Monday, August 29, 2011

NEW CHALLENGE POSTED TODAY......

Every Monday a new challenge is posted on The A Muse Studio Challenge Blog

This week was an inspiration challenge, here is the inspiration picture:



And here is my inspired card:

I hope you will stop by the Challenge Blog and play along with us......you don't need to use a muse|studio products to enter.....or win!


All products are A Muse|studio and are available through my webstore or you can email me and I can help you with the order.

Card Recipe

Cardstock:
Bermuda, Sugar and Pumpkin
Ink:
French Roast
Stamp Sets:
Sea Shells and Sweet Love
Pearl Sticker Vanilla
Copic Marker R00
French Roast and White Bakers Twine
3D foam adhesive

Don't forget there is still time to get a great deal on the Spotlight Stamps. See this post for more information!

Saturday, August 27, 2011

WEEKLY CHALLENGE GROUP

I am participating in a weekly blog challenge with some of my fellow a muse|studio creative consultants. Each week one of us will post a challenge on our special challenge blog (here) with a fun a muse|studio prize. Anyone can play along, and you don't need to use a muse|studio products, though if you have some and want to show them off, all the better!

Hope you will join me each week, would love to see what you are creating!! And if you see a stamp or product you just have to have, you can contact me or order online through my website here .

Challenge blog: http://amusestudiochallengeblog.blogspot.com/
To order A Muse|Studio products: www.amusestudio.com/tobey

Hope to see you join in on the fun!!

Monday, August 15, 2011

IT'S AUGUST SPOTLIGHT TIME!!!

The Spotlight sets this month are adorable, with a school theme! You will love the cute sets and super savings, check out this link for more info!
aren't these samples adorable? If you would like to order any of these sets you can order from my a muse|studio website or email me at tobeystamps@gmail.com I am also available if you would like to have a stamp party! 







Friday, July 22, 2011

A SNEAKY PEEK FROM THE HOLIDAY A MUSE|STUDIO CATALOG....

You are going to so love the new holiday catalog......so much new holiday yumminess.......you are going to want it all, I know I do!!!!

The catalog is due out August 22nd but as a consultant we are allowed to give a few sneaky peeks of what is to come....here is the first of what I hope will be many!!!!


I love the santa suit stamp, so much you can do with it, and so fun to use with white flocking or the new LaPouf dimensional paint! 

If you would like your own sneaky peek at the catalog drop me a line so you can start planning your wish list and have an order ready to go on August 22nd when the catalog is live for ordering!! 

Want to book a workshop or class? Contact me and I would love to show you the fun you can have with all that a muse|studio has to offer. To order from the current catalog my website is http://amusestudio.com/tobey

Friday, June 24, 2011

A MUSE STUDIO GOES "ON THE ROAD"


A Muse|Studio is going on the road!!!! There will be an On The Road event on August 15th in Nashua, NH for all us New Englanders, and I know it will be a lot of fun....it will be an afternoon class, where
everyone will get to create a number of cards/projects with A Muse Studio products! You can check the dates and sign up here.

Hope you will be able to join us. I can't wait to see all my a muse|studio friends and have fun stamping the afternoon away!

If you can't make it, you can always check out the new A Muse|Studio catalog and order online here. Any questions or if you want to schedule a workshop or class, you can email me at tobeystamps@gmail.com

Saturday, June 11, 2011

CONSULTANT CHALLENGE

Julie issued another technique challenge to all the A Muse|Studio consultants. You can see the technique video HERE

Here is the card I made using the kissing technique, it was so fun to do that once I got started I wanted to get more stamps to kiss with!



I started out with a Grass card base, I cut the * 1/2 X11 sheet in half, so I had a 5 1/2 X8 1/5 piece, that I folded in half. Then I cut a piece of Sugar yardstick slightly smaller than the card case. Next I stamped the Harlequin background stamp in French Roast ink, and kissed it on the Woodgrain background stamp.....when I stamped the harlequin stamp onto the sugar card stock, I was not impressed....so I took the woodgrain stamp and stamped it on another piece of sugar card stock and liked it much better, and voila, my background was created! I attached it to the Grass card base. I then cut a one inch strip of Buttercup card stock and adhered it to the background layer in the middle of the card. Next I stamped the leaves from the Beautiful Botanicals 2 set in Grass ink, then kissed them with one of the flowers from the same set. I then cut around the leaves and adhered them to the card with foam squares. Next I stamped the butterfly from the Just Because set with Buttercup ink on Sugar card stock and kissed it to the smallest dots in the Polka Dot Patterns set and cut it out.(A little confession here, I lightly inked the dots with Cranberry ink first, to give the butterfly a little color.) I bent the wings where they joined the body slightly forward, then I cut a thin piece of foam from a square, and put it on the back of the body of the butterfly and adhered it to the leaves. I stamped the greeting from the Contemporary Greetings set in Grass ink on Sugar card stock, cut the sentiment out and inked the edges of the sentiment with Grass ink and adhered it to a slightly larger piece of Buttercup card stock with a foam square. I then adhered it to the lower left side of the card.

Thanks for looking, and happy creating!!



Card recipe with order numbers:

Cardstock:

Sugar PAPS001
Grass PAPS503
Buttercup PAPS401

Stamps:

Harlequin background stamp SASJ006
Woodgrain back ground stamp SJEJ012
Beautiful Botanicals 2 SISM005
Just Because set SISH002
Polka Dot Patterns set SJRM009
Contemporary Greetings set SASH004

Inks:

French Roast IAPF803
Buttercup IAPF401
Grass IAPF503
Cranberry IAPF206

Misc/Tools:

Foam Squares ASFA001
Tombow Adhesive Dots Runner ATTR001
Paper Trimmer TPRTRM1
Spring-Cut Fine-Tip Scissors TDETSC1

If you would like to purchase any of the "ingredients" to make this card, you can order online through my a muse|studio web shop, or contact me via email and I can assist you with placing your order.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

ANOTHER BIRTHDAY!

May is birthday month around here, both John's niece and nephew were born a day apart, with me right after! I made this one for John's Nephew, whose birthday  is today....yes, it will be a little late getting to him...but it feels so good to have my creative mojo back!


I made another recessed window technique card.....I used Sugar Cardstock, and cut the window with my craft knife. I stamped the Birthday Wishes from the Contemporary Greetings set in Ocean pigment ink. I cut a piece of Ocean yardstick and adhered it to the left side of the card, I used the Quickie glue pen to go around the outside of the window and down where the ocean yardstick and sugar yardstick met, sprinkled on the diamond glitter and shook off the excess. Then I took a slate stitched ribbon and adhered it where the ocean and sugar card stock meet, leaving a little space so you could see the glitter. I lined up the window on a slate card base and stamped the guitar from the Rock star set in ocean pigment ink. I then adhered the card front to the slate card base with 3d foam adhesive. I stamped the "You Rock" also from the Rock Star set in ocean pigment ink on the inside of the card.

All products are available through my a muse|studio website you can browse the catalog and order online and have it shipped directly to your home. Or if you would like you can drop me an email and I can help you process your order. I am also available if you would like to have a party or stamp class, let me know and I would be happy to arrange an event with you!