A7 Envelope Sale, New Gloss Pro-Digital Paper, Stardream Metallic Policy 10 Envelope & some FUN with Curious Iridescents

This month all of A7 Envelopes are on Sale!

Be sure to Click HERE to receive 10% off all A7 Envelopes. (no discount code to enter) Valid through July 31, 2009

We have so many wonderful products coming in. One of them I am excited about that is in our store already is the Pro-Digital Gloss White cardstock paper.We have it in 100# Cover, 80# Cover, 100 # Text & 80# Text. We had so many folks tell us they wanted us to bring in paper that can be used at home in their ink jet printers and not just for laser printers. These are great for printing double sided brochures and any creative way you can think of. How I decided to use them was to print on some of the 80# Cover to print out some artistic photos that could be mounted onto our Brockway Deckled Edge cards.

We are also updating our Policy 10 Envelope inventory. We have some fabulous metallic envelopes in our clearance section so make sure to check those out. But here are some of our newest uploads. Four FANTASTIC Stardream open end metallic envelopes.Those colors are Gold, Opal, Silver & Quartz.

We also have the Kraft Policy 10 with tie closures. These envelopes celebrate the concept of suspense as the receiver must un-tie them to get to the goods inside....How Fun !

For some time now I have been told by stampers and artist how great our Curious Iridescent line is. I have just never had the time to play but I finally took the time and I have got to tell you... It's not great .....It is stinkin FANTASTIC !!!! Oh my goodness, this is cardstock that you can ink, paint, stamp on and even soak with water and it remains intact. I luv that the shimmer gives every project that special touch.

Here I painted, stamped and antiqued on the Poison Ivory and did not get any bleeding edges.

I than decided to take it a step further here. In order to achieve the vintage look I was after I really had to soak my cards several times. It held up beautifully !

In this sample I used a mix of acrylics and alcohol inks. Still holding up quite well.I than decided to layer it on some of our Brockway Deckled Edge cards to give to some one special.

We have recieved so many wonderful entries for Guest Designers and Spot lights. I will be sitting down next week and nailing down our choices so if you have yet to send us your information please take time to that today.

Remember we welcome questions and simply love talking to our customers...so if you have any questions about our products please feel free to contact us here or thru Customer Service at the store. We look forward to hearing from you.

Have a Blessed Creative Day...The Cut Card Stock Team

Clear Artistic Stamps

I am super duperly excited to write up this post today. I have met one of the sweetest ladies in this industry. She clearly (hehehe) is a fantastic artist with one super Design Team.

Today we are spotlighting the work of Clear Artistic Stamps Design Team and the Owner Belinda Landtroop.

Here is Belinda's Story:

I started as a freelance artist and doing fine art. My favorite medium is Pen & Ink. Which is great for drawing and with three children I have drawn everywhere. I’ve drawn in the doctor’s waiting room, sitting in the car waiting for school to let out, at a basketball game, a band concert and anywhere I had the chance. Now add to that my love of creating! Like the time I decided to save money and reupholster our living room sofa with fabric I got on sale. My husband didn’t share my excitement at first. Something about finding his sofa in the yard stripped of everything and me with a smile saying, I was reupholstering it, didn’t thrill him. Could be because I didn’t know anything about reupholstering. It took me a week but it turned out great. Although, I did do a little redesign so all the pieces would fit back together.

Creating was a part of most of my freelance jobs, such as making cards. While I was doing card designs, as samples to show my art, I began thinking about starting my own stamp company. I found I loved creating the cards almost as much as doing the artwork. Plus I had done work for several rubber stamp companies. These fine companies are among them Cornish Heritage Farms, Time To Stamp (now sold through I Brake for Stamps), Scottish Borders Stamp Company, Innovative Stamp Creations and Frantic Fran’s Rubber Stamps.

I had finished working with a stamp company and hadn’t started with another. It seemed the perfect time to start my own. It took a lot of work. Searching for the best clear product and testing it. Drawing lots of designs for stamp sets. Packaging, headers, stickers, bags and lots more had to be priced and checked for quality. Then, the bookkeeping, records, files and office work.

The good thing was my husband has an engineering background and knows manufacturing. Even better he worked for free! Well, maybe a few kisses as a bonus. We started in October of 2007 and opened Clear Artistic Stamps in January 2008. It’s been a wonderful experience, a little scary at times, but we love it and all the great people we have met.

Wow Belinda not quite sure what my hubby would have done if he caught me trying to reupholster the couch. What a team you guys make !

Belinda A. Landtroop is also a fine artist, graphic artist, writer of children’s stories and a poet. She has won awards for her fine art in watercolor, acrylic, pen & ink and mixed media. Her graphic art includes card design, pencil designs, rubber stamp designs and other products. Belinda’s book “Whispers of Love a Poetry Journal” sold out and she is working on her next one. She is the Owner and artist of Clear Artistic Stamps.

Here are some samples her very talented Design Team put together for us using the Gorgeous Clear Artistic Stamps & our cardstock that can be found in the Clearly Artisitc Stamp store:

Etha used the "Sympathy Garden" set for this stunning card collection.

Oh wowzers am I loving the colors in this journal that Lee created. She used the "Flight of My Dreams" to create it. Just Beautiful Lee !

Purple and Gold...such a pretty combination Lisa ! Just Lovely ! Lisa used the "Echos of Dreams" set.

OHHHH luv how perfect the metallic paper worked here in Linsey's card. Linsey used the "Lighting the Sea" set.

How CUTE Wendi and what a great card that any DAD would be proud to recieve ! In this card Wendi used the "That's My Boy" , "Holiday Celebration" & "Im Just Saying".

What a cool card Traci. I luv the squares...... soooo pretty ! Traci used the "Blackberry Fields"set to complete her card.

So pretty girls and very inspiring. Thanks for the awesome samples !

So if you have not been to Clear Artistic Stamps...make sure to swing by and check out all the beautiful stamp sets Belinda has to offer along with the Stunning new release.

Norma Kennedy

6.5 Inch Square Envelopes on Sale and More ! Check it Out !

I quickly wanted to let you know that we are having a Fabulous 6.5 inch envelope sale you will not want to miss out on. We also have A7 Gatefolds as well as Curious Iridescent Cardstock on Sale. Swing by and take a look at these Awesome prices.

Be sure to Click HERE to receive 10% off all 6.5 inch square envelopes. (no discount code to enter) Valid through June 30, 2009

All Curious Iridescent Cardstock on Sale.
No discount code to enter--valid through 6/15/2009
Curious Iridescent 8 1/2"x11" Cardstock $8.95 on sale $8.50
Curious Iridescent 12"x12" Cardstock $14.25on sale $13.50

I also want to let you guys know that we will have another FUN contest coming next week that you will definitely want to be a part of.
We also will be profiling a fantastic company and their super talented Design Team.
So make sure to come back and visit !

I will leave you with some creative ideas on how to use our BROWN BAG PAPER Kraft 12x12" cover wt:





I hope that these samples have inspired you to create.
Have a Blessed and Creative week !