Sunday, December 2, 2007
9:29 AM
I gotta admit, I was tempted to buy these stamps. $30 for the kit. Well designed. Clear backs. HUGE.
But the downside is they are foam, and I NEVER use my foam stamps, much less my REAL (red rubber and clear acrylic) stamps. I am trying to use stamps more and more, but I know for a fact these guys won't get used on my scrapbook pages or my cards. They are *too* big and I have too much patterned paper- I need to be using what I have, not making my own.
I just like the tidiness and detail of regular rubber stamps better. Plus, I love the wood blocks- after going nuts on clear stamps I am back to obsessing over the ones with the wood backings. The fact that JoAnn now carries the almost complete line of Inkadinkado is dangerous... *lust* I haven't bought any stamps in a while, but the last one I got was an awesome stamp of a coffee ring (see below- by Inkadinkado- great background sort of stamp...)
One thing that these foam stamps would be good for is painting/mixed media collage. So that's what tempted me again. But I have beautiful sets of foam stamps from Making Memories and they are more appropriate for what I use them for.
But if you are a fan of stamps, and don't care about the foam aspect, this is great deal. A great gift, too.
BTW, if you haven't sent me your address for a card, SEND IT- I have a big batch ready to go and a bunch more cards, so let's swap!
Yes I know ..me too on the don't use my foam stamps. These are tempting
Posted by Melina @ December 4, 2007 05:50 PM
