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I just got my preorder Spring Mini stamps yesterday - what do you use to adhere the little squares and circles from this set?? Some of you might have the "I'm Here" set, which also has a similar stamp with letters.
It looks like LaurenStamps60 used mini glue dots for the letters!? That seems like it would be tricky! Maybe the little Xyron would work best?
Any experience with these little guys?
I just got my set and have been experimenting and I have come to the conclusion that the best way to work with these little buggers is to xyron the cardstock first, then stamp, then punch. MUCH BETTER!!
Jenn,
When you use your xyron I'm assuming :oops: that you run the whole alphabet through the xyron, then punch out the letters you need, then peel off the protective xyron paper. My question is, will the xyron adhesive start to gum up the punch? If so, how do you recommend cleaning the punch?
Thanks in advance for your wisdom, and anyone else's thoughts!
I hadn't gotten so far as to think about the punch gumming! But I think that the undo/googone would work w/a qtip as suggested.
I was trying to use the 2-way, and that worked well. But I kept loosing the bitty punchies! So I stamp, run through xyron, then I cut into strips so that it's easier to punch. I've been keeping the extra letters in the stamp box.
I just realized that that sounds like I've actually *used* the stamps more than once. :oops: I've used one of them, but can't wait to play more tonight!
Hi Jenn - Just curious why do you do this? Doesn't the punch reach far enough? :? Linda
Duh. . . I don't remember why I did that. I don't think it reached. . . .but I was doing it in the middle of the night after Regionals. .. so take what I say with a grain of salt there!
Thalnks everyone for the helpful ideas. I think these little letters are too cute. I can't wait to order mine. I'm trying to hold off for Spring Into Action. It's soooooooooooooooo hard!!
I was waiting to see some discussion on this. I have not used mine yet but had been thinking about the best way. I thought about using the Xyron but worried about the punch getting gummy. Thought about mini dots too.
I think for demo purposes mini dots would be the way to go. You have to think about ease of demo'ing and also if you involve the Xyron as a solution........well how are you going to sell this set to customers when it looks like you have to have an expensive tool to use your stamp set. Know what I mean??
you can always use the self adhesive lable sheets that you can get in the stationary department of Walmart or Target. They are white, so you can color them with a sponge, or direct to paper. Stamp the alphabet, punch out the letters, then peal of the backing and stick!
Should work great, and less likely to gum up the punch then xyron.
Adhesive for Alphbits??
