Sweet Stamp Shop BLOG HOP!!

 

HELLO, HELLO!

Hopefully you made it to my blog from the sweet Kryssi Ng's blog- if not, you can find the beginning of the hop HERE!

Are you guys excited for the GRAND OPENING of Sweet Stamp Shop!! I know I am! Nicole has come up with some super **sweet** stamp designs and I was lucky enough to get my hands on them before they were even available for sale! Well, they're available now and if you comment on all the blogs on the hop you could win some! You have until Monday to comment! 

And there are some sweet coupon codes hidden in the blog hop so make sure you keep your eyes peeled for those!! Coupon codes will be valid until August 8th!

I've had so much fun playing with the new set Scootin' By- check out what I made:

LOVE that little scooter! So customizable- perfect for Copic coloring and paper piecing! Paired this little seafoam green beauty with some Echo Park AWalk in the Park paper- perfect match! Those sweet clouds were stamped on vellum and adhered to a turquoise paper from the same collection- really gave the clouds a softer look! The inside of the card reads "I miss you." Aww...

I'll definitely be playing more with this set soon- so much fun!!

There are LOTS of places you can keep up with Sweet Stamp Shop!

{ shop }  { blog }  { YouTube }  { facebook }  { twitter }  { flickr }

Have SO much fun hoppin' today!

Head over to Lindsay Amrhein's blog from here for some more Sweet Stamp Shop inspiration!!

MSS Color Cue Challenge!

Hi! I think I'm still recovering from all the excitement on the Market Street Stamps blog yesterday! You guys gave our new design team members such a warm welcome and we're SO happy to have them all on the team!

If you missed the fun- make sure you head over and comment on all the new designer introductions for your chance to win their favorite stamp sets! There are links to all the designer introductions HERE!

And if that isn't great enough, Angelica and Jorge have extended a 20% off sale through Sunday on ALL stamps in the Marketplace! AMAZING sale- you do not want to miss it!

How about a COLOR CUE challenge to get you moving this morning! Here is the challenge over at the Market Street Stamps blog:

And here's my card:

I pulled out this sweet little snail from Slow Movin' set for this one! Love this little guy- just so cute! I stamped his shell with Versamagic Aquatic Splash ink, cut it out, and outlined all the circles with a black marker. I colored the little snails body with Copics.

Did you notice the background? I heat embossed the Bit of Burlap background stamp on Aqua Mist cardstock with white embossing powder. LOVE this look and I definitely use it a lot!

The sweet word bubble is from the Cheep Talk set! Finished it off with a super sweet bow!

Hope you like it! Make sure you stop by the Market Street Stamps blog to see all the inspiration for the Color Cue Challenge- a few of our new designers are playing along!

 

Market Street Stamps Design Team Reveal!!

Hi, everyone! Hope you are all enjoying your day! I wanted to stop by quickly to let you know about the festivities over at the Market Street Stamps blog today! We have been announcing our new design team members EVERY hour all morning and there are still more announcements to come!

Make sure you stop by the blog and leave comments for all the fabulous new designers! You have a great opportunity to win each of their favorite stamp sets! And there will be another big announcement at 5 Central Time! SO happy to let the cat out of the bag and announce these amazing designers!!

Join us for the fun!!

I Know... More Doilies???

Hello everyone! How are you all doing today?

I had a very little bit of free time this afternoon thanks to some very cranky baby boys that were having a hard time taking a nap, but I did have just enough time to play along with the newest challenge over at The Play Date Cafe! I fell head over heals in love with this color combo when I saw it this morning and couldn't wait to play along! AND, my card for last week's challenge was chosen as one of the Cream in our Coffee! WOO HOO!

Here's the challenge:

 

And here's my card:

I know, I know.... I've been using PTI's Delightful Doilies set A LOT lately... haha! I can't help it- it's super fun! Today I paired it with Market Street Stamps Sweet Lace background set- LOVE combining sets from different companies and exploring- it's part of the fun of stamping! I also stamped PTI's Background Basics: Text Styles over the doily image with Chamomile ink from the PTI Tea Dye Duo.

Love the way this one turned out- very soft, but still bold enough to be interesting!

Thanks for stopping by today- I've got a lot of work going on behind the scenes getting ready for the BIG Market Street Stamps Design Team announcement! Make sure to tune in to the Market Street Stamps blog on Tuesday for the big reveal and LOTS of prizes! YAY!

Gone Campin' with the Play Date Cafe Challenge!

Hi, everyone! Nice to see you tonight!

Last night, while staring blankly at my craft desk and wondering where to start, I decided to take a little break and cruise Facebook for a minute. So glad I did! My dear friend Julie Day had just posted that she had recieved some new Market Street Stamps goodies in the mail and was getting ready to get inky! I saw that as an opportunity for some inspiration and asked her what she got! She said she was super excited to break into her Gone Campin' set so I decided to play with my Gone Campin' set, too! Paired that with the Play Date Cafe Challenge and the Clean and Simple Sketch for this week and I had a pretty straight forward plan! Perfect for breaking through the lack of creative motivation!


Here's the Clean and Simple Stamping Sketch (#150)




And the Play Date Cafe Challenge:

 

And here's my card:

Oooohhh... I think I like it!

 I used some Making Memories patterned paper for the background and added a little Summer Sunrise satin ribbon (all ruffled up) to accent the focal image and add a pop of color. I have to say that Summer Sunrise is one of my favorite colors, especially for a big POP against neutrals! Colored the campfire with Copics.

I think this card might make even the fanciest ladies wanna sit around a campfire! Love adding some elegance to something generally associated with getting dirty... lol!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful weekend!

How about a scrapbook layout?

Hi! I thought I'd share a little something I've been working on lately. As some of you know, I am a HUGE supporter of Digital Project Life- it's super easy, takes a lot of the "stress" away about keeping up with scrapbooking, and I LOVE the designs. But every now and then I get the scrapbooking itch and then I run to Archiver's and spend a ton of money on open stock 12 X 12 paper and a couple of collections, get them home, let them sit on my desk for a few months and then use finally use them.... haha! I'm trying very hard to get out of this vicious cycle and here's how I started:

Wow- it's been a while, but I think it's a little like riding a bike. This is my little man, Austin James, he's quite the character and a funny face expert. He makes me laugh every single day and I think I captured a little bit of that here.

Last time I was at Archiver's (ehem... 2 months ago...) I picked up some of this sweet Jillibean Soup paper from the open stock- it's from the Soup's Staples collection and it's called Gray Sugar. LOVE it. Could have bought this pattern in every color they have... lol!

I also used some of the fun stuff I found in my Little Boy collection from Echo Park. I bought the whole collection and I definitely think it's one of those collections that I'll turn to again and again- I DO have 2 little boys.... it's PERFECT!

I pulled out some fun Waltzingmouse Stamps for this layout, too! I recently won a stamp set over on the Waltzingmouse FB page and it took me a LONG time to decide on which stamp set I wanted! They have beautiful stamps and I'm so glad I finally got to try them out! Not only are they beautiful, but they are exceptionally good quality and they shipped super fast! Can't beat that! The rocket ship and the sentiments are from the Half Pint Heroes set!

A close up of my silly boy...

He's a little crazy...



Super cute stamps from Waltzingmouse Stamps! Colored with Copics!


I hope you enjoyed seeing something a little different on the blog-o today! Expect more scrapbook layouts in the near future- everytime Eric goes away I get a little crazy about memory recording!

Oh yeah- I put it out there on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ but I thought I'd ask here, too! I'm SUPER interested in these scrapbook kit clubs I keep hearing about (Studio Calico, Scarlet Lime, Paper Posies, The Scrapbook Nook to name a few...) and while I'd love to order from each and compare- I'm not rich... haha! Which kit do you use and what do you love about it? I'd love to know!!


Thanks! See you again very soon!

MSS Sketch Challenge Time!

Hi! I hope you are all having a great week! It's time for a new sketch challenge from Market Street Stamps! Make sure you head over to the MSS blog and check it out- there's a fabby prize to be won!

Here's the challenge:

And here's my card:

I've been super inspired by all the great cardmakers I've been working with lately (more information on *that* to come very soon!!) and so I was inspired to use this great sentiment from the Hippie Chic stamp set. I accented the sentiment with some scrap patterned paper I had sitting around and then ran it through the Cuttlebug with the PTI Fillable Frames #4 die.

I heat embossed the beautiful Vintage Wallpaper background stamp with white embossing powder on Soft Stone cardstock. LOVE the look of bright white and gray- just beautiful. Added some pretty Plum Pudding satin ribbon and this gorgeous Maya Road Organza Roses ribbon to finish it off!

 

Hope you're all inspired by the sketch this month! Run over and take a look at the other beautiful samples created by some of our Design Team members!

Thanks for stopping by today!