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New Essentials 9 Collection and Background Stamps!

We'd like to introduce our new rubber stamp collections:

The Essentials 9 Collection includes 8 new rubber stamp sets:

DDRS085 Dressmaker
DDRS086 Ribbons
DDRS087 Doilies
DDRS088 Etched Flowers
DDRS089 Whimsical Words
DDRS090 Discover
DDRS091 Wings
DDRS092 Keys

We also have 6 new Background Stamps:

New Background Stamps include:

DDBS017 Buttons
DDBS018 Measuring Tape
DDBS019 Flower Garden
DDBS020 Chevron
DDBS021 Marbling
DDBS022 Polka Dots

All Rubber Stamps and Background Stamps come with EZ Mount cling foam. All products are shipping to stores now!

Please contact your favourite Darkroom Door stockist to order!

We're looking forward to sharing projects using these new products, so please keep an eye on the blog over the next few weeks. We also look forward to seeing what you all create with our new rubber stamps!!

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Sunday Links #27

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Sunday Links! I'm sure these will inspire you to have a creative day!!

Resist Flower Basket Card by Godelieve

Playing Cards Cards by Shirley

10 minute tag by Godelieve

Robot Filmstrip card by Karen

Tulip Cards by Godelieve

Daisy Photochips card by Julie

Creativity Card by Godelieve

Steampunk ATC by Shirley

Shabby Heart Card by Godelieve

Thanks to each of you for having a play with our products and sharing your work. We love seeing what is created!

If you'd like to share your project with us, please email your links in to us at: info(at)darkroomdoor(dot)com

Hope you all have a wonderful Sunday!

Guest Artist: Jane Clark Part 2

Welcome to day 2 of our Guest Artist feature with Jane Clark! Thanks you for leaving comments on yesterdays post showing Jane's Seaside Accordion album, I know Jane would have appreciated them! We have some more fabulous artwork to share with you today... let's take a look:

Stamps used: Steampunk, Correspondence

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Stamps used: Love Birds

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Stamps used: Love Birds, Correspondence

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Stamps used: Love Birds

Jane has also created an altered book:

Stamps used: Wilderness Vol 1, Love Birds, Correspondence

 I love the variety of techniques Jane uses in her cards and the combinations of embellishments to compliment each project. We'd like to say a HUGE thank you to Jane for being our Guest Artist for this week - it has been an absolute pleasure showing off her projects!

If you'd like to see more of Jane's work, please check out her blog or pick up a copy of Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft magazine where she has a regular article in there each month along with various cards throughout each issue.

Thanks again Jane!

Guest Artist: Jane Clark

Name: Jane Clark AKA Miss Jane
 
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
 
Lives: For cardmaking oh and my family he he!! (Jane actually lives in Sydney, Australia)
 
Known For: Being the Technical Editor of ‘Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft’ for the last five years, this requires a regular technique article called ‘The Classroom’. I also have cards frequently published for this magazine and for ‘Handmade’.  Plus I do numerous teaching jigs at camps, shops and papercraft expos.

Blog: janescreativejourney.blogspot.com

Loves to: Catch up with friends and family, gardening, bush walking and travelling
 
Loves to create: Anything papercraft, be it cards, altered objects or dare I say scrapbook, well I try!

Favourite Darkroom Door product: The stamps, my favourites are the Trees and both the Wilderness sets.
 
Let’s say you’re invited to come into our darkroom for a day. What would you bring with you? A cuppa, chocolate and the biggest grin on my face!

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We are so excited to have Jane as a Guest Artist here at Darkroom Door this week! We've always admired her cards in 'Cardmaking Stamping & Papercraft' magazine and knew work magic with some Darkroom Door stamps - and we were right! She blew us away with her amazing project! Let's take a look at the first one...

Seaside Accordion Album:

Supplies used:
Rubber Stamps: Seashells, Under The Sea
Wordstrips: Seaside
Accordion Book with Tin

Isn't this book amazing! Thanks so much for sharing this with us Jane!

Jane has also created a number of cards to share with you, so please check back tomorrow to see what else she's created!

2012 Stamping Cruise - Thank you!

What can I say? Put simply - the 2012 Australia / South Pacific Stamping Cruise on board the Rhapsody of the Seas was LOADS of fun! Our stamping group was amazing, they came from all over Australia and New Zealand and together we spent 13 days at sea exploring the islands of Fiji, New Caledonia and Vanuatu! I had an absolute ball teaching all the workshops. As you can imagine, the classroom was buzzing with excitement as new projects were being completed, new techniques being learned and new friendships being made.

The photo above is our stamping group. A big thanks to Lorelle (pictured in the front row on the right), owner of Crafting Cruises, for all her hard work and effort in co-ordinating the group.

Here is just a sneak at some of the projects that I taught on the cruise. I will share the projects in full when I return from Europe in a couple of weeks. But for now, I just wanted to give you a glimpse of the fun stuff we got up to :)

First up was a 2012 Stamping Cruise Journal:

We also created framed shadow box with loads of texture:

Another great class was a Seaside Printers Tray:

There's just a few of the classes I taught... the stampers also created a lot of cards and a 2012 calendar in another 3 workshops. I'll share those photos in upcoming blog posts. 

I would also like to say a HUGE thank you to the generous companies who helped make this cruise such an amazing adventure! These wonderful companies either sponsored workshops, donated prizes or sent in products that could be used to make cards for charities. I am forever grateful for your generous support: 

While on board the ship, our stampers created a total of 212 cards which will be donated to Aussie Troops so they can write home to their families and Ronald McDonald house. Thank you to all of the stampers who contributed their time and creativity while out at sea! It was a fantastic effort which I am sure will be appreciated by many!!!

One of the best rewards of an adventure like this is not only the chance to explore new places, but the friendships that are created along the way. Thank you so much to all of you for sharing this journey with me!

- Rachel

Workshops in France and UK

This week I will be teaching workshops at the Pour l'Amour du Scrap show in Lille, France!

I'm so excited to be teaching at the show - I know we have many Darkroom Door followers in Europe so I hope to meet many of you there! Of course I'll be bringing goodies with me to give away during the workshops and every person in the Stamping Techniques class will receive a Darkroom Door Word Block Stamp in their kit! Woo hoo!

If you are interested in attending the show or booking into the workshops, please visit the Pour l'Amour du Scrap website. You can also follow Pour l'Amour du Scrap on Facebook.

Next week I will be at the Craft Hobby & Stitch show in Birmingham UK. I'll be doing demonstrations of our latest products on the Personal Impressions booth on Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st.

Hope to see you there!

- Rachel

Sunday Links #26

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Sunday Links! There's lots to share today, hopefully these will inspire you to have a creative day!!

Black & White Tile Magnets by Irene Po - these are a great gift idea!

Art de Fleur ATC by Ellie

Fuschia ATC with cracked ice technique by Ellie

Christmas Reindeer Tag by Anneke

Red Santa card by Anneke using Yuletide Vol 2 stamp set

Christmas Earrings by Ine

Black & White Love Birds by Godelieve

Hearts and More Hearts by Godelieve - just in time for Valentine's Day!

Hope you enjoy admiring these beautiful projects! Thanks to each of you for having a play with our products and sharing your work. We love seeing what is created!

If you'd like to share your project with us, please email your links in to us at: info(at)darkroomdoor(dot)com

Hope you all have a wonderful Sunday!

NEW changes to rubber stamps!

We'd like to announce two exciting developments to our rubber stamp line!




Darkroom Door stamps (rubber stamp sets, Backgrounds, Photo Stamps and Word Block Stamps) are now sold with EZ Mount cling foam included!

This is awesome because:
- Allows you to purchase the one stamp without needing to purchase a full sheet of cling foam separately.
- Cling foam is adhered to the stamp sets, simply trim the stamps individually ready for use.
- Single stamps (Backgrounds, Photo Stamps and Word Blocks) are ready to use straight away!

Stamp sets also have a new clear DVD sized storage case.

This is awesome because:
- There's a labelled spine for easy identification
- Stamps are easily stored vertically or horizontally
- DVD size case means they can be stored in any of the DVD sized storage solutions on the market - bookcases, DVD boxes etc.
- Clear back, so the entire stamp sheet can be seen while still in the storage case
- Thinner storage case, which reduces space needed for storing stamps in your craft area!
- Stamps cling easily to the inside of the case while not in use

Here is a video to show how the new stamp storage case works:

I've also created a video to show how I like to trim the rubber stamps to they're ready for use. You can watch that here:

Thank you once again for your valued support of our rubber stamps!

- Rachel

Paris Collection featured on Better Homes & Garden TV

Recently we were approached by Better Homes & Gardens TV Show if they could use our Paris Collection to create some home decor for one of their interior design segments. Of course we were delighted! 

The show goes to air this Friday 3rd at 7.30pm on Channel 7 (in Australia). Please check our local TV guide just in case it may be showing at a different time in your area.

Look out for their March issue of Better Homes & Gardens magazine too, as the projects will also be featured in this issue.

A big thanks to Better Homes & Gardens production team for choosing and showcasing our Paris Collection!

Artist Trading Card swap details: Flowers!

The ATC swap theme for February is FLOWERS!

Use any Darkroom Door flower image to create your ATC's. You can use flower stamps, flower Montage sheets or Filmstrip images, Photochips or perhaps you'd like to use some Pearlescent papers! The choice is yours! Here's some links to some of our flower products:

Full Bloom Collection
Viva La Flora Collection
Art de Fleur Collection
Pearlescent Papers

and of course you can find flower stamps in our Photo Stamps and Essentials Stamp collections!

Click here for all the info on how to participate. The closing date for this month is 29th Feb 2012.

Please email me if you have any questions! info (at) darkroomdoor(dot)com

Looking forward to seeing all of your creations!!

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