August Studio Spotlight

 It's time for the August Studio Spotlight.  For one month, you can save 10% on the stamp sets used to create these fabulous projects!

Vacationland
Wish You Were Here
Let's Be Adventurers
Enjoy The Ride
Extraordinary Background

                                                          And, for a limited time, order the special Boardwalk cardstock assortment pack - an easy way to get the look showcased in this month's spotlight.

Boardwalk Assortment Pack contains four sheets each:

Blush
Apricot
Papaya
Orange
Bermuda

Everything can be ordered through my webstore 24/7.  Be sure to contact me if your order is $150 or more in order to receive hostess benefits.

Holiday Hoopla Blog Hop

If you are participating in the blog hop, you should have come from Kristine's  blog and if not, then you should start from the beginning with Karen's blog until you come to my blog. 

Welcome to the Holiday Hoopla Blog Hop.  I'm joining some of my fellow A|Muse Studio Consultants this month and our theme is the holidays to celebrate the start of Holiday Hoopla.  It's never too early to get started on your Christmas cards and here's one to get you inspired.  All supplies used to make this card are from a|s unless stated and can be purchased from my webstore 24/7.  Please be sure to contact me directly if your order is $150 or more in order to receive hostess benefits.  
Here are the details on the card.  I started out with a Kraft cardbase and added a piece of twas the night before christmas patterned paper along the bottom.  I also added a piece of Cherry Woodgrain paper because I wanted to keep this flat and easy to mail.  The reindeer is from Nordic Noel and is stamped with French Roast ink onto a piece of Vanilla cardstock which is matted with a piece of Wasabi cardstock.  I stamped the Noel with Cherry ink and then stamped the leaves with Wasabi ink onto a scrap piece of Vanilla, cut them out, and mounted them with 3-D foam adhesive onto the reindeer.  I finished him off with a little bit of liquid pearls (not available through a|s) for the nose and berries.  There you have it--a quick and easy Christmas Card that you can easily mass produce so you'll have time to enjoy the holidays with your friends and family.
Now on to your next stop Pamela's  blog. If you get lost here is the complete list:
Karen Crisp 
Linda Suarez 
Tami Grandi 
Kristine Vicente 
Kathy Hatzke   <<<<<<<< you are here
Pamela Fredrickson attemptedcreativity.blogspot.com

supplies:

Stamps:  Nordic Noel

Paper:  Kraft, Vanilla, Wasabi, twas the night before christmas, Cherry Woodgrain

Ink:  French Roast, Cherry, Wasabi

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July Studio Spotlight

Every month A Muse Studio showcases a variety of creative projects featuring a selection of stamp sets paired with a beautiful color palette called A Muse Studio Spotlight. July's Theme is Olympic Party.  I don't know about you, but I'm really excited to watch the Summer Olympics in London this month.  We've been watching the Olympic Trials and it's so inspiring watching the athletes compete.

For one month, you can save 10% on the stamp sets used to create these fabulous projects!

british invasion
keep calm
big celebrations
darling dots background
on broadway alpha

And, for a limited time, order the special Team USA Cardstock Assortment Pack - an easy way to get the look showcased in this month's spotlight.

Team USA Cardstock Assortment Pack contains four sheets each:

navy
sky
cherry
pebble
vanilla

Click the link to read more about the July a muse|studio Spotlight and see some stunning party creations made with the featured stamp sets and color palette.

Details about this month's spotlight products can be seen on my a muse|studio webstore.  

Don't forget to contact me directly if your order is over $150 so that you can receive hostess benefits.

 

June Spotlight

Every month A Muse Studio showcases a variety of creative projects featuring a selection of stamp sets paired with a beautiful color palette called A Muse Studio Spotlight.  

For one month, you can save 10% on the stamp sets used to create these fabulous projects!

Let Freedom Ring

Hello From Camp

Vintage Labels 2

Victorian Charm

Sheet Music Background

And, for a limited time, order the special Firecracker cardstock assortment pack - an easy way to get the look showcased in this month's spotlight.

Firecracker Assortment Pack contains four sheets each:

Cherry

Sky

Sugar

Bermuda

Eucalyptus

Click the link to read more about the June a muse|studio Spotlight and see some stunning party creations made with the featured stamp sets and color palette.

Details about this month's spotlight products can be seen on my a muse|studio webstore.

Memorial Day Weekend Gift with Purchase

  A Muse Studio is celebrating Memorial Day with a Red, White, & Blue gift for YOU!     Customers who spend $50 or more will get one spool each of Cherry, Vanilla, & Bermuda satin ribbon for FREE!   Place your order this weekend and 30 yards of free satin ribbon is yours. {that’s a value of $20.85!}   This offer is valid on orders $50 or more (before shipping and taxes) placed between Saturday, May 26th and Monday, May 28th at 11:59 pm Eastern time.  Ribbon will be automatically included with all qualifying orders.  No coupon code required and you will not need to note it on the order. Limit one per customer.           

Butterflies

I had a chance to play around the other day and this is what I came up with.  I wanted to use some items that are featured in May's Studio Spotlight for this card.  I started with a Papaya card base and stamped the Venetian Background stamp onto it with Bellini ink.  The butterflies from Papillion are stamped on a piece of Sugar cardstock with Papaya, Burano, and Bellini inks.  The sentiment is from Marvelous Marigolds and is stamped with Navy ink.  This piece is matted with Navy cardstock.  I added a few clear twinkle stickers that I'd colored with a Copic marker and then mounted it with 3d adhesive onto the card base.  I had a small die cut butterfly sitting on my desk and I decided to press it into my watermelon inkpad to change its color and covered it with Glossy Accents for some shine and dimension.  Once it dried, it added it near the sentiment with some 3d adhesive.  There you have it!

Remember, all supplies used to create this card can be purchased through my webstore.  If your order is $150 or more, please be sure to contact me directly in order to receive hostess benefits.   

SuppliesStamps:  Marvelous Marigolds, Papillion, Venetian BackgroundPaper:  Papaya, Sugar, NavyInk:  Bellini, Burano, Papaya, Navy, WatermelonAccessories:  Clear Twinkle stickers, Butterfly Trio Die

Ink Sale

If you've thought about trying out a|s inks, there's still time to take advantage of our ink sale.  To see all the colors and place an order, be sure to visit my webstore.

May Spotlight

Every month A Muse Studio showcases a variety of creative projects featuring a selection of stamp sets paired with a beautiful color palette called A Muse Studio Spotlight.  Since we have a long weekend coming up, I'm going to be doing some stamping and wanted to let you all know it's not too late to take advantage of May's Studio Spotlight.

But what's best of all, you can purchase the May Spotlight stamp sets and Garden Party coordinating assorted paper pack at a reduced price from May 1st through the 31st. TheGarden Party paper pack includes 4 sheets of burano, watermelon, bellini, papaya & navy (#PAST512).  I'll be back later with a sample that I made featuring some stamps, ink, and paper from May's Spotlight.

Click the link to read more about the May A Muse Studio Spotlight and see some stunning party creations made with the featured stamp sets and color palette.

Details about this month's spotlight products can be seen on my a muse studio webstore.

Studio Stampers February Blog Hop

Welcome to the Studio Stampers

February blog hop.  If you are joining us in the hop you should have
come from Karen who is starting out the hop.  

Last month, I took an online card class called Clean and Simple Card Making which was taught by Kristina Werner, Julie Ebersole, and Jennifer McGuire.  My card is based on a sketch from the class that I fell in love with.  I'm also working on embracing the white space and trying out a white on white card and I'm really happy with my results. My original plan was to only have two layers but a little oopsie on my part after coloring in all the flowers resulted in my cutting them out and popping them up on another layer.

On to the details.  All supplies are from A Muse|Studio and can be purchased from my webstore.  Be sure to email me if your order is more than $150 so that you can receive hostess benefits.   I stamped the flowers from Floral Duet in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Sugar Cardstock and colored them in with a variety of yellow and orange Copic markers.  Unfortunately, I cleaned off my desk before I wrote down which markers but in all honesty, just pick the colors you like that blend well together.  The flowers are cut out and mounted with 3d adhesive onto a Sugar Piece that has a sentiment from Hand Scripted stamped onto it with Memento Tuxedo Black.  This piece is also mounted onto a Sugar Card with 3d foam adhesive.  I finished it off with some black twinkle sticker and there you have it.  A clean and simple card that packs a lot of punch.



Be sure to visit everyone on our hop so you don't miss out on some A Muse|Studio inspiration.  

This is the line up

Karen Crisp
Kathy Hatzke  <=====you are here!
Kristen Watsonhttp://branchandsky.blogspot.com/2012/02/february-studio-stampers-blog-hop.html
Lianna Vigil
Angella Schellenberg
Lisa Wakabayashi 

Supplies

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Cardstock:  Sugar

Stamps:  Floral Duet, Hand Scripted

Accessories:  Copic Markers, Black Twinkle Stickers

February Spotlight

It's February 2nd  and time for another a muse|studio spotlight.   All stamps in the February  spotlight are on sale until February 29th and can be ordered through my webstore.  Be sure to contact me if your order is over $150 so that you can receive hostess benefits. Can I just say that I absolutely love this month's spotlight?  It includes 2 of my older favorite stamps set and my newest favorite stamp set :-)  Of course, all the stamps are gorgeous and I {heart} this month's color pallette.

January Spotlight

It's January and time for another a muse|studio spotlight.  Starting this year, the spotlight runs from the beginning to the end of the month instead of the 15th to the 15th.  All stamps in the January spotlight are on sale until January 31st and can be ordered through my webstore.  Be sure to contact me if your order is over $150 so that you can receive hostess benefits.