New issue out today

It's the first Friday of the month again, and you know what that means? Yep, it's Craft Stamper day! The March issue is officially on sale today, packed with lovely projects for you to try. I hope you will enjoy it and be inspired to get out those stamps.

Don't forget that we have a web extra section on the website for those projects we just couldn't fit into the magazine pages.

Please welcome...

...Anneliese Bates to the Craft Stamper Design Team! You might remember a rather spectacular Grungepaper bag a few issues back? Well that was the work of the lovely Anneliese,. I have now invited her to be a member of our Design Team so you'll be seeing more of her in the coming months!

Anneliese's work is a little Tim Holtz-ish but with a decidedly feminine side and a touch of vintage charm. She has a beautiful eye for colour combinations (see her Treasure Box article this issue for a striking and unusual example), and is a whizz with Distress Inks - do stop and watch her work her magic should you come across her demoing at a show. You may not know that Anneliese is also a very talented scrapbooker - watch out for evidence in an issue coming soon! As well as all this, she is a very sweet and warm person and lovely to work with.

Here's what Anneliese said about joining our little team: "I was really excited when Katy asked me to join the team at Craft Stamper, as it gives me even more opportunities to get inky fingers and experiment with all that luscious stash out there, I love trying new products and seeing what I can do with them, what a wonderful way to spend my days, I am so lucky!"

Pop along to Anneliese's blog for more of her work. Anneliese also teaches classes at Artist Trading Post.

Please welcome...

I'm delighted to be introducing you to a new member of the Craft Stamper DT today - the lovely Linda Elbourne. Linda is not only a fabulously talented artist, she is funny, hard working and such a positive upbeat person: in short a pleasure to work alongside. Her artwork has quite a unique style and she is an upcycling guru so look out for lots of projects where she uses old junk to make lovely things. Her bean tin creations adorn our front cover this month.

Here's what Linda has to say about herself: "I have been crafting since forever in one form or another. My passion for stamping took over about 5 years ago. I am a Ranger girl at heart and love nothing more than trying new things and getting inky and messy ... My style is eclectic ... if that is a style :0) and I will give anything a go at least once! I am a massive fan of Craft Stamper magazine, in fact I can honestly say I gained most of my stamping knowledge from the wonderful articles and I continue to learn and be inspired every month. I am extremely proud to have been asked to join the design team."

If you'd like to see more, check out Linda's blog. Linda also teaches at LB Crafts.

Your Top Ten?

You may not know this, but Craft Stamper is 10 years old this June! With this in mind I think it would be nice to look back over the last ten years, so I am blogging today to ask for your help.

I'd love to know what is your absolute favourite CS project from the last 10 years? Is there something that sticks out in your mind? Is it a project that inspired you to try something new? Is it the reason you bought your very first Craft Stamper?

Whether you have been buying CS from day one or if you are new to us, we'd love to know what your personal highlights are and why.

Please leave a comment on this post letting me know:
What is your favourite project? (if possible give me an idea of the month/year)
A few words about why have you chosen this project.
Your name and location (e.g. Katy Fox, Worcestershire) so we can credit you in the article.

This is such a good excuse to have some fun looking at your back issues. I am intrigued to see what we be picked out. I have some favourites in mind but choosing just one is hard!

Katy x

Lovely reader artwork

Today I'd like to share with you a delightful ATC project sent to me by one of our very talented readers - Annette Goatley.

Annette's make was inspired by Kate Crane's ' Artist Trading Card Trio ' project and she has made use of her February free stamp already as you can see!

Thank your for sharing Annette; gorgeous work.

Better late than never - Sharpie draw winners!

(Drumroll please)...................

And the lucky winners of our fabulous Sharpie giveaway are.......

Kate said...
I'd like to win those please!! ** Kate **

Lilacanglia said...
Have put a link in my candy bar,So glad to have found you,Thanks for the chance,Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all,HugsLilacanglia

Gez said...
Thank you for the chance to win. I have linked your offer to my blog Here. Happy Christmas everyone at Craft Stamper.

Jessica said...
Very cool giveaway!sundaygirl at gmail dot com

Wendy said...
oooohhh, i love sharpie - posted a link on my blog too ;o)

laury55 said...
wow would love to win those fab sharpiesthanks for the giveawayhttp://laury55.blogspot.com/2009/12/giveaway_27.html

Ginger said...
Would love to win these I have not got any sharpie's.

Lesley said...
Oooo I don't have any of these so thank you for the chance to win someLesley x

Anne E said...
I only have black so would love to win some sharpies. Anne E

Debsg said... Link on my blog. Blog candy is the best kind of candy and the least fattening ;)

Apologies for the delay in drawing this - I've unfortunately been off sick since the New Year so I hope you'll forgive me.

Congrats to all the winners! Please email cs@traplet.com with your details (including your sign in name so I can match winners to emails) to claim your fab Sharpie prize. Please note Sharpie are sending the prizes out to me this week, so allow a couple of weeks for them to get to you.

Happy New Year!

Katy

Snowbound!

Hello from a very white and very beautiful Malvern. I just thought I would pop on quickly to let all those of you who took part in the Romance atc swap know that your swaps were posted yesterday!

Keep warm folks!

Sue