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October 29, 2009

Trick or Treat


All images from The Halloween plate and technique from Technique Junkies.
Happy Halloween!
Designed by Lynn Stevens

October 22, 2009

Home Time


I had a chance to play with my new plate The Outpost. What awesome images.
Designed by Lynn Stevens Guest Artist

Snowy Woods


The Santa image is stamped in Riding Hood Red on White card stock, then sponged with Soft Suede Ink. The sentiment is stamped in Soft Suede on White card stock and sponged with Soft Suede Ink. Don't forget if you own Artistic Outpost images - check out the Sketch Challenge here - grab your stamps and play along!


Stamps - Artistic Outpost Snowy Woods
Designer - Lisa Somerville

Halloween Treat Box



I filled my box with some Candy Corn Mix - added the cute image from the Vintage Halloween Plate. Makes a great little treat bag for Halloween.

Stamps - Vintage Halloween
Designer - Lisa Somerville

October 21, 2009

Happy Halloween Punkin!


ATC made using Vintage Halloween plate
Designed by: Robin Willis, design team

Customer Artwork - Ann Clack


Is this not a festive and fun card from artist, Ann Clack?


Ann used one of Pat's fun techniques from Technique Junkies.


Thanks for sharing this with us, Ann!!!




October 20, 2009

Halloween Cutie


Image is stamped in Black Archival on a piece of White card stock that was brayered with Pumpkin Pie Ink. The printed papers are from Basic Grey's Eerie Collection.


Designer - Lisa Somerville

October 19, 2009

Getting Spooky with the Birthday Sketch

Here's another take on the fabulous Artistic Outpost Birthday Sketch Challenge!

Stamps:
Vintage Halloween

Guest Designer:
Sharon Briss

Know what's scary? Time's running out to play this wonderful challenge! Yikes! You only have until October 23rd to get in on the fun and get your chance to win a $25.00 gift certificate to the Artistic Outpost store!

Don't get spooked! There's still lots of time to create something before Friday! Check the original post to see this great sketch, get all the details and come and play with us!

October 15, 2009

Artistic Outpost Birthday Sale - limited time offer!

This month marks Artistic Outpost's second birthday.

It's amazing how much can change in a mere two years. Artistic Outpost has grown from just 8 stamp collections to over 30. We have made friends around the globe from South Africa to Japan, from Maine to California, and we continue to be inspired by our fellow artists and customers.

To celebrate our birthday, we are having our own one day sale just like the big stores.

Well, actually it's a FOUR day sale. From now until October 18th, we are offering 25%* off your entire purchase. Remember, you get free US shipping for all orders over $50, and international free shipping over $150.

Use coupon code "birthday2009" at checkout to receive our discount. Hurry! This sale is only good through October 18th.

*Does not include EZ Mount cling foam sheets or multi-packs.


Also new to the store - Neenah and Kromekote card stock

Be sure to check out the great deals we have on Neenah Classic Crest and Kromekote card stock. These are our very favorite stamping papers, and we know you'll love the superior image quality you get from using both the Neenah Classic Crest smooth uncoated paper and Kromekote coated super glossy card stock.

Halloween Fun

A fun Halloween project with some cardboard ,wax and the Awesome images from Generation Redux, who says you need Halloween images to make a spooky project! designed by Lynn Stevens- Guest Artist

October 14, 2009

Happy Halloween!


Artwork by Cathy Edgar, Guest Designer


Halloween is my favorite holiday but I don't like spooky stuff.

October 13, 2009

Birthday Sketch Participant - Megan Lafko






Thanks so much to customer Megan Lafko who participated in our birthday sketch challenge. Megan doesn't maintain a personal blog, but she wanted to make sure that she got a chance to help us celebrate. Here are Megan's three interpretations of the sketch.

The Outpost


Cover an oddly shaped coaster for an interesting door hanger!

Stamps: The Outpost

Guest Designer: Toni Tessler

October 12, 2009

Harvest Season for the Challenge Sketch

Artistic Outpost is celebrating its 2nd birthday with a fabulous sketch challenge! To play along, use this sketch to make your own birthday-themed or Autumn-themed card using Artistic Outpost images only!
When I used this sketch, I pulled out my fabulous Bluebird plate. I used the versatile harvest collage image, one of my absolute favorites, and the wonderful text background stamp from this set to create a Harvest card.

Play along before October 23rd and get a chance to win a $25.00 gift certificate to the Artistic Outpost store! For more information, go straight to the challenge post!



Stamps:
Bluebird

Guest Designer:
Sharon Briss

The birthday sketch challenge isn't the only thing happening at Artistic Outpost this month! Take time to join in on the October Artistic Outpost Referral Contest for a chance to win a free plate from Artistic Outpost.

For complete details, go to this month's Referral Program post.

Make some time to play with your stamps this week and to play along with these fun contests!

October 7, 2009

Pumpkin Patch


Its time to start stamping all those Halloween cards for all your ghoul friends, if you haven't already started! Here's one using the Vintage Halloween plate.
Designed by Lynn Stevens

The Outpost

















Stamps - The Outpost
Designer - Lisa Somerville

October 6, 2009

The Outpost

Doesn't this tree just scream fall colors? I added color to this card with chalks.

Stamps: The Outpost

Guest Designer: Toni Tessler



October 4, 2009

Artistic Outpost October Referral Contest

When you create artwork with Artistic Outpost images and upload to an online gallery/album/or blog - you could win a FREE plate of Artistic Outpost images (Value $14.00).To be eligible for the Artistic Outpost Referral Program, each time you upload a creation using Artistic Outpost images, include stamp credits with an active link to http://www.artisticoutpost.com/, then leave a direct link to your creation on the months Referral Program post here on the Artistic Outpost Blog, to be entered into our monthly drawing for one FREE plate of Artistic Outpost images ($14.00 value).

Note, links left here on the Artistic Outpost Blog need to include a direct link to the project you have uploaded. Links with general links to galleries/albums/blogs will not qualify as our time is limited and we cannot search through pages of entries to see which upload uses Artistic Outpost images. Please use this post to leave your links for September, all links must be posted by 10/31 to be eligible for the October Referral Program. The winner will be chosen through a random drawing and will be posted here on the Artistic Outpost Blog, be sure to check back in November to see if you've won. Remember entries must be for the current month in which you are posting. We're looking forward to seeing your creations using Artistic Outpost images.

September Referral Winner

Thanks to all who played in our September Referral program - we love seeing your work created with Artistic Outpost images. We had the random number generator pick this months winner


True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 4

TesaB said...
I've made another card with the Happiness set. It can be found Here
September 9, 2009 3:00 AM

Congrats Tesa - please email me with your information.

Don't forget you have until October 31st for this month Referral Contest and October 23rd for the Birthday Sketch Challenge. Good Luck!

The Ouptost


Stamps: The Outpost
Guest Designer: Debby Boltman

October 2, 2009

Metal Etching


I used the new stamp from the Generation Redux plate to do this metal etching I just learned how to do. I plan on making a jewelry piece with this one. Its so much fun!
Designed nby Lynn Stevens guest artist

October 1, 2009

Artistic Outpost Birthday Celebration!


Artistic Outpost is celebrating our 2nd Birthday! You have a chance to get a present from us by participating in our challenge. The challenge is pretty simple, just use this sketch and create a Fall or Birthday Themed card using Artistic Outpost images. You'll have until October 23rd to leave your link here on the Artistic Outpost Blog, using Mr. Linky.

ETA - if you don't have a blog you're more than welcome to play along, just upload to any online gallery, then post your direct link here using Mr. Linky.

One winner will be chosen on October 31st, through the Random Number Generator, be sure to check back to see if you've won. The prize is a $25 gift certificate to the Artistic Outpost Store. Note, Artistic Outpost Designers are NOT eligible for the prize.

We can't wait to see your version of this sketch/theme using our images. Please use a direct link to your card so the readers can easily find it. Only those cards that use Artistic Outpost images following the sketch/theme will be eligible for the random drawing. We reserve the right to remove links to any cards not following this challenge.

For added information check out the Artistic Outpost Designers Blogs

Lisa Somerville
Gerrie Johnnic
Debby Boltman
Lynn Stevens
Sharon Briss
Toni Tessler
Robin Willis
Judy Hayes
Cathy Edgar








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