Exclusive new clear photopolymer stamps

This is Old Books, and Old books additions – two stamp sets I have designed. These are clear photopolymer stamps for papercrafters, cardmakers and crafty folks everywhere. These sets have been making their way to various folks over the last few weeks and I am hoping to have some stock left over from my wait list real soon. When I do, I can add them to my new store and officially open the store. The store is at clairebrennandesign.com and can be reached directly from this blog by clicking the link in the header.

Years ago – I used to have a stamp company, it was called Waltzingmouse Stamps and I loved it – so I’m reviving the old pencil, and having another go. These sets are based on an idea I had – I wanted to make wee books. I wanted them to look properly old and vintagy, and for that I wanted stamps.

Boxets, no less

These sets have exceeded my expectations – Not only have I been able to make wee books, loads of wee books, but I’ve made convincing book shaped tags, and now book shaped boxes, or boxets, if you will.

In every colour, for every theme! The cupboard under the stairs, that I lovingly refer to as my ‘work station’ has been filled with wee tiny mini books. Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Spring, and I haven’t even got started on birthdays and anniversaries yet.

Getting back into the stamping groove has been interesting, and I’m hoping to do things a little better than I did last time – for example I redesigned my packaging – going forward I thought it might be useful for me to include images of the stamps on the insert cards, with any relevant tips or suggestions, right there in your hand, the moment you open your sets. Hopefully this will help folks identify the stamps more clearly in any tutorials I do, for example. I’m producing these inserts at home here, the old fashioned way, by hand.

One of the other things I want to do going forwards, as appropriate, is to provide my stamping friends with as much resources as possible to get the most out of their stamps. There are a great many stamp sets in my collection, and an embarrassing amount of those contain stamps which have never seen ink! I know, I know…

Quality, clear photopolymer stamps

It might be a better idea to hold smaller releases, but really make sure everyone can eke as much use as possible out of their sets. I use only the very best manufacturer to bring my designs to life and you know how the quality thing works, it’s expensive. Added to that the fact that they live half a globe away from me, you can understand why it’s really super important to get the very most out of each set, so you can expect that going forwards my sets will be jam packed right down to the last millimetre.

As always I’m hoping to create good solid usable design that will last you years, trends are fun, but you will be the judge of that, so don’t be afraid to let me know what you think folks!