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Die Cut Tearing Whoas? Not with this tool. I do a lot of intricate die cutting with dies that have literally tons of tiny debris pieces left from the cutting. The dies can get stuck on the paper or the paper will tear when trying to pull the die away. This is both annoying and time consuming, as ruining the die cut you are trying to create and having to rerun the die through the machine (I don't even want to talk about the paper that is wasted in trying to do this without a tool!). This tool makes the process a whole lot easier. Simply run the die through the machine and then place the die that is still attached to the paper on either a piece of foam or a sturdy surface (I use my craft mat when I misplace my foam pad from the sizzix one I bought). FYI, I tried the Sizzix version, but it did not have the pick on the end and it is a crucial element and if you are like me, you do not need one more thing to try to find on your craft table while you are working. To me, this should be on a list of essentials for first time die cutting crafters. It truly has saved me hours and a lot of frustration. Happy crafting!
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More than a Pamphlet. This is more than just a pamphlet. Like many of Tandy's other items, this item does not have the best description. Basically, it's a 30 page booklet which includes an introduction: describing different cuts of leather and other details about choosing leather. Further, it has 38 "How to..." sections, including cutting, skiving, lacing, sewing, stamping and other details for a new leather-crafts beginner. As well, it is full of easy to follow drawings, step-by-steps and photos of different leather crafts. Much could probably be learned even from the intermediate leather-crafts person here. For the price, it's a valuable all-in-one resource. While some of this information is on the web, it's nice to have it all compiled in this this nice glossy booklet.
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Leather Power Strop for Knives. I use this with a set of paper wheels for knife sharpening.
The power strop is the final step. I coat the wheel with green polishing compound and finish the knife with it. If you use this properly, it puts a razor sharp edge on a knife.
Using this with a drill press takes some getting used to. I would have preferred a round 6 or 8 inch leather wheel for use on my grinder, but I couldn't find one that fits universal 1/2 inch shafts and isn't beveled.
Using the wheel with the shaft in the vertical position requires you learn to position the knife properly against the edge of the wheel. It should turn more slowly than the paper wheels. Paper wheels can be used at speeds up to 3500 rpm where a leather strop should be in 600 to 800 rpm for proper use. In terms of speed, rpm's in the 200 to 300 range are also acceptable and work just fine.
Some people use these with hand drills mounted in a fixed position. I use mine with my drill press.
After practicing with the leather wheel, I was able to improve the edge on my knives after basic sharpening with a waxed grit wheel and a paper polishing wheel coated with white polishing compound. The knives coming off the paper wheels are very sharp but after stropping they are factory or professionally sharp.
I haven't tested the knives to see how long they will hold their edge compared to factory or professional sharpening. That test takes a long time.
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I pair I had had for years had gotten very dull and the handles were giving out. Buying new everyday scissors (as opposed to specialty ones for the kitchen, fabric, etc) is not really something you ever think about. I pair I had had for years had gotten very dull and the handles were giving out, so I picked out this pair. They have been great. They arrived really sharp- the first thing I needed them for was cutting contact paper and they glided right through. I have used them on fabric and they worked as well as one can expect for non-fabric shears. They are still going strong and I haven't had any trouble with the handles bending or coming loose.
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Don't buy it. Thought it better to buy a kit with the right paints for marbling. Bought this one and good unbonded and untreated paper - suitable for paint marbling.
The colours came out pastels and I hardly got four sheets out of it. The last sheet I dried and did twice.
The paint did not take well to combing.
The little dots were next to useless, no matter how gently I tried some of the paint sunk. I tried the end of a brush and with a toothpick, not much better.
Will just go and get a good paint marbling recipe and use that. Should not have wasted my money on this one.
Maybe I should have prepared the water with carrageenan and methocel but they don't tell you that. I first tried in a metal tray and the paint sunk, then I switched to a plastic tray and it worked marginally better.
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Very pleased. I am beyond impressed with this kit. First it is easy to do. Just follow the instructions. 2nd it's forgiving if you make minor mistakes. We forgot to mositen our hands and it wasn't an issue. Then our casting stone ended up being a little clumpy when we began to poor it. Again it didn't mess the design up. My son wiggled a lot and it still came out great. When you are trying to pull your hand out it does take a minute for the suction to release. Just be patient and DO NOT rush it. You will know when the suction breaks. Just start by slightly wiggling. You will feel it when the suction breaks. Again be patient. I was so impressed with this that I just order more kits for each of my kids. Lol one happens to be 17, better late than never. My picture is just a few minutes after taking it out the mold. Once the drying phase completes I'll seal it and mount it to a display base.
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Works nicely at a great price. I actually have two of these because when my teen and I are doing things with hot glue we don't always want to wait until the other is done.
Pros:
I like them because they are low temp and a little safer to use for she and I.
The size is convenient
All temperature mini glue sticks are very easy to find
The bright color is easy to see when we are looking through our crafting boxes to find them.
Easy trigger action
Price
Cons:
Lightweight, if you have serious gluing to do, this may not be the glue gun for you.
My daughter likes them because she loves the security of hot glue and using it as a dimensional accent on things she makes.
It's not super fancy, it doesn't have a nice little drip pad or anything like that, it's just a basic, inexpensive mini glue gun. It is enough for what we use it for. Ours have been in use for a couple years now and haven't broken. Given that, and the price, they are a great value for light gluing needs.
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Fast setting resin, mix well (duh) or you might get sticky/slimy casts. Good resin. Mix it very thoroughly or else you'll get some separation and "slime." This isn't as big of an issue for larger pours that I've tried, but low quantity pours have had more troublesome mixing for some reason.
I would like a tiny more setup time to get the mold into a pressure (or degassing) chamber, but it's a benefit as much as a drawback. I haven't seen major issues with air bubbles being trapped in simple molds, but when there are significant undercuts or places for bubbles (imagine large coarse screws), the bubbles don't migrate out as well as I'd like. Detail and resolution is excellent.
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YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. My heat press does work. I've had it for about 2 1/2 years now and it still works. When I bought this heat press and first used it though, the first thing I noticed was that the temp control was all in Celsius, and the timer control on the other side didn't work at all. After being on for about 5 minutes I smelled a burning smell and the room started getting a faint white hue. I called these people up to tell them about their heat press and they said it was probably it burning off all the dust and melting any small parts inside or whatever. It was fine after the first use so iunno, but all I know is 2.5 years later this thing still does it's job. Yeah, the temp is in Celsius and the timer on the thing don't work, and it's a juice hog. It'll run your electric bill up quickly with a lot of use, but for the price, it's a pretty good heat press. It does what it needs to do. Just convert the temp into Fahrenheit (very easy) and use a hand held timer. Problem solved.
Oh, once I had a problem with the pressure tightener at the top. I guess I over tightened it and couldn't loosen it again. I forget how I got it loose again, maybe some WD40 or something. Just don't over tighten it I guess, and don't keep the press closed and tightened when not in use. BTW, The press is heavy as a mutha.
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Wow, a hole punch that can handle more than 5 sheets of paper! This is a BEAST- sure it's $20, but if you want heavy duty. I always tolerated the light duty, flimsy, cheaper hole punches in the past. I only use hole punches for around the house type duties, and not in a professional setting, so I really did not know the difference. Like I said, looking back, I merely tolerated the lighter duty hole punches....
.... then one day, I had a few 100 to 200 page manuals to print out, and on the first 5 -10 pages, my old cheap hole punch broke. When I started to search for a new one, I looked at the number of pages I had to punch, and then my sons' told me they would need one many times for their high school classes which required them to mount multiple pages into binders. My conclusion was - maybe it was time to consider a heavier duty hole punch.
Of course, what swayed me in the direction of this hole punch was the price balanced with the number of positive reviews. When I read this punch would do 30 sheets of 20 lb paper at once, I was skeptical, but it did pique my curiosity to try it out. Plus, having the centering guide to accommodate different sized paper was a bonus, one of the shortcomings of my older punches was it was only good for 8 1/2 x 11 sized paper.
I could tell once I opened the package this was a heavy duty punch, and using it on the first time only verified that. I immediately picked up 25 sheets of paper, and this chopped through it like nothing... I then had my wife give it a try, and she had no issue powering through 25 sheets.
Bottom line - I bought this in mid 2015, and have used it for over a year now, and it has punched holes in thousands of sheets of paper. It is still working like the first day I bought it, and I am confident it will continue to do so. In the end, $20 might seem like a lot for a hole punch, but looking back it was worth every penny for the time and headaches it saved me. I should have bought it years ago.
If you only have 1 or 2, or even 5 sheets to punch holes in max, then this might be overkill. The cheaper punches would suffice in that case. However, if you have a need for heavier duty, or more sheets at once, this is worth consideration. If you punch holes all day, every day, this might not be the solution, you might need to spend more.
Recommended by someone that uses it and actually bought it - thanks for reading!!
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Great for crafting, no bad smell. I use this glue for bookmaking and other crafts such as making cards. I tend to use a small bit of water on a brush to apply, as the paste is a bit gooey right out of the jar. Many of the others in my Book Arts Guild tend to use other glues that to me have a bit of off-gassing ingredients. I like Yes! because there is no smell to it and it seems very environmentally benign. Also, the items I have glued always stick well. A few suggestions -- make sure you close the lid tightly, or the paste will dry up. When gluing paper to paper, a scrap piece of silk fabric works well for dabbing up spills or over-glued areas. Enjoy!
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You can use for model prototyping gadgets etcetera. I just bought this stuff yesterday and received today. So my main use is to build a plastic prototype of an electronic gadget that I am inventing. I carved wood to the design i need, and made it smaller since i knee the plastic would harden and make my design thicker. I wrapped my wooden replica in Instamorph and let it harden for only literally 10 minutes you could get away with less time. And now I have a rough plastic looking model or replica of my invention. It is a great product, you CAN use it for prototyping but it's not as easy to mold with your hands. It's literally like clay. I recommend building a skeleton so to speak and wrapping this around it as I did. It looks great, I recommend.
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Received as pictured. I teach middle and high school students, and I try to incorporate culture, arts, and crafts into my foreign language classroom. We make grammar posters, target language holiday items, etc., so we go through a lot of art supplies. I've used this brand of glitter glue before (purchased from Hobby Lobby for $6.99 per 8oz bottle) and it works very well. The tip is fairly fine, so it doesn't come out in globs and waste the product, and the product doesn't dry out in the bottle, even if you don't tighten the cap for a night or so. I received the 8 different colors as pictured, and by purchasing it through Amazon I only paid roughly 50% of what it would cost in store (after tax and such).
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RTV Works as advertised. RTV Rubber works as expected. Picks up fine detail. Very durable. Definitely sticks to itself - I needed to cut a a part of the bottom of a mold off and glue it to the top to make it easier to use - parting line didn't work as anticipated. Cut off what I wanted and used this to attach to top. Watch out though since this can work against you if you are making a 2 part mold. be sure to use rubber release component. otherwise it will stick together, burying your master in the rubber. I had to start over for one 2 part mold. FYI, PB blaster does NOT work! - guess how I know :)
Micomarks sell something but I think it has a shelf life as I put on 3 coats as recommended and still had problems - thats why I tried PB Blaster. next time will use vasoline or maybe even some acrylic paint. it should work.
none of the issues are with the RTV, more with the mold maker!
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As a professional in the field of Decoupage-I can't go without these scissors. I wrote the book "Upcycle With Decoupage" here on Amazon. I have over a hundred videos on decoupage on youtube (channel name is patioelf) and I use these scissors for all of my projects. I always urge my readers and viewers to use these scissors. They're small enough to fit into the most intricate places. The actual metal part of the scissor is curved. When cutting any papers or napkins with curves or circles I find these invaluable. They also have the plastic over the metal part where you place where your fingers-which makes it more comfortable. The one pair has lasted me for years. I actually bought a back up pair and haven't had to use them yet.
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Sturdy Little Boxes Great for Crafts. I am very happy with this purchase. The boxes seem to be good quality corners squared and lids fit unlike some that I have purchased in local craft stores, which often seem a bit squashed and dented. Darice used to make these in a slightly smaller size (2.5 inches rather than 3), which I preferred for my crafting purposes, so I am having to scale down the designs I put onto the lids using polymer clay. Please see photo and more examples at my Etsy shop, called Claytheism. I do have what will sound like a trivial complaint, and that is the labels on the bottom of each piece are impossible to remove without damaging the surface of the box. Since I paint the bottoms to coordinate with the color of polymer clay on the lids, this really mars the overall effect.
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So, you want to decoupage fabric, do you. Make life easier with this stuff. You only use it to "pre-treat" the fabric by painting it on one side. It makes the fabric as easy to handle as paper - with no wrinkles! Then you use whichever Mod Podge you want to to glue the fabric on and "varnish and seal". That's good because Plaid doesn't make this formula in larger containers and it's hard to find. (Don't get me started on Plaid not offering larger quantities for some of their formulas...) Anyway, this is really what you need for "Fabric Decoupage Without Tears".
Exception to the above: If you are gluing fabric onto fabric, you definitely use the Fabric Mod Podge formula.
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Just wow. Just wow! This yarn winder is SOOO much fun to use. This winder was able to fit an entire skein on it! The yarn ball was giant, but yet there was still room for more yarn. What impressed me the most was how easily the center pull was from this giant yarn ball. It held its shape and pulled quickly and smoothly with NO TANGLING or KNOTTING. That's really impressive because generally when you get a yarn ball that big there will be a couple spots where the yarn is a little tangled. No such issues with this winder. So impressed! I always find winding yarn to be a chore I have to do before I get to relax and knit, but I have to say that with this winder it is definitely kinda fun and makes the process somewhat enjoyable. You won't be disappointed if you found yourself purchasing this yarn ball winder. This is an unbiased review I wrote in exchange for a discount on the product. I was asked to just write open and honestly about my experience with this product. I really do believe this is one of the better yarn winders you can buy. You won't be disappointed.
Juliane
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Disaster. As instructed in the directions on the can, I shook the can for two minutes after the little ball started rolling. I was painting a rock to see if I wanted to use the color on a big vase that I have. I started to spray, and it was coming out fine, and I thought "Oh, I won't be like all those people where it starts spraying and doesn't stop..." As I was thinking this, about EIGHT SECONDS after I began to spray, yes, it went crazy, spraying FULL BLAST. Would not stop. I think, okay it's stuck (but somehow at a higher force than I was using), so I press down on the nozzle to perhaps "unstick" it, nada. Try it a couple more times, still nada. This thing is going crazy and I've got to get it to stop. I turned the nozzle to the side and it lessened. I took off the nozzle and it still continued to spurt out of the hole, but just the clear stuff, not the glitter. I turned it upside down on cardboard and it continued to fizzle on out. I will say it definitely coated the rock very well. I had used Rustoleum Satin Lagoon on the rock prior to the glitter spray.
I bought this at Michael's awhile back and no longer have the receipt. I might try to take it back and see what they say.
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Ok for light duty. Not a long term solution for hole making in paper. I purchased this as a close-out at Michaels for about $9.00. 10- year old granddaughter needed one for her origami crafts.
I would have been upset had I paid full price of around $18. The metal handles are cheaply constructed and have rough edges. The two handles are held together with a rivet. They have been dipped in pink rubber/plastic that has a nice feel to it. They can be locked closed with a small rotating piece of metal, but only if the cutting pad is removed.
The actual punches are of a harder metal and do cut perfect circles. They are hard to rotate, but after I showed granddaughter how to put thumb on one side and first finger on the opposite side, she was able to do it. They click into place by means of a notch cut into the wheel they are mounted on.
My big complaint is with the pad which protect the punches while cutting holes. It was already damaged when I opened the package. The punch was not locked and the pad was installed. (It is impossible to lock the punch with the pad installed.) The pad is soft and if you use the same force making a small hole as you do making a big hole, it will cut into the pad. The pad is held in place by a PLASTIC split rod that has a little knob on the bottom. After insertion in the hole, it spreads apart and is held in by tension. I'm sure there is a name for it, but I do not know it. This pad must be smooth to make a good cut.
Like I said, the pad was already damaged when I purchased the tool. It can be turned and reversed. There is also a spare one. If you are going to use this tool a lot; surprise, you are not unless you can figure out a way to make more of these pads and probably a way to make a new holding rod. Since the amount of pressure needed for use changes with the material and the size of hole, you will be damaging the pad. If you try to use this tool without a pad, you will damage the actual punches.
There appears to be no way to clear the paper out of the punches. So far, not a problem, but we have only used the punch 3 or 4 times on each hole.
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Probably Very Much Better On Plastic Than Glass. I used it to try to repair the stem of an old expensive Barvarian wine glass, one of a set of six but I must reserve judgement on the quality of the repair that is possible when used on glass. And it can ONLY be used effectvely to bond clear or near clear items because the UV light cannot penetrate dark material so as to be able to reach the the repair liquid within to harden it! I reserve judgement on its ability to effecivley bond glass because, although I carefully followed the instructions, & the very quick repair did appear to be solid, the first time I used the glass, a few weeks later, the stem losened & separated again! The stem had originally broken in such a way that on placing the base on a flat surface, the upper portion of the glass would actually sit level on it without falling over so that is how the final "fix" was effected. I could simply repeat the original process & hope that it WILL then hold but what I am going to do is to carefully drill into each of the ends of the broken sections with a 1mm glass drill. I will then insert a small length/section of the shaft of a pin into one end of the drilled stem after filling the drilled hole with the liquid. I will then similarly fill the other end's drilled hole with liquid & after putting a thin film of the liquuid over one of the broken ends, I will bring the ends together & use the UV light on the area. That way, the liquid around the pin shaft should harden around it & hopefully will effect a much reliable overall repair, the pin shaft becoming an internal splint. Of course the short length of the pin will be visible within the stem but so be it.
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and the second part of the mold stuck like I had sprayed it with super glue. I purchase this and spent hours making a two part mold.... followed directions, shook well, sprayed and let dry, two times.... and the second part of the mold stuck like I had sprayed it with super glue.... wasted a TON of rubber product and had to Exacto knife my four miniatures out of the block of Amazing Mold Rubber! (Nice product, though expensive) I HATE this product.... this is the only product I have EVER used that has absolutely no purpose... except take my money! I wish I would have used Vaseline... at least I know nothing sticks to it! Gosh darn this label... mold release ...ha! Sure wish I would have read everyone's comments before I made this purchase and colossal mistake on a time sensitive project!
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I really haven't given it a chance to fail because I ended up using foam inserts wedged between the radiant barrier and the gara. I bought this to secure UltraTouch Radiant Barrier to my garage door. While it appears to secure it initially, I really haven't given it a chance to fail because I ended up using foam inserts wedged between the radiant barrier and the garage door framing to better secure it.
My low rating is because I also tried using it to secure a near weightless, cloth made spider and a 5-inch tall action figure to the side of my desk; the tape failed to secure either for longer than 24 hours. As a matter of fact, it's not even tape, it's more like the sticky stuff you see securing faux credit cards to the piece of paper in junk mail offers. It's also impossible to remove a piece of it from the roll without it sticking to your fingers and "anything" else it touches, including blades and scissors. You end up ruining a good portion of it every time you manage to get a piece off by stretching it beyond it's elastic capabilities. I gave up on using a blade to get a clean cut piece and resorted to pulling it off.
I'm sure it will hold items in place that lay flat on another surface, but if you need it to hold something vertically, I have yet to see it work.
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This is a good product. A typical Paper Mache box and the . Note: I had to order this product twice. See further down for the reason.
This is a good product. A typical Paper Mache box and the description of the item, matches what I received. I see no problem with what I FINALLY got and it should suit my purposes perfectly.
Note: I ordered this product twice because the FIRST shipment of this item was a SINGLUAR 3x3 Round Box with lid, NOT a 6-pack as advertised. A quick call to Amazon customer service fixed the issue. Amazon issued a refund for the original amount that I paid and I went ahead and took a chance and ordered this product again (as there was only ONE left in stock and I really needed the 6 that were advertised.) The 2nd shipment I got was correct and all 6 boxes arrived a day later (thanks to Amazon Customer Service). Therefore the 4 out of 5 stars is for Better Crafts, the company that actually shipped the product, and not Amazon.
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Great Quality. I ordered this paddle with the idea that I would be painting it and giving it to someone as a gift. The paddle came in a timely manner. The company took good care of making sure that the paddle came unbroken and in good condition. When i received it, it came in a long box full of packing peanuts to keep it safe. The paddle came unpainted in any way and sanded. This made it perfect to apply coats of paint and pictures glued on it. This paddle is perfect for anyone who is in a sorority or fraternity. I had a really good experience with the seller as well. The company was able to complete and ship out the wooden paddle all within a very reasonable amount of time.
Over all, i am extremely happy with this purchase. It was good quality, created fast, good prices, and was shipped to me very efficiently. I would definitely recommend this product to anyone who is in a sorority or fraternity looking to make a paddle for their bro or sis. And for anyone looking for a unique design for an art decoration.
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Great, practical toy that inspires creativity. My father asked if this would be appropriate for our five-and-half year old daughter. I thought it might be a bit advanced, but that she would "grow into it" as she loves doing crafts. At first, I think it frustrated my daughter because she had to understand the technique that is required to move the wooden needle horizontally through the vertically strung yarn (and perhaps drove my wife a bit crazy in the process). After a few weeks, though, my daughter was handling it like a pro and my wife was at the store buying additional yarn. This has become one of my daughter's go-to tools for making small gifts for people.
We've had such great experience Melissa and Doug toys and the loom is consistent with that experience. If you're looking for something that is a bit "old school" that gets a child working hands-on versus staring at a screen, I would recommend this loom!
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Good tools, but expect to buy the pricey attachments. I think the technique is used by so many vendors, the actual tool is kind of affordable (I've got a Black Friday deal with this so I found it affordable) but the attachments will quickly make up for the vendor's projected price.
Anyway, going back to the review and these tools, I think they are fantastic, I often need to handle small projects at home where precision is required. These 3 tools have paid their price already.
If you don't have any of the attachments yet, it is likely that you will need to buy some of them. I purchased the Dremel 710-05 160 Piece Accessory Kit and I've got all I need for the rotary tool.
The oscillating tool includes 3 discs and a sanding pad so no additional attachments required here, at least in my experience.
The trio tool comes with an all-purpose cutting bit that can handle wood, ceramic and other materials. I have only tried it with wood and worked just fine.
TIP: If you are new to this type of tools, make sure to have eye protection. This tools rotate really fast and I have seen them shooting debris around at incredible speeds. Protect your eyes.
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If you like to have crafts ready for kids on the side . If you like to have crafts ready for kids on the side these YazyCraft Flexible Stems (pipe cleaners is what I assume most of us would still call them) are great. I have a little book that shows you how to make all sorts of animals and shapes and objects out of pipe cleaners and it keeps kids busy for quite a while. This YazyCraft set comes with 100 pipe cleaners and they are all in Assorted Colors. I got a nice variety and it allows for lots of personal colors options when makes figures out of them. Its nice to always have crafts on hand and I liked that these came to the door quickly and they came in a little bag for easy storage and to keep them all in one place. The sellers were great to work with, I had the pipe cleans in just 2 days with prime, and they even followed up in an email to make sure I got my product in the mail and was happy with it and to ask if there was anything they could do (there wasnt). I received this product at a discounted rate in exchange for my honest review.
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Sophisticated design - great to make nice cards really quickly! Actually measures 4-1/8" x 5-7/8. Use this folder with blank card to create a unique and sophisticated-looking card. This looks very elegant with no further embellishment. If you are looking for a non-religious holiday card that's not too cutesy, then this is a great choice (I know, Christmas by definition is a religious holiday, but you get what I mean).
This says it's 4" x 6", but that measurement is not accurate. An A6 card (4-1/8" x 5-7/8") fits this embossing folder exactly. You can, of course, also use a smaller card ... just line it up properly. You may lose some of the background image, but with this design, it will still look just fine. FYI, the word Noel (just the letters, not the swirls) measures approx. 4-7/8" x 1-9/16". The design goes edge-to-edge on this folder - there is no border to deal with like there is with some other brands.
I used Anita's A6 Quality White Cards & Envelopes (240gsm Pre-Creased Card) with this and they are the exact same size as the folder. The embossing was incredibly crisp. I tried embossing 2 cards at once. Although they still came out OK, the embossing on the bottom card was a little soft, and the embossing on the top card was not as nice-looking as when I ran it through the machine with a single card. With the 240gsm cards, unless I have a ton of cards to emboss and very little time, I will emboss 1 card at a time. I tried a different cardstock (thinner), and I was able to get excellent results embossing 2 at a time, so when I use the thinner cards, I will emboss them 2 at a time.. Try it out on whatever cardstock or paper you are using - if they come out looking good, embossing 2 cards at once can save you a lot of time. For this folder, if you can, make sure to get A6 cards (4-1/8" x 5-7/8") - using cards that are the exact size of the embossing folder will save you a lot of time and hassle - just put them into the folder and go - no having to make sure that you get them centered correctly.
The current Amazon Prime price is $5.05 as an add-on item. That is a good price for this embossing folder, especially since you are unlikely to find this brand of embossing folders at your local craft or scrapbooking store.
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Great for any serious crafter. This machine is perfect for what I need it for. I mainly use this machine for cutting out felt which it has been phenomenal with! I was nervous it wouldn't work but it cuts through wool felt on the very first time through. It's very easy to use (I did watch a few videos but simply with the instructions that were sent you could figure it out). It's sturdy and you don't have to worry about it moving around while you try to cut out your material. I'm sure it would be perfect for card stock and lots of other materials.
Anyone who is a serious crafter can definitely get use out of this. It's easy to store, easy to use, and so versatile!
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Note: not the US size you think it is. Won't fit many US printers. Note: not the US size you think it is. Good paper, but C4 is NOT us letter or legal, probably won't fit in your printer if you're not in Europe.
These are great for Origami though. Gave 'em to a friend who does that after not researching carefully enough and assuming these would fit a US printer. My fault really, and I know we're in an international economy, but could be explained well in the listing.
Would probably also be great for rainy-day old-school fun for creative young kids who don't stare at screens 24/7 and actually want to create something, rather than just consuming things made by others.
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A nice gift. Because I am unable to leave "package feedback" as this site will not permit me to do so, this review is more about the packaging than the product, albeit the candle is just "okay". My friend requested this candle for her birthday, and if I didn't need it right away I would have sent it back. By the time I fished the candle out of its packaging, I was absolutely PEEVED!!!! The packaging is horrible!!!!!! I spent about an hour and half a roll of packaging tape collecting thousands of tiny balls of Styrofoam. I had to remove the protective plastic wrap around the candle as it was a magnet for the Styrofoam, and then I had to start work on the candle itself. Mind you, this candle is delicately wound around a circle and, because I had to remove Styrofoam from in between the circles, I couldn't help but damage the candle. It kept separating, and it's not in as perfect condition as received. I hesitate to give this candle to my friend, but she really wanted it and 'll just have to hope she likes it. I'll hold onto the packaging just in case.
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These are ok- it is a good value for the money. These are ok- it is a good value for the money, although they aren't the highest quality. Glue comes out a bit clumpy, and dry, and the colors aren't as vibrant. I really don't care for the working texture of these myself. Picture is half done in these, and half done in a name brand glitter glue.
For certain alllications, these may be better (making dots). For detail work, bright colors, or the best glitter coverage I'd probably not get these.
If you are getting these for kids to play and create with or for a bulk fun craft, they are great just based on the value for the money. All the glue pens worked, and while they were mini they had a decent amount of product in each.
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and the like. Plus some side work at home. I'm a welder that repairs power plants, steel mills, paper mills, and the like. Plus some side work at home. So my clothes wear out quickly, and usually have tears and burn holes within a few weeks of wear. This stuff works great for patching. When I get a hole I just glue a patch on top and continue on until the rest of the article is actually worn out. It holds up extremely well. For smaller tears I've had luck just putting some glue where the tear is and pressing it back together without using a patch piece at all.
That said, this is glue. It's going to show a little color, and it's going to bleed through the fabric a bit. Don't expect it to replace a sewing machine on expensive repairs.
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Great punch, once in a big while it leaves frayed edges but rare. Overall very happy with this purchase. Once in a while (honestly, this is fairly rare) it will leave a frayed edge. Could be that I'm not snapping it shut quickly enough or maybe I'm doing it too fast I'm not sure but it does happen now and then.
You turn it over (the main picture shows it opposite of how you will use it) so you can see what you are cutting and position it properly. You pull the "trigger" and it slices through your paper. You need to keep everything still if you are cutting out a very specific circle as opposed to just cutting many circles from a blank sheet.
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Excellent! Day In-Day Out. I purchased this Heavy-Duty 3-hole punch when my daughter was in college. We had a routine back then for archiving her English and research papers. She'd send me an email with the completed paper attached. I printed it out for her to review. If it was acceptable, I saved a copy on my computer and printed an additional copy to archive in a D-ring binder. That's where this "Bad Boy" (the Sparco 3-hole punch) enters the story. It always produced a perfect set of punches with sharply cut holes. I love to hear that "shhh-wsh" sound of the blades cutting through the paper. Oh well, that was then...but it continues to perform flawlessly, Day In-Day Out, and I am confident that it will continue to do so for many, many years to come. I highly recommend this product.
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Sugru Love. I purchased Sugru with a few projects in mind. My first project was the modification of a simple point-and-shoot camera I had laying around. I wanted to mount a fisheye lens to this camera. Since the lens didn't fit snug against the body I figured I would need a putty type adhesive, Sugru seemed to be the perfect fit. I also had worn out the soul of my favorite pair of TOMS, figured I could fix that with Sugru, and I was right.
I was really impressed with Sugru's ease of use, simply un-package, kneed, then mold. I found that if you follow the directions any residual Sugru left on your fingers comes off easily.
I was also very pleased to find that Sugru doesn't have a very strong odor. I was worried that it would stink the whole house up, but Sugru only puts off a minimal smell that doesn't linger after it's cured (it smells like dead Ladybugs)
Sugru lived up to, and/or exceed my expectations.
Pros:
Easy to use.
Works as advertised.
Minimal smell.
Minimal application surface preparation.
Cons:
5g is not a lot of product.
There is only a one year window between the sell by and the use by date.
24 hour cure time is a little long.
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Should have included templates or step-by-step how to's. I accepted a promotional sample of this kit in exchange for a candid review-and while it *is* fun, it's also a little confusing, and I think it could be slightly better.
What I liked:
----You *do* get a full rainbow of face paints, which is nice. It's a good range of colors.
----The brushes are surprisingly good for a kit like this.
----The glitter comes in cute little pots that are completely reusable.
What was puzzling:
----Why are there 6 crayons? I thought they were makeup crayons--but they're just regular crayons. Why those colors?
----The sponges are terrible.
----Are you supposed to use the one double sided sponge applicator for all the children at the party? They aren't expensive to produce--seems like they could have done away with the crayons, and just given you a dozen of those sponge applicators so at least you'd have one per color pan.
----I guess it doesn't matter that much, unless you were going to give this as a gift, but for some reason the packaging was literally falling apart. Like it wasn't even technically a box anymore. It was just cardboard flaps that were kind popped apart at the seams. I have no idea what happened, but it was bizarre. Was there a tiny tornado in the Amazon shipping carton?
What I didn't like:
----I expected at least a sheet of usage instructions, or general product information, or ideally, a sheet of sample designs. It would have been great to include some templates, or simple how-to's ----I think that would have made this kit stand out and be more accessible for folks.
This is an okay kit with some highlights
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will not cut tissue, but does okay with regular papers. If you are cutting heavier paper, this is great. But if you are cutting lighter weight paper (such as the tissue paper this is advertised to work with), forget it. There is not a paper cutter or punch on the market that works with tissue paper because of the "drag" factor (most paper cutters and punches drag a little tiny bit or "force" paper down, and tissue tears rather than holding up to the force)- and this fringe cutter is no different.
It's hard to get a nice "tinsel" look with the kinds of paper this cutter DOES cut. But if you have an alternate craft project in which your paper needs a bunch of vertical cuts, this actually works.
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Great glue even though a bit tricky to use. I used this to glue buckskin leather to make fans out of owl and turkey wings. It holds very well and doesn't make the leather stiff, nor did it discolor the leather. It's a bit tricky to use. I tried cotton swabs and stiff bristled glue brushes, but they didn't work very well. This glue doesn't dry too quickly, but it does add layers and layers of dried glue to the swabs and brushes too quickly to make it easy to use. I ended up just brushing it onto the leather with a Popsicle stick. When one side got too gooey, I switched sides.. or used a new stick. Be careful not to use too much. When I did, it made kind of a mess when I pressed the leathers together. It cleans off easily if you get it within 30 seconds.
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I know that many kiddies like this idea and I think they will be delighted. Oh, it's so cute to paint animals on their faces. I am planning a children's party and one of the entertainment it will face art for kids. I know that many kiddies like this idea and I think they will be delighted! This set the one hand is quite simple, and at first glance there is not much ink shades. But they also can be mixed!
Yellow + Red = get - Orange.
Yellow + Green + White = lime
The red + green = brown, etc.
You can experiment with colors and create one that is needed.
This is a very creative activity, and this can inspire the children themselves, let them paint the other one!
I am delighted that this is indeed SAFETY paint is non-toxic and meets US FDA and European standards. It is without parabens and consists of non-allergic components and that do not irritate the baby's face, and do not penetrate deep into the skin. Paint is made water-based and easy to wash from skin.
This set includes 8 colors wonderful colors that you can mix and get new colors!
I can not wait when I can apply this wonderful set in and give a lot of joy to my beloved children! I got this kit at a discount in exchange for my honest review!
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Exceptional high quality. I don't usually write vendor reviews. But AutoVynamics clearly went out of their way to create a superb product (stencil) that is exceptionally delicate. Moreover the packaging was so delicately done, someone spent a good amount of time on it (not a machine). Clearly they've made alot of these and mailed a lot of them to know how to handle the stencils with care. They wrote a detailed note how the stencil was made and how best to care for it. The stencil is being used to paint a Jolly Roger on our boys' pirate tree house. It's very refreshing to order something from a megalith like Amazon and get such a personal touch. Thanks, Laraine Frisco TX.
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Nice Colors for Soap. Yes! I know how to use this now! I 've messed up two batches and then turned to YOU TUBE and a lady said to mix with a small amount of hot water with your small amount of T.D. and then at light trace mix into half of your batch and then into whole batch if mixing a whole batch the same color! The little bit of water added for coloring may make your batch longer to thick trace but I stirred with a whisk and when the color was achieved then I added my fragrance then worked to a thick trace. Worked Great!!Also if your new to soap making (like me) any fragrance oil that has vanilla in it may discolor your titanium dioxide color into another color. You could use a vanilla stabilizer for cold process soap if you are using titanium dioxide to color your soap natural colorants may be just fine with any fragrance oil and essential oil.( vanilla will cause crazy colors to happen in your soap) I put green titanium dioxide in a batch of cucumber melon soap and because of the vanilla it turned purple and at that time I didn't know to use a vanilla stabilizer .
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Great punch. This punch made my Christmas Cards look real nice! And I got several compliments for the way our Church Programs looked too. As a matter of fact, the satisfaction I got from using this punch has caused me to order a few more! One of the Edge + Corner has since arrived but I am yet to use it.
These are well built and easy to handle. The hardest thing to do is line up the pattern and once you have a flat surface to work on- that's a breeze. I have managed to line up photos so that only the very edge is punched- saves about 1/4" on the size if edge space is limited: instead of pushing the paper all the way in to the lip on the back of the punch, line up with the silver zigzag line as that is where the punch cuts through. This may take a little more attention but it's an option!
I see myself getting lots more uses from this punch.
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WHEN it works its awesome - sadly it sticks too itself more often. When I got my Glue Glider Plus I absolutely fell in love with it. I use it for scrapbooking, making cards and other paper crafts. I ordered several of the High Tac refills. THEN I discovered that I no longer was in love. I have used 4 of the High Tac refills so far... my first complaint is that everyone selling them advertises them as being 60 feet. They come in packaging that clearly lets you know you are only getting 55 feet. Then, you bite the bullet on the loss of the 5 feet and you put one in the gun. You discover that it is so "high tac" that it often sticks to itself on the roller so that you can no longer smoothly roll along your project. I have used 4 rolls of it and only one roll worked properly. One roll was so bad that I had to remove it from the cartridge and use it by hand by peeling it and rubbing the strip with my fingernail. It worked but what a nuisance.
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Otherwise installing the hooks on a pair of shoes was quick and easy. I would have liked to have had a . I have been doing small leathercraft projects for years so have experience setting rivets. You will need a hole punch of some sort to create the holes that the rivets are set in. In addition you will also need a pin punch, a hammer, and a hard, flat surface to place the rivet on while you set it with the punch and hammer.
I used a 3/8" pin punch against the flat portion on my bench vise to set the rivets. I did ruin three rivets when I didn't have them set squarely against the bench vise, but that was solely a case of operator error. Otherwise installing the hooks on a pair of shoes was quick and easy.
I would have liked to have had a few extra rivets included in the package, but I won't hold that against the seller.
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they both love to just sit and make these bracelets. These are really well priced for me. My girls are 9 and almost 11, they both love to just sit and make these bracelets. I bought them the loom and now they make me bracelets all day and all night. There is not difference in quality from the "Rainbow Loom" guys or anything you buy at a store. Unfortunately as the Dad, I gotta wear these things. That's not anything bad, just know that I'm wearing 4 of them as I type this to you.
Seriously, they make so many that this was a great economical method of getting them more and letting them do more things. They enjoy reading books and watching various youtube videos to research more. These don't break often for them and they love that.
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Pretty great for spray paint, but you have to know what you're doing. This stuff is beautiful, but kind of hard to work with unless you really know what you are doing. I recommend you put down a layer of base coat before you spray this, as the Glitter Blast is just glitter suspended in clear spray paint. I used navy blue rustoleum, and the cyan and pink glitter looks fantastic over that, giving the glitter sort of a purple hue. Experiment with different blues, purples and pinks to get the hue you want.
Also, YOU MUST GET THE CRYSTAL CLEAR paint to cover this or the glitter comes off. If you sand through the clear coat you will turn the glitter silver, so use the whole can before you sand and use fine sand paper. I used this on a guitar and put two cans of lacquer over the clear coat and it looks fantastic.
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which is easily removed, others have been subjected to recrystallization. While these are meant for carving wood, I have been using them for my rock detailing. I collect fossils (geologist, here) which tend to be quite imperfect coming right out of the field. While most of them are in a sedimentary matrix, which is easily removed, others have been subjected to recrystallization, which makes the surrounding matrix difficult to work with. So with tools like these, many of my issues are eliminated. The metal heads on these will probably get dull after a bit, but then the dremel can take can of sharpening the heads up pretty efficiently. These tools make it much easier to get into the tiny nooks and crannies that are associated with removing the delicate matrix. There also seems to be a perfect tool fro any kind of removal needed. The hubby did "borrow" a couple of these tools to help make some interesting carvings on the walking sticks. They work very well for small projects, and fit in the hand well, too. I would highly recommend these tools for the smaller projects. I would also suggest investing in a magnifying glass to alleviate some of the strain on the eyes. After a bit, working on small objects tends to really work the eye muscles. eye strain is never a good thing, either.
I received this product at a discount for my honest and unbiased review. This review is composed of my own thoughts and views of the product. I am in no way affiliated with the company, and am not being compensated for my honest product review.
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Good Cut and Design alternative for scrapbooking. Fantastic solution for the busy professional that still wants to catalog their memories via scrapbook!
I use these along with the MAMBI Pocket Pages and create simple, fast, but adorable scrapbooks.
These are easy to write on, and fit perfectly in the Pocket Pages next to your pictures!
The only grievance I have is that I typically end up purchasing two of them (of the same set) for each scrapbook that I do because there always is a shortage of decorative cards in relation to the ones with words. I enjoy using both, but prefer to have only one or two phrases on a set of pictures.
Overall though, five stars represents that they serve the purpose that I purchased them for, to plug into the pocket pages (and sometimes use them on real scrapbook pages) to create fun designs!
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Good have better design. I love written information, but I guess this journal goes a little overboard when it come to minute detail so that it shorts you on space for the recipes you really want. Isn't there a better place to plan for your dinner parties so these pages can be used for something more likely to be revisited? As far as ink bleeding, what worked best was one of my scrapbooking pens - a Micron. Regular ink pens soaked through. But the purpose for this was to give my reciepes to my college daughter so I didn't get the last minute texts on how to make something while she is in the grocery store and I don't have a cookbook in front of me. It suits in that she will like the style and size, though she will never use the extra details mentioned earlier. It is cool looking.
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Mini make big projects. Ibhave so many ideas running through my mind at this time as to what to do first with my 50 count mini mirrors.
The possibilities are endless. I want to use them at my son's super hero themed party. I also want to make a wreath out of them. I can see something mosaic done but don't want to break them up.
The mini mirrors are packaged in a white box and they are secured so that the will not break during shipment.
I received the mirror with the idea to place them on my bathroom wall until I saw how cool they are and can be used for just about any craft all you have to do is add them to it broken or in whole. 50 mini mirrors will go along way they are like a regular mirror only smaller. You can make mini compact mirror gifts out of them. I highly recommend this product because my ideas are running wild. You can also glue them onto your clothes and they would be okay and not weigh down whatever you place them on. I received this product free or at a discounted rate in exchange for my honest opinion.
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Another album knocked out of the park by The Milk Carton Kids. I can't say enough just how much I like this folk duo. I can't even remember where I heard about them for the first time just a short few years back, but I haven't been able to stop listening! The Ash & Clay is their third album in a series of progressively impressive albums. Each album with its own sound, the music builds lyrically and emotionally over time.
I recently found out that I worked for years with the brother of Kenneth Pattengale, the master flatpicker of this duo. His and Joey Ryan's talent can't be overstated. Get this album, download the other two for free on their website, and see one of their shows. You won't be let down!
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Total crap for any "Real Art Project. I bought this for an outdoor mosaic project and found I was unable to use them because they are painted on color and not a true colored mirror. The color comes off, I went to clean them, they seemed sticky out of the package and as soon as I rubbed on one, the orange coloring came right off. Not as all as advertised. These are<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Mosaic-Mercantile-Colored-Mirrors-1-2-Pound-Sunset/dp/B00BLHOW0K/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Mosaic Mercantile Colored Mirrors, 1/2-Pound, Sunset</a> and they are Total crap for any "Real Art Project" I had posted a 5 star review after I got them, but before I had used them. This is to correct that review. I would never ever buy these had I known they are painted on top of a mirror, a real waste of money! Feel like I got con ed on Amazon. Live and Learn I guess. Pollyp
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Works like a charm. Bought this a week ago and finally got around to trying it out tonight. Overall it worked great. I read the directions and watched a video or two as well. While the parts were a little fiddley to adjust, I managed to get it done reasonably easy. One complaint was the adjuster for the etching blade was stripped right out of the box. But I simply just adjusted the other side to make up for the lack of movement on that one. I made one turn on the jig the. Alternated dipping the bottle in hot water and cold water. It worked perfectly! A couple of tips: 1. While turning you can hear the blade etching the glass. I assumed if I didn't hear that sound, it wasn't working. This is NOT true. So even if you hear the "scratching" sound stop, keep going. 2. It may take a number of rotations through the hot/cold water. I dipped in hot water, then ran under cold water and repeated maybe 8 times before it broke. Keep at it. Over all this jig worked great. Outside of the one stripped adjuster, it was perfect. I will replace the part and keep going and would definitely recommend!
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This stuff is the best moldable plastic you can buy. Having previously purchased 2 x 12 oz packages over the past few months this stuff is great and fun for the whole family.
After melting the desired amount at the recommended temperature it's very easy to shape and mold, you can easily shape it with your hands without worrying about burning you and the best part is that it doesn't stick to your skin like other products.
Depending on my usage I will typically mold it by hand but I have also used wax and epoxy molds with great success just I apply a coat non-stick cooking spray first.
The kids have molded custom objects and then pressed them into lego plates to copy the pattern so their objects are then connectable to lego bricks.
This stuff is great for repair jobs too, I have successfully re-enforced several usb cables that started to become weak behind the mini usb connector and saved them from further damage. I've molded custom phone and tablet holders for several devices.
I've made cord holders and wall hooks too. There's no limit to what you can do with this stuff.
This plastic is amazingly strong, it does not become brittle at all and does not break, it will bend if stressed but I have yet to break it.
I will typically work with a bowl of ice water next to me so I can do a quick dip for instant results, or refine my result.
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Work GREAT as price tags! . LOVE these tags! Although I originally purchased them to put on my 'Thank You' cards I changed plans when we opened a booth in craft mall. What better way to let prospective customers/buyers know that you appreciate them than by thanking them whilst they are browsing. I write the price and details on the BLANK side of this tag but as it is picked up, the 'Thank You' peeks out as they move the label. Nice quality and just that but different from the regular "boring" tag.
One observation I did make is that gel pens do NOT work on the card tending to spread. A regular pen works and looks great though.
I purchased these at the full prevailing price. I was not required to write a review but chose to do so. Thanks, Liz
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Does not have everything you need to fuse glass. I was SSOOOO excited to get this kit. My first try at fusing glass. It says beginner kit. But guess what? You CANNOT break the glass by just scoring it. You must SEPERATELY purchase a breaking pliers. So I have received something I still cannot use. Now I have to buy yet something else just so I can try it. (Hint: Walmart does not sell breaking pliers) I'm very frustrated!!!Also, I paid $129.99 for the kit plus tax (the kiln paper I purchased separately). Several hours after I purchased this, it was $90 something dollars. I am very disappointed. I give it three stars because I WANT to love this, but I am so disappointed in the pricing and the fact that they cannot supply you with EVERYTHING you need to get started.
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Tricky to learn, but worth the effort. Very good, professional results, but don't expect perfection on your first try.
Get extra matting materails and practice a few cuts before doing a final, important project.
The instructions are very clear, but experience and practice will give you really great results.
It's not hard to do, but careful and exact measurements are critical.
The hardest part is that you're cutting "upside down" and your measurements have to account for that.
I had great success double-matting (one mat on top of another) for a shadow-box effect with this tool and the results were amazing.
A little practice goes a long way, and you can get VERY creative with this tool.
The results will save you a fortune compared with custom matting.
Well worth getting this tool.
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Fabric tape = tan color = perfect repairs. Tenacious Tape is freaking dope as f***! If you've ever had expensive technical clothing or shells tear or rip and thought 'oh no!' well look no further than this awesome stuff. They sell it at Rei too if you have one of those near you. I highly recommend the Fabric Tape (I think that what they call this color) for anything that you're trying to fix that is tan. I have a pair of tan pants that was developed a few rips and this patched it right up! It even holds up well in the washer and dryer. Truely amazing stuff, I'm just sad they stopped giving out the plastic case in the shape of a bolt and screw, those were fun.
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Excellent Leather: Like You Would Expect From A High Quality Supplier. Excellent leather!
All leather is unique, but there are general qualities; mine was "Very Good."
I was very impressed. Mine was a strip of high quality, thick, leather.
Smooth on one side, rough on the other. So...normal...as would be expected.
Protector:
I wanted leather strip for protecting "things" that I wanted to "grip" with pliers.
Instead of mauling "things" with pliers, traditionally, leather has been used between the tool and the part to transfer torque without the teeth of a tool gouging the surface or face of the "thing" to be turned. (Tighten or loosen.)
Belts & leather projects:
I haven't made a belt since the 1970s, but I recommend this for belts because it's very nice leather.
Very smooth, clean, continuous color, nice feel, normally supple.
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Great Quality tools for the money. This tool set is exactly what I wanted! It is a quality, durable tool that performs very well for my use of setting eyelets in 2.5 - 5.0 OZ. Weight (soft) Leather (1mm - 2mm thickness).
It sets them beautifully (I'm using aluminum eyelets on this initial project, but intent to also use brass, which I don't expect I'll have any trouble with this nicely weighted tool).
If take good care of it, this tool will last through a lot of use (I'm not into production or anything, for that I'd highly suggest getting yourself a handpress and die setup - which Springfield Leather also sells, I just didn't need, nor could I afford that at this point in time).
I also purchased a 5/16" punch, a 3/16" setter and punch as well - same great quality as the 5/16" eyelet tool, which by the way comes with it's own, appropriately sized anvil. If you're considering these, purchase a Poly Hammer to strike these tools with, a metal hammer will absolutely ruin your tools!
Their customer service is great, I received a lot of assistance on determining the best tool that would work for me and stay within my budget! Thanks Tony!
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Excellent quality for the price. I am a professional illustrator.
I asked for these as a Christmas gift two years ago just to keep in my purse and I have been happy with them. They are NOT professional quality and I would never use them for professional illustration, but they have worked wonderfully just for taking along with my field journal for watercolor sketches and I have also used them to make artist trading cards as a side hobby. The colors are dull and do not get very bright, but they are lovely if you like subdued color. This works great for nature sketches. The included brush is of fair quality and has been all I need for field work for the most part. I did add a very fine brush for detail work which also fits in the tin. The container is a plain silver tin with nothing printed on it. Some of the colors are a bit chalky but not too bad. It's a great little set to carry along with a sketch journal or for small projects. I am including photos of some work I have done using this exact set to give you an idea of the range you can get from the colors. I do wish some of the colors were more vibrant, especially the red and the purple.
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Small, not consistent, but it really depends on your intended use. First, let me say I order three different Blank Wood Slices from three separate suppliers here. One of which was this supplier. These are about 2 inches wide on average and vary in size. There were fifty pieces. The product images make it appear the pieces are larger than they really are. There were some slightly larger ones in the bunch but the majority were small. So, it really depends on your intended use. These were to be used in a craft project for kids to make ornaments of the Wood Slices that referenced a lesson using color markers, etc. so I really needed larger ones that were more like 4 inches wide on average and a batch that was more consistent in sizes, which this batch was not. So, if you are looking for a uniform selection of wood slices say for coasters or somewhat uniform pieces for a craft project this is not it. The pieces can vary. The best of the three Blank Wood Slices that I purchased was the Goodlucky 10pcs 3.5"-4" Rustic Wood Tree Slices Log Disc Wedding Round Home Cabin Dcor which were more consistent in style and size overall and were excellent quality. But, then again these were fine too depending on what you want to use them for. Not to mention, this supplier was a better dealfor fifty pieces it cost $17 and for that same price with the other supplier you get only 10 pieces which is a big difference. I would say of all three suppliers this one was of lesser-quality. Again, I can only review the product that I actually received. It appears the product varies batch by batch, so this is only in reference to the specific batch that I actually received.
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Its pretty nice. Its way easier than using scissors and it won't cut your hand if you slice it over your hand. However, you do still have to be careful! if you use it on top of another piece of paper it will cut through quite often or simply make a minor score. (not an actual cut). I used it on my wood table with just the single newspaper page I was cutting, and it did make some minor minor surface score. Its hardly visible but if you do it repeatedly, it will start to show. But its nothing that furniture polish didn't buff out/fill in. In addition later on I placed older newspapers underneath the pages I was going to cut individually (hundreds of them). After doing many single pages, the newspaper underneath started to shred from all of the repeated scoring. So do be careful and don't think it won't cut/score after repeated use on top of things. Its a great product though and I prefer it more than sciccors for doing coupons or cutting newspaper articles.
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Love Loom Knitting. So you are bored and need a hobby that doesn't require a college degree to master. Go watch a couple videos on loom knitting and away you go. If it got any easier they would knit themselves! lol Hint #1, cut a straw in half and thread your yarn through it. When doing an e-wrap with the yarn it's so much easier with the straw and it allows you to keep from pulling the yarn too tight. Hint #2, basically if you want to try a few different stitches, instead of using one ball of yarn try using two strands together. This is a 2 over 2 stitch. If you wrap a single strand of yarn and pull one over one, that is called a 1 over 1 stitch. Kind of basic but each one produces a different result. There is a set of several looms I recommend you try. A hat takes from 1 hour to 3 depending on size and which stitch you use. Everyone thinks it's super technical since the hats and things come out so nice. They flip when they see how easy it is. There are wooden looms you can buy, I bought the plastic to get a feel for things. If you decide you don't like loom knitting you haven't broke the bank on supplies with the plastic Boye looms.
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I had thought that the cricut vinyl tape would be a better choice, just because it is amongst the product . Upon purchasing this product I was making my wedding favors: wine glasses with a personalized touch of vinyl. Prior to making this I used the cricut transfer tape. As a brand new cricut user, I had thought that the cricut vinyl tape would be a better choice, just because it is amongst the product that I had bought. However I should have read the reviews first.
Based on my reading best craft is mainly a Best Buy as far as cost, which is definitely true. I may purchase it again.
In comparison amongst the cricut transfer tape, this product is much more easier to use. The down fall that I had with this product is not being able to reuse the sticky portion multiple times it's only meant to be used twice. The other would be not being able to see where you will be placing the vinyl. It's not transparent so you have to be aware. Overall a good product and easy to work with.
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Ideal if you want a very, very thick white glue. Allen's makes a perfect white glue for every purpose. Fast Grab is the one to choose when you need a very viscous glue. For example, if you are glueing something onto a vertical surface and you don't want it to slide down, this would be your choice.
Things to know: it can be hard to squeeze out a large amount all at once, because it is the opposite of watery! It's better for drop-sized dabs. However, you can unscrew the lid and there is a hole about the size of a nickel (if I remember correctly) so you can scoop it out.
This is NOT the glue to choose if you need a glue that is easy to spread over a large area. (For that I would use Aleene's Tacky or Turbo Tacky Glue. Turbo is great when you don't need a lot of working time.)
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Artificial Cuts Throughout "Used" Roll Created Much Waste. I waited until I got through the entire roll to write this review. Item wasn't packaged well, the roll was not an original 10 ft. roll but, clearly cut from a used roll. As we got through the roll, about 1/4 of the vinyl was unusable due to some artificial cuts. There was a lot of product and time wasted from this roll due to the artificial cuts throughout it. If these problems did not exist, the product would be worth buying again because the usable portions of the vinyl were wonderful but, I can't run the risk of having that much waste again. The cuts not only wasted my vinyl but a lot of my time.
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Only good if you're only using 1 side. The stickers take up an entire corner and are, as the other reviewers have said, impossible to remove. I thought that I could take my time and get them off, no dice. Peeling them slowly did not work, at times left actual damage to the foam. Soaking them off removed the paper, but the actual adhesive remained. Soap did not remove the adhesive. Nail polish remover did, but the foam was damaged in spots and absorbed the odor. So...this is great if you only need to see one side. A total fail for what I needed it for. The only reason I continued to waste my time trying to get the stickers off was so that I could write a genuine review, and offer assistance to other buyers if possible.
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I LOVE this thing. I LOVE this thing! I bought 5 of these babies and they were worth every penny! Plastic molds can be tricky when it's time to get the bars out, so a hint: put soap in freezer for 30 minutes or so before trying to extract soap from mold. I usually let my CP Soap sit in plastic molds 48 hours (unlike my log molds I do after 24 hours). You can do it 24 hours, too, but I like to give my product more time to saponify with room temps before I toss them in pure coldness and the process is slowed down. The true test? I got sticky salt bars out of these babies with very minimal damage to mermaid design (that could have been avoided if I had I not been impatient and left them in freezer longer). I have now bought 2 milky way molds and I think they are fabulous... other molds seem primitave, with cavaties that hold 2 to 4 ounces while these hold between 4 and 5 ounces if properlly filled to tops!
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Full of features. When I first fired my Burnmaster up with the pen that I had, I could barely get the dial turned away from number 1 (one) before the tips got red. I thought great all this settings and i won't be needing them. If all else fails read the directions. it turns out right by the temperature dial there is a small hole. You stick in a 5/16 Allen wrench and turn clockwise to increase the heat counterclockwise to decease the heat. In other words I turned mine counter clockwise and now I can put the dial on 4 or 5 and the pens don't get red hot. This an amazing feature that they don't even mention about the unit. This mean you can not only use any pen with the Burnmaster you can even tailor it to where you want the dial to be. I have the Eagle I don't know if the Hawk (single burner) has it.
The cord were heavy duty, three yr guarantee and a safety switch so you can;t accidentally burn it out with a shorted pen. So far I'm a happy camper. I'll keep updating.
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some burned well while others engulfed the jar in complete flames. I used these wicks to make candles from collected candle wax. After melting down my old candle wax and using existing candle jars that I emptied and cleaned, I placed the wicks and poured the wax. Everything seemed great until I went to light them a few days later.
While they seem to burn low smoke, they burn very fast and the flames get very high easily. 2 of my candles mellowed out and now burn normally, while the other 2 burned so fast and furiously after an hour. I noticed that the jars were pure flames that I couldn't blow out at all. I had to get an extinguisher! Really don't know why some of the wicks work while some don't. I used the same wax in all 4 candles the exact same way. Maybe I just got a bad batch of wicks, who knows. Just a bit of my 411 for those who are looking to purchase these wicks.
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painting black anyways) then I would have been sorely disappointed. The hands are also extremely thin which in . The hour and minute hands were pressed in the wrong direction so if I was wanting it to be blue (which I wasn't and had planned on painting black anyways) then I would have been sorely disappointed. The hands are also extremely thin which in my case I was looking for. The movement itself is VERY delicate and I ended up dropping it from a small distance and it exploded. I managed to put all the pieces and gears back together but it didn't work (although all gears were operating correctly via the timing gear on the back.) Who knows if the fall killed the electronics or if it ever really worked to begin with.. Really love the design on the hands. Would give a better product review if the hands were pressed correctly and there was maybe a little more holding the movement together. Just shows a lack of detail overall.
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Face hurts, angry. A warning to all. I bought this kit from Michael's because I needed a kit with Purple and red in it. I was doing a costume of Kefka from FF6. . The red has given me a burning itchy rash after this, as well as after the stream I noticed a non prominent warning about never using Purple on or near the eyes or mouth. I will never use this brand again and I am now seeking alternatives. Also the red comes out as a pink, not bright red as you would expect before adding water to it. Also I didn't get the rash when I did Kefka, I got it after doing a drag queen take on Terra for my twitch channel the following night. I also included a picture of the rash, I have splotches on both side of my face now, they started darker and have been fading over time but it has been 24 hours since I removed the paint and showered. I think the only reason the purple didn't do anything nasty to my skin is because I had a full layer of white under it.
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Parts would break and fall off. I bought three boxes of this. They worked great while being sculpted. I like how malleable they are and that it never dries, giving me endless work time.
However, after i left a figure sculpture in my studio overnight, I came in the morning only to find out that one arm had broken and fallen off!!! I had kneaded the sculpey thoroughly before hand so I don't know what I could have done to avoid it.
Smaller accidents similar to this had happened several times while I was working on the sculpture, where a part would just crack and fall off.
It is so unfortunate that this product has such a major flaw. It is great otherwise!!
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excited about receiving these as I had heard such great reviews about it neither best dupe for the Makeup . I was really excited about receiving these as I had heard such great reviews about it neither best dupe for the Makeup Forever flash pallette. The colors swatch pretty well and are creamy and blendable. The yellow isn't as pigmented as the other colors. But my biggest concern was the great difference in the various amounts of each color I got. Some were full to the top and others like the gold and silver were only filled halfway. Every color was at a different level and that sort of inconsistency isn't something that I was hoping to put my money towards. Overall the product is pretty good minus the yellow not being so pigmented, but the variance of amounts was completely off putting. Not sure that I'd recommend this to a friend.
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Don't let this sit on your shelf very long. I got this as a Christmas gift and its been sitting in my workroom waiting for something worthy of casting.. Well, today ( 8 months later) I decided to give it a go. Only to find that part A has been turned into a perfect mold of the interior of the container. Its almost completely cured, with absolutely no usable compound left. Part B is fine.
To be fair, the container of part A does say its got a limited shelf life. But no where on the box itself does it say this. So even though I had read the box completely and being new to casting, I had no idea that if i waited long enough, it would cure in the container
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It's decent. I love some things about this hole punch. For example, I love how easily it fits into a binder, so I don't have to worry about ever losing it. I also have no problem with the holes matching up. But, I took away some stars because I have found quite a few negatives with it. One negative would be that sometimes the holes don't punch all the way through the first time that you punch them. Also, they rip the holes pretty easily. In addition, I'm not quite sure how to easily dispose of the holes after they are punched out because it's a bit of a task. Although this is unrelated, it would also be nice to be able to have some way of choosing the color that you want. I'm not much of a pink person. :)
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card making fun. However. I bought this with high hopes that it would give me hours and hours of non-stop scrap-booking, card making fun. However, the problem is with the small application rollers. There is not an edge to the rollers and the tape keeps rolling off. I love that it has giant rolls with so much tape on each roll, and the grip of the handle and the ease of changing the tape rolls, however, I wish that the small application rollers had a small edge to it to keep the tape from rolling off. If you buy this tape glider gun, when you are using it, just remember to periodically look down to adjust the tape as it comes out to make sure it stays in the middle of the rollers, if it gets to close to the edge, it will come off and it gets aggravating when you are crafting.
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Great entry level set - NOT for hard work. These are not as bad as a lot of the reviews seem to suggest. 5 of the 6 tools have so far worked great for me after a very small amount of sharpening and stropping. The small gouge broke after only about 5 minutes of usage inside of a birch burl. Even though it was very hard wood I was working on, a gouge should not crack like this piece did (chipped away half of the cutting edge). I would say if you're looking for a beginner tool set to hone your skills and enter into the world of wood working, these are for you. If you need some serious tools for hard wood working or you need/want something that you can keep for many years to come, stay away.
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Great product - don't heat in a non-stick pot. Great product. I used it to secure a dowel across a piece of furniture to hang some hand-made curtains on it I created a cup for the dowel to rest in and placed a screw through the middle of the cup to hold it in place. The pellets melted easily and were easy to form. I have no skill at making things look professional, but with the curtains hiding the gizmo I created, no harm, no foul. I also purchased the instamorph with the black dye to fix a chandelier in my dining room. I created a "collar" to go around one of the small candelabra arms to force it to stand straight again. Saved myself a boat load of money in doing so. One caveat -- use it in a pot without non-stick surfacing. Some of the pellets stuck to the bottom of the pot and caused the non-stick surface to be damaged.
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Better than Crayola's Glitter Glues. My 4 year-old son loves schmearing around glitter glue, using it more like a sparkly paint. I was hoping these paint pens, as they're labeled, were more like a paint, but I don't really see a difference between these and glitter "glue". However, these are much better than the Crayola glitter glues we've tried. They have a lot more sparkle to them, my son says they're easier to squeeze, the caps are heavier (which, for us, means they're less likely to get lost), and so far, they've lasted longer than the similar size Crayolas. They are very washable, too, which is great. For an older kid (or adult) who has more control over their artwork, I can see where these would make very cool 3D things. Very good price, too, and they don't seem to be available in stores.
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I am a big fan of washi tapes as I do not see a need to use plain tape when we have pretty tape out there =) There are many aspe. The tapes that I am reviewing are #13 the more pastel set.
I am a big fan of washi tapes as I do not see a need to use plain tape when we have pretty tape out there =)
There are many aspects of these tapes that I think put them above other washi tapes such as the stickiness of the tape....one of my biggest pet-peeves of many washi tapes is that it doesn't like to adhere to anything...I used this to stick to a notebook cover .... wrapping paper .... gift box.... all 3 the tape did great a behaved the way tape is suppose to. I also liked the opaqueness of the tape... the lighter colors have some see-through but the white you can definitely see though. Can also be written on with pencil / pen / marker. These are also sized for a regular tape dispenser or washi tape dispenser. I did get to test/try these at a discounted price. My words and thoughts are my own and un-biased.
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Very nice pens, but pens shouldn't erase with your pencil lines. I initially picked up this pack for a projefct in art school because it was relatively well-priced (could NOT swing the cost of Copics, much as I wanted to), and had a good breadth of liners as well as a chisel tip and a brush.
Got these home and started drawing and was pleasantly surprised at how /fantastic/ the auction on the pens isespecially the brush tip! (Do you have any ideca how hard it is to find a brush tip that's not limp as a dead fish, nor stuck up as some pokliticians? Answer: Really hard.) The pens all have nice, consiystent ink flow, a rich blackwhich doesn't tend towards that metaollic sheen that Sharpies and somue liners haveand I've been working with this pack for two years now, on and off, and haven't run out of ink yet (though, the .3 is running a bit low).
The one thing, though, that breaks the stream of 'wow, this is amazing' is this:
Trying to erase underlying pencil lines will erase the ink as well, which is NOT a desirable trait in an outlining pen. I don't like having to re-ink 40% of a 18x24" page because my ink lines are noticeably lighter in those areas. I mean, it'd work fine for blue line work, pre-scan, but I bought these for traditional work, not to ink then scan. (And besides, I ink digitally when I do digital pieces.)
Honestly, a more than a little disappointed about this, but the ink doesn't smear or bleed, so I'm going to keep using these, even if only on free-hand work.
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Nice weight to them and sturdy. This set is made well. Nice weight to them and sturdy. The case is decent although the elastic band and Velcro that hold it together once rolled up is a bit flimsy. My only complaint about these tools is I had to do a lot of work on some of them to get a sharp enough edge for carving. Most of them just required a few minutes of sharpening on the stone included with some honing oil. Some the tools however were completely dull and required a few hours of work on grinder to get a proper edge. I gave these three stars because they have the potential to be really great tools but will require more than typical work on your part to get all of them working properly.
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Golden Gray" (Golden Island Fox) Tail: top, bottom, and curled positions. 1 star for shipment: Tail arrived almost a full month past the expected delivery date.
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5 stars for quality: Absolutely beautiful! Thick, clean, and with no contortions or twists in the fur pattern. Slightly over 43 cm, clasp and chain in good condition. No breakage or imperfections found so far. Coloration is very close to the tail pictured. 5 stars if it weren't for the shipping issues.
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Buyers Note: This tail was taken from a fox on a FOX FARM. Meaning, by purchasing this item you are effectively condemning a creature to death with your order. Be conscious that tails are not taken from "naturally deceased" foxes. Keep in mind what you are buying.
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Very artsy marble paper. This paper is very beautiful, better than the item photo. The one I received had blue, teal/turquoise, lavender, and green color tones, along with the metallic gold. It's soft like tissue paper, but, it's thicker, and it is not see-through, I seriously wanted to pet the paper. The back side does not have marble dye on it, but, due to the dyes leaking through when it's created it's not white and completely blank. I bought mine to use for decoupage. It was a pricey paper, but worth it if you are looking for something special. My only issue was that it was sent as Registered mail. I have no transportation, so it sat in the post office for a long while. It requires signing for the package, and the mail carrier only attempts delivery three times, if they can't connect with you in three attempts then it is sent back. My Amazon orders section stated that it had been "delivered" when in fact it had only made it as far as the post office. I suppose they register it due to fears of it being bent or damaged by being shoved into mailboxes, and preferred to have it handed instead. I finally managed to sign for it the second time, thank goodness.
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Sticks every punch. As an aspiring artist I was so looking forward to being able to use this product to make an interesting background to display earrings.
It was the perfect size, and when it arrived I was ready to put it to use.
From the very first punch, the machine would stick. It seemingly made the very simple process of cutting through one layer of normal paper, very difficult. More difficult, and time intensive then making the actual earrings, was the process of punching a single sheet of paper on this machine.
AS an artist, having things work smoothly and in flow is key. This product was anything but.
From the very first punch this machine would stick. Possibly... Maybe it is just this one particular machine that is not working the way it should. If that was case, then I would love an opportunity to judge this product as it was supposed to work... rather than the way it is working currently.
If someone could provide me information on how this product should work, or replace the one I have, then I would better understand this product, and determine how it really should be used. Please help me troubleshoot this. I really do hope its the case that its just the item sent to me has a problem, or all the machines stick the same way?
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E6000 Industrial Strength Glue Adhesive 2 ounce review. This glue works very well! I recently had a problem with a piece of my carpeting on the stairs falling away from the wood underneath the carpet. With this glue I was able to fix the problem without a hassle. I have not used this for jewelry but it seems to me that other reviewers have given good advice about that.
I will say that you need to use a reasonable amount of this for it to work if you want it to hold two things like carpet and the wood beneath it together the very first time. It took me a couple of tries, actually, because the first time I wasn't using enough of it. With proper use (not too much and not too little), this forms a very tight bond between things such as carpeting and wood flooring; and I suppose that although it's "industrial strength" you could use this with crafts as well. It will take a couple of days or so for the very best bonding; but this product does such a good job that it's worth it.
I would be careful not to inhale this--it does have a somewhat unpleasant odor and in fact this is not healthy for you. Follow all of the label directions carefully and wash your hands after using this product.
All in all, if you really want strong glue, this is an excellent choice.
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I like the set for its vibrant colors that stay on . Its early but I mainly got this face paint for Halloween, and I am very excited to be using it in the fall. So far I just tested it out on my boyfriend (unfortunately he had me destroy the evidence on my phone). I like the set for its vibrant colors that stay on for a long time and wash off easily. The paints arrive dry and work like water colors with a wet brush they liven up and are easy to apply. 24 colors is more than enough with this property as well, because you can blend colors if you are careful enough, I used his face to mix them so I didn't mess up the pallet. For washing I used warm water and a bath towel it was a breeze and mostly came off like that. The rest came off with a shower.
I was offered this product at a promotional price in order to test and review it. My experience does not reflect that of other reviewers or the manufacturer. My rating is honest and unbiased.
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clear and bright red! worked well on rhinestones, cap DOES NOT SEAL. Worked well-- 2-3 coats builds up a thick, transparent, brilliant red coating. I applied this to 1" rhinestone buttons by dipping their top surface into a small amount of the stain in a cup. The first coat was bright pink, but the second coat was definitely RED-- and still very clear. The rhinestones lost only a small bit of their shine because the thickness of each coat of stain rounded off the edges of the rhinestone facets slightly-- but they are still quite shiny. My customer will be pleased-- this is for a dance costume piece.
TIP: use a toothpick to seal the cap-- once the seal is peeled off the bottle, there's no way to close the cap. The nozzle on the cap has no mechanism for closing, it's just an open tube.
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Mother in law's cruel joke. I can only assume my husband's mother hates me as she gifted this to my 5 year old daughter. Not only is the packaging vague, but mine didn't have an expiration date. It also clearly states "removes easily" and let me tell you it does not. The tray it comes in and the technic they expect you to use reminds me of watercolors except this flimsy tray has no lid. How can you use this and store it away for later use without making a total mess? I do have to say the color showed up well on my child's skin. It's just a shame she had an orange face even after bathing. I also have to say that for the price a stencil or two thrown in wouldn't hurt for an artistically challenge mom like myself. I won't be using this product again in fact I will be throwing it away and I wouldn't recommend it for purchase.
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Great quality and easy to use in a vinyl cutting machine. I have been on a search for some camo vinyl for a while now. I haven't always been a huge fan of the digi camo but I was not disaappointed with this pack! All of the sheets of vinyl have a crisp clean digi camo look. It is not blurry or uncLear looking. It is easy to tell it is digi camo.
There are 6 sheets: blue, pink, tan, green, black, brown. All of the colors are bright and vibrant. You can easily tell what it is even when cut into a smaller design. It comes with a bonus half sheet that has a small portion of a zig zag pattern and a small portion of blue trees. So that's fun to get a small sample of some other vinyl patterns.
MY BIGGEST RECCOMENDATION IF YOU ARE USING THESE IN A VINYL CUTTING MACHINE- use the top portion of the bonus page to do a test cut in your machine. All machines cut differently and you don't want to waste the good vinyl trying to adjust your settings.
After playing around with it for a while I found some good settings to cut at and it cut awesomely. It was easy to weed out the negative space.
This is a good high quality vinyl. I plan to buy more from this seller. It is a good high quality vinyl that can be used for many craft projects.
So far I have had no issues with this vinyl cracking or peeling off of normal surfaces.
I received this product at a discounted price in trade for my full and honest review. The discount I received has no bearing on my review and all words are my own.
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Very Intriguing Glaze. Greg Bryant here. Long-time ceramicist currently working with porcelain jewelry. (ie.. my sample pieces are all very small).
I was recently seduced by this glaze. Achieving a metallic look on ceramic has always been a goal of mine, so palladium seemed like it would be perfect. I have experimented with it extensively. I have fired it from as low as cone 05 (interesting!) to its upper limit, cone 6.
Long story short (well, somewhat abbreviated) I cannot achieve the looks that they advertise (the cup you see here, or the cool "rivets" you see on the label of the pint.) At cone 5 or 6, on Standard 365 porcelain, the glaze is more like a "dark mirror" ... intriguing for sure, but not the bright silver look that Amoco advertises. I am using it fairly thick. (I'm sure that thinner would be no good, and any thicker and it would run off the bottom of the piece). Where the glaze "breaks", it is a rather unattractive dark olive green. (it seems to be resolved if there is a dark undercoating oddly enough.. (like dark clay or black underglaze on a light clay)
I will continue to use this glaze as it is a breakthrough I think... but I'm going to forget the silver look unless I have an "aha moment".. (or someone just plain tells me what to do).
I would still recommend that you experiment with this glaze.
~G
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Thin but quality magnets. I purchased this to make small, personalized magnets for a monthly calendar dry erase/magnetic board that I purchased. I don't have a silhouette cutting tool, but you can use scissors on this product just fine, as long as you're really patient or not cutting out elaborate designs (I was cutting out very small rectangles with no problems--my scissors weren't even super sharp). I printed out my magnet designs on sticker paper and then stuck them to this magnet paper. (I was worried that the magnet adhesive wouldn't be that great--thus the sticker paper--but it would have been fine on its own.) I would buy this again, although it comes with several magnet sheets so I probably won't need to.
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MICRO-INVESTMENT. This purchase is actually a little investment, but so low-risk that I can give it my five stars simply on the strength of the interest I have in it. I have two grandsons, one who will be 6 on St Valentines day, the other turning 4 in the first week of May. At this stage of their development the elder will be given Despicable Me construction puzzles among his Christmas gifts, while little Blondy Blue-Eyes is showing an interest in advanced Monster Play Dough Plus.
Spotting this origami pack I have got it for the two little guys and I shall be interested to see how they react to it. It seems to be designed for an age range from 7 (well 7? 6? whats the difference?) to as high as you like. If they are not interested at this stage, the more advanced models could yet capture their attention at any age down the years, and of course I shall never know about that. To start with, the early pieces feature animals, nearly always images of interest to children, and I wonder what questions they may have regarding the penguin who seems to be wearing a burka. Instructions, patterned paper and detail stickers come as part of the deal, and the makers tell us that up to 40 folded animals can be created.
Existing reviews seem to be favourable, so that plus the intrinsic interest of the set is easily enough for me to award the full five stars. This is your launch, dear origami animals, as you set sail through life with Samko and Ben.
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They are sharp and easy to use. These chisels are durable and high quality. I have tested them a few times thus far on softer woods (pine and poplar). They are sharp and easy to use. The handles have a decent grip to them once you use them a few times and get some of the oils from your hands on them. Initially were bit slippery, but do not fret! If you continue to use them they will very quickly become much easier to grip. The chisels also come in a nice compact plastic case that holds them very well and makes for easy storage. Overall, I think these chisels are a good product and look forward to using them.
I received this item at a discount in exchange for an honest review.
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Just for fun. I read some good things about Snazaroo makeup. Unfortunately, all those reviews were coming from trollaboo cosplayers, who were using the light gray face paint. From my personal experience, this is not thick enough to cover the skin in one layer. I am the whitest girl I know, and I still had to do around 4-5 layers of this face paint before it stopped being translucent. It took me around two hours! So do not plan to use this brand if you want an all white face. My little sister, who is a trollaboo herself, was using the light gray, and she only had to do a couple of layers. However, BOTH of us experienced cracking in the face paint. We spent half of NDK in the bathroom reapplying this stuff. So if you want something fun for kids, this will be fine. However, if you want a nice, pure white, or are looking for a long lasting face paint, I say look elsewhere.
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Very pretty blue just put it on thick. Hi I did not like the glaze at first then found out I had not applied it thick enough. I had a gallon of it given to me as a gift so I wanted to figure out how to use it. It is such a pretty blue and the brown shows on the parts that are not covered as thick. The rims of bowls would be hard to keep blue but to me the brown with the blue is just very pretty. Also if you look at my pictures, the small bowl was a very dark brown clay, the others were light colored clay so that makes a difference in the outcome. I tried it over another color with bad results but now have looked at Amoco's web site and they show you colors with blue rutile on top or under other colors so I will experiment more
I am a retired math teacher, this is one of my hobbies.
I fired it to cone 06 for the bisque and then cone 6 for the glaze. The small plate was a single fire to cone 6 all the others I bisque fired first.
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