One for the Money, Two for the Show.....

Three to get ready and OFF we go!

Bugawumps is Retiring!

 

DECEMBER 1st
we close our doors for good!

DON'T MISS OUT!

ORDER NOW!

 

 

 

It's Closing Time! 27% OFF STAMPS!

YES!  You heard right...

Bugawumps Rubber Stamps will be closing its doors as of December 1st.

15 years of fun with lots of fun designs, lots of miles on our car, lots of impresisons on our ink pads and most of all, the wonderful imprints on our hearts from all of you!

Our lives are changing and we are so excited and happy to be grandparents that we don't want to miss a minute a minute of it, so we have decided to retire and enjoy our children and our precious "three amigos".

SOOOOOO....GET READY!  Watch for the latest details on when and where our next convention will be - hopefully soon in either the Cleveland area or Michigan....we won't be back again in the spring - so this is will be your last chance to get your favorite stamps at reasonable prices!

Anyone who orders before October 15th will recieve  27% Off STAMPS and 10% OFF EXTRA DARK Pan Pastels and Sofft tools in stock.

Our prices will NOT get any lower than this - all stamps and Pan Pastels and Sofft tools will be donated to the Susan G. Komen foundation for breast cancer research when we finally close our doors on December 1st.

Happy Bugday to All!

Laura Anne and Bella Boo, the happiest puppy on the planet

NEW ! NEW ! NEW !

Lots of NEW things are happening here at Bugawumps! 

The Three Amigos

Meet Grandma's three amigos!

Friday, August 3rd brought with it one reluctant little fella into this world.

Meet Sean Jacob, the newest member of our Bugawumps family.

This photo was taken last Sunday, Colin (on the left) and Ryan (on the right) were the first to arrive into our family in mid-April.  Yep, you got it, twin boys with personalities bigger than they are. 

Little (and I say that jokingly as he weighed in at 8 lbs. 10 oz. and 21 inches on his arrival) Sean is still not impressed by his big cousins, but we are already certain that these three little amigos will become fast friends once they figure out that they outnumber Grandma Laura Anne, 3 to 1!  How many cookies does it take to keep three little ones happy....think I will need to take out stock in chocolate chips as they get bigger.....

So if you are wondering where we have been, where we are going, or just what we have been up to, this photo says it all!  At HOME, enjoying snuggling, milky mouthed, cooing and smiling little babies.  Nothing beats stamping except this!

Look at our catalog, check out our sales pages - Buy One, Get one of equal or lesser value FREE STAMP SALE, be "WOWED" by our Pan Pastels and the Sofft Tools (Laura's Article appeared in RSM in the summer issue recently) and then see where we are going on our Road Shows Page. 

I can't promise you that we will have the Three Amigos with us at the conventions, but I can promise you alot fun and information if you have the time to come and see our demos at the conventions.

Life is Good - Hope you feel the same!

Laura Anne and Bella Boo, the very tired people puppy sitter

Dog Days of Summer

WOW!  It is hot out there and I am feeling the heat so let's get this party started....

How about me giving you a BOGO sale?  I think I shall...you buy one stamp and I will give you another stamp of equal or lesser value for free....sound good....then hit that catalog tab and get pickin'!

Hopin' I hear from you soon beacuse seriously, this deal is too hot to pass up.

Now, off Bella and I go to get our walk in before the cement burns our pretty little feet!

Have a Hot and Happy Bugday!

Laura Anne and Bella Boo




Oil Pastel Techniques

Chicago in the summer is about as challenging as Chicago in the winter.  The only difference is that I do not have to shovel snow but instead haul around the hose to keep the gardens watered!

It has been HOT! HOT! HOT! here  so I thought I would give you all a COOL little present today and post my "OIL Pastel Tips and Techniques" so that you can play in your air conditioned craft rooms and have some indoor summer fun.

ENJOY!

1.  Let's start out with the BABY OIL TECHNIQUE - Use 3 of the softer lighter colors and color in your background and even one of the bugs if you like - REMEMBER to color in ALL areas HEAVILY for best results.

2.  Now take a cotton ball and use 2 drops of baby oil on it - this will take a little elbow grease - but wipe off ALL the oil pastel you just put down.  (We don't want to saturate the card, just remove the excess oil pastel.) 

3.  REwipe with a clean cotton ball and you will be left with a nice soft colored card.

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1. The CREDIT CARD TECHNIQUE is easy once you get the right hold on the credit card.

2.  Matte cardstock - Lay down three colors (friendly colors - those that live next door to one another on the color wheel work the best for this technique)  Lightest color get put down heavily from the upper left hand corner of the cardstock to the lower right hand corner.

3.  Second mid-tone color goes on either side of the lightest color.

4. Darkest color (third color chosen) will go at the very outer edges of the card stock filling in all the white.

5.  Take the credit card, hold it taught at a 45 degree angel and pull up a small section (1/8th) of oil pastel.

Spread it down somewhere else on the card. Repeat this procedure until the entire card is to your liking.

6. Heat set.

7. Stamp with permanent ink over the oil pastel background and heat set again.

Wishing you all a colorful day in a cool place!

Laura Anne and Bella Boo