MSS Paint the Town #17

It's better late than never right?  Well, apparently I left this post in draft form and never scheduled it.  So here I am a bit late with the newest Paint the Town Challenge from

MARKET STREET STAMPS! 

Just look at these peaceful colors.....tan, wheat, buttery yellow, and mystic blue.  Here's my take on these beautiful colors.

Now, go create a project using Market Street Stamps for your chance at winning.  One randomly selected participant will win a stamp set of choice ($15 or less)!  Enjoy your day!

{Happy Anniversary}

Stamps:  Grace Background, Simple Salutations (Market Street Stamps)

Paper:  Kraft, Dark Chocolate, Rustic Cream (PTI)
Ink:  Blue (SU), Dark Chocolate (PTI)
Misc:  Cream Button twine and Button (PTI)
Dies:  Edger Dies (PTI), Double Ended Banner Die (Lil' Inker Designs)

Two Step Stamping

Hi everyone!  I have a quick little tutorial for you today! 
When you look at your clear stamps, do you really look at them?  What I mean is....do you think about turning them over and stamping with the "WRONG" side?  Well, I wanted to share just how you can do this!  I used this technique on THIS Market Street Stamps card that was chosen for the Top 20 of the Paper Crafts Gallery Idol contest this summer!

Firstly, you need to choose a clear stamp that has an outline that is the same as the image.  To clarify, look at the back of the stamp to see if it would make the perfect outline for the actual stamp itself.  I chose to work with the Two Step Butterfly stamp that is only $5 and available in the MSS store.  The butterfly I used is the SOLID image (top image in the photo).  Here are my supplies:

Let's see, I do believe some neon is in.....now I don't have neon inks but I think this represents neon in what I remember wearing back "when" those neon shoestrings and tops were "in"!  LOL  So here, I've chosen inks that have a lighter shade and a coordinating darker shade.

Your first step is to place a small piece of double sided tape on one side of your clear block and place your stamp on the block so the back side is out.  Yes go ahead.....do it.  Ink up your lighter shade of color and stamp your image.  Clean your stamp and remove to now place on the other side of your block.  Now place your stamp the "normal" way on the block and ink up with the darker coordinating shade of color.  Now, centering the actual stamp is soo easy because you have the outline there as a guide!  When done, it gives the most perfect outline to your image!

Here are all 3 butterflies stamped first with the back of the stamp and then again with the normal side of the stamp.

Now for the finished card.........I love the results and it makes for very mailable card since there is no layering!

  So I challenge you to go look through your stamps and see what stamp(s) you have that may work for this technique because it is FUN!  Thank you all for stopping by today.....have a great one!

{Happy Birthday}

Stamps:  Two Step Butterfly, Simple Salutations (Market Street Stamps)

Paper:  SS White, True Black (PTI)

Ink:  Shell, Bubblegum, Sky, Ocean, Lemon Whip, Papaya (AMuse), True Black (PTI)

Dies:  Small Scallop Border (PTI)

Oh happy day!

Hi all!  I've got a sweet CAS card today using the newest EXCLUSIVE stamp from the May Market Fresh Kit......this awesome butterfly!  I have had some things going on lately and well, just not enough time to get it all done.  Pair that with our 21 yr old niece moving in with us this weekend!  Yikes......her room is NO way near clean!!

Is this not the most beautiful color palette here with this new kit?  {swoon}

I decided to use the butterfly and do a simple stamp and mask technique to the edge of some white cardstock.  I wish I'd had more time to re-do this card as that Pure Poppy ink I used just does NOT match the cardstock as seen here.  (it's the new shaped ink pad)

Have you checked out the latest MSS Paint the Town challenge?  If not, you most certainly need to!  You have the chance at winning a stamp set of choice ($15 value)!!

Have a great weekend everyone!



{Oh, Happy Day!}

Stamps:  Butterfly (Market Street Stamps MAY Market Fresh Kit), Simple Salutations (Market Street Stamps)

Paper:  Harvest Gold, Pure Poppy, SS White (PTI)

Ink:  Pure Poppy, Harvest Gold, True Black (PTI), Orangerie Palette ink

Misc:  Silver Pearls (discontinued at Michael's)

Soft and feminine.....

Hi all!  I have a card to share today that can also be seen over at the Market Street Stamps Blog.  It's no secret that I LOVE Market Street Stamps background stamps.  They are absolutely the best thing......full card size and excellent coverage.  Not to mention that MSS has TONS of designs to choose from! 

I chose to work with Grace and Mesh for creating my background.  I stamped a whole panel of each and then just cut 1 1/4 inch strips and layered them on a scrap piece of cardstock.  The sentiment is from a new set called Simple Salutations (which I love).  It's nice to have a MSS sentiment set to use with all my MSS cards now! 

Alright, I need to go and get to marking for my annual garage sale that starts tomorrow and I've only marked a couple of boxes!  Yikes!!!  Wish me luck!  We usually have HUGE success with our garage sales and I can't wait to get the sale started!

{Happy Birthday}

Stamps:  Grace, Mesh, Simple Salutations (MSS)

Paper:  SS White (PTI)

Ink:  Watermelon and Slate (a Muse)

Dies:  Flag die (Lil' Inker Designs)

Misc:  Hibiscus Burst Button (PTI), Twine (The Twinery), Foam Tape

MSS: April Paint the Town

Here today with a quick post and a CAS card!  Today starts a new challenge over at Market Street Stamps called.......Paint the Town!  I had some fun doing CAS again and it's really growing on me! 

I just couldn't decide on what to do for these colors since I didn't "have" my strawberry stamp from MSS yet........but it's coming!  (If you are wondering, the strawberry stamp is exclusively available in the April Market Fresh Kit and can be found HERE.  Check the MSS blog for more details!)

We would love to see your creations for this challenge....Be creative and have fun!  Remember one lucky participant will win a goodie from MSS!  Here is this month's Inspiration photo for the Paint the Town challenge:

{Thinking of You}

Stamps:  Homegrown, Simple Salutations (MSS)

Paper:  SS White (PTI)

Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento), True Black (PTI)

Dies:  Leaves (Memory Box)

Misc:  Copics, Scor-Pal

Market Street Stamps March New Release: Day 3

I'm back at you today with more goodness from Market Street Stamps for their fantastic March Release!  Today I get to share a great set called Blessings in Disguise along with a new BACKGROUND stamp called Candy Stripes. (I gave you a sneak peek yesterday)


This quote comes with 2 flourish type stamps (not shown here in my sample) but you can see on my card that the quote is fairly good size to make it the focal point of your card.  The embossing is done with a new M-Bossabilities folder from Spellbinders.  These folders have 2 designs in one folder!  Such a great idea.  Then I had to add in there a Royal Rolled Rose from MFT done in Ocean Tides cardstock

And just so you can see the new Background stamp, Candy Stripes, here is the card I shared yesterday as a sneak peak!

Now you KNOW you want to win some of these new stamps........here's what you've got to do!

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Each month, we give away one of each set showcased to one LUCKY commenter!

•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 the post over at MSS)

•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 the post over at MSS)!

•You have through Wednesday, March 28th to enter to win each set.

{Blessings in Disguise}

Stamps:  Blessings in Disguise (Market Street Stamps)

Paper:  Ocean Tides, SS White (PTI), Bitty Dot DP (PTI)

Ink:  True Black (PTI)

Dies:  Label Layers 2 Die (Wplus9), Royal Rolled Rose Die-namic (MFT)

Misc:  Janome Sew Mini, M-Bossabilities Folder (Spellbinders), Pearls

{Happpy Birthday}

Stamps:  Daily Grind, Simple Salutations, Candy Stripes (Market Street Stamps)

Paper:  Raspberry Fizz, Harvest Gold, Dark Chocolate (PTI), Raspberry Fizz Mix (PTI)

Ink:  Dark Chocolate, Fresh Snow (PTI)

Dies:  Oval Nestie (Spellbinders), Layered Label Die-namic (MFT)

Misc:  Baker's Twine (The Twinery), Pink Rhinestones (Kaisercraft)

Market Street Stamps March New Release: Day 2

Hi everyone!!  I am so glad to be home!  We had a wonderful trip to Aruba!  I am planning a post with pictures of our trip soon, so stay tuned!!

So welcome to Day 2 of the Market Street Stamps March release!  I had so much fun with the stamps from this release prior to my vacation and can't wait to start inking them up again now that I'm home.  Today we are showcasing a stamp set that has been on my list for Angelica to release:  a SENTIMENT ONLY set!  Yippee!  Now you will have a GREAT sentiments to go with any of your existing Market Street Stamps!

Here I had to use more of the great images from the new set, Daily Grind, and paired them with the new sentiment set called Simple Salutations.

For my other card, I used the adorable shake image from Daily Grind for this fun color combination and I just may have snuck in another new stamp on this card!  hehe.....you'll have to wait and see!

And of course you want to win this new set right?  Here are the details of the giveaway!  We'll see you back here tomorrow night, same time! 

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Each month, we give away one of each set showcased to one LUCKY commenter!

•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, March 28th to enter to win each set.