Thinking about subscribing?

Here's a peek at our lovely subs gift for this month, which is an exclusive stamp set from Lavinia Stamps.

I know many of you are big fans of Lavinia Stamps so we were delighted when Tracey agreed to put this pretty collection together for us.

You can now subscribe online too - details are here.

Best wishes,

Katy

Celebrate our birthday with us!

As you probably know, Craft Stamper celebrated ten years in print with our June 2010 issue. Pictured is a beautiful memento that Helen Chilton made for me to commemorate the event. It's all made up of images from the magazine and I shall treasure it always - thank you Helen :).

Now it's your turn to help us commemorate this milestone in CS history! As part of our celebrations we ran a great competition in June with ten fabulous prizes up for grabs. We've had some stunning entrires so far, and if you'd like to join in there is still time to enter right up until until 30th June.

All you have to do is create something with a birthday theme and either post it to us at the usual address or email an image to cs@traplet.com. It doesn't have to be a card, you can make whatever you like that fits the theme. And if you need inspiration don't forget their is a DT gallery of birthday cards over on our website here.

I can't wait to see your creations - good luck!

Please welcome...

...another new addition to the Craft Stamper DT, Joanne Wardle.

Joanne has appeared as a guest in CS several times, and I thought it was about time I asked her to join the DT proper as she has always produced exceptional quality work and is very punctual too (more important than you might think with deadline after deadline in this business!).

Joanne amazes me with her ability to make her projects look effortless when in fact she employs a great deal of skill. She excels equally at cute, vintage, and elegant styles. I am delighted to welcome her to the team.

I asked Joanne to say a few words about herself and here is what she said:

"I am married with two sons and I live in Leeds. I started cardmaking in about 2003, just after my youngest son was born as an attempt to get into scrapbooking. The scrapbooking never really took off, but I became addicted to papercrafts. The stamping came about a year later and I soon became obsessed with that too.

I have previously done a few pieces of work for craft stamper, but I am delighted to now be an official contributor, and look forward to sharing my ideas. I have a fairly simple style, as I like to make thinks quickly, although my taste in stamps is quite diverse. I love arty, whimsical, quirky and cute! I love all sorts of other crafts, knitting, crocheting, sewing....anything as long as my hands are busy. I work as a a radiographer, a job that I love, but thankfully still gives me time to craft."

To see more of Joanne's work, pop on over to her lovely blog.

Welcome to the team!

Katy x

Calling all scrapbookers!

You may or may not know that Isabelle Norris, one of the Craft Stamper DT, is a very talented scrapbooker. She has recently started up her very own scrapbooking challenge blog - Scrap, Theme & Sketch - the idea behind which is to get you scrapbooking more with a whole host of prompts to get your creative juices flowing.

The challenge are varied including Book of Me, clean and simple, sketches and more. AND if you join in during May there is a fab goody bag up for grabs.

Do pop over an take a look.

Bye for now,
Katy x

Birthday Promotions at Happy Stampers North West

PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. HOWEVER IF YOU HAVE TICKETS PLEASE COME TO THE CS STAND TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR PROMOTIONS :).

Are you lucky enough to be going along to the HSNW show at Port Sunlight this Saturday (8th May)? If you are then be sure to pop along to the Craft Stamper stand as we are celebrating our 10th birthday this year and have some special promotions for you!

-The first fifteen visitors to the stand spending £10 or more (including subscriptions) will receive a FREE GOODY BAG packed with stamps and other goodies worth OVER £15! It’s all good stuff too; you don’t want to miss out on this!

-We also have a FREE PRIZE DRAW to win a hamper of stamps worth over £120! Just pop to the stand to put your name in the hat.

-And finally we have a SHOW EXCLUSIVE subscription offer. I am not allowed to spill the beans but it is rather fab!

(Please note entry to this show is by advance ticket only; there are no tickets on the door. Visit www.happystampersnorthwest.co.uk for more info)