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. Wow, so much goodness in one video! Thanks for showing so many different companies and styles. there’s no way I can choose just one favorite but I love the CZ hello combo and the It’s a Masterpiece set. So funny! 🙂

  2. Wendy says:

    Pick just one? No way! The Hero Arts “You Are Loved” and Avery Elle “Sentimental Too” are already in my SSS cart, with a few more on the wish list. Love this series!

  3. Renee T says:

    I’m so happy this series started again! It always introduces new things to a newbie like me. I love the mama elephant botanical hello stamp. Thanks for a chance at a giveaway!

  4. Dawnzy says:

    Concord and 9th plaid background stamp! Can’t wait to buy it!

  5. Debbie Eslinger says:

    love them all but picking one is the WPlus 9 Hellebore

  6. Christine says:

    Hi. I pick Concord and 9th blooms fill in stamp. I love all the different looks you got by varying the colours when showcased it in a blog. It could be used for many occasions. It is such a beautiful stamp. This was a hard choice. I can see why it was a long video!!

  7. Anita Morneau says:

    It’s hard to choose between the Brutus Monroe Enchanted Rose stamp and the Pinkfresh Studio Playful animals 2 stamp. So I won’t choose!

  8. Becky Green says:

    WOW!!! My “favorite” stamp has turned out to be TWO of the stamps you’ve shown us today, Jennifer! I can’t just make it one! LOL The Neat & Tangled- Backdrop Stamp. (I saw your video on it! ) AND the Waffle Flower Layering Marble Stamp! (I saw the video you did on this one too! ) THANK YOU JENNIFER for ALL YOUR HARD WORK!!! WE LOVE YOU & SO ENJOY your doing these video’s for us!!! (((((HUGS!)))))

  9. Jessica S. says:

    I love the Kind Flowers stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. It ‘s such a beautiful set. Thanks for doing this series again for us. I look forward to it every year.

  10. Natalie says:

    The layered pumpkin stamps got my attention immediately.

  11. Kendra says:

    I love the Hero Arts You are Loved set. What a great idea for a stamp set.

  12. LOVE the Very Merry Flowers from Winnie & Walter!!! Great video, Jennifer. I love seeing the products that you have chosen. Thank you for the great giveaways, too! 🙂 ~ Andrea

  13. Carmen says:

    Oh goodness! There goes my pocket

  14. books-and-scraps says:

    ornate background

  15. alisonportelli says:

    Jennifer….. being confined to bed 24/7 , trying to craft can become very complicated. When I wake in the morning to a ping from Youtube, advertising your latest video, a smile takes over my face and feeling mediocre or not, before too long. my bed has it’s crafting table over it and I’m following along to your wonderfully calm voice, forgetting all my woes. I cannot begin to describe how much joy this brings me.
    Getting back to the topic on hand, I am still coveting the Waffle Flower Marble layering stamp set. It is THE most original stamp set I have ever seen and works for both sexes on all occasions.
    Just a thought here …Maybe if time permits, next year when you film your favourite things, could you let SSS and co. in on your list beforehand? I can’t tell you how many products you recommended, that are now out of stock!! LOL. All the best for the Christmas season to you and your family Jennifer and thank you again for all the time you spend helping us all. God Bless. (soo sorry for the long post!!)

  16. Amy Zou says:

    I am buying the Hero Arts Poppy Stamps! So beautiful, you can never go wrong with more floral stamps!

  17. mia fahmy says:

    My favorite stamp has to be” Concord & 9th DAHLIA TURNABOUT Clear”! i loved it ever since i saw your cards design in a video couple of days ago,so beautiful and creative 🙂

  18. Cindy B says:

    I’m loving Concord & 9th Dahlia!

  19. Tami B says:

    Could you possibly ask a harder question?! Trying to pick one favorite is impossible from all these great choices. Here’s a couple that I really love, the C&9th Plaid Background, and the Hero Arts Layered Poppy set.

  20. Amy says:

    My favorite set is definitely Garden Treasure! I love the layering stamps – so beautiful!

  21. Samantha Johnson says:

    I love the SSS Kind Flowers stamp set!!!

  22. Rinda K. says:

    Thank you Jennifer for continuing to do your “my favorite crafty things” series. I love them so much and you just post them whenever you can. You’re an awesome mommy and inspiration to us all! 😊 My favorite stamp from the bunch is probably the Concord and 9th plaid background stamp. Even though I don’t owe it yet, it’s one I’ve been waiting for patiently to come back in stock.

  23. Stacey Kowbel says:

    So many fabulous stamps! It’s so hard to pick just one favourite, but I would probably say Altenew’s Build a Rose tops my list. Thanks for sharing your favourites – can’t wait to see all the other products you share with us.

  24. Michelle Darde says:

    Avery Elle Sentimental Too – but it was a tough choice!

  25. Gail Alcorn says:

    I LOVE sunflowers so as hard as it was to choose, it had to be the Right at Home Sunflower stamps!

  26. Betty Bywater says:

    I love the Concord and 9th Dalia stamp and have two of their other Turnabouts. That would be the one I’d wish for but I also really like the Gina K Happy Mail. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on your Fav stamps.

  27. Lynette says:

    I love the kind flowers stamp set.

  28. Dicksi says:

    Kind Flowers is my favorite! Love your videos.

  29. Eve says:

    Yes, Jennifer, you deserve to take a nap! LOL I’ve been stamping for so many years, and back before the clear stamps were introduced, there were less companies cuz apparently it was harder (more $ needed for the owners) to make Wood Mounted Rubber Stamps to start the business in this industry. But now, apparently clear stamps are easy to make, so many people who CAN draw NICE start the company. That’s why your video gets longer! LOL
    I can’t pick most fav. … so many .. I can simply spend $10,000 this Black Friday IF I had that much money. LOL I just finished one Black Friday sale (already!) online. Now I have to watch this video AGAIN, esp. the sentiment stamps, to see whether I should ADD more onto my wish list for other companies! LOL Thanks Jennifer. I’ve been enjoying your “your fav. crafty things”. 🙂

  30. Pamela says:

    I love the Altenew build a rose stamps. Actually all of the build a flower stamp sets. The Camelia and Rose are first on my list of must haves though. Thank you Jennifer for sharing all your superpowers with us. You spark my creativity.

  31. dawn T says:

    hard to just choose one favourite. I love the Altenew build a rose, Hero Arts Layering Poppy and several of the Simon Says stamps one…

  32. Elaine Trippiedi says:

    I am loving roses. My fav is the Altenew build a rose. It is easy to see why it’s on your list this year.

  33. Shikira says:

    I love the My Favorite Things Modern Trees!!

  34. Arlene Waddell says:

    Thank you for taking the time to make these videos, I look forward to seeing them each year! My favourite stamp is one I am waiting for, Concord & 9th’s Turn About Dahlia stamp and die! I loved your video showcasing this bundle with all your samples, can’t wait to try it myself!

  35. vickie peterson says:

    MINE IS GINA K LOVELY LILIES……..

  36. AnnaCarin Ahlgren says:

    I love all the stamps but center cut caleidoscope from Simon Says Stamp and Dahlia from Concord and 9th are my favorite.

  37. Sarah Nelson says:

    My favorite stamp that I think is super cool is the Altenew Garden Treasure stamps. I love seeing them come together with each layer that gets stamped. Definitely have some of these on my wishlist.

  38. Dawn Giorgio says:

    I love the CZ Designs Hello Combo. Such versatility and you can never go wrong with a sentiment stamp!

  39. Denise Gutshall says:

    I love the Concord and 9th Dahlia stamp and die set! They have so many unique and very creative ideas! I am always excited about a new release

  40. Denise Gutshall says:

    I love the Concord and 9th Dahlia stamp and die set! They have so many unique and very creative ideas! I am always excited about a new release.

  41. Maria Salas says:

    OMG I love way too many!
    But, the ones I love the most are the handwritten ones, MFT Handwritten messages, and the Papertrey Ink Pen and Ink.
    Thanks for doing these videos, I love them!!!!

  42. Robyn Ikemoto says:

    You have recommended so many great stamp sets — of the ones I don’t already own, I would love to try the Concord and 9th Triangle Turnabout stamp — saw your projects with this one and it looks so cool!

  43. Deanne Jacobs says:

    I love the Simon Says Stamp Ornate Backgound Stamp. It can be used for so many different techniques and it’s so pretty.

  44. Isabel Z says:

    The Altenew Rose is exquisite. Love these videos for you to introduce me to products that are new to me. Thank you.

  45. Mirjam says:

    I love the Turn About stamps from Concord & 9th and the stamps from Wplus9 and….
    So hard to choose just one favorite. The Dahlia Turn about stamp and die is genuis though.

  46. Sheri Elmont says:

    I just added a whole heap of stamps to my wish list. One of those was Waffle Flower Pretty Wings. Thanks for doing this Jen!

  47. Wendy says:

    Wowww……which stamp to pick….I’m in love with the eat sleep craft stamp set….oh my

  48. So many awesome stamp sets! So hard to choose just one, but I do love Concord & 9th turnabout background stamps!

  49. Holly Graham says:

    My favourite stamp set is the techniques Tuesday it’s a masterpiece set. Definitely something I am going to have to add to my collection.

  50. Kerygirl says:

    It’s too hard to choose just one but I’ll go with Gina K’s “Lovely Lilies” stamp set. It’s a beautiful layering stamp and looks so realistic when you have the right color combination.

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