Guest Designer :: Lori Tecler

 

Good morning!

 

We have a treat for you today- here's another post from our Guest Designer,

Lori Tecler!

 

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Halloween’s coming up in a few days and I wanted to have a few little treats on hand for some special trick-or-treaters. I used the Spooky Sweets set to whip up a card and a pair of coordinating treats in no time at all.

The card uses the set’s spider web as the focal image. I added a pair of button spiders with pearl eyes to the web for dimension. The set’s “Happy Halloween” sentiment is stamped beneath the web image in gray ink—it came out looking kind of greenish against the orange background, but that works okay with the rest of my color scheme! The image is paired with some dotted patterned paper strips and a debossed dotted background panel.

 

 

And, here are the treats. I made a spooky s’mores kit in a bag. The bag has two graham cracker squares, a mini sized chocolate bar, and a ghost shaped Peep. I topped the bag with a die cut label, folded in half and stamped with the Houndstooth background stamp, then decorated with the set’s ghost image and the “spooky” sentiment.

 

 

The second treat is a mini treat tube filled with pumpkin shaped candy corn pieces. They’re the perfect size for the tube! After I filled it and put on the top, I attached a simple tag made with a label die cut and the set’s bat image.

Thanks so much to the team at Market Street Stamps for having me as a guest designer this month!

 

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Thank YOU for joining us, Lori!

 

Make sure you guys all run over and check out Lori's blog

Inking Aloud!

You'll be inspired!

 

 

Have a great Friday! :)

Love This :: Jinny Newlin

Hello!

 

We have a scrappy TREAT for you today from the super talented Jinny Newlin!

Check out this amazing layout she created!



Jinny combined a TON of different stamp sets to create a layout with a beautiful, layered collage feel! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!

 

Run over to Jinny's blog

Soaring

to see all the different sets she combined and so much more about this project!

 

Have a fabulous day! :)

A sweet, fond farewell :: Michele Gross

Very few people come into your life with such a sweet nature, gentle encouragement and genuine care.
When I first met Michele "online", I could tell right away that she would be a fantastic addition to our team. She's smart, kind, friendly, and encouraging. She doesn't complain, she doesn't push, and she is always the first one to leave you some positive comments on a blog post.

When I met her in person, my heart smiled, because she is just as fun in person as she is online, if not, even more so. I got along wonderfully with her and the other DT members who joined us in January, and I am so grateful for those few days we were able to chit chat and enjoy the creativity around us!

So today, it's with a bittersweet touch that I let you know Michele is leaving the Market Street Stamps DT to focus on her clean-and-simple challenge blog, CAS-ual Fridays.

I am SO excited to see her take off - the last CAS-ual Friday DT Call was a huge success, and I could definitely understand how it would become too much very quickly just by the volume of participants she sees each week.

We are truly humbled by Michele's generous offering of knowledge, friendship and creativity.
As sad as we are to see her go, we are anxious to see where CAS-ual Fridays takes her!!

Michele has created one final project for today's post, so please do go visit her to bid her a fond, sweet, farewell, and be sure to follow her for what I'm sure are great things to come.

I couldn't have chosen a more appropriate stamp set to use as a final project - when we believe in ourselves, we truly can reveal our hearts. Sometimes our hearts lead us straight to the path we were born to walk.

Best of luck to you, sweet Friend!!

Enjoy Today!
Angelica

You Are Loved

HI!

Happy Thursday!

We've got a treat for you today! Our very own Tifany created this super sweet monochromatic card to share today- perfect to send to someone who might need a little love!

She used a really fun technique with tissue paper and a couple of backgrounds to create this heart focal image! 

Make sure you run over to her blog

Ink Blots by TRD

to see how she did it!

*AND* there's another pretty project over there for you to see, too!

Here are the stamps she used on this card: 

Have a fabulous day!

God Gives Us What We Need

Good Morning sweet friends!

Did you get any crafting in this weekend?

Tifany has a lovely home decor piece to share with you today, and it's absolutely beautiful.

Take a peek below...

What I love SO much about her framed art is that she used a few different sets to create her signature style! I love how she pairs bold colors with black or white to really make the design POP off the page.

Wouldn't this be a wonderful little reminder to place in your office or even in your entry way - the last place you see on your way out, and the first thing you see when you walk in?

Here are links to the stamps Tifany used in her project today:

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill (Orange Peel - Black); Georgia Pacific (White);
Stamps: Market Street Stamps (Houndstooth, Paisley, Comforting Florals);
Ink: Memento (Pear Tart); Ranger (Archival - Black);
Other: (Frame);
Tools: Fiskars (Trimmer, Scissors, Upper Crest Border Punch);

Be sure to visit Tifany's blog to see more! 

Happy Monday - new week, fresh start - ENJOY today! 

xo Angelica

Buy the SHOES!

Alright, folks! Are you ready for THIS!? The new Houndstooth background paired with Fashionista.... sigh.... what a FABULOUS combination! 

Michele created this beautifully retro card to share with us today! LOVE the combination of colors she chose! SO COOL!

A girl's dream, right? 

Make sure you run over to Michele's blog

Studio MSG

to learn more about this card! 

See ya back here tomorrow with a project from Jen!

-Steph

February Sneak Peek :: Houndstooth

It's our FINAL day of our February Sneak Peeks!!

I just KNOW you are going to love this background designed by Tifany DeGough! 

Houndstooth is a standard in design and this stylish pattern has shown up in textiles, clothing, and home decor for years.

But have you ever owned a houndstooth stamp? If you have, you might have noticed that many of them aren't really proportionate for card-making.

Our new houndstooth background is the PERFECT scale for cards and other embellishments which you'll see in the designer samples below!

First time here? Be sure to head back to Monday's post and Tuesday's post so you don't miss a single sneak peek and chance to win!

If you'd LOVE to win a Houndstooth stamp, just checkout the details below!

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

• 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. :)}
• 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)
• 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)!
• You have through Wednesday, February 22nd to enter to win each set. 

DESIGN TEAM SAMPLES

Tifany DeGough: Tifany designed this Houndstooth pattern to be smaller and more scaled down for cardmakers and embellishment lovers all over the world! Just look at these cute magnets she whipped up!



Stephanie Muzzulin: Stephanie and Tifany were on the same page and were inspired by butterflies! I love Stephanie's soft, airy card and the double-layered butterfly is a fun little surprise!



Michele Gross:  Michele paired up TWO fun backgrounds our new Houndstooth and our best-selling Vintage Notepad! She also included the tree and a sentiment from Home Sweet Home!

Amy Kolling: Amy had another AMAZING card up her sleeve using Houndstooth AND Riding By! Seriously, how FUN are these colors together?

DoBea Alberts: I LOVE those stunning roses DoBea created and the Houndstooth is perfectly stamped - it looks like paper! I also love that fun shape she created for the top of her card to include sentiments from our January Release!



Stephanie Washburn: Like we saw yesterday, open spaces on stamps don't necessarily mean you have to do anything with them! Steph has created a beautiful stacked scene using Houndstooth in two different shades and stamping our new mini, Neighborhood, right on top of that gorgeous green ribbon!

I really hope you enjoyed the peeks this week; I know our designers always appreciate the love you leave them! Each time you visit their blogs and leave comments during release weeks, it gives you an extra chance to win! They work super hard to make our designs look good, and I can't thank them enough and YOU enough for coming by!! See you tomorrow when we'll reveal the full sets and our winners!!! :) - Angelica and the MSS Crew