Card Swap

As an A Muse Studio consultant, I participate in swaps occasionally with my upline and her team.  Unfortunately I was under the weather when the swap was due and it took me some serious time to get caught up.  Oops!  Better late than never though!  I got this card out to the swap participants this week and am expecting my bundle of swaps from others in the mail soon.  Yay!

I wanted to use one of the new stamp sets in the 2014-2015 Catalog and I decided on the "Hipster Icons" set.  I actually got my inspiration from Pinterest...

I love the sequin-shiny look and the deer head image...in the words of Mugatu, they're "so hot right now"!  My original idea was to use gold glitter.  Hmmm...but how to make it stick.  Too much thinking on that one.  Decided to go with gold embossing powder instead.  Still shiny and gold and much easier to use!  For a bit of juxtaposition, I thought I'd incorporate a little floral patterned paper. You know, kind of outdoor chic.  :-)  I really like how it turned out.

Supply List (all A Muse Studio)

• Stamps - Deer Head (Hipster Icons) and Hello (Essential Sentiments Too)
• Inks - Versamark (for deer) and Navy (for saying)
• Gold Embossing Powder
• Paper - Blush (background), Navy (stripe), Floral (from Everything's Rosy 6x6), Grapefruit Petite Polka Dot (stripe), Navy Chevron (circle), and Berry (scallop circle)

Note: I used the small standard circles and small classic scallop circles Nestabilities set for die-cuts.

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I'm also super excited because I've finally got the motivation to clean up my scrapbook/stamping room.  I moved into my newest residence in late June.  The room has been functional (in a loose translation of the word) for a few months, but still hard to move around in and even harder to find what I need.  Yesterday I did quite the overhaul and it's looking much better!  I even have room now to leave my laptop and Silhouette machine out all the time.  Awesome!  I have to pat myself on the back for finally being able to let some items go that just weren't working.  One of these items was a storage spinner I got from Michaels.  I already have a holder for pens, scissors, etc. but I still thought I needed it.  (Story of my life.)  If anyone local is looking for one, I'd part with it for a good price - $15 (regularly $44.99).

Anyway, with it I purchased the cheap version of the "Clip-it-up" storage system.  And, yes, it functions like the cheap version too.  I almost threw it out.  I just didn't need it to hang sticker packs or supplies as the function suggested.  But then I realized that it would make a wonderful card display rack.  Sometimes I go to local craft shows to sell A Muse product along with handmade cards.  What a perfect way to display them!  And I could even organize them by theme too.  So last night I started stringing up my sample cards and I think it works fabulously.  

Thanks for taking a peek at my blog today!  Have a wonderful weekend and happy stamping!