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Enjoy Today

With today's card I have stepped out of my box and really mixed it up by using lots of color and multiple patterns in my card. My color combo was taken from the Moxie Fab World Bright & Bold challenge.


The stamps I used are from the Enjoy Today set and I also used the Bit of Burlap background stamp - all from Market Street Stamps, of course!

I paper pieced the cup using dimensional adhesive between the layers and I added the white foam using a Snow Writer to add a little texture.


I hope you have an enjoyable day!


Supplies:
Stamps: Bit of Burlap {Market Street Stamps}; Enjoy Today {Market Street Stamps};
Ink: Black Tuxedo {Memento};
Cardstock: White {Georgia Pacific};
Papers: "Flutter" from the "A Walk in the Park" collection {Echo Park}; "Bold Stripes" from the "Life is Good" collection {Echo Park};
Embellishments: Pink Sorbet twine {The Twinery};
Other: Snow Writer
Tools: Paper trimmer {Fiskars}; Scissors {Fiskars}; Scalloped Sentiment border punch {Fiskars}; 1/8" Circle Hand Punch {Fiskars};

You Brighten My Day - Mini Card

Today I have a mini card featuring Market Street Stamps that I would like to share with you.

{This card has a finished size of 3.5" x 3.5" and would be great for adding to a lunch box or a briefcase - a fun little note to brighten a loved one's day!}


When I started looking at the stamps from Market Street Stamps the Here Comes The Sun background stamp automatically jumped out at me as one of my favorites - I can see myself using it a LOT.
{And I already have!}

You might be thinking that this is a small stamp to be calling a "background stamp", but it is much larger than the portion I have used here. It is actually large enough that it will COVER the front of a standard A2 sized card.
{Nothing like some of those other so-called background stamps that leave blank edges around the stamped image.}

The background stamps from Market Street Stamps are fabulous!


The Ain't No Sunshine set pairs so perfectly with the Here Comes the Sun stamp - I just love how the Market Street Stamps sets all work so well together.

Supplies:
Stamps: Here Comes the Sun {Market Street Stamps}; Ain't No Sunshine {Market Street Stamps};
Ink: Charcoal {ColorBox}; Tangerine {ColorBox}; Yellow Citrus {ColorBox};
Cardstock: White {Georgia Pacific};
Tools: Paper trimmer {Fiskars}; Scissors {Fiskars};

Market Street Stamps "Designer's Choice" Blog Hop - Follow Your Heart

Hi Hoppers!
I'm happy to have you visiting today for the Market Street Stamps blog hop. Will you be waiting up to order the NEW January release stamps? New releases will now be available the last Friday of every month!


If you didn't start hopping from the beginning, be sure to head to the Market Street Stamps blog and enjoy the ride!
{And remember to leave comments all along the way as there are 4 fabulous prizes that will be given to commenters!}

I'd like to share a card with you that I created using the Follow Your Heart stamp set and the Here Comes The Sun background stamp.


My color palette was inspired by the Moxie Fab World Pretty Pastels challenge.
I couldn't decide if I liked the version with the little twine accent on the card or the other version so I decided to share both pictures with you - what do you think?


I love the beautiful sentiments and all the great images that Market Street Stamps offers.
All of the sets can be used together so easily.

I'll let you move on now...be sure you don't miss out on any of the blog hop goodness!
Here's the line up:

Market Street Stamps - http://marketstreetstamps.blogspot.com
DoBea Alberts - http://dobeaalberts.blogspot.com/
Samantha Casey - http://samanthacasey.blogspot.com/
Tifany DeGough - http://inkblotsbytrd.blogspot.com/ <--- {You are here!}
Nicole Rixon - http://www.onesweetromance.com/ <--- {Go here next!}
Tracy Schultz - http://www.whoistracy.com/myhead
Samantha Star - http://www.samanthastar.com/
Angelica Suarez - http://www.handmadebyangelica.com/
Stephanie Washburn - http://www.sweetstephcardcreations.blogspot.com/
Janice Wilson - http://stampingwithjanice.blogspot.com/
Market Street Stamps - http://marketstreetstamps.blogspot.com

Please come back by often - I already have posts scheduled for the 29th and 31st using more fabulous stamps from Market Street Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by!

New colors of twine from The Twinery!!!

Have you seen the great new colors of twine from The Twinery?


You can win 3 full spools and more fun goodies in their "BE MINE" giveaway - see all the ways you can enter HERE.

Market Street Stamps - January Release

The January release of Market Street Stamps will be released on January 27th at midnight...but I have a sneak peek for you today.

The set I used is called Celebrate Cake. This new set has even more cute images and sentiments than I am showing today, but you will have to wait for the release to see them all!

I used three stamps from the Celebrate Cake set for my card...can you find them?

{I'll give you a hint...I used masking in creating the cake image.}

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to come back for the blog hop to see another card I've created using Market Street Stamps!

Pretty Kitty

Supplies:
Whitman: Vintage Animal Rummy Playing Card "Pretty Kitty"
Prima: Artful Collage Flower
Queen & Co Rhinestones: Nightfall
Maya Road Chipboard from Journaling Scroll keychain
Kraft Outlet: 5x7 card
Georgia Pacific: White Cardstock
Merischino Twine: The Twinery
Pink Paislee: Houndstooth Artisan Tape
Unity Stamp: Vintage Ledger
Distress Ink: Scattered Straw
Distress Ink: Black Soot
Memento Ink: Tuxedo Black

Big Bow Card

I am feeling short on words today...so how about just a card and a supply list:




Supplies:
Cardstock: Kraft Outlet {Paper Bag Kraft}
Patterned Paper: The Girls' Paperie {Paisley from Paper Girl Collection}
Tools: Fiskars Round N Round Squeeze Punch
Fibers: Twill Ribbon [from stash]
Letters: Pink Paislee {Whimsies - Chocolate from Cardstock Alphabets Expressions}

Grey is the New Black

Grey is a great trendy neutral and I am playing along today with the Gray is the New Black Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.

I created three cards using grey as a basic neutral - then added some splashes of color.

Man Shirt Card:

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill {Ash}
Patterned Paper: Echo Park paper Co. {Sunny Spots from Sweet Summertime Collection}
Other: Buttons, needle, Coats & Clark thread {yellow}
Tools: Fiskars Paper Trimmer, Scoring tool

Miss U Card:

Patterned paper: (Family Ties, So Sophie collection) My Minds Eye; (Celebrate, So Sophie collection) My Minds Eye
Color media…pens: (White/Signo) UniBall
Sticker: (Delight #53073) American Crafts
Tool: (craft knife) Fiskars, trimmer
Other: (3D-Dots) EK Success

Graphic Love Card:

Cardstock: (Cinder) Bazzill
Patterned paper: (Element Card Paper, A Walk In The Park collection) Echo Park; (Flutter, A Walk In The Park collection) Echo Park
Tool: (scissors) Fiskars

Small Gift Containers

I know that the holiday season has come to a close, but that doesn't mean that you won't be wrapping gifts again sometime soon. I thought it would be good to share a few ways to spruce up gift cards {or cash gifts} with hand crafted containers.


This is a gift bag made with papers from Echo Park's "Sweet Summertime" collection and The Twinery's beautiful Peapod twine. Peapod was one of the first colors of Twinery twine that I owned and is one of my favorites.
{Who am I kidding? They are ALL my favorites!}

This bag is the perfect size to hold gift cards or cash - and would also be great for other small gifts. {You could arrange a gift basket using some brightly colored mugs and fill this handmade gift bag with a few tea bags or cocoa packets.}

{Instructions for the Gift Bag can be found here: http://inkblotsbytrd.blogspot.com/2010/12/gift-box-bag-tutorial.html}





This gift box & bag set was created using Echo Park's "A Walk In The Park" collection papers and The Twinery's Caribbean twine.

The box is a basic box shape just the right size for a gift card or cash, but would also be the perfect size to hold a smaller gift such as jewelry.

{Instructions for the Gift Box & Matching Bag can be found here: http://inkblotsbytrd.blogspot.com/2010/12/gift-box-bag-tutorial.html}


If you don't add many dimensional embellishments to the gift box you can tuck it into it's own matching bag. {The bag is the same size as the bag made from the Sweet Summertime collection.}





This Gift Card Topper Bag is made using Echo Park papers from the "Life Is Good" collection. I love these trendy shades of teal, pink, brown, and green. It is is finished off with some fabulous Pink Sorbet twine from The Twinery.

This container is the perfect size for a gift card or cash.

{Instructions for the Gift Card Topper Bag can be found here: http://inkblotsbytrd.blogspot.com/2010/12/gift-card-topper-bag-tutorial.html}

Gift Bag Supplies:
Papers: Echo Park {Sweet Summertime: Whimsy Stripe, Citrus Circle, Happy Spots, Summer Argyle}
Twine: The Twinery {Peapod}

Gift Box & Bag Set Supplies:
Papers: Echo Park {A Walk In The Park: Picnic Fun, Playful Stripes, Raindrops}
Twine: The Twinery {Caribbean}

Gift Card Topper Bag Supplies:
Papers: Echo Park {Life Is Good: Journal Cards, Seeing Spots, Floral Dress, Happy Borders}
Twine: The Twinery {Pink Sorbet}
Pen: Sakura {Pigma Micron 05: Dark Brown}

I'm now designing for Market Street Stamps!

January marks the start of an exciting journey for me with Market Street Stamps.


I've been chosen as one of their Full Time Designers on their first EVER design team!
My term is from January - June 2011.
{Is it really 2011 already???}

I'll be making some fun things soon, but until then you can check out their great stamps at http://www.marketstreetstamps.com/

There are so many great stamps, but these are most likely going to be the first I ink up:



Aren't they so fabulous?!

Loves & Kisses

After completing my Eiffel Tower project I couldn't stop dreaming of pink & black projects using the Echo Park "Be Mine" collection and the matching Unity stamps. I thought this picture {taken by Alisha from Alisha Hurt Photography} was the perfect picture to use with these papers and stamps.

I used Black Tuxedo ink from Memento to stamp the images and used an embossing stylus to add some dimension. I layered in some tulle, Prima flowers, Tim Holtz film strip "ribbon" and Maya Road trinket pins and chandelier beads.

Supplies:
Patterned paper: Echo Park Paper Company {Be Mine};
Stamps: Unity Stamp Company {I Adore You}; Unity Stamp Company {With Love};
Ink: Memento {Tuxedo Black};
Embellishments: Maya Road {Trinket Pins}; Maya Road {Chandelier Beads}; Tim Holtz {Film Strip Ribbon}; Prima Marketing {Flowers}; tulle;
Tools: Fiskars {Craft Knife}; Fiskars {Paper Trimmer}; Fiskars {Scissors}; Martha Stewart {Scoring Board}; Loew-Cornell {Embossing Stylus};