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Stamps: Trees I, 9-8246B Thinking of you hand; Tiny Bird

Papers: Cabana Blue, Grass Kitchen, Chiffon Green

Do you get the A Muse Newsletter in your email box? If you don't, you should! Then you'd know about the Blue Light Specials. All I'm going to say is that if you aren't already signed up, you should click here. In honor of this week's Blue Light Special I'm using one of my favorite clear sets. It's NOT the Blue Light Special but there's no reason why it shouldn't jump into your shopping cart anyway, LOL. 

Here's a hint for the day: tomorrow starts something you all look forward to, only with a new name. Amuse-Bouche (ah-mooz boosh)! 

I had quite the weekend! I missed my son's basketball game on Saturday to attend my best friend's sister's baby shower. It was at the most beautiful home, with the most fabulous food, and the cake was scrumptious!!! She was given the cutest little pair of baby slippers that I just had to take a picture of to share with you. I just haven't had a chance to upload it yet. LOL. Unfortunately, I missed a good game and the boy's lost their first game of the season by 2 baskets. Darn it!

Sunday night I attended a geriatric convention...... I mean, a Barry Manilow concert. It was as Vegas-y and cheesy as you'd imagine but it was so fabulous!!! When you walked through the doors to the events center, they were handing out glow-sticks. No lighters or cell phone lights for this event! It was like a sea of blue glow sticks during those favorite slow songs. Barry looked and sounded fabulous. So glad I went. 

I thought I'd share a card from tonight's cancelled class with you. You can see what you missed, LOL! Hopefully I'll see some of you locals at the next one. The Easter samples are on display at Stampin-In-The-Rain. Drop by and take a look! 

Stamps: 2-2229F Carrot Car, 8-8531C 24 carrot friend

Papers: French Roast, Grass Kitchen, Orange Crush

Accessories: Marvy Yellow scallop circle punch, lime edged sheer ribbon, orange stitched grosgrain

Spring is in the air

Jennie M regularly hosts challenges over on the A Muse Lounge. I always want to participate but hardly ever have the time to. The day that I noticed this Spring is in the Air challenge, we had hours of snow falling at my house and I thought, "Boy, do I need to see Spring!" so I made this card as part of the challenge. I just haven't had any time to share it. The snow has stopped and it's mostly melted off. We are supposed to get some rain this weekend which means that things will be warming up a bit. I'm so glad 'cuz I've had a really hard time getting warm the past few days! 

Busy weekend for me ahead! I'm so looking forward to Sunday 'cuz I'm off to see Barry Manilow with my friend, Lisa. Yup, I'm a Manilow Fanilow! LOL 

Hmm...no title today

I'm not creative enough for a title today. I just woke up. Not quite together yet and no coffee, either. Went to stamp club with my friend, Lisa, yesterday. I just couldn't decide between SU's Trendy Trees or the coordinating wheel. That wheel would go so well with some other cute nature-y sets I have (think owls and deer) but the set had some sentiments in a font I liked. I have actually run out of wheel storage (I have a Craft Locker for wheels) so I went with the set. Now let's see if I use it, haha!

I have a few other cards done that I wanted to share but haven't had a chance to take photos so you get this one today. I just love the bunny in the carrot car! So fun! I think this design would definitely fall in the clean and simple category. 

Stamps: 2-2229F carrot car, 2-4131D Clouds, 9-8236B Journey

Papers: Green chiffon 4-bar, palm ricrac PLP, cabana blue

I'm a little behind due to preparing tax information but I'll have my Easter class samples at Stampin-In-The-Rain this week. I have two classes this month and would love to see you. I also have my Slice class this Friday and I think there are a few spaces left. Come join me!! 

Ballerina Bunny

Ballerina Bunny has to be one of my favorites from this last release. She's just so stinkin' cute! I wanted something bright and fun so I paired together orange kitchen, popsicle pink, a tiny flower PLP, and some cabana blue. Look at that cute ribbon I found at the shop!!! It's more like paper ribbon...not really something you can tie, but super cute nonetheless. I picked up 5 yards in every color! Plenty to use, plenty to hoard. 

I gotta try to be like Katie. She doesn't like to hoard. I have a hoarding problem. 

Look, Ma! No stamps!

Oh well, that's not entirely true. There are no stamps on the front but there's a lovely sentiment inside. There are a couple of wonderful ladies I know that are in need of a pick-me-up due to some health issues they've been faced with. I thought this butterfly card might bring them a bit of sunshine while they get through these tough times. Both ladies have a great prognosis for a full recovery but we all know that doesn't happen overnight. 

The Majors draft for our Little League took place on Monday. Official calls went out yesterday. I'm so excited because my son ended up on the team we were hoping he'd end up on AND most of his friend are on his team. That means most of MY friends are with me, too! LOL. Tonight is our parent meeting so I'll be catching up with my buddies then. Wohoo! I'm so ready for Spring and for baseball to get started. I suppose we'd better finish up our basketball season first, huh? Only a few games left...

All supplies by A Muse Artstamps unless otherwise noted:

Stamps: inside sentiment 'sending you sunshine'

Papers: Kitchen blue 4-bar notecard, buttercup yellow. Butterflies punched from buttercup, passion, palm, surf, orange crush, popsicle pink

Ribbon: grosgrain stitched pink ribbon

Butterfly punch from Punch Bunch

New Layout

Do you ever get stuck for new layouts? I picked up the latest copy of Cards and found some really fun layouts that I thought I could incorporate with my A Muse stamps. Magazines and books are also a great source for color inspiration. Are you a patterned paper hoarder? Chances are you'll find a card sample using some patterned paper you have in your stash, especially in a magazine/book like Cards. I don't buy them often because they are pricey, but I do flip through them regularly to find one that I particularly like and buy it. I let my PaperCrafts subscription expire but now I'm considering re subscribing so I have a new, constant source of inspiration. I have to think about it some more, though. I was running out of space to store these and I hate to let them go once I have them. 

I found this layout near the front of the book. The sample in the book was for a square card but I think it also lends itself quite nicely to a 4-bar notecard. What do you think? Try it! Link your card in the comments section so I can see what you created. 

Stamps: Chicks In A Row, favorite peeps MA

Paper: 4-bar Palm Green notecard, kitchen green, buttercup yellow

Accessories: Stampin Up Scallop border punch, Marvy Purple scallop circle punch, Pink circle punch, A Muse Orange crush grosgrain stitched ribbon