My Favorite Crafty Things 2017: Stamps

Welcome to My Favorite Crafty Things 2017! It’s here!!!

Over the next several weeks, I will be sharing my favorite crafty products of 2017. Each post will have a different topic with a video. If you haven’t checked out THIS video, please do so – it explains how the series works.

I have lots to share, including big giveaways (see below) and even store discounts:

  • Simon Says Stamp is offering my readers $10 off purchases of $75 or more! Use the code “JENFAVES” through 11:59pm ET on 11/22/17 when shopping HERE. 
    (This code will be updated after the Thanksgiving holidays. Valid on in-stock merchandise only. Not valid on previous purchases and cannot be combined with other offers.)
  • Ellen Hutson is offering 10% off your order! Use the code “JensFaves17” through 12/3/17 when shopping HERE.
    (Valid on in-stock merchandise only. Excludes BCRF Fundraiser set and Mama Elephant releases within the last 90 days. Not valid on previous purchases and cannot be combined with other offers.)
  • For other great sales, be sure to check out my Crafty Sales post HERE.
  • Gina K. Designs is offering a FREE stamp set to my viewers!! Shop HERE.
    (Good for orders over $50 – just add “JENNIFER” into the instruction box at checkout.)

Let’s get started! Today I am focusing on stamps.

[Warning: This video is long. You can instead just check out the stamps below. All products are linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails. Affiliate links may be used. To watch the video in HD on YouTube, click HERE.]

If you are interested in any products, click on one of the store icons under the product images. Also, if you are interested in seeing the videos of the projects I have done using particular products, click the heart icon under the product.

Let’s get started…

SENTIMENT STAMPS

The most important element on any card is definitely the sentiment. Therefore it is helpful to have a good stash of greeting stamps on hand. Here are some suggestions…

Hero Arts You Are Loved Stamps
[ SSS | ELH | HA | JNN ]
Clearly Besotted Tiny Type Stamps
[ SSS ]
My Favorite Things More Essential…
[ SSS | ELH | MFT | JNN ]
Avery Elle Sentimental Too Stamps
[ SSS | ELH | AVR ]
Altenew Crafty Friends Stamps
[ SSS | ELH | ALTN | JNN ]
Gina K All About You Stamps
[ SSS | GNK | JNN ]
Create a Smile Just Saying Hello Stamps
[ SSS ]
Hero Arts Thank You Messages Stamps
[ SSS | ELH | HA ]
Honey Bee Blah Blah Blah Stamps
[ SSS | ELH | HNB | JNN ]
Ink Blot Shop Kindness and Thanks Stamps
[ SSS | INK ]
Jane’s Doodles You Got This Stamp
[ SSS | JNS | JNN ]
My Favorite Things Handwritten…
[ SSS | ELH | MFT | JNN ]
Pretty Pink Posh Everyday Greetings…
[ SSS | ELH | SHP | JNN ]
Mama Elephant Scripty Notes Stamps
[ SSS | MML ]
Papertrey Ink Pen and Ink Stamps
[ PPR ]
Lawn Fawn Love Letters Stamps
[ SSS | ELH | LWN ]
Paper Smooches Sympathy Sampler Stamps
[ SSS | ELH | PPR ]
Paper Smooches Kindness Sampler Stamps
[ SSS | ELH | PPR ]
Power Poppy Nice Things To Say Stamps
[ SSS ]
Pink and Main Awesome Family Stamps
[ SSS | PNK | ELH | JNN ]
Pink and Main Awesome Family Stamps
[ PNK ]
Essentials by Ellen Totally Random…
[ ELH | JNN ]
Echo Park Eat Sleep Craft Stamps
[ SSS ]

BACKGROUND STAMPS

Background stamps are perfect for spicing up a card and excellent for techniques. Check out these fun options:

Darkroom Door Elegant Script Stamp
[ SSS | JNN ]
Concord & 9th Plaid Background Stamp
[ SSS | ELH | C&9 | JNN ]
Concord and 9th Triangle Turnabout Stamp
[ SSS | ELH | C&9 | JNN ]
Concord and 9th Sunshine Turnabout Stamp
[ SSS | ELH | C&9 | JNN ]
My Favorite Things Floral Fantasy Stamp
[ SSS | ELH | MFT ]
Simon Says Stamp Center Cut…
[ SSS | JNN ]
Simon Says Stamp Ornate Background Stamp
[ SSS | JNN ]
Simon Says Stamp Flora Background Stamp
[ SSS | JNN ]
Tim Holtz Flurry and Pine Stamps
[ SSS ]
Ink Blot Shop Plaid Background Stamp
[ SSS | INK ]
Brutus Monroe Enchanted Rose Stamp
[ SSS | BMR ]

ENVELOPE STAMPS

We put so much love into our handmade cards. So why not add some fun to our envelopes, too? Here are a few perfect-for-envelope sets…

Gina K Happy Mail Stamps
[ SSS | GNK ]
Gina K Homemade Goodness Stamps
[ SSS | GNK ]
My Favorite Things Love is in the…
[ SSS | ELH | MFT ]
Technique Tuesday It’s a Masterpiece…
[ SSS | ELH | TCH ]
Papertrey Ink Happy Mail Stamps
[ PPR ]

STAMP & DIE COMBOS

Time for a handful of must-have stamp-and-die combos…

Birch Press Love and Miss You Stamps
[ SSS ]
Birch Press Love and Miss You Dies
[ SSS ]
Birch Press Just Because Stamps
[ SSS | JNN ]
Birch Press Just Because Dies
[ SSS ]
CZ Design Hello Combo
[ SSS | JNN ]
Hero Arts Blessings
[ SSS | ELH | HA | JNN ]
Neat and Tangled Medallion Flower…
[ SSS | N&T ]
Neat and Tangled Medallion Flower…
[ SSS | N&T ]
Concord & 9th Dahlia Turnabout Stamp
[ SSS | C&9 | JNN ]
Concord & 9th Dahlia Turnabout Die
[ SSS | C&9 ]
Concord & 9th Dahlia Turnabout Bundle
[ C&9 ]
Concord and 9th Blooms Fill In Stamps
[ SSS | ELH | C&9 | JNN ]
Concord and 9th Blooms Fill In Dies
[ SSS | ELH | C&9 ]
Concord and 9th Blooms Fill In Bundle
[ C&9 ]

LAYERING STAMPS

I just can’t get enough of layering stamps! By stamping images together and/or layered, you can easily get results that look dimensional and realistic. These are good ones to try:

Altenew Build a Rose Combo
[ SSS | ELH | ALTN | JNN ]
Altenew Garden Treasure Stamps
[ SSS | ELH | ALTN | JNN ]
Gina K Lovely Lilies Stamps
[ SSS | GNK | JNN ]
Hero Arts Poppy Stamps
[ SSS | ELH | HA | JNN ]
My Favorite Things Beautiful…
[ SSS | ELH | MFT ]
Right At Home Sunflower Stamps
[ SSS | RGH ]
Winnie and Walter Very Merry Flowers…
[ SSS | WNN ]
Sunny Studio Pretty Pumpkins Stamps
[ SSS | SNN | JNN ]
Wplus9 Rose Builder Stamps
[ SSS | ELH | WPL ]
WPlus9 Hellebore Builder Stamps
[ SSS | ELH | WPL ]

OTHER FUN STAMPS

And finally, here are a few other fun stamps that I think you will like too…

Avery Elle Time To Party Stamps
[ SSS | ELH | AVR | JNN | SSS ]
Mama Elephant Botanical Hello Stamps
[ SSS | ELH | MML | JNN ]
Neat and Tangled Backdrop Stamps
[ SSS | ELH | N&T ]
Pinkfresh Studio Playful Animals 2…
[ SSS | PNK | JNN ]
Poppy Stamps Little Kindness Stamps
[ SSS | PPP ]
Reverse Confetti Hanging Blossoms Stamps
[ SSS | ELH | RVR ]
Simon Says Stamp Kind Flowers Stamps
[ SSS | JNN ]
Studio Katia Teachers Apple Stamps
[ SSS | STD ]
Taylored Expressions Sassy Alpha Stamps
[ SSS | TE ]
My Favorite Things Modern Trees Stamps
[ SSS | ELH | MFT | JNN ]
Waffle Flower Layering Marble Stamps
[ SSS | ELH | WFF | JNN ]
Waffle Flower Pretty Wings Stamps
[ SSS | ELH | WFF ]
WPlus9 Kind Soul Stamps
[ SSS | ELH | WPL | JNN ]
Your Next Stamp Large Ink Splatter…
[ SSS | YRN ]
Your Next Stamp Scratch Pad Stamps
[ SSS | YRN ]
Lil Inker Wreath of Roses Stamps
[ LLN ]
Heffy Doodles Interactively Yours Stamps
[ SSS ]

GIFT GUIDE

This list of Favorite Crafty Things could also make a great gift guide. Feel free to pass along this link or print the page and circle what you are interested in. Don’t forget the discount codes above!

See you soon for more of My Favorite Crafty Things 2017. You can keep up to date on all the topics HERE… and for my lists from 2016, click HERE.

GIVEAWAYS

Throughout this series, I will have LOTS of prizes! Today I have giveaways for TWO lucky winners! You could win one of these prizes:

  • $50 Gift Certificate to Simon Says Stamp (thanks Heidi!)
  • $20 to Altenew (thanks Altenew!)

For your chance to win a giveaway, leave a comment below by 11:59pmEST on 12/15/17 telling me your favorite stamp set from above. (To leave a comment, scroll down to the bottom of this post on my blog and click the green “leave a comment” button. The winner’s name will be randomly selected, emailed and posted on my “Winners page” after the giveaway closes. International folks are eligible, too!)

See you soon!

[Please note that I purchased many of the products in this post personally, but not all. Regardless, the decision to include them in this list was my own. I truly like these products and companies. For more info, visit HERE. If you have questions, please email me.]


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937 thoughts on “My Favorite Crafty Things 2017: Stamps”

  1. Shirley F says:

    I always look forward to your favorite things series at the end of each year. It is always filled with useful, interesting, and fun products you use throughout the year. It is a great summary and nice reference to increase my stash. I love sentiment stamps to help my complete my cards. My favorite stamp set is the Hero Arts Clear Stamp YOU ARE LOVED.

  2. Nita K. says:

    It’s so hard to choose one favorite. I do really like the plaid background stamp. And I also love the stamps for envelopes. Thanks for taking time to do this again. I always love checking out your favorites.

  3. Avery Elle Sentiments Too

  4. Deborah Love says:

    My favorite stamp is the Darkroom Door “Elegant Script” background stamp. Background stamps “set the mood”, so to speak, on a card (even though it’s in the background!).

  5. Duangdow says:

    Hero Arts you are loved is my favorite. Thank you

  6. Tasha Bruneau says:

    My favourite is the kind stamp from Simon Says Stamps.

  7. Teresa R-O says:

    Pick me! Pick me! Pretty please? So many lovely choices with not enough dough! Thanks for another highly informative video. You amaze me. 😀

  8. Heather DePasquale says:

    Wow! What a collection. I think the stamp that is the most unique and my favorite is the Waffle Flower Layering Marble Stamp. It’s so subtle. Like making your own pattern paper. This one will sell out fast. Thanks for sharing Jennifer.

  9. melissa b says:

    Love this series!!!!!!!!!
    So many great stamps! I have a thing for triangles, so my fave is the Concord & 9th triangle turnabout. The animals set from Pink Fresh Studio is a close second!

  10. Kimberly O. says:

    I love the Avery Elle “Sentimental two” set.

  11. Bonnie King says:

    I love the Darkroom Door Elegant Script stamp! Both because it is pretty, and I like the phrases. I’m pretty new to stamping, and I have to say I’m developing a weakness for background stamps. Thanks for sharing – it makes it nice for a “newbie” like me to figure out what kind of basics to look for.

  12. Carol O'Leary says:

    I just love the Layering Marble set from Waffle Flower! It’s unique and beautiful. (But it’s certainly not the only set on your list that I love . . . )

  13. Betsy says:

    love the Sunny Studio Pretty Pumpkins Stamps. Great for the Fall cards

  14. Debi Granka says:

    I love too many of this years releases. I think if I had to pick just one I would say the Concord and 9th plaid background stamp is something that I would love to try. Thank you for sharing all your techniques, they do so inspire me to step out and try new things, and creating spectacular backgrounds is something I have yet to try.

  15. Linda E says:

    What a great compilation of products! My favorite stamp for the year is Concord & 9th’s innovative Triangle Turnabout! Talk about opening up a whole new dimension for stamping!

  16. Elizabeth Motyka says:

    I really love all your videos! Thanks for this great one. I think my favorite it the Simon says stamp ornate background. So hard to choose. Happy holidays and happy crafting- thanks for the great giveaways

  17. Dayle Schenk says:

    I love so many of the stamps you just showcased but one of my favorites would have to be the CZ Design Hello Combo. So many sayings to pair with the “Hello” and thus so many ways to say hello to someone!

  18. Linda Kennedy says:

    There are so many wonderful stamp sets! It is very hard to choose just one favorite. I love Altenew’s Layering Rose set, Gina K’s Lovely Lilies, and Concord & 9th Dahlia Turnabout Bundle. But I love several more too. Thank you for doing this series!

  19. Jodihuff says:

    Sentiment stamps. All of them! How do you pick just one. I’m going to go broke but I’ll be happy!

  20. Nha says:

    My favorite is the Waffle Flower Layering Marble stamp. <3

  21. Pai says:

    i just put that pinkfresh playful animals stamp set. it’s so darn cute!

  22. Nancy Osborn says:

    Most DEFINITELY the Concord and 9th Blooms Fill in Bundle!! It’s GORGEOUS!!! The color possibilities are endless and it can be used for any occasion! I’m absolutely in love with It! Thank you, Jenn for another great video! I know these take a lot of time to put together. They are so helpful and I truly appreciate you taking the time to do them. Do you think we can get Lilah to do one too of her favorites from 2017 (we know she has some too)? 🙂 🙂 🙂

  23. Lindsey L says:

    I look forward to this every year. Yay!! Concord & 9th’s Blooms Fill In Bundle is at the top of my wish list. (I do love lots of others you featured, though.)

  24. Rory says:

    I love a good amount of these sets, thank you for your videos. The one I just had to order was birch press Just because.

  25. Rebecca says:

    How can anyone possibly choose a favorite?!

  26. KellysGrandma says:

    There’s no way to choose a single favorite with so many fabulous sets! I’m going to say the Altenew Crafty Friends set because I don’t own any set like it. Thank you so much for putting these videos together. I look forward to them every year.

  27. Susan E Guzy says:

    Great video! I really like Scratch pad by Your Next Stamp.
    Thanks for the opportunity to win something.
    Susan

  28. Joyce says:

    I love all the layering stamps! Such beautiful results! Thanks for sharing. ❤️

  29. Marcia Fellner says:

    The photo and list on your blog is a very helpful resource. I used it today and placed an order. I look forward to all of your tutorials and tons of inspiration. Thank you!

  30. Kristie H says:

    I love seeing all of the wonderful stamp suggestions! My favorite is the Altenew Rose builder stamp. Gorgeous!

  31. auaero89 says:

    Too many choices! Jennifer, you are definitely the best kind of enabler! Not to mention such an inspiration and blessing. Prayers to you and yours.

  32. Thank you again for doing this series! My wallet isn’t as grateful lol but I am! I think Birch Press just because set is my favorite if I absolutely could only pick 1! It is super versatile and I am all over the matching dies! I find I use the sets with matching dies the most!!! Excited to learn about a new company too…

  33. Angela W says:

    My favorite set on this list that I don’t have is the Pinkfresh Playful Animals 2. I have a wiener dog so I love all of the little dachshunds in this set!

  34. Jennifer Cole says:

    There are so many great stamp sets here! I think my favorite (and the one at the top of my wish list) is the WPlus9 Hellebore set. Thank you for another great video!

  35. Donna Goggin says:

    My favorite stamp is the Concord and 9th Dahlia turnabout stamp.

  36. Pati L says:

    Thanks for sharing your favorite Stamps!! It’s like your year in review 🙂 I love the background stamps, especially the MFT Floral Fantasy and the SSS Ornate background, it’s a draw between them. 🙂 I can never have enough sentiment stamps but the background stamps make me go “wow!!”

  37. Rose says:

    My favorite is Ink Blot Shop Clear Stamp Set PLAID BACKGROUND

  38. Anne-J. says:

    So many beautiful stamps! My favorites are the Simon says background stamps and the turnabout stamps. If only shipping to Norway wasn’t so expensive *sigh*.

  39. Diana S. says:

    My very favorite stamp from your Crafty series is the Altenew Crafty Friends Stamp Set. It’s been that one stamp set I have really wanted., but with the true increasing needs for sympathy cards and get well cards, not to mention cards that are meant for encouragement (due to the many disheartening things happening in so many peoples lives), I have purposely held off purchasing it for myself.
    No matter how many times I put it into my cart, it always gets taken out based on a more serious need and a tight budget. The very thought that I have a small chance to acquire this stamp set is simply the most exciting thing I could imagine. I sincerely wish the very best to whomever wins their favorite stamp set. Thank you Jennifer!

  40. Simone says:

    I love this series and all the stamp sets you have chosen! My favorite one is the layering Hero Arts Poppy Stamps set because they’re my favorite flowers. But all the sets you have chosen are beautiful! Thank you for the great inspiration!

  41. Lauren says:

    So many great choices! The mannequin analogy is so perfect – I’m feeling very inspired to try different things! My favourite… Anything from Concord & 9th – the triangle turnabout stamp probably topping that list. Looking forward to the other videos in this series. 🙂

  42. Nicole R says:

    What a tough choice! My favorite is the Altenew Build a Rose (probably because I just got my hands on it). A close second is the Concord and 9th Sunshind Turnabout. Thank you for putting this list together!

  43. Paulina P says:

    It’s a very close call between Concord and 9th flowers fill in and triangle turnabout! I expect a bonus at work for Christmas and hope to make an order from US as Concord and 9th is not accessible where I live 😊

  44. Kathy R says:

    Thanks again for great video. The Hero Arts you are loved set and the Simon Says stamps kind flowers set. Too hard to pick just one.

  45. Janet K says:

    Gina K sentiments are on the top of my list. She gives us so much variety.

  46. Teresa J says:

    I am going to choose the Honey Bee Blah Blah Blah set. Just love the “Do I have to adult today” sentiment.

  47. Anja curvers says:

    Wow how can I possible pick one favorite stamp out of this amazing list in fact I have put a circle around 22 of the listed stamps.!!!!!! But if I had to choose I would go for the honey bee blah, blah it cracks me up. Thank you once again for this amazing list love it. Although my bankaccount wouldn ‘t agree.

  48. TammieJ says:

    Lovin the dahlia turnabout set! But there are certainly plenty of fabulous options in this list.

  49. Mary Jane Grutzmacher says:

    I like the Birch Press stamp and die combos, followed closely by the background stamps. Both would make my card making life prettier and easier!

  50. Karen S says:

    Thanks again for your kindness Jennifer and all the work you do for us. I think my favorite stamp and dies set is the Concord and 9th Dahlia turn about set. Loved what you did with it.

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