Alchemyart's Reviews

This is so cool! But, this isn't a toy, it's my new workhorse for water media. Go ahead and get WET! The large indented space accommodates a generous 9x12 sized paper and will keep your wet where is should be and not running off across your worktable. The twelve smaller indented spaces are sized to fit our tiny ink cubes, a scribble of water soluble crayons, inks, or any other water media you want to keep separate or mix and easily use. I LOVE Silicone! This mat is 100% Silicone so, it's not only waterproof, it's also heat proof so grab your heat tool to dry your work between layers. This is a game changer for working wet. You're going to love this tool!

These larger boxes with their six little boxes inside are so useful. I was sure these would be the perfect storage for all my different pens. And boy, do I have a lot of different pen sets. Now, instead of having them take up a whole lot of desk space, I filled two sets of six little boxes and instead and the foot print for all those pens is minimal and yet I can see my labels clearly and know where each set is! I Really Love these boxes and I'm thinking of other great uses for these wonderful Storage Boxes!

I've owned this Heat It craft tool for years. It still works and hangs from a hook on the side of my worktable. It still works great producing a perfect heat for all craft jobs and doesn't have a strong blower so nothing gets airborne while you're heating it. I've recently transformed my garage to a big studio that can accommodate good air flow and room to work wet and messy. So, this new Heat Tool is going in the garage studio! I still get to keep the spare bedroom for my small studio. I paint in acrylics and this tool is great to speed up the dry time between steps when pouring or glazing when you don't want things to move anymore!. I've recommended this tool to many of my acrylic artist friends who aren't crafters and have never seen one of these!

I bought the Tim Holtz Stamp Platform at Carson, CA Fall 2017 Convention. I've been using it since then without this Zipper Sleeve. I decided to buy the Zipper sleeve after dropping the platform while traveling. I was lucky that it dropped on a cushy carpet. I can't imagine what would have happened on a hard floor! Needless to say, after that experience, I feel it's better to be safe than sorry!

I bought my first three sets of Distress crayons at theNovember2017 Carson Convention. I experimented with them right away before seeing any demos beside the one at the convention. Since then I've watched Tim demo these amazing crayons and I can't stop playing with these yummy colors. Tim has created the perfect hybrid of dye ink transparency and pigment ink opacity with the surprise of water reactivity! As usual, Tim has thought of everything and has the perfect container tins to hold these crayons. I had to buy a second tin with this last round of sets! Start playing and you'll find they are addictive.

These Faber Castell Big Brush Pens are packed with color! As advertised, these pens deliver Waterproof, highly lightfast, acid free, Archival Indian Ink. They are also advertised as Stamper's brush pens. I haven't used them on stamps yet, but they really put down beautiful color on paper. And last but not least, the inks in the Big Brush pens is matched in their smaller brush pens and all their Artists Pens. So, Mix & Match isn't just a fancy phrase, it's a useful tool!

These Vintage Art Decor Moulds look strong and durable and I'm sure the deeply etched details will provide years of clean and beautiful reproductions. Can't wait to use them all!