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Archive for the ‘Stamping News’ Category

April 12th, 2007

Stamp Zia Challenge

Stamp Zia is having an Andy Warhol Challenge. If you love this company’s rubber stamp line, you may want to whip out your supplies and start stamping:

Send in your Warhol inspired card art and win $100 gift certificate
to shop at Stamp Zia!
Use any Stamp Zia image and either send actual art or e-mail jpg.
Entries will […]

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April 6th, 2007

Royalty Free Images for You to Use

Dover Publishing doesn’t just make terrific books filled with images you can use in your art. They also offer free samples of their images that you can use. You can sign up for their sampler service here. This week, they had samples of insects, Japanese borders, angels, human anatomy and more.
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March 30th, 2007

Art Neko Rubber Stamp Sale

Art Neko is having a sale on some lovely Asian and Southwest themed stamps as they clear out stamp lines from other rubber stamping companies. I particularly like this line of Japanese calligraphy characters by My Heart Stamps For You.
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March 29th, 2007

Sizzix Angel Policy

I’ve been talking about die cuts for my crafts lately, but one of my readers wanted to know if die cuts could be used to make items for resale. If you are making projects to sell, Sizzix does allow die cut crafts to be sold on a limited local basis. Selling their die cuts online […]

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March 28th, 2007

New Poll on Adding Color to Images

I tend to reach for my colored pencils or my inkpads and a paintbrush when I’m adding color to my stamped images. I’d love to know what you prefer.

What do you use most often to add color to your stamped images?

Ink pads

Markers

Colored pencils

Chalk

Embossing powder

Other

Add an Answer

View Results

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March 23rd, 2007

Cavallini and Co

I just got the Spring issue of Adorn magazine today. It looks like it was well read before it got here, so I think my postal workers liked it as much as I did! As I was flipping through the magazine, I came across the cutest little stamps on their “We just love…” page. They […]

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December 15th, 2006

Gift Card Holder

Penny Wise Arts has detailed instructions for making this clutch card by Kathi Hall. I think it is the perfect way to make a gift card just a bit more personal.
By the way, if you don’t already have microbeads to make the card, Penny Wise Arts specializes in microbeads and seems to have quite […]

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December 11th, 2006

Beautiful New Charms for Your Stamping Projects

Collage Stuff has some lovely new charms. I love to use charms to dress up my rubberstamped cards and projects and the recepients love seeing something three dimensional on their handmade card or gift. I want them all, but I really overspent on crafting because of all the Black Friday sales, so I can’t buy […]

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December 1st, 2006

Blogtipping Some of My Favorite Craft Business Blogs

This month, my blogtipping spotlight will be focused on some craft related business blogs. First up is Make It, a blog on turning creativity into a business:
1. I love the way you combine book reviews, artist interviews and tips. There’s always something new and fun to read about.
2. Your textile mill tour blog post […]

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November 25th, 2006

Get Published

Want to see your work in print? The Rubber Stamper has a call for designs(deadline Dec 14, 2006). They are looking for Artist Trading Cards, collage designs and cards that honor mom, dad or other caregivers who touched your life. Get all of the details on submission requirements from their site at http://www.rubberstamper.com/designs/index.cfm
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