Guest Designer :: Annette Allen :: Milk It

Good Morning Everyone! Angelica here, and I'm THRILLED to share a post by our May Guest Designer, Annette Allen! 

I had the pleasure of meeting Annette at CHA in January of this year, and she is a sweetheart! I so wish we had a photo together, but she is someone you don't forget. Very kind, big smile, and so genuine. It is my pleasure to share her first project for May with you all today! Thanks for being our guest, Annette! 

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Hi my name is Annette Allen and I live for and love the Lord.  I am a born again Christian.  I am a wife to an amazing Christian man and have been married for 17 years.  I have two dogs (Curtis and Lola)...my children.  

I have been crafting since 1997, I was invited to a Stamp-in-Up party when we lived in Germany.  My husband was in the Air Force.  My first impression was…why would anyone want to make their own cards?  Then I saw what you could do and I was totally addicted within the hour ,and it has been non-stop since. I love to stamp.  It is my passion and I can't get enough.  Most of my cards are donated and a few are mailed to special friends and family members.  

I feel so blessed, God has giving me a way to put smiles on peoples faces with my cards.  I look forward to new friendship.  Thank you for the opportunity to share today.  I hope you enjoy. 

I was inspired by these cute little Milk Jugs from "For All it's Worth".  I wanted to create a fun and refreshing card.  I stamped the images add a little glitter and glossy accents.

I love to layer images and these were perfect for that.  I also layered the sentiment…which I totally love.  I hope you enjoy.

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I *adore* Annette's sweet card, the aquas and pinks are so fun!

If you were inspired by today's project, please visit Annette on her blog:

My Clever Creations

You can find the stamp set she used today at our store - 

it's 15% off today only!

FOR ALL IT'S WORTH

Thanks again for stopping by!! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Deep Sea Birthday :: Samantha Casey

We're continuing our little 

EARTH DAY

celebration by showcasing an 

ADORABLE birthday card

created by Samantha Casey!

Find all the details of this card listed on her blog!

She used "Ocean Fun" ,"For All It's Worth", and "Here Comes The Sun".

Just a reminder, we have FREE SHIPPING through Monday night only for 

ALL of our fabulous friends - both US and International customers!

(free shipping excludes Market Fresh Kits)

Don't Forget: Tomorrow night is our first sneak peek at the new blog and our 

FIRST day of GIVEAWAYS!

We're posting all week long leading up to the big REVEAL on Thursday!

See you soon!

xo Angelica

Beautiful

Happy Monday everyone!!

I'm here today with a super cute card from DoBea! I LOVE how she used the label from For All It's Worth to make the sentiment really POP! And that paper is beautiful!

DoBea used For All It's Worth and a sentiment from Autumn Greetings!

Isn't it great how you can use Autumn Greetings on so many different types of cards! It's not just for your autumn creating!

Stop by DoBea's blog

The Flip Side of Me

for more information about this card!

See ya tomorrow!

Mini Notepad {Tutorial}

With the holidays coming up quickly I've got handmade gifts on the brain.
Add to that the combined love my children and I have for paper and pens, and the perfect little stocking stuffer is born - a mini notepad.


I started by cutting some patterned paper to 4 1/4" x 2 3/4". I stamped each patterned paper with a different background stamp from Market Street Stamps (Zebra Print, Argyle, Pretty Perfect Grid, and Vintage Music). I also stamped some additional patterned paper with one of the decorative circle stamps and the "just a note" sentiment from the "For All It's Worth" set.


I then added embossing powder to each of the stamped images and set the embossing with my heat gun.


I cut out the circular tags to add to the front of each notepad, punched the notepad pages, cover, and chipboard backing with my Cinch.
{Tip: For a 2 3/4" x 4 1/4" notepad I slid the ruler on my Cinch 1/8" out and punched only pegs 1 & 4.}


To bind the notepad, I cut a 1/8" dowel in 2 1/2" pieces and used a small rubber band (the kind you get in the hair accessories) to hold the dowel in place.

By combining patterned papers with the many great background stamps offered by Market Street Stamps, you can create individualized notepads for everyone on your list.

Thanks for stopping by today!
Please visit me on my blog - I love visitors!:

Supplies:
Stamps: Market Street Stamps (Zebra Print, Pretty Perfect Grid, Argyle, Vintage Music, For All It's Worth);
Ink: VersaMark (Watermark);
Embossing Powder: American Crafts (Zing - Chestnut);
Patterned Paper: Crate Paper (Portrait - 6x6); My Mind's Eye (Mabel - 6x6, Hattie - 6x6);
Other: 1/8" Diameter Dowel; Chipboard; Rubber Band;
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors); Cinch Binding Machine;

August Release - Sneak Peek 3

Alrighty, everyone! That's it! Today is the FINAL day our 

AUGUST RELEASE WEEK!

We have two more chances to win tonight, and don't forget!

You have only until 11:59 pm Central Time to get those comments in!

One of our FIVE lucky winners could be YOU!

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Not quite sure how our release weeks work? 

No problem. Just check out this post.

..:: How you can win ::..

• We'll choose a winner for each set we're giving away from comments left across all blogs (designer and Market St) to win each set! Please leave a separate comment for each entry.
• TO ENTER: Simply leave a comment on this blog post and our designer's blog posts. You earn one entry per comment.
• BONUS ENTRY #1 - Earn 3 extra entries for this set if you share this this post on Facebook or Twitter (leave a link to your tweet or post in your comment on the Market St blog post.)
• Tweetin' this? Please tag @MarketStStamps and hash tag #MSSAugRls - thank you!
• BONUS ENTRY #2 - Earn 1 extra entry if you follow us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter!
• You have until 12:00 pm CDT on Thursday, August 25th to comment and be eligible for the giveaways. ***EDITED: I am so sorry! I accidentally left off three projects,because of my oops, we will extend the time to comment to Thursday at noon!
• We will announce the winners Thursday, August 25th at 7 pm CDT along with our August Reveal!! 

All August Release stamps will be available for purchase immediately after the reveal.

Comments left on this post and our design team's post BOTH enter you for a chance to win!

Tonight we are sneaking:

"For All it's Worth" and "Gingham"!!

Enjoy!

Samantha

Samantha

Stephanie W.

Amy

Sarah

 Stephanie M.

 Stephanie M.

Stephanie M.

Julie D.

Michele

Jess

Angelica

See you tomorrow at the same place - same time with our FULL reveal! Can't WAIT to show you!