New Catalog!

This is my A Muse Studio team, led by Col. Jack O'Neill! LOL.

Just kidding. Couldn't resist - love me some Col. Jack! ;) These are the team members who made it to New Orleans. It's such a wonderful group of fun and nice and creative people! We had such a good time together! Our first A Muse Studio convention rocked!

Here's Beth, me and Heather checking out the new catalog. It's full of sooooo many yummy stamps and exclusive spellbinder dies as well as fabulous cardstock and glitter and ink and so much more.

Would you like to have your own copy of the catalog? If so, I'll make you a deal! The catalog costs $9.95. But, I will sell it to you for only $10 which includes the cost of shipping it to you! Basically, that's $5 for the catalog and $5 for shipping. And, I take paypal. :) Click here to e-mail me if you're interested! 

The new catalog will also be available for you to see online. I'll post the link as soon as it's up. It goes live on February 1, 2012!

Have a wonderfully creative day!

My swap card, ATC and mini Valentine treat

Hello, everyone!!! I hope you are having a most fabulous day! I am too. I just spent the week-end in New Orleans at the A Muse Studio National Conference and it was fantastic!! It was the first conference for a│s which made it super special. And, it was my first time in NOLA. What a great city! Great music, great food and great people. Can't wait to go back sometime.

And, I just realized that my last post (which I posted while in NOLA) had an issue with the first pic. I have now corrected that so if you have another sec, go to the post before this one and see the outside as well as the inside of the little carrier.

But, I digress. Back to the conference... It was FANTASTIC!!! The first evening we swapped with everyone and made make and takes. Here is my swap card. It features, Tini Time and Blackberry shimmer cardstock, both plain and damask. The blackberry ink makes a great "drink", doesn't it? oops - sorry for the extra shimmer. I swear I didn't have a drink in my hand at the time. lol! just shot the pic in a hurry. :) Oh - the base of this card was made with the shimmer spritz, not the shimmer paper. Another fun way to get shimmer.

I also made a one-layer ATC (artist trading card) which is 2 1/2" X 3 1/2" in size. It's fun to trade these cute little goodies. :) This is using the wild rose set in sky and latte as well as the sheet music in sky for the background. The Many Thanks is in French Roast (or maybe it was the memento brown - hmm....) :)

Finally, I made a teeny tiny Valentine treat with the individually packed lifesavers. a mini yummy treat. :) The heart trio die worked beautifully with the felt to make the heart. The tag is Labels 8 and the 1" circle was the perfect size for the Wild Rose sentiment "for you" and of course, the gingham is perfect for the mini label. :)

My friend, Chelsea, posted all of the swap cards from National conference on her blog and her photos look great. Be sure to check them out!

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I promise to get caught up on my blog reading soon! But for now, I still need to recover from the good times in NOLA! :) All products used in these swaps can be found on my personal shopping website: www.amusestudio.com/seleise

Have a wonderfully creative day!

Roomie/Travel Buddy Gift

I saw this idea on pinterest (my friend Michelle posted it)and knew that I had just seen my roomie and travel buddy gift!! This was so easy to modify to the sizes of my bottles.

Here's the inside. Retired paper but that's ok because it can be made with so many different papers. And how about the fabulous heart dies? Love them!!

What do you think? Have a wonderfully creative day!!!

Friendship Holiday Card

If I ever get these out the door, this is my holiday card. I say holiday because it's now past Christmas and New Year's so it's more of a winter friendship or Kansas Day or maybe Groundhog's day kind of card so "holiday". LOL! ;)

This cute little stamp set, Chill of Winter, is a great little snowman set that can be used all through the winter (good thing, right? hee hee!). The snowflake outside and the inside "Happy Holidays" is also from Chill of Winter and the other sentiment is from a PTI set. See the border inside - cute! It and the big snowflake on the outside are from Snow Crystals - great set!

What do you think of the green/red snowflakes? I thought they looked pretty groovy. :)

I'm heading off to the A Muse Studio National Conference soon but hopefully will get some posts pre-scheduled with my swaps and roomie/travel buddy gift pics.

Have a wonderfully creative day!! www.amusestudio.com/seleise #1379

One Layer Card: Less is More Week 50 Challenge

Clean and simple, one layer cards can be a challenge and that's exactly what's been asked at "Less is More" this week. The exact week 50 challenge is One Layer with Birds. I love how this card turned out. Lots of white space which is hard sometimes not to fill but I resisted, this time. :) What do you think? And, isn't this the best quote?! Maya Angelou is amazing!

Awkward camera angle alert - lol! The one-layer design carries into the card to finish it off.

Products: Vanilla Cardstock. Ocean, French Roast and Fern Inks and Making a Difference, Avian Notes and  Beautiful Botanicals 2 stamp sets
All products are A Muse Studio: www.amusestudio.com/seleise

Thanks for popping by my blog and have a wonderfully creative day!

Valentine's Envelope and Hearts

Pinterest - what a happy place! I was inspired by a card that I saw on there that had a library pocket type envelope with hearts coming out. I didn't think to get the blog author's link to give credit. So sorry!!! I played off that design and now have seen several other cards similar to this one so guess we were all inspired. :)

This card uses the mini envelope die - look at that super cute, teeny tiny envelope! I LOVE it! The medium size heart from the Heart Trio is the perfect size to come bursting out of the pocket. The cardstock hearts are from the Sweetheart and Heartbreaker Cardstock pack (20 sheets, 5 of each color). The envelope and hearts are layered on a piece of kraft cardstock which is layered on a sugar card base. Prior to layering, I stamped the kraft with the sheet music stamp using versamark and then sponged the edge in cherry with a heart dauber. Don't you love that the hearts are kind of like helium balloons just bursting up and out of the envelope? (If it doesn't look like that, just pretend it does - it will make my day - LOL!)

The hearts are carried inside the card where another piece of kraft was layered on the sugar. This time the edge was made by dragging the cardstock against the cherry ink pad. Gives it more of a hard border effect.

This was the final new class project for January. The other was the Wild Rose congratulations card that I posted in early November. So, it was a pink and purple month. Not planned, just happily that way. :) Now, I need to start thinking about February's class but first, I've got to get swaps ready for National Convention which is coming soon! I can't wait!!!

Have a wonderfully creative day!


All products are A Muse Studio which can be purchased securely anytime, online: www.amusestudio.com/seleise

Valentine's Day Treat Bag

Here's a quick and easy Valentine's Day treat bag that we made in my class on Monday. I entered this in CAS150 Windows and CAS 152 Die Cuts on SplitCoast Stampers. It's my first time to enter one of the SCS Challenges. :)

I cut the hearts out of one side of the bag (3 X 1 3/4 X 5 3/4 brown paper bag) using the Heart Trio Die set. I should have taken a picture (and I might add one later)(*NOTE - I'm adding them here now) of how I did it because it's super easy and makes it so much easier to cut a bunch of bags in the same way. I taped the back of the dies to the bottom of a strip of of 8.5" X 3 1/8" cardstock. I arranged them so that they'd create the look I wanted when I cut the hearts out.

 I could then slide the cardstock inside the front side of the bag, leaving it flat and then run the bag through the Cuttlebug.

 This is with it pushed all the way in - see a little strip to easily pull it back out of the bag.

 Here's a side view so you can see that the cardstock is just in the front part of the bag to only cut that part.

Pull out the strip, insert it into the next bag and do it again. Easy Peasy! I didn't have to worry about the dies sliding because they were taped to my sheet and this way each bag would look exactly the same. I will do this again with other dies and nesties. Lots of gift bags can be made this way in a very short amount of time. :)

The topper is a Labels 8 die and the bubblegum felt hearts were also cut out of the heart trio dies. I used the quickie glue pen to stick the hearts to the onyx and white baker's twine. Isn't that fun?! I think it adds a super fun touch to the twine!

Now we come to the polka dots - the lovely bubblegum polka dot cardstock. The A Muse Studio polka dot paper is retiring (boo hoo!!!!). I am addicted to polka dots so this is going to take some getting used to but I'm sure new and fabulous things are coming in the new catalog so I will adjust. However, if you want any polka dot paper, order it now because when it's gone, it's GONE! I put a 4 1/2" X 3 1/8" strip inside the bag and trimmed the bag about a quarter of an inch above the cardstock. The bags are kind of thin so this made it a little more sturdy.

Finally, the sentiment is in bubblegum ink and is from Essential Sentiments. Great stamp set with all those phrases you use the most.

All products and supplies are A Muse Studio: www.amusestudio.com/seleise

Have a wonderfully creative day!!!

Tini Time Shimmer

Some of you may have gotten a sneak peek at this card earlier today - oops! I hit publish instead of save and then immediately pulled it back but it was already picked up by different feeds so here's your "deja vu" moment. :) This was one of my class cards tonight. It's shimmery and fun and I hope you enjoy it!

It's another Tini Time card. This one is paired with the shimmery bubblegum damask cardstock 1-3/4" squares arranged on onyx cardstock layered on a shell background. Can you see how well it shimmers? I love it! The martini glass is in memento tuxedo black and the "drink" is in shell ink. A sugar rim was created with the quickie glue pen and bubblegum glitter. And, the bow is bubblegum polka dot organdy ribbon that was tied with the fork method. There are also some teeny tiny polka dots in shell ink on the front as well as the inside. Don't you just love those little dots! I dig the polka dot stamp set.

So, what do you think? Does it make you want to mix a martini? This would be a great birthday card or friendship card or congrats card! And, you can do a bunch of neat things with the martini glass - turn it into a side table, put it upside down and use it as a cool light fixture and more. Love it!

All products are a muse studio: www.amusestudio.com/seleise

Have a wonderfully creative day!!

Retiring Products List a│s

Say "Good-bye" to some of the a muse studio products. Yep, the retiring list is out so get your goodies now before they're gone forever!!!

Shop anytime online at www.amusestudio.com/seleise Don't forget both the 2011 catalog and the Holiday catalog expire at midnight January 31st! Have a wonderfully creative day!

Growing Up is Optional

Hee hee! I love this sentiment. :) And, it's so true. :) This is another birthday card option made with Fiskars clear stamps with an a muse sentiment on the inside. The background is all done with stamping with a muse studio inks, bubblegum and papaya. Love the a│s inks!!! And, I love mixing colors and images to create a background, especially if I don't have the right paper on hand. The ribbon really is a pink that coordinates but it looks way darker here. How funny. Trust me, it really does go. :) One of these days I'll get my photography act together....maybe. LOL!

As you know, I like to carry my design into the card so more of the pretty little images carry into the inside and the a│s Celebrate in Style sentiment is a fabulous finish. :)

Have a wonderfully creative day!

Eat More Cake

Polka Dots and Birthday cards - what a great combo! Here are two a muse studio (a│s) polka dot cardstocks, bermuda and onyx, paired with an oval in a│s vanilla cardstock. Love it! Oval and scalloped oval nesties and a little a│s twinkle sticker bling finish off the card. Simple and easy. The sentiment is from a Fiskars stamp set as I haven't had a chance to get the a│s birthday stamp sets yet.

Do you like the layered polka dot look? I think you can never have too many polka dots! :)

Have a wonderfully creative day!!!

www.amusestudio.com/seleise

What's Shakin'? CCT 197

Happy New Year!!! I am spending New Year's Eve hanging out with friends and am having a wonderful time! The evening has been filled with Laughter, Stamping, Chinese Food, Laughter, Snacks and did I mention Laughter? LOL! good times!!!

Another way I'm celebrating the new year is by participating in the Cute Card Thursday challenge (#197) to create a card celebrating the arrival of 2012!

Tini Time is a fabulous set that can be used to... celebrate the new year, toast to a birthday or a new couple, invite friends to a girl's night out or bachelorette party or progressive dinner or to use the glass as a table or hanging lamp or whatever. I love the groovy design elements that come with it too. :) I used a little shimmer over the bubblegum ink that is the pink ink in the drink and on the border. What do you think?

Have a wonderfully creative and happy 2012 filled with many blessings! 

All supplies are A Muse Studio except for the green bazzill cardstock: www.amusestudio.com/seleise