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Tell us why you buy Craft Stamper magazine. Fill out the little poll on our sidebar and let us know!

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Traplet Publications is seeking a freelance photographer to work flexible hours on Scrap365 and Craft Stamper magazines. We envisage we will require a minimum of 15 hours per week of work, during office hours (Mon-Thurs 9am-5.30pm, Friday 9am-4pm) on a flexible basis. Experience in photographing craft items and an interest in arts and crafts are essential - please do not send your CV unless you

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It won't be long now until the New Year and with that in mind I've been thinking about what new features we could think about adding to Craft Stamper in 2012. So with that in mind, I am asking you, good readers, for your ideas and suggestions. What would you like to see? Is there a new regular feature that would make the magazine complete? Are there any older features you are bored of now?

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Hi all Just a little reminder that there is still time to enter our fantastic Stamper of the Year competition! We are looking for entries from stampers in all styles, whether you make cute cards, mini albums, or weird and wonderful altered creations. Details can be found on our website :). Remember you can enter via email as well as by post. Closing date is 21st October and we have an amazing

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...for BLOG OF THE MONTH! I've not had a single nomination this month, so get those emails coming (please use the subject line 'Over to you - blog'). The email address is cs@traplet.com. International reader blogs also welcome! Bye for now, Katy

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I know, I know - the mag came out weeks ago... I am WAY behind this month. But in case you are thinking of subbing and wondering whether this month's sub gift is for you, I'm going to tell you a little bit about the Cosmic Shimmer Chalk Mists. The offer is for all six colours of mist - gorgeous bright shades they are too. I demo'ed these at the Newbury Artstamps show and learned that there is

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But don't know where to start? Then you might like this new DVD by the fabulously talented Kate Crane!Regular readers will be familar with Kate's stunning journals and on this DVD she teaches you how she creates her pages from start to finish. Including a guide to materials, details on how she builds backgrounds and layers, and prompts for getting started with your writing, there really is

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Traplet Publications is seeking an assistant editor to work on Craft Stamper magazine and any of our other papercraft-related publications.Applicants must be passionate about papercrafting and demonstrate sound knowledge of a range of papercraft disciplines. You should also have an excellent command of the English language, good attention to detail and be able to work under pressure and to

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Some piccies for you from the Newbury Artstamps Show (I know, I know, but better late than never heh?). Newbury is always a nice show and we met lots of lovely readers of the mag. I demo'ed the Cosmic Shimmer Chalk Inks that are this month's subs gift and rather nice they are too. I got quite messy, hence the lovely Craft Stamper branded pinny. We were very busy and the time flew by :).

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Hope so! I'll be at the Artstamps Show Newbury Racecourse all weekend behind the Craft Stamper stand, doing some demos of our subs gift for you (and serving when we are busy - I'm a show staff virgin so be nice to me if I am stupidly slow and forget how the till works!!!).The gift I'll be demoing is a set of 6 Cosmic Shimmer Chalk Mists - I have been surprised how much you can do with them whilst

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Job Vacancy - Assistant EditorTraplet Publications is seeking an assistant editor to work on Craft Stamper magazine and any of our other papercraft-related publications.Applicants must be passionate about papercrafting and demonstrate sound knowledge of rubber stamping, as well as other papercraft disciplines such as cardmaking, scrapbooking and altered art. You should also have an excellent

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OK, it's confession time...The room you saw in the Meet & Greet may not have been an accurate representation of the actual craft space. Helen Chilton was on to me when she said 'all you've done is piled the mess up just outside the photo' and she was right.So here is a view of the attic as it normally looks after a crafty session (spent all day yesterday prepping my Newbury demo and doing a two

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Hello all,Just putting out a call for our Sept themed gallery feature as I have two spots remaining!If you'd like to see your work in Craft Stamper then here is your chance!THEME: OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO (cityscapes - think Paris, London, NY, Venice etc). COLOURS: Warm cream with black and white. The call closes 13th June so get your skates on!Please email submissions to cs@traplet.com (NB:

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We know that many of your enjoy seeing your work in print in (hopefully!) your favourite magazine, and to that end we are introducing more opportunities for readers to be published from now on.We felt that after many years it was time to say goodbye to our Trade It swap feature and replace it with a feature which we hope will appeal to a larger number of our readers. We are opening up a brand new

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Yep it's offcial on-sale date for the June issue today, so you should be able to find it in the shops now.Lots of lovely things this issue - a faux sampler, an quirky altered bird, some very classy indoor scene cards, a fabby hair colouring tutorial, a clever faux leather technique, Steampunk ATCs, Silkies, faux ivory, salt backgrounds, and ideas for Nesties! Plus more too of course.Enjoy!

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And the winner is (drumroll please!)....PsyPenguin who said... I just started reading craft stamper and I think the ezine is a great idea! Thanks for the freebie. I've added the link on my blog.PsyPenguin please email your postal address to me at cs@traplet.com and we'll get your candy in the post!A huge thank you to everyone who took the time to link up the e-zine on their blog.

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Only 7 days left to get your hands on the candy (see post below)!I know I said I'd draw on 30th April but I am a numpty because that's a Saturday and I won't be here in the office! So candy will be drawn on 3rd May after the bank holiday.Good luck!

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I am very excited to announce that today our FREE Best of 2010 e-zine launches on the Craft Stamper website! The e-zine contains twelve of the best projects from 2010, as chosen by our readers. You'll find loads of fabulous stamping techniques in a wide range of styles inside. Learn some fabulous tricks for colouring your images, get more from your Distress Inks, learn to stamp with bleach, and

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Until the launch of our FREE Best of 2010 e-zine! Watch this space!

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If you are popping along to the Hobbycrafts/Sewing for Pleasure show at the NEC this week (Thursday-Sunday), then do stop and say hello to the peeps from Traplet Publications (who publish Craft Stamper).We have special show offers as always, including a fantastic subs offer. Becky from our sister magazine Beads & Beyond will be demonstrating on the stand (if you have any burning beading questions

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Here you see the aftermath of my wonderful Altered Book Journal weekend at Art from the Heart! Dyan was absolutely determined to convert me to the dark side, and while I am not sure I can do the really, really weird stuff I have to say I enjoyed the weekend immensely and have found myself tinkering with my book ever since. I really don't think I have a natural talent for this kind of thing, but I

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Drum roll purlease............................And the lucky winners (according to random.org, after deleting duplicate comments) are commenters 22, 26, 13, 16, 3, 7, 24, 11, 10, and 21, who are:-Butterflies-Nels-Miriam-Jaime-mustavcoffee-Caroline Hallett-Sevinozwell-Sherry Edwards-Quiksave-ClareCongrats everyone. Please email me (address in side bar) with your full postal address to claim your

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To enter the draw for FREE Hobbycrafts tickets!See the post below for details.

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Courtesy of ICHF we have ten pairs of tickets up for grabs for the Hobbycrafts (with Sewing for Pleasure) show at the NEC, Birmingham, 24-27th March 2011.This is a huge craft show with loads to see, do, and buy, and you get into two shows for the price of one (the sewing show is full of interesting trinkets you can use on paper projects if you don't sew). Traplet Publications has a stand at the

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Boy am I tired after two days solid of walking and talking at the big Stitches trade show at the NEC! I had fun though and enjoyed chatting to lots of my favourite peeps from the crafting world. The main trend I spotted was that vintage is still big, but this year the images are more quirky and masculine rather than shabby chic and feminine in flavour.There are lots of fun new products for you to

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We are now seeking reader submissions for publication in the latter part of 2011. If you have something unusual, different, clever or just plain gorgeous to share with other readers then we want to hear from you!Unlike other magazines, our reader submissions are treated with the same respect as regular articles, and given a whole page of coverage to themselves. Full details are to be found on our

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We are delighted that the organisers of the very popular Big Stamp and Scrapbooking Show have given us 10 pairs of tickets to give away to Craft Stamper readers! For your chance to win a pair of tickets pop over to: www.craftstamper.com/bssbs and simply fill out the form.The next Big Stamp and Scrapbooking Show (BSSBS for short) takes place this year on 9th and 10th April, at the Alexandra Palace

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Hi allFirstly a very happy new year to all our readers - I wish you a very crafty 2011.Secondly and unfortunately, there is some news about the February 2011 issue of the magazine. Due to circumstances beyond our control, the magazines have been a little late going out this month. Hopefully, they should be with most subscribers by the on-sale date which is this Friday and if not please don't

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Just a quick post about the return of entries for the Stamper of the Year competition, as I have received several emails about this subject.Please rest assured that your work will be returned if you supplied an SAE and this will happen in January 2011. In the meantime the artwork is safe and sound so please do not worry.Thanks again to everyone who entered.

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Check this out from the lovely Kim Costello. A tutorial on how to make the stunning cupcakes which accompany her free stamps makes in the latest issue AND she is running a blog candy giveaway too. Well worth a look as the cupcakes are easy to make and are gorgeous.Kim is a talented artist as well as a stamper, and she designed the free stamp for us this month - didn't she do a wonderful job!? I

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Just want to extend my huge congratulations to the talented winners in our Stamper of the Year competition 2010.The January issue of the magazine is out on sale on Friday this week (some subscribers have the mag already), and all the winner's details are announced in that issue.The standard was very high once again so well done to all the winners. Your prizes will be on the way this week so stalk

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If you are off to Hobbycrafts at the NEC this weekend do pop along to the Traplet Publications stand - we have a free prize draw and a special show subscription offer for you!The show runs from today until Sunday.

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Spent today shortlisting for the Stamper of the Year competition and have been amazed at the quality of work.Thank you to everyone who entered - we've had an amazing response this year and it's been lovely seeing all of your creations.Good luck!

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In the last but certainly not the least of our profiles of this year's competition sponsors, we talk to Harvey from Imagination Crafts. Imagination Crafts have been trading for an impressive 16 years and readers will likely have seen Harvey and partner in craft the uber-talented Sue Jones at shows. You may also have seen Sue demonstrating on QVC. They have provided a fabulous prize stuffed with

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Oly one week now until the closing date for our STAMPER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION 2010 (22nd October to be exact)!!! Don't miss out on your chance to win our bumper selection of prizes - get your entries in now!We have four categories this year:-Overall winner-Altered/mixed media artist of the year-Cardmaker of the year-Scrapbooker of the yearTo enter you need to create two stamped items and can

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This week we take a look at The Altered Element, who are sponsoring are Altered Art/Mixed Media category in the Stamper of the Year competition with a bumper box of delights!I chatted to owner Lynne Burton about her rather unique shop, which caters for everything from jewellery making to textile work - as well of course as having a wealth of products for stampers and mixed media artists. The

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Yesterday we talked to Glenda about her business life, but today we get more personal and find out some fascinating insights into the brains behind Elusive Images and Graphicus.Tell us a bit about yourself and your backgroundI was born and raised in and around Carlisle and the Lake District. Although my first degree is in Business, IT and German (there's a mixture for you!) I have always been

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This week we learn more about the the wonderful Elusive Images stamp company who are kindly sponsoring our competition this year with an awesome selection of their gorgeous products.Elusive Images is a very popular UK-based manufacturer and distributor of quality rubber stamps with a distinctive, elegant style as well as the Artylicious line of CDs and papers. The company is run by Glenda and

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This year I've been asked to demonstrate on the Craft Stamper stand at the Artisan show and I've roped in mag regular Helen Chilton to help me out too!I'll be demonstrating how to make these fabulous grungy 3D flowers using our SHOW EXCLUSIVE subs gift from PaperArtsy. These impactful flowers are very easy and very cheap to make! There will be demos throughout Fri and Sat from myself and Helen,

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One of four sponsors for our main winner category this year is Crafty Notions, who have provided a fantastic prize stuffed with amazing goodies. Craftynotions is owned by Sarah Lawrence (pictured) - you might well recognise Sarah as she is often to be found demoing at craft shows around the UK. Craftynotions.com was first registered in 1999 making this company one of the more established online

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This week we are shining the spotlight on Craft Obsessions, who are kindly sponsoring our brand new Scrapbooker of the Year category for 2010.Craft Obsessions is run by Brenda & David Rose and has been trading since December 2005. They specialise in scrapbooking products but also carry lots of stamps and stamping-related lines too. They are proud of their reputation for providing excellent

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Just a note to let you know about a new feature on the CS website - so new in fact we have no listings as yet! It's a free classified service, where readers can offer unwanted stamps or stamping-related goodies for private sale.If you are into sewing, patchwork or beading you can look at/post to listings for those magazines also.You can access the free classifieds here.

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Artwork by Jean HardyFollowing on from our article yesterday, I had a chat with the lovely Jean from Crafty Individuals to find out more about the brains behind this successful stamp company.1) Tell us a bit about yourself and your background."Malcolm has had over 25 years experience as a professional commercial photographer, and my background is mainly in fine art and crafting."2) How did you

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Crafty Individuals are kindly sponsoring our main overall winner category this year. The prize they have supplied is amazing - the winner won't believe the sheer quantity of gorgeous product!Continuing our series of profiles, here's a little more info about Crafty Individuals.Crafty Individuals is UK-based and run by business partners Malcolm Noble and Jean Hardy. They have been trading as an

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Jennie from The Artistic Stamper is hosting a new blog - Artistic Stamper Creative Team. As well as lots of lovely samples from Jennie, CS regular Hels, and the rest of the creative team, there is also a monthly challenge which anyone can join. For this month's challenge there is a prize worth £15 up for grabs for one participant - even more reason to join in!If you love all things inky, arty and

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This year the Cardmaker of the Year category in our Stamper of the Year competition is sponsored by The Stamp Man, a veritable treasure trove of stamps run by the lovely Jill Tuck who you will not doubt have seen on TV and who was responsible for the absolutely stunning UTEE clock in this month's issue. As part of our competition launch we'd like to tell a bit more about some of our sponsors,

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Well as you will have no doubt noticed the September issue of CS is now on sale. We always launch our Stamper of the Year competition in this issue and this month you can expect lots of blog posts about the competition and all our lovely sponsors.Full details of the competition are in the magazine and there are also some details here on the website. This year you only have to submit two examples

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With the next issue due on sale soon (6th August) I thought I'd tease you a bit with a couple of sneaky peeks at the content! These pictures are from two of my personal favourite projects from the magazine - both stunning, though completely different in style.We also have a new feature starting up in the Sept issue called 'Designer's Palette' which will focus on colour schemes, with a little nod

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Do you enjoy seeing other people's interpretations of projects from Craft Stamper? I know I do and if you are the same way inclined, do pop over and have a look at a blog called Craft Stamping Quartet.Via this blog, four friends craft together, choosing a project from Craft Stamper as their inspiration each month. The artwork produced is lovely and it's interesting to see the different approach

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I've been prepping all the info for the STAMPER OF THE YEAR 2010 competition! Woo hoo!I love this competition as we always get a great response and opening all the packages full of yummyness is one of the highlights of my year.This year we've got four categories in the competition:-Stamper of the Year (overall winner);-Cardmaker of the Year;-Altered/Mixed Media Artist of the Year;-Scrapbooker of

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Digital stamping is becoming more popular lately, with lots of companies moving into the digital field or offering digi versions of their 'real' stamps.I've been holding back on including digi stamps in the magazine as I am not sure about how our readership would feel about them. What do you think?For me, in the same way as I could never get into digi scrapbooking, I like the feel of real

Katy - Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14042924137651696082noreply@blogger.com55tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303851276169843438.post-69127578915858988412010-07-04T10:07:00.000+01:002010-07-04T10:07:00.548+01:00

...Morag Cutts!Morag is another new member we are welcoming to the design team this month. I know Morag from her absolutely stunning scrapbook pages (she guested on our Stamping for Scrapbookers feature in the June issue) but she also does some beautiful stamping work too. Morag will be an occasional contributor to the magazine, and her next feature, for the Sept issue, is a stunner. That's all I

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Oh dear, I seem to have not managed to blog for a whole month. Must try harder...Today is official on-sale date for a brand new issue of Craft Stamper. August issue is now on sale and full of bright, summery projects to bring a smile to your face. There are lots of things to enjoy but my favourite this month is Gail Milburn's adorable ribbon reel cakes. Guess who has something else to squirrel

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Hello peeps,Just a quick note to let you know that the July issue is on sale now (official on-sale date is today).The cover project is by Trish Latimer and it's a brilliant tutorial on making your own stamps by carving rubber blocks. I am really keen to try this out myself! Our free stamp is designed by the lovely Jean Hardy from Crafty Individuals and it is rather nice I think - I have a real '

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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

Katy - Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14042924137651696082noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303851276169843438.post-84329588769260455212010-05-21T09:29:00.006+01:002010-05-21T10:09:35.889+01:00

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

Katy - Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14042924137651696082noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303851276169843438.post-34822337292132129252010-05-11T16:05:00.005+01:002010-05-11T16:14:45.211+01:00

...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

Katy - Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14042924137651696082noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303851276169843438.post-5133482897051779542010-05-10T09:52:00.003+01:002010-05-10T09:57:10.580+01:00

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

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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

Katy - Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14042924137651696082noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303851276169843438.post-39283021453588949152010-04-30T14:29:00.002+01:002010-04-30T14:33:52.791+01:00

As part of our Birthday celebrations we've had a bit of a facelift over on the Craft Stamper website.As well as a pretty new colour scheme and an easier to use layout, we've added a couple new features too.First of all there is a brand new Gallery where you can upload your fabulous stamped creations to share with other Craft Stamper readers. We'd love to see what you made that's been inspired by

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Our June 2010 issue marks ten years of Craft Stamper magazine, and to celebrate we have a BUMPER ISSUE with eight extra pages of loveliness for you to enjoy. As well as extra pages we’ve also got a special birthday competition with ten fabulous prizes up for grabs, and a little retrospective of ten years of favourite articles from readers and contributors.But that’s not all! Our website is having

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I was chatting with CS regular Helen Chilton the other day and funnily enough we got onto the topic of stamping (can't imagine how that happened LOL). We got onto inkpads and starting to chat about our most used and loved inks, and Helen suggested this topic could make a fun blog post.If you set aside situations where you have to use a specific ink for a specific technique or surface, I think

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You may remember Annette Goatley's Reader Submission in the March issue? It was a fabulous pair of ATCs?Well, Annette has been in touch with me again this week as she has made the most gorgeous project inspired by Helen Chilton's masterclass from the latest issue. Isn't it lush?I've just shown you the front here - pop over to Annette's brand new blog for more images of the inside and back. Thank

Katy - Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14042924137651696082noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303851276169843438.post-35118873407942693412010-04-12T17:24:00.003+01:002010-04-12T17:26:01.077+01:00

I hope you enjoyed Liesbeth Fidder's tutorial in our latest issue? Well reader Janet certainly did! She's created a lovely card using the techniques in the magazine which you can see on her blog here.Thank you for getting in touch to share your project Janet!Katy x

Katy - Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14042924137651696082noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303851276169843438.post-32421951299357114792010-04-01T11:25:00.000+01:002010-04-01T11:25:00.263+01:00

Yep, it's that time again! The next issue of Craft Stamper - May issue - is out on sale this week.Lots of lovely projects this month to inspire you. We have a gorgeous background tutorial from our new face Liesbeth who I introduced to you yesterday; we have some clever easel cards made from Nestabilities dies; Stamping for Scrapbookers shows you how to make a texture paste frame... and lots more

Katy - Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14042924137651696082noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303851276169843438.post-82541545216888648622010-03-31T09:21:00.002+01:002010-03-31T09:25:13.930+01:00

...Liesbeth FidderPlease give a warm welcome to our new Design Team member, Liesbeth Fidder. Liesbeth is from the Netherlands and I first came across her work as DT member for Art Journey. Her work is quite unique in style. She is a genius when it comes to inking techniques and has a great eye for composition. I think her designs are simply beautiful – I really hope you’ll enjoy the projects she

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We are presently looking to add to our team of designers - we unfortunately do not have any permanent positions available but we are seeking occasional contributors. Current areas of particular interest are:-Brayering techniques;-Vintage/shabby chic projects;-3D/kinetic card ideas.If you think you have something to offer in one of these categories, please do get in touch by emailing me at cs@

Katy - Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14042924137651696082noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303851276169843438.post-13415831212520865492010-03-09T10:29:00.001Z2010-03-09T10:29:42.768Z

Regular readers will know that we have been running the ATC swap in Craft Stamper for a number of years now. It continues to be a popular but we are wondering if it is time for a change to this long-running feature.I'd be interested to gauge your opinions on the ATC swap and whether it should remain a permanent feature in the magazine:-Do you like the ATC swap?-Is it something in which you

Katy - Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14042924137651696082noreply@blogger.com55tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303851276169843438.post-27590765476953673712010-03-08T13:59:00.002Z2010-03-08T14:01:46.691Z

Here's some inspiration for you from Vicky, one of our readers. She's made the most beautiful vintage card with our latest downloadable image.You can download our vintage freebies here.

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The April 2010 issue is officially on sale tomorrow :).We have two new regular features starting this month:-Three Ways With... will look at a product or material each month and show you three different ways to use it. We start with Diamond Glaze and Helen has come up with some amazing applications.-Stamping for Scrapbookers - this is all about incorporating stamping and inking techniques into

Katy - Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14042924137651696082noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303851276169843438.post-27568749311651553002010-02-24T10:12:00.003Z2010-02-24T10:35:19.865Z

Well we had a fun day yesterday at the Stitches trade show at the NEC although we were totally exhausted by the end of it!We talked to lots of lovely people – I so love chatting to craft retailers; they are so excited and enthusiastic about what they do and it’s so infectious! I met some new people I’d not chatted to before too. There was a real buzz and business seemed to be brisk so perhaps we

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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.

Katy - Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14042924137651696082noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303851276169843438.post-55908438382774535812010-02-02T16:47:00.005Z2010-02-02T16:56:16.553Z

...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

Katy - Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14042924137651696082noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303851276169843438.post-37268493249559919722010-02-01T10:03:00.004Z2010-02-01T10:21:42.067Z

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

Katy - Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14042924137651696082noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303851276169843438.post-41088486560535971352010-01-25T09:27:00.002Z2010-01-25T09:34:01.332Z

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

Katy - Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14042924137651696082noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303851276169843438.post-43188994786299786002010-01-18T16:18:00.003Z2010-01-18T16:21:58.212Z

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.

Katy - Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14042924137651696082noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303851276169843438.post-21811033095218797082010-01-11T13:57:00.004Z2010-01-11T14:01:35.275Z

(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,HugsLilacangliaGez said...Thank you for the chance to win. I have linked your offer to my blog Here.

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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

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Hello all,I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and found lots of new stash waiting for you under the tree? As I've had a few days of leave, I've already been playing with my new stamps in between eating too much chocolate :).February issue of Craft Stamper is officially on sale 1st January. Of course the shops are shut as it's a bank holiday, but it should be available as soon as they are open

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...and a happy new year!Best wishes of the season to all our readers from the Craft Stamper team. Thank you for your loyalty to our little magazine - we hope you will continue to enjoy Craft Stamper in 2010. We have some little changes coming next year to keep the magazine looking fresh, with two brand new features starting in the April issue.We are also still looking for reader submissions so if

Katy - Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14042924137651696082noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303851276169843438.post-49047864740652033152009-12-21T09:24:00.001Z2009-12-21T09:26:10.945Z

See Sir Tim's blog.12 new Distress Ink colours - yippeeeeeeeeeee!And Sizzix dies by Sir Tim - I can't wait for these, I lurve my Big Shot to pieces and have been waiting for some 'must have' new dies.Roll on CHA 2010!

Katy - Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14042924137651696082noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303851276169843438.post-78850942032222474372009-12-16T13:27:00.004Z2009-12-22T09:23:09.283Z

I am delighted to be able to reveal that Craft Stamper have teamed up with Sharpie to give 10 lucky readers the chance to get their hands on a goodie bag stuffed with fabulous Sharpie markers - worth £35 each! I personally love my Sharpie markers (I have quite a few!) and am rather envious that I’m not allowed to enter!!!Sharpies are great for crafters as they will write on just about anything.

Katy - Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14042924137651696082noreply@blogger.com67tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303851276169843438.post-67357702854891340162009-12-12T10:33:00.002Z2009-12-12T10:33:00.275Z

Hi allI thought you folks might like to learn a little more about the winners in our Stamper Of the Year Competition 2009. So here are some blog links for you to take a peek at. Unfortunately one of the runners - up Vicky Fothergill - doesn't have a blog at the moment but here are Susan and Clare's bloggies:Our winner Susan Jenneys' blogAnd our best card category winner Clare Earl's blogEnjoy!

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Here's another Christmas card that I would like to share with you. I've already mentioned step cards, but I have also noticed that hinge cards are popular at the moment. Again I'd never made one before, so I thought I should give it a go! Actually this uses a card that I had messed up....I covered my mistake using the papers, so my card didn't go to waste!The card is really easy to make, you just

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On a bit of a roll with the Christmas cards now so I'm sharing another card with you today. This card is loosely based on a sketch challenge from an old Craft Stamper. I used two co-ordinating sheets of paper from the Artylicious Season's Greetings CD Rom to form the back ground for this card. The Gorjuss Guardian Angel was stamped in black Impress onto smooth white card and then coloured using

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As promised earlier I am sharing another of my Christmas cards with you. I've noticed recently that step cards and side step cards seem to be quite popular out there in blog land. I've never made a side step card before so I thought I would try it out.I started with a 13.5cm x 13.5cm (5 1/4" x 5 1/4") card as my base and worked out my score/cutting lines from there. The card was covered using

sue lawnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303851276169843438.post-25758408809452742512009-12-03T16:43:00.003Z2009-12-03T16:43:00.476Z

The new issue is out tomorrow, Friday 4th December (well officially anyway, although I know some of the shops have it already).For the first time, our January issue is not completely Christmas themed, so I hope you will like the change. We toned down the Christmas content as I know a lot of you have made your seasonal creations already - unlike me!We have also revealed the results of our Stamper

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Everyone in the world probably knows already, but a heads-up from me that Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas starts today over on his blog.If you've never seen this before, Tim creates a different seasonal tag each day for 12 days, using a variety of his products and techniques. Great fun to play along or even just to admire his creativity. Plus there are usually lots of giveaways too.Have fun!

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It's really lovely when readers take the time to write to me at the office - brightens up my day!Isn't this card from Emma Harrison so pretty? Here's what Emma said in her letter to me:"I just wanted to say a huge thank you for the Crafty Individuals stamps that I won...I've admired their stamps for a long time but never quite been brave enough to jump in and use them...I hope you like my first

Katy - Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14042924137651696082noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4303851276169843438.post-62754117129720928332009-11-25T10:16:00.000Z2009-11-25T10:16:00.133Z

I've finally started on my xmas cards - about time eh? It's no secret that I am not a big fan of Christmas but I do like to make cards for my crafty friends - i.e. people I know will appreciate them!Here's one of my creations. The papers I've used are the simply yummy PaperArtsy Rum & Raisin collection. The main stamped image is the snow baby from Crafty Individuals - isn't he adorable? It's an

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CS regular Kay Carley is holding a contest on her blog to win one of her new DVDs! Just enter a Christmas card for a chance to win. Check it out here.Kay devised these DVDs with Craft Stamper and they are packed with ideas and techniques for your card making and other paper crafts. All the DVDs focus on stamping (of course!) and there are three in the series: Basics & Beyond; Colouring Techniques

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I've added a new feature to the CS blog - a link list of the blogs of all the talented people who have appeared as a Featured Artist in Craft Stamper magazine.Scroll down the sidebar and you'll find all the links beneath the contributor blogs list. Well worth checking out for inspiration. Enjoy!

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I know who is Stamper of the Year 2009! But I'm not telling!The January issue went to print just last week with five lovely pages of work by the winners and finalists in this year's competition. If you entered the competition there is not long to wait now to find out if you are one of the chosen ones - the magazine goes on sale on the 4th December (subscribers will probably get it a smidge

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We have another EXCLUSIVE subs offer this issue, from PaperArtsy. These lovely stamps are only available from Craft Stamper for the duration of the offer and so you need to take out (or renew) a subscription to get your mitts on them!If you've been thinking about giving a subscription as a Christmas gift, now is the ideal time as you can guarantee the recipient won't have these stamps in their

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How would you like to be published in Craft Stamper?From January issue onwards we will no longer be having a readers’ gallery feature in Craft Stamper magazine, but we will be offering something much more exciting instead! As the standard of submissions we receive is so high, in the future we are offering readers the chance to have their work published in article format with a large photo and

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Every year Christmas seems to arrive quicker and quicker, and as ever, so comes the panic to make all the Christmas cards in time. I'm sharing one, that I have just made, with you, I hope you like it. (It's for my husband....don't tell him though!) The construction is the same as for the acetate card on page 7 of the December Craft Stamper Magazine. For the backing papers I have used paper

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I had a fun day yesterday at the NEC Hobbycrafts show. It was lovely to see quite a few stamps on offer at the show this time - PaperArtsy, Sir Stampalot, Craft Fairy, Alicraft, Artist Trading Post, Lavinia Stamps and Stamp Addicts were all there to name just a few.This is my local show and I generally go every year for a bit of retail therapy. I always forget how packed it gets - this year was

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Hi all,Just a quick post to let you know that the Christmas issue of CS is out on Friday. Lots of seasonal inspiration for you, plus a fair few non-Christmas offerings for those of you who are a bit on the bah-humbug side (like me I must confess!).I've not made a single xmas card yet as I can't say I enjoy it much. Something about production-line crafting leaves me cold. I do have to make a few

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I thought I would share a few of the ATCs I swapped at the Artisan show with you. The cards are by (left to right, top to bottom): Sheila Jordan; Maureen Cross; Sally Sharman; Scrappy Anne and Anneliese Bates.I hope all that attended the show had a good day - I certainly enjoyed meeting some of you and also doing a little bit of shopping in between teaching. Thanks also to everyone who came along

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I'd like to introduce the newest member of the CS team - Sue Law. A while ago you may recall we advertised for an Editorial Asst? Well, Sue was the successful candidate and she started a couple of weeks ago. Sue's tasks will include the ATC swap (those waiting for their cards will be pleased to hear she started on this today and the tree ones have gone in the post) and trying to organise me (good

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