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A Little Poll

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

Vacancy - Freelance Photographer

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 ... Read more

What would you like to see in Craft Stamper?

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? ... Read more

Stamper of the Year Comp!

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 ... Read more

Your nominations please...

...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 ... Read more

August Subs Gift

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 ... Read more

Dying to try art journaling?...

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 ... Read more

Job Vacancy - Re-advertisement

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 ... Read more

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 :).... Read more

See you at Newbury?

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... Read more

Assistant Editor wanted - come and work for us!

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 ... Read more

The awful truth...

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 ... Read more

Gallery call!

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: ... Read more

See your work in Craft Stamper!

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... Read more

New issue out today!

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!... Read more

Candy Winner!

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.... Read more

Just seven days to get candy!

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!... Read more

FREE e-zine download and blog candy!

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 ... Read more

Three days to go!!

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

Come and see us at Hobbycrafts

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... Read more

Will these hands ne'er be clean?!

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... Read more

Hobbycraft Winners!

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 ... Read more

Just a few days left...

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

Win tickets to Hobbycrafts at the NEC!

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 ... Read more

Back from two days at Stitches!

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... Read more