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More Valentine's Day Sneak Peeks

It's funny to be talking about Valentine's Day right now.  We've just kicked off the holidays, right? 

There's just so much to love with our new release and we thought you might want some of these goodies on your holiday wish list. 

This gorgeous little box showcases a bunch of new products and is actually the cover photo for our Valentine's day catalog.

Let's take a closer look...

The sentiment 'LOVE' is from a great new stamp set called Love me do.  It's a fun set with 7 sentiment stamps that you are going to... love!

You can also see our popular chevron cardstock is now available in grapefruit.  yay!

Did you spot the pretty grey and white baker's cording?  Also a new product.

The pretty pink doily?  We now have doilies in two sizes - 3.5" and 4.5".  This doily was made pink using our new Grapefruit Splash!

 

Stay tuned... there's more!

xo,

Halloween Doormat - Crafty Tutorial for you!

This fabulous Halloween doormat is an easy and inexpensive DIY project!  Here's what you'll need:

All supplies from A Muse Studio (unless noted)

• Big bats trio die set
• Splash! Spray Ink - Slate
• Cardstock (any will do!)
• Plain doormat - we got ours at IKEA for $10

Once you've gathered your supplies, you will want to cut the largest bat from the Big Bat trio die set out of the center of a full sheet of cardstock.  Placing the bat in the center will help keep overspraying to a minimum.

Position the cardstock with the bat cut-out on the mat and spritz with Splash!

Spray as many bats as you'd like, let dry for a few minutes and voila!  This project used about 1 full bottle of Splash! ink. 

Fun!

Easy!

Perfect!

Have a bewitching day! 

 

Stunning Hallowen Crafts in the Spotlight

Last week I shared some of my favorite Halloween projects from our Studio Spotlight last year.  Our Creative team has outdone themselves again with this year's Halloween Spotlight!  Let's take a peek...

Pretty Party favors are my favorite thing to make.  Look how easy these ones are to make.  A little tissue paper to wrap your goodies, a stamped sheet of cardstock and some baker's twine to tie the ends.  Fast. Easy. Pretty. Perfect!

Here's another FUN treat for your halloween party (I think they'd be cute for a back to school party or a baby shower for a teacher friend too!)...

These adorable owls are easy to make.  To make them, you'll need a piece of cardstock that measures 8" x 2-3/4".  Score at 3", 3-1/2" and 6-1/2".  Make diagonal cuts from the 6-1/2" line to the center to make the beak. (If you're like me and you have a hard time following these kinds of instructions, grab a piece of paper and sketch it out before you start cutting your good cardstock.  I promise, it will make sense once you draw it out!)

Did you spot the orange and black baker's twine?  Make your own with our Onyx Baker's Twine and Orange Splash!  The possibilities are endless! Cut a length of baker's twine, spritz some Splash! into a plastic container and roll the twine around in the Splash! ink.  Let stand to dry.  Colored twine in an instant!

Did you know that our baker's twine rolls are 280 yards each for only $9.95?!  Such a great deal!  Available in three essential colors - Cherry, French Roast and Onyx.  One of my favorite A Muse Studio products!

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a beautiful day!

 

 

 

Studio Spotlight - October {Part 1}

I hope you enjoyed yesterday's post highlighting our Studio Spotlight projects from 2011.  Today I get to start showcasing some of the amazing work our Creative Team has done for this month's Studio Spotlight.

First, I want to share with you a clever way to use our Gift Card Die.  This die is perfect to hold a gift card (of course) but it also holds all sorts of other goodies - especially Halloween treats!

The light grey (Seattle) piece is cut using our Gift Card Die (3 1/4" x 4 3/4").  $19.99

Here's another angle so you can see how the treat bag is held by the tabs on the die. Pretty awesome, right?

Here's a fun project that uses our NEW! A Muse Studio Splash! Sprays in a non-spray kinda way! To make the green circles on this card, we dipped a foam brush into Splash! and swirled the brush on our Bristol Paper (100 lb weight, great for watercoloring) for some fun effects, stamped right over that and voila!  Fun card.

Allrighty!  I have more to share but need to take the kiddos to school.  Will be back later.  Stay tuned!