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Do you have a favorite stamp company? - yes, Penny Black
Favorite embellishment? - sequins and gemstones
Favorite type of stamp? Wood, foam mount, PP, bare, other? - foam mount
Have you ever done a major down size - no, just a couple of small ones (but I need to do a major one!!)
Prefer card making alone or with others? - mostly alone but love my monthly get-togethers with my two stamping friends, Loll Thompon and Christine Alexander (calex)
Do you create from scratch or CASE? - mostly from scratch, occasional CASEs
Do you still use punches? - occasionally
Do you like to fussy cut? - love doing it!
Do like to stamp to music? - a bit of Christmas music in November and December, but otherwise podcasts (like CBC or NPR) or audiobooks
Favorite type of stamp: If I like it, it doesn't matter, but prefer polymer these days
Have you ever done a major downsize? Once, last year, stamps only. Suffered from withdrawal for weeks & ended up bringing some back into the fold before selling them.
Prefer cardmaking alone or with others? Either
Do you create from scratch or CASE? From a sketch mostly, some CASE & some my own design.
Do you still use punches? yes
Do you like to fussy cut? NO!!!
Do you like to stamp to music? yes
Do you mail your cards? Always
Do you typically use black or colored ink? Both, depends on project
Do you ever foresee giving up stamping? Not as long there is a breath left in my body!!
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How long have you been stamping? 15 years Do you have a favorite stamp company? Love too many to say FAVE, but Altenew and MFt come to mind! Favorite embellishment? Satin Ribbon and Bling Favorite type of stamp? Have them all but wood is my favorite Have you ever done a major down size? It was tough, but yes and I'm at the point I need to do it again. Prefer card making alone or with others? Alone Do you create from scratch or CASE? Both Do you still use punches? Yes Do you like to fussy cut? Yes Do like to stamp to music? It's a Must! Do you mail your cards? Donate and Mail Do you typically use black or colored ink? Both Baby wipes, stampin scrub, shammy, other? Absorber Sell your cards? Have never tried but would like to Are your cards CAS or layered? Both Do you ever foresee giving up stamping? When my hearts stops beating and God calls me home. I have to have my therapy!
Do you have a favorite stamp company? Hampton Arts, Simon Says Stamp many others...
Favorite embellishment? - Sequins at the moment
Favorite type of stamp? Wood, foam mount, PP, bare, other? - Have them all but really like the clear first and foam mount, second
Have you ever done a major down size - Not major but I do sell some of my things when I can.
Perfer card making alone or with others? - Alone
Do you create from scratch or CASE? - from scratch mostly but will CASE if I can't come up with any new ideas but then I change it around. I don't like to make the same card more than once.
Do you still use punches? - yes
Do you like to fussy cut? - no, it hurts my hand
Do like to stamp to music? - occasionally
Do you mail your cards? - sometimes
Do you typically use black or colored ink? Black for outline mostly but I do use colors to match card.
Baby wipes, stampin scrub, shammy, other? - I have been using Wet Naps but have an Absorber that I am going to start using for my stamps.
Sell your cards? - Absolutely!
Are your cards CAS or layerd? - Layered mostly but try to do some CAS also
Do you ever foresee giving up stamping? - When I die! 😉
Do you have a favorite stamp company? Stampscapes/Tim Holtz/ Visible Image/Lavinia Stamps- I have stamps from many manufacturers, but these are my biggest collections.
Favorite embellishment? -half pearls/acrylic gems/ribbon
Favorite type of stamp? Wood, foam mount, PP, bare, other? - Bare rubber/clear
Have you ever done a major down size - Once, when I swapped rooms
Prefer card making alone or with others? - alone
Do you create from scratch or CASE? - bit of both
Do you still use punches? - Rarely
Do you like to fussy cut? - No, I loathe it
Do like to stamp to music? - Sometines
Do you mail your cards? - sometimes
Do you typically use black or colored ink? Black more often, but colours sometimes too
Do you have a favorite stamp company? - used to be SU, but haven�t seen anything I want there lately, so have been shopping around
Favorite embellishment? - pearls, charms, ribbon, buttons, cord, brads�whatever small piece looks appropriate; none if it doesn�t work with the design
Favorite type of stamp? - wood mounted rubber, even if I buy something unmounted rubber, I mount it on a wooden block with the index stamped or applied exactly to match
Have you ever done a major down size - nothing major, but constantly purging
Prefer card making alone or with others? - alone and uninterrupted
Do you create from scratch or CASE? - both, but I get bits and pieces of ideas from many of the cards I see that others have made
Do you still use punches? - yes, sometimes
Do you like to fussy cut? - yes, one of my favorite pastimes
Do like to stamp to music? - no, give me quiet�how else can I hear me talking to myself?
Do you mail your cards? - yes, all of them, except for those I donate or make for a swap
Do you typically use black or colored ink? - whichever is appropriate for the stamp/technique/design
Baby wipes, stampin scrub, shammy, other? - used a scrub until the �splash� it created messed up 2 nearby cards; went to an old wet towel until I heard about the Absorber, so tried that; gave that up and went back to the towels due to the stiff crumpled way the Absorber dried
Sell your cards? - no, but have been commissioned to do some which I was paid for to cover materials
Are your cards CAS or layered? - sometimes CAS, but I do better with layered
Do you ever foresee giving up stamping? - not in my lifetime!
Do you have a favorite stamp company? - used to be SU, but haven�t seen anything I want there lately, so have been shopping around
Favorite embellishment? - pearls, charms, ribbon, buttons, cord, brads�whatever small piece looks appropriate; none if it doesn�t work with the design
Favorite type of stamp? - wood mounted rubber, even if I buy something unmounted rubber, I mount it on a wooden block with the index stamped or applied exactly to match
Have you ever done a major down size - nothing major, but constantly purging
Prefer card making alone or with others? - alone and uninterrupted
Do you create from scratch or CASE? - both, but I get bits and pieces of ideas from many of the cards I see that others have made
Do you still use punches? - yes, sometimes
Do you like to fussy cut? - yes, one of my favorite pastimes
Do like to stamp to music? - no, give me quiet�how else can I hear me talking to myself?
Do you mail your cards? - yes, all of them, except for those I donate or make for a swap
Do you typically use black or colored ink? - whichever is appropriate for the stamp/technique/design
Baby wipes, stampin scrub, shammy, other? - used a scrub until the �splash� it created messed up 2 nearby cards; went to an old wet towel until I heard about the Absorber, so tried that; gave that up and went back to the towels due to the stiff crumpled way the Absorber dried
Sell your cards? - no, but have been commissioned to do some which I was paid for to cover materials
Are your cards CAS or layered? - sometimes CAS, but I do better with layered
Do you ever foresee giving up stamping? - not in my lifetime!
Just to let you know, the absorber is suppose to be kept damp. I keep mine in a plastic container. When it gets really dirty, you just need to wash it. HTH...
Just to let you know, the absorber is suppose to be kept damp. I keep mine in a plastic container. When it gets really dirty, you just need to wash it. HTH...
Yeah, I know, but I live in the desert and work at a sunny window, so mine dries out every 15 minutes and needs rewetting. I have washed mine and they come out just as stained as the old towels I use, but are stiff and hard to fold to store (I cut mine into useable sizes) and can't be used to dry off a stamp after cleaning on the wet surface. I still have them and may give them another try sometime, but for now they are way at the bottom of my "clean-up drawer."
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Just to let you know, the absorber is suppose to be kept damp. I keep mine in a plastic container. When it gets really dirty, you just need to wash it. HTH...
I didn't know that! I have Lawn Fawn's. I stopped using it because it's so much easier to pull out baby wipes than walk 10 ft to the kitchen to wet it! Lazy, lazy! Maybe I'll try keeping it in a closed container.
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How long have you been stamping? Learned how about 15 years ago then took a LONG hiatus and have reinvigorated this just last year.
Do you have a favorite stamp company? Currently its Unity, but started with SU and discovered Penny Black, MFT, Lawn Fawn in the last year.
Favorite embellishment? Don't use many, but like Nuvo drops and sequins occasionally. Have lots of ribbon from my MIL, but somehow it always looks better on someone else's card.
Favorite type of stamp? Cling
Have you ever done a major down size? I'm more into UP size
Prefer card making alone or with others? Alone, but if anyone wants to come over they are welcome.
Do you create from scratch or CASE? Mostly scratch, but CASE on occasion
Do you still use punches? Occasionally
Do you like to fussy cut? Yes
Do like to stamp to music? YES!
Do you mail your cards? Yes and I give some away as well. (What do you do with them if you don't?)
Do you typically use black or colored ink? Black more often than colored
Baby wipes, stampin scrub, shammy, other? Started with scrubber but can't seem to get it clean, progressed to wipes but don't like the fuzz. Just bought an absorber this week...so we shall see how that goes.
Sell your cards? Nope
Are your cards CAS or layered? Many more CAS than layered but all you people push me into trying new things so I'm evolving.
Do you ever foresee giving up stamping? Not as long as my eyesight and hands hold out. I'm in for the long haul!
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Do you have a favorite stamp company? I have a lot of SU but i like stamps that you do not find at Michaels: Altenew, Unity, The Ton, Visible Image, Designs by Ryn
Favorite embellishment? - Bling
Favorite type of stamp? No particular, I usually unmount my wood
Have you ever done a major down size - No, i think about it, then reconsider
Perfer card making alone or with others? - No one I know does it. I belonged to a SU monthly group, but then I started working a full time and part time job and could no longer attend. I badger my daughter to at least come into my craft room!
Do you create from scratch or CASE? - It always starts out as a CASE, but usually ends up something else
Do you still use punches? - YES!
Do you like to fussy cut? - yes, but i have double vision and am on blood thinner so it is a scary, sometimes messy thing!
Do like to stamp to music? - No
Do you mail your cards? - Yes
Do you typically use black or colored ink? black or brown
Baby wipes, stampin scrub, shammy, other? - a scrubby and some spray or some stamp cleaning wipes.
Sell your cards? - I have
Are your cards CAS or layerd? - Layered
Do you ever foresee giving up stamping? - No, it makes me seems like a way better artist than i am.
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