Double Digi Giveaway: Jolly Josie and Hansel with Present!

Hello everyone! We've got a Double Digi Giveaway for you today. Jolly Josie and Hansel with Present will be released as digis this Saturday, October 2nd. Until then, you have the opportunity to comment on this post and win a free digi!

Two winners will be chosen at random from all who comment on this post. One winner will receive Jolly Josie and a second winner will get Hansel with Present. You have until Friday, October 1st at 11:59pm EST to leave a comment for a chance to win these cuties:

Some samples from our Design Team:

By Kellie

By Marley

By Stephanne

Remember you can always check the current Eastern Standard Time here if you're unsure. Good luck to everyone!

-Marina

Operation Write Home: TSB's First Christmas Challenge!

Big day today, everyone! We're unveiling not one or two but FOUR upcoming releases and hosting our first (but certainly not last) challenge --and it's a very special one, too:

Operation Write Home is an organization that sends blank handmade greeting cards for all occasions to deployed service members to write home on. They’ve mailed approximately 500,000 cards so far—and are still going strong! Our challenge to you is to make cards to send to them for our nation’s heroes.

Please read the basic guidelines here; it’s important to; it’s important especially to remember that glitter is NOT allowed (it’s a safety hazard to our heroes), handmade cards only, and OWH needs A2 sized cards.

“Operation Write Home” needs to be on the backs of your cards—it can be stamped, handwritten, or printed on labels. Please include a packing slip inside your box or envelope, and mail them to any of their shippers listed on the Mailroom page. In your package, you can also include notes written to a deployed service member.

How to Enter

The theme of this challenge is simply to make a Christmas card to be mailed to Operation Write Home. There are no restrictions as to which stamps you can use --all manufacturers/stamp companies are welcome!

The challenge goes on until Friday, October 15th, 11:59pm EST and of course there will be PRIZES!!

Patriotic Eagle - Soldier Pug

The Patriotic Eagle and Soldier Pug digis have been created especially for the occasion of this challenge! They will be released at the end of the challenge, after the winners have been announced, and we will be giving them out in the form of the following prizes:

Grand Prize of both the Patriotic Eagle and Soldier Pug digis PLUS one (1) digi of choice from the TSB store given to one winner chosen at random,

One (1) Patriotic Eagle digi to a Honorable Mention winner chosen by yours truly,

One (1) Soldier Pug digi to a Honorable Mention chosen by DT Coordinator Kellie Winnell.

Take a look at some of the beautiful cards our Design Team has made with these cuties:

By Barbara

By Kristen

By Penni

By Penni

By Peta

By Peta

By Tori

By Piali

And as if that weren't enough, here is some inspiration for you to get you right in the Christmas mood so you can get those OWH challenge cards made. But these aren't just any cards... they feature sneak peeks of two MORE upcoming digi stamps: Hansel with Present and Jolly Josie!

Hansel with Present

By Penni

By Marley

By Susan

By Tina

Jolly Josie

By Emma

By Penni

By Tori

By Stephanne

By Susan

Keep an eye on the TSB blog and Facebook page for Hansel with Present and Jolly Josie release dates!

Wasn't that exciting?! Time to go and get those Christmas Challenge cards done before our challenge ends on Friday, October 15th at 11:59pm EST! Remember to check OWH's guidelines for cards you'll be sending to our heroes (which is really the point of our challenge.) And have fun!

-Marina

The Stamping Bazaar Design Team Members Peta, Barbara and Marley with Shane Playing Basketball

Hi there Furry Fans,

Kellie here to share with you MORE amazing creations by the Stamping Bazaar gals. Today I have Peta, Barbara and Marley sharing their creations using Shane Playing Basketball and GUESS WHAT, you can now get him in RUBBER..... WHOO HOO! So here are what the girls came up with....

Peta and her amazing card, I am LOVING all the bright and cheerful colours, absolutely WOW! And the sentiment is just perfect.

Barbara and her card using lots of blue and I think this is fantastic because then Shane really just pops out at you doesn't he? LOVE it!

Marley and her gorgeous card, I love all the little embellishments, so much to look at you don't know where to look first but in a really FABULOUS way and loving the sparkle!

WOW is all I can say, another bunch of amazing creations and there is still MORE coming! A little something to tempt your inking taste buds as always, hehe!

Till then have a stamping fabulous day,

Kellie

Welcome back to our Guests this month....

Hi there,

Kellie here today, back with us again this week is both Gini and Carisa and WOW do they have some amazing creations to share with you today! But before I get to that I would like to thank them so much for taking part and being our first guests here at The Stamping Bazaar, you girls were both AMAZING! So now onto their creations to share and inspire and inspire they sure did....

GINI

She uses Marvin with Candy Apple, available HERE.... and now in rubber! Have you ever seen spook look so cute?!

CARISA

She uses the she but gorgeous Nancy and is available HERE.... I am loving everything about this creation!

Once again, thank you so much to Carisa and Gini for joining us and sharing your amazing creations with us all here at The Stamping Bazaar!

Check back tomorrow for MORE inspirations from The Stamping Bazaar DT Gals.

Till next time have a stamping fabulous day!

The Stamping Bazaar Design Team Members Tina and Tori with Susie the Kangaroo

Hi there Furry Creature Fans,

I am back today with a gorgeous set of cards by two very talented design team members Tina and Tori using the fabulous Susie the Kangaroo. Being an Aussie I absolutely LOVE Susie and living in the country area of Victoria I do see them quite a bit, but a thing I get asked often is if they just hop down the street and past my house ummmmm no, not unless out on a huge farm and even then just in the paddocks not at the back door, hehe. Ok so enough waffling and onto the creations!

Tina and her pink-a-licious creation! I am just absolutely LOVING all the pink in this and those flowers are stunning...


Tori and her FABULOUS colouring wow, the detail is amazing and I love the cherry paper and cherry background she has behind Susie, just gorgeous....

AND THE EXCITING NEWS........ YOU CAN NOW GET HER IN RUBBER WHOO HOO!

Well I did tell you the girls have been busy didn't I! Look out because tomorrow we have more to share and tempt your created taste buds!

Till next time have a stamping fabulous day....

Kellie

NEW RUBBER STAMPS - Now in stock!

Hello everyone! I've got big, big BIG news for you today! FOUR digis are now available for purchase as rubber stamps on the TSB shop: Mikey the Fox, Susie with Pie, Shane Playing Basketball and Marvin with Candy Apple!

 Now Available in Rubber Form!!

Click here to visit the store!

Well, what are you waiting for? Get over to The Stamping Bazaar shop and snatch yours today!

-Marina

Stamping Bazaar Design Team Members Stephanne and Marley with Louisa the Lioness

Hi there,

It's Kellie here to share with you yet another amazing creation/s by talented DT members Stephanne and Marley featuring the sassy songstress Lousia the Loiness. She really is just so adorable and best yet she can be used for any occasion from a little girls birthday card, to an adult thank you card, to a congratulations card to someone in the music business/study. For example check out these amazing creations WOW....

Stephanne has made an amazing tag.... How gorgeous is it, could sit and stare for ages! Love the black and red together and her amazing vintage style.

Marley has made this gorgeous bright and colourful card, would bring a smile to any ones face receiving this and can you see the amazing added sparkle, wow....



Well there are more new exciting things coming to The Stamping Bazaar, so be keeping your eyes out, plus we have our guest re appearing soon and MORE amazing creations from the Design Team to share during the coming weeks, the gals have been busy that's for sure!

Till next time have a stamping fabulous day,
Kellie

ATTENTION: New Winner for "Susie with Pie" Digi Giveaway!!

Remember our latest giveaway of the Susie with Pie digi? Well... I goofed up! :P

It turns out I inadvertently picked a member of TSB's own Design Team as a winner. Do'h!! Well, it WAS random --and I didn't think of checking!

I waited days for the winner to contact me, and when no one did, I emailed Barbara Sproat to find out if my digi "winner" was her. So it was! And that being the case we must clearly pick a second one!

The lucky lady is...

Jennifer Tidwell!

(commenting as Flip-Flop Creations)

Congrats, Jennifer! --you won Susie! BE SURE TO SEND ME AN EMAIL TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE!

That is all! ;D

-Marina

Welcome to our Guests this Month...

Hi there Everyone,

Kellie here with amazing creations from our guests this month. We are so excited to be joined this month by Carisa and Gini, WELCOME girls! They were both given an image and WOW they did not dissappoint, they are both full of inspirations.... Just check out what they came up with this week....

Carisa

She uses Marvin the Bat. You can get yours HERE...

Visit Carisa's blog!

Gini

Gini uses Horus Roasting Marshmallows. Get Horus for your very own HERE!

Visit Gini's blog!

WOW, I know I said that before but they have both just blown me away, as I am sure they have you! If you want to go and check them out you can click their name and leave them a comment or do so here on this post.

They will both be back next week with yet another amazing creation to show you all!

Take care and have Stamping Fabulous day xx

New LOWER shipping fees & updates to our Terms of Use

Hi all! I've got some important news today regarding our Shipping Rates for rubber stamps and Terms of Use for digital stamps.

Lower Shipping Rates For All!

I know many of you outside of the US were hesitant to purchase rubber stamps from our store because of the high shipping fees. After shipping a few rubber stamps to those who did take the plunge and purchase them (God bless you for your support) I saw that I had to make some adjustments.

I could not, as it turned out, have a flat fee, because there is no International flat fee shipping method as I originally thought.

Furthermore, for one or two stamps, the shipping costs were WAY cheaper than my original flat rate. I felt like a thief keeping it that way, aside from the fact that, well --it's clearly too discouraging since you gals aren't buying many rubber stamps.

Our shipping fees are now $2.00 per stamp for Domestic orders and $3.00 per stamp for International orders. For orders of more than five stamps, you may be sent an additional invoice later if the shipping amount you were charged is significantly higher than the actual shipping costs. See below:

Domestic Shipping Rates

1 stamp = $2.00

2 stamps = $4.00

3 stamps = $6.00

4 stamps = $8.00

5 stamps = $10.00

International Shipping Rates

1 stamp = $3.00

2 stamps = $6.00

3 stamps = $9.00

4 stamps = $12.00

5 stamps = $15.00

More than five (5) stamps: You will be charged $10.00 for domestic shipping and $15.00 for international, which is the maximum our Paypal shopping cart is set up to charge. Then, if the actual shipping amount is higher, you will be invoiced for the balance.

I hope these lower shipping rates will seem fairer and encourage you to buy more. But if even this is too much, don't despair! We are now open to WHOLESALE INQUIRIES. So, you might find that a retailer will soon carry TSB stamps in your country! If you want your favorite retailer to carry them, be sure to ask them to do so, and direct them to us! =)

Updated Terms of Use

First I must say that our Terms of Use have NOT changed. You've been receiving this version of the Terms of Use with every digi purchase you made in the past couple of weeks already, and recently the website version has been updated to match what you've already received regularly in those emails. These are the points that have been made clearer:

YOU ARE BUYING ONLY AN INDIVIDUAL USER LICENSE

FOR EACH DIGITAL STAMP

What does this mean? It means only YOU can use this digi(s) and no one else in your household, nor any people in your challenge blog or design team. The license is per person. SHARING IS NOT OK!

There is an "unofficial" exception to this: if you have little kids at home, YES, you may print out the digis for them to color, YES, they may make cards with them. That is the only exception; everyone else needs to buy their own license. When in doubt, please EMAIL US AND ASK.

We do not want to be unreasonable with our policy, and really do hope that you won't feel that we are. <:( But as you may be aware other companies have had issues with people sharing their digis recently so we are forced to be strict. It goes without saying that this no-sharing rule only applies to digis, not rubber stamps! ;)

In addition, the Terms of Use now have their own page, separate from the F.A.Q., and a link to them appears on the store's left side bar.

Today's Design Team Features

Horus Roasting Marshmallows

(DIGI - See page in shop)

By Kristen

Bikkie the Platypus

(DIGI and RUBBER - See page in shop)

By Kylie

That is all for today --have a fun weekend, everyone!

-Marina

Nancy Card by Design Team Member Kylie....

Good Afternoon All,

Kellie here, I just wanted to show you what some of the amazingly talented DT have been up to, and to help inspire you. I will be keeping you in suspense, I know what a tease, with showing you one card every so often and not all at once so you can truly take in the details and I have to say how truly talented they all are, every time I see them make another card with one of Marina's gorgeous images I am just BLOWN away. Today I have the gorgeous Nancy to share with you made by Kylie ......

WOW look at that colouring and detail she has done! Love the sewing on the card and the flower arrangement is gorgeous wouldn't you agree!?

Well there are many exciting things coming to The Stamping Bazaar, but then Marina is always trying her hardest to keep us excited and I reckon she is doing a pretty darn good job, wait till you see whats to come, you wont want to miss a THING....

Have a Stamping Fabulous Weekend Everyone....

Kellie

Susie with Pie Winner & DOUBLE release!

We've got a double release today! Louisa the Lioness is now available in the store, along with Susie with Pie! You can buy Louisa by clicking here, and Susie with Pie by visiting this page.

Time to announce the Susie with Pie Digi Giveaway winner! The lucky lady is...

"...just Barbara!"

Congratulations, Barbara --you won Susie! BE SURE TO SEND ME AN EMAIL TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE!

I'm glad you all like Susie the Kangaroo so much --here is a card that Marley from our talented DT made with her:

By Marley

To answer theCook's question in a comment in yesterday's post: yes, I am the original designer behind Motivet's Doraline, Dexter, Hilda and Morris, but I have not designed for Motivet for well over a year. However, when I moved to The Greeting Farm, new designs continued to be released by Motivet which I did not design. If you compare the earlier designs with their current ones, it is not very hard to tell which ones are drawn by me, I think. ;)

Anyway, I have SO many new releases ready to go that it's hard to contain myself and not post them to the store all at once... Hee hee! All I can say is it's gonna be an exciting week after another! *big grin*

Stay tuned to our Facebook page for more "silhouette" sneak peeks that will keep you guessing right until the releases!

-Marina

Digi Preview and Giveaway: Susie with Pie!

Hello everyone! Okay, first of all a BIG, BIG thank you to ALL of you. As you know I just started the company and my economic situation has been (still is) very difficult. Last month I didn't know how I was going to pay this month's rent. After a bit of freelance work and the sales made after TSB's first blog hop, I am breathing more easily. You're literally keeping a roof over my head, so thank you. I am so happy that you like my designs so much! :')

Did you see the sillouette sneak-peek in our Facebook page today? There are more rubber stamps coming to the store in just a few weeks, and this girl will be one of them, but she'll be released as a digi TOMORROW! Let me introduce you to...

Susie the Kangaroo

Those of you who guessed "kangaroo" on Facebook were right on! The name of this design is "Susie with Pie" and it will be available on the store tomorrow, September 7th at 12:00am EST. But until then, you have time to post a comment on this blog post for a chance to win Susie!

YOU MUST COMMENT BY TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th EST 11:59PM (Eastern Standard Time) NO EXCEPTIONS

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

That is all for now, I've been crazy busy making new designs and coloring them for the store. Hope you had a nice Labor Day weekend!

-Marina

Marvin the Bat WINNERS and Triple Release Day!

Hiya folks! Today's the BIG day! Marvin the Bat, Marvin with Candy Apple and Marvin Trick or Treat are all available for purchase in the store as of right now!

But that's not all… Did you love all three Marvin digis? We've got a special deal for you!

Marvin 3 Digi Set

$10.00

Available here for a limited time!

You save $2.00 when you buy this set featuring all of the Marvin digis featured on TSB's first blog hop! But keep this in mind: you must buy the set --buying the stamps separately will not get you the discount!

And now...

Time for Winners!!

Woohoo! It's finally time to reveal the winners of our FOUR digi giveaways! And here they are:

Marvin the Bat:
Tracey Feeger!
-

Marvin with Candy Apple:
Jodi!
-

Marvin Trick or Treat:
crazy4mycrafts!

Congratulations, ladies! And now for the winner of our BIG prize --the entire Marvin set! This winner was chosen at random from all our Facebook fans. The lucky lady is…

Callie Zenner!

Again, congratulations to all, and a warm welcome to our new Facebook fans and followers here on the TSB blog!

IF YOU WON, MAKE SURE YOU SEND ME AN EMAIL TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE!

I cannot stress this enough!!

We hope you all had fun on The Stamping Bazaar's first blog hop ever! There is loads more fun ahead: our first Guest Spots, more releases, even more giveaways, and more RUBBER stamps!! We know you want 'em!

As a last note, I want to give a big, BIG thanks to my FABULOUS Design Team!! These girls were super patient with me, AND did an excellent job on their cards, don't you think?

Enjoy your Labor Day weekend, everyone!

-Marina

Halloween Blog Hop Day Three: Marvin Trick or Treat!

NOTE: REMEMBER TO COMMENT ON ALL BLOG HOP ENTRIES ON THIS BLOG FOR A CHANCE TO WIN OUR GIVEAWAYS! COMMENTING ON OTHER BLOGS ON THE HOP DOES NOT ENTER YOU IN THE DRAWING!

With that out of the way... Hello all! Aren't you glad it's Friday? I  sure am! Tomorrow I get to go on a used book hunt with a friend --but that's not all I'm excited about, of course, because today is the third and last day of...

The Stamping Bazaar's First Blog Hop!

**DAY THREE**

This is a Halloween-themed Blog Hop featuring a brand new furry friend, Marvin the Bat! On Wednesday we introduced Marvin for the first time, and yesterday we previewed Marvin with Candy Apple. Now it's time for today's Blog Hop preview:

Marvin Trick or Treat!

This is the last day of our first-ever Blog Hop!

The Hop ran from Wednesday to Friday (today) as follows:

Wednesday, September 1st: Introducing Marvin!

Thursday, September 2nd: Marvin with Candy Apple Preview!

Friday, September 3rd (today): Marvin Trick or Treat Preview!

And tomorrow is the big, BIG day!!!

Saturday, September 4th:

MARVIN TRIPLE RELEASE!

All three digis will be available in The Stamping Bazaar shop on Saturday 4th at 12:00am EST!

Let's get hoppin'!

Here is our list of Blog Hop participants (our entire DT!) The hop starts on Barbara's blog, and there you will find a link to hop to the next person in line, ending back here at the TSB blog:

Barbara Sproat

Emma & Susan

Kellie Winnell

Kristen

Kylie Kueter

Marley Van Der Heijden

Penni Vickers

Peta DeVincentis

Piali Biswas

Stephanne

Tina Guigui

Tori Wild

...and then it's back to The Stamping Bazaar Blog.

DON'T FORGET OUR GIVEAWAYS!!

There will be a Marvin digi giveaway for each day of the hop, right here on the TSB blog. That's THREE CHANCES TO WIN!! All you have to do is comment on each post (and you have time until Saturday at 12:00am EST to comment on any of the three posts!)

One (1) winner for each of the of the three posts will be randomly chosen at the end of the hop: a total of three (3) winners! Be sure to comment on Wednesday's post to win Marvin, on yesterday's post to win Marvin with Candy Apple and on today's post to win Marvin Trick or Treat!

YOU MUST COMMENT BY SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH EST (Eastern Standard Time) NO EXCEPTIONS

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

WANT TO WIN THEM ALL...?

**You can!**

A single winner will be chosen among ALL our Facebook fans to receive a complete set with ALL THREE Marvin the Bat digis!

So make sure you "like" us on Facebook if you haven't done so yet. That is all you have to do --visit our Facebook page and click on "Like" at the top. Easy-peasy!

Have fun on the hop and don't forget to be back tomorrow, and on Friday! Remember that all Marvin digis will be released on Saturday 4th at 12:00am EST, and digi winners will be announced later that day!

-Marina