Follow Your Heart - Mirror Imaging

Hello Market Street Friends!
Janice has another wonderful tutorial for you today! I just wanted to jump in quickly and let you know NEW stamps are on their way! Stay tuned for our DT Lift Off Hop {celebrating and getting to know our new DT members} and January Release party! I'll have those details to you soon. For now, grab you cuppa joe, {or tea} and check out Janice's technique for stamping mirror images with just one stamp! Super cool! Enjoy... :) Angelica

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I wanted to share a couple of cards I made using the Follow Your Heart stamp set from Market Street Stamps. I love bird stamps and this set has 3 different sizes. It also has 4 different sizes of heart stamps in solid and outline form. I love the little hearts. I used them to make the background paper by stamping them in red and pink using both the solid and outline stamps. The Be Mine stamps are from my stash. I used the medium sized bird and reverse stamped the image.

If you would like to see a tutorial on how I mirror stamp, you may click here. The birds were colored with copics. I used Marvy punches for the circle and scallop. The polka dot ribbon is from Stampin Up.

For the second card I used the heart stamps to create the nest. I used the large bird stamp and did a small amount of paper piecing. I made these cards for children . Card Cupids is having a challenge for Valentines. If you would like to read more about Card Cupids you may do so here.

Angelica, I wanted to thank you again for allowing me to be guest designer for the month of January. I am having lots of fun with your wonderful stamps!

Friends don't forget to grab the special discount code to use in the MSS store for a 15% discount,

along with $1.00 Shipping valid through January 31st!

Paper Piecing with Janice and a special discount!

Hello Everyone!
I am so excited to be a guest designer for Market Street Stamps. For my card today, I chose to use the adorable robot stamps, Robo Love and Robo Star.
I love to stamp on patterned paper and paper piece my images. I love the character it brings to the stamp.

I stamped the images onto a 4"x5" piece of Whisper White cardstock by Stampin Up.

I cut a cloud template from cardstock and used pigment ink and a sponge to create the sky background. It is okay to get ink on the image since I am going to paper piece the images. When sponging, I swipe the sponge away from the template, or use small swirls along the edge of the template. You may want to practice on scrap paper first.

When you are happy with the sky you may sponge the grass with pigment ink until you get the look you desire.

Stamp the images again onto the patterned papers of your choice. Cut and paste the patterned paper to the images. Embellish as desired. I used a SU punch for the red hearts and a white Sakura gel pen for the dots. Tied a little red bow from 1/8" grossgrain ribbon. I used a corner rounder on two opposite corners, layered it onto Real Red cardstock, and then onto a light gingham print card base.

I have a special 15% discount code that you may use at Market Street Stamps store. You may find it on my blog here.

Thanks so much for stopping by and be sure and visit often to see all the fun projects the new Design Team has in store for you.

Hugs and smiles, Janice