Sizzix 656458 Textured Impressions Embossing Folders 2-Pack Reviews

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I ordered this as an additional set of folders to go with my Sizzix texture boutique beginner's kit. The patterns are really nice and when combined in the sandwich with card-stock paper, you get a nice and crisp pattern. Thanks to Sizzix, I can now make my invitations POP! They are made of a nice sturdy plastic. I just wish these things were: not so expensive, available in Jamaica and that they came in sets with more than 2 A2 folders. Four (4) A2 folders in a set would be even greater :).

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This is perfect set to use to get started back on a passion I'd not had time for. Has all the necessary tools to decide what my next step will be. The box itself may be a little lacking but I'm not hard on things like it and do not anticipate issues with it. I'd recommend it to anyone getting started as a hobby or, like myself, getting back into one.

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Royal & Langnickel Paint Your Own Masterpiece Painting Set, Cafe Reviews

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Want to paint but don't know how to begin? The company that puts out these products, Famous Art Kits, offers a unique instructive opportunity. The canvases they send are of well-known masterpieces, such as Van Gogh's Sunflowers, Klimt's The Kiss, with only a pre-printed minimal of outlines. Each is "inspired by the paintings" and comes with a booklet discussing what colors go where, and which to paint first. Acrylic paints and brush are included. These kits are "not an exact copy, but as a beautiful and personal tribute to the great artist". .

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I can't believe I wasted 10 minuets of my life with this ridiculous thing! It seemed like a nice little to project to relax with at the end of the day. This was the most irritating "masterpiece" ever! First of all, the directions are a mess in the little pamphlet, I didn't know where to begin. It makes is seem like a clear coat goes down first because they refer to the paint as "color glaze"... it's just super cheap, thin, sort-of acrylic paint. It instructs you to gently SCRUB the color into the AREAS of the gray scale canvas. What? The paint brushes included are the size of kindergarteners brushes, make out of something like brittle horse hair that falls out and breaks off all over the picture.

This whole thing is just scrubbing and scraping really thin cheap paint over a shadow of an image, so you can see through the paint, and see the weird little picture under it. This is supposed to look good? Seriously, just buy a paint by number, they look fantastic compared to this!

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I was very pleased when I got this set in the mail. Everything was very pretty but just know that the hearts are plastic.

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I expected much better quality.

It was not bad for the price but the pen arrived cracked. I'm not sure if this was due to the product manufacture defect or the packaging issue.

I would recommend the seller puts photos of the inside of the guest book, i.e. how the pages are on the inside as it wasn't what expected.

The glasses aren't CLEAR glass, they are of pretty cheap quality but they didn't crack (surprisingly!)

The pen stand is cute and the cover of the guest book is not fab (that you can fall in love with it) but its pretty.

One of the charms from the wine glass attached from the ribbon so I will have to sew it myself back on.

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to whom it may concern

My name is Karen and My bride glass arrived broken but the rest was fine

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The packaging was not good upon arrival. I had to send back and reorder. I did get the new ones in time for the event. Ok quality for the price.

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Very sweet and wonderful set. I got it just the way i saw it and has really appreciated it to the fullest.

Review of Plaid 29364 Letter Stencil Value Pack, 4-Inch Icons

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They are quite nice. They are in a stack, like a deck of cards. You get the stencils and most of the cut out images too.

Yes, that's a value for a scrapbooker or art journalist. They are made of pink cardstock.

Not laminated, no.

They came quickly and were packaged right.

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Reviews of Darice Foamies 3D Activity Bucket, Race Cars

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Used this for a 2 yr old birthday party. The parts were quick and easy to put together but remember that some of the parts are small so could potentially be a choking hazard. Only thing I wish it also had was stickers for racing stripes, etc.

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These have worked well for bracelets and dog callors. Leaves a little room for adjustment. They seem strong and so far all the dog callors I have made customers like them and can fasten license and ID tags to the shacles.

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I have been looking for a good price on bow shackles to make my 550 bracelets. I have had no luck finding them in small lots (1-10, I'm not selling just making for personal use) for less than ~$2/ea. Not even the ugly, scratchy galvanized ones. I ran across this lot with the adjusters and was really happy to see the price. $2.20/ea for stainless shackles with adjusters is roughly half the price I've been seeing. I jumped on the deal assuming it was another "amazon undercutting price" that would go away in a couple of minutes. Seems that wasn't the case, still happy I jumped. I received my shackles in less than 48 hours from ordering them. They came packaged very nicely, all together in a resealable (think hardware store blister packaging not ziploc) baggie and good sturdy cardboard box around them, way better than needed. The free cable tie is a nice little bonus. I know it's just a silly cheap strip of Velcro with advertising on it but I kinda have of thing for them so I was happy to get it.

The bows are nice (even if austenitic ... i.e.non-magnetic) stainless steel and worth this price without the adjusters. My only "complaint" (I quote because I'm not really a complaining or concerned) is that the adjusters are not also stainless steel. There is a "seam" all the way around (bisecting the holes) in the "chrome" on them. I decided to sacrifice one (figured I could always just paint it black) and filed away one seam between two holes. The coating filed off VERY easily and reveals a "light copper" color metal underneath. It's not heavy enough to be copper or steel, but heavier than aluminum. Without getting silly on testing for no real good reason I'm going to say it's bronze of some type (copper/zinc alloy). It's smells/tastes of copper, and when compared to a freshly filed penny (to get through the 100% copper coating) it's nearly the same color. I wouldn't think it's more than 3% (U.S. Pennys are 2.5%) copper at most.

The metal is relatively soft, not nearly soft enough to deform or bend from the intended use, probably not even if you hung from them, but compared to my file extremely soft, it left some pretty good gouges. I suggest trying some higher grit sandpaper instead of a file if you decide to clean your off.

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They look great, but difficult to put on alone. It's a lot easier if you have someone to help when putting on your paracord bracelet or watch band. Doing it alone, you only have one hand.

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Very pleased with the product.....will probably order more in the future. Very fast shipping. I tried buying items like this before and found the bolt not easy to screw in or to be a bad fit. These work perfectly. Can't wait to put them to use.

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Shackles are nice looking. They are great to use as a clasp to connect a survival bracelet. Would buy again.

Heartfelt Creations Cling Rubber Stamp Set 5'X6.5' Leaf Medley Reviews

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Great item! Goes wonderfully with the die cut. I don't think it's absolutely necessary; however, it is nice to have.

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I love this set it was easy to stamp and mach! I didn't get the die at the same time so I counld;t wait so I stamp and cut them by hand and it looks great my cutting give them more personality but one that I got the die is was piece of cake cutting it

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I had bought the Spellbinders foliage dies and saw these stamps that had been created to use with them. What do I think? As with any Spellbinders/Heartfelt Creations collaboration, these are fantastic. I love the detail of the stamps and the ease of use with the dies.

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My obsession with these primates has been for over 50 years. I just love them, no matter what meadium. That's my story and I'm sticking with it......Smile

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These lacey squares are perfect for so many projects. Using gold foil cardstock they become a wonderful embellishment for

card making or special projects. Stamping on regular cardstock, they have such a detailed look to them. I would definitely

recommend purchasing these for everyone's personal craft supply.

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These dies make super apertures on cards and work well in the Cuttlebug and the Grand calibur.

Arrived in good time from Amazon

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Really thought this spellbinder would make a lovely card. Looking forward to getting the other Lacey spellbinders that go along with this one.

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I make and sell greeting cards to benefit our local library, and have quite a few sets of Spellbinder dies. This five-piece 'lacy squares' set is quite nice for making labels on all sorts of cards (see customer image above for a sympathy card decorated with the next-to-the-smallest lacy square). I print the sentiment, e.g. 'with sympathy' on card-stock, then fit the die around the words and run it through the die machine twice, once to cut and once to emboss.

As with all of the Spellbinder die sets, good directions are included on how to use these dies with Cuttlebug, Big Kick & Big Shot, Spellbinders Wizard and Grand Calibur machines. I usually run them through my Grand Calibur machine.

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I am just getting use to using dies, I haven't gotten to play with them as much as I'd like. I do like these and really think that they make the cards I do, special.

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great size for beading braclets and holds well fast shippment would deal with compnay again had no problems

although did not get one iteam I wanted out of

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The Royal & Langnickel Premier Painting Chest Deluxe Art Set really is as nice as it looks in the pictures.

The chest itself is attractive dark wood with brass tone fittings. It's fairly solid although it may not be built for the ages, it doesn't feel flimsy either. There is a drop panel in the front that hides two storage drawers. When using the chest on a table, the front panel is positioned in such a way that the bottom drawer is slightly impeded, but a bit of fiddling will allow you to open and fully extend the bottom drawer.

Included inside are a variety of paints oils, acrylics, and water colors (both tubes and cakes). The paints are fresh; the texture and consistency are pleasant and easy to apply. The colors are good with rich pigments.

Brushes for each type of paint (oil, acrylic and water color) are included, too. Royal and Langnickel specialize in brushes, so these are above the quality you might expect in an average boxed set. There is a row of holes in the top of the chest, which allows you to stand the brushes upright a very nice touch that you won't find when you're using a tackle box for your art supplies.

The box also includes sketching supplies pencils, sharpener, and eraser.

The bottom line is that the chest is something you'll be proud to own and it comes with an excellent set of basic art supplies. It's not inexpensive but it is a good value for the money.

Recommended.

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Since I descend from a long line of artists over two hundred years, I grew up learning about paint, pigments and art. When studying in art schools (1978-1983 and again in 1990-1992) I either mixed my own colors with raw pigments and mediums, or bought premium artist's-quality paints by respected brand names, most notably Sennelier. You might think that qualifies me as an art snob who would hate these cheap paints. On the contrary, I think they are just fine for students and hobbyists who which to discover the fun of painting.

Last year, my daughter attended art school and we got this for her classes. My thinking was that these are good enough for student experimentation since permanence and pigment density are not big issues for students. So, I helped her try out these pigments by making color-wheels, paint mixtures, value-hue-tint-and shade charts. Here's what we discovered...

The blues, particularly Pthalocyanines, are nearly as strong as professional pigments. That is a characteristic of all pthalopigments, not the manufacture. So, you can count on the blue-green families of colors to be vibrant, strong and powerful. Students and hobbyists alike will quickly learn they do not need much of those pigments when mixing colors. They will also learn it is difficult to mix neutral grays with any pthalocyanine pigments, regardless of hue-compliment.

The alizarin crimson is a hue, which means it is a mixture of pigments, not a pure single pigment. Professionals might not prefer the "hues" but students will find them accurate enough for standard color-theory mixing.

The yellows are a trifle on the weak side, so over a semester she ended up using more of the yellows than any other primary. That's normally the case with any yellow-family pigment, but more so with student-quality products like these. That's no big deal since you can always go to the local art-store to replace dwindling supplies of most-used colors.

The case is actually pretty good for a stapled-together-mass-produced box. Although she hated it because it was too cumbersome to carry to classes. Hobbyists who work at home and prefer to keep their painting areas neat will probably enjoy the case more than students who must carry materials around campus. Painting supplies have a tendency toward explosive entropy, so this box is a boon to apartment and dorm dwellers or anyone with OCD issues. Even if YOU are not a "neat-freak, your roommates will appreciate you keeping your mess contained in the box! That can help prevent arguments in the dorm.

Regardless of the cumbersome box size, this represents a great value and superb ease-of-shopping for anyone interested in beginning painting. Instead of laboring over myriad choices and spending a LOT more for individual colors, this set provides a nice range with all the standard colors a student could need. By itself, that makes it a good value since you save time and headaches selecting colors. Students want to experiment. They do not need every possible color-choice and are usually better off with few colors. In fact, most art teachers I've met insist students begin with a limited pallet to insure students learn color-mixing and values before going crazy with many expensive colors.

The brushes are actually quite good... incredibly good for the price. Obviously the watercolor brushes are a trifle stiff and do not carry paint the way Kolinsky Sable will. But, that's OK too. Most students will get fine performance from the synthetic brushes for water-media and the bristle brushes for oils, which are just fine even for a pro.

Overall, this is a great value on medium-quality paints; good enough for anyone in college and delightful for weekend painters who don't care to read volumes arcane scientific literature about chemical-pigment formulations, color-theory, fugitive pigments, transparency-vs-opacity, staining vs sedimentary, etc. A student (or student's parent) can save a LOT of time and money by simply buying this set, and possibly adding to it as paint runs out or brushes fail.

Are these professional quality? No, of course not. Professional quality paints demand ten times more. Professional watercolor brushes cost fifty times more.

The bristle oil-brushes are nearly pro-quality though, and it is a fairly complete set of decent colors in three mediums that most art-students will need; All in a nifty box that, although too big for a fashion-conscious coed to carry, is perfect for organization at home.

The only complaint we can make is that some of the watercolors were hard in the tube and separated from the gum-arabic binder.

That's not a huge problem if you know how to resurrect hardened colors. Just put sealed tubes in boiling water for ten minutes, then squeeze the tubes (with your oven mitts on!) to massage the gum-binder back into the pigment. You can also stick a toothpick inside the tubes and rotate it around to re-alloy pigment with medium. That works for oil-colors too, but do NOT try that with acrylics! Heat changes the polymer emulsion and makes acrylic paint clumpy.

I suspect that very few hobbyists buy these complete kits because they balk at the initial cost, so the sets lay dormant in inventory for a long time. That's probably why the WC tubes were hard. If hobbyists were to add up the cost of all the individual items for comparison, they would undoubtedly change their minds. You can do some research for yourself! I did, and discovered that to buy similar ranges of products from my favorite online discount stores, I would pay one-and-a-half to three times more for all the same stuff! This set, combined with a couple of 140# watercolor pads and a few yards of cotton duck will get any beginner on the path.

Compared to the cost of buying everything this kit contains separately, it is a fantastic value and HUGE time-saver. If you want to experiment with several mediums or have a fledgling art-student preparing for school, this is a great deal. That's why I recommend it.

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The set is very nice. Complete with an all you can need for the child or beginner artist. The case is solid wood very nicely arranged. However, when you open the last drawer and it is on a flat surface it is quite cumbersome. When u get it you'll know what I mean. Would not stop me from getting it but it could be better.

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I received this set and the Deluxe drawing set as a raffle prize from my local art store. I LOVE it! I had been sketching for a while and decided I might pick up a cheap paint set to dabble in but before I had a chance to, I won this set. So my journey began. I haven't used the oils yet, but the acrylics and watercolors are very nice. They're not a "cheap" paint but probably not "professional" either. There is a good range of brushes as well. The box makes it easy to keep all my painting supplies in one place which is helpful since space it tight in spare bedroom where my art desk is set up. This slides easily onto a bookshelf and is tucked out of sight yet doesn't take up so much space on my desk when in use that I can't work around it. I'm really glad I received this item and would recommend it for someone who wants to try painting and wants a robust "starter kit" or is wanting to try the various paint media without investing a fortune.

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When I received the package I was saddened to see that the wood case was damaged and looked as if it was falling apart. I was able to use carpenter glue and wood vices to reattach the sides. With a little touch up paint and polish, the chest now looks like it is brand new (which is the way it should have been received). After inspection, the contents appear to be undamaged and in great condition. I contacted Amazon customer service and they were kind enough to give me a promotional credit of $30 for my troubles.

Thank you Amazon.

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I bought the oil paint set for my mother. It was her birthday. She loved the set, mixing and matching the colors. She wants more of it now.

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don't let the size fool you these small tubes pack a lot of good oil paint in them and very easy to use and I like the variety of colors

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These are soft enough for me to use right away in my paintings, they're easy to hold

and there's a great variety of hues to mix with the rest of my pastels.

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I bought this set of circular needles as a backup to my metal set, because sometimes my daughter is using just the size I need.

These needles are bamboo. Like other bamboo needles, they work best with slippery yarns (where a metal needle would slide out too easily), not so well with yarn that grabs, e.g., pure wool. The advantage of bamboo is that it's more likely to be allowed on an airplane than metal needles, especially straight needles.

The joins (where the cable joins the needle tips) are extremely smooth. Having used the needles for several months, I've not had the yarn (even wool) snag on the join even once. The cable itself is a little "grabby," so this is not a good choice if you knit very tightly, however, the cable is an absolute dream in that it has no memory whatsoever, so it will not coil up on you while you're knitting. It just lies there like a wet noodle. The points are reasonably sharp, so you could certainly use these needles for lace.

The selection of sizes is terrific, U.S. 0-15, and the 32" cable is long enough to do magic loop knitting. My only negative experience with the needles is that one of the tips of the size 0 needle broke in half while I was knitting a pair of socks, so you do have to be mindful of how much pressure you're putting on this thin bit of wood. Fortunately, I was able to sand the remaining tip to a point and go right on knitting. I've had no similar problem with any of the thicker needles in the set. Each needle is stamped with its size and comes in a plastic bag.

This set of needles would be an excellent choice for anyone who needs a backup set or a newer knitter who might not be ready to invest in the more expensive interchangeable circular needle sets.

Fast forward 3 years: The needles have held up beautifully, so I upgraded my rating from 4 to 5 stars. When I'm being especially hard on my needles, the bending and twisting movement where cord joins tip has twice cracked the cord. When that happened, I simply pulled off the plastic clinging to the bamboo, put a dab of superglue on the bamboo nub, and shoved the end of the tubing back on. This is still the best bang for the buck I've seen in fixed circs.

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I love these! They are very very smooth, the cords don't have memory, so they won't be curling or getting in the way which always bugged me with the metal ones. The joints are also very smooth so the yarn doesn't get caught in them. I'm really happy with my purchase and for the price it's a steal!

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This set of circular needles gave me everything I needed to learn how to knit my socks. In addition, I can use them as convention needles as needles. Don't hesitate to buy--this is a great set!

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They are a great value for knitting back-and-forth, but using them as actual circulars is hard, because there's a lot of friction with the yarn. Higher-quality circular needles I've used allow the yarn to smoothly be pulled along the cable, but this cable is too thick and too.. "sticky" for that to be easy.