Winter Pine - stamps and die cuts

Here's a quick card I made a few days ago. I love winter scenes and landscapes.

Materials list. All products from A Muse Studio:
Pine Bough and Noel from Winter Pine stamp set
Berries from Beautiful Botanicals stamp set
Snowflake Trio die
Cranberry pearl embellishments

Free Fight Like a Girl Stamp Set

For those of you that ordered the free Fight Like a Girl stamp set, your sets should begin shipping late next week. If you haven't ordered your free set yet, don't forget, you must order by October 31st through my A Muse Studio webstore. When you get to my webstore, click on the Stamp Out Breast Cancer graphic. When you get to the product list, scroll down until you find the Fight Like a Girl stamp set, enter 1 as the quantity and click Add to Cart. You'll enter your customer info and be prompted for payment info. The set is free, but you must pay a $3 shipping and handling fee.

A Muse Studio provided demonstrators with early copies of the Fight Like a Girl stamp set. Here are two of my creations.


I love the Bubblegum polka-dot paper and Bubblegum satin ribbon.

 

To create the Hope background pattern, I started with A Muse Studio Seattle cardstock and stamped the word HOPE using the Bubblegum inkpad. The ribbon is Bubblegum polka-dot organdy. To create the shadow effect, I stamped the words first in Bubblegum ink, then in Onyx ink. 

 

As always, comments are welcome! Don't forget to subscribe to my blog so you won't miss a thing. A Muse Studio will be offering specials in the month of November and I plan to announce them on this blog.    

 

Breast Cancer - My Story and Freebies

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As many of you know, I was diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer in February of this year. I found a lump in July or August of 2011. I convinced myself that the lump was scar tissue or possibly from drinking too much caffeine. I did not bother to get a mammogram.
In early February as I was showering, I again touched the lump and it was painful and a little larger than I remembered. I continued to check the lump each time I showered. After several days of checking, I knew it was time to see a doctor. And so my journey began.

I had a partial mastectomy in April. I finished my chemo in July. I completed 35 radiation treatments in mid-September. Cancer is a disease that often reinvents itself and alludes treatment. This is why research and early detection are so important. If you think you feel or sense changes in your breast, please don't be like me and make excuses, go get your mammogram IMMEDIATELY.
OK, enough of the heavy stuff.

This month A Muse Studio wants to give away 10,000 FREE Fight Like a Girl stamp sets.  I would love to give away as many sets as I can. Can you help me? You can get you free set through my webstore. (There is a $3 shipping and handling fee.) Please tell your friends about this freebie. This offer ends at 9PM October 31st. So get moving. Get this free stamp set and get your annual mammogram!

FREE Stamp Out Breast Cancer Stamp Sets

A Muse Studio is giving out 10,000 free Stamp Out Breast Cancer (SOBC) stamp sets. To get your free set, you'll need to go to my website, register as a customer, and pay a $3 shipping and handling cost. The free set will be delivered to you within 6 - 8* weeks. Order yours as soon as possible because when the 10,000 are gone, the promotion ends. While you are on my website, take a look around. A Muse Studio has some beautiful papercrafting products including stamps, exclusive die cuts and paper. 

The stamp set contains 8 stamps and centers on the theme of Fight Like a Girl. Our target is to reach as many paper crafting women as possible with the American Cancer Society's breast health awareness pamphlet and coordinating ‘Fight Like A Girl’ stamp set. Order you set today!

Don't forget, the new Holiday Hoopla catalog is out. Lots of great holiday stuff for creating.
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*Remember, A Muse Studio is a relatively small company and shipping 10,000 stamp sets will take a little time.

A Muse Studio - Ink Pads, 20% off in May

Hey all. Quick post to let you know all A Muse Studio ink pads are 20% off this month. I have a personal order going in Monday or Tuesday (May 21) and would love to include your order with mine. Give me a call or send me an email.
I'm feeling pretty good right now. I did much better with this round of chemo than the first. My next chemo treatment is May 23.
Thanks for all the love and support.
This card features Enjoy the Ride (item # SBSH009), page 79 and the Grass die (item # TAD0005) in the A Muse Studio catalog.

I'll be back soon!!!!!!!!!!!

On the mend. Please stay tuned for new projects.

New 2012 A Muse Studio Catalog is HERE!!!

Here are a couple of cards created with stamps from the new A Muse Studio Catalog and Inspiration book. If you would like a copy of the new catalog, either contact me via email or order one from my A Muse Studio website. You can also browse the A Muse Studio catalog online. To place an order, go to my website.  All stamps from A Muse Studio.
The crown, flag and words come from the Keep Calm stamp set. I stamped the crown with black ink and embossed with clean embossing powder to get some shine. I added some A Muse Twinkle stickers to the crown cause what's a crown without bling.
The Patriotic card was made using plain white cardstock. I stamped the stripes using a stamp from Mad for Plaids. Used the airplane from the Come Fly with Me set. Trimmed out each plane and adhered to my card. The sentiment is from Come Fly with Me as well.
I'm loving the new catalog. Hope you like it as much as I do. Don't forget, contact me if you are interested in a catalog. It's not just a catalog, it is an inspiration guide as well. Lots  pictures of projects.