MOXIE FAB THANKS! BLOG HOP

I am so honored to be participating in such an amazing blog hop today! You should be arriving at my blog from Kim Makortoff's blog! You can also find a full list of hop participants on the Moxie Fab World blog!

 

It was definitely a shock and so sad to see Cath moving on from the Moxie Fab World- she will absolutely be missed by so many...

 

In the wake of the news, an absolutely amazing group of crafters has come together to wish Cath luck and thank her for the continuous enthusiasm, motivation, and moxie fabulousness that helped us all take our crafting to the next level! She pushed us to step out of the box, try something new, and have fun doing it. She challenged us to follow the trends, find beauty everyday, and try our absolute best.

 

She was (and will always be) THE inspiration!

 

I wanted to share this card with Cath today- we love you, girl! You will always be an incredible source of inspiration for me and so many of us. I don't know what I'm going to do without my daily dose of moxie fab. Thank you so much for everything you've taught me over the past few years- you're awesome!

 

The next stop on the hop is the amazing Alyssa Scritchfield!

 

Happy hopping!

Market Street Stamps is MOXIE FAB!

Woohoo!

SO excited to see Market Street Stamps get the Moxie Fab "Stamp of Approval" this morning! It's extra special when some of the stamp sets Cath is featuring are YOUR DESIGNS! Seriously? Pick me up off of the floor now. Just sayin'.

I thought I'd share a few projects I created with these Moxie Fab stamps! I love them so much!

(Click the links under the photos to see the full stamp set in the Marketplace!)

My Thoughts Exactly

 

 

Wild

Funky Herringbone

 

 

Growth

 

 

Nautical Stripe

Dreamcatcher

 Did I mention that I love these stamps? Ha!

Run on over to the Moxie Fab World to leave a comment for your chance to win these stamps! You want them in your collection!

 

tutorial: rock & roll stamping

  Good morning!

 

I have a quick little tutorial to share today! I'm going to show you how to achieve a soft, gradient look by using the rock & roll technique with your solid stamps!

 

 

Today I'm using the Two Step Butterfly stamp set and three blue pigment inks from A Muse Studio. These inks work beautifully to create a really soft look- if you want a more distinct color difference you can use dye inks for this technique! I wanted a soft pastel look for these butterflies so I chose pigment ink. Have fun with it and experiment to see what inks give you the look you want!

 

I started by inking the solid butterfly image with my lightest of three colors - Sky A Muse Studio pigment ink.

 

 

Then, I added some of my middle color - Blueberry A Muse Studio pigment ink - by hovering my stamp right above the ink pad and gently rocking and rolling the stamp onto the ink. The ink is distributed more heavily towards the outer edges of the stamp leaving the center light blue.

 

I repeated this process with the darkest of the three colors - Navy A Muse Studio pigment ink - concentrating the darker colors along the outer edge of the butterfly wings.

You can see in the background that some of the lighter ink transferred to my darker ink pads. Not a huge concern at all- I simply rub the whole ink pad on a sheet of scrap paper when I'm finished and that layer of lighter ink comes right off!

 

After stamping a couple butterflies using the rock & roll technique, I added some of the outline butterfly stamp to create movement on my card. I think this panel makes it look like the butterflies are flying from the bottom left up to the top right.

 

I added a rock & roll butterfly (that I cut out with scissors) to the panel to add some dimension. I think it looks really cool- like the butterfly is taking flight off of the card!

 

 

Here's the finished card! I added a sentiment from Growth and some pearls on the top butterfly to pull it all together. I love the soft look of the butterflies!

 

I created this card for the Movement Challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I hope you'll run over and check out the challenge- LOTS of great information about design for you to soak up!

 

Market Street Stamps BLOCK PARTY!

 

HI!

It's BLOCK PARTY time again!

While you're waiting on your orders to arrive in the mail- play with some of your older Market Street Stamps and share some inspiration! All you have to do is link up on the Market Street Stamps blog (with any projects using MSS) and YOU could win an awesome prize package OR A GUEST DESIGNER SPOT! 

Did I mention that there's a free digi!? YUP! Stop by the Neighborhood and join the Block Party Group to pick up the free digi stamp! You don't even have to have any Market Street Stamps on hand to play! 

And this FUNKY CHICKEN is OH SO CUTE! I'll definitely be playing with him this weekend! ;)

So- today I have a little card to share with you!

I am LOVING these new sets, by the way.... I normally try to avoid the new release stamps during the Block Party (it's no fair for you guys!), but I just couldn't help myself.... lol! I love these little houses!

For this one, I started by heat embossing a nice little row of houses with black embossing powder. I carefully cut around the tops of the houses and set them aside. Then, I inked up my Here Comes the Sun background set with three different blue Distress Stains- rubbed the Distress Stains right on the stamp. I stamped it on white cardstock and ended up with this beautiful sun/sky image! LOVE it!

I trimmed the sun/sky to fit nicely behind my row of houses and adhered the houses with foam tape.

I can't seem to get away from green satin ribbon lately so I added some of that, too! HAHA! 

Finally, I stamped the super sweet sentiment along the bottom of the card base.

I'm also linking this up over on the Moxie Fab World Blog! This week's Tuesday Trigger is HOME SWEET HOME! Couldn't be more perfect timing! It's also a two-weeker- so get your order in for the new Neighborhood and Home Sweet Home sets so you can play along, too!

I was obviously very inspired by the house! ;)

Make sure you find some time to join our Block Party this weekend! Run over to the MSS blog to check it out! We can't wait to see what you make!

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MSS Sneak Peek Day 3: Houndstooth

 

Are you ready for the very last sneak peek!? It's my new FAVORITE background- I am absolutely in love with the small scale houndstooth pattern- it's PERFECT for card makers and is different than any other houndstooth pattern I've seen out there. The new Houndstooth background stamp was illustrated by Tifany DeGough and trust me- it makes a BIG impact! 

Here are the details of the release (all this can be found on the MSS blog, too!)

• The February release stamps will be "sneaked" on the MSS blog Monday-Wednesday at 7PM Central Time!
• The full sets will be revealed on Thursday night!
• Stamps will be available for sale following the reveal Thursday night!
• The February release stamps will be 15% off in the store for an entire week following the release!! Want all of the sets? If you order the whole release they'll be 25% off for an entire week!! Can't beat that!

And here's what I've made (so far... this bad boy is gonna get a lot of play! HAHA!) with the new Houndstooth background stamp:

I created this very vintage inspired card using the new Houndstooth in two different ink colors as well as the new Neighborhood stamp! I stamped the Houndstooth on the bottom half of a regular A2 sized card using a muse studio Onyx ink. Then, I cut a smaller piece of cardstock and stamped the Houndstooth again using a muse studio Latte ink. I stamped the houses and added some beautiful green ribbon (because I personally think everything is prettier with a bow... lol!). I rounded the corners and adhered the stamped image to the card with foam adhesive. Very simple, very clean, very ME!

On the inside, I masked an area in the center and stamped the house from Neighborhood with Latte ink. Then, I stamped the sentiment over top of the house image with Onyx ink! 

Make sure you run over to the Market Street Stamps blog to check out all the other sneak peeks!

  

I'm also linking this up over on the Moxie Fab World Blog! This week's Tuesday Trigger is HOME SWEET HOME! Couldn't be more perfect timing! It's also a two-weeker- so get your order in for the new Neighborhood and Home Sweet Home sets so you can play along, too!

Loving all the home inspiration....

Deepest Condolences....

Hi! Hope you're all having a great Thursday.

I started mine off with a trip to the dentist with the boys. They each had a scheduled cleaning, but Austin's got postponed due to a little injury from yesterday.Kid won't stop running in the house- this time he tripped and hit his face on the side of his wooden bed- hit right above his top teeth. Gums and top lip are seriously bruised. No fun.  This injury involved dental x-rays and notes from the dentist stating "watch front teeth for darkening along gum line. This could indicate nerve ending damage and tooth death." Ummm... praying that we don't see any darkening. The end.

I thought I'd pop in real quick and share this card that I made for the Paper Crafts Color Inspiration Challenge. I got it in at the very last minute and didn't have time to share it on the blog-o!

Here is the color challenge:

I'm also entering this over at the new challenge site: Young Crafters Unite! They have a super fun challenge (ends the 15th) and they're a sweet bunch of girls- make sure you head over and check em out!

Here's the challenge:

                                    

And here is my card:

Love the way this one came out. I colored the flower (from PTI's In Bloom) with two different blue Copic's (B95 and B97) and then shaded a little T4 along the edges to bring in the gray color. Love the effect and I'll definitely be trying this again soon!

Did you guys see the post on the Moxie Fab World this morning!!?? Market Street Stamps received the Moxie Fab "Stamp of Approval!" There is a fab prize to be won so make sure you run over and check it out!

And I have a post on the MSS blog tomorrow- you don't want to miss it! Gonna be LOTS of fun! Can't tell you anything else about it yet, but you definitely want to make sure you stop by tomorrow!! ;)

Have a great day everyone!!

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