Serendipity Stamps Blog

New Stamps!

Our new line of Fall and Winter Stamps is up on the Serendipity Stamps website!  And the plates arrived today so those of you who pre-ordered – your orders will ship in a day or two.

Customer Challenge – Halloween!
Due: Sept 16th, 2011
Prize:  Halloween Super Pack – one of each of our individual Halloween Stamps (on cling cushion).  That’s over 40 stamps!
Want some more inspiration?  Head over to our Halloween Gallery.

Holly Craft just sent a photo of this delightful little accordian book.   She used the Pirate Puppy Cling set, 1121QCL.

When I was a girl I my mother and I used to visit an old cemetery in St. Louis.   We weren’t visiting the graves – we didn’t know anyone there.   We were hunting pinecones and acorns.   My mom made the most beautiful wired pinecone wreaths with the natural treasures we’d find in the cemetery.  As a result of these foraging trips, I’m not in the least superstitious about “graveyards” – indeed they can be beautiful, peaceful places to spend some time.   But put a Graveyard in the hands of the Serendipity Stamps Design Team and there’s nothing peaceful about it!   It’s a whole new world of creativity! 

After you take a look at the cards below, head over to our Gallery to see our new Halloween section.   Eventually I’ll have a whole new set of Galleries organzied by subject, just like this new Halloween section.   Dozens of Halloween cards in one place!

The first card below was designed by Jenny Gropp – Serendipity’s Guest Designer.  The one below that is from Sue Eldred.   Both ladies used 1229H – Graveyard and 1228D Have a Wicked Good Day.

We’ve been so busy at Serendipity Stamps that today I had to go digging in dark corners to find boxes to ship orders.   Ugh – that means spiders!   I’m not a jump up and scream type when it comes to spiders – in fact I tend to carry the box over to the door and dump the little guys outside – but that doesn’t mean I LIKE them.   However, I dare you not to like our new little Spider image – 1226E - especially after you see what some members of the SS design team created with him!

We’ll start with the awesome decorated pumpkin by Amy Cokley.

Next a card from Sue Eldred.  In addition to the Spider, Sue used 851D – Who Loves Ya - which is on our Dollar Sale right now!

And last, but of course not least, is Lynda Benden’s card.  Lynda too used a stamp from our Dollar Sale – Boo Lg – 660C.

FINALLY!   I’ve got the new images up on the www.serendipitystamps.com website!   Here are a couple to pique your interest.   Now go to the New Stamps section to see the rest!   The Design Team just got their batch so it won’t be long before they have some great new samples to show off for us!.

Congratulations to Velta Wesson!   You won the random drawing from our Customer Postcard Challenge!   Velta gets a free QCL sized cling set of her choice.   Thanks for entering Velta and here’s the pretty postcard you sent.   She used our cling set 712QCL – Adirondak Chair.   You can check out Velta’s blog at http://www.impressionsbyv.blogspot.com/

 Watch for my next post to see what our next Customer Challenge will be.  

Sale time!  You can save 10% to 20% on stamps in the Halloween Category at www.serendipitystamps.com.  But don’t wait too long – the sale ends Sept 27th! 

This will give all of you a chance to stock up on Serendipity Halloween stamps so you can enter our Customer Halloween Challenge!   Just email a photo of your Halloween card or project, stamped with Serendipity Stamps, to serendipity@serendipitystamps.com before October 15th.  We’ll post them all right here on October 15th, and draw a random entry to win a $20 gift certificate to Serendipity Stamps!  Last week Mary Puskar won our Monochrome challenge. 

Here’s an awesome scrapbook page created by Sue Eldred using our Batty Cling Set. 

Below are the submissions from the Serendipity Stamps Design Team for the September Halloween Challenge.  They came up with some really great ideas!  Some designers sent me more than one design and I didn’t keep good notes on what was for the challenge and what was just for fun so I put them all in – the more the merrier!  Be sure to check out the gallery at the bottom of this post – there are multiple picture of some items there. 

Now it’s your turn!  Enter our Halloween Reader Challenge!  Just send a photo of your Halloween Project, made exclusively with Serendipity Stamps, to serendipityreadercards@gmail.com.   Be sure to tell us your name and include your blog info if applicable!   The deadline for the Halloween Reader Challenge is October 15th.  A random entry will be chosen to win a $20 gift certificate for Serendipity Stamps!

The picture below is more than just a card – it’s a little pocket book to hold cards or candy!

These two cards were made using images Serendipity Stamps released in earlier years.  When you’re shopping for Halloween images on the serendipitystamps.com website, be sure to look at our Halloween stamp section in addition to the New Stamps section.  The first card is from Kathie Bailey, using our Witch – 795H image.  Notice how she mimicked the belt on the witches hat with her ribbon on the card?  The second card is from Lynda Benden and uses image 669H – Ghosties.   Both Kathie and Lynda have beautiful blogs where you can find more details for these cards – check out the links over to the right.

These Tall Pumpkins – 1174H are the favorite of the design team!  Check out Jennifer, Anya and Sue’s versions below.  And below that is a non-pumpkin card.  Jennifer Woodward created this card specifically with the idea of designing a card with just a word stamp.   I think she did a great job – love all that glitter!  She used the 1175D- Happy Boo Day image.

Here are two witches for you – two very different cards made using 1176E – Witch Sihouette.  Holly Craft’s little pop-up card is amazing!  Check out her blog for instructions.  And Amy Cokley’s card shows a great use for hinged tabs (those probably have a much better name, but I’ll be darned if I know what it is!).