You Keep Me Cozy

Good morning!

Today I have a treat to share with you! 

Samantha Casey created this STUNNING card- perfect to make us feel a little warmer during the cold season we're in right now! 

She combined a few sets (Cheep Talk, Night Owls, and Cool Cats) to create this beautiful winter wonderland scene! 

Her coloring is just amazing.... makes me feel cozy, for sure! 

Make sure you stop by Samantha's blog

SAMANTHA CASEY

for more information about this card!

Cool Cats

Cheep Talk

Night Owls

What's happening!

• Stop by at 12:01 EST Friday morning on the CAS-ual Fridays blog as well as the MSS blog to see the results of the CAS-ual Fridays/MSS Block Party challenge!!
• Sneak peeks and information coming your way about the new Market Fresh Kit Club starting Friday, January 6th! 
• We have a new Paint the Town Challenge coming January 11th! 
• January NEW RELEASE will start with sneak peeks on January 23rd! Available for sale January 26th!
• There are still LOTS of stamps on SALE in the Marketplace! Check it out!! SALE

Have a great day!!

mixing your patterns

Hey there! It's Brenda here with you today.

I've got a little card I whipped up for you using the Night Owls stamp set.

A couple of days ago while organizing my craft area I came across a some pieces of patterned paper that I had clipped together. I did that quite a long time ago during another one of my organization expeditions because I thought those particular patterns and colors went well together and I thought I'd like to use them together on a project one day. But that little stack of papers got shoved into a drawer and I never did make anything with them....until now.

I got to looking at them and thinking, hmmm...wouldn't that plaid paper make a great little paper pieced owl? And that dark grey paper could totally work as a night sky! And the yellow? That could be a moon, yes? And so I did, pulling out a couple more patterned paper scraps from my stash to finish it out. I used a total of five different patterns and colors on this card!

So, I thought why not share a little about mixing and matching patterned papers? Granted, most of you are probably already pros at this, but for those of you who struggle, maybe I can help you out.

For starters, I chose the pattern with the most colors/boldest design first. That was the green plaid one in this set. Then I simply chose other, more subtle, patterns to match, like the yellow and dark grey. 3-4 patterns is a good number to go for when choosing your patterns.

Keep the scale of the patterns in mind while choosing. In other words, the size of the pattern. Choose one that's larger/bolder, one that's medium, and one that's smaller scaled, for an eye pleasing combo. A nice tone on tone is easy to throw in as well if you're looking for another pattern to add without it getting overwhelming. In fact, a couple of the patterns I chose for this card are subtle tone on tone.


I hope that helps you out in your patterned paper pairings!

Have fun going through your stash of patterned paper scraps and finding great combinations to use! We'd love to see what you've made, so be sure to share it in the Market Street Stamps Flickr group or in the Neighborhood!

Market Street Says BOO!

Hey y'all!  It's Meg here with some Halloween fun. As soon as I saw the Halloween release from Market Street, I knew exactly what I wanted to do for my design team post.  I even sent out an email calling dibs on the idea.  So I hope you're ready for the spookiness that is about to occur...

Yes, you totally just jumped out your seats, didn't you?  It's a Halloween tree filled with Market Street's Sweet Spooks and Night Owls, two sets that are so cute they make it hard to spook (so I admit I added some extra spookiness in Picnik).  The tree is just a discarded branch that I spray painted black.  I stuck some oasis foam in an old black container, stuck the branch into the foam, and then hot glued some moss on top.  Then I just started stamping, embossing, cutting and hanging!  Here are some close-ups:

I used some Echo Park paper for the owls (look how nice that solid one stamped!) as well as for the orange tags that I stamped the skulls onto (as well as some spiders as you'll see later).  I embossed the webs onto vellum and added a black rhinestone to each one for the "spider."  The bats were embossed onto dark gray paper, then I accented their fangs with a white gel pen.

Here you can see that cute spider hanging out on some polka dotted paper, as well as glimpse of the fancy pearl I added to the skull.  Mr Ghosty was a bit too ephemeral to catch on film, but you should be able to spot him in some of the other pictures.

I also made this sign to go with the tree.  I just love some fun fonts, don't you?  The bat paper was in a $1.00 pack at Walmart, which I used to cover an 8x10 canvas.  I cut the words out of vinyl using my Silhouette, then added some Market Street bats using glue dots.

Here's one more look at the whole she-bang:

Happy Haunting, everyone!

September Release - Sneak Peek 2 {Night Owls & Argyle}

Good Evening! It's the 

2nd Day in our

SEPTEMBER RELEASE WEEK!

If you missed yesterday's post, be sure to pop over

so you don't miss a SINGLE project or chance to win! 

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

• Show DT projects (sneak peeks) Monday thru Wednesday. All peeks are scheduled at 7 pm Central Time.
• On Thursday, our sets are revealed and all the sets 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)

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

1. Earn ONE entry for leaving a comment on this post
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) 

*Don't miss out on yesterday's peeks & chances to win! Click here to view Sneak Peek 1!*

*Deadline to enter is Thurs, Sept 29 @ 11:59 AM CDT*

Meg

Night Owls
Visit Meg's Blog for a bonus "Night Owls" project!

Jess

Night Owls (oops, originally listed "Argyle" here!)

Brenda
Night Owls
Stop by Brenda's blog for a bonus 'Night Owls' project!

Tifany 

Night Owls

Stephanie M.

Argyle & Night Owls {and a touch of Sweet Spooks!}

Sarah

Night Owls

Amy

Argyle

DoBea

Argyle

Julia

Argyle

Michele

Argyle

Angelica

Argyle & Night Owls

Be sure to pop over to each designer's blog! You never know what special techniques they used or if another "bonus" sample will pop up! See you back here tomorrow for our last peek!