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!

Hartford CT Rubber Stamp and Scrapbook Expo this weekend!

We thought our customers might like to know that the Rubber Stamp and Scrapbook Expo is heading to Hartford Connecticut this weekend.

The show is being held at the Connecticut Expo Center in Hartford.
Show hours are Saturday and Sunday July12th and 13th.

You can find show information here:
http://www.rubberstampandscrapbookexpo.com/

Its within driving distance of NY, NJ, CT, and MA residents!

We will be there along with a whole bunch of other great Rubber Stamp and Scrapbooking vendors!

Also there will be a few BEAD companies there as well, so mixed mediaand jewelry artists you should stop in too! Lots of Glass,Milifiori, and semi precious stones (turqoise, jade etc.) They havesome great prices on Glass jewelry, last show I picked up a bunch ofglass animal pendants including an adorable panda and one super coolglass "rubber" duckie for like $3 bucks or so.

We will be bringing lots of cool new products.

-Clear Acrylic scrapbooks from Clear Scraps in shapes:
cat, MEOW, dog bone, WOOF, House, School house, Arrow, Tabbed 8x8book, funky heart. These are really cool, and you can use a crop-a-dile to punch holes in the acrylic and it wont crack or splinter!

-CLip it up storage system and accessories.

-8x8 pattern paper pads from Cosmo Cricket (come early, we have asmall stock of these)

-Tons of new and old favorites from Stampendous, Fred Mullett, TheCats Pajamas, Basic Grey, Queen Kat Designs and more!

-Loads of acrylic blocks in standard and custom sizes, storage solutions for acrylic and ez mount cling mounted rubber stamps. Acrylic block storage.

-Awesome new collections of Prima flowers including the new andbeautiful artful collage printed flowers and leaves and Essentials collections.

We will have all our new releases from the DoodleFactory as well as a large selection of new Sentiment sets (even one in SWEDISH!) In a variety of themes from urban to country and holiday to anyday!(you can find our newest stamp offerings on the website)

Most of the products listed above are only available at the show! If you can make it, stop by our booth and say hello and please spread the word wherever you can, this show is brand new and if you want it to come back next year we have to get the word out!

CONGRATUATIONS!!

Congrats to Mary Dawn, winner of our big blog candy giveaway!!!

Thank you to everyone who participated and to all of you who spread the word!
I know its not the same as winning but here is a discount code for you guys to use for your next new website order. It will take 10% off your purchases from now until Monday.

Enter this code in the discount code box in the shopping cart:

BCTENOFF

Click recalculate. You should see the code applied immediately.
If not, stop and email us: strvingartistmp@aol.com
do not finalize your order unless you see the discount applied!

Check back often, we are constantly adding new images and running new candy! Better yet sign up for blog updates and get notified automatically!

Also, a quick apology... I know I said I would post the winner on Monday but we ended up having a family emergency. My sisters father in law had a heart attack yesterday and so we needed to close shop so I could watch her 3 children and she could go to the hospital. It was a moderate heart attack and he had stents put in today. Hopefully everything is going to be ok but while everyone is going back and forth to the hospital we will be running with a skimpy crew. We are still filling orders and answering emails, its just taking a little bit longer.

New Blog Candy and winner announced!

Congratulations to petraso@comhem.se the winner of our first international blog candy giveaway!!! She was picked by random number generator. Thank you to everyone who participated! If you missed out on your chance to win the big set of swedish sentiments you will be excited to know that we are running a new contest right now!

If you want to order a set of sentiments for yourself they are already on our website or they can also be purchased in Sweden at:

ScrapAddicted webstore: http://www.scrapaddicted.se/

Phone: +46 413 30523

Since you guys like free stuff so much... we are running another blog candy RIGHT NOW!!

Here's the details:

Our newest giveaway is a WHOPPER!

Its for:

ONE brand spankin' new sheet of DoodleFactory TROPICS

and TWO sets of our newest TROPIC SENTIMENTS!

Tropic Sentiment collection 1

Tropic sentiments collection 2

(PHOTOS NOT TO SCALE, TROPIC SHEET IS 8 1/2 x 11, sentiment sets are each 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 )

Good give away huh!? So what do you need to do to win it...

Two things...

First, you need to spread the word!

Tell everyone you know about the new releases and the blog candy

and second reply to this post and tell us how you spread the word and which new sentiment you like the best from the Tropic collections.

Make sure you put in an email address so we can contact you if you are the winner! This contest is open to all of our customers and fans and everyone else who likes to get free stuff. No purchase is necessary.

The winner will be posted on Monday.

ONE ENTRY PER PERSON.

***please note duplicate entries are being deleted

Blog Candy has ended - winner has been announced - THANK YOU!

Long live the Swedish!

Here it is....my homage to our friends across the pond. Our very first international collection of sentiments! Its our way of saying thank you for your support and please join in on the fun with a collection of words and sentiments that you are sure to find useful. This sheet is already at the plate maker and should begin shipping on or before this coming tuesday.

A special thank you goes to the ever talanted and popular Nina for her help with not only the translations of some of our favorite sentiments into Swedish but also for her volunteering her time and creativity to offer other sentiments as well. THANK YOU!!

This sheet has over 75 words and phrases. It is 8 1/2 x 11 size uncut deeply etched red rubber. Several of the sentiments will coordinate with the DoodleFactory collections we have released.

But here is the coolest part.....

.... DRUM ROLL....

We are going to give away the first sheet of Swedish sentiments FREE in our first ever INTERNATIONAL BLOG CANDY GIVEAWAY!!! (((((APLAUSE)))))

OK so what do you have to do? Its simple... you have to do 2 things.

FIRST, you need to promise you will SPREAD THE WORD and tell every swedish stamper you know that we are running a blog candy giveaway and second,

POST A COMMENT TO THIS THREAD and tell us what sentiment is your favorite!

On Monday we will draw a random winner and they will get this sheet sent to them FREE OF CHARGE!

Make sure you leave your email address so that I can contact you if you are the winner! (if you forget to leave me a way to contact you then I will be forced to pick a different winner, and neither of us want that to happen do we!?)

But dont worry, if you dont win you can still purchase your stamp sheet on our website or thru Jane's store ScrapAddicted in Loberod, Sweden. She is now selling our DoodleFactory line and will soon be carrying the new sentiment sheet!

I know what you guys here in the USA are thinking.... Im leaving you out right? NOPE, not true. I promised you a blog candy and you are going to get one. We have TWO NEW TROPIC SETS of sentiments heading to the plate maker tomorrow! Tomorrow night I will load the new sets to the blog for you to check out. And on TUESDAY I will post the blog candy and its going to be GOOOOOOOD!!! So stay tuned!

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!

New Sentiments!

The long awaited new sentiments have just been loaded on the website. There are 8 pages of stamp sets (over 20 new sets!) and a few more still in the works. You will find a little something for everyone and and every occasion under the sun! And if thats not exciting enough we also have a new DoodleFactory Set (think Tropics!) being released VERY SOON!! Check back (or sign up for updates) we will be releasing this new set with a blog candy giveaway you won't want to miss!

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