December Release - Reveal & Winners!

Hi Everyone! Wow! I can't believe it's our last release of 2011! What an amazing year it's been! I can't thank you all enough for visiting our blog daily, bearing with us during changes, and sharing your projects with us! I have learned so much, and will continue to only make things better in the coming months, so I hope you'll come along with me!

Starting in 2012, we'll be releasing a monthly scrapbook kit, designed by Stephanie Washburn, called Market Fresh Kits! Our first kit will start shipping early January. Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter  so you don't miss the first preview coming soon! Our newsletter is also being revamped and will feature regular columns with fun techniques and ideas from Michele Gross and our very talented design team.

In 2012, I'm also excited to share that we'll be launching mixed-media stamps by Angelica along with two new illustrators for our card makers and scrapbookers - our very own Tifany DeGough and Samantha Casey! I am thrilled to bring these two brand new illustrators on board -they are both bursting with creativity and fun ideas!! 

Without further ado - here are the BRAND NEW December Stamps!!

NEW RELEASES AT A GREAT PRICE!


Each December Release set is 15% off if purchased individually or 25% off if you purchase them all in our DECEMBER BUNDLE!

Sale prices are good through December 29th, 2011 - 11:59 PM CST! And don't forget to pick up a few of our other sets that are currently on sale (prices are as marked, no additional discounts apply) through the end of the year, too!

{SHOP} December's Bundle!
Retail Value: $22.50
Bundle Price - $16.87!! 
That's all of our December Sets for under $20!

{SHOP} "Believing Butterfly"!

Retail Value: $5.00

Sale Price - $4.25 

• Set measures 2" x 3.5"
• Regular retail price: $5.00 (on sale thru 12/29/11)
• Includes 2 clear, high quality, peach-tinted photopolymer stamps
• Features image and sentiment designed by Angelica Suarez

• Note from Angelica: This little butterfly packs a lot of punch! With a fine halftone running through its wings, you get a little bit of texture when stamped and don't need to color it at all if you don't want to! This sentiment is perfect for journaling, or sending a card to someone who needs a pick-me-up. What about a "All About ME" scrapbook page layout? This sentiment would tuck in nicely next to a journaling block about overcoming fears. 

{SHOP} "It Takes Love"!

Retail Value: $5.00

Sale Price - $4.25 

• Set measures 2.5" x 3.5"
• Regular retail price: $5.00 (on sale thru 12/29/11)
• Includes 2 clear, high quality, peach-tinted photopolymer stamps
• Features image and sentiment designed by Angelica Suarez

• Note from Angelica: A generously sized globe (2" diameter) with hands forming a heart make this Market Street Mini a great choice for all application. Use a circle punch to create favors for a fundraiser. I'll be making thank-you notes for my daughter's PICU nurses using both the sentiment and the image. So many uses and SO affordable!!

{SHOP} "Faith in You"!

Retail Value: $12.50

Sale Price - $10.62 

• Set measures 4.25" x 5.25"
• Regular retail price: $12.50 (on sale thru 12/29/11)
• Includes 2 clear, high quality, peach-tinted photopolymer stamps
• Features original illustrations, images and sentiment designed by Angelica Suarez

• Note from Angelica: A companion set to "Comforting Florals", "Faith in You" is similarly sized and offers more ways to comfort those in our lives going through a difficult time. The flowers can be placed in the pitcher or the pitcher can be used on its own. The heart flourish tucks nicely inside the pitcher or use it separately for lots of custom looks!

Thanks SO much to everyone who left comments this week. Congratulations to each winner from our DECEMBER release! Don't forget we have more ways to win each month including our Block Party, Cream of the Crop and Paint the Town Challenge!

BELIEVING BUTTERFLY:

CristinaCrafts
Excited for the new @marketststamps Decemeber Rlease Make sure you go ahead and check them outmarketstreestamps.com/blog

IT TAKES LOVE:

Mary-Anne V said...
Such a nice card! Love the Market Street stamps...thanks for the chance to win.
December 21, 2011 9:18 PM

FAITH IN YOU:

Miriam Prantner said...
Your DT really hit this one out of the park. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. Thanks!DECEMBER 22, 2011 5:00 AM

Thanks to everyone who helped spread the word!

WINNERS! please email:

 jorge at marketstreetstamps dot com 

and include the following info:

First and Last Name

Address, City, State, Zip Code (country if not USA)

Set you won

Winners: please contact us within 15 days to contact us to claim your prize.

We will attempt to contact all winners that we have not heard from within that time frame.

Thanks so much again for joining us - Merry Christmas!!!

xo Angelica

December Release - Sneak Peek 3 {Faith in You}

Hey guys and thanks for stopping by for our final night in our 

 Market Street Stamps'

December Release Week!

If you missed yesterday (first peek) and our second peek be sure to stop over starting at the beginning so you don't miss a single inspiration project OR a chance to win!

If you would LOVE to win the set showcased tonight, there are a few ways to enter!

1. Earn ONE entry for each comment you leave across ALL of our designers' blogs tonight. {p.s. if, for any reason, a designer does not have a new release post up don't worry!! Winners will be chosen only amongst posts that are published. :)}
2. Earn TWO entries for following us on Facebook OR Twitter (be sure to let us know if you do in a separate comment on this post)
3. Earn THREE bonus entries for sharing this giveaway on your Facebook page OR Twitter account (be sure to let us know if you do in a separate comment on this post)!

Today's Sneak: Faith in You

Behind the Stamp: I receive quite a few emails each week from customers and our designers telling me how great Comforting Florals has been in their stamp collection. It seems when you need to send cards at difficult times, finding the right balance of tone and imagery isn't always easy to do. Using the same font as Comforting Florals, Faith in You is for the times in our lives when we really want to give someone a nudge in the right direction. When we need to let them know they're on the right track, even if they've been side railed for a short time.

On Monday, when I said how our customers, designers, friends and family members have all been so instrumental in motivating me to make the best of myself, the sentiments in Faith in You would be exactly what someone like me might need in times of confusion or struggle. {As I sit here typing from the PICU with my 2 yr old, I thought about tonight's release and kept repeating : Trust it will be okay. Trust it will be okay. And Marlee's doing better, and we get to go home after spending the past day and a half in the hospital. Thank God!}

I hope you enjoy the inspiration our Design Team has for you tonight - the faith they have in me is what keeps me going some days! Very thankful for each of them!

Julie Day -  Despite the mail not delivering Julie's stamps on time, she still created a simply magnificent CAS design using the heart flourish in this set as well as one of my favorite sentiments from this set. Adore the rhinestones on Julie's card, too!

Michele Gross - I love Michele's patch-work look! The panels she stamped and arranged highlight some of my favorite background stamps and three of the stamps in this set. 

Amy Kolling - Amy made a beautiful impact with the addition of the bright pink in her elegant black and white card. When your friend or loved one isn't in a grave state, but needs a positive card, "Faith in You" gives you an opportunity to let them know it will all work out. 

Stephanie Washburn - What's not to love? Stephanie stamped the pitcher in this set multiple times to create a gorgeous background. I love that patterned paper behind her top panel, too!

Stephanie Muzzulin - I just love how each of our designers captured the essence of this set in their very own way. Stephanie's pieced together her pitcher and added a beautiful bouquet of roses to finish off her pretty card.

Thank you SO much for joining us this week for our sneak peeks! Don't forget you have a chance to win each of these new sets, and then they'll be revealed and go on sale tomorrow at 7 pm CST!! Can't wait to show these to you guys!! 

December Release - Sneak Peek 2 {It takes Love}

Hi Everyone! Thansk so much for joining us for DAY 2 of the

 Market Street Stamps'

December Release Week!

If you're just joining us and missed yesterday's post, be sure to head back and take a look so you don't miss a single project or chance to win! 

If you would LOVE to win the set showcased tonight, there are a few ways to enter!

1. Earn ONE entry for each comment you leave across ALL of our designers' blogs tonight. {p.s. if, for any reason, a designer does not have a new release post up don't worry!! Winners will be chosen only amongst posts that are published. :)}
2. Earn TWO entries for following us on Facebook OR Twitter (be sure to let us know if you do in a separate comment on this post)
3. Earn THREE bonus entries for sharing this giveaway on your Facebook page OR Twitter account (be sure to let us know if you do in a separate comment on this post)!

Todays' Sneak: "It Takes Love"

Julia Stainton -  I love Julia's simple statement she made with this set. The two heart-topped stick pins give it a special touch and a pop of color.

DoBea Alberts - Love the sweet green and peach DoBea paired together to create her card! 

Samantha Casey - How cool is this card? It spins! Samantha took the earth's green and blue and made it stand out in this fun and functioning card!

Meg Craig - Meg had a similar approach and made this pretty heart shaped card with the Earth stamp spinning on a piece of twine. LOVE it!

Stephanie Washburn - I told Stephanie this would be such an awesome thank you card for someone who attended a benefit or contributed to a fundraiser! So classy and elegant! 

Stephanie Muzzulin - Such a pretty layered card! The monochromatic color scheme is absolutely perfect!

I hope you join us again tomorrow for our last sneak peek tomorrow! Same time, same place!

December Release - Sneak Peek 1 {Believing Butterfly}

Good Evening Everyone!

Thanks so much for joining us for Market Street Stamps'

December Release Week!

This month we have just three releases {we'll call it a mini-release, 'cause why not?} so we'll be peeking samples from each release today, tomorrow and Wednesday. We'll have the final reveal and release on Thursday, December 22nd at 7 pm CST!

If this is the first time you're joining us for a release week, here's what we're doing this month:

• Show Sneak Peek images from our sets Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  Sneak peeks are scheduled for 7 pm CST.
• On Thursday, our sets will be revealed and all the sets will go on sale at 7 pm Central Time. 
• For ONE WHOLE WEEK after that, new sets are 15% off individually or 25% off if you buy that month's bundle (all sets in the release). Pretty sweet, huh? And we always ship within 24 hrs, and shipping is FREE over $50 every day!

If you would LOVE to win the set showcased tonight, there are a few ways to enter!

1. Earn ONE entry for each comment you leave across ALL of our designers' blogs tonight. {p.s. if, for any reason, a designer does not have a new release post up don't worry!! Winners will be chosen only amongst posts that are published. :)}
2. Earn TWO entries for following us on Facebook OR Twitter (be sure to let us know if you do in a separate comment on this post)
3. Earn THREE bonus entries for sharing this giveaway on your Facebook page OR Twitter account (be sure to let us know if you do in a separate comment on this post)!

Behind the Stamp: While some of my stamp designs are whimsical, and some are elegant, they are always reflective of what's going on in my life. Like many artists and designers, I get stuck. In a rut. And I want to bury my head in the sand. I start thinking that I'm out of ideas, I'm not creative enough, blah, blah, blah. Then, suddenly, a friend, a relative, strangers even, will lift my spirits and that one little spark is all I need. Yep, a little spark is fuel for another good round of creative fire and - gosh, where would I be without each of you cheering Market Street on? While searching for inspiration, I came across one of my favorite poets/authors - e.e. cummings, this excerpt struck a chord: 

“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”

Many, many thanks to all of my friends, family members, and Market Street fans for believing in us!Jess Larsen -  How gorgeous is that color scheme? I love the whimsical stitching Jess added to her butterfly's flight path.

Look for Julie's card at Scrapbook News and Reviews January 15th!

Julie Ranae - Springtime in Paris is what I envisioned when I saw Julie's card for the first time! Simply beautiful and the soft, feminine color palette is a touch shabby chic and 100% romantic!

Sarah Jay - I adore the way Sarah created her background for this card! You must head over to her blog to find out how she created it. So simply yet what a WOW impact!

Tifany DeGough - Tifany has created this sweet CAS card using a die cut shape and a purple/aqua color combo. I love the flow of her shape and the surprise of spritz that gets lighter as your eye takes you up towards the butterfly! 

Stephanie Washburn - Another insanely beautiful background created by Steph! This looks *just like* real wood, doesn't it? Be sure to visit Steph's blog and take a look at her previous tutorials to create a similar look! 

Brenda Weaver - So creative! Who says you have stamp the entire sentiment? Not Brenda! She cropped words to highlight in her scrapbook-style card. I love this clever design!

Stephanie Muzzulin - Oooh this yellow and grey is super trendy and the beautiful unbleached twill tape is the perfect accent for Stephanie's eclectic signature style!

They all made MAGIC out of one little bitty stamp! Can't wait to show you our next sneak peek tomorrow! Join us here, same place, same time!