Decorating Cherub

You can get this cute little cherub's behind in a stamp set and in a paper pad from Crafty Secrets. I have both, this happens to be the paper. I just grabbed a few CS paper pad scraps, stitched them together, added a couple of embellishments and ended up with this. I sprayed the Prima flower with Black Cherry Glimmer Mist, which I find very satisfying. I could spray stuff with Glimmer Mist all day long!

Hot dang is it ever raining in Colorado! We've had rain all week. This rarely causes trouble here, but it can be a problem for those downstream. Stay safe, everybody! Hope everyone is well!

Crafty Secrets Baby Card

This is a huge shock, I know, but here is another Crafty Secrets card. I used stickers, chipboard and paper from Crafty Secrets, plus a little SU! Chocolate Chip, some vintage sheet music, a little seam binding, and the A Muse Studio grass die.

When I bought the Grass die, I honestly had no idea I would use it so much. I mostly just bought it because I love dies and am an a|s consultant, not because I loved it or thought I would get a great deal of use out of it, but I have. Don't you think the fringe adds a nice touch to this card? I cut it from vintage dictionary paper and folded it in half. I know I'll do this again.

Back to Crafty Secrets. Did you know that they have issued a design team call? I am trying to decide if I should submit or not. On the one hand, CS has been my favorite company for years, and I use more CS than any other company. However, that might be the reason I don't apply. What if I don't get chosen and from now on every time I use CS stuff I think, "I wasn't good enough!" I'm not looking for design work right now, but it's Crafty Secrets! What should I do? What would you do?

Sweet Little Cherubs

Isn't this image just the sweetest? It's Crafty Secrets, of course! I stamped it on A Muse Studio Vanilla cardstock in French Roast. Then I sponged the edges and layered it on vintage dictionary scalloped ovals. The hangers are 100% cotton crochet thread in natural. These are simple and satisfying to make. They add just the right touch to gifts, the necks of vases, or even on a tree.

I hope you are doing well, and I'm so glad you stopped by! Please don't forget to leave a comment so I can stop by your place; I'd love to see what you're up to!

A Muse Studio Blog Hop

I have started a new blog for my A Muse Studio Creations. Would you please go to Carla's A Muse Studio?

Handsome Hunter

 So, I have this ten year old package of Handsome Hunter that I've been trying to use up. I used it as the card base on all of these cards, and I have come to the conclusion that I really don't like hunter green very much.

 I automatically think of Christmas cards when I see this color. I love making Christmas cards, but I don't like this traditional color scheme as much as I like the colors we use more often these days.

 This one doesn't necessarily have to be a Christmas card, it would work for any happy occasion. I also think this would work for a man. In fact, I should give it to my DH, who is upstairs trying to make the horrible leftovers from last night's disaster of a dinner into something edible. I am a terrible cook. I seem to be getting worse at it, too. I think I am so busy now that I have forgotten how to cook. Anyway, I am so happy to have a husband who likes to cook and is good at it. If it were up to me, we'd live on ice cream and Club crackers.

 This one is also not a Christmas card. I got to use some scraps on the little corner piece. It's always satisfying to use up scraps.

This is my favorite of the bunch. I used a PTI stamp and die, both new to me. Then I used a SUPER old SU! set, Fantastic Foliage, plus an old technique, shaving cream! I stayed old school and added some eyelets. When was the last time you used eyelets?

Etsy's Burlap & Blue

 Burlap and Blue is one of the other Etsy shops Beatrice Banks is featuring in her $125 giveaway.

 You could win a $20 gift certificate and use it towards the purchase of one of these lovely items.

You can see this entire shop right here, and you can enter to win the $125 giveaway here. So much possibility for so little effort, what do you have to lose?

My first A Muse Studio Card!

 When I made this card, it was the first time I had ever used an A Muse product. I've been aware of A Muse for years, but they were a CAS (Clean And Simple) company and I'm, well, not a CAS stamper. When I told my sis I was thinking of signing up with A Muse Studio, and told her about the SCREAMIN' sign-up deal, she said I should absolutely do it just for the products alone. But every now and then throughout our conversation she would say something like, "A Muse, really?" She knew a|s was not my style.

HOWEVER, have you seen the new catalog? What I see there is finely done art with universal appeal. A Muse Studio is not just for the one-layer bunch. If you are a stamper with little restraint, like me, don't be too hasty to judge a|s as not suitable. You can click on the logo on my sidebar to see the catalog. You can shop there or just browse, but don't pigeon hole a|s, as I did. Because if you do, you'll be wrong, just like I was.

 This box was a custom request from a bride. I made them for her bridesmaids, and put their names on the leaf, instead of the word "joy." The original box was Aged Mahogany, this one is Broken China, and I like it much better. I have gotten many wonderful ideas from customers, two heads are truly better than one.

 These are the boxes I used for that order. I had to buy 100 of them, so I've put them in my Etsy shop. I have tried to make my price as fair as possible. I really want the big box of little boxes out of my stamp room!

 This is a super easy altered box with a belly band and a little vellum envelope with a tag.

I love glassine bags. I am now the proud owner of 2000 of them. So yes, they are in my shop. I have to have a shop because I have no restraint and wind up with thousands of tiny little bags!