Guest Blogging for Market Street Stamps Part II

Hi!  I'm back with my second guest design post for Market Street Stamps today.  Today my projects are all created with the Shine On stamp set.  I LOVE this set, it's technically a holiday set, but my projects today show you how versatile this set is.

My favorite stamp from this set is the large sun/starburst stamp, and I used it to create the card above by just stamping it once on each side of the card.  I love how modern the design is, and it can be used for any ocassion/sentiment.



I liked this effect that I got so much that I started experimenting with my neon inks creating a whole bunch of 4" x 4" squares until I ended up with this:

 

 

which I thought would be a great background for a layout.

It's such a bold pattern and I love the detail and delicacy of the rays that I didn't want to clutter it up too much.  Some washi accents and Amy Tangerine Sketchbook dimensional stickers were all that was really needed to finish this off.



Then I decided I would go back and try a second version of my first card (the color is a little more orange since I didn't fully clean my stamp after I made the pieces for the layout, so it's more of an orangy neon yellow).



For this one, I stamped the lightbulb (my second favorite image from this set) three times:  once on the card, once on a piece of cardstock that I pressed my neon pink inkpad to, and once on vellum.  I fussy cut the heart from the cardstock that was colored with the neon inkpad, and used a sponge to add neon ink to the backside of the stamped vellum image and fussy cut it.

The heart was adhered directly to the card, and then the vellum lightbulb layered on top.  I love that you can still make out the stamped rays through the vellum lightbulb.



This concludes my guest blogging stint at Market Street Stamps.  I have thoroughly enjoyed myself!  The sets are so much fun and stamp beautifully.  Thanks so much to Angelica and Jorge for having me!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  CTMH - White Daisy, Black, and Slate cardstock; Recollections - Vellum
Stamps:  Market Street Stamps - Shine On
Ink:  Hero Arts - Neon Yellow, Neon Orange, Neon Pink; Memento - Tuxedo Black
Other:  AC - Thickers Custard Foam Letter Stickers, Amy Tangerine Sketchbook Dimensional Stickers; Target Washi Tape (Stripes); Freckled Fawn - Checkerboard washi; Tombow - Mono Adhesive and Vellum Adhesive.

Guest Blogging for Market Street Stamps (Part 1)

I'm so excited to be guest blogging at Market Street Stamps today!  I've got two cards to share with you today, and I'll have some more projects next month too.

My first card uses the Baby Basics set.  I embossed the little boat on kraft cardstock, colored it using watercolor pencils.  My method was to color it in pretty heavily, and then use my blending pen, dipped in water to smooth/soften the color.  The boat was then fussy cut and adhered to the card base. 

The waves were also colored with the watercolor pencil/blending pen, but more coarsely to add some texture.

My second card uses another sentiment from Baby Basics and as well as those fabulous arrows from the Hit the Mark set.



I lightly created guidelines in pencil before I stamped the arrows.  Pencil is easily erased after stamping, and helps a lot when you want to be precise with your stamping.  I then added color to the background with a foam tool.

I wanted to add some dimension, so I used a craft knife to cut around portions of the large arrow ends and the arrowheads closest to the sentiment.  It takes a little time, but I think it really makes an impact.  The arrowheads were also pieced with a paper from Glitz's Yours Truly collection.





That's all for me today.  As I mentioned, I'll be back with some more MSS projects next month.  Thanks for coming by!

Supplies Used:
Congratulations Card
Paper/Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink - Kraft Cardstock; CTMH - Pacifica cardstock; DCWV - The Green Stack mat stack
Stamps:  Market Street Stamps - Baby Basics
Ink:  Versamark
Other:  CTMH - White embossing powder, Watercolor Pencils (Crystal Blue, Ocean, Grey Wool and Holiday Red); Blending Pen; Tombow - Mono Adhesive; May Arts - Burlap Twine
Thank You Card
Paper/Cardstock:  CTMH - White Daisy and Black Cardstock; Glitz - Yours Truly
Stamps:  Market Street Stamps - Baby Basics, Hit the Mark
Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black; CTMH - Sunkiss Yellow, Honey, and Goldrush
Other:  CTMH - Foam tool, craft knife; Kuretake - Glue Pen; Tombow - Mono Adhesive