Jstroobants's Reviews

Love this low tack tape. It works great for holding dies in place while sending them through the die cutter, is tacking enough to hold for three or more passes, but easily peels off without damaging paper.

I wasn't quite sure how to use these efficiently, since the packaging doesn't give directions, so I googled tonic studios & did a tutorial search from their web page. I hadn't realized that there are little guide notches on the dies to help you align the dies with score lines & folds, so that you are easily able to align the die on your paper to get a straight cut. In addition, I had no trouble getting a full, clean, complete cut in just one pass without using any shims in my Evolution die cutting machine. I've only had time to use one of the header & topper sets in this Christmas wishes die set, but I'm looking forward to trying out the other two sets, as the results with the first set were awesome & stunning. I used solid card stock for the die cut piece, & backed it with patterned paper to make the die design really pop.

I love the ease of application. Other spray mists clogged often, & had a simple finger-depress pump, which usually spins around inside the container. Color blooms have a trigger mechanism, which makes application neater & easier. In addition, I hadn't realized that the color has a pearly shimmer, which I really like. I had expected the colors to be vibrant, but flat. I applied the color bloom to mulberry paper flowers, & had full coverage in just three or four pumps after priming the pump. I also like the little trigger guard, which can be placed back on the pump after use to prevent accidental discharge of spray.

I can't wait to use these on a layout! I love the thickness of the paper, the exceptional quality of the print, & the designs!

I love the ease of stamping with LaBlance, the incredible detail, & the nostalgic feel of these stamps.

I love the LaBlance stamp Child with cat. It's a bit of a challenge to color, but I love the ease of stamping this image, the incredible detail, & the nostalgic feel of the stamp.

I used this product yesterday for the first time. It's a bit difficult to apply in small spaces, & I noticed that when I accidentally got a little out of my target area onto some inked space, it removed the ink when I removed the paste. However, it really does look like snow, with just a bit of glistening in the paste, which isn't visible until the paste dries. Overall, I am pleased with the product & will definitely use it again.

The product is fine. The service was anything but fine. I ordered 3 of this item, & only received one of them. When I contacted Scrapbook.com, I received an email communication asking questions about the nature & condition of the packaging. When I responded to the email, I never got a response. Subsequent contact by me to Scrapbook.com resulted in being told that Scrapbook.com never received my response, although my email program shows that the response was sent. I resent a 2nd response, & haven't received any follow-up on that communication, either. If I haven't received some communication by Wednesday, I will communicate again, & if I don't get a response on my third try to get everything I paid for, I'll contact the better business bureau.

I was very pleased with these stencils. There are 2 in a pack, & seeing as how I already have quite a few Imaginisce adhesive jewels, as well as some Recollections self-adhesive bling, but didn't have any design stencils, I thought I'd try them out. it's an excellent way to use the bling I already had, & actually have a nice flourish design as the end result! I believe they''ll also save me $ in the long run, since I won't need to buy tons of bling designs at $4 or more a piece. I found they were easy to use, also. I merely placed the stencil where I wanted the flourish, marked each spot with a pen, removed the stencil, then applied the bling on each marked spot.

I was very pleased with these stencils. There are 2 in a pack, & seeing as how I already have quite a few Imaginisce adhesive jewels, as well as some Recollections self-adhesive bling, but didn't have any design stencils, I thought I'd try them out. it's an excellent way to use the bling I already had, & actually have a nice flourish design as the end result! I believe they''ll also save me $ in the long run, since I won't need to buy tons of bling designs at $4 or more a piece. I found they were easy to use, also. I merely placed the stencil where I wanted the flourish, marked each spot with a pen, removed the stencil, then applied the bling on each marked spot.

I was a bit disappointed when I saw these. They don't look as nice up close as the photo shows. The colors are not as vibrant as in the picture. In addition, the photo doesn't show how distorted the outermost petals of the flowers are. In the photo, they look like a traditional rose, but the actual product has outer petals that are more reminiscent of perhaps a tigerlily, with a inner rose formation.

I ordered these but never received them in my order. I am still waiting for them!

Since birdcages seem to be all the rage for embellishing scrapbook pages, I thought I'd order one to check it out & see if I really like it. I don't recall if the product description mentioned the size or not, but I was very disappointed by how small it actually is. While I wouldn't want it to be so big that it would draw attention away from the photo in the layout, given the price I paid, there should have been at least 2, & preferably 3 die cuts in the package for that price.

I tried the aqua flow pens, thinking it would be easier than watercolor pencils & a water brush, but it didn't work out well First off, it was hard to screw the ink portion back onto the barrel of the pen correctly. Second, it was hyped as having a pointed tip for detail work, or a brush for broad strokes, but I had to press down so hard to get the ink flowing that the fine tip was destroyed & I was left with only the brush for broad strokes, which made it next to impossible to control where I placed each color in the project I was working on. Finally, the ink bled too much so I ended up with a blobby, blurry mess.

Prima's watercolor pencils & aqua brushes were much better, & I'll be sticking with them in the future.

I bought this product because it says: Use these to make adhesive die cuts and apply embellishments like paper, glitter, or beads. I tried attaching it to cardstock & running through my Evolution die-cutting machine so that I'd have an adhesive backed ornament die. The wafer-thin die did not cut all the way through the cardstock, the adhesive & the backing paper, even after 4 passes through the machine, & even though I changed the orientation of the paper, to make sure I was getting the best possible cut. It may work with steel rule dies, but the thickness with cardstock & adhesive & backing is too much for a wafer die to cut through. It does not live up to the advertisement. Furthermore, when I removed the backing paper that did get cut (only a few small pieces cut all the way through), it wasn't very tacky, & probably would not have held very well to whatever I had tried to attach it to.