SISTAHS!! WELCOME TO TODAY”S RELEASE AND FREE SHIPPING EXTRAVAGANZA!! LOL.. free shipping applies to anyone anywhere for orders over $50!  This EXTRAVAGANZA is valid thru to Aug 5th! So happy shopping!

Let me tell you a little bit about ONE of our new PHENOM artists named CHRYSTAL from LITTLE LULUS.  We LOVEY her and will be seeing A LOT of her 🙂 RIGHT CHRYSTAL?? LOL.  When I first laid my eyes on her images, I fell in love… I couldn’t resist and started to harass..LOL.  Well, she responded quickly and agreed to work with me.. WHAT?? IS SHE CRAZY??? (just kiddinK)  and the rest is HISTORY.  This is definitely a growing collection.  I am just IN LOVE with LULU’s sweet demeanor, her shyness, her innocence.

Please meet

HARRIET

HENRIETTA

EMMA

RUBY & ROSE

GERTIE

Here’s a little bit about Chrystal

“My name is CHrystal Phegley, I live in Portland Oregon with my very loving and supportive husband Jordan and our teeny Chihuahua, LITTLE LULU.  Little Lulu is the inspiration for all of my sweet and bashful characters and my husband (who is the bestest EVER!) is the one who encouraged me to share them with others.  I never imagined I would have the opportunity to design stamps for my fellow crafters and feel very excited and privileged to be a part of the Stamping Bella community.  Thank you Emily so so much for introducing me to the world of stamps.. I am loving it!!”

Is CHRYSTAL cute or what?

Let’s introduce JENNIFER from Studio Petite… Jennifer had a piece of art in her shop that struck me and I became OBSSESSED.  As you all know, I have this “thing” for the movie “UP”.. I just loved that movie.. she represented the movie so brilliantly that I had to harass HER as well!! LOL. Her style is folkarty with whimsy.. sooo DEEEVINE!

Here’s a really meaningful bio written by Jen

“I’m a commercial freelance artist living and working in NYC.

My mom, grandfather, great grandmother and great uncle.. .artists.  That’s just to name a few.  You could say it’s definitely in my blood.  I have yet to come across an artist who, like myself doesn’t claim they can’t remember a time they weren’t creating art.  I was the little elementary girl calling the classmates “cheaters” who traced their Santa Claus handout and I was drawing Garfield from scratch (a mimicked masterpiece I am sure 😉 )

My mom is a cross stitch designer for Leisure Arts.  My dad has his Master’s degree in English, minored in theatre, and plays a myriad of instruments.  Creativity and lyrics housed my upbringing.  I was lucky enough to have parents who full force understood and supported my less common and rational career path.  Most of us artists find someone filling our ears with “I totally wanted to be an artist, but my parents insisted I get a “real job”.  Well kids, this is mine.  So thanks to mom and dad 🙂  To quote Ricky Nelson, “you see, ya can’t please everyone, so ya got to please yourself.”

I grew up in Naples FL, the land of snow white beaches and winter sun.  I also lived in Cleveland Ohio for several years, the land of changing weather from minute to minute.  I now find myself living and working out of a studio apt.  In Manhattan.  That’s what inspired the name “Studio Petite”.

It’s through rich diversity and consistent creative vibe of NYC that I find myself stumbling upon and digesting a new inspiration daily.  Other various sources of inspiration: talking to a friend or loved one, an animal, a song, a movie, a book, a show (concerts, TV, broadway), a fabric, nature and even other artists.  I never know how a creation will end up.  However, that’s the beautiful surprise of it all.  Some of my favorite mediums include watercolor, acrylic, marker, pen and ink, pencil, and colored pencil.  I also adore pretty paper for collage purposes.

In the past I’ve designed cross-stitch books for Leisure Arts.  I’ve worked with both Porterfield’s Fine Art Licensing and Linda Mcdonald Inc.  I designed the cover for “The Army Ground Forces Band”.  I’ve also been published on various products in the giftware industry.

My goal and purpose for artistic breath is to pass the joy , inspiration, and positive thoughts I placed in to each unique piece on to someone else.  Am I complex? Yes.  Do I want to be the sullenly dark placed artist?  No thank you.  There’s enough of that to punt around.

Lastly, I’ll leave you with some things I’m made of; love, and that make my heart beat a happy little jingle:

Cats and Dogs- equally

Friends and Family- Wholeheartedly

Sleep- Inconsistently

Oversized Furniture- Largely

Walking- Simply

Talking- Complexly

Loving- Fully

Coffee- Strongly

Creating- All of me

Cheers and blessings

Jen”

How beautiful was that bio?

And just to show you how lighthearted Jen is.. here is a sample of a card I made using her UPHOUSE (me hopes that my new house does not float away on Sunday but that my spirit always soars like this house does)

Here are more of Jen’s images.. the beginning of a wonderful collection!

BEWARE HOUSE

CUPPA TEA (check out the sentiments!)

SENTIMENTS ALONE FOR CUPPA TEA

inside is VERY BLURRY but you get the picture.. CUTE NO?

ROW OF PUMPKINS

SNOWMAN WITH A BIRDIE ON TOP

And NOW for the KETTO CLOTHESLINE.. MMMMMM

Here’s the KETTO CLOTHES LINE in it’s glory!

Now the WONDERFUL thing about the SETS that go with the line, can also be used on INCHIES which are little 1″ pieces of museum quality artboard which accepts any coloring medium.

THEY ARE TO DIE FOR.. THE NEW ATC! They can be traded, mounted.. LOVE IT!  MANY SAMPLES TO FOLLOW SISTAHS!

Ketto’s BABY FOOD AND BABY JAR SET for the clothesline

Ketto’s BABY LINGERIE SET for the clothesline

Ketto’s DOLLY AND BIB set for the clothesline

Ketto’s FUNKY TIE set for the clothesline

Ketto’s WOMAN’S LINGERIE set for the clothesline

Ketto’s MANLY set for the clothesline

Ketto’s DOLLY in a large size

Ketto’s POT O’ FLOWERS with a mini size!

KRISTA our other MAGNIFICO artist made a BEEYOTIFUL CHRISTMAS COLLECTION and a springy flower!

BIRDS DECORATING TREES (WITH MINI)

CANDY JAR WITH HOLLY

HAT AND MITTS

JOYFUL VILLAGE (WITH MINI)

MERRY CHRISTMAS BRANCH WITH BIRDIES

ORNAMENT WITH HOLLY (INCLUDING MINI)

DAISY WITH A LADYBUG (with MINI)

Our wonderful and TALENTED CHRISTY CROLL from TIDDLY made some BEEYOOTIFUL images too! FEAST YOUR EYES ON THESE BABIES

BEWITCHED -ATUDE

QUEEN FOR A DAY– after MUCH ado, I had to make this into a stamp 🙂 with Paula’s sentiment! (more to come next release)

HERE is PAULA’s SENTIMENT on it’s own!

THE MUMMY THE WITCH AND THE PIRATE

OK we’re DONE!!!… LOL.. don’t forget to check our paper section and our sales section too!!

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