Freshly Made Sketch 259

Happy Sunday ALL!!  It's fixing to be a BEAUTIFUL day here in Omaha!  I am LOVING the cooler weather and the trees changing colors right now.  Not quite ready for snow...but I know it's coming sooner or later!  lol  SO for now, I am soaking in the crisp mornings but warm afternoons, the colors of the leaves on the trees before they all fall off, and the daylight hours before they grow short. 

 It's been a LONG time since I have played along with the Freshly Made Sketches blog, so thought I would check them out this week to see what the sketch was.  At first, I wasn't so sure I could make this sketch work for what I had planned on using.  I started with cutting my paper too small, and I didn't want to waste what I had cut.  SO I ended up making my card a 3 1/2 x 5 1/2!!  I LOVE this size, as you all know!  In fact, I'm not sure I would have liked this card/sketch any bigger.  It ended up being just PERFECT for the narrow oval I used.

Being new to A Muse Studio, I am still working on my stamp "collection".  It's SO hard because I want them ALL, but I'm not independently wealthy, so I am going to have to take it slower than I would like!  lol  BUT I did get a couple of 1/2 price stamp sets for being promoted to Senior Associate!!  Yay for 1/2 price stuff!  TRYING to be smart about my purchases, I chose 2 NEW stamp sets from the upcoming November collection.

One of the NEW stamp sets is called Oh Snap! and is where this cute little gingerbread man came from.  The set won't be released until November 1st, but I thought I would give you all a sneak peek, because he is just SO CUTE!  lol 

The top hat is actually from the October Collection "Turkey Day" die set.  I felt like this little guy was missing something, so I decided he needed a top hat to finish him off.  The die I used was for a Pilgrim's hat, but could easily pass for a top hat by adding a band to it.  I cut a piece of Sugar CS and added glitter to it to make it look like snow. 

Supplies Used: 

Stamp Set: Oh Snap! (being released on November 1st!!)

   Paper: Apple CS, Wasabi CS, Navy CS, Apple Mini Hexagon CS, Sugar CS

Ink: Cocoa

Embellishments: Cherry Buttons, Chocolate Pretty Pearls, Vanilla Twine, Diamond Glitter

Dies: Oh Snap!, Turkey Day, Mini Bow, Tag Your'e It Tag Bundle

You can purchase all items HERE!!  

Thanks SO much for stopping by!!

Hope this has inspired you to play along with the Freshly Made Sketches blog this week!  You still have till tomorrow night to play along!

Happy Scrapping and Stamping!!

Jen

A Muse Studio Halloween Clearance Sale

Happy almost Friday!! LOL I just wanted to let you know that A Muse Studio is having a Halloween Clearance sale on ALL things Halloween, stamp sets, die sets, splash inks, buttons, ribbons, glitter, etc. now through the end of the month!! All items in the sale are marked down 30%, which is a GREAT deal! 

BUT if you were a consultant, you would receive an additional 20% off the already marked down prices!! WHAT???

SO say a stamp set is $20.99. The sale price at 30% off is $14.69. When you order as a consultant, you can take an additional 20% off the $14.69 price and it is now $11.75 which is about 45% off the original price of $20.99. THAT my friends is now an AWESOME deal!!

One of many Halloween stamp sets on sale NOW!

IF you were to join A Muse Studio by the end of October to take advantage of the $99 sign up deal with the 10 FREE ink pads, you could ALSO take advantage of the Halloween Clearance sale and stock up on some great products for your stash! Don't forget that there are NO minimums required when you join!! You can be your own best customer and get a GREAT discount on AMAZING products!

Guess who is going to take advantage of this sale?? YUP!! Your's truly!! Can't pass up a deal like this!

If you would like to check out the sale, go to amusestudio.com/jen and click on the Halloween banner like the one I have in this post.

Thanks SO much for stopping by!!  

Hope you check out the AWESOME Halloween Clearance Sale!!  There is some pretty awesome stuff that you are not going to want to miss out on!

Happy Scrapping and Stamping!

Jen

Mojo Monday 470

I am SO excited that I actually finished my Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge card on the day it came out!!!  WOO HOO!!  I feel SO VERY accomplished today.  Each Monday, I check to see what the sketch is, and even start planning out my card.  But actually sitting down to make it is a different story.  SO today, I was on a mission to complete the challenge AND post it all in one day!!  YAY ME!!  I did it!  lol

Question??  Do you struggle with how to put your cards together? Where do you start?  Let me tell you how I come up with the cards I create.  Sometimes I know which stamp set I am going to use, then look for a sketch that would fit the image I want to use. Other times, I like to start with the sketch, then find an image/stamp set that will fit the sketch. Either way, I don't come up with my own LO.

There are a LOT of card sketch's out on the Internet. My favorite is the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge Blog (duh!).  I TRY to play along with the current sketch challenge. But sometimes I like to go through past sketches or even re-make sketches I've already done, because I liked the way it turned out the first time.

Another great place to find card sketches is Pinterest. Just search for card sketches and a TON will pop up!!

SO this is my take on this week's Mojo Monday card sketch. I just LOVE this stamp set!! ALL of the products used on this card are A Muse Studio!!Yeah, so I can't get enough of this stamp set!  This little cow is just TOO cute!!  

Supplies Used: 

Stamp Set: Go Hog Wild

Paper: Mushroom CS, Pumpkin CS, Kraft CS, Sugar CS and Wasabi Petite Polka Dot CS

Ink: French Roast

Riboon: Toffee Twine

Dies: Go Hog Wild, Tag Bundle Die Set

(Purchase all of the above supplies HERE!

Thanks SO much for stopping by!!

Hope this has inspired you to check out some of the awesome sketch's that are available ALL over the internet!!  Try out a different sketch each day, or at least once a week by playing along with Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge!

Happy Scrapping and Stamping!

Jen