February Spotlight

Washi-tape covered pencils & handstamped pencil holders

File boxes, covered and stamped

Beautiful colors, gorgeous stamp sets...I love this month's spotlight: Urban Wildflowers.  See full information here!

February Studio Stampers Blog Hop

Welcome to our February blog hop!  If you are joining us in the hop, you should have come from Kathy's blog at www.kathatstamps.blogspot.com.  If not, why not start at the beginning with Karen at www.papernstamps.blogspot.com.  


I've got a couple more Valentines to share with you today...all products used are A Muse Studio (and actually, that's rare for me - I usually throw in a little this or that with my designs!).  

The first card I used a sponge dauber with the 3 blues and a hand cut template to create my waves.  Then stamped the fish in green and drew in my tiny heart.  The "pucker up" sentiment was tied on with baker's twine to continue with the fishing theme - and popped out with some foam dots.  I thought inside it would be fun to attach the "happy valentine's day" sentiment to the "pucker up" with the twine - so there's a tiny hole at the top through which the twine is pulled.  I was super happy with the effect!

For my second card, I used my copics to color the owls and the branch.  The dies used were the smallest heart from A Muse and the Nestabilities scallop circle.  Topped off with bubblegum satin ribbon and a little dimension with pop dots, the end result was pretty cute!  And this is one I just sold in my Etsy shop today - woot woot!

See below for the full hop list - and thanks for looking!

Karen Crisp www.papernstamps.blogspot.com
Kathy Hatzke http://www.kathatstamps.blogspot.com/
Kristen Watson http://branchandsky.blogspot.com/ <------you are here
Lianna Vigil http://llamatales.blogspot.com/
Angella Schellenberg http://gypsypaperie.blogspot.com/
Lisa Wakabayashi http://dragonfliesandcats.blogspot.com/

The New 2012 A Muse Studio Catalog Is Here!

And there are SO many new goodies, my wish list just got a lot longer!  Check it out here: 2012 A Muse Studio Catalog  Many of the new products are Venetian and vintage inspired!  I'm LOVING the new colors available, and the new dies they're offering!  I love what they've kept, but more I love what they added!  

I think my favorite new stamp sets are "sunny side of life" p. 35, "little peanuts" p. 69, "mod backgrounds" p. 116, and "chevrons" p. 119.  The Venetian Patterned Cardstock (p. 126)  is AWESOME - I must have some! - and the new chevron ribbon (p. 141) is fantastic!

Let me know what you think...and when you want to place an order.  (: