Events, Classes & Resources

Both in-person and virtual events and online communities to learn more techniques!

PAPER CRAFTING SHOWS, EVENTS & CONVENTIONS

Ohio’s premier, rubber stamp, scrapbook, and papercraft convention, offering the latest products and techniques by nationally and internationally acclaimed artists, vendors, and teachers. 
Akron, OH

Creating Keepsakes Scrapbook Conventions & Great American Scrapbook Convention
In business for over 20 years, they offer industry-leading consumer scrapbook shows. They pride themselves on their first class customer service, friendly and helpful staff, and dedication to their guests by providing an amazing experience at all their shows. 
Lakeland, FL | St Louis, IL | Manchester, NH | Hillsboro, OR | Lancaster, PA | Lebanon, TN | Arlington, TX | San Marcos, TX

Great Lakes Scrapbook Events
Events include the Great Lakes Mega Meet Scrapbook Convention (founded in 1999), Fall Spooktacular Crop, and Arctic Blast Crop in Michigan, and the Columbus Scrap & Stamp Show in Ohio.
Ann Arbor, MI | Novi, MI | West Branch, MI | Columbus, OH

Heirloom Productions' Rubber Stamp & Paper Arts Festivals 
Heirloom Productions has produced over 500 Retail Consumer Shows during the past 28 years – focusing exclusively on Rubber Stamp & Paper Arts Shows since 1993! They were the first to offer 2-day rubber stamp events and showcase many new creative stamp artists.
Lawrenceville, GA | Danville, IN | West Springfield, MA | Allentown, PA | York, PA | Grapevine, TX

Stamp and Scrapbook Expo
In business for over 20 years, they offer industry-leading consumer scrapbook shows. They pride themselves on their first class customer service, friendly and helpful staff, and dedication to their guests by providing an amazing experience at all their shows. 
Mesa, AZ | Ontario, CA | Pleasanton, CA | Sacramento, CA | Orlando, FL | Duluth, GA | Schaumburg, IL | Edison, NJ | Irving, TX | Chantilly, VA | Puyallup, WA
They are working to bring more shows back for the 2023 show season.

Stamp Scrap Art Tour
A group of rubber stamp, scrapbook, and paper art exhibitors, representative of many diverse backgrounds and experiences, unified in passion and purpose. They produce retail rubber stamp, scrapbooking, and paper art shows and conventions. 
Rockford, IL | Westminster, MD | Southfield, MI | Hamburg, NY | Pittsburgh, PA | Columbia, SC | Mesquite, TX | Hampton, VA

Stampaway
A 3-day learning and shopping rubber stamping extravaganza featuring classes, a Friday preview party, fundraisers, an all-day Saturday rubber stamp convention, and more! 
Sharonville, OH

StamperCon
Blue Knight Rubber Stamps events. A 2-day event of shopping, crops, make and takes, and classes in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
West Springfield, MA | Allentown, PA | York, PA

StampFest
A small family owned Florida company that promotes Rubber Stamp and Scrapbook shows who have been providing a great show experience since 1996. 
Clearwater, FL | Kissimmee, FL | Sevierville, TN

Two amazing days of card making, classes and inspiration!
Des Moines, IA  

Rubber stamp conventions & scrapbook shows in New York, Indiana, Tennessee.
Fort Wayne, IN | Indianapolis, IN | Syracuse, NY | Sevierville, TN   

VIRTUAL CRAFTING EVENTS

A 4-day crafting experience features 10 live streamed classes and 5 make and take sessions all from the comfort of your own home, plus a goodie bag! The event will take place in a private Facebook Group.

Card Maker Success Summit
A FREE 4-day event with hours of instruction on from some of the best card makers in the card making industry, along with the best brand sponsors, and lots of freebies and giveaways! You will get access to all of the demonstrations for 24 hours once they air, but you can upgrade to the VIP All Access Pass for lifetime access.

The event begins Friday evening and then a full day on Saturday, with 36 written tutorials for download. 4 fun fold tutorials with Early Bird Registration, 9 Live Demonstrations, including a Mystery Stamping event, and prize package giveaways. Several retreats are planned throughout the year.  

Creative Retreat Live
A FREE 9-day event with over 75 classes from artists in a plethora of styles, techniques, and mediums! You'll be diving into everything from drawing, watercolor, lettering, gouache, Procreate, calligraphy, mixed media, fiber arts, journaling, Adobe, and so much more! A replay of each day is available for 24 hours, or you buy lifetime access.

A FREE 4-day virtual event to recharge your mind and business through creative play. Learn fun, creative skills to reignite the passion for your creative work with workshops on lettering, sticker making, pattern design and more!

Laurel Beard and Justine Hovey, along with some guest instructor, will be spending the weekend with you teaching some of their favorite techniques! This virtual event will encourage you to use your supplies and get crafty! There are 8 classes and open crops each day (so you can craft as long as you like with fellow participants!), a Q&A with the instructors, and some fun prizes!

A 1-day event of online presentations from participating vendors hosted in a private Facebook group. The presentations can be demos, techniques, helpful tips and learn about new products throughout the day. 

Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, Crop & Create was a series of weekend events held in various Provinces across Canada since 2011. Since the start of the pandemic, events have been made virtual, and called Crop & Create Delivered. It’s a spectacular weekend with the industry’s top educators who teach their classes seamlessly on YouTube. Each attendee is provided with a beautiful box of class kits, full color instructions, make and takes, and many fun surprises too.

VOLUME
A 2-day event of video presentations from participating vendors hosted in a Facebook group. Some video presentations will be demos, some tours, learn some techniques, learn helpful tips, learn about new products throughout the day! Held 4 times a year with a different theme.   

ONLINE CLASSES

Craftsy
A collective group of curious, driven doers who believe in the power of creating. With a monthly or annual membership, you get access to over 1,500 premium classes across 20+ hobbies, including paper crafting, and admission to exclusive live streaming instructor events.

Card making pros, Kristina Werner and Jennifer McGuire, teach video-based technique and design classes for card makers like you, whether you’re a beginner or have been making cards for years.

Skillshare
An online learning community with thousands of classes for creative and curious people, on topics including illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, and more, and that includes card making and paper crafting! You get access to all classes for a monthly or annual fee.

Card making expert Brandi Mahon offers several courses specializing in card making, but also other craft media, as well as how to build craft blogs.
 

ONLINE PAPER CRAFTING COMMUNITIES

Split Coast Stampers
A web-based community for paper crafters. Rubber stamping and card making is their first love, but you’ll find scrapbookers there too. Online since 2003, their mission in life is to be the only place you’ll ever need for stamping-related resources and inspiration.

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