My Stamper's Best Haul

I ordered some stamps and stamping accessories from Stamper's Best last week and got the shipment today. I'm impressed by how quickly they got everything out, especially considering that my order qualified for free shipping. Free shipping at some places takes forever. Here's a few pictures with my haul in them. : )

The main reason I ordered was to get 10 of these cling sheets. I've been using Arlene's Tack It Over and Over glue on the stamps I've unmounted wood blocks. While the glue works fine, it's sometimes hard to get a good, consistent image with just the rubber. It works better if you stamp on a mouse pad, but I don't always have a mouse pad with me. So I'm going to convert most, if not all, of my unmounted rubber stamps to the cling sheets.

Operation Write Home asks that we stamp the back of the cards with their symbol. If you don't have a stamp, they have to stamp the back of all the cards before sending them out. Stamper's Best gives you a free unmounted stamp with their symbol on it. So glad I can now stamp the backs of the cards I'm sending in instead of making more work for the people who box them up.

I ordered this bat because I thought it was cute. I also loved the spider web background stamp. Not sure why I like the spider one so much, but I do.

I loved this birthday small stamp set. Not sure why the love stamps went with it but I really liked them. For the slightly larger stamps, I paid 50 cents for them to be on the cling mount to begin with. I figured I paid $2.75 for each sheet of the cling, so if the stamps were 4 x 6 or larger, it'd make sense to pay the 50 cents instead of using 20% or more of the cling sheet. That was my thought at the time anyway. Not sure if it really was cheaper, but it definitely is easier.

I got the "Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year" stamp to put on the inside of any Christmas cards I do. I have very few saying stamps that I would put on the inside of cards and I thought this one was good. I loved this ornament stamp. It's so beautiful. I love the ornaments and the way it was put together.

Lastly is the free stuff that Stamper's Best sent. Their site says that they send a free gift with every order, so these ones are mine. I got a binder sheet to put the stamps on to organize them in a three ring binder. I'm trying to decide if I'm going to go to this method instead of the CD cases I have my stamps in right now. I'm glad they sent me a free one so I can see if I like them enough to invest the money into changing over to this set. The other free item I got was a Super 8 Movie Camera stamp. I like the look of it but am unsure what I'll use it for. I guess I'll have to play around and see. Nothing like a challenge. : )

This is my first order from Stamper's Best and all in all I'm impressed with the shipping time and the quality of the products. Thank you so much for your good service.

Cards I've made at Workshops

These cards are ones I've made at workshops when my friends have hosted parties.

This first one I made at a Close to My Heart workshop. CTMH sells acrylic, unmounted stamps. It's a winter one. Oops, just noticed that I took a picture of the card upside down.

This Halloween one was made at a Stampin' Up workshop. We used the "word window" punch (I think that's what it's called) to make the fence and cut out the window that the slider goes along. We stamped 2 of the jack-o-lanterns, mounted them on a penny in the slider window with 3d foam tape. As you move the card the jack-o-lantern slides along the window. We then punched a circle for the moon and stamped the bats and spider after assembling it. We distressed the fence by inking it with a black inkpad. This was a fun card to make.

This is the card we made at the Stampin' Up workshop I hosted. We colored the birthday cake with chalk picked up on a blender pen. It allows you to use your chalk colors but gives you more of a marker type finish instead of the usual chalk finish. The purple cardstock strip was stamped with the "Petals" jumbo wheel from the Spring 2007 catalog.

This last one my friend had made before the workshop and handed out to everyone. It was a Stampin' Up workshop.