And the winner is...

I am glad to announce that the lucky winner of my special Xmas give-away is Karen, with the comment no. 1. Karen, please take contact with me to arrange the delivery. I take this opportunity to wish to all my readers and followers happiest holidays and a sweet new year!

Special Xmas giveaway

Finally Gemma has seen Paris in all its Xmas bright-fullness! During this period, this town is even more beautiful!!! My little one was really enthusiast, she pointed with much joy all the lights and decorations of the town. Also for me it was really thrilling to be back in my atelier under Paris' roofs.

In these days, I discovered a new address that opened in the meanwhile in Paris, which I'd like to share with you: the "Petite épicerie". Here you can find all you need to create cute handmade accessories. They also organise some courses for children and adults. A real "coup de coeur"! If you are in Paris, it worth to pop and see it (address: 74, rue de la Verrerie, 75004)... Since now journeys are end, my etsy is re-opening again with all the old stamps and other handmade stuffs: please take a look to all my stuff on my etsy!!

To celebrate this event, I organised a special Xmas give-away!! The prize is this hand carved rubber stamp set - made with the shape of cute Xmas balls - with which you could decorate your Xmas photos in order to made your sovenirs even more sweet! To participate is easy: write a comment on this post writing your favourite cake or, in alternative, a typical dish that is eaten in your region during this period. Then, I will assign an ascending number to each comment (1,2,3, and so forth) and randomizer will find out the lucky winner! You have until the Xmas day (25th December 2014) at 15h00 (Paris time) to enter your comment. Good luck!!!

 

And the winner is...

Randomizer has chosen the comment n.4, Natasja, who likes the lazy TarePanda! Congratulation to Natasja, please take contact with me in order to arrange the shipping of your stamp... Thanks to everybody who left a comment to this giveaway, it was so cute to read all of them!

Natasja won this stamp, with which, as you seen, I also decorated Gemma's body... I hope you will enjoy it!!!

Special give-away: super-kawaii characters!

 

Some times ago, I made a special set inspired to the new San-x's characters called Sumikkogurashi that a reader of my blog, Vanessa, committed to me. I have to admit that I was really glad to carve them because me too I am a great fan of those tiny and extremely shy animals, which are at ease only sitting in the corner.

Saying the true, I love all the characters produced by both San-x's and Sanrio, which I consider the real masters in making kawaii & cute creations. That inspired me to make some stamps representing some of these famous characters...

They are so cute, and each of them has a its own personality, which clearly marks all of them. For that, it is not possible to empathize with our own favourite characters...

...for instance, I love very much Pompom Purin and Rilakkuma because, both of them, are huge gluttons and are used to spend the main part of their time dozing... and you? Which is your favourite one? Would you like to try to win a hand carved rubber stamp with the shapes of your favourite one? Try your change participating in this new giveaway!!!

To participate to this giveaway is easy: subscribe as a follower to my blog (if you are not yet a follower) and write a comment from now to March, the 23rd at 13h00 (Rome, Paris etc. hour) in which you indicate which is your best favourite character and a short explanation of your choice. Then, I will assign an ascending number to each comment (1,2,3, and so forth) and randomizer will find out the lucky winner, who will receive the stamp of her or his favourite character... good luck to everybody!!!

 

And the lucky winner is...

I am very happy to announce that Randomizer has choosen the lucky winner for my special ice cream giveaway... that's the number 4, Holly Nelson, who loves the "mint choc chip" as flavour of ice cream! My congratulations Holly, please take contact with me for the delivery of your stamp set! My congratulations again and thanks to all the partipants!!

Ice cream stamps set summer giveaway

I will never get tired to repeat it: nothing is better than a delicious ice creams to quench the hot weather during summer... also Fifi seems to agree with me, as seen the passion she puts in licking her special strawberry sorbet!

And I dedicated to this great classic, summer food, which is able to bridge the adults' tastes with the desires of the little ones, this new set of hand carved rubber stamps. This set contains various types of ice creams, the pop, the cone, the cup and so forth. Furthermore, I added to this set a small stamp having the shape of a smiling face, in order to give even more fun to ice creams!

Likewise all other hand carved rubber stamps, it is very funny to create colorful patterns with which to decorate cloths and fabrics: in this case, I used the small ice cream pop to print out a summer patter on my t-shirt! Now I can really feel the freshness even during these last days of the hot summer!!

Would you like to have this stamps set? You can winn it participating to my new ice cream giveaway! To participate to this giveaway is easy: subscribe as a follower to my blog (if you are not yet a follower) and write a comment from now to September, the 1st at 13h00 (Rome, Paris etc. hour) in which you  write which is your best favourite flavour of ice cream or, in alternative, the strangest flavour you ever tried. Then, to each comment I will assign an ascending number (1,2,3, and so forth) and randomizer will find out the lucky winner of my ice creams... good luck to everybody!!!

Summer giveaway: and the winner is

I am glad to announce that, accoring to randomiser, the lucky winner of my special summer giveaway is: the number 1, Matemo, who likes to go to seaside and that this year will spend the holidays in Croatia! My congratulations! Please take contact with me to provide your shipping address! Again, I wish a happy and sunny summer to everybody!

Summer giveaway!

After a rather long silence, during while I moved back with Fifi in Italy for the summer, I am glad to write a new post to announce my special summer giveaway! I have hand-carved 3 new stamps with the shape of cute summer characters: a penguin on a sailboat, a bear with a watermelon, and a bunny with a lifebuoy! I hope that you like them... and the good news is that you can try to win these three cute stamps participating to my new giveaway!

To participate to this giveaway is easy: write a comment from now to August, the 11th at 13h00 (Rome, Paris etc. hour) in which you have to indicate where you actually come for holidays or, in alternative, where you have came and/or where you would like to come. If you'd like to add other details (the reason why you chose this place, when you have been there, etc), they are very welcome. Then, to each comment I will assign an ascending number (1,2,3, and so forth) and randomizer will find out the lucky winner...

I wish a nice summer and a good luck to everybody!!

Special Xmas Giveaway. The WINNER is...

Randomizer decided that the lucky winner of the brooches that were presented in the last post is the author of the comment n. 5, Fann Saw, who loves the tale of Cinderella... Please Fann Saw, contact me as soon as you can to arrange the delivery of your set of brooches! Thanks a lot also to everybody whom has tried the chance with this giveaway...

Special XMAS giveaway!

As you may know, more than to make my own rubber stamps, I am also a compulsive collector of them! And, in my personal collection, one of my best favorite stamp set is this Decole's Otogicco one here below! I love it very much, I find the way in which it revisited the tale of the Little Red Riding Hood so cute!

And I took decision to produce some felt brooches with these cute stamps and to organize a special giveaway for them to make a special xmas gift to the readers of my blog! Would you like to try your change and to win these brooches? Rules to participate are very easy:

  

Write a comment from now to the 9th December at 13h00 (Rome, Paris etc. hours) in which you declare which is your favorite tale. If you'd like to add other details, such as the reason of your choice or who was used to tell you this tale, they are very welcome! To each comment I will assign a ascending number (1,2,3, and so forth) and randomizer, as usual, will find out the lucky winner!  good luck!!!

And the pirate is...

And the lucky winner for this ARR stamps set inspired to the world of pirates is Rosita! Randomiser in fact has chosen the comment n.4 and Rosita, with the beautiful beach of Nida in Lithuania - see some pics here - is the winner of the giveaway! Rosita, please contact me with an email message in order to provide me your details for the delivery of the stamp set. Congrats!

Pirates are coming! SPECIAL GIVEAWAY

Since today, the sea hides another insidious creature, which is undermining the security of unaware swimmers and tourists. More than jellyfishes and urchins, sharks and giant squids, Fifi the pirate with her gloomy air sailing ship is the new danger that people have already started to fear... This shaggy pirate with neither fears nor qualms is ready to lap every unfortunate that come too close to her and even to wag her tail to the ones that stay aways from her...

To honor this merciless lapping pirate - I took decision to craft a new stamp set inspired to the world of pirates, ARR! And to organize a giveaway for it. Rules to participate and try to win this stamp set are easy:

Write a comment from now to the September, the 2nd at 13h00 (Rome, Paris etc. hour) in which you have to indicate which is your favorite seaside place: the mine is Lerici, in Liguria - Italy, where these pics have been takes. You can indicate either places in which you have been or ones in which you dream to come... If you'd like to add other details (if it is for instance a specific beach, when you have been there, why you like it etc), they are very welcome. To each comment I will assign a ascending number (1,2,3, and so forth) and randomizer will find out the lucky winner!  good luck, crew!