Bunny Bonanza! For Someone Special

I've been blessed to find many good friends in my life and thank goodness they all are great listeners! Sometimes you just need a sounding board to shoot off ideas, gripe about your problems, or chatter with excitement over something new. Everyone needs a friend who is all ears. Thankfully, I have several of them!

Did you see the fantastic new alterable Memory Mugs on the A Muse Blog? There's a chance you could win one! Check out this blog post. You have until 11pm PST tomorrow (Feb 16, 2010) to post your comment/entry.

Bunny Bonanza! Busy Bunnies

Not a favorite design of mine but you have to try something different once in a while, right? There's something new here that I do like though....did you notice it? It's a new 8.5 x 11" paper called Heather. It's a fantastic, soft purple that would really lend itself to some vintage/shabby chic styled cards, I think. I'll have to investigate that possibility a little further when it's not so late for me to be creating and posting. I love, love, love, this white core paper. It's great to emboss, then sand away to show the white through it.

Keep an eye on the Muses' blogs for more Bunny Bonanza ideas. I know Valentine's Day is right around the corner but you know Spring and Easter are right behind it! Man, where does the time go?

Home Sweet Home

Paper: Brown Paper Bag, black

Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket Early Bird line, Basic Grey Lemonade line

Sentiment: A Muse Artstamps

Tools: Martha Stewart Lattice Border Punch, Red Liquid Pearls

I've been working on designs for my next 'Fun With The Slice' class at Lasting Memories. We've had a few schedule changes but it's now settled for Friday, Feb 19th. We'll be focusing on the 'Home Sweet Home' cartridge. Remember, if you purchase the highlighted cartridge and sign up for the class at the same time you'll save 25% off the cartridge price! I actually borrowed the store's cartridge to create these card samples and I've decided I need to buy one for myself. This cartridge is too much fun!!! I've hardly scraped the surface! Hope you can join me!!

Just sayin' hello (again!)

Todays card meets both Geeta's 'use it multiple ways' challenge and Glenda's 'Random Amusing Challenge' of the week. Glenda created a layout challenge so I thought I'd play along. I was gonna try and be all clever and turn the card on its side or something but decided the original sketch actually worked just fine for me. Why mess with a good thing, right? If you want to play along with Glenda's challenge, just click the link I provided above and follow the instructions provided on her post.

Someone left a comment on my blog looking for instructions on how to change the Slice setting from 'cut' to 'draw/emboss.' I created a little tutorial for this but am having trouble uploading it to Blogger. I think I have to download a program that will help me and just haven't had the chance to do that yet. I think my file is a little big and I don't know how to shrink it. In the meantime, go to your 'Settings' as if you were going to home your blade. Use your double arrow keys at the bottom and hit it until you see 'Cutting Mode'. Use your single arrow button to change the mode to your desired setting. Once you see your desired mode on the screen, just go back to the menu button and proceed as you normally would. Easy Peasy, Mac n Cheesy.

Now I'm off to the little league fields for a work party.

Hello again!

Here's another card using the 'hello!' sentiment from the Clear Labels Set. I created a grid pattern using my Scor-Pal after stamping the butterflies with Colorbox Chalk Cat Eyes. We've had a bit of sun around here (finally!) and it's putting me in the mood for spring. The weather's been unusually warm for this time of year and it's confusing all the plants and trees. I suppose we can thank El Nino for that.

I've got another sample to post tomorrow that also meets Glenda's Random Amusing Challenge. See you then!

Hello!

I love looking at online stamping galleries. You can get so inspired by the ideas that someone else creates. When I'm stuck in a rut, I turn to the galleries and just start out by CASEing a card. I can't remember exactly what CASE stands for but it basically means to copy the card and change a few things up. I found this wonderful card created by Laura Williams and thought, "Hey, I can do that with some A Muse stamps!" So I did. I cut some A Muse 8.5" x 11" lined paper into a 4-bar notecard size, stamped the flowers, the sentiment (from the labels clear set), distressed the edges, added some ribbon and silver Stickles.

Now the other cool thing about this card is it meets Geeta's challenge out on the A Muse Lounge. I'm going to be posting a couple more cards using this same sentiment. Her challenge was to create 5 cards and I've only completed three but we'll see how it goes over the next few days to see if I can get 5 done.

Classes

Come join me tomorrow for my 'Sea of Love' class at Stampin-in-the-Rain. Above is just an example of the fun cards we'll be making. This one is an interactive card....like the viewfinder card idea. I call it a spinner card cuz it spins! Whee! Call the store directly to reserve your spot (425 408-9050). If you can't make this one, I've got another one on the 31st with a different theme that's just as much fun.

Slice class rescheduled!!

My January Slice class has been rescheduled for January 29th at Lasting Memories in Lynnwood. We'll make this adorable (if I do say so myself!) 3-panel wall hanging using the Vintage Findings cartridge. If you don't already have this cartridge you can get it for 25% off when you purchase it and sign up for the class at the same time. I can't tell you how much I love this cartridge!! Not only are the images fun but the font is FABULOUS!!!! The full sample is hanging up in the store if you want to see it.

Hope to see you there!!