I've noticed that feather stamps have been flying out the door lately, so I'm going to share two simple feather cards you can stamp up - one uses the small feather, and the other one, the favorite feather.  On the first card Teresa Abajo stamped a rainbow of small feathers using 10 different distress ink colors, wrapped the card with twine, and added a simple, but meaningful sentiment. This card will surely bring some cheer to the recipient.

And here is a card by Jennifer Ingle, she has used the large (favorite) feather to create a "feathered thanks."  She stamped the feather with a deep peach color and embossed the tips with a lavender embossing powder from Stampendous.  She added a sticker to finish the card.  

Thanks for stopping by today - What would your feather card say?

Summertime is here (or at least it has been coming and going here in Ohio) and I want to share this wonderful hand-stamped scrapbook album with a vintage feel by design team member Irit Shalom.  She put together a beautiful mini-album that makes me think of childhood summertime fun.

This is the cover that features the child looking up.  But in the background she has stamped the old script stamp with Clearsnap Frosty White - the white stands out beautifully among the misted background.  Along the lower right edge she stamped the Spring Bouquet with Ranger Archival Ink and then heat-embossed the edge with Metallic Copper WOW! embossing power.  

She continued with the same metallic embossed technique through the whole book which gives it a nice cohesive feel.  Here she stamped the boy day dreaming, hot air balloon (our current free stamp), and the flock of crows.  And she mixed Ranger mists together and sprayed them all over the page.

Here she used the old script again in white with the flower girls.  I like how she used the  stickers on each page to echo the playful feeling of the images.

This is the butterfly boy stamped as the focal point with the old script again in white in the background.  Irit created this mini album to share some adorable photos of her grandson.  You can visit her blog to see how lovely these pages look next to her cute little grandson. 

Happy Monday Everyone!  Our blog hop was great fun and it seemed to be very well-received.  I got great feedback from the design team, and we look forward to more hopping in the future.  We appreciate everyone who participated and I'm excited to announce the winner!

The winner of the prize is Nancy Wethington  Congrats, Nancy!

So the spooky time is upon us and I always enjoy seeing stamp art from customers, so if you have stamped up something spooktacular with our stamps, I would love it see it.  Please feel free to share your artwork on of Facebook page.  In the meantime, here's some delicious inspiration for the spooky season!

These cookies have been stamped with poison!  For directions click here.

What would you stamp-up with POISON?

Welcome to the first-ever 100 Proof Press Blog Hop.  That's right blog-hoppin' 100 Proof Press style.  I've been waiting for this ever since we got the new website up and running, really running.  And I'm so pleased with how the design team has shared their support, creativity, and enthusiasm for this blog hop.

Everyone wins inspiration from our talented team, but one lucky commenter will win a $30.00 gift certificate, as well as a package of postage paper, and some postage parts.  What's postage paper you say?  It's paper that's been designed to look like postage stamps, and postage parts are rubber stamp images created precisely for the size of each faux stamp on the postage paper.  So hop, skip, and jump from blog to blog, but make sure you remember to leave a comment on each one in order to be entered into the contest.  The winner will be announced right here on Monday September 17th.

It's that time of year when if you grow tomomatoes you have more fruits then you know what to do with.  We have been slicing and dicing and canning salsa, salsa, and more salsa. Design team member, Alexa Lett, knew just what to do with the mason jar stamp.  This is a mixed media piece is designed around the jar that incorporates a lovely vintage-handmade feel.  I like the way she used the old pages of a book for a canvas, and the free-motion stitching ties it all together.  And of course, you have to love the little heart in the jar - what would you put in mason jar?

Mixed-Media Piece by Alexa Lett

My dad can't stop wondering why it's called canning, and not jarring.  Anyone?

Happy Friday Everyone.  Fall is slowly creeping up on us and it's almost Halloween time.  Did you see our Pumpkin Kids Parade stamp in the newsletter this week?  We now have a new Halloween Trick or Treat Silhouette Stamp, perfect for card-making and Halloween invitations.  

Rubber Stamp Madness has a call for "Incredible Edibles." Stamp up your best food art work and send it to RSM for consideration by September 10th, you can visit their site for more details.  Need some food stamps?  We have enough food stamps to accommodate any stamper's diet.  You can visit the stamper's grocery here - we'd love to see 100 Proof Press represented.

Next month we are hosting the first ever blog hop!  I hope you join us, stay tuned to this blog for more details, or subscribe to our newsletter by entering your e-mail address at the top of this page next to the Sharp Owl.

The famous rubber stamp convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, Stampaway, will be celebrating its' 20th anniversary this summer.  The convention dates are August 3rd and August 4th - and 100 Proof Press will be there!  We are getting in gear already.

Since our image selection is so extensive we are not able to bring all of our images with us.  But if you are going to visit us in Cincinnati, and know of particular stamps you would like us to bring, please e-mail your special requests to info@100proofpress.com .  

Our new website is up and running, however we are still working on getting all of the bugs worked out.  If you are having trouble viewing our online shop, I would suggest you change your browser (we are having issues with Internet Explorer, but Firefox does work).  We are aware of this inconvenience and we are working to get this taken care of.  We truly appreciate your patience and look forward to improving our website upgrade so your 100 Proof Press online shopping experience will only get better.  We are always here to answer questions and help you out.   The best way to contact us is through e-mail: info@100proofpress.com  .