My newest rubber stamp designs were just released by Impression Obsession and will be on display at the CHA Mega Show later this week in Anaheim, CA. For those of you at the show, I will be demoing at their booth #521 on Saturday 1/16 from 2-4pm. See my entire collection of IO stamps here.
Impression Obsession is celebrating all their new releases with a blog hop and giveaway of a $25 gift certificate to their site. See the list of participating blogs and check out all the details on their blog.
I am now on the west coast for what has become an annual adventure for me: The Craft & Hobby Association Mega Conference & Trade Show. Manufacturers, retailers, designers and bloggers come together for 6 days of buying, selling, education and networking. It is the time of new product releases and the first opportunity to see the trends in craft and art that will be in stores and on the Internet in the coming months.
The Conference is only open to CHA members. For those of you attending, I am looking forward to seeing you there and have included my schedule below. For the many of you who will not be attending, I will do my best to bring the experience to you with posts on this blog and more frequent updates on my Facebook Page and Twitter Feed. And, if all goes as planned, I will be sharing live video on Periscope for the first time - @alteredpage at periscope.tv.
To get a better sense of what the Show is all about, check out the video highlights below from 2015.
I am especially excited about attending this year as I will be exhibiting two of my own product lines at the Show for the first time.
Spellbinders Creative Arts
My debut line of products with Spellbinders will finally be revealed and will be available for purchase beginning in February. It is the first of many releases with the company and includes dies, rubber stamps, embossing folders and a unique book/journal kit. I shared a few of the new products here and previously posted teaser shots of artwork that I made for the booth using my line. Here is a shot of the artwork right before it was packaged for the trip.
So very eager to share the entire collection - and all the artwork - with you online beginning later this week.
Spellbinders will also be sharing live feeds from their booth and the workshops, hosting giveaways, and posting on their social media sites. To be part of the fun, sign up for updates here and watch the following video for details.
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I am also thrilled to be exhibiting my third collection of rubber stamps with Impression Obsession. I recently highlighted the first two releases here and am very excited that the newest designs are already available for purchase at the IO website and in my online shop. They will soon be in retailers and online shops as well. These are deeply etched, rubber stamps available individually in cling or wood mount and in the following cling sets.
Alphabet Scramble
ConText
Journal Coins
Journal Frames
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For those of you attending the show, you can find me here:
Friday 1/15
8:00am-10:00am - Mixed Media Mashup Workshop (full)
3:30pm-5:30pm - Spellbinders Forte Workshop (full)
Saturday 1/16
10:00am-12:00pm - Live demo at Spellbinders Booth 1735
2:00pm-4:00pm - Live demo at Impression Obsession Booth 521
Sunday 1/17
11:15am-1:15pm - Live demo at Spellbinders Booth 1735
Monday 1/18
1:30pm-3:30pm - Live demo at Spellbinders Booth 1735
It is with great excitement that I share with you my third collection of rubber stamps just released by Impression Obsession.
These 12 new designs bring my total collection with Impression Obsession up to 42 stamps. All of the designs were hand drawn by me and manufactured in the United States. The stamps are high quality, deeply-etched red rubber and can be purchased individually (wood mounted or cling) and in 4 cling sets.
Alphabet Scramble
Word Salad
Alpha Centauri
Letter Press
ConText
Word Chain
Happenings
Secret Code
Journal Coins
Dreams
Open Door
Endless Chains
Journal Frames
Memories
Remember
Reminisce
These stamps are available for purchase now from both the IO website and my online shop, where I will be shipping orders upon my return from the CHA Mega Show on January 14.
Join me every Sunday when I share some of my favorite links I discovered in the previous week. Earlier posts in the series can be found here.
And here is Week 83...
1. Join Colour Me Positive, a free, year-long online project all about journaling, positivity, and community.
2. For those of you (and I am sure there are many) who miss Robyn Gordon's blog Art Propelled, did you know she has a very active Tumblr page?
3. Excited to attend the Outsider Art Fair later this month in NYC. Hands down it is one of my most favorite art fairs every year. Here are some shots I took from 2015...
4. How often do you create? Hear how 8 artists answer this question on Somerset Place.
5. And speaking of Somerset Place, click here for some art resolutions and project ideas to get you started in 2016.
6. Happy for my friend Julianna C. Avelar who just released her book Jewel Loom Inspirations. And yup...I used one to create an element in my mixed media artwork below.
7. Reminding you all about my Art Blog Directory, which includes links to 425+ creative blogs. If you have a blog and are not listed, contact me so you can join the party.
