Dear Friends: We're not as young as we once were.
In order to serve you better (by retaining our energy and our sanity), we will operate only ten months each year. However, being the way we are, (nuts) we will spend part of the time that we are closed searching for new items to present to you. We will bring you special items directly from China also.

Closing dates will be anounced in our newsletter and on our Web site.
THEREFORE, EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT ORDERING ANYTHING NOW,
PLEASE DROP US A LINE ASKING TO BE PLACED ON OUR MAILING LIST.

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WHY WE TOOK THE PLUNGE... by Ben

Barbara is an artist, a stamper and a people person (as many of you know). Her stamping work has been published in RSM; National Stampagraphic; Rubber Stamper; Somerset Studio; Stamper's Sampler; Yowza; Vamp Stamp News; and has been featured on a number of web sites. She also teaches a course on Collage Art at a local University.

Those of you who have received cards and/or Mail Art from her, are aware of the originality and beauty of her work. Many of her stamper friends have urged her to create stamps of her original images. Voila! GOTCHA was born. There will be stamps from her original water colors and linoleum blocks as well as newly created designs. In addition we have imported some other great images from various sources.

We will strive to always offer something extra in this catalog, supplemental catalogs and a Newsletter planned for the future. Barbara will provide suggestions to assist you in getting the greatest joy from your stamping hobby.

Before we started Gotcha, we did extensive surveying to learn, directly from you, what kind of stamps you wanted. We sincerely thank all who participated. We will continue to solicit your input. If you are the first person to send us a picture or a word idea, that we then make into a stamp, you will receive that stamp for FREE! There is no limit to the number of FREE STAMPS you can earn.

We will produce ONLY UNMOUNTED stamps, in order to save you both space and money (as indicated in the majority of survey replies). We are mixing stamps on pages rather than grouping them. Our reason is that as you peruse our offerings, you will actually get to see more types of stamps to stimulate your creative juices. You know what they say about variety.

P.S.
Barbara and I are both published authors and photographers.
Barbara is the gourmet cook in the family, while I make the
World's Best Caesar Salad (and I wash a mean dish too).

Tell us what you think, you can contact us by e-mail at:
gotchabarbara@lvcm.com
benpearlman@lvcm.com

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