~Elzybells Art Stamps~

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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.

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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

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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:










































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





Flipper card:







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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

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


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Challenge # 3 ~ January 2009

Posted by Princess Eva Angelica On 3:10 PM 0 comments
Vi er komt 20 dager inni det nye året, og vi står klar med en ny utfordring.
Denne gangen vil vi gjerne at dere lager:

Monokromatiske Valentines kort!

Med monokromatisk så mener vi at du bruker bare 1 farge, men gjerne så mange nyanser som du ønsker innenfor samme farge.
Vi tillater at du bruker "hudfarge" i tillegg til hovedfargen, og selvsagt hvitt og sort der det er naturlig. (f.eks kartong til å stemple på og stemple med svart blekk)

Temaet må være Valentine eller kjærlighet, om vi skal godta bidraget.

Fristen for å levere ditt bidrag er 28. januar ~ midnatt StampARTic time!
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20 days into this brand new year, and we are ready to give you another challenge.
This time we would like you to make:

Monochromatic Valentines Card !

Monochromatic means you are only allowed to use 1 color for the entire card. You can use as many nuances within the same color, as you please.
We allow "skin colors" and of course black and white where that is natural, in addition to the main color. (black and white: f.ex- white cardstock to stamped images, and stamped images with black ink)

Theme must be Valentine or Love.

Deadline is January 28th ~Midnight StampARTic time
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Her kommer inspirasjonsbidrag fra StampARTic`s DT ~
Inspirational cards from the StampARTic`s DT

Miia:


Lene:


Aija:


Jorunn:

Erica:




SasSa:

Carola:


Camilla:

Vår generøse sponsor for denne utfordringen er ~ Our generous sponsor for this challenge is


"We design an original range of rubber stamps for card making and other crafting projects. Our stamps are made from high quality, deeply etched rubber. All our stamps are available to purchase wood mounted or unmounted and we have a great new range of clear stamps made from high quality polymer. Elzybells Art Stamps ships world wide."


En heldig vinner får disse umonterte stemplene fra Elzybells Art Stamps nye og nydelige Valentine kolleksjon.

One lucky winner receive these unmounted rubber stamps from Elzybells Art Stamps new and wonderful valentines collection:



Vi håper å få se mange bidrag med nydelige monokromatiske valentineskort fra dere!

We hope to see many entries with beautiful monochromatic valentines cards from all of you!

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Winner of shakercard challange....

Posted by Princess Eva Angelica On 12:45 PM 0 comments
Det är otroligt hur många ljuvliga bidrag vi får till våra tävlingar. Det är så skoj att se! Tack allihop för att ni deltar!!
Hoppas ni fick många idéer till att fortsätta göra shakerkort.

Ännu en gång visar vi en bild på det fina priset från Fiskars som vinnaren får.
En hörnstans och en kantstans båda naturligtvis från Fiskars.

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It´s amazing how many gorgeous cards that are participating in each challange. Lovely to see them all! Thanks all for joining!!
Hope you got lots of ideas to keep make shakercards.

One´s again we show the awesome price from Fiskars that the lucky winner gets.
One cornerpunch and one borderpunch both of course from Fiskars .
Nu har jag varit och besökt Random.org för att få hjälp att lotta en vinnare bland de ljuvliga bidragen.
Och vinnaren är....

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Now I have payed a visit to Random.org to help us choose a winner among this lovely contributions.
And the winner is..
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Bente, with this cute card:



Bente, var snäll och skicka din adress till stampartic@gmail.com. Så vi vet vart vi ska skicka priset :).
Och till er alla ;), nästa tävling kommer på tisdag. Men det kan komma något innan det, man vet ju aldrig...
Med önskan om en fortsatt trevlig dag,
från alla oss på StampARTic!

Bente, please send your adress to stampartic@gmail.com. So we know where to send the price :).
And to all of you ;), next challange is posted on tuesday. But you´ll never know when we post the next time...
Best wishes for a continued nice day, from all of us at StampARTic!

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Shoppingtips

Posted by Princess Eva Angelica On 8:15 AM 0 comments
Vi er klar for noen nye tips for shopping i det nye året også!

Denne gangen er det Jorunn, Camilla og Carola som har oppdaga noe nytt som vi vil dele med dere!


We are ready for some new shoppingtips for you this year too!
This time Jorunn, Camilla and Carola have discovered something new we want to share with you!



Jorunn sitt tips ~ Jorunn's tip:


Dagslyslamper ~ Daylight lamps:




Jorunn says:
Jeg har oppdaget lamper til arbeidsbordet som gir dagslys.
Dette har gitt meg en helt ny hverdag på hobbyrommet mitt, der jeg ofte sitter både kveld og natt!
Det er enklere å fargelegge i dette lyset og å sette sammen riktige farger på kortet.

I tillegg så kan du fotografere kortene dine i dette lyset, uten å få gule bilder!

Jeg har kjøpt merket Ott-Lite hos en lokal lampeforretning, som hører til kjeden Mesterlys, Den kan også fås kjøpt hos Scrapshop, og hos
Ataljé Margaretha

Lampen på det nederste bildet er oppladbar og sammenleggbar og er ypperlig å ta med på treff.


I have discovered a work light for my scrap room that gives daylight! This lamp has given my a brand new experience in my scrap room, as I often work evenings and nights in there!
It makes it so much easier to color in images, and to put together the "right" colors!

You can also photograph your cards in this light, without getting yellow pictures!

I bought my lamp, Ott-lite, at a local store, Mesterlys. You can also get it at Scrapshop and at Ataljé Margaretha.

The lamp on the bottom picture, is rechargeable and portable, and perfect for crops!


Camilla sitt tips ~ Camilla's tip:

Papirloftets Mulberry blomster og blad ~
Papirloftets flowers and Leaves




Camilla says;
Jeg har falt helt for desse vakre blomstrene, og hver gang jeg kjøper en pakke av disse blomstrenen går det 5 .- NOK til Regnskogfondet. Jeg liker godt det faktum at jeg kan bidra til fondet på denne måten. Disse blomstrene finne du selvsagt hos Papirloftet.

I have fallen in love with these beautiful flowers, and every time I purchase some of these, 5 .- NOK is given to the rain forest foundation.
And I like that I can contribute to that foundation in this way.
These flowers you can get at, of course, at Papirloftet


Carola sitt tips ~ Carola's tip:

Robin Nest's Dew drops





Carola says:
Jeg syns disse dew dropsene er så vakre til å pynte opp kortene mine med!
De er å få kjøpt hos bl.a Heinikka

I just love these dew drops for embellishing my cards! You can get theme at Heinikka


God shopping ~ Happy shopping
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Vi minner om shaker kort utfordringen, fristen er i morgen 17. januar ved midnatt StampARTic time!

Remember the shaker card challenge, due tomorrow January 17th, midnight, StampARTic time.

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Vi besøker Stämpelfabriken

Posted by Princess Eva Angelica On 2:06 PM 0 comments


I Sverige finner vi Stämpelfabriken, en av våre generøse sponsorer! Vi har fått lekt litt med deres produkter, men før vi viser dere vår produksjon, så skal vi la Stämpelfabriken fortelle litt om seg selv:


Företagspresentation Stämpelfabriken

Nya Stämpelfabriken Carl J Gunn AB är ett familjeföretag grundat redan 1911. Idag är det den fjärde generationen Gunn som driver företaget. Vi har i snart 100 år tillverkat kontorsstämplar i egen fabrik. Sedan ett 10-tal år ingår även motivstämplar i vårt sortiment.

Stämpelfabriken erbjuder ett brett sortiment av produkter för korttillverkning. Vi har ett stort utbud av motivstämplar för alla smaker både monterat och omonterat. Hos oss hittar ni alltid kompletta färgskalor av alla färgdynor som vi lagerför, såsom Versa Color, Versa Magic, Versa Mark, Encore metallic, Memento, Brilliance, Distress Ink och Tsukineko embossingpennor. Över 50 olika embossingpulver finner ni också i butiken. Tillbehör såsom band, brads och blommor ingår givetvis också i sortimentet. Vi har inga förbeställningar av varor utan lagerhåller alla våra artiklar för snabba leveranser. Vi tillverkar även personliga stämplar såsom monogram för bröllop, fotavtryck till dop etc.

Just nu har vi ett erbjudande till alla läsare på StampARTic, en personlig “Handgjort av”-stämpel till specialpris. Skriv “StampARTic” i meddelanderutan så erhåller du stämpeln till 99,- SEK (ord.pris 125,-)

Välkommen!


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In Sweden we find Stämpelfabriken, one of our generous sponsors!
We got to play around with some of their products, but before we show you what we made, we`ll let Stämpelfabriken tell us a little about themself:


Company presentation of Stämpelfabriken

The New Stämpelfabriken Carl J Gunn AB is a family business founded already in 1911. Today we are the 4th generation Gunns that runs the company. We have in almost 100 years made office stamps in our own factory. In the last centuries we also have added our own line of image stamps to our company.

Stämpelfabriken can offer a great line of products for card making. We have a large selection of image rubber stamps, both mounted and unmounted. You`ll always find the complete color scheme of all ink pads we have in our selections, like Versa Color, Versa Magic, Versa Mark, Encore metallic, Memento, Brilliance, Distress Ink and Tsukineko embossing pens. You can finde more then 50 different embossingpowders in our store too. Embellishments like ribbons, brads and flowers also have a place in our selection. We offer no pre-ordering of our merchandise, as we stock all our merchandise for quick delivery.
We also make personalized rubber stamps like monograms for weddings or footprints for baptism.

Right now we have a great offer for all of the StampARTic readers, a personalized ”handmade” rubber stamp for a nice price. Just write ”StampARTic” in the comment field, and you`ll get the stamp for 99,- SEK (ordinary price is 125.- SEK).


Welcome!




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Her kan dere se en av DT pakkene som vi fikk til rådighet! Og vi har virkelig fått boltre oss og vi har kost oss masse med denne pakken.
Nedenfor ser dere hva hver enkelt DT medlem har laget. Sett deg godt tilrette, for vi har laget mange prosjekter.... :o)

Hvis du vil se flere detaljer av kortene, kan du besøke hver enkelt DT medlems blogg!


Here you can take a look at one of the DT package we got to play with. And we have really had fun and enjoyed this package!
You can see our projects underneath, and if you would like to see more details, you can visit the DT members personal blog!

Sit back and take your time, we have made many projects..... :o)
































































































inside the card:


Vi sier tusen takk til Stämpelfabriken for den flotte DT pakken vi fikk leke oss med.
Håper mange av våre lesere benytter seg av muligheten til å få et nydelig personlig stempel til spesial pris!

Thank you so much Stämpelfabriken for the great DT package we got to play with!
We hope many of our readers will take this opportunity to get a beautiful personalized rubber stamp for a special price!

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