Altered Couture is a 160-page publication dedicated to altered and embellished clothing and accessories. It is filled with gorgeous photographs of altered jackets, t-shirts, sweaters, jeans, skirts, and more, accompanied by easy-to-understand techniques and endless inspiration. You'll find new ways to transform your own garments and accessories into fabulous works of wearable art. Now you don’t have to throw your clothes away! Altered Couture will show you creative ideas on how you can add a twist to your attire with just a few resources: dyes, paints, bleach, rubber stamps, threads, buttons, beads, and more! Click here for more details.

Since 1994, Stampington & Company of Laguna Hills, California, has been a leading source of information and inspiration for arts and crafts lovers around the world.

Launched with a small line of rubber stamps by President and Publisher Kellene Giloff, the company has since expanded to include more than 1,500 stamp images and best-selling publications including The Stampers' Sampler, Somerset Studio, Belle Armoire, Somerset Memories, Art Doll Quarterly, and Take Ten.

Known for their stunning full-color photography and step-by-step instructions, Stampington & Company's publications provide a forum for both professional artists and hobbyists to share their beautiful handmade creations with one another.

Since its 1997 debut, Somerset Studio has become the flagship publication within the art and crafting industry. This bimonthly magazine attracts a large and devoted following of readers seeking the latest innovations in the art of paper and mixed-media.

The Stampers' Sampler is a bimonthly publication, is filled with hand-stamped artwork contributed by readers and accompanied by detailed instructions.

Belle Armoire is a bimonthly publication that features fabric arts, handmade garments, creative jewelry and accessories. Belle Armoire has become known for showcasing the very best handmade wearable art.

Somerset Memories is a bimonthly publication that features high-end scrapbook pages as well as handmade artwork incorporating family photographs, vintage photography, treasured documents, and assorted memorabilia. Elegant page layouts for scrapbooking, personal journals, artist books, and so much more are offered in this highly regarded publication.

Art Doll Quarterly is a unique full-color publication devoted to the art of making creative dolls and sculptural figures out of cloth, clay, an assortment of embellishments such as beads and found objects, and mixed-media materials.

Take Ten, sister publication to The Stampers' Sampler, was launched as a special publication but quickly proved to be so successful that it is now available on a quarterly basis. It features rubber stamped cards that can be made quickly — in most cases, under 10 minutes.

Additional titles that were launched as special publications that are now available on a quarterly basis include Altered Couture, Somerset Life, Belle Armoire Jewelry, Artful Blogging, and Life Images.

Annual and biannual special publications that continue to be published regularly include Haute Handbags, Somerset Workshop, Somerset Studio Gallery, Sew Somerset, Catch Up, Handcrafted, Stampington Inspirations (& Catalog), Somerset Home, and Somerset Holidays.

Past special publications include Beyond Paper Dolls, True Colors, Transparent Art, Signatures, Material Visions, Artist Trading Cards: An Anthology of ATCs, Return to Asia, Art Doll Chronicles, Art Journal Calendars, and Salon.

Stampington & Company's art department is a Macintosh environment. All PC files should be converted to Macintosh readable files before being submitted for publication.

Programs	File Types	Media Type
QuarkXpress v.6	Xpress	Compact Disk
InDesign CS v.3.1	TIF	FTP
Adobe Photoshop CS v.8	EPS
Adobe Illustrator CS v.11	PDF (call for specs)
Adobe Acrobat

Mac or PC
Macintosh format is preferred, although PC files may be used if formatted to the required file types (i.e. pdf, tif, or eps). All files must be submitted using the required program and/or in the specified file type. Please have a service bureau near you convert files to the appropriate type, if necessary.

Email or FTP
Ad files are accepted via e-mail-in order to meet deadlines — if they are under 3 megabytes. Files larger must be sent on disk or via FTP. Please contact your advertising representative to set up an FTP account. All files sent through cyberspace must be accompanied by a faxed print for proofing accuracy. Stampington & Company is not responsible for files that are corrupt or become unreadable via Internet transfer.

Additional fees
Preflight production (checking files, ad placement) is included in the cost of your ad. Any additional production time (files improperly formatted, missing fonts, corrupt, not sized to spec) will be billed at $60.00 per hour in 15 minute increments. You will be contacted before any additional charges are incurred.

Make sure your ad files include the following:

• A list of contacts for the ad. Include the advertiser, advertising agency or ad designer and phone number for each.

• A digital submission, preferred for all ads, including black and white. Film will not be accepted.

• A printout of ad for proofing purposes.

• All support files for ad, including fonts and imports if neccesary.

• Conversion to CMYK, grayscale or bitmap. RGB and Pantone spot-colors will be converted to CMYK.

• Conversion to TIFF or EPS file format for all imports.

• Both parts of fonts: printer font and screen font.

• Copy must fall within 1/4" margin from trim to avoid cropping during trim stage.

• Full page ads — Add 1/8" bleed all the way around so image will extend past page size.

• Digital files in the appropriate file type, or

• Camera-ready art (RC paper, Velox printout or a clean laser printout at 1200 dpi and 175 lpi, 100% black. Camera-ready art must not have screens [gray tones.])

AD SIZE* in inches	W	x	H
Full page trim	8.375	x	10.875
Full page with bleed	8.625	x	11.125
Full page live area	7.375	x	9.875
2/3 page vertical	4.875	x	9.875
1/2 page horizontal	7.375	x	4.875
1/3 page vertical	2.313	x	10.000
1/3 page square	4.875	x	4.875
1/4 page square	3.563	x	4.875
1/6 page vertical	2.313	x	4.875
1/12 page square	2.313	x	2.313

*Measurements for ad sizes are not to be inverted.

To request a Media Kit and for more information, contact:

Laura Burns Advertising & Marketing Manager lburns@stampington.com (949) 380-7318, Ext. 137	Sierra Greenman Advertising Assistant Manager sgreenman@stampington.com (949) 380-7318, Ext. 141	Melissa Mercer Advertising Account Executive mmercer@stampington.com (949) 380-7318, Ext. 115	Elizabeth Komatsu Advertising Account Coordinator ekomatsu@stampington.com (949) 380-7318, Ext. 137
	Stampington & Company 22992 Mill Creek Suite B Laguna Hills CA 92653 (877) 782-6737 Toll Free (949) 470-2977 Fax