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I am considering the plaid maker. For those of you who have it, is it worth it? What are the pros and cons. I have Perfect Plaids (retired) and I don't use it very often because I am very anal and can't get it very straight. Any help would be appreciated!
__________________ Whitney
"Would you not like to be sitting on top of the world with
your legs hanging free" -Dave Matthews Band
Nothing beats the plaid maker for versatality and creativeness! It is not messy if you use your sponge daubers to rub the ink. Not one bit of ink gets on my fingers. I usually stand at my island, have lots of grid paper underneath and I use my two way glue pen to temporarily glue the plaidmaker to the grid paper. Even though I must wash it each time, I love the colors and designs I can make with it. I just then reattach it to my grid paper. It is definitely worth getting! HTH!
I use my plaid maker (small) all the time. I use the foam brayer and I don't really have much trouble with a mess. I don't glue mine, but rather use wide masking tape around the edges to hold in place. I've also simply held mine down for small jobs. Suzanne
__________________ Suzanne
WAS hot shot executive. NOW Alexi's mom - PRICELESS!!
I am considering the plaid maker. For those of you who have it, is it worth it? What are the pros and cons. I have Perfect Plaids (retired) and I don't use it very often because I am very anal and can't get it very straight. Any help would be appreciated!
I bought the plaid maker before I became a demonstrator. I love mine. I have a lot of photos from when the plaids were in and I have used it to make my own background papers. I also used it to make a plaid tie for a father's day card.
my demo (now upline) used this once at a workshop.
Her ink pads were nearly dry.
It was almost impossible to ink up the foam brayer and people were trying to use sponges, which is ridiculous because you're then pushing against the template and getting messy and underneath it....
so make sure your bads are well inked, and the foam brayer is GREAT and just rinse when done.
__________________ Kathy Wrose "Fun must be always." - Tomas Hertl, San Jose Sharks "It was fun." - Kirk, Star Trek: Generations
I really enjoy my plaidmaker. I learned a lot from the threads on this site about how best to use it. (You may want to try a search.)
I had an old pad of 12x18" construction paper that has a cardboard backing. I flipped the pad over and used that as my work surface. I taped one of the plaidmaker templates to the cardboard (down the left side of the template). After I've finished with the first template, I flip it to the left (still taped to the cardboard). I put tape across the top of the other template so that when I've finished with it, I flip it up. This makes doing several sheets at once (of the same color) easy for me.
I use the foam brayer for the wider stripe. For the narrow stripe, I use a SU sponge that has been cut into quarters and attach a spring-type clothespin to it (keeps ink off my hands).
I also wanted to mention that clean up was sooooo easy! I was surprised! I used real red and forest foliage classic pads to do a background for Christmas cards for a stamp a stack. In all the hustle and bustle, I forgot about cleaning off the templates. (I stored them on top of my refrigerator so my children wouldn't decide to explore them.) When I pulled them down A MONTH LATER, I just placed in in the bottom of my kitchen sink and used the sprayer to wash them down. They were clean instantly!!! Yahoo!
I also note the colors used in cards that appear on this site under daily posts. That way, when I consider a project, I don't have to start thinking about which colors might look good together (I'm color challenged somewhat). I also note when people move the narrow stripes closer together or otherwise change the plaid.
Its a great addition to scrapbook background pages also. Hope this helps.
Thanks for all the responses ladies! Guess for this product, it is almost 50-50! I am still on the fence about it, but I still have a few more days till I place my next order!
__________________ Whitney
"Would you not like to be sitting on top of the world with
your legs hanging free" -Dave Matthews Band
I love, love, LOVE my plaidmaker! I use it all the time. At first I thought it would be a pain to clean but I just wash it off in the sink. I also use sponges and daubers as well as my brayer. It's easy to get your lines straight because you line the spaces up with the side of your paper.
I love the plaid maker. I bought Colorbox RolTap ink apllicator which is a small dual end sponge roller and it is great for the plaid maker. I also love the old plaid maker, it is all on the look you want . I haven't been dissappointed with either. Good luck and have fun!
Plaid Maker- worth it?
