STAMPtember® Exclusive: Art Impressions!
Hi friends! Today is our STAMPtember® feature for Art Impressions. Art Impressions is a rubber stamp manufacturer based in Salem, OR since 1987. The company began as our sole designer, Bonnie Krebs, created and sold educational stamps at craft fairs around the Northwest. Soon, Bonnie was drawing whimsical images for crafting and her talent has grown over the past 30 years to become one of the major stamp illustrators in the industry today.
I have had the honor of meeting Bonnie at industry trade shows throughout the years. Last year I spent some time with her at the STAMPAWAY show in Cincinnati Ohio. WOW! It was the first stamping tradeshow I ever worked where we had our own booth and Bonnie’s booth was right behind ours. She was so helpful and a huge ray of sunshine helping us get through our first show! I was SUPER nervous and I could just tell, Bonnie is a pro. Her cheerful smile and encouraging words really helped our Simon team get set up and get over our nerves.
Bonnie is a self-taught, whimsical artist who loves to create innovative stamp styles. She often develops new stamping techniques and interactive card making ideas, revolutionizing the stamp industry with each new release. She has drawn over 8,000 images – from cute characters and animals, to artistic watercolor stamping techniques. She continues to inspire through traveling and teaching at craft events and trade shows around the United States. Bonnie is a mother to three and a proud new grandmother to two.
It is very special to me that Bonnie drew a stamp set based on our mascot, Simon. In fact, she showed the STAMPtember exclusive design to me this year when we revisited the Stampaway Tradeshow and I literally choked up with emotion when I saw it. Isn’t this such a fun stamp set!? She totally captured the joy of our short legged friends! It’s an exclusive design for STAMPtember and is only available while supplies last!
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Thank you for joining in the STAMPtember festivities today as we celebrate Art Impressions!
OMG! Those dogs are amazing!
so funny!!
How very cute!!! I had no idea this Stamptember event was so amazing. Thank you Bonnie and Simon Says for such wonderful stamps!!!
Art Impressions have fun and hilarious stamps! Love interactive stamps.
This card is so cute. Of course Art Impressions always has creative and quirky stamps. Simon never looked better!
They all look so happy.
Even though I don’t have a dog, I do like this stackerstamp! It so funny and great for a dog=owner!
Love AI whimsical stamps. These dogs are a great display of this company’s
personality. Thanks for the brief background story. It id.important
to remember the hard work and sacrifices related to starting a.business
Kudos.to SSS for partnering in celebration with these companies
Cheers
Oh. My. Word. Those dogs are aDORable!!!
I have always love AI products and they just keep getting better and better!! I especially love the Simonesque stacked pups!!! Cavity sweet! LOVELOVELOVE!
This stamp is just fabulous!!!! And the sample super cute :-)
Fantastic creation in the honor of your mascot Simon, we all really love it. <3
I love the pups!! Totally cute!!
Love these adorable pups!
OMG!!! I LOVE ART IMPRESSIONS!!!! I love their stamps so much because they’re so much FUN! I didn’t know about their long history and it’s so good to learn about these women and how they got started. Thanks so much, Heidi, for sharing this info. I do love the exclusive Terrier Stacker stamp AI made for SSS. It is so true….Short Legs, Long Friendships! TFS
It’s PERFECT!!!!! I love it!!
Too much…too cute! Have always loved this company.
These dogs are just too cute. I really enjoy AI stamps, they always have such wonderful images and sentiments. Thanks for sharing.
I love stamptember!!! Thanks for the inspiration!