun to do this if you intend to add a photo inside, just slip it under the ribbon to hold it in place on the inside of your card! I just realized that this stamp set is not in the current catalog, but our new holiday catalog will be out at the end of this month, I am hoping that this set will be in there, it is so lovely!

Enjoy the hop!! Have a wonderful day!!