Blogs & Misc
- Dawn Gold (Betty Boop)
Fabulous Blog, wonderful inspiration
- GoldWings North Wales
Hobby I share with my husband
- Martin Lewis’ money saving tips
worth joining the mailing list to find out how to save money on just about anything (except…..haven’t seen any rubber stamps there!)
- Pioneer Woman
wonderful recipes with pictures of every step and each picture accompanied by her very witty comments. Try the Crash Hot Potatoes! Fabulous
- RubberStampArtists
if you want to make yourself jealous, check out these stamping spaces!
- Universal Currency Converter
I use this all the time to see if it’s a good deal!
Encaustic
- Barry Moulton
this is where I buy my supplies from, always a great service and good prices
- Michael Bossom
just about anything you want to know about painting with wax
Galleries
- imag-e-nation gallery section
masses of ideas and very well indexed
- Rubber Stamp Tapestry
shows you what you can do with those little ‘peg’ stamps
Ideas
- imag-e-nation ideas section
Has 8 sections: free printables (templates, boxes, background papers, card toppers); A-Z of craft definitions; tips and techniques; colour guides; zodiac signs; birth gemstones; anniversary gifts and flower meanings
- Jan Donovan
categorises and explains different papers
- Jan Donovan
basic definitions and explanations of terms used in paper crafts
- Jan Donovan
tips and tricks galore
- Mad about Cards
‘Useful Stuff’ has more ideas, downloadables and reviews
Projects
- After Midnight
some great tutorials, some with video links
- Fiskars
This US site is a mine of useful information, with articles; projects; gallery; info on how to use their tools and Fiskars TV with short videos
- imag-e-nation project section
Free online craft projects for card making
- Jan Donovan
full project instructions for a variety of cards
- Mad about Cards
Free online craft projects for card making
- Stamp Zia
tutorials – what a wonderful eye for colour this lady has
- StampArtSearch
masses of projecs with a great search facility – category, technique or type of card
- Suze Weinberg
various techniques, you have to click in the empty ’select a different category’ box at the bottom of the page to find the list
Sayings and Verses
- Denny’s Poems and Quotes
Verses, quotes, headings for scrapbook pages
- imag-e-nation verses section
comprehensive list of sayings for your cardmaking
- Jan Donovan
lots more sayings for cards
- Mad about Cards
comprehensive list of sayings for your cardmaking
- Stamper’s Versalog
With over 1800 verses, quotes, sayings, and phrases for use on your cards. You can browse by categories or search with keywords.
Shops - UK
- Crafters Cove
shop is in Llangollen, lovely friendly people in there who’ve got time to show you how things work! Sales are always good, delivery next day and no p&p.
- DoCrafts
all sorts here: projects; videos; products; forum and newsletter
- imag-e-nation shopping
great for peel offs and lots of other ‘bits’
- Joanna Sheen
everyone knows ‘this’ Joanna – again, her newsletter is worth signing up for
- Lavinia Stamps
Lovely lady who designs her own stamps, quite local to me. Gave us a wonderful demonstration using the brayer at stamp club.
- Mad about Cards
sign up for the newsletter and you too can be tempted into spending far too much money when they tell you about their sales!
Shops - US
- After Midnight Art Stamps
some beautiful stamps available, most unusual.
- Lost Coast Designs
very different – I bought their Dictionary Words some time ago and they stamp beautifully even with all the small writing
- Michael Strong
his Cloisonn? stamps are beautiful! Check out the gallery here for some inspiration
- Non Sequitur Art Stamps
you may have noticed this name a few times around the blog! I love their plates, so very interesting and different. Check out the art gallery for ideas, they link to cards made with each plate too when you work from their ‘Art Stamps’ page. Sign up and t
- Outlines Rubber Stamps
based in the US but their stamps are available at 3 UK suppliers (store locator leads you to these). Very colourful cards in the ‘gallery’ and very detailed instructions for using their stamps.
- Stamp Zia
once again, really different stamps. I haven’t got any of them (yet) but I can hope
Templates
- Jan Donovan
masses of templates for origami; envelopes; popup cards; bookmarks, boxes and loads more
- Jan Donovan
shapes to print out to make shaped cards
Videos
- Mad about Cards
- Rubber Stamp Tapestry
animations and video demos for the ‘peg’ stamps
