Check the A muse Blog for Photo Card Inspiration

I hope you all have a chance to go to the a muse blog this week for some inspiring photo cards, here's one that I submitted. I was thinking that it might be fun to send animals pictures instead of kids, cuz as you guessed it sometimes they are more fun! And for those of you that take care of animals for friends, or have a picture in your photo bank of their animal, wouldn't it be fun to send them a photo, it would be like receiving a gift in the mail. :)


Maeve Czarnecki

All A muse products:

White 4 bar card
Swiss Red Notes
Slate Notes

A muse Stamps:

Madiera Background 7-5062E
Have a beautiful christmas 9-8276C
elegant ornaments 2-2163J
R29 copic marker
A muse black twinkle
A muse white pearls
Swiss Red Grosgrain stitch ribbon

Martha stewart snowflake punch

A Muse Blog this week

Guest Designer , Karen Watson, this week so be sure to check it out! Lots of give aways too.

Also if you missed it on Sunday, I gave a great tip on how to use your little snips of ribbon. Here's a close up of the cards and the ribbon placement.

Little glue dots hold this in place.

A tight knot for a bookmark

3 snippets all tied up.

Thursday I had a fabulous class Sweethearts Stamps and Stitiches in Rome. We used the Elegant winter set, it is so fabulous, verstile and you can quickly make tons of cards for the holidays, here's one we made that I think you can change the size on, mix and match all your scraps and make bag tags with this idea.

Teaching at Paperdolls of Saratoga tomorrow, I can't wait, they are just starting out with A muse stamps and have a fabulous store, if you haven't visited before, make it a "to do" this fall. Here's a card we are making in one of the classes, just makes me think about all there is to do to prepare for the Holidays and my favorite is fetching the tree!:)

And last but not least I had a fabulous time in Seattle with all the A muse instructors, but there was a time that I really needed to be off the clock, brain in overload and feeling a little like I needed to walk 100 mph to get my heart rate down, and once I did, I really needed a margarita, this is also a face that you might see in classes that says, Amazing Card!

Last year, This year

Still excited and Love A muse!

Halloween is Tomorrow!

Are you ready? I'm not. Not quite. I have pumpkins, candy and costumes, but all the Halloween Fun is drained. I think I lost it in all my classes this year.

And now I've moved onto Mums, shimmer paper, and Fall Festivities.
A muse onyx black, lime green, oak leave and autumn splendor.

I had to try this new coloring technique we learned out in Seattle, I just love the depth you get with pencils with this technique. so fun. I'll be teaching it at a class this January so stay tuned.
A muse shimmer couture damask pink, and fancy clear numer set.

So who's heard of smooch? The paper with happy birthday is the same paper as the background card, a muse shimmer damask couture paper. ( I'm in love with this paper) I bought gobs of it so we will most definitely be using it in upcoming classes. Anyway, I spritzed the paper with smooch and voile' a pink damask background. LLLLLOOOOVVVVEEEE IIITTT!

A muse couture damask grass, mum stamp

and last but not least, I love my "X" xyron sticker maker, I ran it though with the colored side of the mum down and then adhered glitter to the sticky side. YUMMO! shiny, glittery flower with tons of sparkle! Another beauty to behold.

I like when it rains, I can't garden AND what else do you do on a rainy day STAMP!

See you all next week at Sweetheart Stamps for a Fabulous Holiday class using the new winter clear set and for the rest of you I'll see you at Paper Dolls of Saratoga for 2 classes on the 7th! Whoo! Hoo! can't wait. If you haven't signed up yet there might still be room and by the way Paper Dolls is in a fabulous area for SHOPPING!

New iPhone and learning curve

Trying to learn how to use it and post onto the blog from it, just got the title in and then couldn't figure the rest out.

Heading to Seattle for some training and visits with the A muse gals, planning on having some good laughs and learning from all the other A muse girlies! :) Also Reminder, $ is due for the last copic club meeting scheduled for November 15th. Please call the store if you have any questions. I am trying to work up a continuation for the club adding in accessories and so forth, I'll have the details at club.

AND for those of you that missed the first one, please join us for the second round, a new club begins in January and what a wonderful gift to ask for from your special someone!

One last thing, here's a card you'll make if you join me in Saratoga at Paper Dolls on November 7th 2009, call the shop to get signed up Paperdolls of Saratoga

A muse Bouche - Gratitude

This is such a quick card but I love the way it turned out, of course the colors seem so much more vibrant in real life. I stamped everything on white paper, maple leaf in grape jelly and ladybug red, wood grain in rich cocoa all ink memento, then colored the paper with copic I think Y21 then flipped the paper over and colored on the back so the color would bleed through YG23 and YR16. LOVE IT!

I am thankful...Thankful for Copics, A muse Releases and Fall. Probably three favorite thing high up on the list! :D And check the a muse blog, WHOO ! HOO! is all I can say!

a muse bouche - fall flourish

Pink Shimmer Damask is just georgeous,

I used the marvy pink circle scallop punch for the black shimmer border,

the blue marvy circle scallop punch for the Thanks frame.

The frame and words are two new images from the clear monogram set. Last but not least the open crysanthemum stamped in silver brilliance. Looks like another patterned paper.

The opening of the card is on the edge of the pink shimmer damask.

Thanks for looking!

Now check the amuse blog, lots of amuse bouches there too, and maybe even a prize?

Check the A muse Blog! Big Giveaway!

if you haven't already, great a muse bouches there and a great giveaway, hurry go now! A muse Blog!