Art Declassified

Blogging from CHA didn't work all too well..

I had every intention of bringing you into our booth at CHA, but technology (and being pretty busy) got the best of me!

THANK YOU for everyone that came by our booth! Whether it was to do a make and take (a cool one...I'll post that shortly), grab a catalog, walk through the booth or just say "hi" - we appreciate your support and smiles!

I expect to be out of the pile of orders and post-CHA work within the next 10 days. The retailer locator will be updated when all the orders are out. Not only are we delivering stamps to US stores, but stamps will be arriving in Canada, UK, Austrailia, Singapore and the Netherlands!

I would like to thank JoNell and Teri, two friends and design team members who came out to California and helped in the booth. I couldn't have done it without them and they were so much fun to be with! (They even managed to get one night at the hotel given to us for free because they saved a man who was stuck on his balcony!!).

Thanks again to everyone for their support! Look for Art Declassified at your local store or favorite webstore. If you can't find our stamps - send them our way!

Stay tuned to this blog for cool projects, tips and techniques. If you have made something using our stamps that you would like to share...email us! (Email - upper left corner of blog!)

~karen

Busy, Busy, Busy at Booth 1687!

My idea of adding video/pictures and bringing you into our CHA booth isn't working! I am having a difficult time with the internet connection in our hotel. I do have this one picture of our booth taken right before the show opened. All the little 'things' hanging along the top edge of the booth and along the right side of the booth are all tags decorated by our design team. It is really a cool sight to see...tons of tags with really cool stamped art!

We have been very busy and have enjoyed meeting store owners and retailers from all over the world. Our make and take has also seen non stop action and I will post pictures and instructions from our make and take during the week. We have received lots of compliments on it!

If you are at CHA, please makes sure to stop by our booth and say hi!

More pictures to come in the next few days. Have a great evening! ~Karen

New Releases are Available Now!

2008 Winter New Releases

Due to CHA, orders will not start shipping until February 20th (at the latest) and all orders will be processed in the order in which they are received. Shipping confirmations with USPS tracking numbers are sent out via email when your order ships. Remember, free shipping  for domestic and apo/fpo for orders over $10. A $2 shipping fee will be charged for orders under $10.

Last Peek....packing and getting ready to leave...

Everything is packed up and boxes have arrived at CHA. I am tying up some loose ends, making last minute phone calls and printing off my boarding pass so I can get myself to Anaheim. Thank goodness the snow all fell last night and hopefully there will be clear weather for my flight tomorrow!

I don't have projects to share, but I am going to share images of my favorite stamps that will be released on Sunday.

This stamp on the left one of my favorite images from the Beautiful Bisous line (available Sunday). It is called "Kewel Vine". I'll be honest when I tell you all that I didn't like this image when I first saw it. I almost tossed it aside before it was even made into rubber. Now, it is my favorite.

My second favorite is "Eye See You". This set of beautiful eyes was taken from a photograph of my daughter's eyes. "Eye See You" can be found under "Evidence" in the webstore.   

My third favorite: "Time's Up" - another Evidence item. I love watches and timepieces and these were images that I felt were missing from my collection of rubber.

One final stamp set: Pay Your Dues - Holidays TWO. These are greetings that were missing from our other sets that contain greetings. I really like the "Just Because" sentiment. This set will be released under Components on Sunday.

I will continue to update while at CHA and share the CHA experience with you. I will hopefully (if technology works with me!) bring you into our booth via video and/or pictures. Please check back!

Enjoy your weekend!

~Karen

Peek #6

Here is another image from the Beautiful Bisous line from the artist who created Bisous Scrapbooks. This one is called Kewel Frame and it is a set of two stamps.

The frame measures 3 inches x 2.25 inches and is a set of two stamps, the frame and the matching flourish. I love to think of other ways to use these stamp images and I really like to create backgrounds. Check out the chair below!

Be on the lookout for this image and all of the new images on Sunday!

Bonus Sneak Peak:

Here you will see the flourish from the Kewel Frame used as a butterfly as well as the Kewel Pinwheel, which was highlighted in a layout in an earlier post. There are three other new images included in this tag...names and additional projects featuring these images sometime during the next few days!

Have a GREAT day! ~Karen

P.S. As you may have noticed, we like to use tags to showcase our stamps. If you are at CHA, stop by our booth and check out the hundreds of tags made by our designers (you can see their other work with ADC stamps by clicking on the link). Store owners - place an order and pick out tags to display at your store that contain the images you ordered! We'll supply a binder ring to hold all the tags and you will have a nice set of samples for your customers.