And now introducing...the Stampotique Design Team

The Stampotique Design Team are very excited to bring you this Challenge Blog! Whether you've been a long time fan of Stampotique or are new to their images, you are going to love what we have in store for you!

Our First Official Challenge will post this Wednesday! With our first post, you'll find out more details about the challenges, how things will work , see some great creations using Stampotique Originals images and hopefully play along with us!

Here's the what's what on the Fabulous design team!

Kim Howard

Hi Everyone! My name is Kim Howard (or BasementStamper) I got hooked on stamping while traveling for work and staying with a friend who broke out her stamps & paper for me to play with one night while she was at work. Oh, did I have a blast and my love for stamping has only grown. I find being creative in my deep, dark basement provides me with a little escape from the day to day activities allows me to be a happier person. I have mostly created cards, but this year am making an effort to branch out and go "out of the box" on my creations and the techniques I use. I hope you all enjoy the fun challenges & the awesome Stampotique Originals Stamps!

Hey there! I'm Vicki Garrett.......aka Vicki G or Summerthyme64 over on SCS! My love for stamping all started when a coworker brought some stamps in to work for us to play with over lunch! Can you say FUN! I was totally hooked from that point on.

That was about 6 or seven years ago! I discovered Stampotique and Carol and Jim at the first CHA winter show I attended in 2008. I completely fell in LOVE with their stamp line and sashayed into their booth, refusing to leave until they promised to let me do some design work for them!

In all seriousness, I feel very happy to be able to work with Stampotique images as I love to colour and they have such a good variety to choose from. I am blessed to be part of this group of talented women and truly hope the challenge and creations that we share bring you motivation, inspiration and pump up that stampin' mojo!

Hugs and Love,

Vicki G

Kim Prince

Hi, my name is Kim Prince,

I live in Halifax, N.S., Canada with my husband, who is also my best friend. I have 2 adult sons, working in Fort McMurray, Alberta. I keep busy working at a large grocery store in the Post Office, and I am taking a Medical Transcription course as well. I also teach stamping classes at a few local stamping stores.

I started stamping 22 years ago when I was pregnant with my first son. I wanted to make some special baby announcements. Little did I know that I would love stamping so much. So, if I am not working, studying or spending time with my husband, you will usually find me creating in my stamping room!

I have been published in CorrespondanceART, Simply Sentiments and Paper Creations.

I am just thrilled to be part of the Stampotique Design team!

:)

Irina Blount

Terri Sproul

Terri Sproul is the producer of a new DVD called "MasquePen Magic" and the owner of Ultimate Scrapbook Retreat. She is a diverse and experienced designer and instructor for multiple companies in the paper craft world. Terri and her husband Marc have the pleasure of living in San Diego County On top Of Palomar Mountain. She has received a Bachelor of Scrapbooking Arts from Creating Keepsakes and Bachelor of Scrapbooking Education from EK Success. Terri’s passion is teaching fellow Scrapbooker’s and Stamper’s new techniques and to think ‘out of the box’ and ‘off the Page.’

Jo Capper-Sandon

I'm 45 and live on the south coast of the UK in a tranquil village with my husband and two sons, 7 and 18 and a little flock of chickens.
I trained originally as a printed/woven textile designer and so love texture, colour and layering and generally tend to work with mixed media and recycled bits and pieces.
I've been stamping for six years and belong to various Design Teams in Europe and the USA. I also write regularly for Craft Stamper, a UK stamping magazine, appeared as guest artist in Stamper's Sampler and have recently been commissioned to write my first book which is currently underway. So its stamping, crafting and more stamping when ever I get a spare moment.

http://jocappersandon.blogspot.com/

Betty Roberts

Hello my name is Betty Roberts I have been paper crafting since I was in junior high... I think I invented it... just kidding. I just remember having to make my own "embellishments" or decorations as I called it for my scrapbooks. Of course back then, the scrapbooks were pictures and newspaper clippings! I bought my first rubber stamp after high school one day while perusing the mall. I thought to myself and remember telling my mom, "I will never have a collection of these, they are so expensive!" Well that was about 5000 stamps ago! I love off beat Tim Burton-esque stamps and believe it to by my style, but love challenging myself to try new stuff. I am constantly crafting and creating. From scrapbooking to rubber stamping and sewing to baking unique cakes and party plannng. I someday hope to make my mark in the craft world with my own stamp and scarpbook lines! I am excited to have been asked to join Stampotique as it is right up my alley in the way of style and uniqueness! Happy stamping all!

Milo Lilja

I´m a 37 year old woman & I live in Sweden with my lovely wife & two wonderful teenagers. My biggest hobby is stamping/scrapbooking, and I bought my first stamps in 1995. In my collection there are over 2000 stamps at the moment and the collection just keeps on growing. I looove to stamp!

In my art I love to use many little decorations combined with a couple of stamps & some papers. My favorite style is vintage & gothic. I find stuff to scrap with everywhere. Tell me, am I addicted?

My other favorite things include to photography, going to music festivals and concerts, writing poems, watching a good movie or snuggling with my wife. You can see my art at: http://fruarnalilja.se & you can read about me on my personal blog: http://mlilja.net. There is a translation-tool on both of them.

Hella Sjolund

My name is Hella Sjolund, a Swedish cardmaker (and scrapbooker) with a whole life of creations behind me. 6 years ago I found rubberstamps and now I´m a true addict!

I love Stampotique's Gothic characters as they go very well with my grunge style of cards. My other creations are very pink and cute, so you will be seeing both sides of me here.

I´m really looking forward to this challenge and I´m hoping to be a inspiration for you!

Valerie Wilson

Valerie, who has been crafting since she was old enough to hold scissors, can always be found flitting between projects within a diverse array of hobbies. Being an amerature photographer with a love of nature, it only makes sense that Valerie is also an avid gardener constantly trying to attract wildlife ever-closer to her lens. But once the sun sets, the birds are roosting, and the moths are fluttering about the front porch, Valerie always comes back to her first obsession – paper. It is common to find Valerie burning the midnight oil in her craft room - making cards, rubber stamping, creating jewelery, binding books, reading blogs or preparing to teach some crafty activity to anyone who will listen.

Valerie has been published in Correspondence Art, Simply Sentiments, Jewellery Creations by Paper Crafts and Holiday Cards by Paper Crafts. She invites you to visit her new blog at http://valeriewilson.blogspot.com which includes a sidebar link to her entire gallery of cards, projects, templates, Silhouette GSD cutting files, published work and more at http://steadywinds.com/valgal. Valerie is looking forward to sharing her new projects featuring the irresistible images of Stampotique Originals!!

Sue Roddis

“I have been stamping for well over ten years and over that time my own style has changed and grown and I now find that I prefer to make "things" rather than cards and that I like a collage/altered/outside the box approach to things!
My work has been published in many UK mags over the years and more recently in the USA in several Stampington publications including Somerset Studio, several Tweety Jill books, Altered Arts magazine, Paper Creations magazine and in Holland in Art Specially magazine. Until very recently I taught workshops here in the UK but in the next couple of months I have a big change in my life........I am moving to Kazakhstan where my husband has a new job!

Cheers...................Sue