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

Mojo 235

Happy Saturday!  I'm still here and trying to get back in the groove of things following vacation.  I had yesterday off due to Good Friday because my kiddos were out of school.  Well by bedtime, I was kiddo'd out!  I'd had enough of little voices saying, "Mommy!"  I love them dearly but I needed some time to craft and "unwind".  LOL  So last evening, I realized that it was Mojo Monday week!  This sketch was just what I needed to get the mojo flowing again!

I did run to my LSS yesterday to pick up something and found these gorgeous papers by lilybeedesign called Buttercup.  Gorgeous spring colors!!!  I used the sketch and added in a butterfly where there is a flower in the sketch........I guess I had butterflies on the brain since my daughter's softball team just picked their new name last night.........The Green Butterflies!!  One note:  I finally got out one of my punches to use!  It's been FOREVER since I'd used them but this one was just perfect!!

Have a great Saturday!! Thanks so much for stopping by!!

{You are such a joy}

Stamps:  Kind Words (Verve)

Paper:  Buttercup (lilybeedesigns), SS White (PTI)

Ink:  True Black (PTI)

Dies:  Circle Nestie (Spellbinders), Butterfly Trio Die-namics (MFT), Tag Sale Die (PTI)

Misc:  Arched Lattice Border Punch (Martha Stewart)

Market Street Stamps Block Party!

Here's my card for the monthly Block Party over at Market Street Stamps.  If you have any MSS, you must ink them up for a chance at some goodies or a Guest Design Team spot!  Here is what is up for grabs:

•One randomly selected participant will win an awesome prize package full of yummy stamps & accessories!
•ONE show stoppin' paper crafter will be asked to join us for a Guest Design spot for the following month! (This months winner will be a Guest Designer for the month of May!)

I love this stamp from the March Market Fresh Kit from Market Street Stamps.  Guess what?  You can still get your hands on this kit and this EXCLUSIVE stamp found in it........Find it HERE.  As soon as I got this stamp in the mail, I wanted to try this out.  Check it.......I stamped my lightbulb image on the wrong side!  After stamping the outline, I turned over the stamp and stamped the actual lightbulb image inside the outline!  LOVE out it turned out!  Such a great CAS card!!!

Now let's see your Market Street Stamps in action this month for the Block Party!  Yes you can win because my dear friend, Renee, was chosen last month as a Guest Designer and she's been getting ready for her time on the MSS blog!  Let's see what you can do!

{always look on the bright side}

Stamps:  Always look on the Bright Side (Market Street Stamps Market Fresh Kit--March)

Paper:  SS White (PTI)

Ink:  True Black, Harvest Gold (PTI)

12 Kits of Christmas {March Kit}

Hi everyone!  Here's to a great start to your weekend!  We start our baseball season this weekend at a baseball tournament out of town.  No sand this weekend but lots of sun to be had I'm sure!  Can't wait to see how the Bulldogs do on their first outing!

On to the March installment of the 12 Kits of Christmas!  This month our hostess was Suzanne from The Card Yard.  I had the pleasure of actually meeting Suzanne last year and she is such a sweet person with a fabulous accent!  Each month one of us send goodies out the others in the group and then we post our creations on a group post day!  Kind of a fun blog hop!  So let's see some simple Holiday cards I created with all the goodies Suzanne sent!  I only managed to squeak out 2 cards but there are oodles of stuff she sent that I didn't get to use.  I think what is so fun about this group is that we get to use products from other companies and try them out before we buy them!  Let's see what Suzanne sent out.....

MARCH KIT

{photo courtesy of Kara}

Here is my first card using a wonderful traditional image of Santa Clause and his reindeer called Santa's Flight from A Muse Studio.  I went with traditional colors and kept it simple.  What you can't see on the card is all the silver accents I added to the sleigh, stars, and reindeer.  Much better in person!

My second card uses an adorable folk artsy snowman image from Print Works.  Again kept it simple except for some Copic coloring.  I love how the image takes center stage and so I left it sentiment-less on purpose.  This could be used not only for Christmas but for a Thank You or just Winter Wishes. 

Well, you need to go check out the rest of the 12 Kits of Christmas blogs for tons of holiday inspiration!  We'll see you next month where we have another new hostess and some great new goodies to use!

Renee {It's a Patchwork Life}

Suzanne {The Card Yard}--March hostess

Cathy {Empty Nest Crafter}

Joyce {Cards-by-the-Sea}

Kim {Cupcakes Cards and Kim}

Kara {KandRDesigns}

Sharron {On Papillon Wings}

Marybeth {Marybeth's Time for Paper}

Jeanne {A Kept Life}

Jessica {The Paper Parade}

Christina {Sea Glass & Sentiments}

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.