Guest Designer :: Jen Wills

 

Happy November!

 

We're here today with a very special post from our new Guest Designer,

Jen Wills!

 

 

Hi there! My name is Jen Wills and I am so excited to be the November Guest Designer for Market Street Stamps! I live in Bermuda with my hubby, Luis, and our dog, Atticus. I've been blogging at JENerally Speaking since December 2010 and love being a part of this crafty community.

 

I discovered Market Street Stamps about a year ago and have built up quite a collection of their stamps. For my cards today I was inspired by the card that won me the GD position to begin with, specifically by the triangles and the rainbow colours.
 

 

On this first card I used the triangles from Nuts About Nature. This time I used the open triangle, stamped it on patterned paper, fussy cut and created a flower! I used Bit of Burlap to give the card base some texture (this really is a must have stamp!) and a sentiment from Great Big Greetings which is one of my favourite recent releases.
 

On this second card I created a rainbow of sentiments (from Great Big Greetings) and paired them with the adorable phone from Teacher Notes. I also used the Candy Stripe background to add a little pizzazz!

 

Hope you've enjoyed my cards today and I'll be back on November 30th with some more!

Guest Designer :: Lori Tecler

 

Good morning!

 

We are very happy to have Lori Tecler as our Guest Designer this month! We are always so excited to see what she makes with our stamps!

 

Here is what she has created to share with us today!

 

 

 

I made a little gift set that’s perfect for the cooler weather we’re just starting to have around here. The set includes a card and a K-cup caddy that holds a single K-cup. 

 

I used the Daily Grind set and the Bit of Burlap background stamp on both the card and the caddy. I love how the burlap stamp adds just a bit of texture so quickly and easily!

 

The caddy is made from this template that I designed for a project that was published in Paper Crafts magazine. It’s made from one piece of cardstock and can be dressed up and personalized however you like. The little mug from the Daily Grind set was a perfect fit for the front of the caddy.

 

 

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Thank you SO much for joining us, Lori!

 

Make sure you stop by Lori's blog

Inking Aloud

for even more inspiration!

 

She'll be back later in the month with another project to share with us!

 

Have a great weekend! :)

 



Guest Designer :: Jacquie Peifer :: Part 2!

Hi Market Street friends!!  

How are you this FINE Friday?! 

 Jacquie/Javablustamper here to share one last creation with you, as your March Guest Designer!  It was such an honor to create for you this month!  In my first project I shared a Krafty Kard and I colored that Krafty image, along with some distressing!!  Well, this one is NOT a whole lot different, as I am STILL stuck on those  things!!  Copics, Kraft and Market Street Stamps!  Ahhh......what a combo, huh?  The only thing that changed THIS time?  I decided to use some colored cardstock too!  I used the brand NEW set HOME SWEET HOME and a GREAT "go to" background, A BIT OF BURLAP!  That Home Sweet Home set won't be SO brand new for long though!!  Market Street has some MORE new ones  coming your way SOON!!  Be on the look out!!  

Ok, so....instead of coloring on the Kraft?  I tried coloring on the patterned paper!!  I wasn't too sure what to expect, BUT, I was pleasantly surprised!!  I think it really adds some dimension to this cute little abode!!  I even decorated the inside of my card!  I used a die cut that matched the patterned paper I chose! 

 If you are looking for MORE info?  You can find all the DETAILS on my blog, HERE!  Thank you for visiting with me today!  I really enjoyed sharing with you!  Have an AWESOME day!

 

Two for the Price of One

(to get the full effect of this post you really should yell the whole thing, and perhaps pretend you're flipping through the channels late at night)  

"Hey y'all, it's Meg, here today with a special deal for just for you.  I'm going to show you how to get -yes, TWO!- cards for the price of one. Now, I know what you're thinking, 'Meg, is it difficult to make two cards at once?' "
"Oh, my, that was just what I was thinking!  So is it difficult?"
"Not at all, Suzy Stamper! You can accomplish this in just three easy steps!"
"Wow, I've seen two-for-one cards with as many as fifteen steps and you're telling me we can make them in three?  I've got to see this!"
"Well, prepare to be amazed as we start with the first step.  All you need to do is arrange the leaf diecuts on a 4.25 x 5.5 card base in Silhouette Studio and cut the whole thing out of orange cardstock."
"That seems easy enough.  But what if I don't have a Silhouette at home?"
"We've thought of that, too!  You could easily download and trace a leaf image to cut, use a similar leaf die cut, or even trace a real leaf."
"A real leaf! What will you think of next?  Now what is step two?"
"Step two is really simple...stamp Market Street's Cane onto your card base and then Market Street's Bit of Burlap onto the negative left from cutting out the leaves, as well as each leaf."
"Each leaf!?  But that could take days!"
"Well, it could if you weren't using a Market Street background stamp, but since Market Street's backgrounds are card-sized, you can stamp all of the leaves in one go!  What used to take weeks now takes seconds!"
"Wow!  Those stamps sound amazing!  Does the background also stamp the sentiment?"
"Ok, they are amazing but not magical, Suzy Stamper.  If you want a sentiment on your leaf, stamp it first, then cover it with some removable tape before stamping the burlap.  This sentiment came from Autumn Greetings."
"Oh, I see.  I bet I could handle that!"
"I bet you could, Suze!  Then the final step is just to adhere the leaves to the card base!"
"But wait, you said we would get TWO cards!  What's the secret?"
"Well, the secret is the 'trash' left over from cutting out your leaves!  Layer it over another stamped card base and ta-da!"

"That's all the time we have for, so I hope you try to make your own two-in-one cards with some Market Street background stamps today!"

Supplies used in today's episode:

Market Street Stamps Bit of Burlap

Market Street Stamps Cane

Market Street Stamps Autumn Greetings

Silhouette 8 Fall Leaves

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Love at first sight......

Hello Market Street friends.........It's Amy Kolling here with my first official post to the Market Street Stamps blog.  The title of my post is truly how I felt the first time I used the background stamps available here on Market Street!  I have been longing for full card front background stamps for so long and these are fabulous!! 

Today I've used the Bit of Burlap background stamp with my Distress Inks.  Starting with cardstock stamped in versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder, I sponged on Barn Door Distress Ink.  You can add a little or a lot.  The color is up to you.  Then going back over my panel with Tea Dye and Frayed Burlap Distress Inks to give it a weathered look.

The LOVE sentiment is from the Hippie Chic stamp set and was white heat embossed on red cardstock, cut out, mounted on brown die cut shape, and popped up over my twine embellishment.

I'm sure you will see me using lots of these background stamps.........they are a favorite of mine!  Do you have a favorite Market Street Stamp background? 

Don't forget tomorrow starts the Market Street Sketch challenge.  So check back then for more inspiration using a SKETCH from the Design Team.

Fresh and Springy!!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend out there! I am so ready for the warm weather! I am loaded up on shorts and capris, just waiting for the temperatures to get to the point were they are wearable. {Up here in the Midwest, we have been having a terribly long winter.}

So, as I am hoping and wishing that Spring finally comes, I made this nice and cheery card to help lift my mood. {This So Happy stamp set is one to help lift anyone's mood.}

**Make sure you check out the current challenge going on here. You have the chance to win a Follow Your Heart stamp set!!

Aahhhhh..... spring.....

Hello, there! Steph here to share some spring with you! Are you all seeing some flowers popping up where you are? I hope so! I know we are down here in North Carolina! I truly LOVE this time of the year and so I took a little inspiration from spring and a little from this weeks Card Patterns sketch to make this card:

First, I heat embossed the Bit of Burlap background stamp with white embossing powder on white cardstock. Then, I took Broken China Distress Stain and rubbed it all over the top of the heat embossed background! Love the effect and I'll definitely be doing this more!

Then, I pulled out my So Happy stamp set and played with the beautiful flower image. The flower and leaf images are colored, cut out, and popped up with foam tape to add some dimension to the card. Finished it off with some hot pink rhinestones and this super sweet sentiment and I think I have the perfect card to send out in the mail to by niece! She's gonna love it!

DON'T FORGET!

We're still looking for projects using Market Street Stamps to be highlighted as the "Cream of the Crop!" You can link your projects that use Market Street Stamps to any of the places linked below for a chance to be spotlighted and win a $20 Market Street Stamps Gift Certificate! I can't wait to see what you all are making! You have until April 25th for consideration this month!

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

Lovely Notecards....

Hi, everyone! Steph here! Sorry so late! I scheduled the post, but forgot to post it.... silly me! Anyway, are you having a wonderful FRIDAY! I'm here today to show you some quick and simple notecards that I made! I love to have little postcard style notes on hand to slip into packages I send out or into my son's backpack for his teachers or soccer coaches. I always need more so I thought I'd whip some up with some of my favorite Market Street Stamps background stamps! Here they are all lined up......

To make these lovelies, I simply cut an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of cardstock into 4 pieces (each 4 1/4 x 5 1/2). Then I scored each end of the cardstock- one end 1" from the end and the other end 1/2" from the end. I pulled out my favorite background stamps, lined them up with the score lines, and stamped the backgrounds on the cards! The sentiment "Hello there" is from Slow Movin'. Love that sentiment!

Here are all the notecards individually! Hope you enjoy them!

Zebra Print with VersaMagic Turquoise Gem

Vintage Wallpaper with VersaMagic Pixie Dust

Vintage Music with VersaMagic Aquatic Splash and Pumice Stone Distress Ink

Bit of Burlap with Pumice Stone Distress Ink

Perfectly Perfect Grid with Raspberry Fizz Ink

I hope you make some great little notecards, too!

DON'T FORGET!

We're still looking for projects using Market Street Stamps to be highlighted as the "Cream of the Crop!" You can link your projects that use Market Street Stamps to any of the places linked below for a chance to be spotlighted and win a $20 Market Street Stamps Gift Certificate! I can't wait to see what you all are making! You have until April 25th for consideration this month!

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

You and Me...

Hello! My name is Nikki and I am soooo excited to be a guest designer for the month of March!!! For my card I used three different stamp sets. Firstly, I used the Hearts a Plenty stamp to create my background paper. I stamped it with distress embossing ink and then heat embossed it with white powder.

I used a few different techniques on the Of The Same Tree stamp. I stamped the Bit of  Burlap background stamp on kraft cardstock with Colorbox fluid chalk in in Chesnut Roan. I then stamped Of the Same Tree with distress embossing ink and heat embossed it with UTEE. Then I cut the tree trunk out. I stamped the tree again with distress ink in Shabby Shutters and then cut out the top portion. I sprayed it with glimmer mist in Key Lime to add a pretty shimmer. And finally, I used the sakura glaze pen in clear to add shine to the individual leaves. You can see the shine a little bit better here...

I hope you  liked my first project as guest designer! I sure had fun creating it!

Happy Stamping!

♥ Nikki ♥

Enjoy Today

Hi! It's Tifany from Ink Blots by TRD and today I have stepped out of my box and really mixed it up by using lots of color and multiple patterns in my card.


The stamps I used are from the Enjoy Today set and I also used the Bit of Burlap background stamp - all from Market Street Stamps, of course!

I paper pieced the cup using dimensional adhesive between the layers and I added the white foam using a Snow Writer to add a little texture.


I hope you have an enjoyable day!


Supplies:
Stamps: Bit of Burlap {Market Street Stamps}; Enjoy Today {Market Street Stamps};
Ink: Black Tuxedo {Memento};
Cardstock: White {Georgia Pacific};
Papers: "Flutter" from the "A Walk in the Park" collection {Echo Park}; "Bold Stripes" from the "Life is Good" collection {Echo Park};
Embellishments: Pink Sorbet twine {The Twinery};
Other: Snow Writer
Tools: Paper trimmer {Fiskars}; Scissors {Fiskars}; Scalloped Sentiment border punch {Fiskars}; 1/8" Circle Hand Punch {Fiskars};

Shimmer Tree

Adding bling to your project doesn't have to be messy! When I use powdered glitter, I find it EVERYWHERE for days! Here's an easy way to add a subtle shine without making a big'ol mess!

Step 1) Ink your stamp in the colors of your choice using a waterbased ink (Distress Ink works wonders)

Step 2) Spray your stamp with a shimmery paint.

Step 3) Stamp onto your paper!

Step 4) Look at that shimmer!

Here's my finished card! I used: Bit of Burlap, Of the Same Tree, Loopy Loo Polka Dot & Ain't No Sunshine. Thanks so much for stopping by,

Samantha