Stampin Up vs. Close to my Heart

[maslex]

I used to be a Stampin Up demonstrator quite a few years ago and have had home parties from both companies. I truly love Stampin Up's products and have had A LOT (and I mean A LOT) of their products. But after being a demo for SU for a couple of years, I started getting burned out and ended up selling EVERYTHING a few years ago. I now regret it. I really miss making my own Christmas cards.

I just looked through the Stampin Up catalog and have fell in love with a few of the Christmas stamps. I then decided to look online at the Close to my Heart catalog. I also fell in love with quite a few Christmas stamps from them. LOL

I plan on getting a few sets from each. I'm not sure though if I like the SU colors better or CTMH? Or which cardstock I like better.

How about you? Do you prefer one company over another? Why?

 

[Suz D]

I'm somewhat biased because I've been a CTMH consultant for over 11 years. I love our full line of clear stamps and the new Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge is absolutely amazing!

But...you can't beat SU's punches and the diversity of their stamped images. Although I buy mostly CTMH, I definately buy SU as well. They also have the way cool Sizzix dies.

 

[MazdaUK]

CTMH for the storeability (if that's a word!) of the stamps. PLus I do love their cardstock and paper packs. I'm currently without a consultant here (as they don't operate in the UK) boohoo.

 

[LindaBabe]

SU fan here. CMTH stamps have, so far, just not appealed to me. The card stock seems to be good quality and have a finish that takes ink well.

The only thing I don't like about SU is the mechanics of their stamp pads - folding them shut always results in inky fingers

 

[MazdaUK]

CTMH pads are the same, but I love that they fold flat to apply the ink so I put up with it