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Merry Christmas! Gorgeous Handmade Christmas Card by Rebecca!

2011-12-14T13:51:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone! Here's a beautiful handmade card created by our dt member Rebecca!

She used our retro tree rubber stamp.

Check out her BLOG for more!!

Hope you and yours have an Amazing Christmas and a Fabulous New Year!

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Holdin' on to Halloween - Cards and Crafts by Customers!

2011-12-14T13:24:00.000-08:00

I know Christmas is coming and my house looks like the Electric Light Parade and a 1960's Christmas Kitschy Smorgasbord right now, but I just HAD to post these awesome Halloween cards by our good friend RINA!

So for those of you who celebrate Halloween all year long - here ya go! Pop up tags by RINA!

Check out her BLOG too for more pictures of these tags! They open up and have a unique way of folding too.

And here's a couple of links to some ATCs made by her customers with more of our rubber stamps!

This one is by MARO

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rina53/6285081034/in/set-72157627862389223/

And this one is by MARU

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rina53/6284561537/in/set-72157627862389223/

Check it out!

And SCARY Christmas!!

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DOMINO PENDANTS! Handmade Christmas gift ideas galore!!

2011-10-19T17:56:00.000-07:00

Check it out! Magnets, pins, pendants! Anything you can imagine made with these cute little dominoes, our rubber stamps, ink, embossing powder, markers and paint! YUM!! Got your craft mojo going yet?

All these beautiful goodies were made by Alice of Run Alice Run on etsy.

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Handstamped Christmas Cards! Ideas for your holiday card making!

2011-10-19T17:43:00.000-07:00

Here are some oldies but goodies made by some of our good friends!

These first two cards are by RINA! She used our Merry Christmas stamp, Santa stamp and Holly stamp.

On this one she used our Merry Christmas and Reindeer.

This card is by DANA! She use our reindeer as well.

And this one is by CHERYL! She used our christmas bulbs to make a photo album of memories.

Beautiful art work huh?! Hope these inspire you craftily this holiday season!!

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Brand New Christmas Snowman Card by DT member Rebecca!!

2011-10-11T10:58:00.000-07:00

Happy Tuesday Everyone! Here is the latest super cute creation by out DT member Rebecca!! She made the snow all shiny! So cool!!!

She said ~ "For this card I used misc card stock from my scrap stash, Basic Black ink pad (Stampin' Up), baker's twine, copic markers and sugar coating glitter (Doodlebug)." She used our Stumpy Snowman rubber stamp. Thanks Rebecca!!

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More design team goodies! Retro Halloween, Retro Christmas, Dad card and Mod!!

2011-10-04T13:35:00.000-07:00

LOOK at these talented submissions for this week!! The detail and layout on these cards is amazing! I'm so proud of our design team members!!

The first card is by Rina K. She used our retro owl and jackolantern. Look at the shading she did! Awesome!! Check out more beautiful creations on Rina's blog!

Here's how she made it: "I made a fun Halloween card using Sideshow stamps again! I put a witch hat(it's punched out part!) on a retro owl's head. Isn't it cute? Coloring with Copic Markers."

This next beautiful card is by Rebecca. She used our retro reindeer stamp. Look at the shiny background detail... gorgeous! Here's how she made it.

"For this project I used the retro reindeer stamp from Sideshow Stamps, Glitz Design Distressing Stamps, Top Boss Embossing Stamp Pad, Stampin' Up Pacific Point Stamp Pad, Ranger Ink Blending tool, Stampin' Up Occasional Quotes Stamp Set."

This next ATC is by a friend of Rina's, CHIEKO! She used a popcorn pen on the mod girl's coat to make it thick and textured. Neat eh?!

And this last card is by Rebecca, she used our golfer rubber stamp. Very cute and creative sentiment, and great retro color scheme! Check out more great art from Rebecca on her blog.

Here's how she made this one:

"For this project - Sideshow Stamps: Golfer. Copic Markers: Y21 Buttercup Yellow, Y695 Pale Olive, Y15 Cadmium Yellow, R27 Cadmium Red, W7 Warm Gray and 0 Colorless Blender. Stampin' Up: Early Espresso, Real Red, White Water Color Pencil. Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Rusty Hinge. Hero Arts: Large Plaid Background Stamp."

Thanks to all of our creative design team members! You are much appreciated!!

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Design Team Card by Rebecca! Retro OWLS!!

2011-09-23T11:13:00.000-07:00

Here is the latest card from our design team member Rebecca!
She said ~
Today I used the a super cute 3 owl border from sideshow stamps! To create the texture on the card stock I misted brown tissue paper with Marshmallow Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels) and crinkled 3-4 times. I then adhered it to the card stock with a bit of Tombow, and then inked the edges with Chocolate Chip ink (Stampin' Up). I grabbed some brown bakers twine and wound it around the card.I stamped the owl image on an oval and colored it using Water Color Pencils (Stampin' Up). I printed the owl sentiment on my pc and hand cut the banner.

Check out Rebecca's beautiful cards at http://thehappycrafters.blogspot.com/

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Design Team Cards and Crafts!! Lisa, Rina and Rebecca!

2011-09-15T12:22:00.000-07:00

We LOVE our design team members! Here are their beautiful creations for this week!

This first card is by Rina K!

Rina said "Here is my Halloween Card using Sideshow Stamps! I stamped "Graveyard"stamp as a background and rubbed dark color inks & stickles on it. I love "Spooky Ghost" stamp very much:) Isn't it cute? Stamps: Graveyard, Spooky Ghost, Owl Border(Sideshow Stamps) Ink: Archival Ink (jet black)/Coloring with Copic markers."

Check out Rina's super cool blog for more great cards and crafts!

These next two cards are by Lisa F! She said "for today i have a very cute owl from sideshow stamps! i build up my atc by first stamping 'paisley background'. i punched out a piece of owl paper and ran it through a textured thing. i punched out 2 butterflies from ms, and ran them through the thingy. the owl was colored with copics. i love this owl, he's so cute!"

Check out Lisa's awesome blog for more cards and crafts!

This card is also by Lisa F. She used our coy fairy rubber stamp.

These next crafts are by Rebecca J! She said "This week I used the Pinstripped Black Widow from Sideshow Stamps...I love how creepy this spider is! I thought it would be fun to pair with with some cutesy twine....and a glittery web effect. For this project, I used metallic silver embossing powder (American Crafts) cut my stamped image and adhered it with a foam tab (American Crafts). To create the glittery web I sprayed my black card stock with stick and spray (CC International) and then sprinkled it with bridal embossing tinsel (Ranger). I also inked the edges of the purple card stock with basic black ink (Stampin' Up). To finish it off I tied a bow using orange and white bakers twine. The wooden blocks are recycled Stampin' Up wood mounts for stamps that I converted to clear mounts. "

"I also used the Pinstripped black widow to create this quick and easy Halloween card using card stock scraps, white pigment ink (Pamass) and my printer..."

Check out Rebecca's cool fun blog for more creative cards and crafts!

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Design Team Creations!! Rina and Lisa rubber stamped CRAFTS!!

2011-09-06T13:38:00.000-07:00

Here are the latest rubber stamped creations by two of our design team members, Rina K and Lisa F!

This first card is by Rina, she used our hep cat, ink spot, and happy anniversary stamps. Check out her blog and website for more beautiful rubber stamped crafts cards and goodies!!

These next crafts are by Lisa F. Check out her blog for tons more cool cards and crafts!

She says ~ "i made this funky cool postcard/card for a very good friend of mine who's birthday is tomorrow. i took white card stock and got a sponge wet, dipped it in gray ink, rubbed that all over. then re-wet it dipped it in copper ink went all over and that is the background. the frame is a stamp from tattered angels, which i embossed and took a lighter too. i then inked it up with distress ink. i stamped 'mod girl' from sideshow stamps (the small trees also came from sideshow), her wings came from tattered angels. the larger tree is from smeared ink. i added glitter to all the trees. the cameo in the corner i cut out of paper."

This next repurposed tin is also by Lisa ~ "i used 70's owl mate from sideshow stamps. have you been over there to see the awesome stamps they have! i colored him with pencils, when over it with e000 copic marker and it blended it nicely. i punched out 2 butterflies added bling, then covered the entire lid with crackle paint. for the sides, i punched out squares glued them and some more bling!"

Thanks girls for these awesome craft creations!

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SUSHI!!! Handmade card by our design team member RINA!!

2011-08-31T11:23:00.000-07:00

Here is a beautiful sushi card by our design team member Rina K! She used our sushi rubber stamps, bamboo, eat sign, squid, pointing hand and smile. Makes you crave sushi huh? :) I'm gonna go get some now...

Thanks Rina for your awesome card creation!!

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Fabric and Stamps - Embossed Rubber Stamped Wall Hanging by Lisa F!

2011-08-31T11:11:00.000-07:00

Here is another beautiful creation by our design team member Lisa F! She used our 40's owl, black hole star, martini and hibiscus rubber stamps and embossed them onto fabric! So creative!

Lisa says - "I stamped them on acetate with versa mark and used gold embossing powder. I then used my crop-a-dile to punch a hole in each corner. I strung either two or three things of beads on the top of each corner. The background for the stamps is left over small pieces of fabric. I hate throwing anything away, so when I have small leftovers, I sew them to 4x4 squares to be used in something later. I cut the squares down, and sewed the stamped image on top. I sewed some pink ribbon at the top so it can hang!"

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Sideshow Stamps Design Team Member - Lisa Fuller's retro mod girl card!

2011-08-20T17:22:00.000-07:00

Check out this beautiful mod girl card made by a member of our design team, Lisa Fuller! Check out her blog as well as all of the details about how she made it here!

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July 4th Sugar Free Low Carb Low Fat Berry Cheesecake PIE!!!

2011-07-19T11:00:00.000-07:00

I made this cute red white and blue pie for the 4th of July recently. I know, I should've taken a picture... but believe me, it was delicious! Who thought you could have cheesecake on a DIET!?!
This low carb sugar free crust is so yummy and tastes a lot like graham cracker crust. The almond milk used in the pudding makes it a soft set, which is why I used the cottage cheese to help thicken. If you're not doing low carb, it will set better with regular milk. Don't use soy milk though, that won't set at all.

Here's the recipe:

Crust:
1 cup almond meal
2 T butter
3 T splenda
1 T vanilla extract
1-2 T water to get the right consistancy

Preheat oven to 350. Mix the ingredients and pat into a greased pie pan. Bake for 15 minutes, but watch that it doesn't burn around the edges.

Filling:
1 pckg sugar free fat free cheesecake pudding
1 cup unsweetened almond milk
1/2 cup half and half
1/2 cup ricotta or cottage cheese
Strawberries and Blueberries to garnish

Mix together the pudding, milk, half and half and cheese. Fill the baked pie crust and decorate the top with sliced strawberries and blueberries. Refridgerate for at least an hour to set.

Enjoy!

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Hot cuppa Joe and an Upcycled Recycled Rubber Stamped Card!!

2011-05-23T13:25:00.000-07:00

Hot cuppa Joe? ahhhh..... sip.....
How's it going everyone? Happy Monday!

Here's a recycled card I made. I wanted to use those cool graphics from the side of a Trader Joe's bag and incorporate them into my design to achieve a vintage look. And I used a recycled piece of paper for the card itself, and a salvaged piece of ribbon for too!

I stamped our victorian perfume bottle, hat and shoe in the background with blue ink. Then stamped our Art Nouveau girl and the spiral onto seperate pieces of card stock. I colored the girl with colored pencils and brushed the edges of the spiral with brown ink and a sponge. I stamped thank you and our victorian key straight onto the card with brown ink. Then I cut out the plane from the T.J.'s bag and colored some highlights onto it with colored pencil. Then I assembled the whole thing with double stick tape.

Pretty cool, quick and easy! :)

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Whoot! Rubber Stamped Owl Cards Galore!!

2011-05-20T14:26:00.000-07:00

It's a regular Owl-Lapalooza!!

These are all hand stamped cards made with our OWL BORDER rubber stamp, by our awesome and talented customers!!

If you'd like a card published that you've made with our stamps, send us a pic in an email and we'll post about you too! :)

This cool card is by Cheryl

Cute Matchbooks by Cheryl

Fun owl card made by Cheryl

Creative Owl Earrings by Eileen

Pretty owl card by Laurel

Retro scrapbook page by Mandy

Cute cards by Mandy

Fun owl card by vicnvin

Mod owls in a row by Beadfreak22

Cute owl gift tags by Tami

Hope you enjoyed these and they inspired you to owl it up!

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Guacamole Ceviche - Cinco De Mayo Low Carb Recipe!

2011-05-05T16:54:00.000-07:00

Happy Cinco De Mayo!

I made up this DEEELLISHUS low carb recipe that combines guacamole and ceviche today, and thought I'd share it with you all.

GUACAMOLE CEVICHE

30 small deveined and no tail frozen shrimp

1/2 T butter

2 T chopped red onion

2 tsp lemon juice

1 tsp cumin

shake of garlic powder

salt and pepper to taste

1 Avocado

1 medium roma tomato

8 black olives

1 jalapeno deseeded and diced

1 small handful of cilantro (about 2 Tbs chopped)

Add shrimp and butter to a saucepan on medium and saute till for about 3 minutes to defrost them. Then add in the red onion, cumin, garlic and salt and pepper. Simmer on medium, letting the liquid reduce for about 5 minutes and then add in the lemon juice. Turn off the heat.

Meanwhile peel the avocado and roughly chop up the avocado, tomato, olives, jalapeno and cilantro and combine in a bowl.

Add the cooked shrimp mix to the veggies and toss to combine. Refridgerate and serve cold or eat it like we did, right away!! SOOOO YUMMY!

Makes 2 servings

Approximately 7.5 carbs (by my calculations)

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Quick and easy 10 minute rubber stamped cards!

2011-04-27T13:13:00.000-07:00

These cards were SOOOOO easy to make and yet they look like I put a lot of work into them!

The first tip is to buy those $1.00 packs of pretty lil' blank cards with corresponding envelopes you see in the Michael's and Target $1 Spot bins. Then craft it up!

On this card I stamped our Happy Anniversary rubber stamp on white card stock then trimmed it. Then I double stick taped it on to a piece of red card stock which I punched some star shapes from. (Got the punch from the dollar spot too!) I double stick taped that onto the card along with some more of those lil' stars, stamped a flower on the envelope, and voila'... DONE!

On this card I stamped our Coffee Shop rubber stamp onto some white card stock. I punched a few of those star shapes out of the edges, along with some small holes I made with a hole punch. I colored the edge insides of the holes and traced a few lines of the rubber stamped image with markers for accent. Then I edged the piece of card stock with green dye ink via a sponge and double stick taped it on. I taped a few more star punches and a ribbon on the bottom, stamped a flower the envelope, and within 10 minutes, this one was DONE too!

Fun and easy for that last minute birthday party or anniversary you need a card for! :)

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Retro Rubber Stamped Cards by Sarah!

2011-04-20T11:47:00.000-07:00

Check out these oldies, but goodies by Sarah Moore! She made these cards for us a few years ago, and I thought they needed to resurface!

Sarah used our retro cherries, neat phrase and saddle shoe rubber stamps on this first card. Easy ribbon weaved through layers of cut squares makes it fancy!

On this one Sarah used our hot dog kid and our far out phrase rubber stamps. Reminds me of the circus. :)Strips of cut paper punched with tiny holes, hole punched stars and a peekaboo hole for the phrase makes this card complete. These easy tips help make something so simple look sooooo cool!

Make up a quick 10 minute card for your bff today!

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Awesome Surly-Ramics pendants by AMY!

2011-01-12T16:47:00.001-08:00

So, I received a box of goodies from a fellow etsy artist named Amy at Surly-Ramics
She makes amazing ceramic pendants, necklaces and bracelets that she hand carves, or stamps, paints, fires etc. It's art you can wear! And makes a perfect gift!

The box was packed like Christmas with two deliciously pretty colors of tissue paper and a quote from Charles Horton Cooley - "An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one."

Amy packed two necklaces for me in cute little black jewelry boxes with silver stretchy cord around the outside. And inside I found her business card and the necklaces extremely well packed with bubble wrap and cotton backing. THANKS AMY!!

These were made with our mod flowers and retro frog rubber stamps.

Sorry for the horrible pictures, that was all I could get before my camera died...

Here is some more of her art necklaces from her etsy store - this one is made with our 70's owl rubber stamp.

And this one is made with our retro rocket.

Go visit her store, etsy shop, facebook page and buy some stuff. You won't regret it! Her pendants are BEAUTIFUL!

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Handmade Pineapple Plates on ETSY by CherryHillStudio

2010-11-08T14:51:00.000-08:00

Take a look at these beautiful hand made plates by Diana of Cherry Hill Studio!

Diana says ~ "The pineapple is a familiar symbolic image of "welcome, good cheer, and warmth and affection" throughout the history of America. I hand built this plate out of stoneware clay and then added the pineapple design using a small pineapple rubber stamp and by drawing the larger pineapple by hand. It was then bisque fired. The glaze is a beautiful glossy sunny yellow which highlights the pineapple design..."

"All the pottery you see in my shop is hand made by me in my studio here in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas. I make only wheel thrown or hand built pottery. Most of my pieces are functional but occasionally I will list a whimsical piece or two. All of my glazes are lead free and food safe. They are microwave and oven safe. I love colorful pottery and am constantly experimenting with different glazes to come up with beautiful color combinations..."

Beautiful stuff huh?! :)

Check out more of her work for sale at Cherry Hill Studio , as well as many, many, many more talented artists and crafters on etsy.com!

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Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas GRAB BAGS!!

2010-09-08T13:22:00.000-07:00

Hey all!

We put up our Fall Holidays Little Grab Bags on our website again!

Cute little grab bags of 10 untrimmed unmounted rubber stamps. All different, no repeats, high quality rubber stamps! And they're OH so much FUN!!

Each little grab bag comes chock FULL of surprises with 10 fall holiday themed stamps - Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Creepy, Retro, Cool and Festive!! (What's pictured above won't be exactly what you'll get, that's just a sample pic.)

A $35-$45 value, for ONLY $6.29! What a great DEAL in this economy!

PLUS they're currently 10% off too! And so is EVERYTHING else on our site right now!

Check it out and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

We do so love this time of year!

;)

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Blogmania Event SPONSOR! Check it out!

2010-08-23T16:42:00.000-07:00

Hello all, just wanted to let you know about the upcoming BLOGMANIA event hosted by Crazy Cat Lady's Library among many others.

Tons of sponsors are helping out and giving away free stuff, including us and lots of other shops from etsy!

Crazy Cat Lady is doing a "Books are the Cat's Meow" themed giveaway for Blogmania - Sept. 15 + 16. This is a bi-annual web event like nothing else. 175 hand selected bloggers are partnering up with the highest quality shops and businesses to offer over $17,500 in prizes!

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Peacock inspired Card Challenge - Rubber Stamping FUN!

2010-05-07T12:53:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone!

Here is an awesome card challenge posted by the talented Kim Wilson, who made the owl card below.

Click here to see Kim's blog, and the prizes etc! (Rubber Stamps from US!)

Join in the FUN!!!

"Its challenge time! This weeks challenge is sponsored by Sideshow Stamps! Our inspiration this week is a little different than usual, I took these photos at a local large cat rescue, they have these amazing peacocks just walking free around the grounds! Isnt this one amazing! I was so inspired by the colors I had to do a challenge with them. Now, I know what you are thinking, owls arent blue, well, I didnt have a peacock stamp and I really wanted to use the turquoise and lime so blue owls it is :) Our challenge colors are turquoise, lime and black, if you want to add in the other blues and greens of the peacock that is fine too but has to have those three! Heres the rules, if you would like to enter please become a follower of my blog, please post the inspiration photo and the link back here, only one entry per person and please make something with as close to the challenge colors as possible because if it is something that doesnt go with the theme, the post is old or the link takes me to something totally different it wont count! Also, all of my challenges are chosen at random, it is far too hard for me to pick a winner so everyone has a fair chance! Now that all the details are handled, are you ready for the prize? "

da...da...da.....

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Owl Card by the Talented Kim Wilson!

2010-05-04T10:53:00.000-07:00

Hey all!

Take a gander at this wicked awesome card that Kim Wilson of offthewallcraftiness made with our Stackable Owls rubber stamp! Don't you just love the color scheme she chose? This is one talented gal!

Check out her blog for more super cool crafts and contests!
She's starting a contest giveaway with some of our rubber stamps real soon! Join in the FUN!!

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at offthewallcraftiness.blogspot.com and

www.sideshowstamps.com

Magnets Galore!! Hand Stamped Lil Treasures!

2010-03-15T11:15:00.000-07:00

Check out these beautiful magnets made by Alice of Run Alice Run

Creative magnets made with dominoes and other game pieces.

Check out her etsy shop!! These snazzy items are for sale right now!

made with our pop art owl and mod flowers rubber stamps

made with our mod circle border rubber stamp

made with our paisley background

Neat huh?!?

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

A Christmas Story Leg Lamp-apalooza!

2010-01-12T16:17:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We here at Sideshow Stamps had a wonderful Christmas and holiday season, and we hope you did also. We've been VERY busy! My resolution this year is to post more cards and crafts here.... hopefully I can keep up with a weekly post again!

We love getting Christmas cards throughout December, so we thought it would be fun to post all of the Leg Lamp Cards and Crafts that we've received in the past. As a bit of repose after all of the Christmas madness...

It's a regular Leg Lamp-apalooza!! LOL :)

By Kathy Rossiter

By Kathy Lung

By Robyn Power

By Rina. Check out her awesome store here!

By Michelle Giraud of Twisted Chick Creations.

By Florence

By GarnetJ

By Brenda Loock. Click here for more cool stuff by Brenda!

By Cheryl Smielewski. Check out her super cool etsy store here!

By Ami

By Laura O'Donnell

All of these amazing cards were made with our leg lamp rubber stamps.

We hope you are inspired now to get stamping!

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

More fun Rina rubber stamped Treats!!

2009-10-28T15:05:00.000-07:00

Check out these new super fun Rina creations!

Isn't her sense of design and color inspiring?!?

Made with our Leg Lamp and Swirl Background rubber stamps.

Made with our Jazz Band rubber stamp.

Made with our Bonsai rubber stamp.

Made with our Go Go Girl Legs rubber stamp.

Made with our Pop Art Owl, Mod Circles, and Sparkle Star rubber stamps.

Made with our Rose rubber stamp.

Made with our Retro Owl rubber stamp.

Made with our Magnolia and Butterfly rubber stamp.

Made with our Go Go Girl Legs rubber stamp.

Made with our mushrooms and smile rubber stamp.

Made with our Jazz Band rubber stamp.

Check out Rina's Flicker Page for more fun and beautiful card creations!

And don't forget to visit her AWESOME store too!

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

Retro Western Rubber Stamped Goodies!

2009-10-28T14:48:00.000-07:00

Here are some really cool hand crafted picture frames by our friend Mindy Hoggan!

Made with our Retro Cowgirl Rubber Stamp.

Made with our Pinstriped Card Suites rubber stamps.

Made with our Retro Cowgirl and Gun rubber stamp.

Made with our Cowgirl Boots rubber stamp.

This awesome stuff is for sale too! Check out her other cool hand crafted Western items on her myspace page!

Thanks for sharing your beautifully crafted frames Mindy!

Oldies but Goodies ~ Cards by Sideshow Stamps Rubber Stamps

2009-09-06T15:11:00.000-07:00

Here are a bunch of cards I've made over the past 10 years. I've completely forgotten some of these techniques and that I once had the time and creativity to do more than just stamp, cut and tape! hee hee :)

Enjoy...

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

Beautiful and Quirky Rubber Stamps - Sideshow Stamps in a UK Magazine!!

2009-07-08T13:45:00.000-07:00

Here are two recent articles from the July and August issue of the UK Magazine "Cardmaking and Papercraft" that feature cards, made with our stamps, by our friend Wendy Austin Rawlings! The first article features our Pop Art Owl Mate, Retro Monkey, and 1970's Owl Border rubber stamps. Wendy gives AWESOME tips about card layout and sketches. Click on each image to read the article.

And this second article about Wendy, features our pin up girl rubber stamp. Wendy's ideas about using recycled plastics as card embellishments are FABULOUS!! Click to read...

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

Another write up about us! :)

2009-06-13T00:28:00.000-07:00

My painting has been mentioned on this wedding blog!!!

We had the pleasure of attending our great friend's wedding back in April, and I am honored to have done a painting of them for the wedding. This was a most fabulous event at the Santa Monica Pier and Carousel. Magical and full of whimsy, with a carnival theme down to the gum drop trees; lollipop centerpieces; rides on the carousel; and churros, hot dogs and cotton candy served out of old fashioned vendor carts...

Check out this blog for more about the fabulous wedding... :)

Retro Mod Bachelorette Party Invites a go-go

2009-03-19T12:25:00.000-07:00

Hello all!

Here is a cool idea for your next bachelorette event, girl's night out or even for a tea party! Cute girly retro go go leg invites!! These were made by Vanessa from Little Lady Company, and are for sale and custom order here. Check out her etsy shop for more cool stuff!

Her card was made with our go go legs - rubber stamp.

(I lightened the image a bit, so the colors might be different)

Thanks for sharing your creative art with us Vanessa!!

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

Clay Calavera Dia de los Muertos Skull Pendants

2009-03-09T12:14:00.000-07:00

Check these out!!

"Cool skull medallion crafted in turqouise polymer clay and highlighted in micah powders. Each skull medallion measures 1 1/4" by 1 1/4"..."

"Cool Dia de los Muertos skulls handcrafted... in pearl polymer clay with gold and silver highlights... Each skull measures 3/4" wide by 1 1/4" long."

Sharon of Bijoux Jardin created these super cool Polymer Clay skull pendants with our calavera skull rubber stamp! They are beautifully handcrafted and painted.

Thanks for sharing these with us Sharon!

She's offering these for sale in her etsy shop. Click on an image to go to her shop.

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

Rubber stamps back in stock!!!

2009-02-24T16:36:00.000-08:00

What the?.....

All of our rubber stamps are finally back in stock!

Even our ever popular retro OWLS and our infamous LEG LAMP!!

Yay!

Check it out here:

http://www.sideshowstamps.com

ALSO ~ we have a new deal going on!!

~*~*~*~*~ THE STAMPER'S STIMULUS PACK ~*~*~*~*~

For a limited time we are offering you an incentive to help our economy and receive a bonus gift for doing it!

If you make a purchase with us for $25.00 or more ~ you'll receive a free unmounted grab bag of 10 rubber stamps! (Worth $40.00!)

If your purchase totals $50.00 or more ~ you'll get an unmounted grab bag of 15 rubber stamps! (Worth $50.00!)

And, if your purchase totals $75.00 or more ~ you'll get an unmounted grab bag of 30 rubber stamps!!! (Worth $90.00!!)

Wow!!!

AND!!

We have a new rubber stamp!

Just one new one for now, but more are on the way. It's currently for sale here:

http://sideshowstamps.com/SideshowStampsNewPageofRubberStampDesigns.html

Have fun shopping! I promise to upload some new cards soon!

Christmas Card Contest Winners!!

2008-12-19T13:02:00.000-08:00

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Christmas Card contest! Everything was so incredibly cool, we had a really hard time choosing winners, but decided to base our choices on the most creative ideas, and in fact, we even had a tie!

So....... drumroll please...... here are the winners!

Tied for third place, we have two super cool cards with a Christmas Story theme!

(Our fav Holiday movie btw..)

In third we have Laura O'Donnell's Merry Christmas Leg Lamp Card...

And Nuria Kudlach with her "Major Award" Christmas Story Card!

Congratulations you guys! You each win a "major prize" of our Unmounted Grab Bag of 10 rubber stamps!

In second place is Rina Koibuchi with her awesome triple card entry of Retro Reindeer and Santa cards.

You win our Grab Bag of 15 super cool unmounted rubber stamps! Congrats!!

And........ da da Da DA!! (trumpets sound...)

The First Place winner is Diane Rodgers - Wilson with her Snowglobe Christmas Card!

You win our whopping Unmounted Grab Bag of 30 rubber stamps!!
Congratulations everyone!!

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and Holiday Season full of festive fun and good cheer!

May God bless you and yours through the new year!

So Cal Snow Storm 2008 - pictures!

2008-12-18T14:03:00.001-08:00

It snowed about 8-10 inches here in Southern California yesterday. We're not accustomed to snow, desert rats as we are, so this was a big treat! It was so beautiful and surreal seeing the snow fall for hours, covering the Joshua Trees and Sage Brush...

Just in time for Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!!

Christmas Card Contest!! Fun and Prizes!! * REPOST

2008-12-08T12:12:00.000-08:00

Hey, I'm reposting this to remind you all that you have 1 WEEK left to enter our fabulous Christmas Card Contest!

Guess what?!? It's time to start our CHRISTMAS CARD CONTEST!!!
We're looking for cards, scrapbook pages, crafts, basically anything you can stamp on, with a theme of Christmas!! Sparkling Christmas Trees with shiny decorations; Big fluffy snowflakes; Baby Jesus; Fresh baked Pumpkin Pies; Gaudily ribboned presents; your favorite Holiday movies; Santa; Tinsel and bows and other things for your pets and small children to drag around the house; Cups of hot cocoa with red striped candy canes hanging on the edge; Snuggling up by the fire with loved ones.... ahhh... my favorite time of year...

RULES:
~ The craft must feature at least one or more of our rubber stamps.

~ All submissions must be emailed to us by December 14th for a December 21st posting.

~ Email submissions to questions@sideshowstamps.com

PRIZES:~ There will be a first, second and third place winner and each of these submissions will be posted on our blog on December 21st.

~ First Place-Macho Grab bag of 30 unmounted rubber stamps with a retail value of $85-$90.

~ Second Place-Medium Grab bag of 15 unmounted stamps with a retail value of $45-$50.

~ Third Place-Little Grab bag of 10 unmounted stamps with a retail value of $35-$40.

We have tons of Christmas themed rubber stamps such as our Retro Christmas Bulbs, Trees, Presents and Decorations; Snowmen; Angels; Christmas Story style Leg Lamp; Santas; Holly and Snowflakes and lots more to give you inspiration. Plus, right now we're offering a little Retro Christmas themed grab bag (only $6.99) to help you get started on your Holiday crafting endeavors. AND as seen in the latest issue of RubberStampMadness, our Retro Christmas Mounted Stamp Sets are now available at 20% off the retail price!! More information on these great deals can be found on our website at http://sideshowstamps.com/SideshowStampsChristmasandOtherHolidays.html
We can't wait to see all of your beautiful crafts!!
Happy Stamping and Blessed Holidays to you and yours!

Customer Cards Galore!!

2008-11-21T12:49:00.001-08:00

Here are some absolutely beautiful customer cards that have been sent to us.

This first fabulous set of cards is from Laura O'Donnell. Check out her blog at http://itsallrosie.blogspot.com/

Isn't this a great idea for a Christmas Money Card? (Imagine using Christmas Stamps of your choice.)

""Sweet" money holder card uses Cherry and Orange Slice. The big S/sweet is a rub-on made by Art Warehouse and behind the little paper bag are Doodlebug Frills."

"King of the Road uses the Gas Pump which is colored with Koh-i-Noor pencils and blended with OMS, then cut out and adhered with pop dots. The license plate paper is made by Tim Holtz and the rub-on letters are the Making Memories small Providence font."

"I used your "fawn" and "cherry pair" stamps. The cherries are stamped in red on natural white cardstock, which is mounted on seafoam green (such a 50's combo, cherries and seafoam green!) and then mounted on a black 5x5 card. The fawn is colored with a light pink colored pencil, then blended with OMS. I cut her out and attached her to the face of the card with low rise pop dots. The "diva" bling letter stickers are made by DCWV."

And here's another fantastic set of cards by Rina Koibuchi. Check out her blog at http://rinastampa53.blogspot.com/

She used our Ice Cream Cone, Dragonfly and Butterfly rubber stamps.

"I made background using alcohol inks on glossy paper. Stamps: Circus Poster(Sideshow Stamps)"

"Coloring with copic markers. Stamps: Hep cat(Sideshow Stamps), chicks dig me(OBP)"

And here's a beautiful set of ATC's by Emi Matsuoka.

She used our Pop Art Owls on this ATC.

And she used our Mod Girls, Trumpet, and Gas Pump on this one.

Awesome cards huh? Thanks for looking!

And don't forget to check out our CHRISTMAS CARD CONTEST!!! Lot's of FUN and Super PRIZES!! Hurry and send in your cards, time is growing short!! Details below.

Happy Holidays!

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

Christmas Card Contest!! Fun and Prizes!!

2008-11-13T21:59:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone...

My how the days fly by... It's already the middle of November! You know, Thanksgiving is tomorrow and Christmas is next week.... just watch.

Guess what?!? It's time to start our CHRISTMAS CARD CONTEST!!!

We're looking for cards, scrapbook pages, crafts, basically anything you can stamp on, with a theme of Christmas!! Sparkling Christmas Trees with shiny decorations; Big fluffy snowflakes; Baby Jesus; Fresh baked Pumpkin Pies; Gaudily ribboned presents; your favorite Holiday movies; Santa; Tinsel and bows and other things for your pets and small children to drag around the house; Cups of hot cocoa with red striped candy canes hanging on the edge; Snuggling up by the fire with loved ones.... ahhh... my favorite time of year...

RULES:

~ The craft must feature at least one or more of our rubber stamps.
~ All submissions must be emailed to us by December 14th for a December 21st posting.

~ Email submissions to questions@sideshowstamps.com

PRIZES:
~ There will be a first, second and third place winner and each of these submissions will be posted on our blog on December 21st.
~ First Place-Macho Grab bag of 30 unmounted rubber stamps with a retail value of $85-$90.
~ Second Place-Medium Grab bag of 15 unmounted stamps with a retail value of $45-$50.
~ Third Place-Little Grab bag of 10 unmounted stamps with a retail value of $35-$40.

We can't wait to see all of your beautiful crafts!!

Happy Stamping and Blessed Holidays to you and yours!

A few more customer Halloween Cards

2008-11-02T21:38:00.000-08:00

I just had to post a few more of these adorable Halloween themed cards and ATCs before the Halloween weekend was up.

Here's a spooky ATC by our friend RINA of the blog STAMPA53. She used our Owl Border rubber stamp and masked it to split up the two owls. Cute huh?!? Great colors too. Check out her blog for more incredible rubber stamping!

This next card is by IKUE, a friend of Rina's. How creative to dress up our pin up girl in a Halloween cosutme! Awesome card IKUE!! Thanks for sharing it with us Rina!

And this card is by our friend Dana of the blog Kismet Art and Life. She made this a while back, but I've always liked it as a spooky/fun card for Halloween. She used our Bela Lugosi stamp, and it says, "Vincent's Plastic Surgery was a Sucess!".
Thanks for sharing it Dana!

All right.... On to the Thanksgiving and CHRISTMAS cards and crafts!!

(I just LOVE this time of year!!!)

Yay!

Have a great week everyone!!

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

More Halloween - Customer ATCs!!

2008-10-30T12:45:00.000-07:00

These two ATCs are by RINA!

Aren't these awesome?!?

The one on the top is made with our Halloween cat, and our jackolantern.

And the one on the bottom is made with our Spider lady poster and our black cat.

Cool spooky cards!!!

Thanks Rina!!

Check out her blog for more GREAT cards and crafts!!

Happy Halloween!!!

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at http://www.sideshowstamps.com/

Customer Art - Spooky Halloween ATC's!

2008-10-10T13:11:00.001-07:00

Both of these Creepy Halloween ATC's are by Kristin Hubick

Check out her super cool blog! And she has a really neat store too:

http://www.retrocafeart.com/

"Boo", on the top, was made with our Calavera with Heart stamp. Kristin says..."Using Modge Podge I secured scrapbooking paper to a playing card. After stamping the background, and stenciling several layers of paint, I attached vintage images. I stamped the skulls onto regular paper, cut them out, and colored the hearts with prismacolor colored pencils. I inked the edges of the card and sealed with Modge Podge. Finally I attached vintage game pieces with E6000 to spell the word "boo"."

"Halloween Party", on the bottom, was made with our Calavera with Heart and Pinstriped Black Widow stamps. "Using Modge Podge I secured scrapbooking paper to a playing card. After stamping the background, I attached several vintage images. I stamped the skull onto regular paper, cut him out, and colored the heart with prismacolor colored pencils. I inked the edges of the card and sealed with Modge Podge."

Happy Halloween!!! And thanks for sending us your beautiful art Kristin!

See more customer cards, crafts and creepy rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

Vampira and Dracula Coffin and Recipe Boxes

2008-10-01T11:33:00.000-07:00

Hey check these out!

They are fabo cool boxes made by our friends

ChristopherAndTia, with a couple of our stamps, Vampira and Dracula. Just in time for Halloween!!

The Dracula is a recipe box, including cards, hand painted, hand stamped AND for sale at ChristopherAndTia's etsy store!

And this Vampira coffin jewelry box is also for sale at their etsy store! They have a lot of other fun and fabulous hand made goodies at their store too! And they have a super cool blog!

Go check it out!

Happy October!

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at http://www.sideshowstamps.com/

BY THE WAY****
Did you know that our new line of rubber stamps is now available? We have NEW stuff like this...

And stuff like... a Pinata, nautical star, lochness monster, gravestones, airstream trailer, skull and crossbones with hearts and more!!!
Go check them out! http://www.sideshowstamps.com/

Pirate Day - Customer cards and crafts

2008-09-15T14:15:00.000-07:00

Hey, hope you all had a great weekend...

In honor of the upcoming holiday ~ Talk like a Pirate Day ~ here are a few fun pirate themed cards and crafts for your amusement.

This first customer craft is by Eileen ~ She made a pendant with a domino and used our Pirate Skull and Crossbones rubber stamp. What an awesome and creative use of an old domino!

The next customer craft is by Rina ~ She used our Pirate and Parrot rubber stamp, and made this atc with other stamps by Just Johanna. A beautiful Black and White card!

This next card was done by me ~ I used our Pirate and Parrot, Pirate Skull and Crossbones and Swashbuckler Pirate Rubber Stamps. I drew the map myself with markers, cut the eyepatch out of black card stock, and embossed the stamp on with white embossing powder. The edges were ripped and sponged with brown dye ink, and the saying was done with computer.

This last fun craft was made with our Skull and Crossbones rubber stamp. ~ My sister and I made this eyepatch with black canvas and black elastic. We stamped the pirate with white pigment ink. Be sure to dry it or give it time to dry...

And here's her husband wearing the patch. (Actually it's just his head and a different body... heh heh :) )

Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day everyone!

ARRRGGGHHH!!!

Send us your cards and crafts so we can post your stuff too!!
And see more customer cards, crafts and rubber stamps at http://www.sideshowstamps.com/

Summer Card Contest Winners!!

2008-09-06T22:19:00.000-07:00

Hey~ Sorry it took us so long to post the summer card contest winners, we've been trying all day, but alas, we've been victim to constant satellite outages...

However, here are the results!

First of all, we want to thank everyone who participated in our first contest! It was so much fun seeing what everyone came up with and receiving all those awesome cards. We're going to post all of the participant's cards eventually, because they were just too beautiful.

It was really hard to pick the winners, and we honestly couldn't choose one over the other, so to make things fair and impartial, we had our baby Dahlia help us! She drew 3 names from a "hat" (our leopard print fez).

First she shook the fez...

Then she picked the first place winner...

We'll announce them backwards. Drumroll please....
The third place winner is...

Emi Matsuoka!!! Congratulations! You win our Lil' Grab bag of 10 unmounted rubber stamps!
Here's Emi's fabulous card.

And in second place we have...

Rina Koibuchi!!! Congratulations! You win our Medium Grab bag of 15 unmounted rubber stamps!

Here's Rina's beautiful card.

And our first place winner is....

Eileen Bellomo!!!
Congratulations! You win our Macho Grab bag of 30 unmounted stamps! Yay!!
Here's her fabulous card.

"I looked through my stash of Sideshow stamps and found a few that are just perfect to commemorate summer. Also, my recent wonderful trip to Curacao didn't hurt. I saw plenty of palms, boats, parrots, but, I confess, no mermaids. However, this is what I came up with...The images are colored with watercolor pencils, crayons and chalk. I also used a lot of Glimmer Mist, though the golden shine doesn't come out so well in the scan." ~ Eileen

And then Dahlia ate the winner's names...

Have a great week everyone!
:)

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

Coffee Shop Googie Sign -Card

2008-09-01T23:20:00.000-07:00

Happy Labor Day Weekend! Hope you all had a fun time with your families and friends.

I've been reading this great book from 1982 called "Blue Highway" by William Least Heat Moon. It's about his travels in 1978 when he drove the back roads and "blue highways" in order to search out and see the towns untouched by interstate highways, fast food chains and mini malls. Reading about his visits with eccentric characters in greasy spoon type diners and "4 calendar" cafes reminded me of this card I made a while back.

It is made with all of our googie coffee shop signs, and colored with blender pens, metallic gel pens, and sponged with dye ink.

For those of you unfamiliar with "googie" wikipedia describes it well:

"Googie, also known as populuxe or doo-wop, is a subdivision of futuristic architecture, influenced by car culture and the Space Age and Atomic Age, originating from Southern California in the late 1940s and continuing approximately into the mid-1960s. The types of buildings that were most frequently designed in a Googie style were motels, coffee houses and bowling alleys.
Features of Googie include upswept roofs, curvaceous, geometric shapes, and bold use of glass, steel and neon. Googie was also characterized by space-age designs that depict motion, such as boomerangs, flying saucers, atoms and parabolas, and free-form designs such as "soft" parallelograms and the ubiquitous artist's-palette motif. These stylistic conventions reflected American society's emphasis on futuristic designs and fascination with Space Age themes. The style is related to and sometimes synonymous with the Raygun Gothic style as coined by writer William Gibson. As with the art deco style of the 1930s, Googie became undervalued as time passed, and many buildings built in this style have been destroyed."

Sad....

We love "googie" here at Sideshow Stamps. The diners that serve that great homecooked food; the coffee shops where you can sit for hours and talk to complete strangers over a plate of home made pie; the motels that are clean and quaint but you're still a little afraid to touch the quilt on the bed; the offices, car washes, bowling alleys, and other such buildings that just had so much life and motion and character to their structure and design. Not to get into a big architecture rant, but have you seen the monotonous lifeless blocks they build these days? Boring...

On another note: Thank you to everyone who entered our summer card contest! We received some beautiful entries!!! We'll announce and post the winners on the 6th!

AND!!! Our new line of rubber stamps are here!!! A panda, bunny, sparrow, nautical star, ghost, gravestones, airstream type trailer and car, retro rocket and MORE!

Go check them out at www.sideshowstamps.com!!!

Have a great week all...

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at http://www.sideshowstamps.com/

Retro Beatnik Cat -Customer Card by Rina!!

2008-08-25T23:11:00.000-07:00

How cool is this card?!?!

Rina of ciaocarina created this fantastic craft using our beatnik cat and happy birthday rubber stamps. I'm not sure where the background is from, but it is fabulously punk rock. The happy birthday cake has bright sparkles that don't show up as well on blogger, and the stamps are embossed.

Isn't her color scheme awesome?
Thanks for sending us this card Rina!!

Check out her blog too!

Happy stamping...

Hey!! Don't forget to enter your card in our summer themed contest! Prizes galore!!! Just for sending us a card stamped with Sideshow Stamps rubber stamps. More details below...

Vintage Circus Carnival Art Card

2008-08-24T16:35:00.000-07:00

Vintage Circus Carnival Art Card

We just watched Tod Browning's
"Freaks" again...
and inspired by the side show madness I felt like posting this old art card I made a while back.

The stamps on this card are Spider Lady Circus Poster - J110I, Circus Poster - J111I, Toy Clown Head - N293E, Pinhead - N346D, KooKoo the Bird Girl - J307H, Alligator Boy - N114D, Pop Corn - N128C, Hypnotic Swirl - N34E, Pointing Hand - N398D, Vintage 1930's Circus - J375O, Desert Mesa - N270I, and Surfer Rosa - J249G.

What I did was fold a piece of beige card stock in half. Then I stamped the swirl, circus posters, desert mesa, surfer rosa and alligator boy directly on the card stock with art print brown dye ink. I stamped the pointing hand, pinhead, popcorn, bird girl, clown head, and circus on the same color of card stock with art print brown dye ink. I cut around these images and brushed the edges with art print brown dye ink. Then I colored the images with blue and yellow markers (the yellow is not as bright in real life). I taped these to blue card stock and cut around the edges. I sponged a bit more of the art print brown ink around the edges and on the main card itself. Then I taped on the circus scene with mounting tape to make it raised a bit. I taped all of the rest of the images on with double stick tape. I was going for an antique, vintage feel when I made this card, thus all the brown and monochromatic colors. Good times...

Be inspired by your favorite movie and make a piece of art to remember! It's fun!

On another note: You should go check out my husband's awesome ongoing comic saga Untamed Highway - for more Side Show, Secret Society, Tiki, Carnival, Beatnik, Horror B-Movie, Ratfinky Kustom Kulture, Creepy, madness!!

It's an amazing story you won't forget!!

And see more cards, crafts and creepy carnival cool rubber stamps at http://www.sideshowstamps.com/

* Re-Post * Summer Contest!!

2008-08-19T13:49:00.000-07:00

There's still time to enter our summer contest!
Here's the details...

Our first contest will be Summer themed. We're looking for cards, scrapbook pages, crafts, basically anything you can stamp on, with a theme of summer...luaus, barbeques, family picnics, road trips, pool parties, and anything else you can imagine that conjures up a fun escape from the heat.

RULES:
~ The craft must feature at least one or more of our stamps.
~ All submissions must be emailed to us by August 31st for a September 6th posting.
~ Email submissions to questions@sideshowstamps.com

PRIZES:
~ There will be a first, second and third place winner and each of these submissions will be posted on our blog on September 6th.
~ First Place-Macho Grab bag of 30 unmounted rubber stamps with a retail value of $85-$90.
~ Second Place-Medium Grab bag of 15 unmounted stamps with a retail value of $45-$50.
~ Third Place-Little Grab bag of 10 unmounted stamps with a retail value of $35-$40.

We have tons of summer themed rubber stamps such as our barbeque grill and utensils; tikis, palm trees, bathing beauties and hula girls; suns and clouds; hot dogs, hamburgers and ice cream cones; circus scenes, posters and concessions; surfers; flowers; cars, trailers and roadside googie signs and lots more to give you inspiration. Plus, right now we're offering a little Summer themed grab bag to help you get started on your Summertime crafting adventures. These can be purchased on our home page at http://www.sideshowstamps.com/

Happy Stamping!

Retro Owl Card, Pendants, and Tip for today!

2008-08-18T12:01:00.000-07:00

Retro Pop Art Owl ~ Birthday Card

The stamps on this card are "Pop Art 70's Owl Mate - J452H", "Retro Leaf - J297B" and "Retro Tiki Design - J299C"

What I did was cut a piece of beige card stock to size. Then I picked out a piece of ribbon (Michael's bargain bin) and chose my color scheme based on it. I then stamped the striped and diamond shaped images directly onto the card stock, with olive and blue dye ink. (Theses "stamps" are from scraps of rubber that I saved, and mounted onto a wood mount to make bold retro backgrounds.) I then stamped the leaf on the top and the tiki design on the bottom with art print brown dye ink. I laid the ribbon across the center and taped it on. Then I stamped the owl with art print brown dye ink on a piece of orange card stock, and then cut around it in a rounded shape. I sponged the edges and then taped it to a square of brown. I cut around that in an off kilter rounded edge, and then sponged those edges. The I taped it on the card. On the inside I wrote, "Happy Birthday! Hope it's a HOOT!"

TIP: Save your scraps of rubber, when you buy unmounted stamps! You can cut these into whatever shape you wish, and create your own background stamps!

Customer Craft!!!!

These fabulous pendants are by Eileen Bellomo

She used our retro owl border rubber stamp.

"I acquired some domino-like game pieces at a craft fair and finally got aound to doing something with them. I stamped them with Stazon, added embossing powder, heat set them, and used alcohol inks to color the owls. I glued on a bale, and instant pendant!"

Check out her blog for more cool crafts!

http://artsaveslives-paperqueen.blogspot.com

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

CUSTOMER CARD!! yay!!

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This here card is the first of our Customer Card posts...

This card is by Ami ~ She used our Retro Cowgirl Rubber Stamp. Great coloring job and color scheme huh?!

Thanks for your contribution Ami! Check out her blog too!

If you would like to be a part of this, email us a card you've made with some of our stamps and we'll post yours!

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

busy busy busy...

2008-08-10T22:51:00.000-07:00

Wow! It's been a while since we posted, and we had such great intentions of doing this at least once a week...

Well, first of all we here at Sideshow Stamps have been extremely busy with this lil' cutie!

This is our 4 1/2 month old daughter Dahlia. She's so awesome! And so much fun!!! I just did a little photo shoot with her, so I had to post a pic...

And, we've also just been blessed with two new nieces! Fun times!!

Okay, enough mommy and aunt stuff...

Here's a simple card I made recently.

It's stamped with our big wooden tiki, bamboo branches and hibiscus rubber stamps. I just stamped the bamboo directly onto the card with Memories art print brown dye ink and the hibiscus with Color Box ~ Prussian Blue chalk ink. I stamped the tiki with the same brown ink on another piece of cardstock and sponged the edges with the blue. I cut a few background layers and double stick taped it all together. Voila!

Don't forget our contest is still going and the deadline for submissions is August 31st!
Check below for details...

Card and Tip for today!

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Manly Retro Coffee Shop Card

The stamps on this card are our Coffee Shop - 475G, Retro Antennae Design - N68B, and Retro Star - N71C. What I did first was cut a piece of white card stock square. I stamped the retro designs on the background with black and green dye ink. Then on another sheet of yellow card stock, I stamped the coffee shop with black dye ink. I cut the edges of this with a dull cutter blade and then taped this to a piece of green card stock, which I also cut with a dull blade. I taped the ribbon to the card and then taped the coffee shop on top of that.

TIP:

If your double stick tape doesn't want to hold the ribbon, you can always melt it with a standard hair straightener. Just hold the heated up iron on your card for about 10 seconds, or less if it's super hot. It will melt your ribbon on to your card, straight! Just be sure to designate a hair straightener for crafts as you probably don't want melted tape in your hair! :)

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

Summer Contest

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Our first contest will be Summer themed. We're looking for cards, scrapbook pages, crafts, basically anything you can stamp on, with a theme of summer...luaus, barbeques, family picnics, road trips, pool parties, and anything else you can imagine that conjures up a fun escape from the heat.
RULES:
~ The craft must feature at least one or more of our stamps.
~ All submissions must be emailed to us by August 31st for a September 6th posting.
~ Email submissions to questions@sideshowstamps.com

PRIZES:
~ There will be a first, second and third place winner and each of these submissions will be posted on our blog on September 6th.
~ First Place-Macho Grab bag of 30 unmounted rubber stamps with a retail value of $85-$90.
~ Second Place-Medium Grab bag of 15 unmounted stamps with a retail value of $45-$50.
~ Third Place-Little Grab bag of 10 unmounted stamps with a retail value of $35-$40.

We have tons of summer themed rubber stamps such as our barbeque grill and utensils; tikis, palm trees, bathing beauties and hula girls; suns and clouds; hot dogs, hamburgers and ice cream cones; circus scenes, posters and concessions; surfers; flowers; cars, trailers and roadside googie signs and lots more to give you inspiration.
Plus, right now we're offering a little Summer themed grab bag to help you get started on your Summertime crafting adventures. These can be purchased on our home page at http://www.sideshowstamps.com/

Happy Stamping!

Welcome to our Blog!

2008-07-17T12:35:00.000-07:00

Hi there! Welcome to the new Sideshow Stamps blog. For those who aren't familiar with us, Sideshow Stamps is a rubber art stamp company that creates fun, quirky and beautiful art stamps with themes ranging from retro to creepy, swank to surreal, pop art to art nouveau. For our customers and those familiar with our stamps, this will be a place to keep up with what's going on in the world of Sideshow Stamps.
At the moment we are waiting for a shipment of brand new designs, including stuff like this:

We'll also have more creepy stamps for those who want an early start on Halloween cards, as well as a bunny, sparrow, pinata, nautical star and more! We will also be back in stock on lots of stuff for those who have been waiting for some of the retro owls, teardrop trailer, elephant, birthday cake, disco ball, etc.

We will also be using our blog to keep you updated on specials, sales, contests, etc. Right now we are still offering our special shipping deal...$1 shipping on orders subtotaling between $30 to $50.

We also have an incentive plan for anyone who posts a card on their blog or group forum using only Sideshow Stamps, with a clickable link to our site. If you do this, we will send you a free grab bag with 10 unmounted stamps. Just let us know...

Thanks for visiting and be sure to check back often for updates, upcoming contests and more surprises!

See more cards, crafts and rubber stamps at www.sideshowstamps.com

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Another write up about us! :)

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Rubber stamps back in stock!!!

Christmas Card Contest Winners!!

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* Re-Post * Summer Contest!!

Retro Owl Card, Pendants, and Tip for today!

CUSTOMER CARD!! yay!!

busy busy busy...

Card and Tip for today!

Summer Contest

Welcome to our Blog!

More fun Rina rubber stamped Treats!!