Each handmade craft you make sends a message, whether it’s birthday wishes or expressing sympathy for the loss of a loved one. A key component of that message, for many projects, is a pre-stamped sentiment that lets the recipient know why they’re lucky enough to receive a handmade craft.
One of the easiest ways to do this is to use sentiment stamps, which are often included in Stampin’ Up! Stamp sets — all perfectly coordinated to fit the look of their decorative siblings. There are also stamp sets that are entirely sentiments, giving crafters even more options to chose from.
However, since it can often be overwhelming to know what sentiments you have. It’s easy to get frustrated by:
- Finding the perfect sentiment for a particular project
- Mix things up by opting to use a more unique sentiment
- Knowing what sentiments come with what set
- Working with a stamp set designed for certain kinds of occasions but using it to convey a different message
- Finding single words that you can use to build your own sentiments
- Locating the right words, but find the typography style doesn’t match the look you’re going for
That’s where Sentiments+ comes in. Sentiments+ is a new digital service that catalogs a growing collection of sentiment and word stamps from the Stampin’ Up! product line.
- It’s searchable: Type in what you’re looking for and locate just the right words
- It’s flexible: Sentiments+ doesn’t interfere with how you organize and store your stamps
- It’s all in the details: Narrow your search to only show sentiments in certain categories, typographic styles or sizes.
Sentiments+ doesn’t stop there, however. The service also allows you to take advantage of a variety of personalization options:
- Digitally add stamp sets to your collection so you only see results from what you own
- Create a favorites list to organize your go-to sentiment stamps
- Build a digital wishlist to keep track of stamp sets you might be interested in adding to your collection (yes, we made it easier to buy more stamps!)
By the way, there’s also a bonus feature. While Sentiments+ isn’t designed to be a general or all-purpose stamp organizer or catalog since it doesn’t have stamps with images or artwork entered individually, there is a sort of “secret menu” feature within the search tool.
- When searching by keyword, we’ll also show matches for stamp sets that match the theme of your project (for example, “winter”)
- You can also use keyword searches to find sets that have the exact or similar object to what you’re looking for (for example, “cake”).
- The tool is also useful for finding general purpose stamps such as shapes, textures and backgrounds plus common elements such as hearts.
- Searching by item number is also supported.
Sentiments+ is free to get started. When you create an account, you’ll automatically be given digital access to search, see and organize all stamps in the current annual catalog — at no charge.
The service is also being updated with stamp sets in past years’ catalogs as well as Paper Pumpkin and kit collection sets, so stay tuned for more great updates.