Walk of Fame

Denna månad har vi tjejer i StampARTic igen glädjen att presentera tre stycken vackra kort och damerna bakom dessa kort.

It's again time for us in StampARTic to reaveal three beautiful card and the ladien behind them.

Taas on se aika kuukaudesta, jolloin meillä StampARTicissa on ilo esitellä teille kolme kaunista korttia ja korttien tekijät.

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Jannhild

Marianne

Marlene

Gratulationer * Congratulations * Onnittelut

Nästa WoF igen i Februari - Next WoF in February - Seuraava WoF Helmikuussa

The Winner of Monochromatic Valentine card

Oli todella mukava huomata monien askartelijoiden lähteneen mukaan tähän haasteeseen. Kyllä on kauniita kortteja ihasteltukin. Teemahan ei ollut mikään kovin helppo, vain yhdellä sävyllä tehty kortti on hyvin haasteellinen.

Upean palkinnon tähän haasteeseen lahjoitti Elzybells art Stamps

It was great to notice that there were so many entries into this difficult challenge. It is no so easy to make a card with only one colour. You managed so well to do beautiful creations.

Great prize for this challence is from Elzybells art Stamps:

DT raatimme valitsi voittajaksi Mariannen todella upean taideteoksen:

Our DT team chose the winner this time an we believe you all agree with us that Mariannes brown shaded card is stunningly beautiful:

Marianne, could you please send your address to our e-mail, thank you.

Fiskars

Me askartelijat olemme onnekkaita. Koko ajan tulee uusia materiaaleja ja työvälineitä, jotka helpottavat askartelua ja tekevät siitä vieläkin hauskempaa.Materiaalit ja työkalut ovat tärkeä ja iso osa askartelua, mutta emme saa unohtaa että jokaisen kortin takana on myös tekijä, joka on saanut idean, suunnitellut ja toteuttanut kortin tai muun työn.Tärkeä osa askartelussa on myös luovuus ja mielikuvitus. Esimerkiksi, jos annamme 10:lle askartelijalle samat materiaalit ja työvälineet, emme tule näkemään kahta täysin samanlaista työtä, vaaan jokaisessa työssä näkyy askartelijan oma persoona ja tyyli ja tämä juuri tekee valmistuneesta työstä ainutlaatuisen. Askarteluun tarkoitettuja työvälineitä on paljon, ja tänään saamme ylpeänä esitellä teille yhteistyökumppanimme Fiskarsin ja heidän askarteluun tarkoitettuja työvälineitään.

Näin Fiskars kertoo muutamalla sanalla yrityksestään ja tuotteistaan.

Fiskarsin askarteluvälineiden tuoteperhe on todella laaja ja se kattaa monipuoliset välineet erilaisiin askarteluprojekteihin kortti- ja leikekirja-askartelusta (=skräppäys) aina tilkku- ja ompelutöiden tekoon. Valikoimissa on monenlaisia mukavia välineitä niin muotojen leikkaamiseen, kohokuviointiin kuin leimailuunkin. Kaikenkaikkiaan Fiskarsilla on n. 350 erilaista askarteluun ja käsillä tekemiseen tarkoitettua tuotetta. Useimmat Fiskarsin tuotteista sopivat myös lasten askarteluun. Esimerkiksi uusilla kuvioleikkureilla kuvioiden napsuttelu on hauskaa ja helppoa-ja onnistuu varmasti koko perheeltä! Fiskarsin tuotteita on myynnissä askartelualan erikoismyymälöissä, kirjakaupoissa sekä isoimmissa tavarataloissa. Valikoimat vaihtelevat myymälöittäin.

Laajimman valikoiman Fiskarsin tuotteista löydät Sinellistä www.sinelli.fi Ja lisää askarteluvinkkejä löydät osoitteesta http://www.fiskars.com/

We crafters are very lucky. All the time there are coming new materials and fantastic tools, what makes crafting easier and even more fun. Materials and tools are important and big part of crafting, but there is also a person behind every card with her/his ideas, designing and implementation. Important part of crafting are also creativity and imagination. If we for example give the same materials and tools to 10 crafters, I´m sure, that there will not come 2 precisely similar cards or other creations. In every card and creation you can see the crafters own style and personality, and these are things that make those designs unique. There are many crafting tools, and today we are proud to introduce to you our sponsor and cooperate company Fiskars, and their fantastic crafting tools.

Fiskars introduce their company with these few words:

Fiskars® has a wide product family of crafting tools and it covers diverse tools for different crafting projects: e.g. making cards, scrapbooking, quilting and sewing projects. A broad range includes all kinds of tools for creating forms and patterns, embossing and stamping. Fiskars® has altogether approximately 350 crafting tools.
Most of the crafting tools are suitable for kids. E.g. new Squeeze Punch tools are very easy to use. Punching with them is good fun – and the whole family can do it together!

Fiskars® tools are sold in crafting specialty shops, bookshops and in the biggest department stores. Product assortment varies depending on a shop.

And more crafting tips you can find here: http://www.fiskars.com/

***

Jokainen tiimimme jäsen sai Fiskarsilta mahtavan paketin, jonka sisällön näet alla olevasta kuvasta.

-Boordileikkuri sydän

-Kuviosakset aalto

-XL squeeze punch sydän

-L squeeze punch sydän

Ihastuimme kaikkiin saamiimme tuotteisiin ja tulemme varmasti käyttämään näitä jatkossakin. Suosittelemme näitä tuotteita lämpimästi!

Every team members received an awesome package from Fiskars. Here is the picture of the tools that we all got to play with.

-Heart border punch

-Decorative scissors wave

-XL squeeze punch heart

-L squeeze punch heart

We loved all these tools (so did our children!) And we are totally going to use these a lot! And we can warmly recommend these tools.

Ja mitä tiimimme sitten sai aikaan, kun pääsimme kokeilemaan näitä uusia työvälineitä ja päästimme mielikuvituksemme valloilleen. Teemamme oli lähestyvä ystävänpäivä, muutoin toteutus oli vapaa. Ei ainoastaan sydämiä...Sydämestä voi tehdä monenlaisia kukkia, lehtiä, vaikkapa perhosia, vain mielikuvitus rajana.

And what did our team managed to creative with these tools and started to use imagination. Valentine´s day is coming soon, so we choose that theme to this article. But there is not only hearts…You can make many kinds of flowers, leaves, butterflies and much much more with few products and then let your imagination fly..

SasSa

SasSa made a beautiful flower out of the heart punch.
The butterflies are also made with hearts from the Fiskars heart punch.

Erica

Match box decorated with layers of hearts.

Aija

Lillemor

Lene

Camilla

Jorunn

giftbox

Carola

Petra

Miia

Box in right has made by Fiskars template.

Miia made some stunning roses using the heart punch.

Koko StampARTic tiimi kiittää Fiskarsia mahdollisuusdesta tutustua ihaniin tuotteisiinne ja erityiskiitos yhteyshenkilöllemme, Joanna Tikalle, kanssasi on ilo tehdä yhteistyötä!

Toivomme, että nautitte artikkelista ja toivonmukaan myös artikkeli toi mukanaan kivoja, toteuttamisen arvoisia ideoita! Mahtavaa alkanutta viikkoa kaikille!!

StampARTic team thanks Fiskars for these tools, and we thank also our contact person, Joanna Tikka, it´s so fantastic to work with you!

We hope that you enjoyed and hopefully also get inspired of our article! Have a great week everybody!

~Elzybells Art Stamps~

De fleste kjenner nok til Elzybells Art Stamps og de søte motivene hennes!
De er enkle å fargelegge, utrolig søte, og du kan finne motiv hos Elzybells Art Stamps til enhver anledning.

Vi var litt nysgjerrige på denne stempelprodusenten og damen bak de søte motivene, og var så heldige at vi fikk et intervju med Elisabeth.

I tillegg fikk jentene i StampARTics DT hver sine motivstempel fra den nye Valentines kolleksjonen til Elzybells Art Stamps, som vi har fått lekt oss med, og vi har hatt det morro!!!

Intervjuet med Elisabeth er på engelsk, men har du problemer med å forstå så ikke nøl med å sende oss en e-mail og vi vil oversette for deg.

******

Most of you, if not all, know Elzybells Art Stamps and their cute images! They are so friendly to color in, incredibly cute and you can find images at Elzybells Art Stamps for every occasions.

We where a bit curious about Elzybells Art Stamps and the lady behind the cute images, and where lucky enough to get an interview with Elisabeth. The DT girls in StampARTic also got an image each to play with, and boy... did we have fun!!!

The interview with Elisabeth is in English, but if you are having trouble understanding, do not hesitate to e-mail us, and we can translate into any Scandinavian languages.


Now lets hear from Elisabeth:

Name?

Elizabeth Cieloch

Age?

27

Married?

I am currently engaged to my partner of 8 years :)

Occupation besides the Elzybells stamp designer?
Elzybells is my very full time job :)

How did Elzybells come about?

I started stamping and card making as a hobby while at university. I've always studied some form of art and design and I started sketching a few images that I thought would make nice stamps. My initial aim was to submit my designs to some established companies but my father planted a seed in my mind about setting up my own stamp company. That was back in 2004/05.

The name was a very simple decision, 'elzybells' is a nickname my best friend has for me! I thought, it doesn't really mean anything but sounds fun, which is how I see my designs - fun!

I would never have taken the plunge without such strong support from my family and fiance.

I 'reinvented' the company in June last year, with a new website/online store, a blog and a new manufacturing process and I've not looked back. In some ways I feel like a new company again, just with more knowledge and direction.

What was the very first stamp Elzybells released?
When I started the company I had quite a large catalogue, many of the designs are not available any more, but I hope to bring some favorites back in the future ;)

The very first stamp I actually designed was a large unicorn image.

Do you design for other rubber stamp companies as well?
I don't design for any other stamp companies although there are several I very much admire and if I were not running Elzybells I would certainly feel privileged to be involved with them in some small way.

How do you get ideas for new images, what inspires you?
My sources of inspiration and the way I design has changed very much since I first started out. I think that is normal and it's good to evolve and grow personally, as well as a company.

Generally, it's just real life, things I see while out and about, things my family say or do, childhood memories etc.

I always carry a note book with me should inspiration strike and I make notes or quick sketches. I have several very full books filled with ideas yet to be developed!

All my designs are initially hand drawn, although I may tweak them on the computer, I think that's a nice quality to them.

Do you have time to make any cards yourself, or are designing stamps taking all your time?
Unfortunately, I am left with very little time to make cards just for myself. It's crazy really, given all the stamps at my disposal. When I make cards, it tends to be for the blog or marketing new releases, so when I do manage to make cards for friends and family, I quite often go for a stamp by a different company!! :D

Show us your favorite image and a card where it is used?

My favorite image at the moment is the hot chocolate with marshmallows from my 'so sweet' set.

I made a very simple card using it in our recent sneak peeks, for its launch.

What do you not like to see on a card?

hmmm, without wishing to insult anyone, I personally don't like iris folding or anything too fussy.

Any favorite paper?

This is very difficult as there are so many I love but at the moment I particularly like 'Floral Cocoa' by Cloud 9.

Any favorite color?

Ooh, I go through many colour phases and this can usually be seen by my blog design. At the moment I love anything with brown, particularly orange, pink or blue.

What makes a card good? Is it the color, coloring or the stamp or something else?

To me, every handmade card is an individual work of art no matter what level of card making a person is at (and I am by no means an expert at all, very far from it). So it's not really for me to say what makes a card good, however, I do like to see a card with great coloring - a card can be extremely simple and quite plain but with amazing coloring it can just blow you away.

I have two people in particular on my design team, Jeanne and Paula who's coloring I am completely in awe of.

Show us one of your card's that you are especially happy with. What makes this card so special?

This is a card I am particularly proud of and I like just looking at it, lol. I've used it on my blog banner. I think what makes it so appealing are the papers, they are just perfect together. It's a very simple layout and nicely balanced which is easy on the eye. The birdie image is only small, no bigger than 1 x 1.5" but it's a great focal point.

The very best thing about what I do is the simple pleasure it gives stampers. I receive many emails from very kind customers after they receive their stamps telling me how pleased they are.

It's not something that'll change the world, but it's great to make a few people happy in my own way :)

Elizabeth xx

*****

Elzybells Art Stamps har en ny kolleksjon ute, Valentines motiver og tekster som passer til.
Vi fikk en smakebit av disse nydelige teddybjørnene. Vi fikk hvert vårt motiv, og her er kortene vi har laget med de nye stemplene:

Elzybells Art Stamps has a new collection released, Valentine theme, with texts stamps that goes perfect with the images, supercute teddybears. We got one image and text each, and here is the cards we made with the new images:

SasSa:

Camilla:

Jorunn:

Erica:

Aija:

Petra:

Carola:

Lillemor:

Lene:

Miia:
Last but not least.. Miia played around with tags and flips! <3<3<3>





Flipper card:







*****

Husk på, du har sjans til å vinne noen av Elzybells Art Stamps nye stempler i utfordringen vi har akkurat nå; HER.

Remember, you have a shot at winning some of Elzybells Art Stamps new images in the challenge we are hosting right now; HERE

*****

Thank you Elisabeth And Elzybells Art Stamps for your time and the wonderful rubber stamps we got to play with!