Nancy with Bouquet Release Day!

Today Nancy the Hedgehog is released! You can pop over to the store and buy her as a digi right now.

Nancy with Bouquet

DIGI Available now!

There will be more previews this week: a new Hansel stamp, and a brand new critter (another girl --a KANGAROO!) so stay tuned as usual! And don't forget...

The Stamping Bazaar's
FIRST BLOG HOP!

Our first blog hop will feature Design Team previews of THREE new digis just in time for Halloween --a new stamp each day!

STARTING AT 12:00AM EST ON:

Wednesday, September 1st
Thursday, September 2nd
Friday, September 3rd

Three brand new digis will be released on Saturday, September 4th at 12:00am EST

DON'T MISS THE GIVEAWAYS!!

And now, for today's Design Team Features, this time by Barbara, Stephanne and Tina:

Horus Roasting Marshmallows
(DIGI - See page in shop)

By Barbara

Nancy with Bouquet

(DIGI - See page in shop)

By Stephanne

Shy Sammy

(DIGI and RUBBER - See page in shop)

By Tina

It's gonna be an exciting week, folks!

-Marina

Shane Digi Winner and Release, a New Preview and More DT Features!

Hello, everyone! I do apologize for the delay in Shane's release. He is available for purchase in the store right now!

As usual whenever I'm gone for a few days, I like to come back with a really fun post, and I hope you'll like this one. First, here is the winner of the Shane digi giveaway:

Denise!

Congratulations, Denise! Please remember to SEND ME AN EMAIL so I'll know where to send your digi. ;)

Next up, a new preview! Meet...

Louisa the lioness

Do you like her? =) Louisa will be released in a couple of weeks. But our little hedgehog lady, Nancy, will be released first! She will be released on Monday, August 30th. Here is the first sample of Nancy by Piali from our talented Design Team:

Nancy the Hedgehog

**coming on Monday, August 30th!**

By Piali

And finally, a few more features by our DT:

Bikkie with Cookie

(DIGI and RUBBER - See page in shop)

By Stephanne

Sammy with Ball

(DIGI and RUBBER - See page in shop)

By Kristen

It's almost time for our first blog hop --just a couple of days! Are you excited??

-Marina

In Memory of My Brother Shane...

Hi there everyone, this is Kellie here!

I asked Marina to do something for me that I have never asked of anyone before. And I can not thank her enough. The image today was made in memory of my brother Shane Williams. I lost my brother to a car accident just shy of his 18th birthday in 2003.

After having some what of a break down on his birthday last year I have since been able to have photos of him around the house and speak about him on the odd occasion, it's not that I don't want to, but the pain when I do, it just eats away at me. Since cardmaking every year I have wanted to make a card for him for his birthday, but nothing really stood out and being as sensitive as it is I wanted to make something perfect. See the thing about my brother is this.......

• He was SO tall,
• He was an amazing basketball player and played for the Jr. Melbourne Tigers and went to China because of it.
• All his clothing, EVEN his socks had to a brand name, nike, adidas etc...... Drove me MAD hehe, always having to have the best of everything, but he was a perfectionist in that ways and that is why I knew his card would have to be PERFECT or more so the perfect image.
• He cared for his family more than ANY thing in the world.
  

When I asked Marina she was only too happy and I really can not thank her ...... THANK YOU so much Marina.

When I wanted to make this I had all these ideas. Shane's team were black, yellow and red.......soooooo not my colours to work with but I just KNEW they were the colours to use and then I hit a brick wall and I think it was because of this, always so hard to look outside your little comfort box you have around yourself and after trying and trying I decided a sketch was in order, I just could not help it, it wasn't working. So I used a sketch from Sweet Spot as they have amazing sketchers, and here is what I came up with.....

I have had that Tigers pom pom for I don't know how long and the little wooden Micheal Jordon figure is out of wood and was given as some type of trophy when Shane was in China, one of his many his pride and joys.

Shane would had been 25 on the 30th September this year. Not a day goes by where he's not in my thoughts and I miss him dearly. I wasn't going to have him as a give away, but I know he would had loved to think he made another persons day..... So....

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SHANE WILL BE OFFICIALLY RELEASED ON Saturday, AUGUST 28th!

Thank you for reading a bit about my brother.....

Shane 30.09.1985 - 03.05.2003

DT Features for August 24th

Hello everyone! Hope your week is going well. Here are the DT features for today. Enjoy! =)

Bikkie the Platypus

(DIGI and RUBBER - See page in shop)

By Emma

Bikkie with Cookie

(DIGI and RUBBER - See page in shop)

By Piali

By Tina

Sammy with Ball

(DIGI and RUBBER - See page in shop)

By Barbara

By Penni

By Marley

Horus Roasting Marshmallows

(DIGI - See page in shop)

By Penni

By Marley

Mikey the Fox

(DIGI - See page in shop)

By Piali

That's all for today, but keep an eye out for our new release and digi giveaway coming tomorrow!

-Marina

Today's DT Features

Our talented Design Team is currently very busy getting ready for TSB's first Blog Hop ever! We'll be posting DT creations to the blog regularly, daily if possible, as we get closer to the Halloween Blog Hop date. Enjoy!

Bikkie The Platypus

(DIGI and RUBBER - See page in shop)

By Tori

By Piali

Bikkie with Cookie
(DIGI and RUBBER - See page in shop)

By Tina

Catch of the Day
(DIGI - See page in shop)

By Tori

By Penni

By Kylie

I also wanted to share this card with you. Carisa is not a member of our DT, but I love how she painted our otter's fur. Isn't it great?

By Carisa

See you soon with more features!

-Marina

Horus Digi giveaway winner, releases and MORE previews!

Hello, everyone! We've got a loaded post for you today, so get ready!

First off, all the rubber stamps we were expecting finally arrived in the mail today, including Sammy with Ball, so your pre-orders will be shipping soon. And of course, best of all, now you can order Sammy as a digi!

Horus Digi Giveaway Winner!

Time to announce the winner of Horus with Marshmallows Digi! The lucky lady is…

Shazza!

Congrats, Shazza! Please email me to claim your Horus digi. Can't wait to see what you'll do with it!

Today's DT features

Here are the first samples by our new, wonderful and talented Design Team!

Horus Roasting Marshmallows - Horus Roasting Marshmallows is available as a digi in the TSB store starting today! Click here to get your own.

By Stephanne

By Susan

By Emma

Bikkie and Bikkie with Cookie - Both yummy Bikkie designs can now be purchased in rubber form for only $7.00 each. Click here for Bikkie and here for Bikkie with Cookie.)

By Peta

By Tina

By Marley

Mikey - Don't forget about Mikey, the little winged fox who was released last week! Here is a beautiful Mikey card made by Kylie:

By Kylie

And now...

Meet Nancy!

Here is Nancy, our cute hedgehog lady! Nancy will be released as a digi very soon, but she's not the very next release we'll have. The next release will be a design to be introduced by Kellie Winnell, and I'll let her do all the talking when it comes to it. There'll be another giveaway at which to try your luck --that much I'll say! ;D

Whew! That was a lot of stuff for a single post. Hope you enjoyed it, and see you again soon!

-Marina

Horus Roasting Marshmallows Digi Giveaway!

Hello everyone! The dust is still settling after the building of our brand new Design Team, but in the meantime, I have a little treat for you:

Horus Roasting Marshmallows

~ Digi Giveaway!! ~

Wanna win this cute new digi? One lucky winner will be chosen at random from all who comment on this blog post before Thursday, August 19th at 11:00pm EST. That's three whole days this time!

You must comment on this post before Thursday, August 19th, 11:00pm EST (Eastern Standard Time) NO EXCEPTIONS.

**Please click here to check the time if unsure!**

HORUS WILL BE OFFICIALLY RELEASED ON  FRIDAY, AUGUST 20th!

I think it was on my personal blog that someone suggested that I use Horus, the knotted-horn baby dragon, for a rubber stamp design (probably after seeing earlier depictions of him on my portfolio or deviantART page.) At the time, I could not do it, since I was only doing TGF designs and Horus was too dear to my heart to sell off as a character. He still is! But since TSB is my own company, I thought I'd go ahead and draw a design with him. I hope you like him, because I look forward to drawing him a lot more!

It'll feel a little bizarre for me to see him colored differently than his usual red-and-blue of so many years (I created Horus back in 2000.) LOL! I'm sure he'll have fun wearing different colors though. ;)

Since we're making you wait so much, here's a little summary of what's coming soon...

Our first blog hop ever, featuring a brand-new critter for Halloween that you're bound to fall in love with!

The release of a very, very special design, soon to be introduced on a post by our DT Coordinator Kellie Winnell...

The release of Sammy with Ball DIGI as soon as the rubber arrives (any day now!)

The release of both Bikkie rubber stamps...

And the introduction of a cute little hedgehog lady --Nancy!

All this and much more is coming very soon, so please bear with us for now --and good luck to all!

-Marina

Mikey Digi Winner

Time to announce the winner of the digi featuring little Mikey, our winged fox! The lucky lady is...

Lynda!

Congrats, Lynda! I'll email you your Mikey Digi shortly.

The Sammy with Ball rubber stamp should be shipping to me tomorrow, so I should have it in a few days and be shipping it to those who pre-ordered him soon. And don't forget, both Sammy with Ball rubber AND digis will be released on the same day! You can still pre-order him if you haven't yet.

Been very busy with our new DT (most members already have a photo and little bio up on the website!) Soon as the dust settles, we'll be back with more releases, giveaways and news! ;)

-Marina

DT Announcement and Mikey Digi Giveaway + Release Day!

EDIT: Sorry Stephanne and Marley! You were on the list --don't know why you disappeared on the post! I've added you again.

Alright ladies and gents! Here are the news you've all been waiting for... The Stamping Bazaar's first-ever Design Team!!

TSB Design Team

August 15th - November 15th 2010

DT Coordinator: Kellie Winnell

Peta DeViscentis

Tori Wild

Emma

Susan

Kristen

Barbara Sproat

Kylie Kueter
Piali Biswas

Penni Vickers 

Tina Guigui

Marley Van Der Heijden

Stephanne

As you can see, we had WAY more talent and applications than we expected, hence our choosing more than five people. But that's not all! Meet our first batch of...

Guest Spot Designers

Carisa

Gini Williams

Gery

Terri Ann Morris

Jen Young

Cheryl Baker

Anneke Suykerbuyk

Angelique Nederpel

Jennifer Olauson

Louise Forsyth

Belinda Lewis

Patricia Stewart

Not everyone can possibly make it to the DT. However, these applicants also caught our eye. So, they will be given a one-time free digi and be featured on a bi-monthly basis on our blog. Guest Spot designers don't get an invite to the DT-exclusive Yahoo! Group, but might be given a chance to join the team in future DT calls.

These Guest Spot designers will be contacted when it's time for them to be featured, as it may take a few months with such a long list. We hope you will look forward to being contacted if your name is on this list!

And is that all...? NOPE!

Mikey Digi Giveaway and Release Day!

Little Mikey, the winged fox, has already been released and is available for purchase on the TSB shop right now, but I decided last minute to hold a giveaway for him. As usual, all you have to do is comment on this blog post before Tuesday, August 10th, 11:00pm Eastern Standard Time. PLEASE check the time on the link below --people on other time zones keep getting confused.

You must comment on this post before Tuesday, August 10th, 11:00pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) NO EXCEPTIONS.

**Please click here to check the time if unsure!**

On a final note, allow me to share this Shy Sammy card with you. It's made by Kellie of course; you have already seen it and so had I, but I had no idea it was my birthday card and was overjoyed when it showed up on my mailbox this morning!

More news are coming soon, but that will have to do for tonight. Thanks to everyone who applied for our Design Team! With so much talent we had a difficult job. ;)

-Marina

Little Update

Hey all! These have been very busy days, choosing the Design Team (it HAS been chosen and will be announced this week!) inking my last few designs for TGF, creating new characters for The Stamping Bazaar, packaging the Hansel rubber stamps (finally!) and doing a bunch of stuff unrelated to rubber stamping, all while sleeping poorly and breathing even worse. I am sleeping better now, but my breathing is not back to normal yet.

This post is short, just to let you know I've been busy with big things and this week is going to be CRAZY exciting! For now, I leave you with this preview of Mikey, our little winged fox:

Apologies again for the lack of posts --I've been occupied with good reason, and so has Kellie. Stay tuned. It'll be worth the wait, pinky swear!

-Marina

Bikkie Double Digi Giveaway Winners

Hello everyone! As some of you know I haven't been feeling well for the past day or so. I am really hoping for decent night's sleep --I'd be happy with ANY sleep really-- tonight. So I will keep this post short. The winner of the Bikkie with Cookie digi is...

Anneke!

And let's not forget the winner of Bikkie (w/o cookie)...

Wendalyn!

Congratulations to the winners! I'll email your digis asap.

Also, a nice bit of news: both Bikkie designs are being manufactured as rubber stamps as we speak! There's still time to pre-order Sammy with Ball (just a couple left!) who should be shipping to me from the manufacturer on Wednesday the 11th.

I'm off to mail the latest digi sales too, so if you're waiting for yours, it'll pop up in your inbox in a moment.

-Marina