Creative Stamping 134 on sale 26th April 2024

Issue 134 celebrates fun and therapy – both retail and in the form of friendship. Featuring a pair of fabulous ‘Lovely Legs’ designs from our friends at the Colorado Craft Company, these cool designs, featuring waist-down images of characters shopping and chatting over coffee, are a great starting point for contemporary cards for the modern woman. So easy to colour and use, you can make eye-catching cards in minutes!

In addition, we have a great set of images and sentiments covering fashion, fun and friends, so whether it’s retail therapy or acknowledging special people in our lives, we have everything covered.

You’ll find beautiful all-occasion cards with inspiring colouring ideas from Helen Hall in our stamping style feature, plus must-try background-stamping techniques from Sarah Phelan.

Use the papers creatively with Sarah Jackman Read’s clever ideas, plus we have a special off-the-page treat as Helen Griffin uses them to make the most adorable mini gift bags, boxes and handbags, featuring her Simply Made Crafts Dinky Purses die sets. Find your downloads from these features below.

Clean and simple is the order of the day with contemporary cards from Katie Skilton, while in our stretch your stash feature, Gemma Brown creates a trio of showstopper cards – literally – using the latest cardmaking dies from Made To Surprise.

Find out more about this year’s Cardmaker of the Year competition where you can win a spot on our Design Team as well as your share of over £17,550 worth of prizes. Download your entry form and get creating tonight!
This issue is a real skill stretcher, starting with our Joseph’s coat technique masterclass – expect many colours! We have a beginner’s guide to retiform stamping and a close-up look at matching stamped die-cuts to backgrounds too.
We have new releases from Justine Hovey of It’s Just Paper, Visible Image, IndigoBlu, Colorado Craft Company and more. Look out for fabulous savings at CraftStash throughout the magazine too!