March giveaway(s) from Cherry Pie!

I don't know where time goes. It's been nearly a month since my last post....... life got in the way, weather was colder than Florida residents can handle and I had a lot of work too. Always welcome of course....... but I'm not keeping my promises of posting here regularly and offering new giveaways........
Soooooo.......... now I will have two giveaways! One for everyone and one for one lucky winner.

March is my birth month......

First giveaway: I'm giving a 10% off to all orders over $25 (before taxes and postage) that I get until end month. ONLY orders from my website and NOT from eBay or etsy!

In order to get the discount you must mention "10% happy birthday" in the message window of your payment.

I will refund your account as soon as I process your order.

On March 24th (my actual b-day) I will post a giveaway. It will be something handmade........ come back to see what it is! :-)

I will pick ONE winner among all the comments I will get in the next post.

You will have only 5 days for leaving a comment so make sure you come back to this blog one day between 24th and 28th March!

Happy Spring! x

My OWOH win!

Tomorrow I will mail the 3 gifts to their winners...... meanwhile I want to show off one of my wins! :-)
I don't have it in my hands yet but it's travelling from England this week and I can't wait to get it. I want to show you the photo because I think it's so cool and such a neat gift idea!

 

It's a sterling silver pendant. I choose the personalization including the butterfly and the color of Swarowki bead (I had an AB because I like diamonds! ;-)

Plus Catherine added the star charm because I like stars and she didn't have a stamp of a star for my symbol.

Isn't it cool? Visit Catherine's etsy store to see all she does and sells!

PS. I got it and I LOVE it!

OWOH WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

Oh how much fun this was! I visited over 1000 blogs (I never knew there were so many around! LOL) and I got 392 comments!! Ohmy!! For one who had an average of 3-4, it's a huge thing!!! I also met some wonderful new friends and I even won two prizes myself!! Yeay!:-)))

And here are the Cherry Pie winners picked by the random number generator:

1. #131 Rosie (Rosemary Rowe) from UK

2. #29 Lorri (from Australia)

3. #164 Jennifer R.D. from CA

Congratulations!

And heartfelt thanks to all who wrote such wonderful words!!!! I will read them over and over again when I need a little boost of confidence...... 

Hugs to all! xxxx

OWOH, One World One Heart - The Cherry Pie Giveaway

Hello and welcome to the Cherry Pie blog!
This is my first year participating in this fantastic initiative created by Lisa of A Whimsical Bohemian!
Make sure that after signing here you also visit her blog for lots more blog links and a chance to win something from each one!!
I thank Moriah of MLB Studios for telling me about it. I'm just loving it!
This is so cool, not only for the prize, but for the special opportunity of finding new friends and kindred spirits worldwide.


QUICK INTRODUCTION:
I started this blog over a year ago with the main aim of promoting my line of rubber stamps (Cherry Pie Art Stamps) and showing off the stamped artwork that we do within my Yahoo group. Then... it expanded to posting pics of my cats (AKA the Cherry Pie helpers) and my handmade dolls and paintings! I just couldn't hide that these things are a big part of my life too (and there's still a lot more of course....).
I hope that, before you go, you want to follow my blog or flickr..... 
 

MY 3 GIVEAWAY(s)

My giveaway for 3 lucky ones who leave a comment to this post will be picked by using the random number generator on Feb 15th evening hours (EST).
The winners will get 1 each of the 3 Original (not a print!) mixed media paintings on cardstock you see here below (5"x7") PLUS a rubber stamp from my line. If you're not a stamper, you may turn into one! ;-)
All images used in my artwork are rubber stamps by Cherry Pie of course!  
 

Giveaway#1

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought"- Buddha

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Giveaway #2  
"Let it go"

This card was published on RubberStampMadness #166 Winter 2009 together with a long article and tutorial photos/instructions for this kind of mixed media stamping. If you like it, you may want to check it out!

 

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Giveaway #3

"Dreamweaver"

 
COME BACK FEB 16TH TO CHECK WHO ARE THE WINNERS!

I will have more giveaways this year so sign up to follow my blog!

Keep on leaving comments AND a way to contact you back! A good number of these messages have no way to track you! If you have no blog, please check your google settings and enable emailing you!!! OR add your email details in the comment! You don't want to win something and not be able to get it, right?

Thanks for all the lovely comments! 
This carpet ride is a real magic journey for me !

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15th Feb 9:00pm the journey is over!

I'm off to pick the winners!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Another year has gone........ even a decade has gone! Seems yesterday we were toasting at the new millennium and it's already 10 years old!
I'm grateful for the 2k's, so many good things have happened to me. The best is to live in the US and to have many friends and wonderful customers who even follow my mainly silent blog!
Without your support I wouldn't be here........ Thank you!

Waiting for Christmas..........

... meanwhile torturing my cat! :-D
This is Misty and she actually didn't complain at all while I dressed her and took a bazillion pictures! She is also wearing a collar with jingles but it ended up covered by her long hairs.

Not your usual Mona Lisa......

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Introducing Peter Pup

I recently devoted some time to drawing....... ehm..... not my usual kind of drawing though! I created a cartoon character of a cute puppy named Peter Pup that is being sold by another stamp company called Stamp Affair.
Click this link to see the first plate that is out for sale as well as mounted singles if you prefer.

If you order and mention that Marina sends you, they will send you a free um grab bag too!

Peter Pup is also in T-shirts, mugs, caps, keychains and a bazillion other items through zazzle

Hope you like it!

October specials at Cherry Pie Art Stamps!

October is one of my fave months as it usually gets a little cooler in FL (not this year though!) and we have Halloween coming :-)
Have you seen the many cool Gothic, spooky, eerie scenic, Halloweenish images at http://www.cherrypie.theshoppe.com/e-store/page21/21.html ?
And of course there's a lot more on my shopping site! http://www.cherrypieartstamps.com/shopping.html

Today is Oct 12th and this is a special offer that will go on all month until Oct 31st at midnight. It's an offer for all those who read it and claim it with their order so you can forward it to your friends, post in your blog etc...

Validity date: Oct 12th through Oct 31st. Orders only from my website. Not from eBay/etsy etc...

All US/Canada orders over $50 (before S&H) will be sent free shipping and you get to pick a freebie stamp of your choice too.

Out of the US/Canada orders over $50 get to pick a freebie of your choice (shipping is $9 on a $50 order and never over $13.50 for bigger orders).

Please make sure that you CLAIM your discount (mention this offer in the message window of your payment)! You first pay and then I will refund your shipping costs (US orders only) and add the freebie you ask for.

This offer is for rubber stamps orders only and not valid for eBay orders, sorry.
If you are an eBay buyer, please check my website. I have a much wider range of images and I take Paypal payments.

Also, if you like T-shirts, mugs, mouse pads and other stuff with the Cherry Pie images, please pay a visit to my zazzle store! I'm working on it to add more and more of the favourite designs and artwork http://www.zazzle.com/marilenz*

Have a wonderful Fall season!
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(¸.·´Marina
Cherry Pie Art Stamps
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Cherry Pie gadgets at http://www.zazzle.com/marilenz*
Marina's Flickr gallery www.flickr.com/photos/marilenz/sets

ZAZZLE!

I've been playing with my Zazzle store these last two days and I added more images! I got two "Today's Best Awards" in two days so I'm excited! :-) I plan to add one or two new images every day.

make custom gifts at Zazzle

Gothic arch

OK, I admit it's not all new work. I made that Gothic arch a year ago or more... you can also see it in the old posts...... but I repainted it and I added the background ....A little recycling...... :-)
The background is done with tissue paper.

©Marina - Cherry Pie Art Stamps 2009

Halloween art

I love Halloween and all the spooky decorations........ it's the only holiday I truly enjoy.
I drive around every year just to see the graveyards popping up in people's lawns as long as monsters, witches and carved pumpkins. I wish I were a child in America!

I want to start stamping something spooky soon. Meanwhile I attach here one of last year's cards.
I'm going to feature all the spooky art from all members of the Cherry Pie ning group soon so please join the group if you haven't already and share your Halloween artwork with us. At least one Cherry Pie stamp is preferred...... Check the beautiful Goth, magic, spooky stamps from Cherry Pie!

Waiting for the Art doll swap pages......

While waiting for the players to send in their pages, I have played on an extra one myself. This is not my main entry in the book (that I'm keeping secret until I send all the books back).
I have used only the art doll plate to do this. First I cut out all the doll parts that I stamped on an old dictionary, then I made my naked doll by sticking the pieces together.
After this I stamped the body on the reverse side of pink paper and I cut it out adding a skirt.
Last I stamped the shoes on the reverse side too so I could have pink shoes instead of black.
A little glue, some hair doodling and a fancy hat finished the doll that was attached to a piece of scrapbook paper and stamped with the tiny Cherry Pie butterflies. Pretty easy fun project.

©Cherry Pie Art Stamps, LLC 1991-2009

New doll with vintage teddy bear

I finally added hands and feet to Melanie, my last dolly. I made her for my miniature vintage teddy bear than my grandpa gave me when I was 3 or 4 years old. He has been around me all my life (while my grandpa passed on when I was 5) and I wanted to give him a special place so I thought that best was to make tiny arms that could hug him.
More of my dolls photos can be seen here

Beautiful dragonflies

I live on a small lake and there are lots of dragonflies around here. Today I spotted one on a flower and I ran to get my camera...... This is the best shot I got. Click on the photo to enlarge it.This image is a Cherry Pie stamp colored in with watercolor paints

Gothic arches

Another swap with my Yahoo group. We used all the same shape of a Gothic arch with a tab so I could punch it for binding into a booklet.
15 players, each one of us received the same booklet back.
All rubber stamps used are by Cherry Pie

Queen of butterflies - stamped art

Long time no blogging........... too busy for most fun things but here's a card I made a while ago with my new rubber stamps

Cat swap with Yahoo group

This is our latest swap! 4"x4" size
I bound it in a booklet with a Bind-it-all
If you click on the photos you can see a larger view

And this is a cat card I made sometime ago with alcohol inks and I used it for the back cover of the cat booklet (I cut it in a square of course)

I learned something new today!

Isn't this cool? OK, I'm probably the last one to find out about "Flick" and Picturetrail....... LOL

Stamping 4x4 for Cat swap

This is my entry for the cat swap I just organized with my Yahoo group.
Next post I will show the photos of the finished book. It was fun as usual!
All stamps used are by Cherry Pie of course! :-)

Cherry Pie is 18!!

I nearly forgot an important date......... Cherry Pie turned 18 this month!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't believe so many years went by.......... I'm shaking my head in disbelief, but anyway, we need a celebration with lots of orders......... ;-) LOL

Beginning today until end month (June 30), you can pick your own freebie every $25 you spend (before postage).
You must write your choice in the message window of your Paypal payment.
This is an offer for all those who read it.
You can forward this offer to your friends. If you have a blog or stamping group, you can put your orders together and get lots of freebies!

Happy stamping June!
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(¸.·´Marina

Click here to go straight to the Cherry Pie shop

The Cherry Pie employees of the month....

Dark stamping

I've been playing with my new images again. This dead tree is kinda creepy...... I think we all have a dark side hidden behind our sunny facade and I enjoy goth/dark art a lot.....

Same stamps, different coloring

I've been playing with acrylic paints and my new stamps.......

New rubberstamps!

Oh how exciting to have new rubber stamps to play with! The pleasure really pays me back of the weeks I spent drawing and putting these 5 artboards together. I changed them so many times, trying to make all images fit and filling spaces in between with new drawings....... now that I can touch the rubber sheets, I know it was all worth it and I can't wait to ink them up! :-)
Please go to this page on my website to see all new images in full size. They're all sold as sheets or single images. There is a plate inspired by watching Twilight, a dark scenic one, a second one dedicated to Gustav Klimt, one to Marie Antoinette and one "inspirational". I hope you like them as much as I do!