Dream - a lot of new stamps... and all for you!

You know, I take part in several linking parties (I think most of you know, that's how many of you stumbled over my blog... or I over yours! :) ). In the beginning of july Katie from Sew Woodsy (aka Mrs. Sew Woodsy) featured my hand carved stamps I made for Silke from "für große Mädchen".

Katie asked me whether I could think of having a giveaway together.

Hey, of course I said yes!

There are a lot of good reasons for...

• I just love to carve stamps!


• How can I say no to her while she loves my stamps? :)


• I am taking part in her linking party nearly every week


• She asked me at the right moment. Just a short time ago my blog reached the 100th follower... and I didn't even celebrate it somehow. I thought about a candy already for some time (Lachafa could tell you ^^) but let alone the decision about what... mh... 

So I failed to make one. Not so much because of the lack of ideas but more to the real lack of time and energy. I didn't have (and still don't have) the time because my computer time is mostly dedicated to make the last corrections for my thesis. I even cancelled an great event this weekend which dear friends hold around this time for some years now. It is a kind of summer ball and I am sniffing not to go and also feel bad to disappoint my friends (although they are understanding!).

Therefore the moment was more than perfect because all I had to do was to ask Katie what she thinks about this or that... and she managed all the work! She also has every week a linking party (which I think is so much work I never can believe someone is hosting one voluntary!). And she gave me weeks... months... to carve the stamps in my own time :)

So go over to her to have a closer view of the stamps (if you like them but I hope you do! :) ) and maybe let them be yours?

And if you go over to Katie... have also a look here! Because this is her working area which I am sooooo jealous of! :) I already asked whether she and her man could make some shelves for me! Hey... just across the ocean! ^^

Before I forget it... Did I already mention how much I love to carve stamps? ^^

And before you ask: Yes, if the mail delivery reaches you, I'll send it to you! Just don't forget that I am sending from germany so it may take some time until the mail reaches you :)

Giveaway will remain open until 11:59 pm EST on Thursday, August 25, 2011.
Which would be 05.59 am CEST on Friday, August 26, 2011 (for all the ones with central european summer time like germany) :)

Pink stars... or snowflakes...?

If you follow my blog since the advent calender last year you might already know this shape (here or here). I love this shape! This ones are polymer clay (fimo) stamped with a wooden fabric stamp from india. So easy, so nice the effect.

I made a patina with magenta acrilyc paint. You can see it a little bit better in a b/w picture but it really makes a great difference!

Edit: Of course part of the pink advent calender ^^

Never enough stamps!

This new stamp collection from today is somewhat incoherent... I hope you may forgive me for that! It was just in some minutes in between that I made this or that out of leftovers... there wasn't anything specific on my mind...

So what do we have?

A little star, some words, ornaments... and an island! The shape of Formentera! Okay, I think I will redo it with a different kind of rubber but for a first try it is sweet :)

The grey background was stamped just with another eraser leftover... probably will transform into a smaller stamp sooner or later! But before that it can be used for stuff like this. :)

And please: Just give me suggestions what could be transformed into a eraser-rubber-carved-stamp!