Stampotique Designers Challenge

Introducing our February Guest Designer- Dina Wakley

2012-02-01T00:01:00.002-05:00

We have some exciting guest designers lined up for 2012 and without further delay, introducing our February Guest Designer, Dina Wakley.

I am Dina Wakley and I live in Glendale, AZ with my hubby and 3 fellas. I love everything about art...making it, learning about it, teaching it. A fun tidbit...many years ago, I heard about this strange craft called "stamping," and I found a local store and wandered in. That store happened to be Stampotique (back when Carol had a retail location). I stood in the store and I must have looked overwhelmed, because the amazing and kind owner, Carol, asked me if I wanted to take a beginner's class. I said yes, and I signed up right then. I remember it cost $10. And that, my friends, is the beginning of it all! I had been scrapbooking for a couple of years, but stamping was a whole new ball game. Stamping led to art journaling and mixed media....and to where I am today. I had little disposable income but I was seriously addicted to Carol's store, so I sold old CDs and books at used bookstores and then high-tailed it over to the store to spend my cash. I think I went to the store two to three times a week. Finally Carol said to me, "I think we're becoming friends..." hee hee. I adore Jim & Carol and love all things Stampotique!

You can visit me on my website: http://dinawakley.com

Here is a colorful creation from Dina:

Stamps used:
Honeycomb Background
Lissi
Midge

SDC47: Altered Items

2012-01-25T00:01:00.003-05:00

Are you keeping yourself organized with the pocket/purse calendars so far in 2012? If you are, then you've got Stampotique marked in there for the 2nd & 4th Wednesday's of the month for challenges right?

Loved seeing how different everyone's pocket/purse calendars were and that you took Maria up on that challenge. Maria's top 3 favorites were:
(please e-mail khowardga@gmail.com if you would like to display the favorites badge)

Fiona

Polly

Dawn

And the random winner of the $30 gift certificate good towards Stampotique stamps is-please remember in order to be eligible to win you MUST use Stampotique stamps:

(please e-mail Carol@stampotique.com with subject SDC46 winner)

#3 Renee Zarate

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It’s time for another Stampotique challenge and Kate is here as our host this week! January seems to be a time when many of us decide to use what we already have so with that in mind I challenge you all to alter something! It can be anything from a matchbox to a coaster, an old CD to an empty cardboard box. Have a good hunt around, see what you can find and give it the Stampotique treatment!

We will draw a random winner for a $30 gift certificate good for Stampotique Stamps prior to the next challenge. To be eligible to win you must use Stampotique Stamps ONLY and only one entry per person please.

We at Stampotique want to send out a special Thank you for our awesome guest designer this month, Laura Liddell. She has shared with us some amazing creations!

Laura Liddell- Guest Designer

Want some additional chances to win some Stampotique goodies? Join us as we sponsor Gingersnap Creations and Macabre Monday.

Please link up your Stampotique Designer's Challenge altered item below using inlinkz.

SDC46: Pocket or Purse Calendar

2012-01-11T00:01:00.005-05:00

It was great to see what everyone's wish for the New Year is, so many great creations to check out this past challenge!

Congratulations to Nellie's top 3 picks this last challenge:
(please e-mail Kim @khowardga@gmail.com for favorites badge)

Dawn: I love the colours of this one and this card really made me smile, beside the fact that the wish is so recognizable

Trisha: Love the quiet paper background that makes the moon en birdies stand out so beautifully

Renee: A very original entry with so many interesting details, love the silver of the stamp and the lart ribbon flower on top.

Congratulations to our random winner of the $30 Stampotique gift certificate is #2 Clare.

(please e-mail carol@stampotique.com with subject line SDC45 winner to claim your prize)

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This week Maria gave us the challenge to create a handy pocket calendar or purse calendar. The challenges are now STAMPOTIQUE ONLY (non-Stampotique will be deleted). Join us for your chance to win a $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps.

Our team came up with some fantastic creations this week with a variety of different calendar options for the new year.

Laura Liddell-Guest Designer

We hope that you will join us for SDC46 and create a pocket or purse calendar by linking up below directly to your creation. Please link only once and no back linking. We will remove duplicate posts, backlinked posts, or any not using Stampotique stamps. You will have until 1/24/11 at 5 p.m. EST to enter.

SDC45: Wish for the New Year- Group 1

2012-01-04T00:01:00.000-05:00

Our hostess for the last challenge of the year is Nellie and here is what she what she has challenged us with:
Here is a recap of Nellie's challenge for us:

Almost 2012, a whole new year lies ahead of us.

This time of the year we tend to look forward, what are our dreams, wishes, hopes and things we want to achieve for the new year. What do we wish and hope for our dear ones. I challenge you to show us your dreams, wishes and hopes in a stamped project.

It’s a Stampotique stamps only challenge this time so grab you stamps and stamp! As always you can win a $30 dollar gift certificate for your choice of free Stampotique stamps.

This is what I wish for you: a colourful year in which you go confidently in the direction of your dreams!

Here is group 1 with their wonderful creations:

Join us here with your creation, you have until Tuesday 1/10/12 to play along with us.

Happy New Year! January 2012 Guest Designer

2012-01-01T00:01:00.020-05:00

Help us ring in the New Year with our January guest designer, Laura Liddell. Here's a little info on Laura:

I live in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, UK, with John, my partner of many years and our 2 daughters who are now 17 and 15. I love the area in which we live. It is so beautiful nestled between two salmon rivers, the River Severn and the River Wye. Our home is situated on the borders of Herefordshire and Wales.

I feel I am a person with little emotional baggage with a joy for life. I feel I have learned to smell the roses. This saying is on my list for a journal page soon.

I have always been creative and before the children were born I designed knitwear and exported mainly to America and Japan. The landscape around me was very much the inspiration behind many of my designs. Taking colours from the every changing seasons and countryside around us. I found a niche in the market for hand knit menswear and sold to many prestigious stores. The colours I used appealed to this market where I would combine up to 30 different yarns together to create a subtle design full of texture.

When my first daughter was born it coincided with the markets weakening and deadlines were too stressful with a young baby, so I decided to wind up the business. It was also a relief not to have to create in straight lines anymore, which is the structure of knitting.

I came to stamping about 6 years ago. Prior to this I would make up creative projects to do with my children and for my job in family learning. I must admit I love stamping. I love how instant it can be and how one stamp can be used in so many different ways. It has opened up so many peoples creativity and made this part of their life accessible. It is the closest thing I have found as an adult to be like playing as child. I love to combine humour into my creations. There are not many days when I do not find time to play.
Laura joins our current challenge to celebrate the New Year with her creation here:

Her creation uses Starbird with Chick 3059 and Peace on your Wings 8875.
Happy new Year, hope you will join us for our current Stampotique Designer's Challenge here.

SDC45: Wish for the New Year

2011-12-28T00:01:00.007-05:00

We here at Stampotique hope that you all had a wonderful holiday and that you are jumping back into your creative streak.

Our last challenge to use shimmer & glitter brought out fabulous creations. Valerie's top pics for this challenge are:
(e-mail Kim at khowardga@gmail.com for your favorites badge)

Rene Zarate

Stacey G

Claire C

and our random winner for the $30 gift certificate to Stampotique for stamps is:

#11 Carla
(please e-mail Carol@stampotique.com to claim your prize, use subject SDC44 Winner)

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Our hostess for the last challenge of the year is Nellie and here is what she what she has challenged us with:

Almost 2012, a whole new year lies ahead of us.

This time of the year we tend to look forward, what are our dreams, wishes, hopes and things we want to achieve for the new year. What do we wish and hope for our dear ones. I challenge you to show us your dreams, wishes and hopes in a stamped project.

It’s a Stampotique stamps only challenge this time so grab you stamps and stamp! As always you can win a $30 dollar gift certificate for your choice of free Stampotique stamps.

This is what I wish for you: a colourful year in which you go confidently in the direction of your dreams!

Here is Group 2 sharing their wishes for the New Year:

Vicki Garrett-Summerthyme Studio

*challenge closes at 5 p.m. ET on 1/10/11*

SDC44: Shimmer, Glimmer, Glitter & Glitz-Group 2

2011-12-21T00:01:00.003-05:00

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR 2012 REGARDING CHALLENGES:
This will be our last challenge where you can use ANY stamps.
Beginning with our first challenge the 2nd Wednesday in 2012, we will be a STAMPOTIQUE only challenge. We will no longer host our any stamps challenge, you must use ONLY Stampotique stamps on your creations. We greatly appreciate all that have supported us throughout 2011 and look forward to seeing your work with Stampotique in 2012.

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For our current challenge Val is here as our hostess. She is challenging us to break out our "Shimmer, Glimmer, Glitter and Glitz" using shimmery paper, glittery embellishments, glimmery paints/washes/spritz or any kind of glitzy bling in your creations....let your inspiration shine!
This week is our last challenge where you can use ANY stamps.

Here is group 2's shiny creations:

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Join us for the last challenge of 2012 at your chance to win a $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps. Link up your creations here by 5 p.m. ET on 12/27/11.

SDC44: Shimmer, Glimmer, Glitter & Glitz

2011-12-14T00:01:00.001-05:00

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR 2012 REGARDING CHALLENGES:
This will be our last challenge where you can use ANY stamps.
Beginning with our first challenge the 2nd Wednesday in 2012, we will be a STAMPOTIQUE only challenge. We will no longer host our any stamps challenge. We greatly appreciate all that have supported us throughout 2011 and look forward to seeing your work with Stampotique in 2012.
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We loved seeing what color creations you were able to come up with for the non-traditional Christmas challenge and Vicki chose her top 3 favorites:
(e-mail khowardga@gmail.com for your favorites badge

I absolutely LOVE Samantha's card.......from Joe in pink to the amazing tree made from the Under the Parapluie set, the Diamond Glaze on the Christmas Balls.......and the wee bits of gold...oh yes AND the Background..........um YUMMY!!!!!

Anikrafts ho ho ho card, made me go he he he!!!!! Love everything about this, including the fun crown!!!

Last, but certainly not least,

Love this Clever Christmas Card..........those little "fishies" hanging from the tree are priceless and the sentiment??? Shut the Front Door~ This one made me LOL!!!! Thanks for the giggle Sue!

and our random winner for the $30 gift certificate for Stampotique Stamps is:
#5 Lena
Congratulations!
(contact carol@stampotique.com to claim your prize with subject line SDC43 Winner)

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For our next challenge Val is here as our hostess. She is challenging us to break out our "Shimmer, Glimmer, Glitter and Glitz" using shimmery paper, glittery embellishments, glimmery paints/washes/spritz or any kind of glitzy bling in your creations....let your inspiration shine!
This week is our last challenge where you can use ANY stamps.

We would love for you to join us this week and shine for us. Please link up before 5 p.m. ET on 12/27/11 using the inlinkz below. Please only one submission and no backlinking to previously posted creations.

Reminder, this will be the LAST challenge you an use ANY stamps.

SDC43: Non Traditional Christmas Card-week 2

2011-11-30T00:01:00.000-05:00

Vicki is our hostess for this challenge and here's what she has to say about her challenge:

Before you know it, Christmas will be upon us! How many of you have started your Christmas cards? I'm curious, do you make ALL of your Christmas cards, none of them or a bit of both?

This week I'm challenging the team to make a non traditional Christmas card. The main rule is

NO RED OR GREEN!

I can't wait to see all of the great ideas!

Pull out your Stampotique Stamps as this is a Stampotique only week!

Play along with this week's challenge for your chance to win a $30 Stampotique Gift Certificate, be sure to link in your entries by 5 p.m. EST on 12/13/11 here. Please no back linking to previous posts and only one entry per person.

Here's group one's creations showing off their non-traditional Christmas colors:

Hope you will join us here and play along for your chance to win a $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps.

SDC43 It's a non traditional Christmas

2011-11-23T00:01:00.002-05:00

Last week Lisa challenged you to use a sketch and we had some great interpretations of it. Lisa's favorites were:
(please e-mail khowardga@gmail.com for the favorites badge to display on your blog)

Retro Dolly - fun whimsical use of the sketch. Love the added creatures and map pieces to go along with the sentiment

Sue - fun use of the sketch for a Christmas card, love the image paired up with the sentiment

Belinda-Wonderful use of colors/papers, fun holiday card! Great sentiment for the melted snowman

Congratulations to our random winner #2 Belinda, who just happened to be one of the favorites this week.

(please e-mail Carol@stampotique.com to claim your $30 gift certificate for stamps with subject SDC42 winner)

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Vicki is our hostess this week and she has proven to give us quite the challenge:

Before you know it, Christmas will be upon us! How many of you have started your Christmas cards? I'm curious, do you make ALL of your Christmas cards, none of them or a bit of both?

This week I'm challenging the team to make a non traditional Christmas card. The main rule is

NO RED OR GREEN!

I can't wait to see all of the great ideas!

Pull out your Stampotique Stamps as this is a Stampotique only week!

Play along with this week's challenge for your chance to win a $30 Stampotique Gift Certificate, be sure to link in your entries by 5 p.m. EST on 12/13/11 by using the InLinkz below. Please no back linking to previous posts and only one entry per person.

The winner of the new Release Blog Hop is Vicky
who wrote on Maria's Blog
(please e-mail Carol@stampotique.com to claim your grab bag with subject Kira Blog Hop Winner)

Vicky said...

I love how you've used those 2 quirky images, kind of vintage but with a bit of fun thrown in :)

Congratulations Vicky, you've just won a grab bag of the new release stamps!
and now the design team showing off some non-traditional color cards.
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Vicki Garrett

Connie Baever-Guest Designer

Challenge closes on 12/13/11 at 5 p.m. ET, please join using the inlinkz below.

SDC42: Group Two

2011-11-16T00:01:00.001-05:00

Just another reminder of our current challenge:

Lisa here with this weeks Stampotique designers Challenge! I don't know about you, but I love to use sketches as a jumping point for my work, so for this weeks challenge, I'm providing you the following sketch.

Feel free to rotate it, change the focal image, but try to keep the sketch in tact. For this weeks challenge you can use ANY Stamp companies images, but if you have Stampotique images, we'd love for you to use them. Play along with this weeks sketch challenge for your chance to win a $30 Stampotique Gift Certificate, be sure to link in your entries by 5 p.m. EST on 11/22/11 by using the InLinkz here. Please no back linking to previous posts and only one entry per person.

Kate Crane

Hope you will join us this week!

Introducing a new Artist and new images

2011-11-15T00:01:00.000-05:00

Announcing new images and new artists are always exciting here at Stampotique Originals and so we are thrilled to announce our newest artist, Kira Nichols. Kira has designed some very unique monsters and kitties for her first line of stamps and our design team has had the opportunity to play with the stamps before they are released to the public.

Want a chance to win some of Kira's new images? Hop along with our designers as well as our special guest, leaving comments along the way, for your chance to win some of Kira's new images. We will randomly draw a winner from one of the blogs and announce the winner with our next challenge.

Make sure to leave comments along the way and a randomly chosen commenter will win some of these new stamps.

From here you will want to visit our special guest, our newest artist at Stampotique, Kira Nichols.

Below is a complete list in case you go off the beaten path and need some redirection.

SDC42: Sketch

2011-11-09T00:01:00.003-05:00

Who knew that there were so many creative ideas for altered bottles? The creations last challenge were amazing, beautiful colors, different "poison" bottles and so many different styles. We are so glad you joined us and if you stepped out of your comfort zone for that one, thank you!

Maria's favorites from the last challenge are:

(please e-mail khowardga@gmail.com for your favorites badge)
My apologies for having to add these in after the post went live, thanks for being patient!

Anika

Sue

Ann

And our random winner of the $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps is:

(please e-mail carol@stampotique.com with SDC41 Winner as the subject)

#15 Shirley

Lisa here with this weeks Stampotique designers Challenge! I don't know about you, but I love to use sketches as a jumping point for my work, so for this weeks challenge, I'm providing you the following sketch.

Feel free to rotate it, change the focal image, but try to keep the sketch in tact. For this weeks challenge you can use ANY Stamp companies images, but if you have Stampotique images, we'd love for you to use them. Play along with this weeks sketch challenge for your chance to win a $30 Stampotique Gift Certificate, be sure to link in your entries by 5 p.m. EST on 11/22/11 by using the InLinkz below. Please no back linking to previous posts and only one entry per person.

Lisa Somerville- hostess

Connie Baever-Guest Designer

Please link in below by 5 p.m. EST on 11/22/11.

SDC41: Altered Poison Bottle

2011-11-02T00:01:00.005-04:00

Welcome to the 2nd week of our altered poison bottle challenge. We hope that you got some inspiration from group one last week and if you are still a little stumped, here is our first group sharing their creations.

As a reminder, here are the challenge details:

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SDC41: Altered Poison Bottle

Maria here this week issuing a new challenge here at Stampotique Designer's Challenge:

"I have a new fun and creative challenge for you all this week. Are you ready for Halloween? Well, guess what? My challenge for you today is an: Altered poison bottle. I have a passion for sweet/spooky bottles and I would love to see your creations using Stampotique stamps.

WARNING: Don't Drink, that's Poison! Happy Halloween Stampotique-creatures!

Here is more inspiration from the design team:

Join us by linking in here.

Welcome our November Guest Designer

2011-11-01T00:01:00.000-04:00

Welcome Connie Helen Baever to Stampotique this month as our guest designer. Here's a little more on Connie:

I am what I call hopeless creative in a crazy way...sometimes less, sometimes more, but the most important thing is that it's all me! A Norwegian girl who has fallen in love with Art Journaling, Cardmaking and Scrapbooking. Working as a Graphic Designer and Marketing responsible for Norway's biggest craftstore, where I also teach classes in both art journaling and cardmaking. I like everything that are messy, colorful and different, and I have had an eye for Daniel Torrente's & Jill Panney's stamps since I first saw them some years back!

Stop by Connie's blog and leave her some love here.

SDC41: Altered Poison Bottle

2011-10-26T00:01:00.011-04:00

We loved all the wonderful array of tags from the last challenge. Every one did such an amazing job with the backgrounds on the tags and the assortment of images used. We can all use a good tag any day of the week to spice up a special gift or to throw in a lunch box. We love the support of the Stampotique fans and so happy to see you all playing each week!

Now for last challenges favorites:

Nellie picked her three favorites:

(e-mail khowardga@gmail.com for favorites badge)

Dawn

Love the stunning butterfly theme of this tag and the colours are absolutely wonderful!

Joanne

Fab colors on this one too and I adore the background, so beautiful

Trace aka inkypinkycraft

Stunning background in some of my favourite colors and I so much love the delicate wings and the quote tag attached

and our random winner of the $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps is:

#9 Debbie R

(please e-mail carol@stampotique.com with SDC40 Winner in the subject line)

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SDC41: Altered Poison Bottle

Maria here this week issuing a new challenge here at Stampotique Designer's Challenge:

WARNING: Don't Drink, that's Poison! Happy Halloween Stampotique-creatures!

Here is group one with their "poison". Join us next week as we share some more creations.

We also want to say a special thank you to our two guest designers this month, Roc and Amy. We have loved having you create with us!

Maria Sabina Raita

Roc Nicholas- Guest Designer

Amy Wellenstein- Guest Designer

Join us by linking in below using InLinkz directly to your creation. Please no back linking and only one entry per person.

SDC40: It's Tag Time! Group 2

2011-10-19T00:01:00.002-04:00

It’s “TAGTIME” this week.

Nellie is our hostess for the current challenge and here is what she says about her challenge theme:

I love to work on a tag. For me it feels like it somehow invites you to think and work in another way than when you’re making cards. So I challenge you to make a tag or some project in which you use a tag. Any size, any color as long as there’s at least one tag involved in your artwork.

I used a real king size tag for this challenge. It’s 8,5 inch long and almost 4,5 inch wide. Kate Crane’s DVD “Right from a blank page” inspired me when making the background of my tag.

You can use stamps from any company for this challenge. But even better, grab your Stampotique stamps and get stamping!

Group Two:

Join us by linking in your tag here using any stamps.

SDC40: It's Tag Time!

2011-10-12T00:01:00.004-04:00

Wanted to send a big Squishy Hug to all of you who posted a Humorous Birthday Card!!! It was really difficult to choose my three favourites, 'cause they all made me smile. Thanks again for Playing!

So now for my Four Faves..............I KNOW, I know, but I just couldn't pick 3~~~

First up, this Awesome card by Tracy! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the background, purple is my FAVOURITE Colour and Wizard of Oz is my Fave movie and this just made me think of it and perhaps that the main girl was Dorothy gone bad!!!! hehe....yeah, I have quite the imagination in my old age!!! Love that spider too!

This Ghostly cards neutral colour scheme by Gay really appealed to my senses. I really love those transparent skull heads and of course those pumpkins are some of my favourite stamps! The card just has a ghostly feel to it!

Love Eric.........LOVE LOVE the sentiment and LOVE LOVE LOVE the background on the cool card by Katja

And now for the SHOWSTOPPER!!!!

This card by Sherry totally had me in stitches!!!! Oh my goodness, I laughed so hard I think I might have even peed a little.......yep, that's what happens when you get to be my age! Thank goodness the years have allowed me to take everything with a grain of salt, including laugh lines, stretchy skin, silver hair and occasional bouts of incontinence.........hope I'm not offending anyone.....just stating the facts!!!

Anyhow I absolutely LOVE the Hair on this babe and her TUTU as well! I am Certain that when I turn 50, I will wear a purple tutu! After all, purple is my favourite colour you know!!!

Thanks again for playing~
(please e-mail khowardga@gmail.com if you would like the SDC Favorites Badge)

and

Congratulations to #11 Gerda
as our random winner from SDC39 for the Stampotique $30 gift certificate for stamps
(please e-mail carol@stampotique.com to claim your gift certifcate with subject SDC39 Winner)

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It’s “TAGTIME” this week.

Nellie is our hostess this week and here is what she says about her challenge theme:

I used a real king size tag for this challenge. It’s 8,5 inch long and almost 4,5 inch wide. Kate Crane’s DVD “Right from a blank page” inspired me when making the background of my tag.

You can use stamps from any company for this challenge. But even better, grab your Stampotique stamps and get stamping!

Nellie van Leeuwen

Roc Nicholas- Guest Designer

Amy Wellenstein- Guest Designer

We hope you will join in on Nellie's tag challenge this week. You will have until 10/25/11 to join us by linking directly to your creation below. Please no backlinking.

The Play Date Cafe Challenge

2011-10-06T00:01:00.004-04:00

Today over at The Play Date Cafe, Stampotique is thrilled to be the sponsor of this current color challenge. Stampotique is giving away a grab bag of stamps worth up to $30, so head on over there and join in on the fun.

If you need a little additional inspiration, some of our design team is playing along this week:

SDC39: Humorous Birthday- Group 1

2011-10-05T00:01:00.001-04:00

Welcome to the 2nd week of our current challenge, here is a little re-cap regarding the theme Vicki issued us:

Hi, Vicki here! Since today is my Birthday, I'm excited about sharing a Birthday Challenge with you......you must send me all your cards~ (Just kidding! lol) anyway, at my age, in order to deal with deteriorating gravity, laugh lines and achy joints, humour has become a fabulous coping mechanism!!!

So here's the challenge: create a humorous Birthday Greeting! Something Funny, Sarcastic........perhaps an image that will evoke a giggle or a good belly laugh, which I particularly enjoy! What is even funnier (to me) is that it's Challenge#39......hehe.......I have some pals that have been 39 for quite some time! If the truth be known, in my experience, life begins at 40!

I can't wait to see what you create!!! Don't forget that one lucky player will win some Stampotique Bucks! This is a Stampotique only week so please remember to use those Stampotique stamps on your creations

We hope you will join us for our current challenge, you can link up your creation using Stampotique stamps here.

Welcome Our October Guest Designers

2011-10-01T00:01:00.002-04:00

Stampotique Originals is THRILLED beyond belief to have not one, but TWO guest designers this month!

Here is a little bit about each of them and you will love what they will be sharing this month for both our challenges and some additional projects they each created! Watch out for their debut's next week.

ROC NICHOLAS

Roc Nicholas is a self taught artist who lives in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania. She works out of her home based art studio wheres she also teaches art and stamping classes. She loves to experiment and uses a variety of different media, but loves to include rubber stamps, when creating her art. Roc was a contributor to the book “Good Mail Day: A Primer for making Eye-Popping Postal Art” as well as other art and international stamping magazines. You can see more of her art on her blog at www.whatsuproc.blogspot.com

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And one of Stampotique's very own designers is joining us this month as well:

AMY WELLENSTEIN

Mixed-media artist Amy Wellenstein is drawn to the printed word, the graphic image, and the stories they tell when combined. She specializes in collage, jewelry, and paper arts. Formally trained in metalsmithing, Amy constructs intimate contemporary pieces of sterling silver filled with bits of ephemera, found objects, and vintage beads. The results are tiny narratives to bless and adorn the wearer.

Since 2001, Amy has taught collage, jewelry, and paper arts workshops in Arizona, California, and New England. Her work has been featured in Somerset Studio magazine, several books, and other paper arts publications.

Amy lives in Peoria, Arizona with her scuba-diving husband and TWITCH the cat.

SDC39: Humorous Birthday

2011-09-28T00:01:00.003-04:00

We had a phenomenal turnout for Kaz' black, white and a hint of color. There were so many favorites in the group, love the variety of colors used. Kaz' favorites were:

19. Lilith - I love the shade of green and the banner makes it very striking.

32. Vicky - the splash of red really makes Miss Snotty pop from the card.

22. Fiona - this one is so much fun, and the hint of colour really is just a hint!

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And our random winner of the $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps is:
(please e-mail Carol@stampotique.com to claim your gift certificate with subject line SDC37 winner)
#33 Maria F.
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Hi, Vicki here! Since today is my Birthday, I'm excited about sharing a Birthday Challenge with you......you must send me all your cards~ (Just kidding! lol) anyway, at my age, in order to deal with deteriorating gravity, laugh lines and achy joints, humour has become a fabulous coping mechanism!!!

So here's the challenge: create a humorous Birthday Greeting! Something Funny, Sarcastic........perhaps an image that will evoke a giggle or a good belly laugh, which I particularly enjoy! What is even funnier (to me) is that it's Challenge#39......hehe.......I have some pals that have been 39 for quite some time! If the truth be known, in my experience, life begins at 40!

I can't wait to see what you create!!! Don't forget that one lucky player will win some Stampotique Bucks! This is a Stampotique only week so please remember to use those Stampotique stamps on your creations

From all of us on the design team-Happy Birthday Vicki!

And now to share group 2's creations for the humorous birthday creation theme:

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Join us for SDC38: Humorous Birthday Theme by linking in below. Please post directly to your creation, not to your blog or you will be removed. Use ONLY Stampotique stamps for this challenge. No back linking please.

CAS-ual Friday meets Stampotique

2011-09-23T00:01:00.007-04:00

Today Stampotique Originals is sponsoring the CAS-ual Fridays challenge.

We are always Clean And Simple and our theme is Mostly Monochromatic, 3 + 1. Use at least 3 shades of the color of your choice monochromatically and then add Chocolate Brown.

Stampotique will be giving away a grab bag of stamps worth $30 for this challenge.

Join our team by showing off your Monochromatic 3+1 card over at CAS-ual Fridays Challenge.

Here are some of what the team created:

Vicki Garrett

SDC38: Black, White, Splash of Color Group 2

2011-09-21T00:01:00.002-04:00

Did you see all the cool cards from part of the design team for the new challenge? You can check out the first groups cards here.

Our current challenge was issued by design team member Kaz. Here is what she has challenged us with:
I'm setting you another colour challenge as you all did such a good job of the last one. This time it's to use black and white and add just a hint of another colour. You can make anything you like. This week is also a non-Stampotique stamps week for your chance at a $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps.

Here are some more fabulous creations by our talented design team:

Want to join us at a chance to win $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps? Please link you black, white and touch of color challenge creation here. Can't wait to see what you create!

SDC38: Black, White, and a HINT of color

2011-09-14T00:01:00.008-04:00

This week is a new challenge issued by design team member Kaz. Here is what she has challenged us with:

I'm setting you another colour challenge as you all did such a good job of the last one. This time it's to use black and white and add just a hint of another colour. You can make anything you like. This week is also a non-Stampotique stamps week for your chance at a $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps.

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Oh...did you all want to know who won the new stamps at our Stampotique new release blog hop?? We randomly chose a winner from Joanne Wardle's blog and that winner is

(you will have 48 hours to claim your prize at khowardga@gmail.com):

Carla said...: fabulous!, love the first one the most; August 31, 2011 1:38 PM

The last challenge Kate had fun choosing her favorite bookmark creations and here were here top 3 picks:

(please e-mail khowardga@gmail.com if you would like the Stampotique Favorites Badge)

Laura

I love the abstract foliage as the background, and the colours are just fab! Daniel's Elf makes a great Titus Groan, such an imaginative creation.

Shirley

Eric look so great standing against the text background, and the colours created with Distress Inks look wonderful.

Carol Q

The first thing that caught my eye was the wonderful blue bird against the haunting background. And then I spotted the very funny joke!

and our random winner from SDC37: Bookmark is:

(please contact carol@stampotique.com with SDC37 Winner in subject)

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Join group #1 as they share their black, white and a hint of another color:

Wendy Price-Guest Designer

We would love to have you join us for this challenge by linking in below. Please link directly to your creation and no backlinking. This challenge will close on 9/27/11.

September Guest Designer: Wendy Price

2011-09-01T00:01:00.000-04:00

Help us in welcoming our Guest Designer for September, Wendy Price. Here's a little more about Wendy:

I am so excited to be joining the Stampotique Design Team this month! My name is Wendy Price and I live in southern New Jersey with my husband and kids. I've been scrapbooking and stamping for over 8 years now. I love the creative outlet that papercrafting provides and try to spend a bit of time in my studio everyday!

Stop by Wendy's blog and give her a warm welcome, wait until you see what she has been busy creating with Stampotique stamps!

New Release Blog Hop

2011-08-31T00:01:00.007-04:00

Welcome to Wednesday!

Canvas created by Gez Butterworth

Have you been chomping at the bit waiting for Stampotique Originals to release some more of your favorite stamps? Well, you have stopped in at the right place today! We are thrilled to announce our newest release featuring many of your favorite designers.

We've got new images from Jo Capper-Sandon, Maryse Carrier, Janet Klein and Daniel Torrente and Jill Penney. There's a great mix of Halloween images, nature images, some winter images and some cute kid images. There's an image for everyone to ink up and you are sure to find more than one that you will have to have.

Are you drooling yet? Are you wanting to see some of these creepy, crawly, cute and furry friends? Then join the design team and our special guest for our new release blog hop today starting here.

Make sure to leave a comments along the way and a randomly chosen commenter will win some of these new stamps.

From here you will want to visit Gez Butterworth.

Below is a complete list in case you go off the beaten path and need some redirection.

Let us know what you think of the new stamps and which ones that you have seen are your favorite.

SDC37: Bookmarks- group one

2011-08-30T00:01:00.000-04:00

Welcome to our next challenge on Stampotique Designer's Challenge. We are so excited you have jumped on over here to join us.

Our hostess this challenge is Kate Crane and here is what she has challenged us with:

I am always looking for ways to make art which is useful, something I can use in every day life so what better than a bookmark? You can never have enough of these ... I like to use them to mark pages in all of my favourite art publications! You can make any type of bookmark: A traditional straight bookmark, a corner bookmark, a swinging tag ... In any style: Vintage, funky, cute or weird. Anything goes! So go and dig out all for your favourite Stampotique stamps, it's time to get creative!

Here is our group one's creations and join us here to play along this week for your chance to win a $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps.

Barbara Washington-Guest Designer

Thanks for stopping by and you may want to drop by tomorrow. We might just have some exciting things to share with you all!

SDC37: Bookmark

2011-08-24T00:01:00.006-04:00

Welcome to our next challenge on Stampotique Designer's Challenge. We are so excited you have jumped on over here to join us.

Our hostess this week is Kate Crane and here is what she has challenged us with:

But before you get creative...lut us say that you have all really outdone yourselves with the Altering A Page challenge!!! Here are a few entries that Val would like to highlight for a second look:
(please e-mail khowardga@gmail.com if you would like to display the favorites badge on your blog)

No Place Like Home by Samantha Read
Loving this very creative idea to use an atlas page!!!

A Very New Challenge by Jayne C
Can't believe this is Jayne's first altered journal page - WOW!!!

Linda in Country Living by Ferrellgraph-X
It really looks like Linda posed for her closeup in Country Living - doesn't she fit perfectly!!!

And our random winner for the Altering a Page challenge is:
(please e-mail carol@stampotique.com with subject SDC36 winner to claim your gift certificate)

#22 Jacqueline Baker
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Here is Group #2 sharing their bookmark creations:

SDC36: Altering a Book Page-Group 2

2011-08-17T00:01:00.003-04:00

If you have Stampotique stamps already, we'd love to see how you incorporate them into this challenge. If you haven't started your Stampotique collection yet, the Stampotique Designer's Challenge invites you to participate using stamps from any company this week for your chance to win a $30 gift certificate for stamps at Stampotique.

Here's group 2's altered pages for some more inspiration:

Please join us by linking directly to your creation here using InLinkz. You are welcome to use any stamps this week, but please only link new creations and only one entry per person. No backlinking to previous posts please.

SDC36: Altering a Book Page

2011-08-10T00:01:00.003-04:00

This week Valerie challenges us to try altering a page in a book - any book: novel, journal, sketchbook, cookbook, music book, coloring book, dictionary, whatever! Any book counts! Valerie said that she chose this topic to challenge herself to try something new. She said it worked too well and she found herself waaaayyyyyy outside of her element with this one but gave it a go anyway and she hopes you'll give it a go too even if you've never tried one before!! If you have Stampotique stamps already, we'd love to see how you incorporate them into this challenge. If you haven't started your Stampotique collection yet, the Stampotique Designer's Challenge invites you to participate using stamps from any company this week for your chance to win a $30 gift certificate for stamps at Stampotique.

The entries for the red, yellow, orange challenge were fantastic. So many wonderful uses of these colors, there were many stunning scenes, beautiful tags and hilarious creations. Kaz top 3 picks for this last challenge are:

(please e-mail khowardga@gmail.com if you would like the badge to display on your blog)

28 Sam - love the fact this is done on balsa wood, and the stamping is so sharp!

14 Arwen - I love the skull for Crafter's head. I like swapping heads and this is a ' I wish I'd thought of that!'

7 Debbie R - this is such a warm splash of colour and I love Spykee as a balloon.

and Congratulations to the random winner of the $30 gift certificate for stamps from Stampotique. Our winner is:

(please e-mail carol@stampotique.com with subject SDC35 Winner as the subject for instructions on how to redeem the gift certificate)

#18 Anikraft

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And here is Group #1's creations

Valerie Wilson

Barbara Washington-guest designer

Please join us by linking directly to your creation below using InLinkz. You are welcome to use any stamps this week, but please only link new creations and only one entry per person. No backlinking to previous posts please.

SDC35: Red, Yellow, Orange- Group 1

2011-08-03T00:01:00.003-04:00

Hi there, we are back today to share group one's creations of our current challenge. As a refresher, here is what our hostess, Kaz has challenged us with.

"When I took this week for my challenge back in the winter, I thought it would be lovely and summery so I decided to set a colour challenge using the sizzling colours of red, yellow and orange. I should have known better really as I do, after all, live in England. It's been positively Autumnal this month. Rain, wind and grey skies. Yuk. So I'd like you to help us entice the sunshine back to help warm my cold toes!!"

Please remember this challenge is a STAMPOTIQUE ONLY stamps week. Create a new creation with your Stampotique stamps and enter it below using InLinkz. Please enter by linking directly to your creation. Only one entry per person. This challenge will close on 8/9/11 at 5 p.m. eastern time.

Join us for your chance to win a $30 gift certificate to Stampotique (good for stamps) as we randomly choose a winner of our next challenge.

If you would like to join us, please link up with your creation here.

August Guest Designer

2011-07-31T00:01:00.000-04:00

We are very excited to announce our August Guest Designer who was randomly chosen from our fun Magical Mystery Tour at the end of June.

Help us to welcome Barbara Washington and look for her creations to start appearing this week here and over at the Stampotique Designer's Blog.

Hi! My name is Barbara Washington. Being chosen as Stampotique's August Guest Designer is really exciting to me. I have been in love with Stampotique stamps for a long time. I live in Chicago with my two wonderful grown daughters, my five year old grandson, eleven month old grandaughter, and four cats. Until I retired several years ago, I worked as a librarian in the local college system. Now, I can enjoy what I love to do which is stamping and paper arts. I began stamping at least fifteen years ago. It began as something fun to try, but it quickly became a passion. I love making cards, tags, and atc's, but I also love to make books and dimensional art. My style is somewhat eclectic. I love trying new techniques, trying new color combinations, and love using texture. One additional benefit of being involved with this art is getting to know so many wonderful and talented people.

Barbara has created a card for our current challenge going on to use Red, Orange and Yellow. If you would like to join us for your chance to win a $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps, you can see the details of the challenge here.

We look forward to having Barbara join our team this week!

SDC35: Red, Yellow, Orange

2011-07-27T00:01:00.004-04:00

Are you ready for a new designer's challenge this week? We are ready to challenge you and today Kaz is your hostess. Here's what she has to say about the new challenge:

Join us for your chance to win a $30 gift certificate to Stampotique (good for stamps) as we randomly choose a winner of our next challenge.

Last week we had a fantastic turnout for our Flower Power challenge and Gez had lots of favorites but she narrowed it down to her top 3 favorites and they are:

(please e-mail Kim at khowardga@gmail.com if you would like the Favorite badge to display on your blog)

11 - Mustavcoffee

Great eye-catching flowers, colourful background, beautifully coloured image, creative thinking, love the barbed-wire stalks on the flowers!

23 - Flutterby Crafter

Colourful summery background, great flowers, feel good factor, definately lots of flower power going on in this art journaling page.

32 - Margie Calenda

FABULOUS sentiment.. made me smile! Clever thinking, the image and flowers tie together brilliantly, Perfect!

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Congratulations to our random winner of the $30 gift certificate for Stampotique (good on stamps):

(please e-mail Carol at carol@stampotique.com with Subject SDC34 Winner)

#17 Mandy B

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And now for group 2 of our design teams creations. Don't be afraid to click on over to their blogs and leave some love-they love to create and share each month and I'm sure they would love to hear from you.

Come back next week as group 1 shares their taken on this color combination.

SDC34: Flower Power-Group 2

2011-07-20T00:01:00.000-04:00

Introducing Group 2's creation:

If you would like to join us, our challenge closes on 7/26/11 so you have until then to link up here using a DIRECT link to your creation for a chance to win a $30 gift certificate from Stampotique.

SDC34: Flower Power

2011-07-13T00:01:00.006-04:00

If friends were flowers, I'd choose you... ALL!

It's time to bloom!

It's time for a new challenge here at the Stampotique Designer’s Challenge blog.

This week Gez is challenging you to use flowers on your creation.

Take a look at the fabulous Design Team samples for lots of flower power inspiration.

This week you can use any stamps you would like but please only enter once and link directly to your creation.

Before we share Group 1's creations with you, Valerie wants to give a shout out to her 3 favorite "scrappers" from last week's challenge:
(please e-mail Kim at khowardga@gmail.com if you would like the SDC Favorite badge)

#19: Laura

Fabulous scrappy background and great use of acetate and stitching to really show off the image!

#28: Mamapia

Wow! Now that's an amazing use of scraps! Mamapia, you've rocked this challenge for sure!

#30: Fiona

There is sooo much to see on this very clever scrappy project! Just love it!

And our random winner for the $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps is:
(please e-mail Carol at carol@stampotique.com with SDC33 Winner in subject line)
#7 Angela from Pages by the Sea

and for the winner of our August Guest Designer-you will have 72 hours to contact us for details:

#16 Barbara Washington

(please e-mail Kim at khowardga@gmail.com for details)

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and now onto our first groups creations using flowers, come back next Wednesday to see what the second group created:

Gez Butterworth

Net Ward- July Guest Designer

If you would like to join us this week for your chance to win a $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps, please link in below with a DIRECT link to your creation. Only one entry per person and please no backlinking to previous projects. We will remove anyone not directly linked to their creation or anyone who has backlinked.

Introducing our July Guest Designer...

2011-07-02T12:12:00.000-04:00

Hi I'm Net and I'm thrilled to be this months guest DT at Stampotique! I live in Yorkshire, England with my lovely OM, son, two cats and the caiques. These are the naughty parrots who often feature on my blog Caique-Momma.

I've always loved making things and got introduced to cardmaking many years ago and was instantly hooked! Stamping was my first love and still is even though I've dallied with die cutting along the way. Stamping allows me to indulge myself in colouring. Copics are my weapon of choice at the moment.

Through crfating I've met many many wonderful and talented people, I'm now lucky enough to call them my very dear friends. Crafting makes me a very lucky girl.

Stop on over at Net's blog, we'll be sharing her work throughout the month here on the blog.

Stampotique's Magical Mystery Tour Winners

2011-06-29T00:01:00.003-04:00

Today ends our Magical Mystery Tour, we hope that you all enjoyed hopping through our blogs and seeing what we created using our scraps. We thank everyone who hopped around and left comments!

If you haven't joined us for our latest challenge to use up your scraps with your Stampotique stamps we hope that you will play along with us this week. The challenge ends next Tuesday evening for your chance to win a $30 gift certificate to Stampotique or a chance to be our August guest designer. Fun stuff up for grabs!

So are you wanting to know the winners of the Magical Mystery Tour???

The owners of Stampotique picked two of the blogs of the design team as the "mystery" blogs for winners and Carol picked Lisa Somerville's blog and Kim Howard's blog.

We used random.org to pick the winners and they are:

Lisa Somerville's winner is:

Fiona said...

This card has such a warm and inviting feel to it Lisa :) The sentiment works so great with the image and colours too !
June 22, 2011 11:55 PM

Kim Howard's winner is:

Holly said...

This is super COOL!

June 23, 2011 4:39 AM

and for those of you that took the time to leave a comment over on the Stampotique Designer's Blog, you are in for wonderful surprise as we picked a random winner from all the comments there as well and the winner is:

stamping sue said...
: Just went to the blogs on hop to see all the wonderful creations.stamping suehttp://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/June 23, 2011 8:46 AM

Congratulations to all 3 of the winners this week! If you weren't a winner this week, join us for our scraps challenge going on now using Stampotique stamps, or on the 2nd Wed. in July for our next challenge using any stamps.

Thanks for touring with us at Stampotique!

Winners, please contact Kim at khowardga@gmail.com with subject "Magical Mystery Winner"
with your name & address.

SDC33: Use Your Scraps with a Magical Mystery Tour (Blog Hop)

2011-06-22T08:00:00.008-04:00

Join us for Stampotique's Magical Mystery Tour today. Why a Magical Mystery Tour? Comment on all the blogs and along the way we have 2 mystery prizes to give away. Along with your tour you will see all the creations from our current challenge.

This begins your tour.

A few weeks ago, Valerie had us recycling and this week she has us cleaning house again!!! She's challenging us to dig in our stash to see how many scraps we can use up in our projects. Just about anything qualifies as a scrap - as long as you're utilizing a piece or part of something that you generated before but never used up... it counts! So what will it be? Bits of an old master board or freaky background? Leftover pieces of your favorite designer paper? Part of an old piece of grunge board? Fragments of a previously inked image? Or the remnants of some odd embellishment? Let's see just how creative you can be!

Additional Prizes and a chance to be our August GUEST DESIGNER

As you make your way through the tour make sure you comment on each and every post. There will be 2 prize winners chosen randomly amongst the blogs. For some additional chances to win another prize join us with our "Scraps" Challenge using your Stampotique stamps for your chance at a $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps or a chance to be our August Guest Designer, which we will randomly draw winners of each of those.

Our tour will end on June 28th and the winner or the 2 tour prizes will be announced on our blog on June 29th. Our challenge, however will be open until July 12th.

You will want to jump on over to our challenge hostess, Valerie to see what kind of scraps she has used on our Magical Mystery Tour.

Here is the master list if you get lost along your tour:

Stampotique Designer’s Challenge <---- you are here

Vicki Garrett

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We had a phenomenal turnout for our Clean & Simple challenge and we enjoyed visiting and seeing what each of you created. Joanne picked her 3 favorites and here they are:

(please contact Kim at khowardga@gmail.com if you would like to display the favorites badge)

Anns Art Place

Angela

Dymphie

Congratulations ladies on being favorites this week!

and to the winner of our $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps goes to:

#39 Patcrafts

(Please contact Carol at carol@stampotique.com with subject line SDC32 Winner for your gift certificate)

SDC32: Clean & Simple- Group 2

2011-06-15T00:01:00.004-04:00

Joanne is our current hostess and she has chosen the theme Clean and Simple (CAS). If you've ever visited her blog, you know that she loves the CAS style. What do we mean by CAS? Minimalistic designs, empty spaces. I know some people find this style difficult, but it can be very cleansing artistically to give it a try.

This week you can use any stamps you would like but please only enter once and link directly to your creation here for a chance to win a $30 gift certificate to Stampotique.

Here's group two's creations-these are some phenomenal clean & simple cards!

Join us by linking here, we can't wait to see your Clean & Simple creations.

SDC32: Clean & Simple

2011-06-08T00:01:00.004-04:00

Hi, I'm Joanne and I've chosen the new challenge. I have chosen the theme Clean and Simple (CAS). If you've ever visited my blog, you know that I love the CAS style. What do we mean by CAS? Minimalistic designs, empty spaces. I know some people find this style difficult, but it can be very cleansing artistically to give it a try.

This week you can use any stamps you would like but please only enter once and link directly to your creation.

Our last acetate challenge was a fun one and we enjoyed seeing how everyone integrated the acetate into their creations. Willy picked her top 3 favorites:

(please e-mail khowardga@gmail.com if you would like the badge to display on your blog)

Nr. 9 Barbara Washington

What a surprising take on the challenge! The acetate rain looks cool.

Nr. 11 Claireliz

Fabulous combination of the printed acetate and the coloured Karin.

Nr. 13 Tracy Evans

So much to see in this gorgeous sea of acetate.

The winner of our SDC31 challenge and a $30 gift certificate to the Stampotique store for stamps is:

Winner #3

Jayne C.

(please e-mail Carol to claim your gift certificate at carol@stampotique.com and use the subject SDC Winner)

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We hope you enjoy group one's creations for Clean & Simple and we can't wait to see what you create this week!

Joanne Wardle

Join us for the Clean & Simple challenge by linking in below:

SDC31: Acetate

2011-06-01T00:01:00.001-04:00

Last week Willy challenge us to use ACETATE in your creation. You can make your whole creation of acetate or just use a little piece of acetate in it… there are so many possibilities.

Take a look at the fabulous Design Team samples for a lot of inspiration. Please remember, this week is a Stampotique Originals stamps only challenge so take out your Stampotique stamps and join us for a chance to win a $30 gift certificate to shop at Stampotique Originals. Link up your creation below and don’t forget: only one entry per person please!

Here we share the second group of creations by our design team using acetate:

SDC31: Acetate

2011-05-25T00:01:00.002-04:00

It’s time for another Stampotique Designer’s Challenge. This week Willy is challenging you to use ACETATE in your creation. You can make your whole creation of acetate or just use a little piece of acetate in it… there are so many possibilities.

Take a look at the fabulous Design Team samples for a lot of inspiration. Please remember, this week is a Stampotique Originals stamps only challenge so take out your Stampotique stamps and join us for a chance to win a $30 gift certificate to shop at Stampotique Originals. Link up your creation below and don’t forget: only one entry per person please!

Here are just a few highlights from Valerie's challenge to Recycle, Re-use or Repurpose... as always, impossible to choose - everyone really rocked this challenge!!
(please e-mail Kim for blog blinkie at khowardga@gmail.com)

Angela

Suzanne

Melanie

Congratulations to our random winner of the recycle challenge...

#1 Saskia!!
(Please contact Carol to claim your gift certificate at carol@stampotique.com and use the subject Line SDC Prize Winner)

SDC30: Recycle Group 2

2011-05-18T00:01:00.002-04:00

Welcome back to the Stampotique Designer's Challenge!

This week, Valerie is excited to challenge us to make use of items that might otherwise be destined for the landfill by re-using them or repurposing them into a unique piece of art. The design team has pulled out all of the stops to provide the most wonderful inspiration for this challenge!!

Join our fabulous design team and create a project using stamps from any company for your chance to win a $30 Stampotique Originals gift certificate. We will randomly pick a winner with the announcement of the next challenge.

Make sure you link directly to your project HERE.

Here is group two's creations:

Make sure you link up to our challenge here.

Stampotique sponsoring The Play Date Cafe

2011-05-12T00:01:00.002-04:00

Stampotique is thrilled to sponsor The Play Date Cafe challenge today! Join us for your chance to win a $30 gift certificate for stamps at the Stampotique store. Use the color scheme below and link up over at The Play Date Cafe for your chance to win.

Want to double your chances of winning? Stampotique Designer's Challenge just started yesterday and the theme is to recycle, reuse or re-purpose.

A few of the design team members were able to join in and create some with these fabulous colors, check them out below and then join us over at The Play Date Cafe by linking your creation there.