December CREAM OF THE CROP!!

Hi, everyone!

Steph here to announce our December Cream of the Crop!

And, of course, a VERY Happy New Year to everyone!! I hope you are all enjoying some time with your families this weekend! It's such a magical time of year!!

I LOVE browsing the Market Street Stamps galleries throughout the month with an eye open for FABULOUS, CREATIVE projects! There are TONS of places to find MSS inspiration- you can find some here:

{Splicoaststampers} {Flickr}  

{Market Street Neighborhood- NING}

Also, if you haven't checked out the "Neighborhood" yet- come on by! We'd love for you to come introduce yourself in the forum!

Click HERE to join us!

I'm VERY excited to share our picks for this month's "Cream of the Crop!"

Before I share the winners, we would like to encourage everyone to join in on the fun! It's super easy to enter and you can enter as many times as you want! Show us your best work!

Thank you to ALL the wonderful designers that shared their project with us this month!

So..... here are three projects that caught our eye and stood out- well executed, creative, and inspiring!!

In no particular order, here are the three designers who are the "Cream of the Crop!"

Rochelle Washington

Rochelle created this BEAUTIFUL holiday card with the new Prancer stamp- gotta love the subtle sparkle! She also incorporated the Honeycomb background- what a nice pattern to ground those reindeer! Beautifully done, Rochelle!

Stop by Rochelle's blog for TONS of great inspiration!

Two Tears In My Bucket

Lorie Souther

Lorie always seems to blow me away with her GORGEOUS coloring and this card is no exception! She used the Gone Campin' stamp set to create this super cute forest scene! SO cute, Lorie!!

You can check out all of Lorie's beautiful projects on her blog- trust me, you'll want to stay and explore it a bit!

The Thinkin' Spot

Nikki- Scrappin' Navy Wife

Well, as a wife of an AMMO troop in the US Air Force, I may be a **little** biased.... but this card BLEW ME AWAY! HAHA! LOVE the creativity and the design is just perfect! Nikki used the Here Comes the Sun background stamp to create the look of a nuclear explosion... can't beat that! SO fun, Nikki!

Make sure you stop by Nikki's blog- she has a TON of beautiful projects and inspiration to share with you!

Scrappin' Navy Wife

Ladies- please contact  
{angelica at marketstreetstamps dot com}

to collect your $20 gift certificate and the code for a blinkie that you can proudly display on your blogs!!

So... who will be the

"Cream of the Crop"

for January?

Here's how you can play along!!

The details:

The Cream of the Crop Spotlight is a merit based contest- we're looking for projects that catch our eye, but we also encourage stampers of all skill levels to upload their cards for consideration! We will be looking for projects that are well executed, use Market Street Stamps in a new and fun way, have great use of color, and have amazing overall design. Most importantly, we want to see what you're making!

• Deadline to get your project in will be the last Friday of the month
• Cream of the Crop Spotlight projects and winners will be announced that weekend!
• Spotlight winners will EACH win a $20 gift certificate to the Market Street Stamps store!
• If you are chosen, in addition to the $20 gift certificate to the Marketplace, your project photos will appear on the MSS blog (as well as a link to your blog (or gallery if you do not have a blog) )!
• You may upload/link as many projects as you like!

You have until 11:59 PM Central Time on January 27th to share your projects and be in the running for January's Cream of the Crop!

Here are links to places we'll be looking for your projects:

• Market Street Stamps on Facebook
• Market Streets Stamps on Twitter
• Market Street Stamps Flickr group
• Market Street Stamps SCS gallery (keyword: marketstreetstamps)
• Market Street Neighborhood

We LOVE to see your projects! Thank you so much for sharing with us!!

Don't miss out on the AMAZING 

CAS-ual Fridays/MSS Block Party Co-Challenge!! 

This challenge lasts for a FULL 2 WEEKS- you have plenty of time to play! And make sure you link up on the CAS-ual Fridays blog as well as the MSS blog to increase your chances of winning a prize! 

And don't miss the new MSS Block Party FREE digital stamp found in The Neighborhood! Just join the "Block Partiers!" group to get the digi! It's super cute!