American Crafts is a well-established manufacturer of food and paper craft supplies.
They produce the following types of supplies:
- Cardstock and paper;
- Stickers and embellishments;
- Clear stamps;
- Die sets;
- Tools;
- Albums;
- and more!
American Crafts Is the Parent Company for Multiple Brands, Including the Following:
- We R Makers, formerly known as We R Memory Keepers
- EK Tools, formerly known as EK Success
- Crate Paper
- And others besides these.
- Vicki Boutin
- Paige Taylor Evans
- Maggie Holmes
- Heidi Swapp
- Obed Marshall
- Adventurous
- Splendid
- Garden Shoppe
- Blooming Wild
- Bungalow Lane
- Wonders
- Sugarplum Wishes
- Waffle Flower Crafts
- Altenew
- Hero Arts
- Prima
- 49 and Market
- Graphic 45
- Simple Stories
- Lawn Fawn
- Gina K Designs
- Tombow
- Tim Holtz for Ranger Industries
Designers Who Have Worked With American Crafts:
Many “scrapbooking celebrities” have worked with American Crafts. A few of them are as follows:
My Favorite Tools by We R Makers
The We R Memory Keepers Frame Punch Board Helps You Make Customized Photo Frames for Scrapbooking Projects
I use We R Makers’ tools for virtually all my paper craft projects. I’d consider many of them, like their guillotine paper cutter, indispensable.
My Favorite Craft Supplies by Vicki Boutin
Vicki Boutin Craft Supplies From the Sweet Rush Collection
Vicki Boutin is best known as being a mixed media artist and paper crafter. She creates scrapbooking layouts and a wide variety of other craft projects.
She is also an educator. In the past, she taught at Scrapbook.com’s SBCFest.
I am a huge fan of Vicki’s work. I own and LOVE many of the supplies from her Sweet Rush collection, including her Sweet Rush Sunshine Stamp Set.
Here are pictures of a couple of scrapbooking layouts I made using Vicki Boutin’s craft supplies plus the We R Makers Frame Punch Board (pictured above) plus supplies from other manufacturers:
6×8 Scrapbooking With Fabric Crochet Tote Bag Project
Scrapbooking Layout Featuring Photos of Colonial Beach, Virginia — Scrapbooking Supplies by Simple Stories, Vicki Boutin / American Crafts, Tim Holtz / Ranger Industries
My Favorite Craft Supplies by Paige Taylor Evans
Paige Taylor Evans Splendid Clear Stamp Set
Paige Taylor Evans has a colorful, creative style that is quite appealing!
Paige puts a massive amount of effort into her paper craft projects, often hand stitching elaborate designs onto her pages. She is into bookbinding and often makes her own albums using bookbinding techniques.
I own Paige’s Spendid clear stamp set and also her Splendid date roller stamp. I use these items frequently and highly recommend them.
Paper Collections by Paige Evans:
A few of Paige Evans’ previously released paper collections are as follows:
Maggie Holmes
The Maggie Holmes Day-To-Day Planner Collection Includes the Clear Stamps and Planner Extension Pack Pictured, Plus Other Items Such as Planners, Planner Discs, Stencils and a Punch That Are All Sold Separately.
Maggie Holmes’ style is quirky, playful and feminine. She designs for Crate Paper. I own items from her planner collection, which is called the Day-To-Day Collection, and also from her “Round Trip” travel-themed collection of paper craft supplies.
Obed Marshall
Obed Marshall’s style is colorful, playful and fun. He designs bilingual paper craft supplies in Spanish and English, and his designs often include retro elements reminiscent of the 1970s and 1980s. I am a huge fan of Obed’s work; my collection of craft supplies includes dies and patterned paper created by this designer.
Heidi Swapp
Heidi Swapp is one of scrapbooking’s superstars.
I currently own 4 Heidi Swapp Storyline albums and a number of her lovely stamps and stamp sets.
Heidi Swapp’s date roller stamp is one of my most frequently used craft supplies, although I use it less often now because it doesn’t include 2024 or any of the years after. Nowadays, Paige Evans’ date roller stamp is my go-to, although I miss Heidi’s date roller stamp, which has a magnetic attachment that I really LOVE. I hope the folks at American Crafts will make an updated version of it for use over the course of the next decade.
Vintage American Crafts
American crafts was one of the first manufacturers I found when I started scrapbooking in 2006. They were one of the few scrapbooking manufacturers who withstood the “Great Financial Crisis” in 2008 and the years following when many other suppliers went out of business. There is a lot to be said for that!
So there you have it: That’s my roundup of recommended craft supplies from American Crafts — plus some ideas for using their lovely craft supplies. The products I mentioned above are the ones I own, use, and can vouch for from firsthand, actual, hands-on experience.
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By Amy Solovay
About the Author: Amy Solovay is a content creator and educator who holds a bachelor’s degree with a studio art minor; she has also earned a separate degree in textile design. Amy has been a paper crafter since she learned to make collages as a small child, and she still enjoys mixed media art techniques all these years later. Beyond that, she enjoys introducing other crafters to the best new craft supplies, and she also loves helping crafters learn new techniques for making the most of the craft supplies they buy.
As an educator, Amy Solovay used to teach in-person college courses in trend forecasting, marketing and surface design at California Design College in Los Angeles.
Nowadays, Amy uses online platforms to teach digital courses to craft pattern designers, content creators and influencers all over the world. If you’re an artist, crafter or DIY enthusiast who is interested in earning income from your creative work, you’re invited to visit Crafterprise.com to learn more about monetizing the arts, craft(s) and / or DIY projects you do.
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This page was last updated on 9-11-2024.