Rubber Stamps for Men

In my efforts to destash my supplies, I just listed these Golf and Fishing rubber stamp sets in my Etsy Shop. They are great for cards, scrapbooking or making some fun Father's Day art. 

I've got lots more themed sets to list, so stay tuned!

Winners!

Last week I posted about a little giveaway I was having here on my blog. And now it's time to announce the winners. . . . .drum roll please!
The winner of this stitching rubber stamp by Hero Arts is Cindy!
The Sept/Oct issue of Cloth Paper Scissor magazine goes to Jessica.
And the wonderful chandelier clear stamp by Heidi Swapp goes to Suzan!

Congratulations ladies!!! Please email me your addresses so I can send your goodies out to you all. And thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway and lend such wonderful support to my blog. You truly are all an inspiration to me!

A Giveaway!

Woo-hoo....My complete and utter ditzyness can be your gain! All three of the fabulous items pictured above are things I bought and later discovered I already own! Have you ever done that? {Please say you have.} Well, magazines cannot be returned and it's just too much trouble to drive back to the store to return the stamps {and run the risk of purchasing more items I already have}, sooooooo. . . . .how about a GIVEAWAY??? Just leave a comment on this post and next week I will choose 3 names to send one of these three lovely prizes! Good luck!!!

Honored

Image courtesy of Little Pink Studio

Isn't she adorable? This is one of the new rubber stamps that Cerri is selling in her Little Pink Studio Boutique and guess what she named this little cutie? ~ Little Jeanne Jumps Rope. I love it! Cerri didn't know this, but my childhood friend Nancy and I used to jump rope on the sidewalk for hours at a time. We would make up our own silly songs to jump rope to as well as jumping to all the classics.

I have received the Arte y pico Award from Joanna at An Altered Fairy Tale. Thank you Joanna for this wonderful honor! This award was designed to be given to bloggers who inspire others creatively. You can read more about the award here. One of the requirements after receiving this award is to pass the honor on to five bloggers that contribute creativity, design, and interesting material to the art blog community. Now that is a very difficult task if you ask me. How does one choose just 5, when there are hundreds of blogs that deserve the honor? Well, I decided to randomly select five blogs to share with you from my VERY long list of favorites I have bookmarked on my computer. Here they are:

1. Karin, of Creative Chaos, who always manages to crack me up with her hilarious stories of her family, as well as blow me away with her beautiful creations. Karin, you really should write a book!

2. Paige, of Simple Thoughts, who I think I may have bestowed a similar award to more than a year ago. Paige has a huge heart and she takes the most beautiful photographs of everyday life with her gorgeous family.

3. Lilli, of Make Mine Blissful, is my New Earth reading buddy and one of my oldest (by time, not age) blogging friends. I feel as though I have grown and learned so much from our email exchanges as well as from her artistic talents.

4. Julie, of The Adventures of Blue Girl XO, is a blog I discovered through the pages of one of the many Stampington publications. I adore the attention she pays to detail as well as the simplicity of her fabulous creations.

5. Aina, of Modern Country, makes me want to live inside every one of the photographs in her blog posts. She manages to combine clean lines and lots of white to create a vintage-contemporary style that is fresh and inviting.

Stampin' and Cookin'

This is another page for my Art Journaling Without Fear group. We were asked to use rubber stamps for this assignment. I used stamps from Stampers Anonymous (scalloped ledger border), Ali Edwards (find beauty everyday), PSX (flower), Hero Arts (zig-zag stitch), JoAnn Fabrics (date stamp), Stamps by Judith (babies breath and scattered dots) and Stampabilities (vintage flourish).

So were you a David Archuleta fan or a David Cook fan? I really liked them both, but felt that David Cook was the most marketable American Idol performer. I think he will go far.