Angel Policy

Craft Buddy™ LTD Angel Policy

To ensure we protect everyone from the misuse of images, we have established an Angel Policy for you to follow when you are working with our copyrighted designs. This policy protects all parties by ensuring that crafters who wish to sell their cards or crafting projects, can. It also protects us as a business by ensuring that our designs are used in the correct manner.

Please read the below policy carefully. If in you do not understand anything stated below, please contact us at customer.service@craftbuddyltd.co.uk and we will be happy to advise you.

Our customers are welcome to use our stamps & dies on any HANDMADE artworks. Items which are handmade are those which have been HAND STAMPED and/or die cut, created by hand, and have not been mechanically reproduced/copied/scanned etc.

You may sell handmade creations, which contain Craft Buddy stamped images. All handmade creations must be full projects or cards, not just stamped images. Please do not mechanically, graphically, or electronically reproduce any Craft Buddy Stamp designs and/or images, this also includes photocopying, scanning, or creating embroidery files.

The sale of Craft Buddy stamped images and/or die cuts is strictly prohibited. This includes hand stamping the image and then selling it as a "topper" (black and white or pre-coloured image) to another person or business entity or mass die cutting designs and reselling those die cut pieces. All Craft Buddy stamps & die products are intended for your personal use and enjoyment. You may not redistribute any of our designs, this includes polymer stamp designs, die cuts, digital designs, and custom products. Distribution includes but is not limited to: sharing via email, trading, swapping, lending, duplicating, posting to the internet, or reselling in any form. Please respect the rights of our artists.

All Craft Buddy Stamp & Die designs and images are copyright protected and may not be copied without permission.

Craft Buddy stamped images and designs may not be used to create logos or trademarks.

Appropriate credit should be given to Craft Buddy Ltd and our artists whenever possible.

NB- Craft Buddy Ltd reserve the right to update this angel policy without prior notice.

Digital Products - Terms of Use

For questions or concerns, please contact customer.service@craftbuddyltd.co.uk

You May:

Use all Craft Buddy Stamps designs for personal use. All creations must be hand-crafted.
Use designs to create hand-crafted items for resale. All items must be hand-crafted. No photocopying or mechanical reproduction of designs is allowed.
Alter images to fit your needs. For example: resizing for printing or adding colour to images.
Give credit to Craft Buddy Ltd and our artists whenever possible. Your efforts are appreciated, but not required.

You May NOT:

Claim any Craft Buddy Stamp designs, products, or graphics as your own.
Sell or distribute our images. This also includes emailing/transferring to a third party.
Use our designs in kits or to make rubber/clear stamps without prior written consent.
You may NOT, under any circumstances, share digital files/downloads with anyone, at any time. Your purchase of any Craft Buddy digital product is only a license for you, as the purchaser, to use this design in your personal crafting. Please respect the rights of our artists and never share digital products/files.

All content contained within this website is the sole property of Craft Buddy Ltd and is subject to protections under all applicable copyright laws. This includes but is not limited to intellectual property, graphic designs, and images.

For questions regarding our angel policy and/or copyright information please contact us.

Disney© Angel Policy

Disney has granted rights to various third parties to design, develop, manufacture and sell a range of Disney branded craft products for consumers. These licensed craft products are intended for use by consumers for personal, family, or friends enjoyment.

This includes making gifts for family specifically for Birthdays or other private celebrations. Licensed products may be used to produce crafted items for sharing amongst friends and family (such as non-commercial gift giving) but not for any wider sale or distribution.

Peter Rabbit Angel Policy

Assets are permitted to be used for creating personal and resalable items, as long as the following conditions are met:
1. Items are crafted by hand (no mechanical reproduction in any form is permitted).
2. Items are sold to raise funds for local establishments (e.g. local schools, hospitals, community centres), or for registered charities.
3. Items are not sold for large-scale commercial gain (i.e. a single person cannot sell more than 200 crafted items in any 12-month period).
4. Items are not promoted or sold online at any time.
5. Items are not promoted or sold through retail outlets at any time.
6. Items sold give credit to Craft Buddy on the back.
7. Designs are not used as company logos, trademarks, or personal stationery .

MARVEL Angel Policy

Marvel has granted rights to various third parties to design, develop, manufacture and sell a range of Disney branded craft products for consumers. These licensed craft products are intended for use by consumers for personal, family, or friends enjoyment. This includes making gifts for family specifically for Birthdays or other private celebrations. Licensed products may be used to produce crafted items for sharing amongst friends and family (such as non-commercial gift giving) but not for any wider sale or distribution.

Star Wars® Angel Policy

Lucasfilm Ltd has granted rights to various third parties to design, develop, manufacture and sell a range of Lucasfilm Ltd branded craft products for consumers. These licensed craft products are intended for use by consumers for personal, family, or friends enjoyment.

PADDINGTON BEAR ANGEL POLICY

The Copyrights Group Limited (‘Copyrights’) is the worldwide licensor of Paddington Bear products on behalf of Paddington and Company Limited which is the worldwide owner of the copyrights and trademarks in the artwork, names and texts associated with the character created by Michael Bond known as Paddington Bear. Copyrights has licensed various third parties to design, manufacture and sell craft products to consumers featuring Paddington Bear which are intended solely for personal use by consumers such as gifting with friends and family or for sale for charity and good causes. Such craft products are not licensed for commercial manufacture, wider distribution or retail sale by such consumers. Specifically:

Such items may not be manufactured for large scale commercial gain which is defined as the manufacture of more than 200 crafted items per annum.
Such items may not be sold promoted or offered for sale via the internet
Such items may not be sold promoted or offered for sale via any retail outlet
Designs featuring Paddington Bear may not be used as the logo for any person, business or company.
All such items must be manufactured by hand without involving any mechanical reproduction (such as photocopying or 3D printing).

All questions relating to this Angel Policy should be directed to: enquiries@copyrightsgroup.com

ME TO YOU ANGEL POLICY

CRAFT BUDDY LIMITED (referred to in this Angel Policy as “CRAFT BUDDY”), are pleased that their customers wish to create and sell personal craftwork items incorporating CARTE BLANCHE GREETINGS LIMITED’S (“CARTE BLANCHE”) designs and images.

CRAFT BUDDY do not wish to inhibit creativity, but wish not only to protect their own designs, but those of CARTE BLANCHE, so both CRAFT BUDDY and CARTE BLANCHE can continue to provide a wide range of interesting and innovative designs without fear of competing with mass produced versions of the
same image.

CRAFT BUDDY have therefore established this Angel Policy for you to adhere to when using CARTE BLANCHE’s copyrighted images and designs. All users of any product purchased from CRAFT BUDDY which bears CARTE BLANCHE designs and imagery must follow these guidelines when using CARTE BLANCHE’s designs, artwork or images for the purposes of creating items for sale.

Each handcrafted item must be personally and individually made by you (i.e. not mass produced) and may not be reproduced or copied by any means – including graphic, digital, electronic, mechanical or photocopying. Items must not be sold for large-scale commercial gain. You may sell for profit a maximum of 100 finished
products (i.e. cards, craft projects etc) per design, per year. These 100 finished projects can be sold via family and friends, office sales, fete sales etc to raise funds for charity or for small scale profit. The items must not be sold in retail outlets, online or via mail order.

Mass production, assembly line construction, production by workers for hire, or syndication of craftwork for sale is prohibited. When selling handmade craft items, you (the seller) must make it clear that the items have been handmade or personally created by you.

You may not use CRAFT BUDDY or CARTE BLANCHE artwork, designs or images for the purpose of creating company logos, trademarks or trade CRAFT BUDDYs, or to imply a connection between the CARTE BLANCHE characters and/or artwork and any third party brand or product.

No finished product may be used in any way that implies an endorsement of your items by, or an affiliation with, CRAFT BUDDY or CARTE BLANCHE.
Any finished products you create should NOT be used in a manner which may be considered harmful, or malign, abuse or bring CRAFT BUDDY, CARTE BLANCHE or any characters belonging to CARTE BLANCHE into disrepute.

CRAFT BUDDY and CARTE BLANCHE may modify this policy from time to time at the discretion of CRAFT BUDDY or CARTE BLANCHE.