Christmas in July and August

Alli and I laugh at ourselves A LOT! One of our inside running jokes is that we are always a day late and a dollar short. We are sooooo close to being on the cutting edge but we always fall a tad short. For example I ran a fantastic “Mothers Day Ad” in a local dance recital brochure with “Great Mother’s Day” Gift ideas and I had a code for shoppers to get a discount, it was great! Only problem was it ran at the end of May. Then we had Allis super duper cute Lakers stamps we finally got up on the site and the blog AFTER the Lakers celebratory parade. With our combined 5 children and one on the way (CONGRATS ALLI!!!) We just barely find time to develop our brain bursting ideas. With all that said, I want to present our CHRISTMAS IN JULY stamp sale…oh wait, it’s almost August!? Fine, Christmas at the end of July and ALL OF AUGUST!! Alli has created some ADORABLE new holiday designs. They can be found at www.stampoutonline.com in the Holiday category on our website. If you order any time from now through August and enter the code “Sneak Peak” You will enjoy an $8 discount. Keep us in mind for Holiday cards. We can do ANYTHING! We don’t have everything up on the site yet so if you see something you would like or have an idea contact us for pricing. Alli does the greatest Holiday Cards and this year she is going to offer the Jpeg so you can take the design and go to your local photo developer and order as many any quantity you would like. Standby this is all to come!

Wooo Hooo Lakers!!

Good morning everyone! We are so excited that our Los Angeles Lakers won the series last night...wow, what a game. In honor of them, we are offering Custom Lakers Return Address Stamps for $30, they are normally $35.95! Yes, for you Boston fans, we have those too!! We can make any team you'd like actually, just ask! :) These stamps are located under NBA Stamps.

Maybe a late Father's Day gift?? These would be prefect for those die hard fans...so get them while they are hot!

In order to take adantage of the promo pricing, enter LAKERS2010 at checkout. Hurry, offer ends June 30th.


Have a fantastic Friday!!

The perfect teachers gift

Are you looking for a perfect end of the year Teacher’s Gift? What about an adorable custom From the library of, or This book belongs to rubber stamp. If have a few teachers to shop for and you need to keep the cost down you should consider a adorable custom notepad for under $10. We are also pairing up notepad with a custom stamp for the “perfect gift”. Have a look at www.stampoutonline.com some great ideas! If you don’t see what you are looking for or you have a specific budget to work with, send us an email to sales@stampoutonline.com the # of gifts you need and what you are looking to spend and we will bundle up a custom quote for you. I can hardly stand that the year is coming to an end so quickly!! What am I supposed to do with my kids all summer long??

We want to Girl it up! Super Cute Girly Stamps Giveaway

Stampoutonline.com is doing our part to girly up the business world! Super cute girls have been running the stamp shop for about 10 years now! We are all moms & girlfriends who love what we do. The nature of the stamp manufacturing business can get a bit messy at times. One of our goals has been to make our work environment cuter than “just a stamp manufacturing” shop. The file cabinets have been painted pink, the files are polka dots we have cute notepads around (made and designed by us) you know, just little things here and there. Then one day BAM, It occurred to us that all of our stamps were the traditional boring big fat red ink PAID, RECEIVED, PAST DUE, Blah, blah, blah, you get it! So stampoutonline.com is making a little contribution to the mompreneurs and lady owned businesses out there. http://www.stampoutonline.com/category.aspx?categoryID=1214 We need to unite and make a conscious effort to bring style and personality into our daily monotonous paper work. We say “Burn the ugly stamps” (not really) and replace with new SUPER CUTE business stamps for the SUPER CUTE business girls! Tell us a bit about your business and how you would love to “girly it up” a bit and which stock stamp you would like to begin your collection. At random the girly girls at stampoutonline.com will have some fun reading and picking some our favorites to send out some of our stamps. Leave your email address so we can contact you. We will favorably discriminate to those that blog, tweet or facebook about us and send us the link to sales@stampoutonline.com

In honor of Mother's Day

Hi everyone, Happy Wednesday!! :) We'd love to hear all of your "Funny Mommy Stories"! You know, those embarrassing moments your child blurts something out in the wrong place at the wrong time...those stories! We will pick a winnner on Friday morning! The winner will be determined by us and the story we find to be the most humorous! The winner will receive a $10 credit for StampOutOnline or a FREE notepad!
We have some darling new things in the making, some already on our site. Mommy Pad/Mommy Card sets, new stamp designs, some clear stamp sheets with acrylic blocks...the list goes on!
If anyone has any ideas, we are always up for those as well!!
Hope everyone is happy and healthy...let the fun begin!

XOXO

Sale of the day!

Good morning everyone and Happy Thursday!! Today we are having a $25 sale because it's the 25th of the month...don't ask, it just sounded like a good idea! Ha ha.
So, any return address stamp on our website is $25. Just enter the code MARCH25 and you will receive the discount at checkout!

Enjoy! Hurry up, because the sale ends at midnight tonight!!

We are thinking of something clever for a contest in honor of April Fools Day, so keep checking back! :)

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Paul Frank Party - SO cute

Happy Saturday everyone! Thought I'd post some things we did for an upcoming party. It is going to be a Paul Frank themed party, so we designed some invitations and created a custom banner to coordinate. I think they came out super cute. If you or anyone you know has an upcoming birthday and need invites and/or coordinating items, let us know...we promise to make it adorable!!

Hope everyone has an awesome weekend!! Come back Monday for a new sale or giveaway!

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Opening Day Ceremonies

Todays the big "Opening Day" for baseball. The ceremonies start at 9 and will last til about 11 or 11:30 and then we have a game at 2. Whew, thats a long day! I'm so excited that today is our day to bring snack though, because I thought it would be fun to make something all the boys could have for each game...so, I made them all personalized stainless water bottles! I think they came out adorable and yes, maybe a little on the excessive side for 6 & 7 year old boys, but hey, I don't know how to do things simple!

I am so glad some of you took advantage of last weeks 20% off sale! Keep checking, we have more sales to come and new products in the making!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend...it's supposed to be beautiful weather here today...yeah!!

Fresh Look = Big Sale!

Happy Monday everyone! I hope everyone had as good of a weekend as I did! We went on a camping trip to the desert with family and friends...it was a great trip and the kids had a blast! It did rain for 1/2 the day yesterday, but cleared up and was gorgeous. My little guy is getting so good on his dirt bike...I love watching him ride around!

Ok, enough about me. Back to business...this week, we are having a sitewide sale...20% off EVERYTHING! So, take advantage of this because the sale ends on Friday, March 12th...you only have 5 days! At checkout, enter code SITESALE20 to receive the discount!

p.s. Don't forget, Molly & Jason's wedding is on tonight! HAHA. I'm silly, I know, but I can't wait to watch it!! :)

Calling all Dog Lovers - 25% off!

Hi everyone...

This week we are promoting our line of Custom Dog Return Address Stamps that are available for ALL BREEDS! From now until Sunday, February 28th, we are offering 25% off any stamp in our Dog Lover collection. These make great gifts for those "hard to buy for" dog lovers!!

Above are a few of the most popular breeds, but be sure to check the website for the entire collection and please, if you don't see the breed of dog you are looking for, let us know so we can make it!

For the discount, simply order any stamp in the Dog Lover section and at checkout, enter code DOGLOVE25 and your discount will be automatically applied!

Thanks again as always for following us!

Need a custom Blog make-over!

Hi all...

So, I know we haven't been the best at "blogging" thus far, but I promise that will change, as soon as we know a little more about how it all is supposed to work. First and foremost, I think we need a professional blog Make-Over. Does anyone have any suggestions where we can find someone who offers, clean, fresh, custom, girly blog designs? We have come across a few that we love...most of which have a long wait, but any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hopefully this weekend, we can focus on that a little and try to become better at this and keeping you all interested in us and what we do!!

We will also have a new contest this next week, so be sure to check back to see what's in store!

Thanks for being patient with us!!

$3 off and FREE shipping on the Cricut Rubber Stamp

What a great Super Bowl game! I love to put a few bucks down on the Super Bowl, this year I was lead by my emotions and who I “wanted” to win and because of that I have a few extra bucks in my wallet tonight. Yeah, I love that! Alli and I don’t share similar experiences when it comes to sports. Our husbands are business partners and best friends that grew up next door to each other. They don’t share a common love for sports. Allis husband Mike loves all sports! Sundays are all football all day at the Kettle house. I would think for Alli the Super Bowl is an extra special day because its also a celebration of life returning to normal on Sudays :) OKAY…so on to the good stuff! This week at http://www.stampoutonline.com/ in the category: custom handmade by/signature stamps we will discount $3 and offer free shipping on the darling Cricut Rubber Stamp with the code word ~ BLOG ~ To get the discount you will need to go through the whole process of checking out and entering your custom info for the stamp. When you get to the final section that asks for promotional code this is when you enter in BLOG you will receive free shipping and $3 off. We send out proofs before we ship so be on the look out for the proof. The offer good from February 8th to the 15th.

A blog about blogging?

It's been awhile since we have written. Alli and I are already looking to make changes in our blog. We are both new at blogging and we both want it to be right! BUT neither of know for sure what that means? We have been researching blogs we like and trying to compile a list of "wants" for our blog. I personally find it a little difficult that there isn't back and forth communication and that there doesn't seem to be contact information for us to contact people or for people to contact us. I'm not sure if that is just the nature of blogging?? BUT I found it a tad frustrating that after our first "giveaway" and everyone was a winner, we didn't really have a way to contact everyone? It is up to them to check back in and contact us with the instructions we gave them. I have a ton of stamps that we made for the winners that went unclaimed. I wanted to be able to contact the people and try to get their info to send them their prize. We are working on our issues and thinking of a direction to go. We have our names on lists of designers of blogs that we like but if any of you know of any great functioning, pleasurable blogs to visit send us the names we love looking at them all.

And the winner is...

Maroulette! Cade picked #2, so Maroulette, please visit our website and pick out a set of Note Cards to be personalized.
Thanks to all who participated in this weeks giveaway. Please check back often as there will be another fun giveaway soon!

My sweet little guy had a great birthday weekend and was very excited to be able to choose the winner of this contest!

Don't forget to check out the website for new items! www.stampoutonline.com

Note Card GIVEAWAY!

Hi all!

Ok, so this weeks Giveaway is a set of 12 personalized Note Cards of your choice. These make a great gift or are fun to keep for yourself. They measure 3.5in x 5 in. and come with envelopes. Each set is wrapped in a cello bag with coordinating ribbon.

How to win:

1.) Leave a comment under this post stating the name of your favorite item on our website:
visit www.stampoutonline.com

2.) Be sure you are a follower of our blog: (those who aren't at the end of the contest will not be able to win)

3.) Cross your fingers! Ha ha. j/k.

This contest ends on Sunday, January 24th @ noon and the winner will be picked by my son, who is turning 7 that day, so he will pick a random # from the entries.

Good luck ladies and I hope you are enjoying the blog so far! I know we are!!!

"Funny Quote" stamps added to www.StampOutOnline.com

My girls and I were drawn like magnets to an adorable display of all things polka dots while we were at Barns and Noble exchanging some of the "Mac for Dummies" books that were incorrectly purchased. We should have bought the "Buying Mac books for Dummies for Dummies" before we bought the books. LOL! Its quite apparent that my love for polka dots has been passed down a generation. Faith was beside her self with excitement to be able to use her polka dot umbrella today. We had a true moment, I totally understood how she felt. My husband was telling her to put it in her backpack since it wasn't raining yet, WELL...I knew that wasn't going to go over with a bang. Why would she put her super cute polka dot umbrella IN her back pack? That just didn't make sense to either of us, he ended up using a "choose your battle" card and backed down. She got to hold her umbrella outside her backpack "in case" it started to rain while she was walking to class. That makes perfect sense to me!

OH...and check out the website, www.StampOutOnline.com I haven't gotten to all of them but I did get a few of the funny quotes listed on the website. Alli and I are working on an idea for a new giveaway, so stand by......

WINNER WINNER...CHICKEN DINNER!

OK, so the winner IS......

Everyone!!! We have had a very jam packed week and with everything going on, we have LOVED reading all of the funny quotes you have submitted. Thank you to everyone who has made us laugh this week. We thought it would be great for our "Grand Bloggining" to start off with a bang, and make everyone a winner!!!
After much debate about how we would make this happen, we have decided that the following steps MUST be completed in order for you to receive your FREE STAMP!

1.) send an email to ORDERS@STAMPOUTONLINE.COM
2.) Add BLOG GIVEAWAY in the SUBJECT line
3) In the email body, include YOUR BLOG NAME/NAME YOU USE TO POST (IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THIS NAME, GO BACK TO THE BLOG AND DOUBLE CHECK...IT IS IN PINK ABOVE YOUR COMMENT) this is the ONLY way we can match you up with the stamp we send you
4) your SHIPPING INFORMATION

***we hate to even have to add this, but being in the business for a while, we must! No stamp will be Re-made...each one was typeset by copy/paste from your posts, therefore we are not responsible for any typos. They will all be in quotation marks and in a font we find appropriate for the quote given.
Thanks again for participating!!!! :)

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We WILL figure things out today!!

Today we are going to sit down and figure this whole Mac thing out. I am already so amazed at some of the little things I have seen these machines do. There are shortcuts that are going to make our lives SOO much easier and I already know we are going to say "why didn't we make this switch a long time ago" a million times over.

I cleaned the house, did heaps of laundry and got the kids off to Grammys so that I can dedicate my entire day to my new toy! (Does that make me a dork? HA!) I am even going to go and buy "Mac for Dummies" and Lisa and I will get it figured out...one way or another!

We are super excited about our blog and all that we have coming in the future...we have big plans all, BIG plans. You just wait! We are planning our next giveaway, because don't forget, the current one ends tomorrow at noon, so for all of you that have entered (correctly) a big THANK YOU! It has been so much fun reading all of your funny quotes and trust me, there are times in our day that they are MUCH NEEDED.

Don't forget to visit the website www.stampoutonline.com and see all the goodies there...so many things that make great gifts!!! We are adding new items all the time, so it may be worth your while to even bookmark that site too! :)

Happy Saturday everyone...

My lesson on karma...Sorry Jadeyn.

I’m probably the least judgmental person I know. I truly believe deep in my heart that all people are just doing the best they can with what they have been given. When someone cuts me off I just assume that they have an emergency. If I get cut in front of in line I just figure everything happens for a reason and that person might have saved my life by making me 1 minute later…you get it. WELL…I can think of 2 times in my life when I truly judged. 1. BC (before Children) I saw a drooly baby and told a girlfriend “I WILL NEVER have a baby that drools!” My 9 year old still drools, and I was that mom that always had to wear a diaper cloth over my shoulder because everyone said “UM, he is drooling" Karma upped the anti and he spit up all the time too! One problem I didn’t have with Hunter or Faith was potty training, SO…2. I had a lot to say about a child that would ask for a pull up! “Clearly if they are asking for a pull up you know what they need, set the child on a potty and VOILA, the child will go? Then along came Jadeyn, one of the brightest three year olds (turning 4 in June) that WILL NOT go in a potty!!!!! We were both so stubborn at one point that it became a medical condition. MY CHILD WOULD NOT GO unless I put a diaper or pull up on her. She would go weeks without going (#2) and she was making herself really sick. I was forced to back away from the entire issue trying to re-train her brain AND body that it isn’t yucky or bad to go poo poo, it’s a good thing J . She still struggles and she won’t go, so we have to help her out, she actually reminds me to give her mineral oil every day. She can reasonably discuss any issue with us, school pickup, drop off, play dates, she discusses different activities for each day of the week, what she won’t talk about is going on the potty? When I try to encourage her to go on the potty she refuses, she screams, arches her back so I can’t set her on the potty and I worry that she will regress to NOT going again. I’m not a newbie, I’ve tried everything! M & M’s, prizes at the potty, reading, letting her run around naked, taking things away, telling her that when she can potty then she can have privileges, we have had the pee potty party set up and ready to go “when she did potty” (she never did) She has watched us all go, nothing has even seemed to crack the issue. I believe Karma is kicking my bootie right now. I think I will actually have the world’s first child in America that goes to school in a pull up!

Girls reading this…bite your lip! Learn from me! Don’t judge, or comment on the way anyone else is doing the best they can, because when you least expect it, Karma WILL get you, it has a strong hold on me right now. Sorry Jadeyn.....

The 1st official post from my NEW.........

iMAC!!!!! :)) YIPEE! YIPEE! After a lot of thought and debate between a lot of different parties involved we made the final decision. Its official, www.StampOutOnline.com will NOW be run from Mac computers. WELL...(there always seems to be a well....) you would think we were in the computer business with all the computers around now.  There is going to be a learning curve and while we are learning we have our current PCs and AND iMacs running. As if we didn't spend enough time in front of the computer before now we are in front of two computers each.  The current design software we use isn't Mac compatible, that is a scary thought for me but good news for www.StampOutOnline.com shoppers. It means there will be LOTS of fun new designs to come. I'm SO excited and glad that the decision has been made and we are now in process of the conversion. I'm certain I will LOVE this computer. As we were driving home I told Alli, I think we should design a sign that says "Drive carefully, we have new iMacs on board"
PS..Thank you so much for all the funny quotes they keep us laughing...Be sure you sign up as a follower and enter the contest, we are having so much fun reading all the posts.

To Mac or not to Mac...that IS the question!!!

So...today we spent a few hours at the MAC store. Holy cow, I think we almost died and went to heaven. Colors, matte vs. gloss, everything seemed shiny to us...probably because our eyes were as big as ever. At one time, there were 5 people helping us out, trying to figure out the best shades for our needs! We even had a few calls from friends pissed that we didn't invite them...wondering if we bought them some lip gloss at least. LOL. NO, we were NOT sitting in chairs getting our make-up done...we were looking at new COMPUTERS!!! Seriously, it was like being in a candy shop as a child for the first time. Seeing all the bells and whistles of the way these machines work was nuts. In fact, it almost made me mad. I feel as if we have wasted SO MANY HOURS of our LIVES. But...all I see is how many hours we will be gaining if we do in fact make this transition. You know when you are waiting for that program to load on your computer the little hour glass shows up...thats what I am seeing in my brain...MOBILE ME??? WHAT???? HAHAHA. Well...to our knowledge, as far as this whole Mac world goes, we will never again have to sit and stare as we wait for a file to load, or have to re-open a program multiple times a day.
So...stand by as we decide to learn how to walk all over again and transition over to the Apple side of the world (which is looking pretty bright in our opinion) or be chicken and stay with our boring laptops that continuously crash and burn.
Til tomorrow I hope...

check..1..2...check..check..is this thing working?

HELLO...hello....is anybody out there? So here we sit...no new friends? Is this really happening? This is new to Alli and I and we are used to having lots of friends wherever we go so we are confussed? We have been up for 24 hours and yet here we sit all alone....well, side by side in reality but alone in the blogging world. My mom joined and so did Alli's husband. Thanks guys! (we almost had my husband Aaron, but then he realized he had to sign up and that was too much trouble) Sooooo quick roll call: so far we have Alli, Myself, My mom, Big Mike aka Allis Husband, oh wait...thats IT? Although we appreciate the support from them, we are baffled by this whole blog world. It's so big, yet we are so small it seems. Please, don't be shy, if you log on here and are reading this post, we beg you to leave us a comment so we know you were here....this is new to us and we are looking to understand it better. Our counter is going up but is it just us checking for comments every 1 minute or is anyone new really viewing this??? FYI, we are cracking up as we type this! LOL! watch out blog world we will figure this out! :)

Starting off with a GIVEAWAY!

After much discussion, we have decided to start our blogging venture with a giveaway. Since pretty much nothing we do is normal, we aren't doing the giveaway the "normal" way, with the winner being picked by a random number generator. Instead, the winner will be decided by us! Yes, that's right...US!! :)
How to enter:
Simply sign up to follow our blog AND make a comment on this post with your FUNNIEST quote to be made into a stamp. If you are the winner, you will receive your choice of a wood mounted or self-inking stamp with your VERY OWN funny quote on it. Use your imagination and have fun...we can't wait to hear what you come up with.
(We reserve the right to use all quotes submitted to create and sell stamps and/or stationery)
Contest ends at 12 noon on Sunday, January 17, 2010.

A little peek at what we are about...

Here is one of our "SUPER CUTE" Stationery Baskets! if you could see the back you would see the stamp and water bottle. I think with the time involved and products in the basket we estimated this basket at $2,134.09 to turn a profit. LOL

Our Story

It started out with two girls and their fascination for all things "SUPER CUTE!" The two girls shared a desire to turn their passion for design and creativity into a career. Alli and Lisa have a "We can make that” complex. Between the two girls there has not been a "crafty challenge" they haven’t attempted. They have made just about everything under the sun that they think is "SUPER CUTE!". The girls are on a never ending mission for custom items that will compliment the Stamp and Stationery line they have created and are currently finding success in. In most cases when they venture off for new items they end full circle back to stamps and stationery. There is usually some wine and a lot of laughs included along the way. For example: did you know that to turn a profit "WITH labor included" on a complete set of custom water bottles for an 11 player girls soccer team, the price would need to be $1,737.86 for the complete set. Don't Laugh! With that you get a Custom team colored water bottle with a coordinating bow, each bottle with the players name and number. (Thanks to Alli, Lisa was ready to scratch the number altogether! LOL) Don't tell either one of these girls that something can't be done…they find great pleasure in proving that theory wrong!

We have seen some "SUPER CUTE" Blogs and of course…you guessed it! "We can do that too!" SO, off we are on yet another adventure, only this one we invite you to share in the fun and good times. We laugh about having the only blog around that we are going to actually admit that we have husbands that are not so supportive of our obsession and feel we could be much more productive cooking dinner or cleaning the house.

We look forward to sharing with you more about us and learning about you along the way. Where we end up is yet to be determined....

Quick Stats: Between Alli and Lisa: 2 Boys, 3 girls, 2 husbands and 2 yappy dogs.

About Us

It started out with two girls and their fascination for all things "SUPER CUTE!" The two girls shared a desire to turn their passion for design and creativity into a career. Alli and Lisa have a "We can make that” complex. Between the two girls there has not been a "crafty challenge" they haven’t attempted. They have made just about everything under the sun that they think is "SUPER CUTE!". The girls are on a never ending mission for custom items that will compliment the Stamp and Stationery line they have created and are currently finding success in. In most cases when they venture off for new items they end full circle back to stamps and stationery. There is usually some wine and a lot of laughs included along the way. For example: did you know that to turn a profit "WITH labor included" on a complete set of custom water bottles for an 11 player girls soccer team, the price would need to be $1,737.86 for the complete set. Don't Laugh! With that you get a Custom team colored water bottle with a coordinating bow, each bottle with the players name and number. (Thanks to Alli, Lisa was ready to scratch the number altogether! LOL) Don't tell either one of these girls that something can't be done…they find great pleasure in proving that theory wrong!

We have seen some "SUPER CUTE" Blogs and of course…you guessed it! "We can do that too!" SO, off we are on yet another adventure, only this one we invite you to share in the fun and good times. We laugh about having the only blog around that we are going to actually admit that we have husbands that are not so supportive of our obsession and feel we could be much more productive cooking dinner or cleaning the house.

We look forward to sharing with you more about us and learning about you along the way. Where we end up is yet to be determined....

Quick Stats: Between Alli and Lisa: 2 Boys, 3 girls, 2 husbands and 2 yappy dogs.