The Cherry Pie blog

A Halloween treat from Cherry Pie

2011-10-31T22:06:00.010-04:00

My little treat for you on this Halloween is free shipping of all US and Canada orders.

Other international orders ship on discount. My webstore has been set for this offer until Friday night (4th Nov).

PLEASE NOTE: the free shipping offer is valid on any order coming through my website and NOT through eBay, etsy or elsewhere.

My webstore is the one you find on www.cherrypieartstamps.com/shopping.html

Have a blessed Samhain, Happy Halloween and feliz Dia de los Muertos.

*´¨)

¸. ·´ ¸. ·´¨)

(¸.·´Marina

"Graveyard Soiree" by Marina

The tiny dancing couple is a rubber stamp by Viva Las Vegas Stamps.

All others are by Cherry Pie. Published on Rubberstampmadness, Winter 2011-12

New brochure for the latest rubber stamps

2011-10-12T18:16:00.002-04:00

Today I worked at a brochure. It was a lot of fun (and many hours on Photoshop....).
Here's the result. It's a tri-fold format brochure and I sent the pages to Vistaprint for the professional printing.

outside

inside

All these images and more at cherrypieartstamps.com

The latest additions are at http://www.cherrypieartstamps.com/2011/new2011.html

Are you ready for Halloween?

New rubber stamps from Cherry Pie!

2011-09-05T12:53:00.001-04:00

I've been really bad this year..... I haven't posted anything here, I also haven't added new designs until... now!

Finally and right in time for Halloween...... enjoy!

http://www.cherrypieartstamps.com/2011/new2011.html

here's a preview of the plates.

Most of these images are also sold as singles in the link above

All images are designed or edited by Marina Lenzino.

The Angel Statue is from a photo by Ali Scotland taken in the cemetery of Lokey Kirk in Scotland, UK.

The tombstone with crow is from a photo I took in Apalachicola, FL

My OWOH winner 2011 is.....

2011-02-17T15:58:00.002-05:00

It's Dianne www.diadsie.wordpress.com! (number 83 picked by random.com)
Congratulations Dianne and thank you all for passing by, leaving wonderful comments and making these two weeks really busy for me! It was great fun! :-)

One World One Heart - OWOW giveaway

2011-01-30T17:27:00.004-05:00

Welcome to Cherry Pie's second year participating in this fun event!

My name is Marina and I'm the owner of Cherry Pie Art Stamps, a company based in FL, USA.
Cherry Pie is turning 20 this year........ so this is a very special year for me!

This year, as a giveaway, I'm offering an ATC booklet (fat book) made with 11 original ATC's by many artists. All stamped except one that's a small painting I made myself.
PLUS a Bonus rubber stamp if the winner is a stamper too.

Please leave a message for me so I can enter you in the giveaway. Make sure to leave your email address so I can contact you if you win!

I will use a random number generator to pick the winner.

(CLOSED! Winner had been picked - see next post)

See Cherry Pie's stamp art gallery on

www.flickr.com/photos/cherrypieartstamps

Happy Holidays from Cherry Pie

2010-12-24T20:48:00.002-05:00

from Marina

and

Cherry Pie Art Stamps

Happy Halloween!

2010-10-30T20:36:00.000-04:00

My favourite holiday........ and I made this haunted tower with Klimt ghosts.....

NEW rubber stamps at Cherry Pie's!

2010-10-29T21:42:00.001-04:00

Finally I got inspired to designing new images and I put together two new plates that I show here below ($23 each).
Most of these stamps can be bought as singles too. You can see all the 2010 news on this page of the Cherry Pie website: http://www.cherrypieartstamps.com/2010/new2010.html

It's been a while......

2010-09-10T11:03:00.000-04:00

Summer flew.... and it's still too hot here in FL. Looking forward to October in hope of some real breathing!
I'm sorry I neglected this blog and I don't have any new stamps to announce but I will work on it and hopefully something will happen before too late!
Meanwhile I show you a few cards from the last swap with my Yahoo group. If you want to see all of them, you can join the group. We have so much artwork in the photo folders!

This swap was dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe

Cherry Pie is 19!

2010-06-14T12:56:00.000-04:00

I still can't believe I have been doing something for so long......... I was a baby when I started ;-) Pressing rubber from my pram LOL

Well...... to celebrate this event, I will offer 10% off your orders beginning now until end month (June 30th, 2010). Postage and taxes are excluded. 10% off your subtotal.
ONLY orders coming from my website or by email. No eBay or etsy.
If you want to combine with stuff I have on eBay (such as accessories or magazines), you are welcome to.
How to do it?
* You first order from my website and pay all postage as requested in your check out page.
* Claim your 10% off through the Paypal message window or email me.
* Buy what you want on eBay and ask me to combine postage with your previous website order.

I will do the Math for you.

Remember, you have to claim the 10% off and I will REFUND it from what you paid through Paypal.
A "refund" is commission-free so you get the full 10% back.

No minimum required. Any order that claims the discount, will get it.
You can tell your friends!

Happy Birthday to Cherry Pie is the keyword ;-)
*´¨)
¸. ·´ ¸. ·´¨)
(¸.·´Marina
http://www.cherrypieartstamps.com
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New rubber stamps by Cherry Pie

2010-04-24T01:03:00.000-04:00

After the quick post earlier today, I finally manage to sit here at the wee hours and show you the two new plates I released on April 19th. One plate is called "Writers" and it includes portraits of Edgar Allan Poe and Shakespeare plus a bunch of other images related to vintage writing and some bonus wording stamps.

The second plate is about Carnival or Mardi Gras. Venetian masks and beads galore!

Each plate is $22.50 plus postage.

Click here to see the plates in full size.

Most images are also available as single stamps.

Hope you like them!!

NEWS!

2010-04-23T15:33:00.000-04:00

ATC booklet "WORDS"

2010-04-14T13:29:00.002-04:00

As promised in the previous post, I'm showing you the photos of the swap I organized in the Cherry Pie Yahoo group called "WORDS". Each player had to choose a word and illustrate it using only Cherry Pie rubber stamps of course!
ATC size (2.5"x3.5") bound in a booklet.

The Hoppin' Winner!!

2010-03-29T15:15:00.001-04:00

It's the prize drawing day! I had 114 messages and I'm really happy and grateful. It's been fun to meet you all!

And the winner is........ #5! (Lucky me that I didn't have to count too much!)
Thecraftypagan, or Rowena from the U.K., won this ATC booklet that will be mailed as soon as I get a mailing address.
Congrats Rowena! Hope you will like our collaborative effort.... and maybe you will join us in the Yahoo group to play with us!
In the next days I will show the photos of the pages inside the booklet. First I wait for Rowena to receive it so I won't spoil her surprise :-)

Have a wonderful Springtime! Ciaooooo!

Spring giveaway! Hoppin' Good eggs!

2010-03-24T08:42:00.003-04:00

Here's my giveaway! You must leave a little message on this post between today and March 28th to be entered for winning it. On the 29th I will draw a winner using the random number generator.

Remember to go check the other "good eggs" at http://hoppingoodeggs.blogspot.com/
Each blog listed will offer a giveaway too!

Here's what you get from me: an ATC booklet with 12 ATC's made by my Yahoo group! It's our last collaborative project (or swap). I was left with one extra booklet since one player dropped off and now here's your chance to win it! The theme was "WORDS" so each page has a word written somewhere and some wonderful stamping to illustrate it. Here I show only the photo of the cover but if you join the Yahoo group you can see every page in the photo folder.......

Good luck and happy Spring to everyone!

PS. I want to make clear that everybody can post, no matter where you live! I ship worldwide at my cost. The only problem is that you must give me a way to reach you because some of these comments are coming without a way to write you back or to find you through your blog! If I pick one of these winners (like PaulineC to name one), I will have to pick a second one and you will loose the chance to win! :-(

March giveaway(s) from Cherry Pie!

2010-03-14T14:44:00.006-04:00

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!

2010-02-18T16:57:00.004-05:00

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!

2010-02-15T21:40:00.003-05:00

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

2010-01-27T23:01:00.041-05:00

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!

2010-01-06T15:47:00.002-05:00

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..........

2009-12-07T14:16:00.003-05:00

... 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......

2009-11-01T10:27:00.005-05:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Introducing Peter Pup

2009-10-28T15:13:00.003-04:00

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!

2009-10-12T12:39:00.005-04:00

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!
*´¨)
¸. ·´ ¸. ·´¨)
(¸.·´Marina
Cherry Pie Art Stamps
http://www.cherrypieartstamps.com
BLOG: http://www.cherrypieblog.blogspot.com
CHERRY PIE NETWORK! ALL stampers welcome! Join now! http://www.cherrypie.ning.com
Cherry Pie gadgets at http://www.zazzle.com/marilenz*
Marina's Flickr gallery www.flickr.com/photos/marilenz/sets

ZAZZLE!

2009-10-02T12:13:00.006-04:00

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

2009-09-23T01:16:00.005-04:00

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

2009-09-12T12:06:00.004-04:00

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......

2009-09-11T11:51:00.005-04:00

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

2009-08-13T14:26:00.002-04:00

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

2009-08-13T13:47:00.007-04:00

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

2009-08-12T13:27:00.007-04:00

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

2009-07-23T15:15:00.003-04:00

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

2009-06-21T09:09:00.006-04:00

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!

2009-06-20T23:33:00.004-04:00

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

Stamping 4x4 for Cat swap

2009-06-19T13:05:00.002-04:00

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!!

2009-06-15T11:23:00.004-04:00

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!
*´¨)
¸. ·´ ¸. ·´¨)
(¸.·´Marina

Click here to go straight to the Cherry Pie shop

The Cherry Pie employees of the month....

2009-06-14T23:31:00.004-04:00

Dark stamping

2009-05-28T21:09:00.005-04:00

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

2009-05-27T18:22:00.008-04:00

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

New rubberstamps!

2009-05-16T22:11:00.009-04:00

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!

Alice in Wonderland stamped book

2009-04-29T15:33:00.008-04:00

Another cool swap is over and it's been a lot of fun. Organized within my Yahoo group as all the past swaps too. We made 4"x4" pages stamped with at least one Alice stamp from my own line and only Cherry Pie stamps.
We were 12 players and I bound each booklet with a Bind-it-All.

A simple stamped card

2009-04-07T15:20:00.003-04:00

Painted with acrylics over collaged "pretty papers" and stamped on top

by Marina

the Cherry Pie Stampers on Ning!

2009-04-03T14:20:00.003-04:00

Last night I started a Ning site for Cherry Pie stampers :-)
I'm still looking around it myself........ and it's so rich in features that I'm slightly lost, but I will make it work out eventually!
If you want to join me or just give a look around, do so by clicking the link!
See you on Ning!
Marina

Visit Cherry Pie Art Stampers

Stamped bookmarks by the Cherry Pie Yahoo group

2009-03-26T23:49:00.005-04:00

Even though I usually go to bed too late every night, I love to read a few pages of a book before sleep. I often alternate the books I read (they're all non-fiction so it's not that hard) and I decided I needed to have a bunch of bookmarks to keep in my nightstand drawer so I can have one whenever I need!
That's how I got the idea of organizing a bookmarks swap with my Yahoo group!
Now I have 18 original, colorful and fabulous bookmarks!

Free shipping week at cherrypieartstamps.com

2009-03-25T14:23:00.002-04:00

This is a bit late but there are still several days to Sunday so here's the deal:
Free shipping to all US/Canadian orders over $25 and all overseas orders over $50.
Also one nice freebie of my choice will come with ANY order.
Please NOTE: this offer is valid only for orders placed from my website cherrypieartstamps.com and NOT for orders from eBay.
This special deal ends Sunday, March 29th at midnight EST.
ox
Marina

Finished Wednesday Addams, my new dolly

2009-03-15T16:24:00.004-04:00

I'm quite pleased with how she turned out.
She is 8-1/2" inches tall and made of Paperclay with acrylic eyes.
She is holding a black spider on her left hand.

Stamped paper dolls

2009-03-07T10:56:00.006-05:00

Since I'm into the doll frenzy, I thought of showing here some paper dolls made by my Yahoo group. All stamps used are by Cherry Pie of course.

New doll

2009-03-07T10:45:00.006-05:00

When I make a new doll I start with sculpting a face. I don't know who she will be until she "speaks" to me. This new face hadn't spoken for some days, but last night I heard her saying she's Wednesday Addams!
I wasn't so sure so I googled online and I found these pics of the 1991 movie with Christina Ricci and, hey, she really has similar features!

Gothic windows booklet

2009-03-05T08:07:00.020-05:00

For those who read my blog and are not in my Yahoo group, this is a swap we organized in 2008.
I made a template for this Gothic arch so all the players could use the same size. We were 11 players and I bound all the entries in accordion fold. It turned out really neat!

The players in the order of the pages are: myself (Marina), Kathy Ronan from FL, Loretta d'Onofrio (Australia), Mary Ann Severin, Barbe Dare (Australia), Melanie Becker (Germany), Brandy Wickham from OH, Barbara Poe from FL, Carol Anderson from Australia, Janie Husband from NC, Zed McWilton from FL and me again with the back cover.

My art muse is hard at work

2009-02-26T09:46:00.009-05:00

I haven't published artwork on this blog for quite a while, but I have actually been in a very prolific art mood and I did a whopping 14 paintings and 2 dolls in about a month time!
All in between pressing rubber and the usual chores of course.
Today I want to show you my new girl whose name is Shanna. She is made of Paperclay with vintage glass eyes and she wears a dress and stockings from the 60's.

If you want to see almost everything else I've been up to, you can click on the title of this posting and you will see my Flickr gallery.

ox

Virtual gift award

2009-02-15T21:24:00.004-05:00

Today I got this gift from Japan. It's a virtual award. I'm not familiar with this kind of stuff but I'm following the instructions and I thank Momo for sending it!

Here are the rules:
1. The winner may put the logo on their blog.
2. Put a link to the person who sent you the award.
3. Nominate 5 blogs.4. Put links to their blogs.
5. Leave a message for your nominees.

I decided I will give this award to:
Hazel in England - http://hazel-butisitart.blogspot.com/
Fiona in England - http://magickdiva.blogspot.com/
Petra in Germany- http://petrasart.blogspot.com/
Bibi in Norway - http://bibisitt.blogspot.com/
Cina in Sweden - http://dreamcatched.blogspot.com/

Skinny Book - artwork by the Cherry Pie Yahoo group

2009-01-17T16:43:00.008-05:00

Today I want to show off some cool artwork done by my Yahoo group. We swapped this "skinny" booklet that actually ended up being a fat-skinny one! In fact the requirements were to use at least one handmade clay piece and we all ended up with really thick pages!

Orders shipped!

2009-01-07T11:53:00.005-05:00

At Cherry Pie's all US orders are shipped by electronic mail with a delivery confirmation and Misty takes care of it.

Then Gino makes sure that everything is brought to the Post Office the same day!

It's so good to have such efficient helpers! :-)
Maybe I'll take a vacation....

Cherry Pie's new full time employee :-)

2009-01-04T12:20:00.005-05:00

This is Misty, 5 months old.
She is still young but I'm already training her to type. Hopefully she won't be as slow and lazy as her older brother......... :-)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2009-01-01T09:57:00.006-05:00

A healthy, wealthy, prosperous 2009 to everyone!
Wished by Marina and my new little girl. Her name is Candy Cotton. She was sleeping when the fireworks woke her up last night so she grabbed her dolly and got up from bed.

Have you been naughty or nice?

2008-12-28T19:00:00.004-05:00

Hello! I hope Santa brought you everything you wanted!
Apparently I have been very naughty because he totally forgot about me........... :-(

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

2008-12-24T23:18:00.003-05:00

Hope Santa will bring you all you wish for!
oxox
Marina

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse........

2008-12-23T22:57:00.005-05:00

This is Gino, Cherry Pie's employee of the month!
(now you know why I don't email so often....... my typist is on another siesta break)

Dreaming of a white Christmas........ (not really!)

2008-12-22T16:13:00.003-05:00

I like the Florida sun better!

Holiday wishes to the World!

2008-12-21T11:02:00.001-05:00

Are you waiting for Santa?

2008-12-20T10:17:00.005-05:00

Xmas card 2008 - version #1

2008-12-19T11:49:00.005-05:00

This is the first version of my Xmas card 2008.
Not the definitive one.
I will post more in the next days and
the final version on Christmas day :-)

Christmas doll - Thea

2008-12-18T10:07:00.010-05:00

Thea is my new creation, a little 9 inch (22 cm) girl made of paperclay. She is holding a Christmas ornament I made out of rolled paperclay and stamped (both sides) with the large Klimt swirls.

Evolution of a Xmas card

2008-12-17T08:07:00.003-05:00

My prototype cards of some days ago evolved into this one you see here.
After finding out how many versions of that same face I had done, I decided I had to use a different face this year!
This is la Belle Ferroniere by Leonardo da Vinci, probably my favorite woman by Leo. I cut out just the face features and neck and doodled around it.
I did this last night before switching off and I'm quite pleased with it. Now I must decide how to fill the wig.........

The Cherry Pie tree

2008-12-16T22:27:00.004-05:00

I nearly missed my daily "countdown to Xmas" post!
It's been a busy day at Cherry Pie's........
Anyway, no card or ornament to show you today so I photographed my tree :-)
It's adorned mainly with crystals and ornaments that were hand made by me or other artists of my yahoo group

Holiday card 2004

2008-12-15T11:58:00.004-05:00

This is my Christmas card 2004.
I used the face features stamp again......... LOL
Am I obsessed or what???
Now I think I must use something else for my 2008 card!!
The wing is from the Angel wings set and the white wording was done with masquepen.
Watercolor painted on watercolor paper.

Ornament by Brandy

2008-12-14T12:58:00.004-05:00

Another 10 days to Christmas and I'm already running low of my own Christmassy creations to show here........... so today I show you a beautiful ornament made by Brandy Wickham from Ohio.
Three wooden stars decorated with Cherry Pie stamps.
A special decoration for my tree :-)

Sankta Lucia

2008-12-13T13:58:00.005-05:00

Although I'm Italian and I chose to live in warm Florida, I have always been fascinated by the great North.
Today is December 13th, one of the shortest days of winter, and girls in Scandinavia dress up as Sankta Lucia (Saint Lucy) wearing a white dress and a crown of candles.
I wanted to sketch this vision so I used the face stamp again and freely painted around it over crackle painted card-stock.
Far from being a masterpiece....... LOL

Click here to see a video of Swedish girls singing Sankta Lucia.

Winter Spirit

2008-12-12T11:27:00.004-05:00

This is one of my first of the few dolls I made so far. She is sculpted out of paperclay and she holds a white dove.
Her dress has silver holly and swirls on the skirt and she is a Winter spirit or snow fairy...

My Xmas 2008 prototypes

2008-12-11T11:44:00.006-05:00

My Christmas card for this year is still a prototype and it's already Dec 11th! I know some people make their Xmas cards in July!! Not me!!!! LOL
I hope to have a final version on Dec 25th!

I am thinking of a winter spirit......
Here I played with printed papers and my "Face features" stamp.
I like to use this stamp (and the larger versions too) and then doodle, paint, collage around it. I have done a big number of different ladies by using the same features. A little paint and doodling can turn these features into a totally different character.

Winter ATC

2008-12-10T09:44:00.002-05:00

I made this at least 3 years ago. The puzzle form was hand-drawn and then I stamped the little winter scene inside.
It was a prototype image for a rubber stamp I never produced.
I still like the idea though and it's not totally abandoned yet.......

Tree ornament

2008-12-09T22:37:00.004-05:00

I think my collection of Christmas cards is already over! It didn't last long......
I have some ornaments though.
This is the one I made in 2006.

I bought a blank wooden photo frame at Michaels and I distressed it with paints and my crackle stamp.
The angel is stamped with the Pensive Woman and a pair of angel wings.

Not yer traditional Christmas card......

2008-12-08T10:54:00.004-05:00

This was my card for Xmas 2007.
Another piece in my collection of "abused Mona Lisa" cards! :-)
It started as an ATC and then I added the red background with Photoshop.

December 2003 - published on RubberStampMadness

2008-12-07T10:06:00.002-05:00

This card was published in Dec 2003 but it was my Xmas 2002 card. It was originally done on a wood card that I distressed with crackle paint. Then I stamped my scene on on a scrap piece of printing paper and I painted with watercolors.
This was scanned from the magazine because I can't find the original card, but I will change the photo when I get hold of it.

New Millennium card

2008-12-06T23:27:00.003-05:00

I called it Millennium Madness and it really looks like it! LOL
I was into a surrealistic-weird-colorful stamping mood at that time! This is probably one of my wackiest cards ever!

Xmas 1999

2008-12-05T14:30:00.004-05:00

I've been scavenging through my old cards and here's the one I made for Xmas 99.
The tree in the background was actually computer generated but it was the starting idea for the Merry Christmas tree I actually made later on.

Tomorrow I will show you my Happy 2000 card...... I was so colorful at that time! LOL

Countdown to Christmas Day........

2008-12-04T16:27:00.003-05:00

The countdown has started and I am not ready at all......... it feels like I just stored my tree in the attic and it's already time to take it down again!

I'm trying to make a Christmas card but so far I haven't done anything so inspired......... I looked for inspiration into a box of old artwork and I found this card I made for Xmas 1998........ I was still in Italy.

I want to try to post one card every day until Christmas day........ old and new works, from me and others, all using Cherry Pie stamps...
see if I can keep it up!

Cherry Pie etsy store

2008-11-29T22:02:00.005-05:00

Just a quick note to say that tonight I have started filling my Cherry Pie etsy store!
I have been procrastinating on it for months........
I still hope to sell more from my website than from etsy or eBay but I do like etsy a lot...... especially for the many cool artists and crafters you can find there!

The Cherry Pie Lady

2008-11-24T23:15:00.009-05:00

I either never post or I post too much........... :-D
The past month or so I have been bitten by the doll making bug and I devoted most of my nights to sculpting art dolls out of paperclay. I want to show one here because it's related to this blog since she is my Cherry Pie lady :-)
You can see all the dolls I made so far on my Flickr gallery or see what is available for sale on my etsy store.
The Cherry Pie lady is SOLD.

Haunted houses

2008-11-24T22:18:00.017-05:00

When I started this blog I said I was not good at blogging but now I see I'm worse than I thought myself! I haven't posted anything since July despite the fact I wrote a list of things I wanted to say and show here!
I even let Halloween go without posting and it's terrible considering it's my favorite holiday!
This was the second year I organized this cool Haunted house swap with my yahoo group and I want to show you a few houses here. In the next days (or weeks...... or... ehm... maybe months) I plan on showing off some of the nice artwork made by me and my yahoo group using my rubber stamps. I will do my best to keep up with this resolution!
Meanwhile take a look at the haunted houses!
The first one to the left is done by me. I was inspired by the work of Laurie Mika and her polymer clay tile mosaics so I made the roof, window and door out of Paperclay. I stamped and painted each tile. I loooved doing it! A lot of fun! I actually want to do more of this kind of stuff and I'm currently organizing another swap that includes clay mosaic so stay tuned and I will show that next!

More haunted houses....... randomly picked among many........ The first from left in the row is by Deb Patrick from Michigan, the second is by Janie Husband from NC and the third is by Melanie Becker from Germany.

The next is by Brandy Wickham from OH

These are mine again and done for the same swap in 2007 And now an overview of all the cards I got for the Halloween swap 2007

Hello from the Cherry Pie "lady"

2008-07-08T22:44:00.015-04:00

I think this is it. I'm surrendering to having a blog. I always said I wouldn't, but I think this will be a good place for some tutorials related to rubber stamping. I'm thinking of publishing some how-to's of stamp making......... and other pics and info about my world and life.
I'm asked almost daily how to mount stamps so I guess that will be my first tutorial.
Meanwhile I'm quite excited that this week I finally released new images that I'm quite proud of.
Here left is the "Abundance" plate. I have designed all these images myself with the exception of the floral ball that's simply edited clip art.
All these images are done with Photoshop by using bits and elements from vintage art (baroque scrolls and flourishes). Each bit has been sorted, cleaned and assembled. It probably took longer than if I designed it by hand!
The Baroque heart uses a combination of vintage scrolls and the profile face is an assemblage of dozens of bits and flowers. I loved doing these......... I think I will do more in this style in the future!

My other plate is a spooky one in Goth style. The heart was the one that really took hours and hours to achieve! First I needed a skull....... so I went up in the attic where I keep my Halloween skeletons...... and I brought one down. I sat it on my office sofa and took a bunch of pictures that I edited with Photoshop until I had the perfect black and white skull image. I designed the heart freehand and then I added the roses, swirls, bats and spatters. Sounds like quick'n'easy but it took forever. I have edited and added to it for 3 or 4 days until I decided it looked the way I wanted it!

The owl on branch was the most voted of 4 Owls on branch I had done! I asked some friends/customers to pick their favourite owl. Not everyone picked this one but it was the most voted. It was not my choice but now I think it's pretty cool :-)

The tombstones are from a photo I took in Savannah, GA. They have this quaint cemetery in the city center and I spent an hour (on New Year's Day 2008) taking pics of the various tombstones and graves. I knew I would make a rubber stamp with some of them and here I did!
This is the original photoAll images from these plates are also sold as singles.

My 3rd release is a plate of Alice in Wonderland. I wanted to do these since......... 15 years at least!
Better late than never........
It's crammed with images and it will be sold as a plate only. No singles.

Guess this is enough for a first post and considering I hate blogging! ;-)