Every Path Has Its Puddle

The orders have been shipped to my Virtual Card Club, along with the kits to make this month's card. I hope the ladies will like the card I've designed for them this month. It features some really awesome A Muse products.

Here it is:

I wanted to show the ladies how nicely the A Muse inks emboss. It doesn't show up very well in the pictures, but I simply inked the stamps and then added clear embossing powder, which I heated. No extra care is needed; no versamark ink. The clear embossing powder allows the A Muse ink color to shine through.

I also wanted the club members to get their hands on the A Muse Silky Crush Ribbon. It is gorgeous, as you can see in the picture... but it also FEELS wonderful and is so easy to use.

And I love love LOVE the A Muse cloud dies. They are such fun to layer on a card. I dabbed a wee bit of the ink on the edges of them to give them some rainy depth.

I also added some A Muse blue Twinkle Stickers to give the effect of raindrops just below the umbrella image and a trio of the blue Twinkle Stickers on the sentiment strip. They are a great touch.

I absolutely love the cloudy designer paper, too!!! I even had to add a touch of it to the inside of the card.

If you'd like to join my A Muse Virtual Card Club to receive kits to make cards as well as a free A Muse catalog, send me an email and I'll tell you all about it. My email address is imn2wmu@yahoo.com

Thanks for checking out my blog!
Jeanette


Image & Sentiment: A Muse Days Like This (page 85 of the 2012 A Muse catalog)
Ink: A Muse Sky (page 128 of the 2012 A Muse catalog)
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink White and Paper Company Black
Designer Paper: A Muse Clouds (page 135 of the 2012 A Muse catalog)
Die: A Muse Cloud Duo (page 146 of the 2012 A Muse catalog)
Embellishments: A Muse Vanilla Silky Crush Ribbon (page 141 of the 2012 A Muse catalog) and A Muse Sky Dots Twinkle Stickers (page 139 of the 2012 A Muse catalog)

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I've been quite sick - and therefore am running late on many things. My sincerest apologies!!!

So, today's post is actually showing the card made for my Virtual Card Club in April. The kits are heading toward the Virtual Card Club members now so it's time to reveal the card.

Here it is:

One of the members of the group asked about the A Muse Washi Tape, and since I've never used Washi Tape before, I thought I'd include some on this month's card. I will admit, my use of it is not clever, creative, or inspirational... but I did manage to use it. LOL! I'm going to do some research and play more with it in the future, so hopefully I'll have something better to show you with Washi Tape soon.

I used Kraft paper for the card because I thought it gave a newspaper feel to this fun stamp set called ahhnouncing. It is one of my favorites in the current A Muse catalog.

For the black ink, I used the Versafine Onyx Black ink pad (sold by A Muse). I normally use Memento ink if I'm coloring images with Copics, but my black of choice when I'm not going to be coloring, is the Versafine. It stamps beautifully, with a nice rich and full coverage. DON'T USE IT WITH COPICS, though!

Here are some more pictures of the card (inside and out):

As always, if you're interested in joining the Virtual Card Club, email me at imn2wmu@yahoo.com and we'll talk about the possibilities.

Image & Sentiments: A Muse ahhnoucong (page 65 of the 2012 A Muse Catalog) and A Muse extraordinary background (page 121 of the 2012 A Muse Catalog)
Ink: A Muse French Roast (page 130 of the 2012 A Muse Catalog) and Versafine Onyx Black (page 139 of the 2012 A Muse Catalog)
Cardstock: Paper Studio Black and Craft
Embellishments: A Muse Baker's Twine (page 141 of the 2012 A Muse Catalog) and A Muse Washi Tape (page 137 of the 2012 A Muse Catalog)

The Flight of the Butterfly

This past few weeks have been exciting. I opened an A Muse Virtual Card Club. I sent invitations (emails) to most of my online stamping friends, scattered all over the United States and invited them to join me. In this Virtual Card Club, each member agrees to purchase a minimum of $25 of A Muse products from me each month for 6 months. When they've purchased their 6 months of products they receive $25 in free A Muse products of their choice.

Each month, when I receive their merchandise and ship it to them, they also get a card kit. They can view the card here on my blog and put the card together in the convenience of their own craft space. The only thing they need to supply is the adhesive.

This is the first month, so this is the first card...

To create the leaves on the gold paper, I stamped the image on the right side and then stamped the leaves on the left side without reinking the stamp to give it a lighter color.

In this close up picture, you can see that the butterfly (which is an A Muse die) is layered. The top layer (smaller butterfly) is only attached at the body. Once the adhesive is dried, the wings are gently lifted up to give the butterfly some dimension.

I like to put something inside my cards, too. Here's a sneak peek...

... and here's the inside of the card

If you're interested in joining the Virtual Card Club, email me at imn2wmu@yahoo.com and we'll talk about the possibilities.



Image & Sentiments: A Muse Making A Difference (page 40 of the 2012 A Muse Catalog)
Ink: A Muse Cranberry and Grass (page 129 of the 2012 A Muse Catalog)
Cardstock: A Muse (Buttercup - page 128 of the 2012 A Muse Catalog), Paper Company (Boysenberry), and Papertrey (White)
Designer Paper: Dream Street Papers Pear Green Tapestry
Embellishments: A Muse Fern Organdy Ribbon (page 140 of the 2012 A Muse Catalog) and Twinkle Lime Dots (page 139 of the 2012 A Muse Catalog)

Easter Eggs in the Grass

Melina, an online friend of mine, recently posted a picture of a card she had made using a negative punch (oval) to create Easter eggs in a grassy spot. I loved her card! Take a peek at it here.

Sooooooooooo... I got to thinking. I could use my A Muse grass die and create a similar card. I like how it turned out.

Happy Easter!

Image: A Muse Beautiful Botanicals (on page 45 of the 2012 Catalog)

Sentiment: A Muse Essential Sentiments (on page 114 of the 2012 Catalog)

Ink: A Muse Grass (on page 129 of the 2012 Catalog) and A Muse Sky (on page 128 of the 2012 Catalog) and Memento Tuxedo Black (on page 139 of the 2012 Catalog)

Die: A Muse Grass (on page 146 of the 2012 Catalog)

All Papers: from my scrap file

Embellishment: a scrap of ribbon

There's still time to shop!

Soon these items will be retired and unavailable, so be sure to order them now if they are on your wish list.

Click here to go to my webstore to place your order. However, if you are ordering $150 or more, email me instead, so you can also receive hostess benefits.

Thank you!

O Holy Night

I know it's just the beginning of November, but it's never too early to start thinking about Christmas cards, right?

The inside of my card:

I'm hosting my first ever Cardmaking Stack-a-Thon this weekend and this is one of the cards we'll be making. I hope the ladies will like it.

The A Muse products can be purchased through my webstore.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! I appreciate you!!!


Image & Sentiment: A Muse Holy Night (on page 19 of the A Muse Holiday Mini catalog)
Ink: A Muse Cranberry (on page 87 of the A Muse main catalog)
Cardstock: White and Black
Designer Paper: Check (from my scrap file) and a page from the Soul Stirring Songs and Hymns hymnal
Embellishments: A Muse Cherry 1/4" Organdy Ribbon (on page 94 of the A Muse main catalog), Bazzil Polka Dot Organdy Ribbon, and Recollections Brads

It's World Cardmaking Day!

To celebrate World Cardmaking Day, a group of A Muse creative consultants decided to host a blog hop. This is a circular blog hop, so it doesn't really matter where you start, you just hop until you get back to where you started. Easy!

So, grab a cup of coffee (or your favorite beverage) and let your computer take you to the blogs where you will see some great cards.

Here is mine:

It was a bit of a timid card, it simply did not want to take a good picture. I'm sorry! But I've shown you three pictures so you can get an idea of how it looks.

Now it's time to hop on to Sherri's blog and see what she made. Have fun!

If you should get lost in the hop, here's a list of eveyone involved:

Amber Smith

Jennifer Corson

Karen Crisp

Jeanette Cloyd - that's me!

Sherri Thacker

Seleise Barrett

Pamela Frederickson

Carissa Fulkerson

Melissa Roell

Angela Schellenburg

Lisa Chapman

Heather Scott

Suzanne Dahlberg

Dana Vincent

Julie Dylingowski

ALL PRODUCTS ARE A MUSE... Image & Sentiment: The Perfect Blend (page 61 in the catalog); Inks: French Roast and Latte (pages 84-86 in the catalog); Papers: Cranberry, Vanilla, and French Roast Polka Dot (pages 85-88 in the catalog) and Wasabi (page 15 in the Holiday Mini catalog); Embellishment: Lime Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon (page 94 in the catalog)