Love Notes

It's that time of year when thoughts turn to expressions of love, conversation hearts and valentines!  But really. . . any time of year is a good time to tell someone you care.

My first card today features patterned paper from Basic Grey's Picadilly collection.  By now you know that I LOVE almost every Basic Grey pattern. . .  but they are really knocking it out of the park these days with Picadilly and also Kissing Booth and Out of Print!

Here, I used two patterns from Picadilly, cutting the floral into 1/2" in strips and layering it onto the stripe pattern:

The base is Bermuda from A|S and the image is from a previously

released Shady Tree Studio stamp set.  Brads are also Basic Grey.

The main image is raised on foam adhesive and the white 

panels are sponged with gold.

A second card today has a base of A|S Damask shimmery cardstock:

The hearts are colored with Copics and an SU brad added to the A|S paper flower.

If you haven't been to the Etsy store in awhile, be sure to click the link and see all the new florals!  Before too long I'll be adding Easter and Spring images from last year's stamp sets.  And also images from previous Cornish Heritage Farms stamp sets!  

Pretty soon I'll be hitting a stretch of drawing time, so you'll have brand new images to choose from in the Etsy store.  I'm thinking of popping in here now and then with sneak peek sketches, too, so stay tuned!

In addition to art projects for our school auction coming up (I'll share photos of them soon), there's a LOT going on at A Muse Studio!

Our new Catalog and Inspiration Guide will launch on February 1st!  Be sure to head over to my A Muse blog for all the news and updates :) :  Nan Stamps with A Muse Studio.   

Be back soon ~ thank you for stopping by!!