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Post by scrappermcg on Jan 4, 2020 19:42:13 GMT
Don't really have a favorite, but I find the Colorado Stamp Company stamps work great for the long cards (#10)
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Jan 4, 2020 20:45:39 GMT
A few weeks ago, I ordered some stamps and dies from Honey Bee Stamps.
Shipping was super fast and the items seemed very high quality.
If I wasn’t trying to cut back on buying, I’d definitely order from there again!
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Post by anniefb on Jan 5, 2020 4:57:58 GMT
A few weeks ago, I ordered some stamps and dies from Honey Bee Stamps. Shipping was super fast and the items seemed very high quality. If I wasn’t trying to cut back on buying, I’d definitely order from there again! I have a few HB sets I really like. |
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Post by greatdaneaddict on Jan 14, 2020 17:50:08 GMT
I have a bunch, but over the last year have really been drooling over Taylored Expressions. They have been really knocking it out of the park which each of their new releases! |
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Post by josie29 on Jan 15, 2020 9:08:10 GMT
I love Uniquely Creative and Paper Rose - both of which are Australian companies. UC have really great cardmaking and scrapbooking kits too which I am really loving. Both companies have numerous stockists around the world too. No connection to the companies mentioned.
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Jan 17, 2020 5:15:32 GMT
After Honey Bee, I placed an order at Taylored Expressions. We’ll see what that shipping time is!
I had to have the grumpy kitty stamp and sayings. Then a few other December daily items. We’ll see if I love it when I get it. I’m sure I will.
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Post by bluecrafterperson on Jan 17, 2020 5:44:52 GMT
After Honey Bee, I placed an order at Taylored Expressions. We’ll see what that shipping time is! I had to have the grumpy kitty stamp and sayings. Then a few other December daily items. We’ll see if I love it when I get it. I’m sure I will. I have some things I want to order from Taylored Expressions. I live in Missouri and most of Missouri is in a Winter Storm Advisory. A small section in southwest Missouri is under a Winter Storm Warning. I am typing this at 11:35 p.m. Thursday night so it's very possible the Winter Storm Advisory will change to a Winter Storm Warning tomorrow. Anyway, Taylored Expressions is located in Iowa. Most of Iowa is under a Winter Storm Warning. More towards the southern part of Iowa is under a Winter Storm Advisory. Taylored Expressions is in the Winter Storm Warning area. The point of the weather information, is that mail may not get anywhere tomorrow in Missouri and Iowa due to the ice problem. Monday is a national holiday so no mail on Monday. Taylored Expressions usually mails their orders out the same day or the next day, that has been my experience from my ordering from them over the years. I am no way associated with Taylored Expressions except as a customer. |
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Jan 18, 2020 2:10:20 GMT
After Honey Bee, I placed an order at Taylored Expressions. We’ll see what that shipping time is! I had to have the grumpy kitty stamp and sayings. Then a few other December daily items. We’ll see if I love it when I get it. I’m sure I will. I have some things I want to order from Taylored Expressions. I live in Missouri and most of Missouri is in a Winter Storm Advisory. A small section in southwest Missouri is under a Winter Storm Warning. I am typing this at 11:35 p.m. Thursday night so it's very possible the Winter Storm Advisory will change to a Winter Storm Warning tomorrow. Anyway, Taylored Expressions is located in Iowa. Most of Iowa is under a Winter Storm Warning. More towards the southern part of Iowa is under a Winter Storm Advisory. Taylored Expressions is in the Winter Storm Warning area. The point of the weather information, is that mail may not get anywhere tomorrow in Missouri and Iowa due to the ice problem. Monday is a national holiday so no mail on Monday. Taylored Expressions usually mails their orders out the same day or the next day, that has been my experience from my ordering from them over the years. I am no way associated with Taylored Expressions except as a customer. Thank you for the info....but it’s all good because I received my Taylored Expressions order TODAY. I’m in Phoenix, so not super close. All I can say right now is W O W!! |
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Post by bluecrafterperson on Jan 18, 2020 2:49:43 GMT
Complicated Lady, glad you received your order so quickly. That is really good shipping time for the weather in the central part of the United States has not been the best.
Everytime I've ordered they've mailed the order out the same day or the next.
My plans are to place an order with them in the near future.
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Post by greatdaneaddict on Jan 20, 2020 17:30:59 GMT
After Honey Bee, I placed an order at Taylored Expressions. We’ll see what that shipping time is! I had to have the grumpy kitty stamp and sayings. Then a few other December daily items. We’ll see if I love it when I get it. I’m sure I will. I always get my Taylored Expressions orders within a few days. Super fast shipping. |
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Post by artemisiagenx on Jan 21, 2020 14:27:42 GMT
I love Visible Image, Altenew and Hero Arts (although I tend to either love or hate what Hero Arts does, nothing in between!).
I’ve gotten a few of those large Colorado Craft Company stamps, and although that company is not my taste or style at all, I do really love these large stamps for filling an A2 (Big Bold snowflake, cupcake, etc.).
I also really like Lawn Fawn’s customer service. And Sunny Studios has some layered sets that are so clever.
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Post by scrapnnana on Jan 21, 2020 21:20:50 GMT
I appreciate hearing about more stamp companies to check out!
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Post by bc2ca on Jan 21, 2020 22:17:46 GMT
I love Uniquely Creative and Paper Rose - both of which are Australian companies. I picked up some Paper Rose stamps at an Expo in the fall and just love them.  The Greetery and Concord and 9th but I just recently discovered the Stamp Market and love some of her sets. Stamp market for their simplicity and bold designs I love The Stamp Market's clean and modern style and just picked up Oh, So Lovely (beautiful bouquet) and all the stripe dies (1/8, 1/4 and 1/2 inch widths). MFT Stax dies and Essential Sentiments stamps are my most used supplies. The Laurie Willison masking stencils from Taylored Expressions are also getting a regular workout.  |
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Post by ditzydoodle on Jan 29, 2020 17:37:55 GMT
I haven't met many stamps I don't like, but the ones I really like the most are from Lavinia, Impression Obsession, Magenta, Penny Black, Frantic Stamper, Deep Red, 49 and Market (Gabi's stamps). When I first got serious about card making, I bought a ton of stamps from Lawn Fawn, Mama Elephant and others similar because that is what I was seeing used on YouTube. When I discovered there were websites that sold stamps from many different places, and I saw how much was out there and different styles, my tastes began going away from cutesy stuff like Lawn Fawn. I do still buy cute/critter stamps from time to time, but mostly I look for distressed backgrounds, steampunk, vintage, victorian style stuff, or in the case of Lavinia stamps, fairies. I really really do not like to color in images, so I often look for silhouette style stamps so I can just stamp in black over blended ink backgrounds, or I stamp in sepia ink to fit my vintage theme and don't bother coloring.
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Post by dogbyte on Jan 30, 2020 0:50:41 GMT
Lurking,mainly. But I love the variety at Topflight Stamps and my caffeinated critters from The Rabbit Hole Designs.
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Post by imkat on Mar 7, 2020 13:11:52 GMT
I have been loving:
The Stamp Market
Flora and Fauna
Pinkfresh
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Post by bluecrafterperson on Mar 7, 2020 21:38:44 GMT
Today, I placed my first order with My Favorite Things. Thanks for the recommendations and enabling! Sign up for their emails. They've been having quite a few sales lately. My Favorite Things is one of my favorite companies to buy from. |
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Post by bluecrafterperson on Mar 7, 2020 21:54:12 GMT
Reverse Confetti is having a release of some new stamps and dies tonight. These are super cute. I am not related to Reverse Confetti in any way--except as a customer. |
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Post by amypeach1978 on Mar 18, 2020 2:03:23 GMT
Lawn Fawn is my favorite stamp company, hands down. For more elegant designs I like Simon Says Stamp a lot. I have a LOT of stamps and dies from a LOT of manufacturers though (Hero Arts, Sunny Studio, MFT Stamps, Pretty Pink Posh, Hello Bluebird, Concord & 9th, Honeybee, Neat & Tangled, Mama Elephant, and the list goes on....and on...lol) I have been stamping for going on 16 years, I started with Stampin' Up! and was a demonstrator for 4 years from 2005-2009. I don't use any of my SU! stuff anymore.
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Post by scrapnnana on Mar 18, 2020 6:39:33 GMT
Lawn Fawn is my favorite stamp company, hands down. For more elegant designs I like Simon Says Stamp a lot. I have a LOT of stamps and dies from a LOT of manufacturers though (Hero Arts, Sunny Studio, MFT Stamps, Pretty Pink Posh, Hello Bluebird, Concord & 9th, Honeybee, Neat & Tangled, Mama Elephant, and the list goes on....and on...lol) I have been stamping for going on 16 years, I started with Stampin' Up! and was a demonstrator for 4 years from 2005-2009. I don't use any of my SU! stuff anymore. I’ve been stamping for at least 34 years, and I have stamps from a wide variety of manufacturers. I love stamps! I will continue to buy stamps as long as companies sell ones that I like. Lately I have tried a couple of companies that I had not bought from before (Unity and My Favorite Things). I have also been thinking about ordering from Lawn Fawn recently, but haven’t yet placed an order. I appreciate all the recommendations and enabling! |
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Post by amypeach1978 on Mar 18, 2020 14:29:08 GMT
Lawn Fawn is my favorite stamp company, hands down. For more elegant designs I like Simon Says Stamp a lot. I have a LOT of stamps and dies from a LOT of manufacturers though (Hero Arts, Sunny Studio, MFT Stamps, Pretty Pink Posh, Hello Bluebird, Concord & 9th, Honeybee, Neat & Tangled, Mama Elephant, and the list goes on....and on...lol) I have been stamping for going on 16 years, I started with Stampin' Up! and was a demonstrator for 4 years from 2005-2009. I don't use any of my SU! stuff anymore. I’ve been stamping for at least 34 years, and I have stamps from a wide variety of manufacturers. I love stamps! I will continue to buy stamps as long as companies sell ones that I like. Lately I have tried a couple of companies that I had not bought from before (Unity and My Favorite Things). I have also been thinking about ordering from Lawn Fawn recently, but haven’t yet placed an order. I appreciate all the recommendations and enabling! Lawn Fawn has soooo many really clever interactive and scene building dies, if that is your thing at all. 😍 |
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Post by scrapnnana on Mar 18, 2020 17:19:49 GMT
amypeach1978, I am a sucker for dies. And yes, I have been drooling over some of the ones that Lawn Fawn offers. The one I want most is out of stock, which is fortunate for my wallet. I’ve bought way too much lately from My Favorite Things and Queen & Company. Next month will be Lawn Fawn shopping.
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Post by don on Mar 19, 2020 5:53:22 GMT
Local King Rubber Stamp.
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Post by amypeach1978 on Mar 19, 2020 15:14:43 GMT
amypeach1978, I am a sucker for dies. And yes, I have been drooling over some of the ones that Lawn Fawn offers. The one I want most is out of stock, which is fortunate for my wallet. I’ve bought way too much lately from My Favorite Things and Queen & Company. Next month will be Lawn Fawn shopping. Which one is it? |
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Post by scrapnnana on Mar 19, 2020 22:03:25 GMT
It’s the Magic Iris die set. There is a great video by Jennifer McGuire on how to use it. The site which showed it out of stock turned out to be Scrapbook.com, not Lawn Fawn. I placed an order for the first time with Lawn Fawn yesterday. I was going to wait till next month, but since I am home bound, I decided to order it now.
The Lawn Fawn stamps are not my style, but I do like some of their dies. Besides the Magic Iris set, I also got the umbrella die set that can be used for a shaker card, and a small die that cuts stars in a corner. I have some cute astronaut stamps from My Favorite Things, and the stars corner die will go very nicely with that stamp set.
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Post by amypeach1978 on Mar 20, 2020 2:03:40 GMT
It’s the Magic Iris die set. There is a great video by Jennifer McGuire on how to use it. The site which showed it out of stock turned out to be Scrapbook.com, not Lawn Fawn. I placed an order for the first time with Lawn Fawn yesterday. I was going to wait till next month, but since I am home bound, I decided to order it now. The Lawn Fawn stamps are not my style, but I do like some of their dies. Besides the Magic Iris set, I also got the umbrella die set that can be used for a shaker card, and a small die that cuts stars in a corner. I have some cute astronaut stamps from My Favorite Things, and the stars corner die will go very nicely with that stamp set. Very cool! I think you will love those dies! The Magic Picture Changer and Reveal Wheel are a couple of my favorite interactive LF dies. ❤ |
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Post by scrapnnana on Mar 20, 2020 13:45:42 GMT
It’s the Magic Iris die set. There is a great video by Jennifer McGuire on how to use it. ...Besides the Magic Iris set, I also got the umbrella die set that can be used for a shaker card, and a small die that cuts stars in a corner. I have some cute astronaut stamps from My Favorite Things, and the stars corner die will go very nicely with that stamp set. Very cool! I think you will love those dies! The Magic Picture Changer and Reveal Wheel are a couple of my favorite interactive LF dies. ❤ I noticed those. The Reveal Wheel really has some great add-on dies and adaptations, like the build-a-house and clairvoyant kitty. As tempting as the Reveal Wheel was, I already have a similar wheel die set with really cute matching stamp sets that I found at a convention last year. |
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Post by marg on Oct 6, 2020 12:30:29 GMT
I thought I'd revive this old thread to mention some companies that I recently (August) ordered from that gave outstanding customer service/shipping - these were all first time orders for me:
1. Honey Bee - really fast shipping to Canada. Great packaging with a nice little thank you card inside. I got the Fall Bouquets Dies, and the Farm Fresh Flowers, and Buffalo Plaid stamps. They are great quality and I just loved making a card with them this past weekend.
2. Taylored Expressions - I bought some of their Patriotic stamps and dies - very fast shipping and nicely packaged with a sweet little thank you card in it. Very impressed. I haven't used the stamps yet but everything looks great.
3. Lawn Fawn - I ended up buying locally, but I had emailed Lawn Fawn with a question about the availability of an older stamp set and they replied to me immediately - like, within 5 minutes. Very friendly and helpful. This was just last week. I would definitely buy directly from them, as well. And for anyone looking, the Pick of the Patch stamp and die should be back in stock soon. The pandemic has affected manufacturing but it's getting back on track.
This pandemic has really made me appreciate small businesses (although having grown up with a family business, I really always did). and it's so inspiring to see how they're really shining during this entire mess.
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Post by pinklady on Oct 6, 2020 15:54:00 GMT
I thought I'd revive this old thread to mention some companies that I recently (August) ordered from that gave outstanding customer service/shipping - these were all first time orders for me: 1. Honey Bee - really fast shipping to Canada. Great packaging with a nice little thank you card inside. I got the Fall Bouquets Dies, and the Farm Fresh Flowers, and Buffalo Plaid stamps. They are great quality and I just loved making a card with them this past weekend.  I ordered from Honey Bee a few weeks ago and thru the blazing fires and pandemic, I received my order from Oregon to CA in 4 days! To say that I was impressed was an understatement! |
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Post by kiwikate on Oct 6, 2020 18:58:52 GMT
My number one would be Stampin Up, simply because of the ease of getting it delivered without paying outrageous shipping fees, plus I have a great demo who does lots of online stuff as well as in person classes. I like that there are dies to match- too lazy too fussy cut much these days!
Second in line would be PinkFresh- I am seriously hoping they do another warehouse box soon. I would order more if shipping weren't an issue.
I used to be a big Lawn Fawn and Hero Arts fan, but my tastes have changed a bit over the years.
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I ordered from Honey Bee a few weeks ago and thru the blazing fires and pandemic, I received my order from Oregon to CA in 4 days! To say that I was impressed was an understatement!
