Under the Big Top for Kids

Posted on May 22, 2013 | 3 Comments

A Muse Studio rubber stamps

card supplies:

Under the Big Top rubber stamp set, Papaya/Cherry/Bermuda/Sugar cardstock, Petite Polka Dot cardstock, Cherry Baker’s Twine, pop dots, Copic markers, Memento Black ink – all supplies from A Muse Studio

This card was a lot of fun to make at my recent Birthday Card workshop – I had 15 folks spread out around the house stamping and visiting  with one another – it was the perfect way to spend an afternoon!  I gave everyone the option to color with colored pencils and gamsol, Tombow markers or to try their hand at Copic marker coloring.  We had to mask the elephant after we stamped him down and then stamped the stand – it was the first time several of the ladies had done that technique.

Under the Big Top is on sale this month as part of the A Muse Studio Spotlight Special – don’t forget about these great stamp sets on sale (and a super paper pack!) – it’s a great way to take advantage of the second special A Muse Studio is running to celebrate their second birthday.  Free onyx notecards for those orders $35 or more – yippee!  And, a FREE stamp set for hostesses.  I’ve had four lucky hostesses earn one this month – how about you?!?

Challenges I’m entering this birthday card:

~ Chris

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Just a Number…

Posted on May 21, 2013 | 3 Comments

A Muse Studio rubber stamps

card supplies:

Eat Cake {free Hostess set during May!}, Cherry Chevron cardstock, Onyx cardstock, Kraft cardstock, Onyx button, Cherry Silky Crush ribbon, Versamark ink, White embossing powder, Cupcake Toppers die set -                all items from A Muse Studio

Here is a card I made this weekend and I couldn’t wait to share it with you.  I love everything about this, especially that fun flower!  I don’t think I went overboard on the chalkboard technique here – it turned out so elegant looking!

Flower “how to”– I made this by cutting out some coffee filters with my Cupcake Toppers die; this is four layers stacked on top of each other.   I sewed the button down in the center and through the layer of ribbon to help keep everything in place.  Next, I lightly dampened the flower layers and pulled , scrunched and pushed them into place.  Finally, I set it aside to dry.

Challenges I am entering today:

~ Chris

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Amusing Challenge winners

Posted on May 20, 2013 | 2 Comments

A Muse Studio rubber stamps

card supplies:

First in my Book rubber stamp set, Seattle Chevron cardstock, Onyx cardstock, Papaya ink, Versafine Onyx ink – all supplies A Muse Studio

Here’s a fun, CAS card I made for my Open House and haven’t shared yet.  It features First In My Book which is one of the new stamp sets from the A Muse Studio 2013 catalog.  Have you checked it out?  There are so many fun new sets with matching dies, we’re featuring party supplies (perfect for graduation and summer parties!) and lots of other fun things…plus, this month you can get the FREE stamp set, EAT CAKE, when you hostess a party.  I’m closing out three parties this week for folks who really wanted to earn this set!  It was easier than they thought!  Let me know if you want to try – you’ve got until May 31 and the neat part is that all orders for $35 and more get a free set of onyx notecards as well!  wowser!!

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And now for some other great news.  Congratulations to my Amusing Challenge winners!!

Amusing Challenges4.  Melissa SunshineHoneyBee

Amusing Challenges1.Allisa

2. Dorothy S

3.  Melissa SunshineHoneyBee

I love what you three ladies did with the sketch!  Thanks so much for playing along with my Amusing Challenge this past week – I hope you’ll join in for the paper flower challenge going on now!

~ Chris

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Amusing Challenge – Paper Flowers

Posted on May 19, 2013 | 4 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Amusing Challenges – today we’re playing with Paper Flowers.  A Muse Studio carries a variety of flowers, both big and little, but you can use any you happen to have on hand (if you “need” some though, give me a holler!).  Throughout the month I’ll have different sorts of challenges…”use it”, themes, sketch, etc. I will have a Weekly Winner and at the end of the month, those 4-5 winners will go into a prize drawing for one lucky Grand Prize winner. The May prize is a package of twinkle stickers (gems) your color/size choice from the A Muse Studio catalog from me.

For my card I grabbed an assortment of the smaller sized A Muse Studio paper flowers and colored them with a copic marker.  I used a ton of different supplies from A Muse Studio!  You can’t see some of the finer details stamped on the label in Sky:  the swallows from Clever Girls and the dotted outline from the Vintage Labels matching stamp set.

A Muse Studio paper flowers

card supplies:

You’re Too Kind, Clever Girls, Vintage Labels rubber stamp set, paper flowers, Sky buttons, Sky dot gems, French Roast baker’s twine, Vintage Label die,   Toffee/Slate/Sky ink, and kraft cardstock – A Muse Studio

My design team is on a break this week – life sure gets hectic sometimes, eh?  So, I dug out a card of mine where I sprayed my paper flowers with Splash!

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and here is a fun papercrafting idea for packaging from the A Muse Studio designers:

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PS.  Don’t forget, you have until midnight Sunday to play along with the “sketch” Amusing Challenge found here. There are already some great entries but we’d love for some more players to join in!

It’s super easy to play along with Amusing Challenges, and just as a reminder: 2 entry limit and no digis please!

■Link your creation to your paper crafts blog, gallery (SCS, twopeas or Flickr, to name a few) before midnight of the following Sunday.

■Use any product but please follow the challenge criteria.

■Double your chances to win by using A Muse Studio products (just leave me a reminder in the comments please)



~ Chris

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Under the Big Top Birthday Invite

Posted on May 17, 2013 | 4 Comments

A Muse Studio rubber stampscard supplies:

Under the Big Top, Splash: Winter Sky, Orange, Washi, Cherry, Tombow marker (red), Versafine Onyx ink – all supplies from A Muse Studio 

I had so much fun making this card!  I think it’s the perfect birthday party invite and the BEST part is, the kids can help you make it!  I took assorted colors of Splash and just untwisted the spray bottle cap.  Then, depending on how much liquid seemed to be hanging in the tube hanging below the sprayer, I either:

  1. shook the end over the paper (be sure to protect your work area – Splash is permanent!!) or,
  2. touched the end tube to the paper very quickly to leave dots precisely where I wanted them.

Oh, this image and sentiment are part of Under the Big Top – it’s one of the stamp sets that A Muse Studio has on sale during May for it’s Spotlight Specials…you can check them out here.  The special paper pack is pretty awesome too this month!

Challenges I’m entering my CAS (clean and simple) card into:

~ Chris

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