Hello, creative friends,

I've been thinking lately about just how special this creative community has become. Whether we connect here, on YouTube, Instagram, or somewhere along the way through ISC, those little creative connections truly enrich my creative soul.

We're creating from different homes, different states, and even different parts of the world — yet somehow we continue meeting around paper, ink, rubber stamps, old treasures and the simple pleasure of making something with our hands. I am incredibly grateful for that.

And quite a few of you have been creating alongside me for so long that it feels like much more than simply customer and maker. It feels like a community of creative friends.

The journal pictured above came together during a recent YouTube Live, and I had such a wonderful time reading your reactions to it.

Some of the imagery and creative direction you're seeing here will be showing up again as I begin sharing more of what I've been developing for the ISC Q4 release.

I also want to thank you for the wonderful feedback on the special curated offering I put together with the Q3 release. I listened carefully to what you enjoyed about having imagery, paper elements and deeply etched red rubber working together, and that has given me plenty to think about as I plan what comes next.

It's been a while since I've tucked a subscriber printable into your inbox, and October seemed like the perfect time to change that.

I've created a new New England Ledger printable for you to print, cut apart, stamp on, tuck into your journals, distress, stitch and, most importantly, make completely your own.

I'm also working on something very special. The first prototype is finished, the next one is underway, and this particular project has been living in my imagination for quite some time.

I'm not quite ready to tell you everything yet — where would the fun be in that? — but I'll be sharing much more in the next week or so.

And yes, there are new ISC rubber stamps in the works for Q4 too. There is plenty happening in the studio this October.

Wherever you are and whatever season you may be stepping into, I hope it brings you a little time to sit down, pull out something you love, make something with your hands and simply enjoy the process.

Thank you for being here, for supporting this little creative company of mine, and most of all, for continuing to create alongside me.

With creative gratitude,
Betsy
Innovative Stamp Creations