Life is good.

Hello 2nd rounders! I hope your weekend was fab! It is so late and I am just exhausted. I actually almost forgot to post (yikes!)- so I am not going to chit chat tonight, but just draw my 2 random winners. Drum Roll Please!!

Comments 26 & 3is what random.org says! So…

Allison of Jostamper’s Ink Spot

and

Edie, faithful reader and commenter here!

Girls, click contact me under my pic to get me your snail mail addresses!!! I hope, I *know* you will love this stuff!!!

Happy Sunday friends! Today was semi-productive and I made several cards. Also, one of my closest friends had her baby today. I went and visited them. He is just beautiful and so chubby! They have asked me to be the babys God Mother and at first I felt aprehensive. But with a lot of thought and prayer, I decided to say yes. I think this is a good thing.

I got to work on several projects today with my Elzybells stamps and my A Muse clear stamps. I am really enjoying haveing some time for me to stamp.

For this card, I enjoyed taking the Elzybells Igloo stamp and making it look icy and snowy. It’s a lot of fun!! The image was stamped on SU! Naturals cs and Pallet Noir. I colored the image in with Prisma Markers and added stickles to the tree for “ornaments”.  I also used Close to Cocoa and Cool Carribean to accent the layers.

 I am starting to think that the Ice Skater might be my favorite Elzybells image. She is so cute and easy to work with! This card came together from a card I saw in a magazine. I can’t say I case’d it per se, but I liked the over all look of it, so I used it as a guideline for this card.

The image was stamped in Pallette Noir, and colored in with Prisma Markers. I used the 4 bar note cards and a strip of Real Red. I faux stitched the strip. The ribbon is by A Muse.

I hope you all have a great week. I have a lot going on, so I look forward to being super busy!!!

I did it. I bought them. And I love them. Elzybells stamps are awesome! I purchased a few last week after their launch by A Muse. I must say, I wasn’t one bit disappointed. But I knew that if A Muse was distributing them, they’d be great!

One of my favorite purchases was the Reindeer Star. Isn’t it just the cutest?? If you haven’t already, go and check out the Elzybells Blog for lots of ideas and to shop!

This cards uses the A Muse 4-bar note cards in green, SU! Real Red and Natural Cardstock. The Elzybells image is stamped in Versamark in black and colored in with Prisma Markers. The sentiment, also by Elzybells, is stamped in SU! Real Red. The ribbon is by A Muse.

 I hope you have a great weekend everyone. Please don’t forget to comment on the “Unclaimed Blog Candy” post to win some great A Muse stuff!!!

Well, readers, I have 2 sets of unclaimed A Muse blog candy! Leave a comment and get entered in for a chance to win! Included in this delicious variety of A Muse goodies, is 25 5×5 note cards and 50 assorted A Muse gift tags!!!! You will also get a sampling of the A Muse sheer ribbon in orange.

I will draw the names on Monday evening. Have a great Friday and enjoy your 2nd candy opportunity!!!

It’s raining and it’s Friday. It’s 10:52am and I just got up! I love that! I took off work today because I am leaving to go to Dewey Beach, DE for the weekend with 2 of my closest friends. I am really excited.

We plan to shop the 5 bazillion outlets, go to dinner and have lots of drinks!! The weather is supposed to be in the 70’s which is unusual this time of year, but I will take it! We are only staying until Sunday, but I am sure this will prove to be a fun and relaxing weekend!

 I wanted to share another creation with you all before I left. I am really enjoying the new A Muse clear stamp mini sets. They are so great to work with (have I convinced you yet to get some??). This card was a snap to put together. The only thing is that it took up a ton of bling! So if you hoard stuff like me, I wouldn’t make too many of these cards, or compensate Stickles in place of the bling. Make sure someone super special get them! They are simple, but so pretty in person!

For this card, I used the 4 bar Maderia Note cards in Red, the Holiday Greetings Clear Set and the Tall Skinny. The Tall Skinny is stamped on SU! Shimmery White and I colored the image in with Prisma Markers and then added the bling from various packets. I used some Bazzill paper to layer the image.  Tidings of Joy is stamped in Versafine black.

 Have a fabulous weekend and take care

Andrea

Wow! 65 of you want this candy! I did a random number generator and it gave me #’s 27 & 38. Congratulations Samantha and Jen D!! Email me at the link on the left to get me your snail mail address and I will get them out to you ASAP!

I don’t have much to report for today, but we had a great weekend. Full of lots of nothing… this weekend starts my “bombardment” of activities. Mr. LOL and I (mostly me though), don’t have a free weekend until the middle of January! Ick! I can’t get over how booked I am! It’s crazy!

 I did a little stamping over the weekend and this is one of my creations. I used another A Muse 4 bar note card. I love these! They are fab and you should get your hands on the ASAP!! I am also in love with these new clear sets. IMO they are the best quality acrylic stamps I have worked with yet. Just beautiful impressions. I worked with Party Time on this card along with A Muse’s ”hey cupcake.”

 I stamped the images in Versafine ink in black and colored this image in with Prisma markers on SU! Shimmery white paper. I added Stickles to the treats and cut them and mounted them on the 3-tier tray with foam tape. I also used Sakura gel pens for some more shimmer and “fine fill in”.

I hope you all had a great Monday… take it easy!

Andrea

It’s October. Only October. But I am sure, like many other stampers, I am in holiday mode for card making. I am already starting to “test” ideas, experiment with color and decide on a design. I am even in the process of creating a digi-invite for an open house we are having in December.

 The reason being for my early planning stems from the fact that I am only going to have one, yes, ONE, free weekend from now until January 11th! I am none too happy about it either. But this is life!

 In my previous post, I mentioned that I have received an order from A Muse this week. I began messing around with my stuff and came up with a few designs. Part of my order was the new clear stamp mini sets. They are fabulous and produce a nice crisp image.

 The new 4 bar note cards are great. The colors are just beautiful. For this design, I used the Maderia card collection in blue. I stamped the Holiday House on SU! Shimmer white and layered that on some Bazzill bling paper I had. The ribbon is the white taffeta from SU!. The sentiment is from the new clear set, Holiday Greetings. It is such a great set. I love all the phrases!! For the “snow” I used liquid applique and heated it up with the heat gun to make it puffy. I colored the image in with Prisma markers.

 I hope your Saturday was as nice as the one here in Hershey- a cool, sunny 63 degrees. It was wonderful! Don’t forget to comment on the blog candy post for your chance to win! Comment now and comment often for your chance to win!

Andrea

I know, I know… I neglected you all! I am back though. I needed a break. I felt for awhile that I was blogging b/c I had to, not because I wanted to. I am going to take a different approach this time around though. I am blogging for me (and you readers too, but I think you know what I mean). So, for those of you that do read my blog and hopefully enjoy it, Life is good lives on!

So I ordered some stuff from A Muse last week… FUN stuff! Because of my participation in A Muse-A-Palooza, I ended up getting a really sweet tee from them! It’s chocolate brown and has a sparkly A Muse logo! It is so cute! Thanks a million A Muse, you guys rock! Check me out:

They also sent me along a little candy to give away too! Now this is some flippin’ rockin’ blog candy in my opinion!

Included in this delicious variety of A Muse goodies, is 25 5×5 note cards and 50 assorted A Muse gift tags!!!! You will also get a sampling of the A Muse sheer ribbon in orange.

 Now here is the better part, you have 2 chances to win!!! I have two sets of these bad boys in my hands!!!!

To be entered to win either of these awesome packets, just leave a comment about A Muse and their super cool products!! I will draw a winner on Monday evening. The more you comment the more chances you have!!

 It’s good to be back… thanks for hanging in there with me.

Andrea