Tis the Season for a little holiday inspiration!

Hi Everyone,

We've added several new projects in our gallery that show off our two newest releases:

DoodleFactory Tis the Season:

http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_tis_the_season.html

and Juniper and Jupiter http://starvingartistamps.com/juniper_and_jupiter_rubber_stamps.html

You can take a peek at all our newest releases by visiting our what's new section: http://starvingartistamps.com/whats_new_.html

If you are in need of a little inspiration stop by our gallery to find all our newest cards: http://starvingartistampsgallery.blogspot.com

Here's a few adorable creations from our fabulous design team to start you off...

Happy Holidays!

designed by Eva Andren

designed by Donna Duquette

Blog Candy final week winner Announced!

Congratulations to Stampin Sue!

The winner of our fourth and final blog candy giveaway!

Here is Sue's comment chosen by random selection:

stamping sue said...

Here is my post for spreading the word plus a card I made using the fun bear from giggles bears

http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/2010/09/blog-candy-final-week-at-starving.html

stamping sue

Please email us with your shipping address: strvingartistmp@aol.com

BLOG CANDY FINAL WEEK!!!

Welcome to our final Week FOUR blog candy weekly giveaways for September! To find out the winner of the week three prize (DF Backlit Blooms) please see the previous post above. And now without further adieu our final prize giveaway....

Blog Candy FINAL WEEK!!!

To help promote the release of FOUR great new collections of images we have been doing a spread the word blog candy give away every week during the month of September! In order to be eligible for our final week four prize you are going to need to help us spread the word (read all the full details at the bottom of this post because it is important) And for helping us spread the word one lucky winner will be chosen by random selection to win a complete collection of our new Juniper and Jupiter Exterior elements unmounted stamps!

Here are a couple of cute cards I made to get your creative juices flowing:

Products used:

Stamps:

Juniper and Jupiter's Exterior Elements Wishing Well, Wheel Barrow and cats:

http://starvingartistamps.com/juniper_and_jupiter_exterior_elements.html

Birdie: Antidepresstamps Giggle Bears from Running bear set

http://starvingartistamps.com/ninas_giggle_bears_1.html

Flower Soft:

http://starvingartistamps.com/flower_soft1.html

Wishing well card colors: heather, shamrock green and ultrafine sage for the moss.

Wheelbarrow card colors: pale pink, lemon yellow, light green, powder blue, and shamrock green (for grass)

Here are all the official blog candy details you need to know to be eligible to enter:

Do you want to win some NEW STAMPS?

We've got some new Juniper and Jupiter stamps and we need some help spreading the word around town. So we're going to make a deal with you. We are going to give away the complete collection of our new Juniper and Jupiter's Exterior Elements to one lucky winner chosen by random selection and you are going to help us spread the word.

This is what you need to do in order to win. First, and this is REALLY IMPORTANT... you need to SPREAD THE WORD about our candy and you've got to prove it. 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 really 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 set one up here: www.blogspot.com ) All the cool kids are doing it. Don't want a blog? How about you...

- copy us the email you sent to your stamp friends: strvingartistmp@aol.com

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

-or have your friends post their own entry and tell us that you sent them our way when they post their own comment.

But don't forget to share with us how you helped spread the word, did I mention we really do check? If we can not verify your participation your comment will be skipped over.

THE FINE PRINT:

~No purchase necessary.

~Spread the word and tell us how you did it by posting a comment on this thread from now until Monday October 4th, 2010 (midnight PST)

~We will announce the winner on or before Tuesday October 5th, 2010 (midnight PST)

~One entry per person

~Please provide in your comment some way of contacting you.

~Can't wait until the drawing to get your hands on some new rubber? Don't worry, if you are the winner you can take a different set instead!

Good luck and thank you for helping us spread the word!

Blog Candy Week Three Winner Announcement!

Congratulations to Tink!

Winner of our Complete collection of Backlit Blooms!

Tink's comment:

FANTASTIC CANDY!!

I just posted on my blog .. here..

http://tinktime-tink.blogspot.com/2010/09/blog-candy-at-starving-artist-stamps.html

Tink's comment was chosen by random selection to win all SIX sets of our Backlit Blooms. Please contact us at strvingartistmp@aol.com with your mailing address.

Want a second chance at winning some of our gorgeous new blooms?

There's still time to win your choice of any THREE backlit bloom sets by entering a sketch on our September 2010 Sketch challenge on Rubber Stamp Chat www.rubberstampchat.net

Tomorrow we will be posting our final week four

September prize so stop back soon for a new giveaway!

Blog Candy Week Three!!!

Welcome to week number THREE in our blog candy weekly giveaways for September! To find out the winner of the week two prize (DF Gourds and Pumpkins) please see the previous post above.

Blog Candy Week THREE!

We are doing something special this month. To celebrate both my birthday this past Saturday September 19th and to help promote the release of FOUR great new collections of images we are going to be doing a spread the word blog candy give away every week during the month of September! You need to enter each week for each prize. In order to be eligible you are going to need to help us spread the word (read all the full details at the bottom of this post because it is important)

This week we are giving away a complete collection of our new Backlit Blooms.

The winner will be receiving ALL SIX SETS!! http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_backlit_blooms_1.html

Here's a fun card to get your creative juices flowing...

I made this card and the sketch for the September Sketch challenge on RSC www.rubberstampchat.net

Card Recipe:

Stamp set: Orchid Backlit Blooms

http://starvingartistamps.com/doodle..._blooms_1.html

Small Hypolymnus butterfly (item# P 4.7)

http://starvingartistamps.com/page_4_1.html

Also Stampers Magic red liner tape for the micro bead and glitter border:

http://starvingartistamps.com/other_cool_stuff.html

Cloisonne flowers from Prima

Pattern Paper: Basic Grey 6x6 pad and PTI boxes

Flowersoft ultra fine black

Here are all the blog candy details you need to know to be eligible to enter:

Do you want to win some NEW STAMPS?

We've got some new DoodleFactory stamps and we need some help spreading the word around town. So we're going to make a deal with you. We are going to give away the complete collection of our new Backlit Bloom stamps That's SIX sets of gorgeous gigantic silhouette flowers with matching sentiments to one lucky winner chosen by random selection and you are going to help us spread the word.

This is what you need to do in order to win. First, and this is REALLY IMPORTANT... you need to SPREAD THE WORD about our candy and you've got to prove it. 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 set one up here: www.blogspot.com ) All the cool kids are doing it.

Don't want a blog? How about you...

- copy us the email you sent to your stamp friends: strvingartistmp@aol.com

- post it on your facebook page

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

-or have your friends post their own entry and tell us that you sent them our way when they post their own comment.

But don't forget to share with us how you helped spread the word, we really do check.

THE FINE PRINT:

~No purchase necessary.

~Spread the word and tell us how you did it by posting a comment on this thread from now until Saturday September 25th, 2010 (midnight PST)

~We will announce the winner on or before Sunday September 26th, 2010 (midnight PST)

~One entry per person

~Please provide in your comment some way of contacting you.

~Can't wait until the drawing to get your hands on some new rubber? Don't worry, if you are the winner you can take a different set instead!

Good luck and don't forget to come back next week for week two!

P.S.

Want a second chance to win some of these stamps? This month we are sponsoring Rubber Stamp Chats monthly sketch challenge all you need to do is enter your sketch card at www.rubberstampchat.net under the September 2010 sketch challenge for a chance to win your choice of THREE backlit bloom sets! There's even a bonus prize if you use our stamps and there might be a discount code over there too! *wink*

Thank you to everyone who helped us spread the word in week two. Today starts a brand new giveaway and you all still have one more chance at winning some new stamps next week too. So help us spread the word and post your comment right here on this post to enter the week three Backlit Blooms giveaway!

Blog Candy Week two winner announcement!

For those of you that have been following along you know that my 36th birthday

is this Sunday, September 19th.To celebrate we are going to be doing our

biggest give away of the month. We are going to post the prize on Sunday,

you will have until Wednesday to help spread the word and post your comment

once the prize is announced. In the mean time we want to say congratulations

to the winner of our week two new release Gourds and Pumpkins!

Congratulations to the poster of this comment:

Barb and Marcia said...

I love this new set of your stamps. I have posted information on my blog:http://u-inspire-me.blogspot.com/2010/09/blog-candy-week-two-starving-artist.html

I would be so happy to win this set. Thanks for the opportunity.

please email us your mailing address and this will be in the mail ASAP!

Don't forget to stop by on Sunday after 12 noon EST to see the week three prize :o)

Blog Candy Week TWO and Week one winner announcement!

Welcome to week number TWO in our blog candy weekly giveaways for September! To find out the winner of week one's prize (DF Ghoulies) please scroll down to the bottom of this post.

Blog Candy Week TWO!

We are doing something special this month. To celebrate both my birthday on the 19th and to help promote the release of FOUR great new collections of images we are going to be doing a spread the word blog candy give away every week during the month of September! You need to enter each week for each prize. In order to be eligible you are going to need to help us spread the word (read all the full details at the bottom of this post because it is important)

This week we will be giving away a complete collection of our new DoodleFactory Halloween IV Gourds and Pumpkin http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_gourds_and_pumpkins.html

Here's a new card to get your creative juices flowing...

Images used:

Gourds and Pumpkins: http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_gourds_and_pumpkins.html

Give Thanks Sentiment: http://starvingartistamps.com/holiday_sentiments_page_1.html

Here are all the blog candy details you need to know to be eligible to enter:

Do you want to win some NEW STAMPS?

We've got some new DoodleFactory stamps and we need some help spreading the word around town. So we're going to make a deal with you. We are going to give away a complete collection of our new DoodleFactory Gourds and Pumpkins stamps to one lucky winner chosen by random selection and you are going to help us spread the word.

This is what you need to do in order to win. First, and this is REALLY IMPORTANT... you need to SPREAD THE WORD about our candy and you've got to prove it. 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 set one up here: www.blogspot.com ) All the cool kids are doing it.

Don't want a blog? How about you...

- copy us the email you sent to your stamp friends: strvingartistmp@aol.com

- post it on your facebook page

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

-or have your friends post their own entry and tell us that you sent them our way when they post their own comment.

But don't forget to share with us how you helped spread the word, we really do check.

THE FINE PRINT:

~No purchase necessary.

~Spread the word and tell us how you did it by posting a comment on this thread from now until Wednesday September 15th, 2010 (midnight PST)

~We will announce the winner on or before September 16th, 2010 (midnight PST)

~One entry per person

~Please provide in your comment some way of contacting you.

~Can't wait until the drawing to get your hands on some new rubber? Don't worry, if you are the winner you can take a different set instead!

Good luck and don't forget to come back next week for week two!

P.S.

Want to win even more stamps? This month we are sponsoring Rubber Stamp Chats monthly sketch challenge all you need to do is enter your sketch card at www.rubberstampchat.net for a chance to win your choice of THREE backlit bloom sets! There's even a bonus prize if you use our stamps and there might be a discount code over there too! *wink*

And now it's time for the BLOG CANDY WEEK ONE Winner Announcement:

Congratulations to Nikki, the winner of our week one blog candy!!

Nikki helped us spread the word and left us this comment:

Here's a link to your blog thanks for the chance for some creepy cuties :)

http://graphixanddesign.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-blog.html

hugs Nikki

Nikki please send us your mailing address so we can send out your new stamps!

Thank you to everyone who helped us spread the word in week one. Today starts a brand new giveaway and you all still have THREE more chances at winning some new stamps. So help us spread the word and post your comment right here on this post to enter the week two DF Gourds and Pumpkins Giveaway!

Blog candy week one!

Hi Everybody!

We are doing something special this month. To celebrate both my birthday on the 19th and to help promote the release of FOUR great new collections of images we are going to be doing a spread the word blog candy give away every week during the month of September! You need to enter each week for each prize. In order to be eligible you are going to need to help us spread the word (read all the full details at the bottom of this post because it is important)

This week we will be giving away a complete collection of our new DoodleFactory Halloween IV Ghoulies http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_ghoulies.html

Here are a couple of new cards to wet your appetite...

Meet Morty, Morgana and Frankie just three of eight new characters available in the collection

The background panel and top of the card were both done using our Build a Cloud stamp. The top clouds were stamped in black in on the green card base and then the sky portion was colored over with a blue copic marker

The creepy cloudy border was done by stamping the build a cloud in black ink on white cardstock and then sponging all the clouds using a dauber. Once all the clouds were colored I outlined the clouds with orange copic markers.

Our build a cloud stamp is the one stamp that should be in every stampers collection!

Images used:

Build a cloud stamp http://starvingartistamps.com/clouds_8.html

Morty, Morgana and Frankie http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_ghoulies.html

Meet Hugo:

Background: I used Martha Stewart's large rat punch to create the 3D rats background. I mounted all the rats and stamped images on 1/8" and 1/16" Stampers magic POP! tapes for added dimension: http://starvingartistamps.com/other_cool_stuff.html

Images used:

Hugo: http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_ghoulies.html

http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_halloween_ii.html

Boaz the bat, Happy Fright Night, Brew up Trouble sentiment

http://starvingartistamps.com/holiday_sentiments_page_1.html

Trick or Treat sentiment set

Here are all the blog candy details you need to know to be eligible to enter:

Do you want to win some NEW STAMPS?

We've got some new DoodleFactory stamps and we need some help spreading the word around town. So we're going to make a deal with you. We are going to give away a complete collection of our new DoodleFactory Goulies stamps to one lucky winner chosen by random selection.

This is what you need to do in order to win. First, and this is REALLY IMPORTANT... you need to SPREAD THE WORD about our candy and you've got to prove it. 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 set one up here: www.blogspot.com ) All the cool kids are doing it.

Don't want a blog? How about you...

- copy us the email you sent to your stamp friends: strvingartistmp@aol.com

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

-or have your friends post their own entry and tell us that you sent them our way when they post their own comment.

But don't forget to share with us how you helped spread the word, we really do check.

THE FINE PRINT:

~No purchase necessary.

~Spread the word and tell us how you did it by posting a comment on this thread from now until Wednesday September 8th, 2010 (midnight PST)

~We will announce the winner on or before September 9th, 2010 (midnight PST)

~One entry per person

~Please provide in your comment some way of contacting you.

~Can't wait until the drawing to get your hands on some new rubber? Don't worry, if you are the winner you can take a different set instead!

Good luck and don't forget to come back next week for week two!

P.S.

Want to win even more stamps? This month we are sponsoring Rubber Stamp Chats monthly sketch challenge all you need to do is enter your sketch card at www.rubberstampchat.net for a chance to win your choice of THREE backlit bloom sets! There's even a bonus prize if you use our stamps and there might be a discount code over there too! *wink*

New Releases, Sponsorships and Blog Candy!

We've just released 4 brand new collections on the website!

You can find all our newest products here:
http://starvingartistamps.com/whats_new_.html

or here are all the direct links by stamp lines:

New from Juniper and Jupiter:

Juniper and Jupiter's Exterior Elements
http://starvingartistamps.com/juniper_and_jupiter_exterior_elements.html
Amazing images that are just begging to be embellished with liquid applique, fun flock or Flowersoft. The possibilities are endless with these images!

New from the DoodleFactory just in time for fall:

DF Halloween IV ~ Ghoulies
http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_ghoulies.html
Eleven fantastic new characters great for Halloween and beyond!

DF Halloween IV ~ Gourds and Pumpkins
http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_gourds_and_pumpkins.html
This huge collection of pumpkins and Gourds will sure come in handy for all your fall cards. The largest of them can even hold one of our sitting characters!

DF Backlit Blooms
http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_backlit_blooms_1.html
Great year round and even two for the Christmas holiday! These six new economically priced sets of generously sized silhouette flowers have been designed for big, bold, quick and easy cards. They are the stamps you will grab when you need to make a card at the last minute and run out the door. They are also the perfect size to use as stems for 3D flowers (like Primas) See our gallery for samples to get an idea of this technique.

We are starting to fill the gallery with lots of new art so stop by and visit everyday for lots of new art or even better sign up for blog updates and get some inspiration delivered right to your mailbox! http://www.starvingartistampsgallery.blogspot.com

Sponsorships:
Starving Artistamps Sketch Challenge on RSC
We are sponsoring the sketch challenge www.rubberstampchat.net message board this entire month with a nice easy sketch. Come play along for your chance to win your choice of THREE free Backlit bloom sets!

2 Sketches 4 You Challenge blog
Stop by www.2sketches4you.blogspot.com starting Monday September 13th for your chance to win THREE free sets of Backlit blooms!

Blog Candy:
This month is my birthday so we have decided in celebration of both my birthday and all the new releases we will be doing FOUR spread the word blog candy giveaways! Starting tomorrow we will be giving away one new release stamp collection each week all month long right here on this blog! Stop by each week or even better sign up here for updates so you will be notified when we post all the new blog candy!

Hope you will play along with all our upcoming events!

Happy Stamping!
Tracey

Sale Extended thru Sunday!

New release sale extended!

We heard that some of our friends missed our announcements about the new release on Monday so we are extending our new release sale for another few days. From now until Sunday August 8th midnight PST we are offering our friends a 15% discount on all stamps! To take advantage of the special discount just enter this code in the discount code box in the shopping cart: code: 15offstamps and then click recalculate, you will see the discount instantly applied.

the fine print:

This offer is good on new orders only. Not to be combined with any other offer. Discount code must be applied before checkout. If you have a problem with the discount working send us an email: strvingartistmp@aol.com

Need some inspiration? The design team has outdone themselves with fabulous projects sure to get your creative juices flowing. Stop by our gallery to see all the new art: http://www.starvingartistampsgallery.blogspot.com

If you are in the Michigan area you can see it all in person during the Rubber Stamp and Scrapbook Paper Arts Festival happening this weekend! visit www.heirloompro.com for show details. We have a brand new make n take planned using our currently unreleased brand new series of stamps called Backlit Blooms. We will be releasing 6 new sets of Blooms at the show and you will even have a chance to play with them during our make n take. So if you can make it to the show stop by our booth and say hello!

Thanks for reading!

Tracey

http://www.starvingartistamps.com

New Release today ~ DoodleFactory People!

Today's the day!

It's finally time to show off our two new DoodleFactory Collections, DoodleFactory Cutie Kids and DoodleFactory Sophisticates!

http://starvingartistamps.com/doodlefactory_people_take_a_seat.html

We are so excited to share them all with you. The design team has been having a blast making samples and I think everyone agrees these guys are going to be the type of images you reach for again and again. Sit them on our furniture, perch them on a ribbon, integrate them into a scene. These everyday versatile images are sure to be useful for a variety of occasions.

Here's a look at two fabulous cards by Jenn M. to start things off...

Images: Casey from DF Cutie Kids and sentiment from Boudoir sentiment set.

Image: Lizzy from DF Cutie Kids.

And now it is with great pleasure that we introduce you to the ten newest characters in our DoodleFactory line...

DoodleFactory Cutie Kids:

DoodleFactory Sophisticates:

And as if that is not exciting enough...

Take a look at what our design team has come up with using the new images:

Designed by Tracey B.

Images used DoodleFactory Boudoir and Simone from DF Sophisticates.

Images: Owen from DF cutie kids and Here Kitty Kitty front door and classic decor sentiment.

Images Daphne from DF Sophisticates and Sentiments from boudoir sentiment set

Images: Casey from DF Cutie Kids and Fence from DoodleFactory Into the Woods set

Designed by Laura E.

Image: Penny from DF Sophisticates

Image Lizzy from DF Cutie Kids

Designed by Donna D.

Image: Lizzy from DF cutie kids

Image Casey from DF cutie kids

Designed by Dawn B.

Images: Casey from DF cutie kids, Large earth from DoodleFactory final frontier, sentiment from Uniquely U.

Images used: Owen from DF cutie kids, Sentiment from Uniquely U and Outline Bricks background

Images used: Olive from DF cutie kids, tree and leaves from Into the woods set, sentiment from Uniquely U, clouds from clouds set of 5.

Images: Lizzy from DF Cutie Kids, from DoodleFactory Classic Decor, sentiments from Uniquely U.

Designed by DoodleFactory Irene

Images: Penny from DF Sophisticates, Neighborhood from DoodleFactory Oh Baby!

Image: Daphne from DF Sophisticates

Look for more sample cards in our gallery over the next coming days.

Thank you for stopping by :o)