2 sketches 4 you

Starving Artistamps is excited to tell you all that we are sponsoring the 2 sketches 4 you challenge blog this week.  The Design team have already posted their cards in our gallery:

http://starvingartistampsgallery.blogspot.com/2009/03/2-sketches-4-you-sponsorship.html

Be sure to check out the 2 sketches site, there are some fabulous cards designed by the 2 sketches team and sketch challenge participants will be entered to win a set of the new DoodleFactory Easter release so if you missed or didn't win the blog candy here's a second chance!

www.2sketches4you.blogspot.com 

BLOG CANDY WINNER ANNOUNCED!!

CONGRATULATIONS TO LINDA CROWDER 

from http://cruel-critics.blogspot.com

you are the WINNER of our DoodleFactory Easter new release stamp set!!!

Please send us your mailing address so we can ship out your brand new DoodleFactory unmounted stamps!!!

We've got a new release and some blog candy too!

We have some new stamps to share with you.  They are brand new, hot off the presses and ready to ship starting now.  To kick off their release and spread the word about our new stamps we are going to offer up some tasty Easter blog candy. (and if you just don't want to wait to find out if you win, you can order now and if you do win we will substitute a equal value stamp set of your choice!) So keep on reading to find out what you need to do to win these stamps.

Here is a sneak peek of just a couple of the new stamps in our new release, 

there are 14 more stamps in the set!

So you want to win some NEW STAMPS?

Here is what you need to do:

First, and this is REALLY IMPORTANT... you need to SPREAD THE WORD about our candy.  How can you do that?
-Post a comment on your blog
-Post a message on a message board
-Send an email to your STAMP or SCRAPBOOK related friends, family or groups.

Did you know we really do check that you have spread the word?

So you're going to need to prove it. How can you do that?

-When you post your candy comment on this thread be sure to put a link to the direct post on your blog. Dont have a blog? What are you waiting for? It's all the rage and free to set up. (You can get one right here: www.blogspot.com ) All the cool kids are doing it.

-Dont want a blog? Just BCC us the email you sent to your friends: strvingartistmp@aol.com

-Email the link to the message board you posted on: strvingartistmp@aol.com  

-or have your friends tell us that you sent them to us when they post their comment.

We really do check. 
Did you know that in the past we have had to redraw our winner several times before we could find someone who really did spread the word. (Hey, you're about to win a brand new set of FREE rubber! It's worth the extra effort!)

THE FINE PRINT:
-No purchase necessary.
-Post a comment on this thread from now until March 7th, 2009 (midnight EST)
-We will announce the winner on or before March 9th, 2009 (midnight EST)
-One entry per person. 
-Please provide in your comment some way of contacting you if you are the winner.

Don't want to wait for the contest to end to order? No problem. Order anytime and if you are lucky enough to win you can choose another set of equal value! 


So without further interruption... may we present...

DoodleFactory Easter

Visit our gallery to see some inspiration using this set www.starvingartistampsgallery.blogspot.com 

BLOG HOP Today's the day!

Welcome to our first ever new release BLOG HOP!

We are super excited to hear what you all think of our newest DoodleFactory release. We call this new collection "Set the Scene" and you will see why we call it that when you visit with our designers! You really want to be sure to visit ALL the stops on our hop because one of them has a complete collection of the new Set the Scene release to giveaway as blog candy!

The first stop in our hop is with the incredibly talented Juliana Swanson http://stampinwinkyfingers.blogspot.com/ From there she will direct you to the next stop on the hop. Here is the complete list in case you get lost somewhere along the way:

Juliana Swanson http://stampinwinkyfingers.blogspot.com/
Lisa Somerville http://www.lisasomerville.com/
Donna Baker http://stampamaniac.blogspot.com/
Donna Duquette http://www.deesstudio.blogspot.com/
Kathy Daume' http://www.kathy-prettyinink.blogspot.com/
Lori Tecler http://www.inkingaloud.blogspot.com/
Lydia Fiedler http://www.understandblue.blogspot.com/
Andrea Cloutier http://andreasscraps.com/
Natasha Trupp http://palmtreesandpogosticks.blogspot.com/
Heidi Kingery http://www.sweetheidijo.blogspot.com/
Leigh O'Brien http://sunflowerstudio.typepad.com/sunflower_studio/
Irene Silva http://doodlefactory.blogspot.com/

As you might have heard, Irene and I have a really hard time keeping the new images to ourselves for very long. Keeping them a secret until the hop was a pretty big feat for us! So we are not going to keep them from you for a minute longer. Our new releases are now loaded in our shop and ready for order. We will start shipping orders this Monday!

Page 1 http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_set_the_scene_1_2_1.html
Page 2 http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_set_the_scene_3_4.html

We hope you find loads of inspiration and have lots of fun visiting with our designers!

Lets all do the hop! (blog hop that is!)

Save the date!

We would like to invite you to visit with us on February 7th for our first ever DoodleFactory new release blog hop!  

What's this all about?

Irene thought it would be fun to put the design team to work creating some super cool brand new projects with our brand new release!  And since this release is a whole lot different than what we have done in the past we thought we should do something special to mark its arrival into the stamp world! We are so excited to see what you think of it and we really CAN'T WAIT to show it to you. 

So what you need to do is stop back here on February 7th (after 11am EST) and you will find a list of our designers blogs.  Start at the first name on the list and visit her blog to see her fun new release project(s) she will give you the link to the next designer's blog and you can pop in over there to see the next great project and so on and so forth down the list it will go! 

You are going to want to visit all the blogs because one of them will be giving you some information on some delicious blog candy.   

What is it?  Well... you will just have to wait and see!  So mark your calendar, save the date, stick up a post it, or write it on your hand but do whatever you have to do to be here on February 7th for our first new release BLOG HOP!! 

Stamp Something Challenge Blog Sponsor

Starving Artistamps is excited to tell you guys that we are sponsoring the Stamp Something Challenge blog this week over at: http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com

The Challenge....
Stamp Something BIRTHDAY
How easy is that!?

All participants will get entered into a random drawing to win our entire DoodleFactory Collection Valentines Release! So if you have been eyeing those sets and matching sentiments whip someone up a nice birthday card, follow the instructions on the stamp something blog and you're in it to win it! You don't even have to use our stamps. Use whatever birthday stamps you've got and go post on their blog:

http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/2009/01/birthday-somethings-challenge.html

(Don't post on our blog! You need to go to the Stamp Something blog!)

Of course if you do use our stamps please share your creations with us and we will post them in our gallery! Email us your blog links or pictures: strvingartistmp@aol.com

Need some Birthday inspiration? Check out the cards our designers have come up with:

www.starvingartistampsgallery.blogspot.com

News!

Well, we are only 10 little days into this new year and it has already brought about lots of news! We have to say farewell to three of our designers Sam Morris, Valorie Wibbens and Rose Ann Reynolds. Their beautiful and inspiring cards will be greatly missed, but we wish all the best for them in the future.

We have had several new releases just issued with several more on the way. We are sponsoring 3 different challenge blogs in the coming weeks (Stamp Something, Card Positioning Systems, and 2Sketchs4you) We also have an exciting blog hop in the works with a very different new release on the way!

But most importantly we have the pleasure of adding three new enthusiastic people to our design team.

It is my honor to tell you that guest designers Lydia Fiedler and Lori Tecler have joined our design team on a full time basis and we are excited to be able to bring in a new fresh talent Kathy Daume' from http://kathy-prettyinink.blogspot.com/ who has also accepted a position on our team. You have seen Lydia and Lori's cards in the gallery from time to time and we are thrilled they will be more frequently sharing their clever and creative cards with us!
Here are links to Lydia and Lori's current cards from our gallery:
Lori: http://starvingartistampsgallery.blogspot.com/search/label/Lori%20Tecler
Lydia: http://starvingartistampsgallery.blogspot.com/search/label/Lydia%20Fiedler

And here is a sampling of the fantastic projects Kathy Daume' has made. You can see for yourself why we needed her to join our team!

(Christmas that is!)

This is Kathy's card for the Clearly Cool Card Challenge (all submissions coming soon!)

Isn't it COOL!

Lydia, Lori and Kathy will be sharing their newest creations with us shortly.

We are all looking forward to seeing what they come up with!