Recommended Card Magazines
Complete Cardmaking with your PC (printed in the UK)
This magazine is dedicated to digital cardmaking and includes a free craft CD with each issue. The magazine is 66 pages and packed with digital news and ideas on how to use your free CD. Guides for shopping and online digital freebies are included in every issue as well.
Cardmaking & Papercraft (The UK’s No. 1 cardmaking magazine)
Quick Cards Made Easy (printed in the UK)
Both magazines are loaded with tips and techniques, including step by step instructions as well as the latest products available. Both have beautiful and easy-to-follow layouts.
Subscriptions can be purchased online. Although both magazines are published outside of the United States, I have been able to purchase many of the featured products from U.S. online companies by simply searching the product’s name.
Quick Cards magazine is an inspiration for cards that can be made quickly (in less than one hour).
Recommended Stamping Magazines
Stampers’ Sampler Take Ten www.stampington.com/taketen
Take Ten magazine is 144 pages packed with inspiration for creating cards in 10 minutes or less. Each issue contains many pages of design challenge results. This section helps to inspire creativity with the same sketch layout used in many different ways. Also, each issue includes take ten sentiments and product reviews. There are more card designs than advertisements!
Recommended Scrapbook Magazine
Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine (printed in Canada) www.scrapbookandcards.com
Scrapbook and Cards Magazine contains inspiring page layouts with many tips and techniques using the latest products. Each issue offers lots of free downloads, printables, cut files and sketches. “This issue can be viewed in a fully searchable online digital magazine format or can be downloaded to your desktop.”