Dusting off my Blog!

Generally I'm not very good at computer things and technical stuff but I thought I'd dust off my old blog and give it a fresh look.  It will be used mostly for my Creative Memories business sprinkled with a few other crafty posts.  Hope I remember how to use it!  For those who don't know me otherwise, I have currently been a Creative Memories Advisor for 3 years.  I was a Consultant with the old company back inthe 90s and early 2000's.  This is not your old CM...at all...couldn't be any more different except we have a lot of the same high quality products such as Albums, Pages, and many of the Tools.  I can't wait to share!  Here is a link to my website so you can have a closer look at what's available...www.creativememories.com/user/karenmahoney.  I am hoping to reach out to my current customers, hopefully gain some new ones and also to my fellow Advisors because let's face it, we need each other!

Cards:Snowflake Challenge

Ok...another challenge! Same blog as the last post. This time the challenge is snowflakes! I love snowflakes!!! Well, maybe not the real thing but I like snowflake stuff/stamps/pics:) They don't require that you use A Muse products but I always feel that it's an A Muse Challenge Blog entry should at least have something A Muse in it! My card is ALL A Muse. I actually tried something new this time. I recently went to my card club and we made some adorable cards using the A Muse snowflake die. We were left with cute snowflake cutouts when we were done so I took them home...I don't actually own it but I should! I used it as a template and with my daubers inked up these cute snowflakes. I then cut them to look like it's a window. Hope you enjoy!

Birthday Tag

I'm doing another challenge on the A Muse Studio Challenge blog. The current challenge is to create a Tag. I'm thinking the challenge was for more of a holiday tag but I had a birthday to go to last night so I really needed to make a birthday tag anyways so here it is! It's all A Muse products and the swallow stamps are from the Clever Girls set and the Happy Birthday sentiment is from Essential Sentiments set.

Cards:World Card Making Day/Halloween

Today is World Card Making Day so I decided to take a little time and make some halloween cards. I made the one in the last post for the challenge and these two. I'm in love with A Muse Studio Stamp sets! The first card uses "Mad for Plaids" and "Too Cute to Spook" and the second just uses "Too Cute to Spook".

Card:Halloween

Here's a halloween card I made for an A Muse Studio Challenge on this blog. The requirement was to use twine. I recently had an A Muse Workshop at my house and my wonderful consultant Pamela gave me the twine I used on this card. It's hard to tell on this picture but I flocked the spiders bodies to give them a creepier effect...I hate spiders! All the ingredients on this card are from A Muse Studio.

Cards:A Few Punny Fun Ones!

Craft:Mason Jar/Feeder Light

I found the cutest mason jar project on a blog a couple weeks ago and became determined to make it. It incorporated my LOVE of mason jars, chick feeders and primitive decorating. Last winter I made a candy dispenser out of the same two items so with a few more supplies, I knew I could make this adorable light. I got the idea from THIS blog.

I have enough supplies to make more. I'm thinking of spray painting the feeder black and trying different decorative twines.