Card making magazines?

[faeryscrapper]

Can anyone recommend one or two mags about cardmaking? I get all the scrapbook mags but wouldn't mind adding a card one into the mix. I had a look in Smiths today but there were so many to choose from that i couldn't decide :)

[cw18]

not sure how much I'm allowed to name mags that aren't sponsors, but for my penny's worth I have to say I gave up on Making Cards -- they changed the format (and freebies) right after I subscribed for a year in May 2005, and can honesty say I've only made a start on one of the free sets of papers and don't remember the last time I've done more than flick through any of the new format mags. Needless to say I didn't renew my sub with them, even though the staff at shows say the new format has been very popular.

I quite like Beautiful Cards for inspiration. It is dearer than others, but only has 8 issues a year rather than 12 or 13. Loads of ideas in it, but the instructions probably aren't detailed enough for some papercrafting newbies.

Now going to wait to get well slammed and say another I've only bought 3 issues of is Simply Stamping.... bought the first 3 to give it a 'fair trial' as I love my rubber stamps, but everything in it is far to altered for my personal taste.

As for the others, until recently I've probably bought most issues of most of them -- and sub to a couple, though I can't remember of the top of my head which 2!! One of them is the one that's currently got the Christmas Embossing Board (only know that 'cos I had a minor hiccup with my sub this issue, and had to go get a copy from the shops :blink: ) But since early July I haven't had such easy access to them -- normally get them near work, but haven't been at work for more than a few days since then -- so have only picked up a couple I've seen in the supermarkets.

[darm]

scrapbook insprations sister one papercraft inspriations is a god one. you get free stitched border stamps at the mo it hink.

[Josieanne]

I don't get a regular cardmaking magazine anymore as I also don't like 'Simply Stamping' and have given up on 'Craft Stamper' but I do keep an eye on

Papercraft Essentials
Card Making and Papercraft
Simply Cards and Papercraft.

IMO these three are the better ones, certainly for usable ideas. I have had one copy of Beautiful cards and it isn't really for me as I found I didn't like the style of cards which featured most heavily.

The best thing to do is keep looking around and buy the odd one until you find one you like,

[CraftyPrincess]

I like Papercraft Inspirations too and Card Making & Paper Craft which does have a bit of scrapping in too so good if you're on a budget :D.

[Kitty Crafts]

I get Card Making and papercraft, Quick Cards made easy, Papercraft Inspirations (which I don't think is as good as the Scrapbook version) and today I bought the special Christmas issue of Beautiful cards. I love the ideas you get from magazines - if I am stuck and braindead lol - there will probably always be something in one of them. My only problem is storing them all :wacko:

[tinkypen]

i like crafts beautiful and quick and crafty - nice mix of all things crafty!!

[mad about cats]

Have sent you a pm.

[faeryscrapper]

Thanks for the suggestions :D I shall go to Smiths with a list so i know what to look for - and what not to look for!

[Kitty Crafts]

Make sure you have plenty of dosh too :lol:

[theresa b]

another vote for quick and crafty...:D ziggysmammy (maria) on here has got an article in there this fridays new addition...:D

[shonam]

If I had to chose one I'd get Cardmaking and Papercraft too. I used to subscribe to Quick Cards Made easy but stopped after my year as I preferred other mags and now just buy a few (three or four lol) when I'm in Borders. I found that alot of the 'quick' cards in the mag required specific embellishments/sizzix dies etc, which I didn't have. Their freebies weren't great either imo - they were very kiddie - Disney, Strawberry Shortcake etc. I think they're better now though and a bit more generic.

Shona:)

[Kel]

I am terrible and buy them all plus a shedload of US ones too! shhh dont tell OH :lol:

[dancingfrog]

I like Simply Cards and Papercraft, Simply Stamping and they have a new quarterly mag called Complete card making that seems good too, have to say that I keep saying that I'll only buy a couple a month but usually end up with well more than that:lol:

[Tigs]

I tend to dip in and out of magazines as they catch my eye, I often buy Quick Cards Made Easy, Cardmaking and Papercraft and Beautiful Cards.

But there are loads of different ones and I think you should maybe try some out first buying off the shelf as everyone's style and taste is different, as are the magazines.

What a job, spending lots of time looking through all those different magazines to choose the one you like the best :D :D

Enjoy!!

Helen

[KittyF]

I wold def say Quick Cards Made Easy, Beatutiful Cards & Cardmaking & Paercrafts - All top :)

Love Beautiful cards as its mainly projects rather than tons of adverts!

[faeryscrapper]

Thanks everyone :) I'm going to go into Smiths tomorrow ( was going to wait til the weekend but realised dh would be home then :lol: ) and have a good look at them all. For pure research reasons i fear i may have to buy a few, just to make sure i get 1 or 2 i like :lol:

[Jimjams]

Like Josieanne I have just about given up on Craft Stamper - one more issue left of my 2-year subscription - IMHO it has rather gone off the boil and it is a longtime since I did anything with the free stamp. Having said that, I did quite like this month's issue :lol:
Simply Stamping is rather too "altered" for my taste (feel like a traitor as I have been published in it!) although I love the Take 5 articles where 5 different people use the same stamp and I had high hopes for the 2 months between issues ... would give me time to try out the ideas - only most of them aren't really my style.
Simply Cards and Papercraft, a sister mag to Simply Stamping is pretty inspiring and I may sub to that next, or, having discovered scrapbooking, I may pick a scrap-mag instead :lol:

[Ching]

Hmmm, I gave up many of my mag subscriptions that past 2 years but I'm back to the land of the living! these are the ones I will buy every now and then - it really just depends on the issue:

from CK publishers:
Card Creations
Paper Crafts Magazine

from Paper Trends publishers : ( I actually subscribe but an horribly unsatisfied with their service!)
paper Trends
Cards

from Stampington publishers: (love these the best!!)
Stampington Inspirations
Take 10
Catch Up Issues
Stampler Sampler - this one I buy consistently

DON'T LIKE:
RubberStampMadness - too many advertisements for the money and I dont' particularly like the art displayed in the pages

Rubber Stamper - very good for beginners and too basic for me. Also, not enough meat (pictures) for the money

Looks like you girls have many more options in the UK. :)

[NIKIG]

I don't but many card making mags anymore, but one i do buy regularly is simply cards and papercraft.
I also get US card mags : card creations, papercrafts, take ten, and the catch up issues. Luckily a dear freind in the US sends me these mags on a regular basis and even bought me the whole set of catch up issues for my birthday last year:)
I do Love the US papercrafts mags and always look to them first for inspiration when i need to make a card.

That said i must have a look at the special Christmas issue of beautiful cards:)
niki

[Jimjams]

... from Stampington publishers: (love these the best!!)
Stampington Inspirations
Take 10
Catch Up Issues
Stampler Sampler - this one I buy consistently ...
Forgot about these - a friend lends them to me and they are chock full of ideas - and if you card-lift an idea, not everyone else in the UK will have seen it :lol:

[Ching]

lol..aha!! but Jemma, I'll know your secret!! j/k

that is lovely of your friend to share with you.

[mummygina]

I love all my card making magazines, but if i had to recommend a few i would definetly recommend these:

Quick Cards made Easy
Simply Cards and Papercraft
Cardmaking and Papercraft

Good luck with your decisions. if you are anything like me, you'll probably end up getting them all LOL

[Janice]

from Paper Trends publishers : ( I actually subscribe but an horribly unsatisfied with their service!)
paper Trends
Cards



I absolutely love their card mag - its more like a book and I am waiting to see if I can subscribe from here :D

[sam c]

I have to say Quick & Crafty - it has LOADS of cardmaking ideas in every month even though it is not a "dedicated" card making mag it always has very up to date funky colourful designs in it, most of which are created using scrapping stuff. The latest issue - out tomorrow has a fab selection of Xmas card projects in it.

I would also say that cos I am in it every month!!! Horrible wanton self promotion.................apologies :D

[faeryscrapper]

I have to say Quick & Crafty - it has LOADS of cardmaking ideas in every month even though it is not a "dedicated" card making mag it always has very up to date funky colourful designs in it, most of which are created using scrapping stuff. The latest issue - out tomorrow has a fab selection of Xmas card projects in it.

I would also say that cos I am in it every month!!! Horrible wanton self promotion.................apologies :D

No apologies needed! I went to Smiths and picked up a big stack - i think i came home with about 7 mags :D Going to peruse them tonight and maybe pick a couple to try again!

Any ideas on how i can get hold of any of the American mags?

[Kel]

Artbase sell some and Papermaze I think

[xxpaddler]

I have just subscribed to Crafts Beautiful, as I always buy it and it is cheaper to sub to it.
Other than that, I try to only buy one other magazine... but it is difficult to keep to that! Luckily I think that women's magazines in the UK are really crap! That saves me a lot of money!

[Kadee]

I love Quick&Crafty...but I like to make jewellery as well as cards so it suits me down to the ground...for card making only, I think my fave is papercraft inspirations

[faeryscrapper]

Well, after all your fab help and some exhaustive research :lol: - hard work buying all these mags to try! - i've decided to subscribe to Papercraft Inspirations and my newsagent is going to reserve me Simply Cards & Papermaking for a few issues.

Thank you all :D

[Kadee]

there was a new card making mag advertised in Crafts Beautiful and Quick&Crafty...I think it comes out Fri or Sat, and it's called Lets Make Cards.

[kate2962]

I have lets make cards and it is fab - all the stuff you get with it to make cards with is fab I soon made the 10 cards they give you and there is lots of stuff left over

[Sharon Betts]

Hmm I didn't rate lets make cards that highly. No new ideas or ways of thinking/inspiration. You did get lots of stuff though, but probably wasn't really all to my taste, alot of money I felt. I won't be getting it again. Plus my dvd was missing, so had to call and get one sent to me. Haven't seen that yet, so that might be interesting.
But each to their own - if we didn't all like different things, life would be boring!

[cw18]

not seen that mag yet -- will have to have a look when I go out later this morning!! is it available in most stores that stock craft mags, or is it another with limited availability?

[mummygina]

I got my copy of 'Lets Make Cards' last week from my local Tesco's. I thought the mag was ok, but nothing really special, but the 'embellishments' are lovely. At £7.99 though it is quite expensive. not sure if i'll get the next one

[Craftyperson]

There were only the Craft Creations and Making Cards mag around when I first got interested in cardmaking, and it was lovely to see more publications hitting the shelves. However, a lot of them now are very similar, if you saw one open you'd struggle to know which mag it was. I don't think any of them beat the American Paper Crafts mag for card ideas and inspiration. The Stampington ones are great to look at for different techniques. The UK has yet to get a mag that developes into the league of these magazines IMO, although I thought the Complete Card Making Handbook by Practical Publishing was good value for money and a nice balance between inspiration and instruction.

[craft2go]

i've got some 'quick cards made easy' mags. if anyone wants them for 75pence each plus postage let me know.

the issues are sept 04,oct 04,
march,april,june,july, and august 2006.

some with freebies inside, flicked through once, as new. :)

[cw18]

didn't see in a local craft store or Asda today -- nor WHSmiths this last Tuesday :(

[faeryscrapper]

I've not seen 'Let's Make Cards' anywhere either - can someone post a pic so i know what i'm looking for?

[cw18]

I found it in Tesco last Sunday -- and funnily enough I've only seen it in our local one which is a smaller branch (but not a Metro). Been to 2 Extras and not seen it in either of them.

I'm packing it to take while I'm babysitting overnight tonight, but don't think I'll be bothering with it again.....

Is it just me, or do the majority of cards in the magazine need you t buy more of the toppers and such which actually came with it :unsure:

[faeryscrapper]

Thanks Cheryl :) They've definitely not got it in either of the Tescos here - will check out WHSmiths again on Monday.

[Sharon Betts]

My local hobbycraft had copies of lets make cards. Or perhaps you could order just one from the web site?

[Kadee]

you can order it off the website, letsmakecards.com but you can't buy more packs of the embellishments!

[Sharon Betts]

Bit irratating if you can't get the embelishments to top up your own supplies - as I did quite like some of the embelishments, but no supplier list.

[Lousette]

Another one to maybe try is CCMI (Creative Cardmaking Ideas). This magazine has a new editor, Natalie O'Shea, who used to work as assistant editor for Simply cards and Papercraft mag. She has only been there for two issues, and I think the December issue will be the one where she has been able to put more of her own ideas into practise. (out around the 16 of this month if I remember correctly)

This mag feautures some of the Simply Cards & papercraft designers (as most designers freelance, they are not bound to one magazine), as well as other well known names like Sue Roddis (I love her stuff). Best of all, you can try before you buy with their fully fledged online magazine (totally free - I am still amazed they do this, along with Creative scrapbooking). Anyway, if you go to mycardmaking.co.uk and then click on iMag, you can click on the latest issue as well as a whole load of back issues to view.

Best to view with broadband, as I know some people have said the pages are slow to load with dial up.

edited to say, Natalie used to also be editor for The Scrapbook Mag.

[Donnalme]

Hi

I have found 2 excellent compendiums that will provide you with everything you need. They are both from the writers of best selling card making magazines.

You could try Celebrate With Cards and Complete Cardmaking. They are both exclusive to WH Smiths and at £7.99 each provide all year round card making ideas and hints, tips and techniques. They are the best £15 I've spent recently.