Stampotique New Release Blog Hop!

Today we are so excited about the new release for Stampotique Originals!!!  We've been keeping it under wraps for weeks now, but know that some of you got a sneak at one of our new stamp artists.  

Stampotique is thrilled to add to the line-up the designs one of our former team members and popular mixed media artist, Kate Crane (is that squealing we hear amongst you?).  We know you all won't be disappointed with the line-up of stamps from all our artists this go around.

Are you ready to see some wonderful artwork showcasing some of the new stamps?  There are 50+ new ones being released this time around, so plenty for everyone to choose from (or choose them all).

Hop along with the design team and two special guest bloggers leaving comments along the way.  We will choose three random winners from three selected blogs along the way to win some goodies.

We will choose our winners with our next challenge on February 25th.

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You should have arrived here from Corrie Herriman's blog, where you likely saw something totally amazing. 

I was so excited by this new release that I made two cards!

The first card, with the wonderful  Flower Truck (Janet Klein), was created because I'm tired of the blah drabness of winter and am eager for spring and its flowers to arrive!

The Flower Truck was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and colored with Copic markers. Flower Truck was also stamped onto Eclipse Tape (Judikins), which was fussy cut, and placed over the truck as a mask. Repositionable Scotch Tape was used to mask the base of the card. 

I try to keep the cut Eclipse Tape masks, so I was able to find
some cloud Eclipse Tape masks which were positioned over the sky.

The image panel was die-cut with one of the dies from the Card Creator Nestabilities die set (Spellbinders). The panel was left in the die and the image panel was airbrushed with Copic markers.

A craft knife was used to cut around the two bottom tires and road-patterned washi tape was added.

The patterned papers are from the very old and hoarded Domestic Goddess collection by Graphic 45. Three red gemstones were added to complete the card.

Here's my second card with Skiddy, Penelope, The Hat Cube, and The Dog Cube. All of these images are by Daniel Torrente.

All the images were stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink, colored with Copic markers, fussy-cut either with scissors or a craft knife, and edged with black marker.

The patterned paper is quite old and is from a 6x6 pad by BoBunny. It was sponged with Summer Sky Memento ink. The bottom is gear-patterned washi tape and was topped with a second layer of washi tape. 

Textured silver cardstock was die-cut with the MiniGears die by Memory Box. The edges of the card front were sponged with Gathered Twigs, Frayed Burlap, and Black Soot Distress inks. 

Thanks for visiting today. Your next stop on the hop is Samantha Read's blog, where she will wow you with her fabulous artwork.

If you get lost anywhere along the way you can go to the Stampotique Designer's Challenge blog to find your way.

Here's the complete roster! 

Janet Klein

Coby vanWilligenburg

Claudine Criner

Kim Howard

Astrid Stulemeijer

Valerie Wilson

Carol Fox

Kate Crane

Sue Davies

Kaz Boughton

Corrie Herriman

Kathi Rerek

Samantha Read

France Papillion

Roc Nicholas

Kristen Catalano

Nellie van Leeuwen

Arwen McCullen

Magda Polakow

Jackie Payne

Gez Butterworth

Hope you enjoy all the design team creations, 

we can't wait to hear what your favorite new stamps are!