{"id":10634,"date":"2011-05-16T07:30:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T11:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=10634"},"modified":"2011-05-02T08:48:25","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T12:48:25","slug":"alpha-stamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=10634","title":{"rendered":"Alpha Stamps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/crowgate-150x144.jpg\" alt=\"Crow Stamp\" title=\"Crow Stamp\" width=\"150\" height=\"144\" class=\"contentimg\" \/>Every so often I run across a site and immediately regret it, because I can easily envision it sucking all of the money out of my bank account.  The latest entry on that list is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphastamps.com\/\">Alpha Stamps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shellhawksnest.blogspot.com\/\">ShellHawk&#8217;s Nest<\/a> recently pointed to their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphastamps.com\/stampsHalloween.html\">Halloween Stamps<\/a> page, noting that they&#8217;d be excellent motivation to start scrapbooking.  They would indeed, and it turns out that Alpha has many more items than just stamps to <del datetime=\"2011-04-26T15:51:00+00:00\">spend money on<\/del> enhance your creativity.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve got things like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphastamps.com\/collageitemspaper3.html#Vampire\">&#8220;vampire&#8221; epoxy stickers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphastamps.com\/gamescollagesheets.html#death\">&#8220;death&#8221; tarot collage sheets<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphastamps.com\/halloween.html#skullcab\">skeletal cameos<\/a>, and entire collections devoted to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphastamps.com\/halloween.html\">Halloween<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphastamps.com\/Steampunk.html\">Steampunk<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphastamps.com\/grimm.html\">Grimm&#8217;s Fairy Tales<\/a>, and many more.<\/p>\n<p>The site also features <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphastamps.com\/blog\/?cat=44\">tutorials<\/a> for interesting projects like a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphastamps.com\/blog\/?p=391\">haunted house decoration<\/a> and an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphastamps.com\/blog\/?p=182\">Alice in Wonderland lunch box<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One thing I particularly like about the layout is their use of &#8220;inspirational&#8221; thumbnails throughout the catalog, suggesting interesting uses for various items.  The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphastamps.com\/stampsHalloween.html#sugar\">sugar skull stamp<\/a>, for instance, is accompanied by a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphastamps.com\/art\/blog\/frieda_funskulllg.jpg\">beaded, embroidered patch<\/a> featuring the design.  They also have an entire <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphastamps.com\/photos\/index.php\">gallery<\/a> of items made with their products, which is a fantastic source of design ideas.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for the perfect little detail piece for a craft project, check this site out.  They have all sorts of lovely things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every so often I run across a site and immediately regret it, because I can easily envision it sucking all of the money out of my bank account. The latest entry on that list is Alpha Stamps. ShellHawk&#8217;s Nest recently pointed to their Halloween Stamps page, noting that they&#8217;d be excellent motivation to start scrapbooking. 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