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:) lexi
in addition to being a muse release day--yay!--i also have an article up on craft critique today. we were given a variety of products from ek success to play with and my box was all about halloween! of course, i had to throw in some of my favorite halloween sentiments from a muse to pull it all together and i thought i'd share a couple of those here, too...
be sure to click over to craft critique and read the whole review. once i started creating, it was hard to stop! plus, there's a chance to win an ek success slim line medium bats punch! in fact, there are several articles in the series, each with a chance to win something fun...
tgif!!
:) lexi
welcome to day three of tasty a muse appe-teasers! today, we're adding lime, robin's egg & ocean to the shimmer couture color line-up. the full sheets, with white on the back, are perfect for creating card bases of various shapes and sizes, and a square of espresso was just what this design needed! big thanks is definitely one of my new favorite sentiments--i've always loved big, clean, & simple! here, it is perfect on a band of lime, paired with a few punched butterflies in robin's egg damask, each accented with a triple strip of mini blue twinkle stickers--now available in a blue pack!! the damask design was great for punching symmetrical butterflies, too! i hope you're enjoying the delicious amuse-bouche this week. there's still more to come, so stay tuned to the a muse news blog, the muses' blogs, and, of course, here...
enjoy!
:) lexi
it's day two of tasty amuse-bouche and a muse is serving up a harvest feast! more of the new shimmer couture paper--apple and mango, in both solid and damask. and more new stamps--modern wood block, flatware, and a great new sentiment. every feast needs flatware! and how cool will it be to stamp blocks of woodgrain in any color you want?! i cut a small snippet of it here for my sentiment, but the image is a bit bigger. it's definitely one of my new faves! don't forget stay tuned to the a muse news blog and those of my fellow muses for more treats to feast your eyes on...
'til tomorrow!
:) lexi
sorry i've been mia--i continue to be busy catching up and keeping up--but it's amuse-bouche time again and i just can't stay away! there are some really delicious new a muse pretties on their way to stores now and to the web store soon, starting with this luscious new paper, the shimmer couture collection. i tried to capture the sparkle on film, but you really have to see it in person. and if new paper and new stamps weren't enough, how about a new creative candy--pretty pearls, shown above in chocolate! i had to go big and use a lot of them to create a nice textured acorn. like the twinkles, there are so many uses for these little baubles! if you haven't already, be sure to check out the a muse news blog and my fellow muses' blogs for more tasty autumn treats...
happy snacking!
:) lexi
or twilight!! look, it's bella and edward--how cool is that?! you've probably seen this adorable couple all over the a muse airwaves today, but i just had to add my card to the mix--i really had fun coloring their jeans! i *loved* the twilight series, and i think having the stamps will be so much fun. so this brings us to the end of this round of amuse-bouche. the stamps are available at a muse selling shops now and will be added to a muse online very soon...
happy stamping!
:) lexi
boo!
:) lexi
p.s. check out the a muse news and ct blogs for more tasty treats & don't forget to come back again tomorrow!
another day, another amuse-bouche! today's tasty treats from a muse really are tasty--and sweet--but, you have to eat at your own risk! isn't this candy apple just the cutest?! and the sentiment and new blackberry note cards--perfection!! hopefully, you're lucky enough to be able to run out to your local stamp store and pick up these treats right now, but if not, they'll be online soon. keep stalking the a muse news and ct blogs for more tricks & treats and to find out when the new goodies go live...
:) lexi
happy halloween!
:) lexi
sorry to leave you hanging--it's been a busy first week of school! there are always a bunch of birthday parties right when school starts back up and this year was no different with two parties this past weekend, right after school started. they were both for girls, so thank goodness for that adorable mandy's world birthday girl from a muse!
once the stamps landed on my desk from the first card, it was just too easy to reach for them for the second. i'm always so last minute, but think simple. think a muse. works every time!!
birthdays are the best!
:) lexi
happy birthday baby!
:) lexi
i just couldn't resist sharing one more mandy's world project to finish off the week of a muse fun. i just love bubble girl and she's perfect for a little bubbly party favor. add a little cardstock wrap, a stamped layer, and some ribbon to a bubble bottle and voila! super cute and kids will love it! since a favor is a small token of thanks to your guests, mahalo, hawaiian for thanks, is the perfect addition to the sparkles and sunshine sentiment here. party favors are always one of my favorite things to put together when throwing a party!
have a great weekend...
:) lexi
now that the new a muse release is live, i wanted to take a minute to re-post my one of my favorite projects featured on the a muse news during the sneaks--the mandy's world deck of cards. we were asked to create a game and this just popped into my head. i even included an instructions card with three possible games--concentration or memory, go fish, and birthday girl. for birthday girl, you remove one of the birthday girl cards and play kind of like old maid, except the object is to end up with the left over card and *be* the birthday girl! here's a close up of one of each card...
aren't they an adorable bunch? one of the things i really like about mandy's girls is the wide open hair, perfect for coloring it any shade. i just love all of these images and my two girlies are huge fans too. now we just need *more* so we can have a bigger card deck! don't forget, you can get them all (and the always awesome sentiments and new back to school) online at a muse now!!
enjoy!
:) lexi
i can't even tell you how excited i am about today's amuse-bouche! how fabulous is rockin' girl?! if you've read my blog for a while, you might know why i'm so excited, but the picture in this post is a good explanation. as much as i love rock star, i've always thought a fellow girl rock star would be cool. and now she's here!! and so totally cute! the first thing that came to mind was to recreate my poster card with rockin' girl on the newer 4 bar size, using bright and girly colors, like popsicle pink & papaya. i decided to stick with the "chair rail" idea from the original, using the new papaya polka dot ribbon--i just can't get enough of all the new polka dot ribbons! the sentiment is a perfect addition and can you tell what i used to make the spotlights? it's always fun to look at parts of stamps in different ways!! so this is the last day of tasty treats--if you don't have a local a muse selling shop, stay tuned to the a muse news blog to see when the main course goes live...
rock on!
:) lexi
who do we appreciate? a muse, a muse, yay a muse! today's tasty treats are all about school sports! i just love this cute cheerleader. and the sentiment is so fun, too! i cut the pennant by hand--trying to be a little different from my usual layouts. i'm back home from the trip to the camp bus and i've seen the girls on the camp pics pages, so life is good. i have some orders to catch up on while i'm home alone, but i hope to stamp a lot, too, and go out with my husband--at least when i'm not stalking the camp website for more pictures! speaking of stalking, don't forget to check out the a muse news blog and those of my fellow creative team members for more sneaks at the new stamps...
:) lexi
how about a little more fun in mandy's world? today's tasty amuse-bouche is just plain yummy! meet ice cream girl who is obviously having a delicious day!! after making the little back pack mini card the other day, i thought it would be fun to create another one. my 8 year old saw it over my shoulder and requested it to be tucked into *her* lunch box or back pack. like the back pack card, this one is also the size of half a 4 bar folded in half--just the right little size! what else is happening around mandy's world? check out the a muse news and the ct blogs and find out...
have a delicious day!
:) lexi
we're heading back to school today with a little note for teacher. a muse has done it again in the paper category! every time i receive a new a muse card stock, the first thing i have to do is create a card base with it, and this new school lined card stock was no exception! i love, love, love it! i don't have one of those handy edge punches that look like notebook paper, so i used a square hole punch and paper snips to do the same thing. the lines in the paper really helped line things up--super easy. this card is definitely "think simple. think a muse." the pencil and sentiment are also both new and to die for--so many cute images, so little time! as i sit in my hotel room writing this, i can't help but wish i was home stamping the night away! check out the a muse news blog and those of the creative team for more images to appreciate...
:) lexi
although it is time to start thinking about back to school, it *is* still summer! so for today's little a muse appe-teaser, we have summertime fun. and not just any kind of summertime fun--it's summertime fun in a new place called "mandy's world"! when my girls saw this new collection, they instantly fell in love and so did i. cute girls doing fun things, nice open coloring spaces--what's not to love?! it's hard to pick an absolute fave, but bubble girl is definitely in the running. she's blowing a few small bubbles on her own, but i decided to doodle one extra big one since i had so much room to work with. mandy's world is a fun place--be sure to see what else is going on there at the a muse news and creative team blogs!
see you tomorrow...
:) lexi
surprise! it's amuse-bouche time again and the newest a muse images are so much fun! sorry i'm a late with my first tasty treat, but i've been on the road most of the day. so while i'm taking the girls to camp for their last summer dash, it's also time to go back to school a muse style. isn't this little back pack adorable? i just ordered a yellow backpack, so i thought it would be fun to create a mini card to hide in it for the first day of school. my girls eat hot lunch these days, but when they used to take their lunch to school, i stamped little lunch box notes every day, usually on whatever scraps were left on my desk. i often reached for my a muse stamps for the little notes because they are just the right little size. for this card, i decided to make a folded mini card using half of a new blueberry 4 bar folded in half as my base--it's perfect! with one 4 bar, you could do 2 folded minis or you could 4 flat minis and write a note on the back. easy peasy and the girls will love finding the little note at some point during the day. now i need to make a matching pink one for the other ordered back pack! don't forget to check out the a muse news blog if you haven't already, as well as the blogs of the rest of the creative team--and definitely come back here, too. in between camp labeling and creating, i managed to stamp enough cards to last until i get back home...
happy snacking!
:) lexi
tonight was the a muse lounge pajama party and even though i had a busy day with the girls--or maybe because of that!--i just had to play along. four thirty minute card challenges, all while trying to chat, too. fast, furious, and fun, fun, fun! the first challenge (above) was to create a card based on a favorite food or drink. i chose drink--a cosmo!
the second challenge was to create a card inspired by a favorite sleepover game. since colleen just had a candy themed sleepover, i went with a simple design based on candy land--a favorite then and now!
the fourth challenge was to make a card for your very best girlfriend. since i never seem to get together with any of my very best girlfriends enough, i thought a let's get together for coffee card was in order. plus, i just love this coffee cup stamp and it's been sitting on my desk for a while, waiting patiently for it's turn to tap ink!!
the fourth and final challenge was to create a card based on a favorite movie, because of course movies are always a part of any good sleepover. though not from my own childhood, all of the harry potters are definite faves and with a new one to see (hopefully tomorrow!), i just had to try a new hp design! remember the study window and the dining hall?
and while i'm sharing the cards, i thought it would be fun to share the mess! i think i'll clean up tomorrow...
'nite!
:) lexi
