Easy peasy gift bags

In only a couple minutes, I was able to take a plain gift bag and make it a bit more special by using the butterfly trio dies to cut areas on the bag and then I adhered some Venetian patterned cardstock in bellini, lido, and burano to the inside of the bag.  Little pops of color!  To finish things off, I punched two holes for the ribbon and used two types of ribbon.  Easy peasy, done and out the door in no time.

All supplies are A Muse. 

Tomorrow the 2012 catalog will be released!  Excited?  I know I am! 

Wait for it…

The A Muse Studio 2012 catalog is almost here!  It will be available February 1st.  Send me an email to reserve your copy for only $10.  I’ll credit you back the $5 on your order if  placed within 30 days.
Here’s some of the wonderful things coming.

• A Muse has partnered with Spellbinders to have some exclusive dies and a special Grand Calibur machine that will allow you to die cut a true 8.5x11 sheet of paper!  Boxes, cupcake wrappers and toppers, spiral flowers, and many other fabulous dies. 
• Over 40 new stamp sets
• More ribbon
• Additional glitter colors
• Revised color palletes with additional colors including a basics and seasonal Venetian pallete.
• New cardstock patterns (hello little polka dots, grid, and Venetian)
• Clear cardstock and coasterboard
• More colors of felt
• A Muse Studio copy write stamps

The new catalog is incredibly beautiful and has tons of design ideas in it!
Here’s some sneak peaks. 


Want to have a workshop so you can create and have fun with your friends?  Just send me an email. 
Happy inking!

A Muse Convention Card Front & Swap

Here’s the card front that I made to swap with the other A Muse Consultants at the convention in New Orleans. 

All items A Muse:

Cardstock: cherry and kraft

Ink: cherry and french roast

Stamps: vintage labels, clever girls, and polka dot patterns

Dies: labels and swallow duo

Also I wanted to give you a sneak peak at some of the new items coming out from A Muse!

The new catalog will be available February 1st! 

Excited?  I know I am!  Off to pack for the trip…

Studio Spotlight for January!

Can you say Rock Candy?!? 

Let me know if you want to know how to make any of the spotlight projects!

Now is a wonderful time to get together with your friends and play with stamps.  Interested in having a workshop?  Just send me an email.

Have a crafty day!

Studio Stampers January Blog Hop

Welcome to the Studio Stampers January blog hop. If you are joining us in the hop you should have come from Kristen’s blog Branch and Sky, if not why not start at the beginning with Karen?
I decided to make a little pizza box to hold a little treat.  Chocolate anyone?

I used all A Muse items…

• Cardstock: bubblegum, bubblegum sweetheart, sugar
• Ink: french roast
• Stamps: love conquers all
• Accessories: bubblegum heart twinkle sticker, french roast & white baker’s twine
• Dies: heart trio and labels die

Next stop on the hop is the very talented Lianna.
Here’s the full list:
Karen Crisp http://www.papernstamps.blogspot.com/
Kristen Watson http://branchandsky.blogspot.com
=> Angela Schellenberg http://gypsypaperie.blogspot.com/
Lianna Vigil http://llamatales.blogspot.com
Kari Bell http://karikards.blogspot.com/
Thanks for stopping by!