New Release DoodleFactory Creatures II

Today's the day!

No April fool's joke to be had here, just some great new stamps to show off and even a set to give away! It is such a pleasure for us to introduce to you the newest addition to our DoodleFactory line DF Creatures II! You can find the new set available for purchase on our website: http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_creatures_ii.html This has got to be one of our most anticipated new releases as our DoodleFactory Creatures is a much loved set by our customers. http://starvingartistamps.com/doodle_factory_creatures.html. We have had so many requests for a sequel that we knew we had to do one or we might have a mutiny on our hands!

Our design team and special guests Nina Aaslund and Eva Andren have had the best time playing with these images and as a result we ended up with quite a big collection of cards to show off. Take a look at all these creations below and if that's not enough eye candy for you, we also have a whole lot more in our gallery! http://starvingartistampsgallery.blogspot.com

Design by Eva Andren:

Holy cow there really WAS a monster hiding under the bed!

Meet Goonter:

Designed by Nina Aaslund:

Designed by me for Eva's Birthday:

Meet Flob and Gumbo

Designed by Donna Duquette:

Meet Zed, I'm sure you will find lots of use for this guy!

Meet Cappie

Designed by Dawn Barrett:

Meet Sprat, designed by Lydia Fiedler:

Can you tell Goonter was a DT favorite!

Designed by Dawn Barrett:

Designed by Jenn McMillan:

Meet Spinkle, designed by Lydia Fiedler:

It's the return of Flob!!

Designed by Nina Aaslund:

To find more inspiration visit our gallery:

http://starvingartistampsgallery.blogspot.com

To meet the rest of the new Creatures II images

visit our website: http://www.starvingartistamps.com

To enter to win a complete set of the new DoodleFactory Creatures II release check out the new set on our website and then post a comment right here on this post telling us who your favorite new DoodleFactory Creatures II creature is your favorite! Make sure you leave a way to contact you in your comment if you are our winner.

The blog candy ends Midnight PST April 2nd, 2010. One entry per person.

The winner will be announced on or before April 4th 2010.

Eye Candy...

I know you guys are excited to find out who the blog candy winners are. We were just as excited to show you the new releases and post the candy we didn't realize in our haste we forgot to put in the end date!

The blog candy winner will be posted Thursday night. You have up until Thursday morning (10 am eastern standard time) to post your comment ON THE POST BELOW to enter the giveaway. A couple of people have asked if we check to see if you are actually spreading the word and the answer is yes we do (when we can). We track all the hits that come thru the website and we always check out the blogs of those who are kind enough to leave a link. Besides, how do you think we find our future guest designers and DT members? Your blogs of course!

You have a few days longer to get your comment in (on the post below!). Please only one comment per person. And here is some eye candy to tide you over while you wait...

Worth the wait! Blog Candy and New Releases!

"the possibilities are endless."

That should be the credo for our hobby, because rubber stamping is just that, endless possibilities. And just like the fort Bink built, all you need is a little imagination.

(Stamps: house -DF country collection and bink, bike and fort -DF great outdoors collection)

I have SO MUCH to tell you guys about! It's been a LOOONG week trying to get ready for our upcoming Rubber stamp shows in Novi, Michigan (Heirloom Productions is hosting the Stamp and Scrapbook paper arts festival August 16 and 17, 2008 (visit http://www.heirloompro.com/ for show information, check out the vendor line up, its a BIG show!) followed by another looong distance drive the following week to Hamburg, NY August 23 and 24, 2008(http://www.stampscraparttour.com/) which is up near Buffalo and only 38 miles from Niagara Falls, which of course we must visit while we are over there!

Anyway, so while we have been trying to get ready for that, we have also been very hard at work putting together the sentiments for the new Great Outdoors set. I'm so excited to finally be able to show you the new sets, put up the next blog candy and tell you about our new special!

First things first.. You guys have been really patient and its about to pay off...

Because here are some our newest offerings:

DoodleFactory the Great Outdoors!

and as promised coordinating sentiments:

Heidi helped dream up a good portion of these guys (props to Heidi!)
and even Irene and her Beau got in on the fun!

"when I grow up, I wanna be just like you."

"over an open fire"

These are starting production this week and should start shipping by the end of next week. They are already loaded on the website and available for order. Now the cool parts... After this set was completed I got an email from Heidi suggesting a firefly (we call them lightning bugs around here) and I was pretty bummed out that I didnt think to add one. I mean what says BOY, SUMMER and CAMPING (aside from mosquitoes!) well lightning bugs of course! But whats done is done and the plate was already off for engraving. Then I realized I was putting together the sentiments and wouldnt you know it I could find a few spots for some doodles! So I shot Irene a quick email and worked out a deal for her to doodle up some fireflies for us ASAP!

And the best part... For a limited time only...they are coming FREE with your purchase!

When you purchase the full sheet you will get these lil' fellows free!!

and you will also get this cute little bear print to go with Yoris and all those fun bear sayings:

And for the blog candy, we are giving away the first sheet (DF the Great Outdoors) and sentimnt sets (Outdoors, Together, Sign, and Tree huggers) and the freebies FREE!

All you need to do to enter our blog candy is two small things... First, promise to SPREAD THE WORD! Tell everyone you can about the blog candy and post a comment on this thread telling Irene what collections you would like to see her doodle up in the future! Dont forget to put your email addy in your comments so we know how to contact you! We will post the winner next tuesday night!
Dont forget to sign up for blog updates so you dont miss any new offers and releases. We have lots of new images coming out soon!

Sneak Peek (curtesy of Irene!)

You have probably come to know by now that I am virtually incapable of keeping a newly finished collection a secret for more than a few hours. Apparently my enthusiasm is contagious because I just got an email from Irene with a little sneak peek at the newest designs she has created for us!

Isn't she just a little bit evil? Well, I did say sneak peek. What's really fun about this reveal is that aside from Irene, myself and one other chick who fancies herself a sentiment writer (*wink*) NO ONE has set eyes on this new set! Its even a surprise to my design team. (I like to shake things up a little, just to see if they are paying attention.)

Sentiments will very closely follow on the heels of this set as both will be released together. I *might* even be cooking up a cool SPECIAL for this release, and of course there might be a blog candy in the works as well.

Check out that raccoon, aptly named Sneeq... he is a multi tasking critter who looks like he is up to something. See what Irene has to say about him...

"I think the raccoon is gonna be one of my new favorite characters. He can sit in the boat, or on a log, or even be used on his own like a creeping bandit."

This new set was originally brainstormed to be a "summer themed set" but as often happens when Irene is involved.. things evolve... Now called The Great Outdoors, its part sport, part summer, and a whole lot of GUY!

Check back soon for the complete release and new blog candy! Or better yet, sign up for updates (over there on the right) and be notified when we post new news!

I cant contain myself!

I had this new Tropics set from DoodleFactory in my possession for the last 19 hours and I just cant stand it anymore. I HAD to post them, RIGHT NOW...or i'd BURST! When I saw Moki for the first time I nearly fell off my chair. I hear him sing in his raspy voice "are you achin' ... for some bacon.. yup, yup, yup." ok so hes not a wort hog, but for some reason that pudgy fellow singing that song from the lion king came into my head. Irene tells me that all of the characters will, with some creative cutting or masking, fit on the jet ski. Including the pirate parrot... "The pirate is a tighter fit, but he's a fatty anyway and a pirate in a jet ski is just funny" She tells me.
So I share with you the newest collection from DoodleFactory... TROPICS!


Now that you got back on your chair I can tell you some more cool things.. First, this set is already at the plate maker and is going to start shipping in about 7 business days. And if thats not cool enough we will be releasing some sentiments to go along with this set shortly. And as if that not cool enough we also have ANOTHER new set on the table too! Now would be a good time to post a comment and tell Irene how much her stamps mean to you and how she needs to doodle you more images ASAP since you love them so much (She loves hearing how much you like her stamps. Really, she eats it up!) so encourage her you guys!

What does one do with their blog candy?

I have to say I often wonder what happens to the stamps we provide to our designers to give away on their blogs as blog candy. We just ran our first official blog candy giveaway for this company blog and Susan (the winner) was kind enough to share her creation. I love when our customers and friends share their artwork. If you made something with our images please email us and show it off! Did you know we also give publication rewards when you use our images in your stamp art submissions? If your curious about the publications rewards, I will be posting more details at a later date so stay tuned :O)

New from the DoodleFactory... its Fairytale!

How cute is this collection!? Designed for the little princes and princesses in your life its got a little bit of everything.. a courageous knight, a fair maiden, a frog prince and lots of accessories for you to build your kingdom! And the best part?

We are giving away the first sheet FREE with our FIRST EVER BLOG CANDY GIVEAWAY!!

To enter just post a comment from now until this monday telling us who your favorite DoodleFactory character is! Please make sure you leave your name in your comment, if you post as anonymous we will not be able to contact you! Check back on tuesday when we will announce the winner on the blog!

DoodleFactory Country is officially in!

Not more than 5 minutes ago we got our delivery of the new DoodleFactory Country collection! We will begin filling orders today to ship tomorrow, so check your mailbox soon!!

New DoodleFactory samples to share!

Here is one of several new DoodleFactory samples just loaded to the gallery blog designed by the super talented Ana W. ( http://www.starvingartistampsgallery.blogspot.com/ )

NEW from the DoodleFactory Country

Irene's been working over time doodling up another brand new set for all her doodle fans!

Our intention is to create a complete doodle universe for all her doodle guys. Here is the next of what will be several new releases. Kids and adults alike will enjoy these easy to color ultra cute images! All of her large scale images can work together for an infinite amount of versatility. You could just as easily use the chick and rabbits for Easter themes as you can for baby cards, or farm scenes. Or how about using the mail box in the urban set with the valentine dog? Build and expand your doodle world!

We have already posted this sheet on the website, but have yet to load the mounted and unmounted options (coming soon). These have an estimated starting ship date of March 27th.

The new DoodleFactory Urban images are ready to ship starting today!!! Be the first to get your image hot off the presses!! Stop back soon for new samples!

Here are a couple of samples using the new DoodleFactory Urban set

New DoodleFactory images released!

Here is what will I'm sure be the first of many, many new releases from DoodleFactory for Starving Artistamps! I asked Irene to doodle us up some fun urban images and boy did she ever deliver! These images are on their way to the plate maker and are scheduled to ship on or before March 12th. But you can order them now and be the first to get your hands on them!