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Let's Get Sentimental!

Check out our new A Muse Studio Consultant Challenge:  Make a project where the sentiment takes center stage.  Get all the details for our challenge HERE.

I used one of my favorite sentiment sets from A Muse Studio - Hand Scripted.

The Queen Anne's Lace floral is from the Beautiful Botanicals set.  I embossed the images with white embossing powder.  A very simple design...but the white on dark navy cardstock really makes it rich and elegant.  Lime Polka-Dot Organdy Ribbon added just a touch of color.

EMBOSSING TIP:  Keep stray bits of embossing powder from sticking where you don't want it by rubbing a Static Magic pouch over the surface to be embossed before stamping.  Embossing powder will adhere only to the stamped image.  It REALLY makes a difference!!!  Static Magic is available from A Muse Studio.


I hope you can join us for the challenge. The prize this time is a STAMP SET!!!  Go check it out!  Challenge Deadline: 11:59pm MST Saturday June 9th. Good Luck!

 Everything you need to make this project is available from A Muse Studio

• To shop for A Muse Studio products click HERE.
• To browse the on-line catalog click HERE.
• Would you like to become an A Muse Studio Creative Consultant? I would love to have you on my team! Click HERE to sign up - or contact me for details.

Recipe:
Stamps - Hand Scripted & Beautiful Botanicals
Inks - VersaMark

Paper - Navy

Misc. -  White Embossing Powder; Milwaukee Heat Tool; Static Magic; Lime Polka-Dot Organdy Ribbon; Red Sticky Tape; Corner Chomper

House-Mouse Circles and Polka Dots

Hey House-Mouse lovers...we have a new challenge for you!  This time we wanna see some circles and polka dots.  Get all the challenge & prize details on the HM & Friends Challenge blog HERE.  You are gonna be BLOWN AWAY by all the design team samples!!!  Here's mine:

I used polka dot cardstock, polka dot ribbons and rhinestone circles.  I LOVE all those polka dots!!! :)  The Happy Hopper image is called Buzzy Friends.  Soooo CUTE!

This time I colored with Copic Markers. *GASP!*

Of course I still love my Prismacolor Pencils....but I like to create with all sorts of coloring mediums.

 There's glitter on the wings and flower, clear glaze pen on the eye and yellow rhinestones on the antennas.

Don't forget...you have 2 weeks to enter the challenge...so get crackin'

Remember to share your creations with us on the House-Mouse & Friends Monday Blog

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over on the Official House-Mouse Made By Me Gallery.

Need to Venti?

I hope you have enjoyed our last 2 weeks of challenge over on the Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge Blog.  Today is another NEW challenge...

These "Candylicious" colors are AWESOME!

I love bright colors and clean designs...so this was SUPER FUN for me!!!

 

A clean and simple card for sure!

 The white card base really sets the stage to show off each element.

I stamped the dots from my Primary set with Aquatic Splash VersaMagic ink. The coffee cup from Hot Concoctions (venti size of course!) is stamped and embossed on a couple different cardstocks...cut out and paper pieced.
Steam is stamped with Adirondack Lights Lemonade Pigment ink and topped with crystal glitter (of course!) Sentiment is embossed.

Now get your stamps out & get busy with some Cool Shades!!!  We wanna see what YOU are making with Paper Smooches stamps! See what the other fantastic design team members came up with....and get all the details for the challenge & prize info on the blog HERE.

OH...and make sure to stop by the Paper Smooches main blog for even more fun stuff!

Recipe:
Stamps - Paper Smooches Hot Concoctions and Primary
Paper - Bazzill & Memory Box
Ink - VersaMagic Aquatic Splash; Versafine Onyx Black; Ranger Adirondack Lights Lemonade Pigment
Misc. - Clear Embossing Powder; Embossing Heat Gun; Crystal Glitter; Quickie Glue Pen

Have A Swingin' Day

Check out this weeks challenge over at Our Craft Lounge.  A beautiful picture to inspire you!

I busted out my Distress Inks and got busy! Next I stamped images from OCL's Swingin' By and New Digs sets with Archival Black Ink.

The finishing touch...brayered Versamark ink over the entire image and embossed with clear!!! It turned out so COOL! A little black bird and some black twine complete the scene.

So are ya ready to play?  I hope so!  I'd love to see what you come up with :)

Get all the challenge and prize details over at Our Craft Louge HERE.

Recipe:
Stamps - Our Craft Lounge Swingin' By and New Digs
Inks -  Ranger Distress and Archival; Versamark
Paper - Bazzill
Misc. - Ranger Ink Blending Tools; Clear Embossing Powder;  Brayer; Heat Gun; EK Success Border Punch; Martha Stewart Punch; A Muse Studio Twine; 3D Foam Adhesive

Let's Play Designer Drafts!

Only a couple more days left to play the Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge this week!  Did you see it yet?

Here's the sketch to follow.  Pretty cool huh!

 I flipped the sketch and came up with this...

My first thought was bird tracks and a bird...but I don't have a Paper Smooches bird track stamp (hint hint Kim!)...so I went with the puppy.  He is sure making a big mess isn't he! LOL!  The sentiment and puppy are from everyone's all time favorite set - Chubby Chums.  The paw print and bone are from the Santa Paws set.  Yep...I used another Christmas set ;) 

You can see the glaze I used on the bone, nose and tongue in this closeup.  Fun stuff!

Get all the challenge info on the SPARKS Blog.

Recipe:
Stamps - Paper Smooches Chubby Chums, Santa Paws
Paper - A Muse Studio &  Bazzill
Ink - Ranger Distress Barn Door, Gathered Twigs, Memento Rich Cocoa
Misc. - Copic Markers R20, R24, R27, E42, E47, 0; Sakura Clear Glaze Pen; 3D Foam Tape

Pinterest Addiction

OK...I know some of you out there have a "thing" for Pinterest...right?  It sucks you in for hours & hours...day & night...leaving your family starving for a meal!

 

That's right..you KNOW what I'm talkin' about! LOL!!!!  Well then...have you seen this weeks Our Craft Lounge challenge?

Now you have a "reason" to hang out on Pinterest!  By the way...did you know OCL is on Pinterest?  AWESOME I KNOW!  Check it out HERE.

This is what I found on Pinterest that inspired my card design:

And my masterpiece...

I used 3 sets from OCL - Fabulous Florals, Say It With Flowers and Happy Holly-Days.  Yes...I used a Christmas set!  The leaf on that set was perfect for my design :)  The green panel is stamped and embossed in white from a background stamp by A Muse Studio called Venetian Background.

You can also find me on Pinterest at

http://pinterest.com/loribarnettaz/

Get all the challenge details and prize info. over on the Our Craft Lounge blog. Hope you can join us!

Recipe:
Stamps - Our Craft Lounge Fabulous Florals, Say It With Flowers and Happy Holly-Days
Inks -  A Muse Studio  Pigment Sage, Grape, Currant, French Roast, Tsukineko Versamark
Paper - A Muse Studio Cocoa, Sage & Sugar
Misc. -  A Muse Studio White Embossing Powder; ribbon from stash; 3D foam adhesive

Color My World!

Time for our next challenge over on the A Muse Studio Consultant Challenge Blog...and I'm your hostess :)

The challenge: Color My World
You gotta do some sort of coloring on your project. Markers, Pencils, Watercolor...those are just a few ideas.  Whatever you would like to color with...have at it! Most of you know I love coloring with my Copic Markers.  Did you know A Muse Studio sells them?  Yep...AND replacement nibs...AND the refills!  WOOP WOOP!  LOVE IT!  I used Copic's to color my project.

Those cupcakes look soooo yummy!  Look close on the cherries.....see the shimmer?  I colored them with markers...then colored Clear Spica Glitter pen on top.  I also covered them and the sentiment with Clear Dimensional Glaze.

The cupcakes were stamped on Sugar cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink - then colored and trimmed. Same thing for the frosting pieces.  I stamped the cherry - then masked it off to stamp the frosting.  All the pieces are adhered to the card base flat.  Some Diamond Glitter accents add just the right "yumminess" to it!

I hope you can join us for the challenge.

**Challenge Deadline: 11:59pm MST Saturday May 26th.**

 Everything you need to make this project is available from A Muse Studio

• To shop for A Muse Studio products click HERE.
• To browse the on-line catalog click HERE.
• Would you like to become an A Muse Studio Creative Consultant? I would love to have you on my team! Click HERE to sign up - or contact me for details.

 Recipe:
Stamps - A Muse Studio Hey Cupcake, Polka Dot Backgrounds, Ovalicious
Inks - A Muse Studio Shell Pigment Ink; Seattle Pigment

Paper - A Muse Studio Cherry and Sugar

Misc. -  Copic Markers; Spica Glitter Pen; A Muse Studio Clear Dimensional Glaze; Diamond Glitter, Glue Pen

Happy Mother's Day

What are your plans for today? I'll be spending the day with my mom, kids and grandkids. LOTS of good eats and great company of course!

Enjoy your special day...whatever you will be doing! 

 

Paper Smooches Trend Watch Challenge

SPARKS Challenge Time! 

The first week of each month we will have a Trend Watch Challenge. Then...each week of the month will be a different challenge. Yep...that's right...WEEKLY! That means more chances to play AND win! So let's get on with our first Trend Watch challenge photo:

Beautiful huh!  I love the shades of blue and the distress look.  I used Paper Smooches Sunny Side Up set and created a very similar design.

How does the photo inspire you?  Check out what the other SPARKS DT members came up with over on the SPARKS Challenge Blog.  Don't forget to visit their blogs and leave a comment to let them know you were there -- cause we all LOVE to get comments.

And don't forget to share YOUR creations on the SPARKS blog for a chance to win a prize!  Get all the details HERE.

Recipe:

Stamps -  Paper Smooches Sunny Side

Paper - A Muse Studio Sky, Apricot and Sugar; Bazzill Papaya
Ink - A Muse Studio Pigment Sky & Papaya; VersaFine Black
Misc. - Circle Punch; A Muse Studio Orange Twinkle Stickers; Bakers Twine; Sanding Block; Foam Adhesive; post it notes for masking.

Sunny Side of Life

I've been DIE-ing to share this card with you!

Is this COOL OR WHAT??!!!!

I wanted to join the fun over at CAS-ual Fridays for this weeks challenge - make a clean & simple creation using flowers or trees. I also needed to get a design team project done for the A Muse Studio Monday Blog using one or more dies.  So I decided to combined them.

Just LOOK at those amazing colors!!!  It took everything in me to not add some glitter all over the flowers! I controlled myself and went with a diamond glittered butterfly that I die-cut out of velum.  The beautiful sentiment  is stamped with A Muse Studio Grape Pigment Ink. I LOVE this color! It's one of their new shades this year.
 

 

Wanna know how I got all those beautiful shades of color? Tombow Markers!  YES WAY!!!  Just colored on the rubber stamp and then spritzed a fine mist of water on the stamp to re-activate the ink -- then stamp.  When I lifted the stamp off the paper and saw this...I SWEAR my socks FLEW OFF MY FEET!
AH-MAZING!

Everything you need to make this project is available from A Muse Studio

• To shop for A Muse Studio products click HERE.
• To browse the on-line catalog click HERE.
• Would you like to become an A Muse Studio Creative Consultant?  I would love to have you on my team!  Click HERE to sign up - or contact me for details. 

Recipe:

Stamps - A Muse Studio Sunny Side of Life; Essential Sentiments

Inks - A Muse Studio Grape Pigment Ink

Paper - A Muse Studio Sage Polka Dots, Grass and Sugar

Misc. - A Muse Studio Papaya Organdy Ribbon, Butterfly Trio Dies, Scalloped borders dies, Die Cut Machine; Diamond Glitter, Glue Pen, Tombow Markers: 177-Fern, 126-Grass, 676-Blackberry, 620-Amethyst, 800-Blush, 703-Bubblegum, 025-Papaya, 933-Orange; fine mist spray bottle for water

Our for a spin

Here's this weeks Our Craft Lounge Challenge...

 I immediately thought of an old bicycle...so I decided to use my Our for a Spin set.

First thing I did is stamp Vintage Swirls on the Kraft Cardstock base with Versamark ink.  Then stamped the bicycle with Barn Door Distress Ink. I did a little shading with colored pencils.

I sponged Vintage Photo Distress Ink around the edges of the cardstock pieces and a touch on the bakers twine to give it an aged look.  After everything was all put together I sprayed a couple squirts of Perfect Pearls.

Get all the challenge details and prize info. over on the Our Craft Lounge blog.  Hope you can join us!

Recipe:
Stamps - Our Craft Lounge Our for a Spin and Vintage Swirls
Inks - Ranger Distress Vintage Photo & Barn Door; Versafine Vintage Sepia; Palette Fresh Snow; Versamark
Paper - A Muse Studio Red Woodgrain and Kraft; misc. scraps
Misc. -  Ranger Ink Blending Tool; Ranger Perfect Pearls in a mini mister with water; Prismacolor colored pencils; bakers twine; Fiskars Boarder Punch; corner rounder punch;

New Digs!

I had this design pop in my head while I was cleaning up my craft room yesterday.  I ran across some paper scraps from a project I made like 10 years ago!   I know...I know!!  WHY do I have scraps that are 10 years old?!  Hoarder?  LOL  I love my crafty stuff.  But hey...I used it...so it's all good.

I used a set from Our Craft Lounge called New Digs.  It's a great set of stamps!

I masked the house to stamp it multiple times and the fence.  I'm not moving...but I still had a blast making this design.  Now into my box of cards it goes.  Yep....I'm a card hoarder!
 

Recipe:
Stamps - Our Craft Lounge New Digs
Paper - Bazzill White; A Muse Studio Kraft, scraps of design cardstock

Ink - Versafine Onyx Black; Versamark; Ranger Distress Frayed Burlap, Pallet Fresh Snow
Misc. - Memory Box Clouds Die, Big Shot machine; EK Success border punch; Twine; White Gel Pen; Ranger Blending tool; 3D Foam Tape