Meet our Guest Diva

So, what do you think of our team so far?! We are so excited and CAN'T wait to get started! Only 1 more day and the sneak peeks begin!!!

Wow! We are so thrilled at the lovely ladies who applied for the Guest Diva position! It was so hard to choose, but alas...there is only spot open! Thank you all so much for trying out. There will be other opportunities in the future so make sure to stick around!!!

Today we would like to introduce our Guest Diva for October and November...

Denise Sanchez

My name is Denise and I reside In Albuquerque, NM. I've been a crafter pretty much all of my life and have been designing cards for about a year now. Greg is my "hubby" and we have been together for 14years. We have a 2 Pomerarian, 2 Cat, 2 Turtle, and 10 Beta fish "pet" family. My latest addition being "Natasha" a Siamese kitten! I've been a crafter pretty much all of my life, I've done ceramics, cross stitching, a now I focus on jewelry design and beading, paper crafting and card designing. You will pretty much "see" all these influences in my "card" designing as several of my cards include "little charms" and "beads".I'm VERY partial to animals, especially DOGS and CATS, so this is the TEAM for me!I also like FLOWERS, GLITTERS, RIBBONS and 3-D details which are usually all included in every card I make. Congratulations to everyone on the team, and I'm very {{HAPPY}} to be included in this team!

Also, Lacey has some blog candy on her blog!

The sneak peeks start TOMORROW!! Are you as excited as us?

Last but not least...

Today we have the last of our Design Team! We are so pleased to have these lovely ladies on our team...

Jeanette

My name is Jeanette and I live in "La Belle Province" Québec, Canada. I am happily married and have 3 little boys who keep me pretty busy! I have always enjoyed all things crafty and discovered the amazing world of stamping about 18 months ago. I fell in love immediately. I adore cute and whimsical stamps and the whole process of creating with them. I am so happy to be part of this incredible and talented team!

Tina

I am a wife, mother of three daughters (31, 28, 27) and a 15 year old boy, grandma of two little girls (4 and 5) and a young man (6) who started school this summer. In my freetime (I work in a hospital), I make cards and little paper projects.

Make sure to visit these lovely ladies' blogs and give them a warm welcome to the team! I promise that you will be amazed at their creations!!

Nikki and I will be choosing our Guest Diva!! And we will announce the winner tomorrow!

In the mean time, don't forget about our blog candy here!

2 more wonderful ladies....

Oh goodness before I introduce our next two Diva's I just have to say... how cute was Lacey's box and card!

The next two wonderful ladies to join our little family are:

Jacqui Dennis

I live in a village just outside Canterbury in Kent (UK), and have been retired for the last 2 years, I have 4 sons and 6 Grandsons and 1 Grandaughter. I discovered stamping about 18 months ago and have been seriously hooked ever since, "Cute" is my weakness. I try to use as many colouring mediums as I can and have phases of using COPICS, Distress Inks and on the odd occasion Prisma's. I am also addicted to flowers and charms on my creations and do not consider a card finished with out them. I have to make at least one card a day or I start to get withdrawal symptoms.

Karen Goguen

I am an empty nester living in SW Ontario Canada with my hubby and our boxer Layla. I have been stamping for 3 years and my passion is water colouring with Tombow markers. I am so honored to be a Wags 'n Whiskers Diva.

To our visitors who are just joining us now... be sure to check out our first post here where you have the chance to win the complete set of our first release.

I have to tell you... you will be in for a real treat on Wednesday... the design teams samples are ROCKING!

Have a wonderful Sunday!

World Card Making Day!!

We are so excited to be able to participate with the World Card Making Day Blog Hop!

I know we have only introduced 4 of our Design Team Members (make sure to check the post below to see Divas #3 & #4), but I promise you that our team reaches almost every corner of the world!!

We have: 2 from England, The Netherlands, Norway, 2 from Canada, and in the USA we are spread out from Florida, New York, and Oregon!

So, to celebrate World Card Making Day today, I have a lovely gift set to share with you using one of our new images...

The image on the box may look familiar since it is our logo. It is called Furry Friends and it will be available for sale with our very first release on October 9th!

I needed a Thank you gift to give my Sister in Law for watching my dog Princess while we were out of town. She has 2 dogs of her own so I thought it would be nice to give her a decorative box to hold her dog's treats!

Isn't this much better to look at than the box of dog treats from the store?!

If you would like to know how to make this box, go to Lacey's blog for a full tutorial.

Of course, I needed a thank you card to go along with my gift.

I used the same layout and the same materials to create this simple card. The only stamping involved is the sentiment. And some bling to finish it off!

Don't forget that we have blog candy to help announce our new company! Make sure to check it out here!

We will be back tomorrow to introduce 2 more of our Design Divas!

Introducing 2 more Design Divas

Hello there! I hope you are enjoying the introductions to our wonderful design team! The Divas, as we like to call them, have already been working hard behind the scenes making stunning cards with the new images!! Oh, I can barely wait for the release and blog hop on October 9th!!

Today, we will have 2 posts for you. Since today is World Card Making Day..and since our Design Team is from ALL OVER the world... we thought it would be fun to participate in the blog hop! So make sure to check out the other post as well.

But now, I would like to introduce you to 2 more lovely Divas...

Danielle Kennedy

I am a very busy working mom of two boys ages 6 and 3. I have always loved all kinds of arts and crafts and I've been stamping for about 10 years now. I am also an experienced nature photographer. I'd say that my style is simple and whimsical images are probably my favorite!

Kristine Moldenhauer Biseth

I am a 28 year old girl from Norway. I live on a farm together with my fiancee and our beloved cat. We live by the famous fjord of Hardanger, one of the most beautiful places in Norway. My cards are a little bit of this and a little bit of that. I love both vintage style and clean & simple style. I think the stamps are the reason why I love cardmaking. Since I was a child I always dreamt of being able to draw. Even though I took art classes I never got the hang of it. When I discovered stamps it felt like a revelation to me. Why not let other artists draw the images, and all I have to do is colour them!?! I love it! After trying lots of colouring techniques I know love my Markers and Distress Inks. I have to thank all my family, friends, neighbours, co-workers etc. who buys my handmade cards! It means the world to me that someone likes them and appreciate the work I put into them!

Make sure to go visit their blogs and give them a warm welcome!

Also, don't forget about our blog candy here.

Our first two Designers....

Before we introduce you to our first two designers we would like to say a huge thank you for all of the wonderful messages left on our introduction post. They really mean so much!

As Lacey mentioned yesterday we have the most talented Design Team from all over the world! We now introduce our first two wonderful designers - Inge Groot and Niki Estes.

Inge Groot

I am a working mom, married to my high school sweetheart and we have two girls together. We live in the Netherlands in a small town called Bovenkarspel.
As long as I can remember I love being busy with “crafty” things. I fell in love with stamping and the possibilities of stamps in 2003 since then , I must confess ;), I am a rubberaddict! I discovered blogs a couple of years ago and learned so much from a lot of the stamping girls out there. I’m designing for Card Art, High Hopes Rubber Stamps, Magnolia and now being asked to join Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps is such a big honour. It is so much fun and a great chance to get to know a lot of people from all over the world who are loving to do the same thing… create something nice, share this and have fun doing that.

Niki Estes

My name is Niki Estes and I'm from Oregon. I'm married to my high school sweetheart and we have two amazing (and busy) children. I fell in love with stamping a couple years ago. My style is very eclectic; I create things based upon my mood and where inspiration strikes. I am so honored to get to work with Lacey and Nikki as they make their dreams come true with their new stamp company.

We are so excited to have these wonderful ladies on our team! Make sure to visit their blogs and give them a warm welcome!

Also, don't forget about the blog candy that we are offering here if you help us spread the word about our company.

See you tomorrow when we will be back to introduce you to two more of the team :-)

Introducing Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps

We can barely contain our excitement!! It has been so hard to keep this quiet!! But now we get to shout it to the world!!!

Nikki Fairbairn and Lacey Stephens (me) have joined forces from across the Atlantic Ocean to create our own Stamp Company called Wags ‘n Whiskers Rubber Stamps!!

Our images are based on our wonderful children and our furry pets! Zoe and Danni are Nikki’s beautiful girls with their pets Gemma (the “fat” older cat in the logo) and Bella (Danni’s little kitten). Ansley is Lacey’s sweet daughter with her little Yorkshire Terrior (or Yorkie for short) named Princess. And Ryan is Lacey’s active son with his trusty doggie blanket named BoBo!

The images of our children are brought to life by the super talented Crissy Armstrong!! YEAH!!!

Nikki, Crissy, and I all met while on the Design Team for High Hopes Rubber Stamps. When Crissy stepped down as their illustrator this summer, Nikki and I couldn’t let her slip away!! Within a very short time, we worked together to create Wags ‘n Whiskers Rubber Stamps!!

Over the next week, we will introduce you to our team. We have hand selected a very talented Design Team from ALL OVER THE WORLD! We are so blessed to be working with such amazing talent.

After our introductions, we will start sneak peeks here and on the Design Team blogs beginning on October 7th.

Our tour around the world to meet our talented Design Divas will explode on October 9th with a Blog Hop and Release!! There will be tons of prizes along the blog hop!! So you may want to become a follower of our blog so you don’t miss any of the action!!

There is even more great news!! We are looking for 1 talented Guest Designer to join us on the Blog Hop!! Please see the post below for the details on the Guest Diva Contest.

But the excitement doesn't stop there!!!

Would you like to win a complete set of our first release?!

To be entered into a drawing for the full release:

1. Grab our logo in the sidebar and place on your blog

2. Post on your blog about our new company and our Blog Hop and Release on October 9th

3. Become a follower of this blog

4. Leave a comment on this post with a link to your blog post announcing our company

The contest ends at Midnight (Eastern Standard Time) on October 9th!!

Now to introduce you to our artist, Crissy Armstrong…

"I have loved creating art all of my life, and I am happiest when I have a blank piece of paper and a pencil in my hand! I have taken various art courses through college and art clubs, but most of my skill has developed the hard way; through lots of practice! Stamp illustrating is such an exciting avenue for me, because I get a double blessing. The first blessing is the joy of creating a new design. But then I get to enjoy it all over again when I see what people make with my images! When they add color and embellishments and incorporate one of my illustrations into their own project, I feel as if I am collaborating with them to make something beautiful! I don't take this gift for granted, and it amazes me every time I think about it!"

We will see you tomorrow as we introduce you to two of our Design Divas!!