Blast Off! (Surprise Guest Designer!)

Hello! My name is Anita Recksiedler and I am so happy to be a guest designer for Market Street Stamps! I love all the different stamps and I am thrilled with the quality! While thinking of what I should share today I decided that I wanted to make a cute card, and one that focused on stamping. I've been into papercrafting for a few years but really fell head over heels for it when I discovered stamping. There is just something about playing with stamps, ink and paper! I am a stay at home mommy and creating is how I stay happy and sane. With having two young kids it leads me to needing a lot of cards for kids! Today I created with the super fun Blast Off Set! I love the rocket ship and star images!

I played with a bunch of colorful inks to stamp all the stars. I used a few distress inks Shabby Shutters, and Barn Door. I also used Memento Tangelo and Danube Blue (I've seen the Danube and it was not that blue! :>) I so enjoyed stamping all the stars! Banners are very in at the moment so I added a banner in blue and embossed in white Blast Off! And afterwards stamped with the open star all over with versamark ink. I stamped the rocketship in black and than colored and blended with prisma pencils! I adhered the rocketship with foam squares to add dimension and added soem glossy accents to the window so that it looked like a window! After I finished I still felt like stamping more stars so I stamped inside the card too:

Stamping inside adds a really fun touch!!!

I also wanted to share something I did with my kids. As a stay at home mom of a daughter who loves crafting I love to think of ways to use my craft supplies for her too. (Maybe I should have said I HAVE to....lol she loves my stuff!) I thought it would be fun to try to create a rocket ship they could throw! I stamped a few rocket ships onto paper for them and had them color them.

Then we cut them out and folded them in half and adhered 3 of them to make the rocket ship 3D. For my son's I glued two together on a lollypop stick.

(Gotta love coloring in a hurry they couldn't wait to play with them!)

I can't believe how much my kids loved this! They played with it for a very very long time! My daughter loved throwing it and watching it fly! My son enjoyed running around with it and making all sorts of rocket noises! He even had to go to sleep with it!

I hope that you enjoyed my card and fun craft and that it inspired you to create today! I would love it if you would check out my blog too, you can find me at: http://craftygrldesigns.blogspot.com/ Can't wait to be back later in the month with another project! Hope your enjoying your summer!