Stampotique Originals Blog

Here’s to the right to bear arms. Arizona has now joined in with the state of Alaska and New Hampshire and passed a bill that will allow its citizens to carry a weapon concealed. Arizona has always allowed the right to carry a weapon, but now anyone can carry concealed. Whether you believe its a right or not, here’s to those great ladies of the past! Would be kind of hard to conceal THEIR weapons in a purse, don’t ya think???

OK. So some days are better than others. We all have THOSE days as we age and wonder “WHAT ABOUT THE GOLDEN YEARS?” There’s a little Cat in the HAT poem going around on the internet that a FRIEND sent me (nice friend, huh?) and well, the poem is just TOO funny. So, for all of us that are ‘aging’, however gracefully, here’s to us!
This might be a fun item to use on a 40’s or 50’s or BEYOND card for YOUR friend! Enjoy!

Milo, a VERY talented designer from Sweden, has created the card as you see. She has a special way about her work. It is always very layered, very lush, soft colors, colors to die for, lots of embellishments. Sometimes I just stare and stare at her work and everytime I look, I see something different. Notice the tiny ANT in the grass. How cute is that? She also likes to distress the edges of her paper, which really adds a nice touch!
Milo is so into DETAIL and that’s part of what makes her work so fabulous, so creative and so TOTALLY MILO. Enjoy every bit of detail.

You can find GROW GIRL here and MILO here! Thank you Milo. You can find more fun stuff at the Designers Blog and the Stampotique Challenge Blog.
Just return to the front page of our website and you will see the links on the top of the page. Be sure to join in the fun at the CHALLENGE blog. Every two weeks someone wins a $15 gift certificate from us for rubber stamps of your choice!!

Here’s HUNK and double HUNK. Isn’t this a GREAT arrangement created by Betty Roberts! When I first laid eyes on it, I laughed out loud! Great design, great coloring, layering; Betty has it all together! You can find HUNK here and Betty here!
Did you know that STAMPOTIQUE has a challenge going on every two weeks? And for additional inspiration, there is a specific blog just for the design team. They have put up some wonderful cards to dream over. Whether you are an individual looking for something different to do or a shop owner searching for a new class idea, try these blogs.

While cruising the net one evening I found this picture. Couldn’t take my eyes off of it! Its so European and old and beautiful. Don’t you love the climbing roses? And see how someone has adhered gridwork right to the side of the building to encourage the ‘climbers’; the lovely arches of the window and door. And then, the sweet small panes of glass. I find this entry very appealing; very rustic and very natural.

Here’s a lovely card designed by Irina Blount. Lots of layering and the use of dies, beautiful shimmering paper. Irina does it again. She has a special touch.
And the little girls on the beach? The one on the far right is my eldest granddaughter, Taylor. I thought that someday she might enjoy looking at herself and her little friends on the beach in San Diego! They are all ‘embedded’ in this rubber stamp forever! I thought that Irina did a spectacular job with even the color of the ink; bringing forth the thoughts of a lovely beachy day.

Spring has come to the southwest desert. The hills around us are full of wildflowers, so abundant due to our abnormally cool and wet winter! I wish everyone a wonderful
weekend with their friends and family. Here’s a great little card from Jo Capper-Sandon using Janet Klein’s image LITTLE FRIENDS. Jo’s done a fabulous job creating her background and then applying the STAMPOTIQUE image. Enjoy! And for those of you who BELIEVE, I hope the Easter Bunny brings you a basket FULL of goodies!