Happy Trails

I love the new "happy trails" sentiment! I remember watching the Roy Rogers Show (yes, I'm that old) and Roy and Dale would sing Happy Trails to You at the end of each episode. I can still sing it, but you probably don't want me to. The "hiker" stamp is great too, and I had to use the "ant."

This is one of the cards we'll be making in my class this Saturday at Angela's Happy Stamper. I hope you can come!

Color Challenge

If you haven't already, you have to go to the A Muse-a-palooza blog! They will be having some fun challenges in the weeks to come. This week's challenge is a Color Challenge so I decided to try my hand at it. The colors to use are Chocolate kitchen, passion (purple) and cabana (blue). Check out the blog for further details. There are prizes! Woohoo.

Elzybell Spark

I love to use pink and green together and it worked out nicely with the Elzybells flowers. I haven't used my mega tag punch much so it was fun to use that again too.

Heather has a "share your spark" challenge using circle elements so I decided to give it a try. I especially like the little chicken pox circles. Kind of clever if I say so myself ;).

A Couple of Elzybells

Horrors! I realized I have never used the Elzybells car stamp on a card. What was I thinking?!! It's so cute and versatile. Now I think it may be one of my favorites. I hope you like these two cards. Have a great weekend.

Sending sunshine

It's such a beautifule day here in Northern Virginia so I wanted to give you a little sunshine in a card. This is one of the cards I'll be teaching in my upcoming class at Create It Crafts.

Exciting News!

I have all kinds of fun and exciting news today!

First, A Muse-A-Palooza is back! A Muse will be releasing their newest Christmas/Holiday stamps in July. Participating stores will see them first starting July 7 through July 13. In the meantime you can register for prizes and really fun games at www.amuseapalooza.com. This website will keep you up to date on all the happenings!
If you're a Virginia/Maryland (or beyond) stamper you can get in on the action at Angela's Happy Stamper. I'll be teaching there and we have a bunch of exciting classes and make and takes. It's all top secret for now, but you don't want to miss it!

Second, I'll be teaching a fun class at Angela's Happy Stamper on Saturday June 7 from 10:30-12:30. We'll be using a bunch of the newest stamps and make some fun "outdoorsy" cards. See you there!

Third, very soon we'll be seeing a new stamp store in the area! Woohoo!!!! Create IT Crafts will be opening in June. Create IT Crafts is located in Pasadena, MD and from what I hear Kim T has been buying up a storm! I'll be teaching A Muse classes monthly beginning Sunday, June 22nd. I'll let you know the exact opening date and other details as soon as it's set. For now here's the address and phone:
Create IT Crafts
111-A Mountain Road
Pasadena, MD 21122
Phone: 443-749-4906

See you soon!

Happy Anniversary A Muse!

They're having a party!

A Muse is celebrating it's
7th Anniversary!
Congratulations to Linda and the A Muse crew.

In honor of A Muse's seventh anniversary here are seven reasons why I love A Muse:

1. The images are so darn cute!
2. Twinkle stickers!
3. A Muse has the best sentiments (my new favorite is
Life is good).
4. Beautiful ribbon that matches the notecard colors.
5. Cool and unusual notecard colors and designs.
6. The stamps are so versatile and they can be combined
in many different ways.
7. A Muse always has exciting new things to spark our
creativity.

Here are seven "tiny" stamps that I just love:
Tiny heart, Tiny holly, Tiny gift, Tiny pumpkin, Tiny bird, Tiny daisy and Tiny apple. I just love all the "Tinys."

And BTW, did you notice there are seven "guests" at the party on my card?