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Featured Blogger :: Tenia Nelson

 

Good morning!

 

We are SO excited to begin sharing our Featured Bloggers with you!

Today, we're introducing Tenia Nelson of Jazzy Paper Designs!

 

 

WOW!!! I can't believe this!!! A Featured Blogger for Market Street Stamps.....so so STOKED!!! I am totally excited....can't y'all tell.....lol?! Here's me in a nutshell!!

 

My name is Tenia Nelson and I am a 30 something jazz pianist, music teacher and paper crafter that lives in Denver, Colorado. I am married to a great guy named Tim, I am momma to my awesome son Thelonious(Theo) and I have two wonderful doggie "kids" Miles and Brillo. I love me some paper, inks, stamps and embellshments.....and just LURVE to create!!!

 

I decided that I would created my card using the Market Street Stamps Love set and here is my creation.......CHECK IT!!!

 

Thank you Market Street Stamps (Angelica, Jorge and Steph) for this super RAD opportunity!! It just means the world to me that I am a part of this....I just LURVE MSS!!!

 

 

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Make sure you stop by Tenia's blog

Jazzy Paper Designs

for more about this fabulous card!

 

And Tenia will be back with another project on Friday! Woohoo!

Guest Designer :: Heather Hoffman- Part 2!

Good morning! Heather here one more time from Houses Built of Cards.

In case you missed it last time – here is a little bit about me: I am happy wife of a supportive husband, and mother to two wonderful daughters age 8 and 9. I lived my entire life up until about 5 months ago in Northwestern Washington State, and now live in a very small town in Wyoming. While we are still adjusting -especially to the cold – it has been nothing short of an adventure for us all, with the normal ups and downs of missing our family and friends back home. If you aren’t familiar with my blog name, then let me explain a little! When I started card making, I quickly found that I was making WAY more cards than I could possibly use. Thanks in part to my daughters and something they both cared deeply for, I decided to direct all the proceeds from the sales of my cards to the building of houses for widows and their children in Burundi, Africa, through a ministry called Sister Connection. Building one house is amazing just $600!!! So far I have completed 2 houses, and am working steadily at a third.

 

 

I’m super excited to be Guest Designing at for Market Street Stamps this month. For my post today, I had fun combining the sentiments and images from two different sets! Here is the first one:

 

The two sets I used are Hit the Mark:

And Great Big Greetings:

 

 

That first sentiment just jumped out at me and I pictured an arrow stuck right in the center of the heart!

 

I used some Glitz Designs papers from a 6x6 paper pad, and added some stitching around the outside edges.

 

I stamped the tree, colored just the leaves with my Copic markers, then stamped and paper pieced the heart in the center. Finally, I stamped the arrow on top of it all and added my sentiment.

 

The second card was kind of the same thing - that sentiment made me think of missing the mark - which is probably what I would do were I to actually attempt to take up archery!

 

I stamped the target, and added a button and some twine in the center. Next, I stamped the arrows, and paper pieced the top part. I selectively stamped my sentiment so that it would fit where I wanted it, and inked it up with different colors.

 

Used black and white cardstock, and the woodgrain and red papers are from an older My Mind's Eye 6x6 paper pad. Finished off with some washi tape under the sentiment - and the only thing I wish I would have changed would be to have the chevrons pointing the other way! I have already mailed this card off, otherwise I would have fixed it and re-photographed! But even though something was bugging me, I didn't figure it out until afterwards! Oh well!

 

Thanks again Market Street Stamps for this super fun opportunity! I so enjoyed it! And thanks to everyone who stopped by! Thanks for all your kind words!

Guest Designer :: Heather Hoffman

Good morning! 

Heather here from Houses Built of Cards. 
I am happy wife of a supportive husband, and mother to two wonderful daughters age 8 and 9. I lived my entire life up until about 5 months ago in Northwestern Washington State, and now live in a very small town in Wyoming. While we are still adjusting -especially to the cold – it has been nothing short of an adventure for us all, with the normal ups and downs of missing our family and friends back home. If you aren't familiar with my blog name, then let me explain a little! When I started card making, I quickly found that I was making WAY more cards than I could possibly use. Thanks in part to my daughters and something they both cared deeply for, I decided to direct all the proceeds from the sales of my cards to the building of houses for widows and their children in Burundi, Africa, through a ministry called Sister Connection. Building one house is amazing just $600!!! So far I have completed 2 houses, and am working steadily at a third.

I’m super excited to be Guest Designing at for Market Street Stamps this month. So...for today I pulled out some DCWV Chalkboard papers, some Basic Grey PB&J papers, and some Market Street Minis. I ended up with 3 different cards - and slightly different effects on each one! For this first one, I used a light blue chalkboard paper, and “Wild” – a Market Street Mini. I used some Memento Pigment ink in two different colors to stamp the feathers, and to stamp the sentiment with a slight shadow. The most important thing I learned in doing this is to give it plenty of time to dry! I also heat set it a bit with my embossing gun. Otherwise, the ink smears pretty easily on the chalkboard paper. I finished off by matting it with white paper, adding a few wraps of jute twine tied in a bow on the side, then attached to the background paper with foam adhesive.

For the second card, I went with a more traditional chalkboard effect, only this time used some red chalkboard paper. On this one I used one of my favorite Market Street sentiments - also one of the Market minis called “Blessings in Disguise.” It is hard to tell in the picture, but I stamped with two different shades of Memento pigment ink, wheat and sage. I also used a paper towel held over my finger, dipped in white pigment ink, and smudged around for "chalk dust." Finished off by borrowing one of my kids white colored pencils to add some lines around the sides to frame it. I tucked a doily behind, wrapped and tied some jute twine behind, then mounted it with foam adhesive.

The last card is actually the one that inspired all of this. My husband was wearing a shirt he had gotten at Old Navy recently that was this lovely deep turquoise with a lightbulb on it. Poor guy has gotten used to me I guess, because he wasn't too surprised when I looked at it for a while, then disappeared into my crafty corner to make something inspired by it! Took me until the next day to make it work like I wanted. For this one I used another Market Street Mini called “Bright Side,” and a Christmas set called “Shine On.” I've said it before - but I LOVE how these sets work together!!! This time I used some deep turquoise chalkboard paper, and stamped and heat embossed the light bulb and sentiment to start with. I then slightly offset and re-stamped the image with white pigment ink for a shadow effect. Then I added the light beams using Memento pigment ink in Thatched Straw, so it has a slightly golden effect. I smudged that a little with my finger so it didn't look quite so "perfect," then added some lines around the edges with my white colored pencil. Finished off this one with a couple more doilies tucked behind, then wrapped some jute twine and tied a bow before attaching, again with foam adhesive to my background. Added three little self-adhesive gems to fill in the little spot that looked like it needed something else.

Thanks SOOOO much Market Street Stamps for giving me the opportunity to be Guest Designer today! I had SOOO much fun playing with my stamps! Looking forward to one more chance to share my projects later this month.

And thank you everyone else for stopping by today! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Thinking of You :: Stephanie Washburn

Happy New Year's Eve!

 

I don't know about you, but I'm ready to move away from the holiday projects for a little while... haha! I had so much fun working on something that wasn't red and green!

 

It's always great to have cards like this one on hand to send out to friend- I like to keep a little basket with "thinking of you," "hello," "get well," and "missing you" cards in case I never need or want to send them out quickly!

 

I used the bold sentiment from Growth as the focal image of this card. I really love how the MSS background stamps easily dress up card elements, too! Check out how I used Funky Herringbone layered behind the sentiment panel to really draw attention to the sentiment. LOVE this background.

 

 

I'd love for you to stop by my blog

Sweet Steph Card Creations

for more information about this card!

 

Have a happy New Year, everyone! Be safe and have fun tonight! :)



Joy to the World :: Jinny Newlin

 

Good morning!

 

We hope you all had an amazing holiday with your families!

 

We have a beautiful project to share with you today from

 Jinny Newlin!

 

 

Jinny used a combination of a bunch of MSS stamps (Great Big Greetings, Country Christmas, Reason for the Season, & Flurries) to create these awesome tags for special homemade gifts for Christmas this year! Wouldn't you love to receive this beautiful gift!?

 

Run on over to Jinny's blog

Soaring

for more information about this project!

 

 

 

Don't miss out on our big

END OF YEAR CLEARANCE!

 

Run over and pick up something off your wishlist! :)

Celebrate The Season

We are right in the swing of the Holiday spirit, and Stephanie Muzzulin has a gorgeous card to share with you today! 

Stephanie used "Christmas Bells" by Brenda Weaver along with some lovely, monochromatic details to make her image pop!! 

We have TONS of stamps marked down over at the Market Street Stamps shop - be sure to stop in after you visit Stephanie's blog for more inspiration!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!