Pamski's Reviews

Cut and emboss in one step. Perfect. I've used this scads of times and I love it more every time I use it.

Every folder I've gotten from Paper Roses is a poor performer. Not sure if the hinged ed, or the depth of the embossing, but I wont order any more from them. It looks, just kind of cheap...and it has nothing to do with the cost, its just not a deep emboss/deboss.

I like this ink

I was beginning to think that there were no gold dots that were shiny and not faceted. AND I got them for free. I'm going to buy more of these...they are perfection!

I have been hunting for a "flower blue" for ages. This is it. Forget me not blue, Hydrangea blue, morning glory blue...this is it!

Best stone embossing folder I have seen. I love this on every card I make.

I like the die, however it would be great if a separate dimensional piece/pieces were included. I tried cutting it apart, but because of the way the trees are connected...it looked a little off.

This is a nice set, however you will need to add a lot of detail to make the cut pieces look nice. Shading, tool work, curling and bending and adding veins to the flowers and leaves. I added some expanded foam to the cutting sandwich (the kind they wrap TV's in) and that improved the dies detail somewhat.

Something new to add to my cards besides Merry Christmas. I cut off the FA and put additional LA's inside the cards to finish the verse. Cute

After cutting with these I find I have very little in the way of small stamps for lettering inside the banner. Good thing I have good handwriting, because right now that's my only option.

The detail looks much better on the packaging. If you have skills at adding dimension with shadowing you won't be unhappy. I don't have those skills. They are small and I'm not sure if I will be using them without much more practice.

I glue these to my wreaths and trees for Christmas Cards. Not shiny smooth so they stick great with the glue I use. I think they were a little expensive to use in a shaker card, but as an applied item for detail, its the best!!

It has never let me down. It makes my cards darn near bullet proof.
Using tape prevents warping and wrinkling. This is great tape

I have every kind of dimensional craft paint there is, and this stuff has no rival. It holds a dot if you want a dot, it flattens a little if you want it to with a few slaps of your project on the tabletop. The colors are perfect, although I wish that more primary colors were offered, like a perfect Royal Blue (dreams dreams dreams) Anyway, I know it's not cheap, but why waste money on things that don't perform. I just get this. Also, this color is not a Christmas Berry Red, its more like a Strawberry red....a hint of a pink undertone.

First let me say I got this as a freebee with an order from SB.com!!! I am so happy I didn't actually pay for this. Maybe a little feedback will help the Scrapbook.com people take another look. The bottle is a little stiff for the consistency of the glue. When you give the bottle a little squeeze, enough to get the glue flowing, you get a blob. That is something I can't have. I measured the hole to compare it with the glue tube I usually use, (Connect from GK) and the Smart bottle hole was actually smaller. This stuff is just too runny. Some of my pieces are so small, I can't have them covered in glue. Then there is the dry time. After the glue is applied to paper, ribbon, sequins...etc., there is ZERO lag time. You better put it where you want it forever, because it won't move. After a while I glued a few experiment pieces...so I could cut my losses. It dries shiny...for me that's a deal ender. This glue is so thin, it won't hold a dot, meaning that it levels very quickly and any pressure at all causes squish out. I hope that they look at the formula again and make some improvements or they will be offering this again for free.

It took a few tries to get used to the possibilities but after that, I was happy. All of the colors I got were vivid (as I wanted them to be) but can be subdued with more and more water. Best of all the shimmer doesn't rub off (like wink of stella often does). I am always on the hunt for different colors to use when I die cut text (i.e. Happy Birthday). This is perfect for that. I don't have it, I make it! This is a good thing, and a little goes a loooooonnnnnggggggg way.

So pretty, but I would never have gotten this without the accompanying die. I know it cost a bit more, but fussy cutting this would have driven me mad.

I know they call this honeycomb, but the way the hexagons are angled it can also be colored and used for snake skin. I love this one!!

But it does look best with a colored paper. White is not the way to go unless you plan to use distress ink or color the debossed area in some way.

Clear embossing, nice and deep without cutting the paper....I like it.

Embosses nicely, its just the pattern is a little smaller than I anticipated. I'll keep it because it really is cute

It looks like pebbles, but some color in the pebbles and cut a window and a flower box and it looks like the side of a stone cottage. Love it

The embossing is so small and so light it hardly makes an impression in the cardstock at all. I guess if you were to use ink and sponge it would appear a little more dimensional, but this I think I need to send back. So disappointed because the pattern is so pretty.

and VERY intricate!

I was a little hesitant because I already own so many boarder dies, but this one is a little different. It cuts the individual boarders, but the die is all in one piece, its not separate. No fussing around wondering about what fits what and will this line up....of course it will because all the frames were cut with one die. This is not one of my favs.

Easy to hold and most importantly doesn't slip through my fingers when I'm giving it my all! Turns easily...I'd spend money on this one.

I visited a Stamp/Scrap show and found a wonderful woman making tiny tiny flowers and card scapes in which to use them. I purchased the dies from her, however using it on my Platinum from Spellbinders was oxy. I got the sidekick and it is perfect for cutting little dies while you sit and do one after the other without a lot of fussing around. I love it and I use it often.