Another write up about us! :)

My painting has been mentioned on this wedding blog!!!

We had the pleasure of attending our great friend's wedding back in April, and I am honored to have done a painting of them for the wedding. This was a most fabulous event at the Santa Monica Pier and Carousel. Magical and full of whimsy, with a carnival theme down to the gum drop trees; lollipop centerpieces; rides on the carousel; and churros, hot dogs and cotton candy served out of old fashioned vendor carts...

Check out this blog for more about the fabulous wedding... :)

Sideshow Stamps FEATURED in Scrapbook News and Review!!

Hey, I know it's been a while since we've blogged...

But we've had a lot going on. Check this out!!

Here's an article about us from the latest issue of Scrapbook News and Review

http://www.scrapbooknewsandreview.com/joomla44/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1464&Itemid=254

And here are a few cards from the article too!

The Law by Jamie Pope

Not of This World by Jamie Pope

Fashionista by Jamie Pope

Tropical ATC by Tami Bayer

Domino Pin by Tami Bayer

Gift Card Holder by Tami Bayer

Lamp in the Window by Mitzi Koons

Circus Clown by Mitzi Koons

Sweet huh?!?

To see what types of paper, inks, embellishments etc. were used on these awesome cards, check out the article. All the stamps are from www.sideshowstamps.com

And take a look at Scrapbook News and Review's super cool magazine too! They have great articles, neat pictures and tons of fun stuff in their online mag.

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com too!

Retro Mod Bachelorette Party Invites a go-go

Hello all!

Here is a cool idea for your next bachelorette event, girl's night out or even for a tea party! Cute girly retro go go leg invites!! These were made by Vanessa from Little Lady Company, and are for sale and custom order here. Check out her etsy shop for more cool stuff!

Her card was made with our go go legs - rubber stamp.

(I lightened the image a bit, so the colors might be different)

Thanks for sharing your creative art with us Vanessa!!

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

Clay Calavera Dia de los Muertos Skull Pendants

Check these out!!

"Cool skull medallion crafted in turqouise polymer clay and highlighted in micah powders. Each skull medallion measures 1 1/4" by 1 1/4"..."

"Cool Dia de los Muertos skulls handcrafted... in pearl polymer clay with gold and silver highlights... Each skull measures 3/4" wide by 1 1/4" long."

Sharon of Bijoux Jardin created these super cool Polymer Clay skull pendants with our calavera skull rubber stamp! They are beautifully handcrafted and painted.

Thanks for sharing these with us Sharon!

She's offering these for sale in her etsy shop. Click on an image to go to her shop.

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

Rubber stamps back in stock!!!

What the?.....

All of our rubber stamps are finally back in stock!

Even our ever popular retro OWLS and our infamous LEG LAMP!!

Yay!

Check it out here:

http://www.sideshowstamps.com

ALSO ~ we have a new deal going on!!

~*~*~*~*~ THE STAMPER'S STIMULUS PACK ~*~*~*~*~

For a limited time we are offering you an incentive to help our economy and receive a bonus gift for doing it!

If you make a purchase with us for $25.00 or more ~ you'll receive a free unmounted grab bag of 10 rubber stamps! (Worth $40.00!)

If your purchase totals $50.00 or more ~ you'll get an unmounted grab bag of 15 rubber stamps! (Worth $50.00!)

And, if your purchase totals $75.00 or more ~ you'll get an unmounted grab bag of 30 rubber stamps!!! (Worth $90.00!!)

Wow!!!

AND!!

We have a new rubber stamp!

Just one new one for now, but more are on the way. It's currently for sale here:

http://sideshowstamps.com/SideshowStampsNewPageofRubberStampDesigns.html

Have fun shopping! I promise to upload some new cards soon!

Christmas Card Contest Winners!!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Christmas Card contest! Everything was so incredibly cool, we had a really hard time choosing winners, but decided to base our choices on the most creative ideas, and in fact, we even had a tie!

So....... drumroll please...... here are the winners!

Tied for third place, we have two super cool cards with a Christmas Story theme!

(Our fav Holiday movie btw..)

In third we have Laura O'Donnell's Merry Christmas Leg Lamp Card...

And Nuria Kudlach with her "Major Award" Christmas Story Card!

Congratulations you guys! You each win a "major prize" of our Unmounted Grab Bag of 10 rubber stamps!

In second place is Rina Koibuchi with her awesome triple card entry of Retro Reindeer and Santa cards.

You win our Grab Bag of 15 super cool unmounted rubber stamps! Congrats!!

And........ da da Da DA!! (trumpets sound...)

The First Place winner is Diane Rodgers - Wilson with her Snowglobe Christmas Card!

You win our whopping Unmounted Grab Bag of 30 rubber stamps!!
Congratulations everyone!!

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and Holiday Season full of festive fun and good cheer!

May God bless you and yours through the new year!

So Cal Snow Storm 2008 - pictures!

It snowed about 8-10 inches here in Southern California yesterday. We're not accustomed to snow, desert rats as we are, so this was a big treat! It was so beautiful and surreal seeing the snow fall for hours, covering the Joshua Trees and Sage Brush...

Just in time for Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!!

Christmas Card Contest!! Fun and Prizes!! * REPOST

Hey, I'm reposting this to remind you all that you have 1 WEEK left to enter our fabulous Christmas Card Contest!

Guess what?!? It's time to start our CHRISTMAS CARD CONTEST!!!
We're looking for cards, scrapbook pages, crafts, basically anything you can stamp on, with a theme of Christmas!! Sparkling Christmas Trees with shiny decorations; Big fluffy snowflakes; Baby Jesus; Fresh baked Pumpkin Pies; Gaudily ribboned presents; your favorite Holiday movies; Santa; Tinsel and bows and other things for your pets and small children to drag around the house; Cups of hot cocoa with red striped candy canes hanging on the edge; Snuggling up by the fire with loved ones.... ahhh... my favorite time of year...

RULES:
~ The craft must feature at least one or more of our rubber stamps.

~ All submissions must be emailed to us by December 14th for a December 21st posting.

~ Email submissions to questions@sideshowstamps.com

PRIZES:~ There will be a first, second and third place winner and each of these submissions will be posted on our blog on December 21st.

~ First Place-Macho Grab bag of 30 unmounted rubber stamps with a retail value of $85-$90.

~ Second Place-Medium Grab bag of 15 unmounted stamps with a retail value of $45-$50.

~ Third Place-Little Grab bag of 10 unmounted stamps with a retail value of $35-$40.

We have tons of Christmas themed rubber stamps such as our Retro Christmas Bulbs, Trees, Presents and Decorations; Snowmen; Angels; Christmas Story style Leg Lamp; Santas; Holly and Snowflakes and lots more to give you inspiration. Plus, right now we're offering a little Retro Christmas themed grab bag (only $6.99) to help you get started on your Holiday crafting endeavors. AND as seen in the latest issue of RubberStampMadness, our Retro Christmas Mounted Stamp Sets are now available at 20% off the retail price!! More information on these great deals can be found on our website at http://sideshowstamps.com/SideshowStampsChristmasandOtherHolidays.html
We can't wait to see all of your beautiful crafts!!
Happy Stamping and Blessed Holidays to you and yours!

Customer Cards Galore!!

Here are some absolutely beautiful customer cards that have been sent to us.

This first fabulous set of cards is from Laura O'Donnell. Check out her blog at http://itsallrosie.blogspot.com/

Isn't this a great idea for a Christmas Money Card? (Imagine using Christmas Stamps of your choice.)

""Sweet" money holder card uses Cherry and Orange Slice. The big S/sweet is a rub-on made by Art Warehouse and behind the little paper bag are Doodlebug Frills."

"King of the Road uses the Gas Pump which is colored with Koh-i-Noor pencils and blended with OMS, then cut out and adhered with pop dots. The license plate paper is made by Tim Holtz and the rub-on letters are the Making Memories small Providence font."


"I used your "fawn" and "cherry pair" stamps. The cherries are stamped in red on natural white cardstock, which is mounted on seafoam green (such a 50's combo, cherries and seafoam green!) and then mounted on a black 5x5 card. The fawn is colored with a light pink colored pencil, then blended with OMS. I cut her out and attached her to the face of the card with low rise pop dots. The "diva" bling letter stickers are made by DCWV."



And here's another fantastic set of cards by Rina Koibuchi. Check out her blog at http://rinastampa53.blogspot.com/

She used our Ice Cream Cone, Dragonfly and Butterfly rubber stamps.

"I made background using alcohol inks on glossy paper. Stamps: Circus Poster(Sideshow Stamps)"

"Coloring with copic markers. Stamps: Hep cat(Sideshow Stamps), chicks dig me(OBP)"


And here's a beautiful set of ATC's by Emi Matsuoka.

She used our Pop Art Owls on this ATC.

And she used our Mod Girls, Trumpet, and Gas Pump on this one.

Awesome cards huh? Thanks for looking!

And don't forget to check out our CHRISTMAS CARD CONTEST!!! Lot's of FUN and Super PRIZES!! Hurry and send in your cards, time is growing short!! Details below.

Happy Holidays!

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

Christmas Card Contest!! Fun and Prizes!!

Hello everyone...

My how the days fly by... It's already the middle of November! You know, Thanksgiving is tomorrow and Christmas is next week.... just watch.

Guess what?!? It's time to start our CHRISTMAS CARD CONTEST!!!

We're looking for cards, scrapbook pages, crafts, basically anything you can stamp on, with a theme of Christmas!! Sparkling Christmas Trees with shiny decorations; Big fluffy snowflakes; Baby Jesus; Fresh baked Pumpkin Pies; Gaudily ribboned presents; your favorite Holiday movies; Santa; Tinsel and bows and other things for your pets and small children to drag around the house; Cups of hot cocoa with red striped candy canes hanging on the edge; Snuggling up by the fire with loved ones.... ahhh... my favorite time of year...

RULES:

~ The craft must feature at least one or more of our rubber stamps.
~ All submissions must be emailed to us by December 14th for a December 21st posting.

~ Email submissions to questions@sideshowstamps.com

PRIZES:
~ There will be a first, second and third place winner and each of these submissions will be posted on our blog on December 21st.
~ First Place-Macho Grab bag of 30 unmounted rubber stamps with a retail value of $85-$90.
~ Second Place-Medium Grab bag of 15 unmounted stamps with a retail value of $45-$50.
~ Third Place-Little Grab bag of 10 unmounted stamps with a retail value of $35-$40.

We have tons of Christmas themed rubber stamps such as our Retro Christmas Bulbs, Trees, Presents and Decorations; Snowmen; Angels; Christmas Story style Leg Lamp; Santas; Holly and Snowflakes and lots more to give you inspiration. Plus, right now we're offering a little Retro Christmas themed grab bag (only $6.99) to help you get started on your Holiday crafting endeavors. AND as seen in the latest issue of RubberStampMadness, our Retro Christmas Mounted Stamp Sets are now available at 20% off the retail price!! More information on these great deals can be found on our website at http://sideshowstamps.com/SideshowStampsChristmasandOtherHolidays.html

We can't wait to see all of your beautiful crafts!!

Happy Stamping and Blessed Holidays to you and yours!

A few more customer Halloween Cards

I just had to post a few more of these adorable Halloween themed cards and ATCs before the Halloween weekend was up.

Here's a spooky ATC by our friend RINA of the blog STAMPA53. She used our Owl Border rubber stamp and masked it to split up the two owls. Cute huh?!? Great colors too. Check out her blog for more incredible rubber stamping!

This next card is by IKUE, a friend of Rina's. How creative to dress up our pin up girl in a Halloween cosutme! Awesome card IKUE!! Thanks for sharing it with us Rina!

And this card is by our friend Dana of the blog Kismet Art and Life. She made this a while back, but I've always liked it as a spooky/fun card for Halloween. She used our Bela Lugosi stamp, and it says, "Vincent's Plastic Surgery was a Sucess!".
Thanks for sharing it Dana!

All right.... On to the Thanksgiving and CHRISTMAS cards and crafts!!

(I just LOVE this time of year!!!)

Yay!

Have a great week everyone!!

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

More Halloween - Customer ATCs!!

These two ATCs are by RINA!

Aren't these awesome?!?

The one on the top is made with our Halloween cat, and our jackolantern.

And the one on the bottom is made with our Spider lady poster and our black cat.

Cool spooky cards!!!

Thanks Rina!!

Check out her blog for more GREAT cards and crafts!!

Happy Halloween!!!

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at http://www.sideshowstamps.com/

Customer Art - Spooky Halloween ATC's!

Both of these Creepy Halloween ATC's are by Kristin Hubick

Check out her super cool blog! And she has a really neat store too:

http://www.retrocafeart.com/

"Boo", on the top, was made with our Calavera with Heart stamp. Kristin says..."Using Modge Podge I secured scrapbooking paper to a playing card. After stamping the background, and stenciling several layers of paint, I attached vintage images. I stamped the skulls onto regular paper, cut them out, and colored the hearts with prismacolor colored pencils. I inked the edges of the card and sealed with Modge Podge. Finally I attached vintage game pieces with E6000 to spell the word "boo"."

"Halloween Party", on the bottom, was made with our Calavera with Heart and Pinstriped Black Widow stamps. "Using Modge Podge I secured scrapbooking paper to a playing card. After stamping the background, I attached several vintage images. I stamped the skull onto regular paper, cut him out, and colored the heart with prismacolor colored pencils. I inked the edges of the card and sealed with Modge Podge."

Happy Halloween!!! And thanks for sending us your beautiful art Kristin!

See more customer cards, crafts and creepy rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

Vampira and Dracula Coffin and Recipe Boxes

Hey check these out!

They are fabo cool boxes made by our friends

ChristopherAndTia, with a couple of our stamps, Vampira and Dracula. Just in time for Halloween!!

The Dracula is a recipe box, including cards, hand painted, hand stamped AND for sale at ChristopherAndTia's etsy store!

And this Vampira coffin jewelry box is also for sale at their etsy store! They have a lot of other fun and fabulous hand made goodies at their store too! And they have a super cool blog!

Go check it out!

Happy October!

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at http://www.sideshowstamps.com/

BY THE WAY****
Did you know that our new line of rubber stamps is now available? We have NEW stuff like this...

And stuff like... a Pinata, nautical star, lochness monster, gravestones, airstream trailer, skull and crossbones with hearts and more!!!
Go check them out! http://www.sideshowstamps.com/

Pirate Day - Customer cards and crafts

Hey, hope you all had a great weekend...

In honor of the upcoming holiday ~ Talk like a Pirate Day ~ here are a few fun pirate themed cards and crafts for your amusement.

This first customer craft is by Eileen ~ She made a pendant with a domino and used our Pirate Skull and Crossbones rubber stamp. What an awesome and creative use of an old domino!

The next customer craft is by Rina ~ She used our Pirate and Parrot rubber stamp, and made this atc with other stamps by Just Johanna. A beautiful Black and White card!

This next card was done by me ~ I used our Pirate and Parrot, Pirate Skull and Crossbones and Swashbuckler Pirate Rubber Stamps. I drew the map myself with markers, cut the eyepatch out of black card stock, and embossed the stamp on with white embossing powder. The edges were ripped and sponged with brown dye ink, and the saying was done with computer.

This last fun craft was made with our Skull and Crossbones rubber stamp. ~ My sister and I made this eyepatch with black canvas and black elastic. We stamped the pirate with white pigment ink. Be sure to dry it or give it time to dry...

And here's her husband wearing the patch. (Actually it's just his head and a different body... heh heh :) )

Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day everyone!

ARRRGGGHHH!!!

Send us your cards and crafts so we can post your stuff too!!
And see more customer cards, crafts and rubber stamps at http://www.sideshowstamps.com/