PSC25, WOYWW, OWH color Challenge and CHOCOLATE!!

I know I sound like a broken record but 10 more days and Easter will be here and gone and the chocolates molds will be packed away in Mom’s storage for another year. Right now is crunch time and really my mom has been doing 85% of it as my body only allows so much and the Dr appt take up so much time. Now I have a theory my life is really the “Truman Show” and I am being watched by millions of people who get to vote on what my diagnosis of the year will be, just a theory of course.  So to switch things up a little I am going to start with a shot of the table first for all my Woywwer’s I love all your comments and well wishes they truly touch my heart. 

The 4 piece mold are cute wii remotes and the 5 bar are Ipods adorable!!  They are ready for packaging!

 Over at the Perfect Sentiment this week we have a great uplifting/congratulatory challenge and the twist is a gorgeous sketch.  I did a little flip and twist and Viola!! 

The colors came from the Stars and Stamps color challenge (yellow and green). I am also entering this card into the Simon Says Challenge (anything goes:) and the Craft-room Challenge (bling or glitter/ sparkle). Our amazing repeat sponsor this week is Pattie’s Creations and she will be giving one lucky entry a free digi!

Want to see some more beautiful inspiration check out what the rest of our talented design team came up with.

Jennipher

Jan

Sassy

Abby

Theresa

Karen
Jessica

Maggie

Tabitha

Cheryl

Hope you all have enjoyed your stop and continue on to visit my friends at the Perfect Sentiment or over at Mrs. Julia Dunnit either way you are sure to be inspired. Happy Stamping!!

All supplies are A Muse Studio

Stamps: Celebrate in Style, Hand Scripted

Paper: Shimmer Couture Lime, Buttercup, Sugar, Gingham Blueberry, Blueberry, Kraft

Ink: Versamark, Seattle, Copic: Y17

Accessories: White Embossing powder, Clear Twinkle Stickers, Lime Twinkle Stickers, Cosmos, Grass Buttons, Labels 8 Nestibilities,

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Perfect Sentiment, WOYWW and more

Another wonderful Wednesday in blogging world and around here tha now means 2 things a new Perfect Sentiment Challenge and now for the third week in a row WOYWW and if you don’t know what that is well It is addicting bet the coolest blog hop ever of the most eclectic crafters in the world (90% of them put me to shame).  Our challenge this week at the Perfect Sentiment is to make a card that is for any holiday or season but the twist is you must use paper piercing.  This week we are super lucky to be given images from Bugaboo Stamps and they let us choose.

 I chose Fancy Sun Bonnet July USA she will get lots of use for AnyHero mail for OWH.  This was my first time with a digi (I know what rock have I been living under??) lol but I probably should have sized her a little smaller for the sketch I chose to use from Sketch N Stash (which I didn’t pay for a thing that was used on this card they were gifts, recycled to me from other stashes or earned at convention!!) Except for copics and dies I hope that doesn’t disqualify me, it is my first time playing over there.

See she is soooo cute but you can barely see my stars poking from behind her. This card is of course representing 4th of July one of my favorite holidays but can also be used for Memorial Day which honors all our servicemen and women which I try to do every day in some small way. For more inspiration check out some of the great card our wonderful design team members created.

Jan

Abby

Theresa

Ashley

Jessica

Maggie

Sam

Well my crafty space is an empty TV tray today, I am all cleaned up I may get one more card made before I pack up for my 10 day stay at Mom’s.

Oh yeah there is 2 scraps of ribbon from this card I am torn between saving or tossing they are on the edge size wise.  That is my cell phone to give you relative idea. What are your thoughts? This card will also be entered in the OWH: Our Daily Bread Ribbon Challenge!

All products are A Muse Studio (except for bugaboo image)
Stamps: Let Freedom Ring
Ink: Navy, Cherry, Copics: B24, R29, E00
Paper: Sugar, Cobalt, Cherry polka dot
Accessories: Cherry twinkle stickers, Vanilla 3/8″ wide twill ribbon, Scalloped border dies, Lg Scalloped Oval and Lg Classic Oval Nestibilities, piercer/ stylus

My new favorite day of the week Wednesday!!!!!!!

Thanks to the Perfect Sentiment Challenge and WOYWW.  Let’s start with the challenge this week over at the Perfect Sentiment we have a great inspiration photo as the twist and the challenge is a “love” sentiment.  Well I I went totally wacky this week and took them both very literally, lol. The prize this week is by our awesome monthly sponsor Shelly’s Images.

Jennipher is also doing a little extra prize if we get over 20 participants so I hope you join in the fun.  So here is my take on the challenge.

Like most of my cards this one will be going to Operation Write Home so I used their challenge sketch 107 this week. I will also be entering this card in the Sentimental Sundays Challenge this week.   For more inspiration check out the rest of the design teams beautiful creations. 

Jennipher

Jan

Sassy

Abby

Theresa

Ashley

Jessica

Maggie

Sam

Which is a perfect segway into my WOYWW table and finished closet.  I love a clean organized closet 😀

I still need a couple containers to hold some loose end stuff and I hope to weed some stuff real soon (don’t we all say that).  Last week was my first week joining in Julia’s super fun hop but I only made it around to the first 50 so this week my goal is 75(that is still less than half of the weekly participants) baby steps 🙂  So here is my table, the 4 boxes stacked towards the back are cards in different stages for Operation Write Home some of them are out of season or need inside panels or tucked in envelopes.  I plan on sending a box of a little over 200 to them in the next week or so and the rest of the mess well that is from the card above of course.

That will soon be cleaned up and I will pull out my troops cards and work on them then pack them back up when I work on my catalog launch party kits for this Saturday.  I hope you all enjoyed what you saw today and I hope you join in the fun at the Perfect Sentiment and Operation Write Home.

All supplies are A Muse Studio and are available to purchase in our store
Stamps: Hand Scripted, Wild Rose
Papers: Kraft, Sugar, Grass, Grapefruit
Ink: Versa Mark, Grass, French Roast, Grapefruit
Accessories: french roast organdy ribbon, french roast pearl stickers, white embossing powder, embossing buddy

A Muse Studio 1st Ever National Convention!

So there is a very unfortunate reasons for my blog absence.  COMPUTER DIED not 1 but 2 in the same week we have had both for a very long time (the laptop was before wi-fi) but with the move and Jeremy being laid off for the holidays we do not have a couple extra hundred dollars laying around so we improvise until we can get there.  With a business that works when you do we got on the phone and are busy scheduling workshops we will have a new computer in no time.  Until then we blog when we visit people and go to the library (no smart phones here, YET).  So we should be back on schedule to at least 2 posts a week (my personal 2012 goal), yeah!!  So lets get crafty.  This past weekend I had the pleasure of spending the weekend in New Orleans with my mom and 40 fellow A Muse Studio Creative Consultants, so inspiring, educational and empowering.  I used this opportunity to swap with such a talented group.  While I was making 40, I made 5 extra to send to Operation Write Home.  I used their great sketch #103 and also will submit to this week’s Sentimental Sunday Challenge.  I used the largest of my heart die trio and nestabilities labels 8 as my die cuts.

I love how this card turned out not that I am biased or anything, lol.  It is a little hard to see but the middle heart it stamped “sheet music” with “pebble” which is a beautiful light gray.  Tomorrow we will have the December recap post and then next week I will be back with Perfect Sentiment but check out their challenge this week!

All products are A Muse Studio
Stamps: Polka dot patterns,  Mad for Plaid, Hand Scripted, Sheet music background
Paper: Cherry Shimmer Couture, Onyx Shimmer Couture, Onyx Damask Shimmer Couture, Sugar
Ink: Slate, Pebble, Cherry, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Onyx and white baker’s twine, Winter Washi tape

Perfect Sentiment’s Vellum Valentine’s

I am still a little yucky but I slept almost 3 days straight to bring in the new year and has helped me feel a little better.  But just in case I didn’t feel up to it my wonderful hubby designed a card for this week’s challenge over at the Perfect Sentiment so you get the pleasure of 2 cards, 1 vellum valentine from each of us. Our sponsor this week is Eye-Lets Etc. and they are giving away a sheet of vellum stickers.

I just love my hubby, he truly makes my heart melt when he gets crafty even if he is messy.  He got out the E2 and the gypsy, some A Muse Studio cherry sweetheart paper and cherry paper and then some miscellaneous white vellum from our stash.  Using the Sweetheart cartridge, he cut the heart at 4.65″ out of cherry then the blackout heart out of vellum.

The hand scripted “love you” added the perfect touch to his simple but beautiful vellum valentine.  My version uses similar supplies but I used this week’s OWH Stars & Stripes Sketch since all our cards go there anyway I am going to try to join into the festivities more often because they sure do seem to have a lot of fun over there.  I used my new Big Shot that is available through A Muse Studio and our heart die to layer the vellum hearts I scored them and used 1/8″ super sticky tape, it looks way better in person.

  I will also be entering my card into the Sentimental Sundays, Crafter Companion’s- Love is in the Air, and Crafty Sentiments- Love and Romance.  This is a new record for me of number of challenges entered with one card.  Now if you would like even more vellum valentine ideas check out the rest of design teams gorgeous creations.

Jan
Jennipher 

Sarah 
Sassy 

Abby
Jessica 

Maggie

Theresa
 Guest Designers
Ashley
Karen
Tabitha

All supplies used are A Muse Studio (except vellum is misc.)

Jeremy’s

Stamps: Hand Scripted

Paper: Cherry, Cherry Sweetheart

Ink: Memento

Misc: white vellum

Cartridge: Sweetheart 

Samantha’s

Stamps: Essential Sentiments

Paper: Sugar, Cherry Heartbreaker

Ink: Cranberry

Accessories: Silver Metallic Washi Tape, Onyx and white baker’s twine, Cherry twinkle dots, Heart dies

Perfect Sentiment’s Anything goes

Today is the 5th Wednesday of the month over at the Perfect Sentiment and we are ending November with an amazing prize from

Digital Emporium

your choice of 3 (yes 3) digi images! I was super inspired this week by Julia’s sketch over at the CLASSroom and I knew I wanted a Valentine’s Day card to add to my Operation Write Home package.

This was my first rosette which was so fun and their are a ton of tutorials out there.  I used the 2 halves method to make mine but can’t wait to play with my Ribbons and Rosettes cartridge (hubby’s Christmas present to me 😉 now.  But I did want to include a video tutorial this week. The video shows how to make the adorable felt heart border using a scallop and pinking border dies.  I hope you enjoy.

For some more amazing inspiration check out the rest of the awesome design teams projects

Jennipher

Sarah

Abby

Jan

Kimberly

Rochelle

Shaunna

Stacey

Tere`

Theresa
Guest Designers
Jessica
Rita

Can’t wait to see what you come up with for this week’s challenge over at Perfect Sentiment!

All supplies used are A Muse Studio

Stamps: Essential Sentiments

Paper: Onyx Shimmer Couture, Sweetheart/ Heartbreaker, Sugar

Ink: Memento Tuxedo

Accessories: Cherry Felt, Onyx Satin Ribbon, Heart die, Scallop and Pinking border dies

Ian is an Anyhero

On November 5th the Legion Riders 685 (link to their FB page 😉 our having their annual fundraising steak dinner / reverse raffle.  I work the door every year so this year I decided to have a bunch of anyhero cards for Operation Write Home ready for the participants to write notes to our overseas’ heroes.  I will also be taking $10 donations for them to receive an embroidered patch for their riding leathers.

So my goal is to make 1 card a day hopefully I will be able to send a nice check to OWH to help cover their shipping costs.  Last night I pulled out Hero Ian from The Greeting Farm and used the Deconstructed Sketch #23.  I really like how it turned out though I didn’t have the best browns and greens in my small copic collection to represent the camo well.

Supplies:
Stamps: Hero Ian
Paper for piecing: Reminisce
All other supplies are A Muse Studio
Paper: Kraft, Grass, French Roast, Sugar, French Roast Gingham
Ink: Memento Tuxedo and French Roast Copics: E00, E02, E15, E29, E31, E33, YG97
Accessories: Grass buttons, Onyx/ white baker’s twine, pinking border