Links

Blogs & Misc

• Dawn Gold (Betty Boop) Fabulous Blog, wonderful inspiration
• Elusive Images Keep up-to-date with new products and lots of examples
• Gina K designs US blog site by Gina Krupsky
• Glenda's Blog Glenda of Elusive Images uses this blog to showcase random thoughts
• Gloria's Blog A little window on my crafting moments …………….love rubber stamping but not inky fingers
• Gloria's Rubber Stamping Clubs For those attending or thinking of joining Mold RSC
• GoldWings North Wales Hobby I share with my husband
• Indigo Inklings All things Cuttlebug and lots, lots more
• Jen Lowe Designs Fascinating insight into the creative process of Jen
• 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!
• The Art of Moodling Sarah Anderson who is “particularly happy smooshing ink or paint around and adding stamping”
• The Stamp Man Challenges, gallery, random blogging
• 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

• Rubber Stamp Tapestry shows you what you can do with those little ‘peg’ stamps
• Stamp Zia

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
• Stamp Zia

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
• Jan Donovan full project instructions for a variety of cards
• Mad about Cards Free online craft projects for card making
• Stamp Zia
• 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

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 cheap 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!
• Saddleworth Online Shopping Site Online Craft Supplies at Affordable Prices

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 Cloisonne 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

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
• StampTV Great place for wonderful videos showing all sorts of stamping techniques