Ava Marie Alexis McMillan

It is with such joy that we make the official

announcement that Jenn's baby has arrived!

From all of us at Starving Artistamps

we want to say welcome to Ava

and congratulations to Jenn and her hubby!

Baby Card challenge winner announcement!!!

Congratulations to

Rachel Shirk

for winning our baby card challenge!!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our challenge and sent baby

cards to Jenn and her Hubby. I am sure they will be treasured keepsakes.

And a special thank you to Tanya Rudd for suggesting and helping run this challenge!

Presenting the Welcoming Jenn's Baby Card call challenge!

Something special is happening.

One of our incredible designers Jenn McMillan and her husband are expecting their first child, a baby girl who is due to be born on February 11th. Words can not express how excited we are around here for them as well as for ourselves because she will also be our first official design team baby! To mark her entry into the world we are running a challenge/card call from now until February 11th 2010.

I would love to take credit for this idea but it was actually Jenn's friend Tanya Rudd who proposed we fill Jenn's mailbox with cards. So here is how it works...

We are going to offer a random giveaway prize to one lucky person who participates in our card call. The prize will be your choice of One FREE full sheet of SA or DF stamps and One FREE set of sentiments.

What you'll need to do is make and send a baby card to the McMillans. Include in your card your favorite baby tip! Post the card on your blog then post your link to your direct blog post on the Mr. linky link collector below. Then EMAIL Tanya here: ruddtanya@gmail.com for Jenn's mailing address.

We will run the card call until midnight February 11th 2010 PST. We will announce the winner on or before February 13th 2010. Although it would be nice for you to use our stamps for your cards it is not a requirement, all entries are welcome!

Isn't this a great way to welcome a new baby into the world and what a special collection of cards to save in a memory box. Here's the card I made last night to get things started:

Materials used:
Stamps ~ Starving Artistamps DoodleFactory Oh baby!
Alphabets ~Quickutz
Stampers Magic tape 1/8", 1/4" and 1/2"
pink flocking
Stampers Magic foam tape in 1/16" and 1/8" for pop ups
Colored with copics

SPECIAL THANKS TO TANYA FOR SUGGESTING THIS

AND TO KAZAN FOR WALKING ME THROUGH MR LINKY!

New release DoodleFactory Boudoir and a Sketch!

Today is the official release for our newest collections in our home series

DoodleFactory Boudoir and coordinating sentiments

http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_boudoir.html

http://starvingartistamps.com/sentiments_awareness_and_boudoir_2.html

This new release brings us to the second room in our DoodleFactory home series. We are paying homage to one of my favorite rooms in the house to decorate, the bedroom. Look for more inspiration in our gallery over the coming days. If you enjoy paper piecing you will love this set. Create mini bedroom scenes by coordinating throw rugs, bedding and curtains. If you already own our classic decor set you will appreciate how well these all work together. http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_classic_decor.html

This week we are also sponsoring 2 sketches 4 you challenge blog 
http://2sketches4you.blogspot.com 

We are running a sentiment special and a giveaway for a complete collection of our Starving Artistamps set Home and Garden http://starvingartistamps.com/house_and_garden.html  This set is perfect to use with FlowerSoft and nows a great time to pick it up because we have it on sale!  

Visit the website this week for new products, our sentiment special and a sale on Flower Soft! 
Thanks for visiting!

http://www.starvingartistamps.com

Blog candy winner announced!

Congratulations to Catdidit!

Winner of our new release blog hop Arctic blog candy!

Please send us your address so we can send out your prize!

DoodleFactory Arctic Blog Hop and Blog Candy!!!

We are so excited to be presenting you with the newest collection in our DoodleFactory line...

DoodleFactory Arctic

http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_arctic.html

27 generously sized winter images for all your chilly needs!

(uncut unmounted set size is 8 1/2 x 11)

You are going to want to visit all the stops on our hop because someone is giving away a complete unmounted Arctic set for blog candy! You will need to post on that designers blog in order to enter to win. We are keeping the blog candy open for one day only so your chances of winning are even better! (blog candy ends December 8th, 11am PST). If you just can't wait to get your hands on the new Final Frontier set don't worry you can order it starting now and if you are our lucky winner we will let you substitute another set of equal value instead!

If you have arrived here all by yourself and are just finding out about the blog hop this is the place to start! The hop officially starts at 11am EST. The first stop in our hop is with the talented Juliana Swanson http://stampinwinkyfingers.blogspot.com/2009/12/arctic-blog-hop.html Juliana will send you on to your next spot but if you get lost along the way here is the complete list:

Start Here:

Juliana Swanson: http://stampinwinkyfingers.blogspot.com/2009/12/arctic-blog-hop.html

Donna Duquette http://deesstudio.blogspot.com/2009/12/brrrdoodlefactory-has-gone-to-arctic.html

Lori Tecler http://inkingaloud.blogspot.com/2009/12/doodlefactory-arctic-blog-hop.html

Lydia Fiedler http://understandblue.blogspot.com/2009/12/welcome-to-arctic.html

Tracey Berkey http://stampomatic.blogspot.com/2009/12/arctic-blog-hop-and-blog-candy.html

Jenn McMIllan http://jennmcmillan.blogspot.com/2009/12/starving-artistamps-blog-hop.html

Eva Andren http://muffinspyssel.blogspot.com/2009/12/welcome-to-starving-artistamps-new.html

Nina Aaslund http://krumelurkonst.blogspot.com/2009/12/one-day-doodle-factory-blog-hop-and.html

Dawn Mecedes http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/2009/12/brrrran-artice-blog-hop.html

START HERE:

Juliana Swanson: http://stampinwinkyfingers.blogspot.com

Donna Duquette http://deesstudio.blogspot.com

Lori Tecler http://inkingaloud.blogspot.com

Lydia Fiedler http://understandblue.blogspot.com

Tracey Berkey http://www.stampomatic.blogspot.com

Jenn McMIllan http://jennmcmillan.blogspot.com

Eva Andren http://muffinspyssel.blogspot.com/

Nina Aaslund http://krumelurkonst.blogspot.com/

Dawn Mecedes http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com

You can order your own DoodleFactory Arctic set and lots of other great collections on our website, get yours today: http://www.starvingartistamps.com

If you enjoy the cards you find on our designers blogs please let them know by leaving a comment. They work hard to make special projects to show you and they sure do deserve the praise!

Thank you for hopping with us today!

Tracey

DoodleFactory Arctic Blog Hop Monday December 7th!

Just a quick reminder to come and visit us Monday December 7th any time after 11 am eastern standard time for our new release DoodleFactory ARCTIC BLOG HOP and ONE DAY ONLY BLOG CANDY!!!

We've got lots of wonderful cards to show you and two special guest designers! Did you know that even we don't get to see the cards until the hop? So we are all just as excited as you are to see all the amazing new creations!

I can't wait!

Tracey