2016 A Muse Consultant Calendar Swap

Wow!! I can't believe half of January is gone already.  I hosted a calendar swap with the fabulous consultants from A Muse.  I was amazed, yet again, with the creative pages by these lovely ladies.

 

 

Claudia

 

 

Seleise

 

 

Barb

 

 

Brenda

 

 

Seleise

 

 

Sadie

 

 

Tobey

 

 

Claudia

 

 

Tobey

 

 

Brenda

 

 

Sadie

 

 

Barb

 

Aren't all the pages terrific????

 

 

 

Here's to a happy and healthy 2016 to everyone!! 

 

 

 

 

 

Blessings,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



a|s Creative Consultant Gift Card Swap

It's amazing how busy this time of year can get.  I just can't believe Christmas is less than 2 weeks away!!! YIKES!!!

 

 

 

I wanted to share pictures of the gift cards I received from a swap I participated in.  They were all so cute!!

 

 

These are the ones I submitted, which I posted the tutorials HERE and HERE:

 

 

 

Lyn:

 

 

 

Judy:

 

 

Kim:

 

 

 

Jane:

 

 

 

Barb:

 

 

Sylvia:

 

 

 

Seleise:

 

 

Sherry:

 

 

 

Andrea:

 

 

 

Claudia:

 

 

 

Great job, ladies!!!!

 

 

 

 

 



Happy Mother's Day

A few of the consultants are showering our mothers with Happy Mother's Day cards.  

Here's my card that I made to send to all the wonderful mothers of the consultants in this swap.

I used Bubblegum cardstock for the card base and the base for the layers.  The layers also include sugar and shell cardstock.  The images are from A Hundred Wishes stamp set.  I used Papaya ink to stamp the images.  The "Happy Mother's Day" sentiment is from the Say It With Style stamp set. 

Here's a close up...love the pink heart twinkle on the "o" in Mother.  Finally, I dabbed a bit of stickles to give a sparkle.

I hope all the mothers like my card.

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Blessings,

Splitcoaststampers Calendar Swap

I can't believe next week is Christmas!! I am so not ready. Work has been keeping me pretty busy.

In addition to hosting a calendar swap with A Muse Consultants (posted HERE), I participated in a calendar swap hosted by my good friend, Sassy, on Splitcoaststampers.  It was a fun swap.  I made 2 calendar pages.

Unfortunately, I don't have time to take pictures of everyone's pages to share with you, but I can at least share with you the pages I made.

February:

I used A Muse Studio Cherry and Sugar cardstock.  The designed paper is from the Carta Bella Devoted collection.  The buttons are from A Muse Studio as well.  The die is from My Favorite Things.

    

Carta Bella Devoted Collection        MFT Fancy Flourish Die

I used various Copics to color this cute Valentine Mouse from Peachy Keen.

Peachy Keen Valentine Cupids

Here's a close up of the wings...colored it with Sakura Gel Clear pen.

And....here's my calendar page for May:

The image is Penny Black Hedgey Gift colored with various Copic markers.  The base is Winter Sky cardstock from A Muse Studio.  The patterned paper is from an unknown company.  The pink border was made using A Muse Studio Bubblegum Shimmer cardstock and a Martha Stewart Punch.  The flower is from A Muse Studio as well that was colored with a Copic marker...with the center bling from Want2Scrap.

    

Want2Scrap Bling    Penny Black Hedgey Gift

That's all I have for today.  Now, I gotta get some house chores done. :)

Blessings,

Swap-Mania!

As I stated earlier, I hosted 2 consultant swaps.  The first was a Holiday Recipe swap which included holidays within the months of October and March.  The second was a 2014 Calendar swap.

Just like the swaps in the past, the ladies did an amazing job!!! I was so excited to see all the pages.  I actually resisted opening any of the packages until I had everyone's swap in my hands. Now, I call that will power!! LOL!!

Without further ado....

HOLIDAY RECIPE SWAP

I'll start off with my recipe page:

I made the turkey using punches.  Basically, I cut scallop circle pieces to layer the feathers and then used 2 different sized circle punches for his head and body.  I hand-cut his beak and used onyx jewels for the eyes.  The background was stamped with Woodgrain Background stamp using French Roast Ink. I added some orange jewels on the side and bottom. The cardstock colors for the recipe page are Orange and Apricot.

Here are the pages from the lovely consultants:

Nancy: 

Tobey: 

Sylvia:

Seleise:

Laura: 

Jane: 

Kim: 

Candice: 

Sharon: 

Tyuana:

Fantastic job, ladies!! I can't wait to try out some of these recipes during this holiday season.  Thank you for participating!

2014 CALENDAR SWAP

Several ladies from the recipe swap also took part in the calendar swap.

Seleise:

Kim: 

Nancy:

Sharon: 

JoAnne: 

Rita: 

Sylvia: 

Tobey: 

Kamila: 

Laura: 

Jane: 

Mine: 

I'm so sad to know that the snowflake dies were discontinued from last year.  I think it's one of my all-time favorite dies!!  I sponged some Winter Sky Ink for the sky and also used the discontinued Sugar Ink.  The snowflakes were cut from Shimmer Bermuda cardstock.  And I added a little sparkle to the stars from the Santa's Flight image with some clear dots (jewels).  The image was colored with various Copics.

I made a snowy hill using Clear Crystal Glaze and Diamond Glitter.

Again, incredible job everyone!!

Thanks again!!

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I also participated in a Calendar Swap that was hosted by a dear friend on Splitcoaststampers.  I will be posting pictures from that swap when I get them back.  Hopefully, they will be here soon...so don't forget to check back. :)

Blessings,