Stampotique Originals Blog

Yes, we have NEW images from Daniel and Janet.   Crow line and Moon Girl’s crow can be found by clicking on the names.  Crow line would be cute for a set of stationery, wouldn’t it?  Moon Girl’s crow was sized just for her!  Of course you can use the crow for anything you’d like, but we thought Moon Girl needed her very own crow!  After all, Spider girl has her very own furry tarantula!  Moon Girl can actually be placed right on the crow’s back for a night time flight!  Oh, and I almost forgot our very precious and well-dressed Mr. Stripes! It seems that Mr. Stripes, believe it or not, is one of our all time best sellers! 

Thinking about those Christmas cards??  Hmmmmmm. Better check out what Daniel has come up with!!!  First we have “Snowman” and a great ‘fallen’ snow person which I have named “Global Warming.”  You’ll understand when you see him.  Then we have Noelle dressed up all ‘perty’ in her winter skirt.  I happen to love her handknitted mittens.  Her friend, “O Joy” seems a bit forlorn, but I’m sure that once “Santa Baby” visits him with a gift, he’ll feel a lot better.  To add some accessories, you will find a wonderful 5-sided cube!  Yes, 5-sided. 

Bob, who’s in time out and Peggy, who loves to craft with scissors are also irresistible!  I LOVE Peggy’s pigtails and front teeth.  Bob seems a bit disgruntled, but maybe he’ll feel better once Peggy crafts something for him!

 Is this the funkiest girl you ever did see?  I LOVE HER!!! Her name is ‘Relaxin‘  by Daniel Torrente.  The artwork was sent to us by a new friend, Wilma, in Germany.  She’s done such a great job.  If you have questions on any of her artwork, please contact her at wilma.schaefer@freenet.de  Here’s another piece from Wilma (see below).  This is Daniel’s Moth Fab. Isn’t Wilma’s background paper to die for?  She makes it herself!  Email her and she will share with you.  That’s all for tonight.  I will post more of Wilma’s art in the days to come. Thank you WILMA!!!  Danke, muchos gracias, and merci beaucoup!

Where have I been?  Busy burning rubber!  We’ve been SO busy!  Its such a wonderful feeling to know that people out there love our images.  They are crazy in love with Daniel Torrente’s ‘goth’ girls.  Whether you live in the United States, Europe or Australia, you are lovin’ those girls!  Thank you so much and I’m sure that Daniel and Jill thank you too! 

Its been hot here (Phoenix) but that’s what we expect in the summer.  Our dogs have been lying on the tile floors, going outdoors just long enough to do their duties and back inside into the air conditioning.  They’ll do their running and jumping for the ball early in the morning, but that’s it.  I included a picture of Jack to share with you.  He’s our ‘cafe o’ lait’ standard poodle.  We call him that because he reminds us of coffee with LOTS of cream!  What a great breed.  We have 4 big boys; all as sweet as can be.  Sounds like alot, but they’re all couch potatoes.  I call them my ‘yard ponies’ cause they’re so big and when they chase each other in the yard they sound like a herd of mustang! We adopted both Jack and Oliver from the Arizona Poodle Rescue.

Jim and I are in the midst of gearing up for Art Unraveled, a mixed-media art retreat in Phoenix. Together we man the ‘on-site’ store for the hundreds of partitipants that come to enjoy the week.  Its a fun event and people from all over the globe join together for the love of creating art.  Have to count my bottles of Golden gel medium and gesso and make sure that I have lots of fun, new stuff that everyone HAS to have!!!

 Enjoy these photos of Daniel’s girls and Jack! Any questions, just shoot me an email at Carol@Stampotique.com

Until next time!