The Stamp Man Vintage Style Embellishment Kit

I did say I would be back to today to give more information about our new Vintage Embellishment kit.

I have now added it to the website HERE

We sold these for the first time at the show in Leeds yesterday and we've tweaked them and added more to them today before adding them to the website.

The kits are all different so it doesn't seem practical to show photos of a full kit as it will likely be different from the kit you receive but the photos I've shown will give you an idea of the type of thing you will receive. We are also including a Moonshadow Mist and a Moonshadow Ink to enable you to make your own Vintage style background papers.  There are many techniques your can with the ink and mist that you can play with, it is really good fun as you can use them with salt, cling film, bubble wrap, anaglypta wallpaper, textured papers and much much more!  You can use them on wood and fabric (that's not for washing ie decorative purposes only), they will add another aspect to altering items!

The packs are great value and we hope that the people that missed out last time will be able to grab one of these new kits.

For those who have no idea what the Moonshadow Inks and Mists are I hope the link below will help.  It has linked to a few of the blog posts I've made about Moonshadow Mists and Inks.  The base of the Mists and Inks are Walnut ink with a shimmery mica colour.

http://www.thestampmanuk.blogspot.com/search/label/Moonshadow%20Ink%20Techniques

I really enjoyed the new show at Leeds yesterday, it was brilliant to catch up with old friends and wonderful to make new friends too.

I haven't unpacked everything yet but I'll show some of the embossed elements I made another time.

I'll be back with more news soon.

Thank you for visiting

Jill x

PS:  This blog post is especially for Carol and Alan, look Carol, 3 posts in 3 days!!  I'm spoiling you, lol!!!  Ian sends hugs and kisses xx

New Vintage Theme Packs - ready for today's show!!

Just a quickie...I've put together some new vintage style embellishment kits, they are on a smaller scale than the original 'Old Bags', remember those?  Anyway, they may be on a smaller scale and without the wonderful hessian bag but they still contain a great mixture of  embellishments and are still great value!!!!!!

We'll have some sets available at the Leeds Grammar School show TODAY!   LS17 8GS, for the Sat Nav.  The school has oodles of free parking, the hall is great as it's nice and bright.  We are there from 10am-3pm, so get your skates on if you fancy a day out today:)  I'll be embossing... (see yesterday's post)


More Info about the show: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk/

More info about the vintage themed kits: Call back tomorrow!!

Have a great Sunday

Jill x

Embossing, Embossing and more Embossing!!!

We're almost ready to set off and set up for our next show, the 3rd show in 3 weeks!!

SUNDAY JANUARY 29TH 2012
Leeds Grammar School, Leeds, LS17 8GS (10am-3pm)
More Info: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk/

As you may have gathered from the post title I'm demonstrating embossing.  We have some amazing show offers and the best are on embossing powders, many varieties including Moonglow, pastel shades and of course your basic detail powders.

I love embossing these hearts and they are great embellishments for Valentine's Day

I will also have some previous work I have made with embossing powders so you can see them in real life, remember these?

Plus the filigrees....

So that's what I'm playing with on Sunday, hope you can visit the show.

All these embellishments lead me on to mention that our new challenge started yesterday and theme is Embellish It, so hope you can join in, I'll be jumping in late adding something onto the DT work that is already on show there.  The link to our challenge blog is in the sidebar.

Have a great weekend whatever you are doing!

Jill x

PS:  If I get them finished tonight, I'll be back later to tell you about something else we will have at the show!!  

Winner announcement of The Stamp Man 3rd Annual Awards

Just a quick post to say that the winners were announced yesterday and there are a couple of prizes that still need claiming...Just giving a little nudge for you to check!


Joanna, who won first prize also wins my top prize for being the quickest ever to claim AND spend her winnings, I'm impressed.com!!!


There's still time to enter our RED Challenge hosted by Vix, you have until Thursday evening, also there's still time to enter our monthly ATC swap, which is recycled, this ends at the end of the month.  Links for more details about both are in the sidebar.


Ian and I are restocked and ready to go to our next show, which is tomorrow...


SUNDAY JANUARY 22ND 2012
Rainton Meadows, Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland, DH4 5PH (10am-3pm)
More Info: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk/


Have a great weekend


Jill x

Our 3rd Annual Awards

Just a reminder for you about our awards, you have until Thursday evening to enter your best/favourite project of 2011 over on our Challenge blog.

The instructions are given on the post about it but we are holding a prize draw for those that enter for a chance to win £30 of Stamp Man Gift Vouchers plus there are 4 runner up prizes.

Our next challenge theme is listed on our Challenge blog HERE if you want to get a head start.

Some of you may have noticed that our website is down.  What started off as a simple domain renewal has turned into a domain move which has taken longer to change than anticipated.  We were told it would take 24-48 hours, we were hoping it would be moved by today, but it looks like it will be tomorrow now.  Apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Oh, another reminder, we'll be down in Sheffield next Sunday if you want to pop along to a craft show, the details are below.

SUNDAY JANUARY 15TH 2012
Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, S9 3TL (10am-3pm)
More Info: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk/

It is the first craft show at Don Valley Stadium for a while so if you are local we hope to see you there!

Enjoy your weekend

Jill x

Shows dates for 2012

Happy New Year!

Armed with a fresh new diary, with its empty pages ready to be filled and with great optimism for the new year ahead, I have some dates to share with you.

It certainly looks like we will have a busy year ahead!  The show dates below are already booked, and we may well add more dates as the year progresses.

We hope to meet you at the shows so do come and say hello if you attend any of them.  These venues are spread around the north of England but you never know, we may venture further south!

I really enjoyed attending shows last year as Ian was back on the tour with me rather than being left back holding the fort at the shop so it will be good getting out and about again.

I've made a new page above for the show dates to keep it handy for reference.


SUNDAY JANUARY 15TH 2012
Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, S9 3TL (10am-3pm)
More Info: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk/

SUNDAY JANUARY 22ND 2012
Rainton Meadows, Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland, DH4 5PH (10am-3pm)
More Info: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk/

SUNDAY JANUARY 29TH 2012
Leeds Grammar School, Leeds, LS17 8GS (10am-3pm)
More Info: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk/

SUNDAY MARCH 11TH 2012
Nissan Sports and Social Club, Sunderland, SR5 3NS (10am-3pm)
More Info: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk/

SUNDAY APRIL 15TH 2012
Eston Sports Academy, Middlesborough, TS6 9AE (10am-3pm)
More Info: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk/

SUNDAY MAY 6TH 2012
Bonus Arena at KC Stadium, Hull, HU3 6JU (10am-3pm)
More Info: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk/

SATURDAY 12 MAY 2012
Port Sunlight, Wirral
More info: http://happystampersnorthwest.co.uk/

SUNDAY JUNE 24TH 2012
Rainton Meadows, Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland, DH4 5PH (10am-3pm)
More Info: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk/

SUNDAY JULY 1ST 2012
Doncaster Rugby Club, Doncaster, DN2 5QB (10am-3pm)
More Info: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk/

SUNDAY JULY 22ND 2012
Leeds Grammar School, Leeds, LS17 8GS (10am-3pm)
More Info: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk

SUNDAY JULY 29TH 2012
Bonus Arena at KC Stadium, Hull, HU3 6JU (10am-3pm)
More Info: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk

SUNDAY AUGUST 5TH 2012
Harvey Hadden Centre, Nottingham, NG8 4PB (10am-3pm)
More Info: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk

SUNDAY AUGUST 19TH 2012
Nissan Sports and Social Club, Sunderland, SR5 3NS (10am-3pm)
More Info: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 9TH 2012
Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, S9 3TL (10am-3pm)
More Info: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 23RD 2012
Rainton Meadows, Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland, DH4 5PH (10am-3pm)
More Info: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 29TH 2012
Port Sunlight, Wirral
More info: http://happystampersnorthwest.co.uk

SUNDAY OCTOBER 28TH 2012
Bonus Arena at KC Stadium, Hull, HU3 6JU (10am-3pm)
More Info: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk/

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 4TH 2012
Nissan Sports and Social Club, Sunderland, SR5 3NS (10am-3pm)
More Info: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk/

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18TH 2012
Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, S9 3TL (10am-3pm)
More Info: http://www.rosspapercraftshows.co.uk/


Please note:
The entrance fee for the Ross Papercraft Shows is £3 on the door, please email us if you would like us to email a printable voucher for £2 entry.  You print out and take the voucher to the show.

The Happy Stampers North West shows are ticket only, you need to book in advance.  Please visit their website for details and be warned... the tickets sell out REALLY quickly.


We hope 2012 brings all good things to you all!!

Jill and Ian x