new a muse stamps arrived today (*way* quicker than i expected--thanks heidi!) and among them was baby penguin, who is too cute! i just had to ink him up for a quick set of cards to send in to the a muse cards for a cause collection, which fulfills the amuseaddicts challenge this week, too. gotta love a two-fer! so, instead of doing them all the same, i decided to go with one color scheme on different layouts. i started with the front of a cabana blue mod dots card, cut into three strips with the penguin stamped in the dots. at first, the set was going to be three cards with a strip on each, but then i decided to cut apart one of the strips and put each penguin in an "ice block" with creative candy clear scallop square stickers. those ended up being my girls' favorites. i'll post the individual pictures in my splitcoast gallery soon, so check there in a bit for details and close-ups.
i figured this was a fitting way to spend world card making day, along with entering the hourly contests at paper crafts (fingers crossed!) and finally catching up on my blogging buddies. i wish i lived closer to a muse to be able to attend the store anniversary celebration today--lots of reveals on the a muse news blog, new stamps, new purchasing ability, great samples! but i have really enjoyed my lazy saturday and i will continue into the evening with a bit more stamping and blog surfing--just call me a happy stamper...
enjoy!
:) lexi