Paint the Town with Market Street Stamps!

Hi Market Street Stamps fans!  Today I am sharing my card for the latest Paint the Town color challenge hosted by Market Street Stamps!

Look at these gorgeous colors.......my favorite color combo EVER!  I may have mentioned it a time or too!

My card design is fairly CAS and again uses the cake image from Celebrate Cake.  I love this set as it makes awesome Congratulations cards for weddings.  I have had some requests for more Wedding cards at work so this will be in my next batch to sell.

Can you see all the texture on the base card?  It is my most loved PTI impression plate.....the Canvas and Linen IP.  I wish PTI would come out with another one like this but a different pattern.  This pattern can be used for ANY card! 

All of us at Market Street Stamps would LOVE to see you Paint the Town with us.  So, get out those stamps and let's see some color!  Remember there is a prize up for grabs!  Thanks for stopping by today!

{Congratulations}

Stamps:  Celebrate Cake (Market Street Stamps)

Paper:  SS White and Royal Velvet (PTI)

Ink:  True Black (PTI)

Misc:  Copics, Silver Pearls (Michaels), Canvas/Linen IP (PTI), Paper Rose (Recollections)

I Promise........

I promise........this is the LAST time I will ask for your votes!  I made it to the next round of the Practical Scrappers Card Contest.  After the votes this week, the Practical Scrapper team decides who wins!  So, one last vote please to get me into the Top 3!!!  Vote HERE.

This week's challenge was:  Rainbows and Dry Embossing.

So I went with a panel of rainbow colors, sewed between each color, and then stamped with Damask Designs by PTI.  My dry embossing comes in with one cloud embossed using Swiss Dots EF and my score lines framing my rainbow panel.  My clouds dies and sentiment are from Lil' Inker Designs.  I LOVE LOVE these clouds!  Laura has made them so unique!  (and a wee hint.....we have some super holiday things coming soon!)  Again, THANK YOU so much for voting for me........it means the world to me!

{hope your day is all sunshine & rainbows}

Stamps:  Rainbows and Clouds Sentiments (Lil' Inker Designs), Damask Designs (PTI)

Paper:  SS White, Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Harvest Gold, Spring Moss, Spring Rain, Plum Pudding (all PTI)

Ink:  Versamark Dazzle Champagne, True Black (PTI)

Dies:  Clouds (Lil' Inker Designs)

Misc:  Janome Sew Mini, Scor-Pal, Foam Tape, Swiss Dots EF (Cuttlebug)

Happy Halloween!

Just wanted to pop on here to wish you all a very Happy Halloween!  I thought I would share a picture of my kids dressed up for Halloween this year.  Oh my, Payton was not happy!  She complained and complained about wearing the Dorothy wig (because it was "itchy") but after awhile she got used to it!  Brett was all Ninja....swords and all!

I shared this already but I just love this little Jack-o-Lantern stamp from Market Street Stamps called Happy Pumpkin!  I made these for my kids and they were so excited to get them this morning.  I always put out their little "mailboxes" on special days at the table when they eat breakfast.  They love to open their "mail"!  I hope you all have a very Happy Halloween and may you not eat too much candy!  :)

Wee Memories #74

Ack!  It's almost Halloween!  Can you believe it?  My kids are ready and we even had some fun dressing up last night for our annual church Trunk or Treat!  I'll share pics of the costumes on another post!  Today is another edition of the Wee Memories challenge!  This week's challenge:  Brads, Buttons, or Bows.  Your creation has to have one of these things on it.  Fun challenge!

Here's my card:

Here is this week's challenge badge:

And our wonderful sponsor of a $20 Gift Certificate is from Jay Gee's Nook!  So let's see your Brads, Buttons, and Bows for this week's challenge!  Remember to upload your cards to the Wee Memories Flickr group too!

{Congratulations}

All supplies PTI unless stated.

Stamps:  Damask Designs, Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches)

Paper:  True Black and Rustic White

Ink:  Summer Sunrise and True Black

Dies:  Medium Scallop Border Die

Misc:  Black gems (Michaels), Black Grograin Ribbon (Dollar Tree)

Blast from the past!!

Happy Thursday!  Amy here today via the Market Street Stamps blog with a technique from your past!  This was one of the first techniques I learned when I began stamping many moons ago.  Stamping with bleach.  Yes, it's messy.  Yes, it's smelly.  But it's FUN!  I wanted to use the Blast Off stamp set and have the perfect occasion to give this card away this weekend to our neighbor boy for his birthday!    I thought this stamp set lended itself well to using bleach with those star images!

Stamping with bleach gives your image a fun distressed look.  Do not expect it to turn out like traditional ink because it won't.  I simply poured a bit of bleach on a paper towel lined plate.  After stamping my stars, I just watched as the bleach took the color away from my cardstock and whalaa!  It's like magic!  Have any of you tried this technique?  I'd love to hear about it! 

{BLAST OFF}

Stamps:  Blast Off (Market Street Stamps)

Paper:  Enchanted Evening, Summer Sunrise, and SS White (all PTI)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Misc:  Copics (YR68, Y38, Y35, B95, Colorless Blender, C1, B99), Foam Tape, Gellyroll Glitter Pen (Sakura), Bleach

October PTI Blog Hop!

Going to keep this short as I'm not feeling well today but I wanted to share the card I made last night for the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop!  I was up pretty late so I took my photo today for better lighting.  Here is this month's inspiration photo.  I knew exactly what I wanted to do as soon as this photo was posted on release night.

The idea I had was to create panels of different patterns just like the pumpkins.  I immediately saw woodgrain and polka dots.   Then I looked at the white pumpkin and thought Embellishments!   (I love this stamp set)  And simply because I love those pumpkins in the photo, I created one of my own using my oval nesties.  I have been seeing a lot of pumpkins done like this lately.......Suzanne made a great card HERE with one of these pumpkins.

Thanks for stopping by and have fun on the PTI Blog Hop!!

{ever so Grateful}

All supplies PTI unless stated.

Stamps:  Embellishments, Polka Dot Basics II, BB: Woodgrain, Autumn Acorns

Paper:  SS White, Terracotta Tile, Ripe Avocado, Kraft, Dark Chocolate

Ink:  Fresh Snow, Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate

Dies:  Jar Labels 2, Oval Nesties

Misc:  Rustic Jute Button Twine, Terracotta Tile Buttons, Foam  Tape

Chevrons and Stitching.......

Happy Sunday to you!  Yesterday, we had a wonderful day celebrating our daughter's birthday with her party where we had 15 kids.  Note to self:  do not invite everyone because most likely they will all come!  The good thing was that the party, the mess, and the fun took place at a place similiar to Chuck E Cheese called Going Bonkers.  They served the cake, the drinks, wrote a gift list down, and helped Payton open her gifts!  All I had to do was take pictures!  Sweet!  To round out the day, we watched our son play football and went to a pumpkin patch.  Lots of fun memories with friends and family for sure.  There is nothing better!

So this week's challenge for the next round of the Practical Scrappers Card Contest had to include:

CHEVRONS and STITCHING.

I had a great time creating this card and the chevrons were pretty simple to create.  I used 1" squares cut in to triangles and then lined them up to make my own chevrons.  I used some awesome pattern paper from Crate Paper collection:  Portrait.

Using more of the Harvest Gold felt and my Lil' Inker Designs Fringe Flower Die, I made an embellishment for my seam binding bow.  I cut the fringe flower with my die, cut in half, and then rolled it up.  Gives the fringe flower a totally different look!  I also cut off an inch or so to make my flower smaller. 



I hope you have a great day and I wanted to sincerely thank each and every one of you that has voted for me so far in this card contest!  All your votes mean the world to me! 

{Happy Birthday}

Stamps:  Delightful Dahlia (PTI)

Paper:  SS White and Kraft (PTI), Portrait Collection DP (Crate Paper)

Ink:  True Black (PTI)

Dies:  Fringe Flower Die (Lil' Inker Designs), Double Ended Banner Die (PTI)

Misc:  Harvest Gold Felt (PTI), Seam Binding (Hug Snug), Janome Sew Mini, Canvas/Linen IP (PTI), Foam Tape, White Pearls (HL), Memo Pins (Tim Holtz)