Hello Elzys!!!

Welcome to your new home!! :D  I know I'm terrible, I went down to the A Muse store and shopped to my heart's content this morning!!  Here's a pic of my new loot!! :D  Woohoo!!  Happy retail therapy day!! :D

I got most of the new Elzybells minus about 6 of them plus a few A Muse stamps that have been on my wish list.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!! :D

Love Papers

I got these new PP's from my LSS, they're by the Paper Studio, called Love Dotted Diagonal and Love Stripe.  They're very pretty and match these A Muse Tinplate notecards pretty well.  I used Groovy Guava ink to color in some parts of the images and it looks like it matches well IRL, but in these photos it looks a bit too orange, sorry.

It's a little tough to see but I put some A Muse heart twinkle stickers on the plants in front of the Bistro, kinda fun!!

Tomorrow is the New Elzybells release!!  Woot, woot!!! :D  I'm hoping to make it to the A Muse shop tomorrow to pick up some new goodies!  I'll let you know what I grab if I make it there!!

(All stamps used on both cards are A Muse.  Timber Brown Stazon, SU ribbon, inks and Aquapainter used to color in images.)

My Heart Flips

Hey there! Happy Wednesday!

Only 2 more days until the new Elzybells release!! Woohoo!

Here's another Valentine! It's a penny spinner so the heart spins around as it goes side to side. I used some A Muse PLP's for the layers (trimmed down a quarter inch to be the right size for this card). To reinforce the top layer, I adhered it to a piece of white cardstock before punching out the slot. I also used a little bit of stardust Stickles to give the heart some pizazz and mini scallop scissors to cut the heart out. Both stamps by A Muse along with the Kitchen Red Notecard and Polka Dot Reverse-Cottage Collection PLPs.

Thanks for stopping by today!! Blessings to you!!

To the Moon!

I love this sentiment!  I have lots of ideas of cards to make with it, just gotta have the time too!  I'm supposed to be working on Stampin' Up! cards for an upcoming class, but I'm just not in the mode right now!  All I can think about is A Muse! :D  This card uses a Cabana Blue A Muse notecard plus white CS punched with a Marvy Mega circle punch.  I used the Lots of Dots stamp by A Muse on the "moon" with Orchid Opulence ink stamped off twice so it wasn't too bright.  I could've colored in the rocket a bit, but I was trying to think simple and opted not to.  I did put some Crystal Effects in the window of the rocket and in the o's of MOON.  Super Quick card to make!  All stamps and ribbon used here are by A Muse Artstamps.

Be on the lookout for new Elzybells sneak peaks, I haven't checked yet, but I'm sure if we check any of the blogs I listed yesterday, they'll have some new ones throughout the week!

Have a fabulous day!

That's Amore!

Hello!  Gosh you guys!!  I'm SOO excited about the new Elzybells release coming up soon!  There are a ton of sneakpeaks out there today and they're ALL adorable!  I feel bad posting this card cuz it's not an Elzybell!! :D  Sadly, I'm not an instructor or designer for A Muse, just a HUGE fan!! :D

Here are some links to the new Elzybells sneakpeaks:

Jennie

Geeta

Michelle

Becky

Elzybells

Novell

Melissa

Emily

Erika

Melinda

I've been in the Valentine mood lately and love all the cute cards with the Marvy scallop heart punches, but I don't have one of those punches yet!!  I looked at my LSS, but they were sold out.  So, I took 2 punched out Giga Scallop Ovals and put them together to make a heart.  Not my first choice, but it works!!  :D  I love the idea to put the heart brad in the center of a prima too, I got that idea from Michelle's blog!  I used a Black Prismacolor marker to make the polka dots on the pink heart brad so it would match the A Muse Polkadot Frame.  I can't remember which blog I saw it on, but the idea for the white circles in the scallops is from there, she called it a faux eyelet technique, you pierce or punch the little holes and then use your white gel pen to outline it!!  Very fun to do!! :D  All stamps by A Muse, Notecard by A Muse, Pink Passion and white CS from SU, ribbon by A Muse and May Arts?

Have a beautiful day!!!

Tagged again!!

I've been tagged by Nancy and Cyndi! Since I got tagged by both, I'm combining their 2 lists of questions since some are different. Also, this list is in multiples of 2 so I changed a couple questions just a little. So, my job is to answer these questions, come up with one new question of my own that has something to do with 2 of something, then tag 2 people!

Here goes:

1. Name your 2 favorite Scrapbooking topics: I don't scrapbook much, but when I do, babies and Christmas

2. What are the 2 best places you've been to: Hawaii (Maui and Oahu), and Mexico (Ixtapa, Cancun and Cabo) They're all beautiful and a great place to getaway!!

3. Name 2 things you do everyday: Clean up after my kids, have an iced mocha for breakfast!

4. Tell us 2 things that everyone pretty much already knows about you: I love to stamp, I'm a scatterbrain!! :D

5. 2 places you wish to visit: Greece, France oh and Italy!! I know that's more than 2 but I can't narrow them down.

6. 2 things you may not know about me are: I'm Christian, I adopted my son.

7. 2 nicknames you've had at some time in your life: Rhonda Honda Vroom, Vroom (thanks sis!) and Rawhide!! (Don't ask!!)

8. Name 2 of your favorite drinks: Iced Mocha, Pepsi!!

9. Name 2 interesting (good or bad) jobs you've had in your life: Hmm, I worked in the Pub at Redhook Brewery when I was in high-school, Nannyed for a Single dad that had 4 kids, 2 twin 10 yr old girls and 2 young boys.

10. What are 2 things you would like to learn: How to organize better, how to belly dance!! :D

11. What 2 things would make your scrapping/stamping workspace work even better for you: More storage space, more desk space!!

12. What are 2 of your favorite stamp companies: Hmm, I'd have to say A Muse and Stampin' Up! I have several other close faves though!

13. What are your 2 favorite stores: Target and A Muse!!

14. What are your 2 favorite accessories to stamp/scrapbook with: Ribbon and brads

15. What are your 2 favorite occasions to make cards for: Birthdays and Christmas

16. What 2 times are the best for you to get stamping done: After the kids go to bed and when they're busy playing or watching a movie!! Pretty much any time my kids are occupied!!

17. What are the last 2 cd's you bought or 2 artists you last downloaded: I download off iTunes, the last 2 were Gavin DeGraw (Thanks Jennie!) and Timbaland Apologize along with a few others.

My question:

18. What are your 2 favorite colors: Blue and Brown

TAG: Jennie and Michelle!! :D Sorry girls!! You know I love ya and just wanna find out more dish on you!! :D

Inky Octopus

Hello!  Happy Sunday!  I hope you all had a nice weekend!  It's been pretty relaxing for me, not too much going on, just hanging out at home.  I watched the Hawks get pummeled by the Packers yesterday!!  Poor Hawks!!  

I thought I'd post this card today even though I still feel it's unfinished.  I struggled with this.  I had a vision in my head and I just couldn't translate it to paper!  I took this card apart a couple times and changed it up so much that now I just can't see clear when I look at it!!  At one point it had a straight edge at the bottom and a scalloped edge on the white part with gold stickle dots all along it!!  Eeeek!  I was trying to bring out some gold from the marbling technique, but I just wasn't happy with it.  At one point I also had a Cuttlebugged piece of gold cardstock as a layer under the marble part too!  Ugh, I just give up on this!  I was planning to take it apart again and redo it, but right now I just don't have the motivation!  If any of you have suggestions for improving this card, I'm so up to hearing them!!  The main idea I had here was the marble technique with the alcohol inks, to make it look like the Octopus just Inked!!  When I stamped the sentiment with white Stazon, it wasn't showing up too well so I used my white gel pen to go back over it and it kinda beaded up a bit.  You win some, you lose some, right?? :D  I did mention in my blog title that this is about sharing my crafty journey, that means the good with the bad!! :D

Also, I want to say thank you very much to all of you who stop by on a regular basis to check out what I'm up to!!  I appreciate your comments!  You're all so good to me!!

BIG HUGS!!!

~Rhonda