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July 2007

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Dear Johanna,

Hope you are having a grand summer. I've been longing for the days when there was a pick-your-own strawberry patch within walking distance of our home. The joys of finding the biggest, ripest strawberry hidden under the foliage, knees and hands stained pinkish-red... We'd get home with the fresh fruit and my mom would announce that it was a night to skip dinner and eat only strawberry shortcake. Yum! 
 
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In This Issue
Feeling Fruity?
Artist Kelly Vivanco
June Sketch Winner
July Sketch
Interview with Nancy
Quick Links
Join Our List
Join Our Mailing List
June Sketch
 june-sketch
Feeling Fruity? Berry Good News! 
 
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Our design team has been teasing you all month with peeks at the new images. They are all loaded into the shopping cart now and available (in limited quantities) to order.
 
I hope you'll have lots of fun this last month of summer and into early fall with our whimsical and fruity new images. Some very exciting news about the latest release is that it includes a series of images from artist Kelly Vivanco (who you can read more about in the article just below this one).
 
You can download just the supplement or an updated file of the entire catalog on the catalog page of our web site. And if you purchase a catalog through the shopping cart, it will include a supplement with the new images
 
Artist Kelly Vivanco 
 
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I am very excited to be offering a new collection of stamps by Southern California artist Kelly Vivanco. In the shopping cart, you'll see a new category just for Kelly's stamps so they'll be easy for you to find. 
 
You can see Kelly's fine art paintings on her web site or at her studio in Distinction Art Gallery, right here in Escondido. And you can read her comic strip Patches too. I hope you enjoy her fun and quirky perspective.
 
June Sketch Winner 
 
Mail Graphic
Congratulations, Andrea! We love your card!
 
You will receive your reward code by email.  
 
July Sketch
 
  
 
Using the sketch to the left and the inspiration to the right to get good use of your justjohanna rubber stamps.
 
I love seeing your work. so make sure you stop by and link your card on the justjohanna blog. No contest this month, but stay tuned - we'll probably resume sketch contests next month.

Thanks to our design team for the samples shown on the right, and to Kim Frantz for the design featured in this article. Click here to see the full-size sample sketch cards.

 
Vintage Papers 
 

Nancy is in her 2nd term with the justjohanna design team. She is a mixed media collage artist, who (lucky for us) also enjoys rubber stamping. Nancy also maintains a blog, Vintage Papers. You can read more about Nancy (and the rest of the design team members) here.

jj: If you were given a 50% of coupon to your favorite art supply/craft store, what would you use it on and why? (No fine print on the coupon!! It can be good for any one item!!)

Nancy: There is always something I need or want at the craft store. I have a paper fetish, so most likely I would grab some yummy pattern paper.

 

jj: Do any of the justjohanna stamps speak to you more than others?

Nancy: It is difficult to pick a favorite - but I find myself using Michelle's Large Scroll over and over again. I love the romantic feel of it - so perfect for heritage work, collage, and card making. Priscilla the cat is my favorite critter. She is just too darn cute! 

 

jj: Describe your last "ah-ha" art moment.

Nancy: It has yet to be published (and will be featured in an upcoming issue of Somerset Memories magazine), but let me just say it involved putting groceries away in my kitchen one day - and realizing what wonderful containers were in my cabinets - perfect for altering... 

 

jj: What's your best advice for a new stamper?

Nancy: I still consider myself a "new" stamper, but thank Johanna for getting me addicted to Versafine ink. I love it - use it all the time, too! 

 

jj: Name a famous person from art history you would like to sit down and have lunch with. Tell us what you would eat and why you picked this person.

Nancy: In 1994, my children's great grandmother took us to the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, when we were visiting over Thanksgiving. I was then introduced to the art work of N.C. Wyeth. The whole Wyeth family is extremely talented. Emotionally, I can feel what is going on in his art work and maybe that is why I lean towards loving the work so much. As for lunch with N.C. - I would definitely take him to my favorite Chinese restaurant - General Tso's, crab rangoons, Moo Goo Gai Pan would just be a few of the dishes we would feast on. YUM!

 
Au revoir until next month.
 
Chirpily,
 

Johanna Hatlestad
justjohanna
 
   
     
 
 
 
 

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