Friday, February 20, 2015

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! 

Hope you enjoy all the design team creations, 
we can't wait to hear what your favorite new stamps are!

59 comments:

  1. Beautiful cards! The dog with the hat made me smile

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  2. Kathi, both projects are so beautiful! But you know - my black soul prefer the Steampunk card *smile*
    Love it !!!

    xx Arwen

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  3. Your work is so inspirational! Love It! I'm adding these stamps to my list. lol

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  4. Your first card is nice but the second one......it's art...love how you used the new stamps!

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  5. Brilliant creations Kathi! Loving the hats!

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  6. The first card is lovely, but the second one is my absolute favourite, it is stunning.

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  7. Great colouring on your two cards ! The first one is my favourite, probably because I'm waiting for spring to arrive, just like you.

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  8. To many beauties! That will take a long time to buy what I like... And so beautifully used on your cards! Inky greatings, Gerrina

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  9. Brilliant Kathi, love the dog in the hat lol xx

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  10. Oh my those hoodies are amazing, and the dog I loved the face of that dog, has a character really!

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  11. Wow, its gorgeous!! I love all the stamps but the dog is very nice!!

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  12. Love the hat card Kathi! So much lovely inspiration and a very long wish list!

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  13. I love your cards. I agree spring needs to come quickly and I love the truck full of flowers. I also love the hat stamp.

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  14. Flower truck is very sweet but I absolutely adore your hatted trio. Fabtastic. Hugz

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  15. Wow,more stunners! Loving that steampunk card,it's absolutely wonderful,the little dog is super cute!
    Big hugs
    Donna xxx

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  16. amazing projects, good use of the stamps!

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  17. Beautiful new designs. Love them all.

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  18. Two completely different Stampotique styles and you have done a suburb job on both.

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  19. Two great cards, Kathi! The new stamps are so amazing and you have combined them perfectly here. Gotta love those hats!

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  20. Woooow !!! I'm so excited about all the new designs :) class!

    The Girls are Cool!!! ;) Like it!

    x sternenglanz

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  21. I absolutely love both cards but your second card is sensational.

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  22. Wow, love that steampunk Daniel Torrente image card, so cool! Both of these are fabulous!

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  23. OMG LOVE these! Especially the second one.

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  24. Great projects Kathi. I love the one with the hats, it is fab !
    Corrie x

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  25. These are fab Kathi, loving the use of the hats! xx

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  26. Two great projects must say the hats look fab!

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  27. Love how fun this is, great projects! Brilliant Hats!~kim

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  28. Fabulous, great inspiration here. Love how you can make everything steampunk Kathi. Thoroughly enjoying this blog hop :)

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  29. Love your cards they're so different. Love how you used the hat and dog cube.

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  30. Gorgeous makes :-) Your colouring is wonderful. Maybe I need to get some Copic markers .. but I don't think I could add colour like this!

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  31. Outstanding! Love the cards you made to share for todays hop! Never seen or heard of the tape before! You ROCK as an artist!

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  32. Super sweet flower truck card. I am in love with the new stamps by Daniel Torrente. I must have that dog cube! And the hat cube, and those new girls...

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  33. Great cards. I especially like the second one with the hats, fun and creepy all at once.

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  34. Both cards are so different, my favorite is your second card with the stamps of Daniël Torrente. Great hats !

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  35. this is fabulous Kathi! Now I have a small problem...I NEED those hats in my stamp collection!

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  36. Oh Kathi, your first card is very beautiful, all dedicated to the glory of this lovely stamp and wonderfully coloured; and your second one is brilliant, so fun and cute with this dog and the three hats!!! Thank you! Wisihing you a very happy week-end and a great playtime with all these new Stampotique stamps. Hugs, Coco

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  37. i love your card so much! you did an excellent job in making those new stamps shine! i can't wait to get penelope! and the doggies too!

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  38. Love both cards, Kathi! The scene with the truck is so cool! Wonderful papers, palette and coloring--the truck just pops off the page! And those darling peeps! Fab coloring of them and love your design and die cuts! Great choice of papers and they are sooo cool! :^)
    Hugs, Penny
    Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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  39. Perfect DP for that adorable flower truck, Kathy and those gals and doggie in the fab hats are so stinkin' cute! xxD

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  40. Oh Kathi love love love your creations!!! Great stamps - must check them out at the store!!

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  41. wow!!! two very different but both fabulous cards Kathi, gorgeous!!!

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  42. Great cards and what attention to detail! Fabulous! I am loving all of the new stamps and the design team has done a fabulous job showcasing them in this blog hop. Many thanks

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  43. Ok LOVE the hats- great idea to put the gears on them. Images are must have to-wonderful cards-good job!

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  44. Love the hats you created on all of them, especially the dog!

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  45. love what you did with Daniel's new images!! Those are just so cute!!

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  46. I really love Daniel's new stamps!
    What a GREAT card!!!

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  47. the gothic girls card is my favorite.
    stamping sue
    http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/

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  48. Skiddy and Penelope shown off to their best advantage! Just loving those Hats.

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  49. I adore what you have done with these images! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  50. Beautiful card samples with the new release! Love the Steampunk card most! And the way you used Daniels new stamps!

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  51. WOW! Completely Amazing cards, Kathi! I love the two different styles of creating you've used--Clean and Simple with the new Flower Truck image and then all grungy and steampunky with your second card! LOVE the hats and the dog from the new 'Cube' stamps! Definitely staple items for the stamp inventory!! I'm so glad that I joined in the Stampotique Blog Hop--There are way too many cool creations going on with all of the new images!! XOXO-Shari

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  52. Beautiful! thanks for the chance to win!

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  53. Kathi your cards are so much fun. Love them both. Great use of the new stamps! Want them all, lol! Thank you Stampotique for a great blog hop!

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