Stampotique Originals Blog

BRAND NEW STAMPS by Great Britain’s JO CAPPER-SANDON. Bees and grass……..a butterfly………blobs and splatters…….hexagons………hearts……..go to the website www.stampotique.com and see for yourself!!!
They’ll be coming to a shop near you soon, but if not……….you can order from our website!

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.

You can enlarge these pictures by clicking on them.
Vicki Garrett has sent this WONDERFUL card to us using BATBOY. I love her interpretation. Vicki incorporated a Cuttlebug folder for the background, BAT BOY, HONEYCOMB, and BIRTHDAY WISHES. She sure knows how to market products!!! If I were a shop owner, I would LOVE to have her on my design team ’cause she could really move the products!!! Using her COPIC markers which she is SOOO good at using, she has brought Daniel Torrente’s BAT BOY alive and wishing someone a very happy birthday!!! Thank you Vicki! You are the best.

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More Marci, pretty flowers and gorgeous paper. Thanks again, Miss Jo!

Some people look at Marci and think, EEK! But Jo Capper-Sandon felt that Marci would do well in the midst of an “English garden” of sorts. With a little bit of this and a little bit of that we have a lovely and sweet Marci standing among the roses. Isn’t she darling?

BTW this photo can be enlarged by simply clicking on it. This snowman, an original image by Daniel Torrente, knows what is important in life. Jo Capper-Sandon brought him to life in a way only she can do! Instead of me trying to explain her technique, here are her own words, ” I created a splashy background from Glimmermists being sprayed onto plastic sheeting then ‘mopping’ up the colour onto cardstock. I stamped the snowman in black Memento and coloured what I felt needed to be shaded areas in with Copic markers. I drew the heart and string in a non bleed fineline pen then attached ribbon to finish.”
I could read her words forever! Couldn’t you? You can almost imagine her talking with the beautiful British accent.
Isn’t the internet wonderful? It brings all of us crafters together in the push of a button. Thank you Jo. Love your work! You can find more of Jo’s work in the Craft Stamper magazine; a British publication.

Irina Blount is our newest designer and she has just posted her first item made for us, using BABYCAKES.

I love the colors she has used and her finishing touches. Irina’s loves to use layers and lots of embellishments. You can read more about the products she used by going to her blog. She used crystal stickles on Babycakes to help her stand out. Find that here. Thanks, Irina!

Here we have little ‘Mort had a pincurl‘ standing next to the ‘town of Goth‘ thinking to himself, ‘couldn’t you just pee your pants?‘ Maybe the town of Goth is too scary for him? Hmmm. I think its quite a lovely town actually. Mort could be a bit of a scaredy pants, after all, he DOES have a pincurl in the middle of his forehead! I just wish he would get his teeth sanded down a bit.
Vicki did a GORGEOUS job as always. Using her COPIC markers, she spun her magic.

We were hit hard this year with three high school graduations all at once. What to do? I came up with the idea of re-cycling! Here’s what I did.

Using SUPERGIRL, I stamped her a few times and colored her in using my COPICS (thanks to learning some skills from Vicki Garrett). After cutting her out I then cut out an additional skirt, heart and shoes and popped them up with foam tape. She needed a graduation cap so I cut out a little mortarboard for her head and sewed a little tassel with some gold metallic thread. Voila! She’s all ready to graduate. Since the Graduation announcement was so pretty, I used it as my ‘card’. I also cut out Katie’s name from the enclosed name card and glued it on the front. The announcment wording was not lost either, but instead, I cut it out and glued it to the back of the card. Katie would now have something to insert into her scrapbook.

Next came Morgan’s card.

Done the same way except in REDS to match her high school colors. And Morgan has blonde hair so her SUPERGIRL was just a tad different.

Third was a young man, Jamal.

Using BOWTIE, I colored in with blue for Jamal’s high school colors.

Happy Graduation everyone! May you all stride for good grades while still having time to enjoy some college fun! We’re so proud of each and every one of you! Bonne Chance Mes Amis!