Stampotique Originals Blog

My friend, Judy Mobley, of Prescott, AZ, via Chesterton, Indiana and Midland, Texas (Judy has gotten around!) sent this piece of art to me which she created. When I opened the envelope I laughed out loud! I LOVE the humor behind this. It is totally cool and I love what she has done. Judy’s daughter, Kelle McCarter, is the artist behind the head used on the ‘human’. Kelle has drawn a whole series of ladies’ donning hats for us. You can find the rubber stamp used on this piece HERE
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Altered art is so much fun, whether you are altering a book, a box, a picture, or a piece of furniture! Your heart goes into each piece and I’m SO thankful to have a part of Judy’s heart in her art! Thanks Judy!

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!!

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!

This image can be enlarged by clicking on it.
Amy (Wilson) Wellenstein sent me these WONDERFUL tags stamped with Stampotique rubber stamp images mostly from the Daniel Torrente collection. I love what she did. She said it was easy, but I don’t know. Its one thing if I did these. Its ANOTHER THING when Amy does them. She used RIT DYE, powdered form and aluminum throw-away-pans. Mix up your dye, a little bit at a time, and immerse the tags into whatever color you choose.
Hang them on a tree to dry. Once they are all dry, go CRAZY and rubber stamp up a whole bunch. Add all sorts of embellishments AND beautiful, luscious, gorgeous ribbons. You want the recipient to OOOO and AHHH when you hand them over! Amy presents these also as a ‘gift’ of sorts in that the recipient can not only enjoy LOOKING at them or hanging them on their Christmas tree, but ALSO can use them as GIFT tags on presents they give away. Pretty good idea, huh? Yeah, that Amy is pretty darn creative. Thank you Amy for this WONDERFUL idea. You’re the best. Did I say too that Amy makes the most WONDERFUL and BEAUTIFUL sterling silver jewelry?
This year she is incorporating ancient Roman glass into her creations. You can find Amy and her jewels at http://adornthewearer.blogspot Enjoy!

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

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.

Jo Capper-Sandon has been on a roll and we’re the ones that can enjoy the results! Thank you again Miss Jo.
With a bit of color change Moth Fab once again brings in the Christmas season with a bit of JOY to all.

You did it AGAIN! Is this lady talented or WHAT? Geesh! Jo’s a mother of two, wife to one, keeper of home, chief cook and bottle washer and STILL finds time to make her wonderful and inspiring art. Here’s our PEGGY done up so pretty. The flower is from Maryse Carrier here. Thank you Jo! You can find Jo’s blog here.

Here’s another great piece of work by Sue. Ink up those tags and go to town! Tags are fun to work with because they are small and fast. You can make a ton of them and tie them together with ribbons, string or even use the binder rings. They are easy to mail and the recipient has lots of pieces to look at and enjoy.