~ Made with Love ~ a muse studio creative consultant: ovalicious

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Olive You!

Olive you!
dets: all a|s unless stated: CS: sugar, buttercup, buttercup polka dot; Stamps: Tini Time, ovalicious, and swanky backgrounds,
Inks: lemon whip, papaya, and amuse dye black; Other: mini dots, muliti

Two cards in one night! I'm on a roll! lol...This second card is going to my previous sweet and dear manager: Mildred. On FB she has posted two pictures of the gang drinking and I thought this was very appropriate. I miss her and she was the best manager to work with.

Mildred, I'm waiting for you to come out to visit me here! ;p

I got a chance to get her a few Hawaiian goodies: chocolate covered macadamian nuts, honey roasted mac nuts, Hawaiian Ice Tea (to be mixed with water); a few white rabbit (filipino candy); this card and a Hawaii post card. Her birthday was this past July 27th. So I'm gonna send her some Love from Hawaii. I hope she likes it!

Both stamp sets are on sale till August 15th!

Hurry up and save!

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Friday, July 29, 2011

CAS-ual Friday ~ 1st challenge

What's up? ... You're one of my nicest thoughts!

dets: all a|s unless noted: CS: sugar, gingham: buttercup, sage and grass; Stamps: Vintage A Muse, ovalicious, woodland friends, friends fur-ever; Inks: sky, french roast, memento black; Copics: E33; Other: Kawaii tape (green washi tape)

Happy Friday, blogworld!

Today I get a chance to participate in my first CAS-ual Friday!

click on picture to go to CAS-ual Friday blog

CAS-ual Friday challenges focuses on the "Clean and Simple" style of card making. They embrace the white spaces and the simplicity of cards. I love A Muse Studio products because they too love the clean and simple look.

My A Muse Studio business is off to a very good start and I want to be really good at what I do. What I challenged myself is to participate in challenges to let my creative juices flow and to get better at my trade. These challenges are a great starting off point especially since I get to learn different techniques and go "out of the box".

For this challenge, we had to create a 4x9 card. I've never made a long and short card. It took me a while to think of what I actually wanted to do. I even cut the cardstock wrong! It's okay tho.

Karen Baker's Critters of the sea was so cute, I had to force myself not to use the a|s whale in "keep swimmin'".

The cool thing about this challenge is that they have sponsors who gives away prizes. Who can turn away from a chance to win cool stuff? Bonus ~ Sweet!!! This week is Lawn Fawn, a company that sells cute clear polymer stamps. The winner wins a $25 gift certificate from their company. Check out their website: