{Love Is In The Air}

Hello friends! Wow, this is a whopper of a post but I had a very productive (long naptime) afternoon so I have lots to show you! I created three cards, with three different die-cut heart shapes. These adorable cutting files came from Lori Whitlock. Oh boy if you have not been to her store and you own a die-cut machine then you have to see her awesome cutting files! (I am in no way affiliated with LW just a very happy customer.) I cut the hearts out and ran them through my Cuttlebug with a woodgrain embossing folder by The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby). I sponged the hearts in 3 different colors, red, pink, and white. I added a strip of patterned paper that I cut using the Argyle EK Success border  punch. Next I cut out strips of paper using the PTI Photo Finishers metal dies. I stamped the Valentine sentiment using the A Muse Studio "Essential Sentiments" collection. Now, that adorable flower was created using another cutting file this time from "Lettering Delights" and my KNK Zing. The collection is called "Quilled Flowers". Love, love LOVE that set!! I added a button to the center and glued the flower on top of a bow tied with basic twine. Here are the other two cards:

 

                                                                  
                                                                         I love the splashes of hot pink!           

On this heart I tried something different by heat embossing the entire heart using white embossing powder. I really like the way this one turned out!

Today I am playing along with a few challenges:

 Moxie Fab World Cool Tools Die-Cutting Challenge

Raise The Bar Challenge #87 - A Banner of a New Year!

Make It Monday With Kraft Outlet - Stamp it Pretty

MYGRAFICO Challenge #119 - Love and Valentines

 

{Happy Holidays}

Hello friends, wow, what a week! We are getting nice and settled after our move.  I have been busy putting my craft room back together and I promise to post pics to show my progress.  Today I am excited to post a card I created for this weeks ColorQ Challenge. Here is the color inspiration picture for this weeks challenge:

Such bright festive colors aren't they!?

    To create my card I used PTI's Christmas Poinsettia,Holiday Photo Finishers, and Retro Background Basics. The beautiful shimmery damask card stock is from A Muse Studio.  It feels great to be "back". I hope you have a wonderful week and thank you for visiting my blog today! 

ps- If you have received the current Paper Crafts Magazine issue I have TWO cards in the issue. Yippie!

{Thinking of You and a Winner!}

  Hello friends, today I am posting a card I created using the PTI set "Life". It is an oldie, but I still think it is such a pretty set. To create my card I stamped the flowers stems several times in two shades of purple from Martha Stewart crafts, and latte pigment ink by A Muse Studio. I added little dots of white acrylic paint using the berries stamp from Holiday Photo Finishers by PTI. The sentiment is from the Essential Sentiments set by A Muse Studio. I think it is a pretty card, and I apologize for the not so great picture, today is cloudy and dark, not great for picture taking!  Now to announce the winner of my Fresh Pigment ink pad giveaway! TRG picked commenter #18

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       AubreyLaine you are the lucky winner! Please email me at alwaysctr at yahoo dot com to claim your prize!  If your name wasn't picked don't worry, you will have another chance to win some Fresh ink pads for yourself, I have more to giveaway soon.  I hope you all have a great week, and thank you for visiting my blog and have a great day!

{Pretty Pretty Poinsettia}

 Good Evening friends. Today I created a card using one of my favorite Christmas stamp sets, Papertrey Ink's "Christmas Poinsettia" and the matching die set. I cut out the poinsettia's and stamped them with the coordinating stamp set using A Muse Studio Cranberry pigment ink. The background was stamped in A|S Pebble ink using the SU background stamp "French Script". I added a couple of rows of machine stitching around the stamped background.  The sentiment is the PTI set "Photo Finishers" and matching die set. I stamped two flourishes from the same set. I think it adds the perfect finishing touch to the sentiment! Finally I added a few yellow beads from Making Memories adhered using Crystal effects. I hope you like my card and I thank you for visiting my blog today!

Today I am playing along with the following challenges:

Stampin Royalty Challenge # 97 - Inspiration Picture

                                                       
                                                  

{Something Totally Different - Moxie Fab Style}

           Wow, two days in a row I'm on a roll! Hah! Actually, I just have so much amazing inspiration all around me I just have to create! Today my inspiration comes from the latest Moxie Fab World  Tuesday Trigger:

                                                             Beads and Baubles   

I tried to capture the colors, floral theme, and some of the design elements of this weeks trigger.

                                      
    To create my card is used patterned paper from 3 Sassafras collections, Ellie's Tale, Sweetly Smitten, and Count Me In. I love, LOVE these papers! That beautiful daisy is from the Prima "Daisy Doodles" collection. The glazed brad in the center is from Basic Grey. The cute felt stitched letters are from Making Memories. The background stamping is the PTI set Retro Borders stamped in SU Crumb Cake ink. I am addicted to background stamps and truthfully I have to resist using them on EVERY card I make! I added two die cut/embossed leaves from Marianne Design that I distressed with a sanding block. The green gingham paper is from A Muse Studio. I love that it has a white core, perfect for distressing! To finish off my card I added a few rows of machine stitching with my handy dandy Janome Sew Mini.  I had fun making this card, and thought a bright, sunny card would be just the ticket. I hope you have a great week and always, thank you for visiting my blog today!

Today I am playing along with these challenges:

Create Me Pink Challenge #3 - Flowers


                                                            

{Distressed Holiday Wishes}

Hello friends! Today I am posting a card for this weeks CAS-ual Friday Challenge "Over the Edge".

   To create my card I used patterned paper from My Minds Eye. I love the rustic, distressed look of the paper! I stamped the sentiment on Offray twill ribbon using the PTI set "Photo Finishers". The pretty velvet ribbon is from the Noel Collection by Making Memories. I added a die cut swallow from A Muse Studio and a matching strip of paper underneath my ribbon. To finish off my card I used my corner rounder on all four corners. I love this simple card, and think it is very "Tim Holtze'ish"..lol  Not my usual style but pretty nonetheless.  I hope that you have a great day and thank you for visiting my blog today!
 
  Today I am also playing along with these challenges:

Do You Stack Up Challenge #44 - Teal/Color Inspiration

Our Creative Corner Challenge - Masculine Card/Project

OCL90 - Distressed and Stressed

{Papertrey Ink Make It Monday #39}

Good Afternoon! Today I am posting a card that I couldn't wait to share with you! I am playing along with this weeks PTI Make It Monday Challenge which was to create a multi-stamp background. To create my background I used three snowflakes from the PTI set "In The Meadow". I stamped them in three different colors of ink A Muse Studio Sky and Ocean pigment ink, and SU Soft Sky. I used the PTI set Holiday Photo Finishers and matching die to create the die-cut label. The sentiment was stamped in A|S Slate ink. I added an A|S Bermuda tied with sugar twine, and I added to little bells I picked up at Hobby Lobby. The felt snowflakes are from American Crafts.  To finish off my card I spritzed my card with Shimmerz Spritz "Jeni B Bleu". Here is a close up of how beautiful the sparkle is when you hold the card up to the sun:

Today I am also playing along with these challenges:

CAS-ual Friday Challenge # 26

Wee Memories Challenge # 74 - Brads, Buttons Bows

I am so happy with my card and I hope that you like it to! Thank you for visiting my blog today and have a wonderful day!

{Turn Your Face To The Sun...}

......and the shadows will fall behind you. That is such a beautiful sentiment.  This week I am playing along with the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger, and here this weeks inspiration picture:

I chose the colors, and wood grain as the inspiration for my card this week. If you follow my blog than you already know I love wood grain, so playing along with this weeks challenge was a no brainer

                            

    First I stamped the text background in A|S Pebble ink using the PTI set Background Basics Text. Next I
stamped the sentiment from the PTI set "Faith and Hope" in SU Early Espresso ink. I added a line of machine stitching and distressed the top edge with my SU edge distresser. I added a punched border from the SU Ribbon Scallop punch. The wood grain background was created with paper from the "Core Impressions: Cosmo Cricket Collection" that I picked up just yesterday at one of my favorite places to buy crafting supplies, Hobby Lobby! I sanded the embossed wood grain to reveal the sandy brown core. I SO love this paper! The wood grain butterfly was created using the A Muse Studio Wood Grain background stamp, A|S Cherry card stock, and A|S Cherry pigment ink. Next I ran the paper through my Cuttlebug using the A|S Butterfly metal die collection. I added two brown rhinestones from The Paper Studio. I finished off my card with a French Roast button from A|S tied with twine. I am so happy with the way my card turned out, and I love the shadow that I was able to capture while taking a picture of my card this evening, seems fitting doesn't it? Today I am also playing along with this weeks CAS-ual Fridays Challenge CFC26 using this sketch:

I am also playing along with this weeks  Wee Memories Challenge #74 - Brads, Buttons, and Bows .

   I hope that your weekend has been a good one. As always thank you for visiting my blog today and have a great week!

                                                  

{A True Friend}

Good Afternoon, today I am here to show you a card I created with a couple of challenges in mind. First, this weeks Papertrey Ink Make It Monday Challenge. The challenge this week was to create your own custom made washi  tape. I admit at first I was a little bit nervous about the whole process, but, I gave it a try and I am so happy with the results! To create my washi tape I used the PTI Anniversary set "Simple Little Things". The flower and sentiment are from the Stampin Up set "True Friend". I stamped the strips of washi tape using A Muse Studio ink, French Roast, Orange, and Blackberry and three different stamps from my PTI set.  I stamped the flower stem in Close to Cocoa ink. I stamped the flower twice on vanilla card stock using blackberry, and then cut them out. I added an orange gem to the center and a pop dot to make it well, pop! The patterned paper background is from Lillybee Design (LOVE). I stamped the sentiment using onyx black Versafine ink, and finished off the card with stitching (of course), and twine tied with a button from the Buttercup collection by A Muse Studio.  The color inspiration for my card is from  Paper Craft Magazine Color Inspiration Challenge #9  using these colors:

Today I am also playing along with this challenge!!

The Paper Players Challenge #67 - Jaydee's Color Challenge

I thank you for visiting my blog today, and I hope you have a nice day!

{World Card Making Day Eve Special and a Giveaway}

    Hello friends what a week! Friday is here once again and I am super excited about this weekend and of course one of my favorite holidays of the year:  World Card Making Day! To celebrate the occasion I am offering a 15% discount on A Muse Studio pigment ink pad orders  placed through me for both Saturday, and Sunday!! If you have been waiting to try out our ink pads this is your chance to give them a whirl. They stamp beautifully, and dry quickly. Believe me you won't be disappointed!
     I am also offering up a giveaway to help celebrate WCMD - a brand new bottle of A Muse Studio Diamond Glitter! 

 This glitter is so easy to use, and adds such a beautiful touch to anything you add it to!

I am also giving away a sampling of A|S  ribbon, and paper. All you have to do win is comment on this post! If you would like more chances to win then also comment on my Saturday, and Sunday posts! Easy peasy!

 


Everything I used to create my card is from A Muse Studio. I used stamps from the stamp sets Celebrate In Style, and Clever Girls. The flowers were stamped in Blackberry, Ocean, Cherry, Orange, and Papaya pigment ink. You can see from the picture just how rich and beautiful our ink is. I LOVE our ink! I finished off the card with an A|S button tied with sugar twine.
      I hope that you will come back this weekend to join along with the World Card Making Day Celebration and also don't forget to sign up for my giveaway!  And if you've been waiting to try out our amazing pigment ink, this weekend only you will get 15% off any pigment ink pad order placed through me!!  Thank you for visiting me today and have a super weekend!


Today I am playing along with the following challenges:

A Muse Studio Challenge Blog - It's All About Twine

Birthday Sundaes - Who's Got the Button - Birthday Challenge

  

{Together Forever and Happy Mail}

   Hello and welcome to my little paper crafting world! Today has been a great day, I had two projects picked up for the Paper Crafts Magazine Jan/Feb 2012 issue. I am so excited! It's such a thrill to receive an email from Paper Crafts magazine and if you have never submitted to any of the calls I highly recommend it. You never know until you try! Anywho, about my card. I used a set from A Muse Studio called "Together Forever". This set is perfect for wedding, and anniversary cards! The patterned paper is from the Lemon Flower stack by DCWV. I stamped the cake and sentiment in A Muse Studio "slate" pigment ink. I added pretty ribbon from Hobby Lobby, and a button tied with sugar twine from also from A Muse Studio. I hope that you are having a great day, and as always thank you for visiting my blog! Today I am playing along with the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes - Buttons Optional

Crafts and Me Challenge #42 - Favorites

{True Love Stories}

Good Morning Friends! Today is a bright sunny day and for that I am thankful.  Today I created a card featuring the A Muse Studio stamp set "Together Forever". Believe it or not this is the first wedding themed stamp set I have ever bought. I love the sentiment, and simple wedding cake. This set would be great for invitations, thank you cards, showers, goodness just about anything involving cake! And to make it even sweeter this set is only $7.99. Love that.  Anywho, to create this card I used A|S Shell pink cardstock that I embossed with three different Cuttlebug folders. I attached them to my card and machine stitched along the seams. For the cake I stamped the image once on white cs, and once on pink patterned paper from the Echo Park Springtime collection. I fussy cut the image and attached it to my white cs. I finished off this  CAS card with ribbon by Making Memories. Easy Peasy!  Today I am playing along with a few challenges:

Wee Memories Scrappy Saturday Challenge #54 - Paper Piecing

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Paper Piecing/Piercing

{A Muse Studio Blog Hop and Blog Candy}

Hello and welcome to my blog! Today I am joining a wonderful group of my fellow A Muse Studio consultants in a blog hop filled with inspiration and ideas.  I am thrilled to be a part of such an amazing group of crafters!   If you are participating in the blog hop, you should have come from Katie Skiff's blog and if not, then you should start from the beginning with Samantha's blog until

you come to my blog.

       Today my card features one of my favorite A|S items thus far, the oh so cute butterfly dies.  These dies come in 3 sizes perfect for layering, and to make it even better they are only 8.95 for all 3 sizes! I cut out several butterfly die cuts in three different colors of A|S cardstock, layered them, and added 2 half back pearls to each butterfly. I cut out 4 pieces of the same cardstock adhered the to my card base and machine stitched the seams. To finish off my card I added a sentiment from the A|S sampler sets that you get if you sign up as a consultant and a small trail of pearls.

    To thank you for visiting my blog I am offering some fun blog candy! Three yards each of these colors of A|S satin ribbon, and a catalog. To win my blog candy all you have to do is comment on my blog. If you would like to win my second A|S blog candy then read THIS post.

       This week I am offering a sign up special to anyone that would like to join A Muse|Studio and be a part of my downline, any stamp set 15.99 or less for FREE. You can sign up with A|S for only $99 right now which is a fantastic deal, and now by signing up under me you can get even more stamps. Email me at  alwaysctr at yahoo dot com if you have any questions.   Thankyou for visiting my blog and I hope you come back to see my creations!
              
       Now on to your next stop on the hop Dana Vincent 's  blog. Enjoy the rest of the hop!

      Today I am playing along with the following challenges:

Stamp Something Challenge - Somethings with Wings

DYSU Challenge #17 - Make it Pop

The Paper Variety Challenge #31 - Polka Dots

The Stamping Boutique Challenge #5 -  Winged Things

{A Card for a Mom and A|S Blog Hop}

     Good Morning and welcome to my blog! Today is a busy day and I am thrilled that you stopped by to join in the fun! If you are hopping along with the A Muse Studio blog hop then you came to the right place! This is also my card for the Cupcake Inspirations weekly challenge. See I told ya it was busy around here! Here is this weeks Cupcake Inspiration picture:


   

   Everything I used to create my card except for the white lace is from A Muse Studio. My card features the "Wild Rose" stamp set. It really is perfect for a Mother's Day card. I daubed  bubblegum, and cranberry pigment inks onto my flower stamp to create the pretty flowers. The pigment ink gives the flowers such a soft and pretty appearance, I love our inks.  I cut 3 pieces of card stock into strips and attached them to my card. Next I machine stitched along the edges. I added the pretty bubblegum satin ribbon and added a small die cut butterfly. I finished off the card with the "Happy Mother's Day" sentiment from the "Essential Sentiments" set.  I hope you like my card!

       Today I am offering some A Muse Studio blog candy for 1 lucky winner. 1 brand new 12 yard package of Toffee twine. I LOVE this twine, and recommend getting the other colors also, especially vanilla. I am also giving away several die cut butterflies using all 3 sizes of the A Muse Studio butterfly metal dies. To win all I ask is for you to become a follower if you haven't become one already and leave a comment. If you would like two more chances to win then leave a comment on this blogpost, and check back tomorrow for my third A Muse Studio card and leave a comment there as well!

    This week I am offering a sign up special to anyone that would like to join A Muse

Studio and be a part of my downline, any stamp set 15.99 or less for FREE. You can sign up with
  A| S for only $99 right now which is a fantastic deal, and now by signing up under me you can get even more great stamps. Email me at alwaysctr at yahoo dot com if you have any questions.


Your next stop on the hop is Kari Bell  . 


If you get lost, here is the complete list:

Krystie Hersch -
Kathy Hatzke - 
Kelly Spivey - 
Liane Vigil -
Lisa Wakabayashi - 
Lesa Wolfe - 
Veronica Zalis - You are here!
Kari Bell -


            Today I am playing along with a handful of challenges.

Two Sisters Challenge Blog # 37 - For a Mom

Etsy Inspired Challenge # 137 - Imagine Studio

Totally Gorjuss Challenge # 78 - 123  (My card has 1 butterfly, 2 flowers, and 3 patterned papers!

CES Challenge # 34 - Inspiration picture

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #109 - Mums the word

Creative Inspirations Paint Challenge - Mom

Sentimental Sundays Challenge # 53 - For those special women in your life

Lets Ink It Up Challenge #14 - Embellish It