Plaid Mod Podge 12932 Podgeable Papers, Classic Reviews

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Very pretty papers. I would recommend this product.

Don't let the brand put you off. If you like scrapbooking, artist page collections, then this is just up your alley. At least, that's my opinion. Take it or leave it.

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Cheap Copic Markers Multiliner 0.03 Black Pigment Based Ink

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While I do like these pens, I was a little unhappy with them when they first arrived. I was looking for a drawing pen with very dark, black ink. I've used other 0.3 pens from the same company and the ink was very bold and black, but not this one. The ink is a lighter shade of black than most, but I did find a good use for them. If you use this pen primarily for shading, it does look very much like lead/pencil, so if you're after that look, these are great pens.

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I didnt buy these for me, however I the person I bought them for loves them. She has used them for years and thier super expesive locally so she doesnt keep a ready supply near by due to the durability issues that come with anything like this. I was soo happy to find them online at such a reasonable price. She is a just a weekend warrior in the art world but loves doing ultra fine outlines and detail work with these little guys and this is the only brand she uses. Locally they cost between 5-8 bucks a peice which is pretty par for the course and well worth it in her eyes so when I managed to find them online for so cheap I was thrilled. I orderd her 5 for her bday and she hasnt stoped thanking me. The big thing I noticed is buy a few of them, the company who sent me these is great about combining shipping and when you order one and it costs like 3 or 4 bucks but I orderd 5 and price went up like 20 cents so spend a few more dollars and grab a few of them. I will deff be doing this come christmas, I just hope they have enough in stock

Reviews of Armadillo Art & Craft - PanPastel Ultra Soft Artist Pastels 9ml

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The product is as describe but 2 of the colors were received broken. This results in getting the color powder all over the place if you are not careful when opening the broken ones.

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I am so pleased with these overall. I did have two of the pans that were powdered on the top when they arrived...the Titanium White, and Yellow Ocher. The rest were intact. It would have been nice had they all been in pristine condition, but in the grand scheme of things I don't believe this will make much difference.

The pans are actually quite a bit larger than I had anticipated, which helps compensate for the higher cost of this medium. I haven't had a chance to really break into them, but tested out several over my Gelli print scraps, and like the effect very much.

I also purchased the 20 cavity tray which is very nice, and keeps the powdered pans from contaminating the others in the tray. Headed over to review that item next. I also picked up 10 other individuals pans of shades and tints that are prominent in the portrait collection to fill out this tray.

This painting set is a great start for a first set of pan pastels. Can't wait to learn more about these as I play.

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The pan style makes the application both creatively satisfying and easy to use. The colors are a nice selection but it makes you wish for the complete set and range of colors, which they do offer of course!

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these are fun to use and not as messy. Great coverage and blend-ability. I can't wait to get the whole set.

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I got this and used it right away and it was very good goes on almost like paint lots of color.

Review of Canson Arches Block 140 Pound Cold Press

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Great paper for watercolor and you cannot beat the price. My local retail store was charging $49 for the same paper. I ordered the Arches and received it in 3 days. Who could ask for anything more.

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I've always used Strathmore Watercolor Blocks. Although the quality of Strathmore is nice, now that I've used Arches I can't imagine using anything else. Arches seems to be in a category all it's own when it comes to paper quality. Arches is substantially thicker, holds water and color very well, and when using the watercolor block does not buckle even when using a lot of water. You can use tons of water and layers of paint, and it never effects the paper underneath the piece you're working on. I couldn't be happier. Plus the price of this paper when buying from Amazon is fantastic and affordable.

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Costly but worth it, never have to worry that the paper will be a cause of a " mistake". For me, that makes it worthwhile.

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I ordered this book of paper for my son. He loves it. It's the only kind of paper he uses. He is a tattoo artist and uses it to draw his flash on.

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This is simply the best watercolor paper I have ever used. It has weight, and texture. It is cold press. It holds a lot of watercolor. It is medium-sized, and the price on Amazon was right! Why go to the art store?

Reeves 12-Milliliter Water Mixable Oil Color Set, 18-Pack Review

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I purchased this set of paints because the description at the top of the shopping page says,

"18 mil tubes of paint" When I received the set, they are actually 12 mil tubes of paint. There are 18 tubes of paint in this set. I think that the description is faulty and needs to be corrected.

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i was very much excited about getting my hands on these, and im far from dissapointed. I'm new to using oils to paint my sulpts... and for me this is a decent variety of colours :) (want more colours just mix em). Most importantly i must say:

1. I much prefer these 'water mixable' oils to the regular oils with their harsh smelling chemicals needed to work with them (paint thinners)

2. For anyone buying this that is new to oil paint MUST buy a bottle of linseed oil or Alkyd resin (for oil paint takes forever to dry!!! Mixing this helps)

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They mix well with water, colors are great and easy to use. I would say I'd recommend this product to others.

Buy Plaid Hot Glue Gun Helpers Kit

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I have used hot glue guns both professionally and personally for more than 25 years (I have made handmade holiday items (wreaths, mini-trees, etc.) for national catalogs and am a professional artist who works with glass and mixed media in addition to oils. In fact, I own 15 hot glue guns. Words don't describe how wonderful this new product is. I have know for a while that it was coming onto the market and couldn't wait to get a kit. I did and I used it and I will never use a hot glue gun without it...no more burned fingers, I can place small detail items into a work and know it will be neat and have very very few drips etc. Most every household has a hot glue gun.....they also need this kit. WOW!!!

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This is must have item for crafters. Drink your ice water instead of putting your burned fingers in it. I just love my hot glue gun helpers. Thanks to Cathy and Steve for such a great invention.

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I LOVE the HGGH! I am in the process of cranking out a bunch of crafts for a show next weekend. These particular crafts involve a LOT of glue gunning...I would have stripped my fingers of all of the skin by now had it not been for the HGGH. The finger tips are the best part! It doesn't even feel hot at all! I was skeptical before, I thought it was just a lot of hype on the craft blogs but I soon found out why. If you do a lot of glue gun work it is DEFINITELY worth it. For the casual glue gun fix, it's probably not necessary but it certainly wouldn't hurt!

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I loved this! Finally a product that keeps my fingers from being burned. It was easy to use and allowed me to closer to my projects withour fear of burning my self. I recommend this for anyone using hot glue guns.

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This is a great product. I have burned my fingers too many times using a hot glue gun. The material that this is made of repels the glue. Love the finger covers so you can press your glued item without getting burned. The mat is great and easy to clean. This is a wonderful product, I could not find it in craft stores, so order on line, quick delivery, a must for crafters.

Discount ALEX® Toys - Craft Fantastic Spinner -Art 161W

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program We've had the older version for years the one with the heavy plastic dome and battery power. Below are some of the improvements they've made with this "lower tech" version:

Biggest improvment: the dome no longer touches the paper in any way shape or form so no matter how much paint the kids use it doesn't stop spinning and you don't have to wash the dome every time you put in a new piece of paper.

Caveat: It's a much flimsier dome so it may not last quite as long as the original. But it's so much less frustrating (and less likely to give the kids an incentive to pull the dome off so they can keep going, which creates a huge mess)

Next best improvement: no batteries! This means that the entire unit can be cleaned in the sink without having to be careful of the motor/batteries. Plus it gives more control over the spin so that if the kids do take the dome off you can immediately make it stop spinning... which leads to...

Caveat: someone has to make it spin. So it requires either cooperation between the siblings or a grownup willing to do the pumping. But for younger kids it's a chance for the grownup to do something other than hover over them trying to keep them from putting too much paint on the paper.

It also came with far more paint than the original set did. Better bottles easier to squeeze.

Overall if you are going to buy a spinner, this version is hands down better than the battery operated version especially for younger kids. For older kids who don't need supervision you may want the battery operated one because then it only takes one person (them) to operate. But if it's going to be a group activity this is far and away the best option.

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My 5 & 7 year olds love this, as well as Mom & Dad! Don't buy the refill pack with the 5 TEENY tiny bottles and paper that was too big and glossy black paper that the paint never stuck to (but the paper that came with this one was fine). I read reviews of all the other spinners that were battery-powered and I HATE battery-operated toys (I have 3 kids; I've learned my lesson!).

It can get a little bit noisey and your hand might tire a bit once they want to keep on adding more, and more, and more, more colors, LOL! Also, keep spinning it for a bit afterwards to spread the paint out more, and you don't have to keep it going; once every couple seconds actually catches the spinner faster.

They only complaint; the shield IS flimsy (like packing material) and I wish it could snap into the spinner instead of just laying on top. One bump, and there goes all your hard work. It is already bent after the 3rd use.

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We purchased this for my 5 year old daughter for Christmas and it was the first thing she wanted to do Christmas morning. She loves art and this was right up her alley. It was easy to get started and have success right away. The splatter cover is somewhat flimsy, and I didn't realize it was going to be a manual operation process, but I think that will help to make it last longer. Great fun for the price.

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Kids had fun eventhough the yellow paint bottle didn't work. In order for it to work the best, someone needs to be spinning the paper while another drips paint. It is very hard to do it by yourself and have much control.

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program The Alex Fantastic Spinner is a manually operated paint-spinning machine. If you read the package and know this going in, it reduces the likelihood that you'll be disappointed.

As compared to a battery-operated spinner it is more work but there are positives about this aspect. You don't incur the cost and inconvenience of having to replace batteries. The fact that you really need one person spinning the machine while the other person adds the paint makes it a more interactive toy but doesn't take it to a frustration level that make kids abandon it permanently. Finally, as compared to the battery operated paint machines I've had the manual aspect keeps the kids entertained for a decent amount of time and then when they get tired, they leave the machine BUT THEY COME BACK. With the battery operated machine, you tend to go through all the paint the first couple of times and not really come back to it. With the manually operated paint spinner the kids seem to remember the fun they had talking and working together and ask to use it again. The cover should snap on and it is flimsy but that doesn't have a huge impact on the finished piece and you can improvise.

So, this product is recommended as long as you know what you are getting and you aren't looking for the convenience of the "on" button.

Buy Amaco Velvet Underglaze Set 2 - 2 Ounces Each - Set of 12

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I received this item a Day ahead. The colors listed in the description are almost correct. There is one color incorrect medium pink. There is no pink. It seems the photo of the paints are accurate because it shows the Avocado color, like what I have in my box. Each glaze is covered in a foil under the lid which appears to be sealed but some were dry, and/or had a lower content, and/or opened too easy. I had to add water to all to be even and equal. I don't know how good the glazes are until I use them, so that verdict is still out.

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I purchased these replacement cords for a nightlight. I was disappointed to read on the safety information that the cord should not be used for more than ninety days. I think this information should be on the item before I purchased the lights. I would not have purchased them. These cords are almost impossible to find in the hardware store. Because of safety issues the cords would be useful for Christmas displays but NOT for every day.

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My Christmas manger had the round hole in the back for a light, but was missing the light and cord. And this light did the trick. Stick it through the hole and the clips hold it in place. It has the switch attached on the cord. Perfect for what I wanted it for.

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Not a single store has the replacement cords and we needed them for a VBS craft. Amazon had them and we recived them fast. It is great to be able to find things you need. It sure beats shopping all over and wasting gas. One click shopping is my thing.

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I don't own a Christmas village that this light is designed for. What I do have is several night lamps here and there that take the very same kind of light as this one. I also have a lot of the old style glass hurricane lamps that have a light on the bottom that works separately from the bigger lamp on top. They all have a small hole similar to the Christmas village houses for installing this kind of light as well. This light is basically just a single light on a about a 5 ft cord. What separates it from the rest as something hard to find is the little clip that comes with it that holds it in place in the hole. If all else fails, the light and the cord can be fashioned out of any of those cheap plastic candle style lights available everywhere at Christmastime. You just break it apart and extract the light and cord inside. However the clips that comes with this replacement light are impossible to find, anywhere. You either get one with one of these replacement lights or you go without. These little clips prove well the old saying that nothing is any stronger than its weakest part. Without the tension clip, the light just flops around and falls out of the hole. Anything that the light is used on finds it falling out at the slightest movement of it. In my hurricane lamps, the little clip is extra important for without it the light completely falls out the bottom and you are forced to half a** it in some fashion. They last quite a long time, but eventually the tension and heat has them breaking. Trust me when I tell you that these clips are impossible to find without getting one along with one of these replacement lights, and finding the light is either near impossible, or costs three times as much as what Amazon is asking in some fancy Christmas shop. If you need one of these lights, or especially if you need one of the clips that comes with it, stock up now, before Amazon runs out, or they disappear for good. Order several at once and make the shipping charge worth it...

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These single light replacement cords work great in the buildings of our Department-56 Dickens Village. We had no problems with the bulb fitting inside the buildings' holder area, and the length of the cord made it easy to connect with our village's extension cord. Heartland Valley did an excellent job packaging the product and quickly shipping our order. With the holidays fast approaching, our entire village once again looks like Christmas on a cold winter night.

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The starter kit is great value to start exploring this new media! The colors are basic so that you can make secondary &/ or create your own palette.

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This is a wonderful way to try your hand at encaustic painting without a huge investment. If I have one recomendation, however, I would recommend it come with additional pans for the wax. Two just aren't enough.

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Great little set but the brush is lacking. I am having a hard time learning encaustics but its a nice bright set most definatley

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Has the basic waxes and two tins. Although there are more tools necessary to work with wax, the price of the pigmented medium is discounted in the kit.

Cheap Manga Kaoiro Brush Pen Set/6

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These are colorful and cool pens. I purchased the set of 8 manga gray and black pens, which are GREAT for inking, they come in varieties of gray from light to dark and some are "warm grays" and some "cold grays for awesome vareity, and black comes in a brush tip, a medium m tip, and a thin or s tip. I also bought the shonen coloring pens. As for the kaoiro brush pens, they come with one of the warm gray pens also included in the 8 manga pens set I mentioned (it's no big deal for me having a double of one color, just a thought).

You can't really put one color over another to make a new color with these. They are great on various types of paper, but I haven't figured out how to blend them. Some artists suggest quickly wiping a brush of water over the colored area to blend the marker lines together, but I haven't tried that. That is to say, they leave seams between lines, and they're brush tipped, so it's like a flexible marker that you have to learn to use well. The seams don't show as much once you get some confidence after practicing their use, especially if you plan to scan your art into the computer and blur the colored area a bit with photoshop (although, it might not even show so much when you reduce your art by 30% or whatever for posting). I have this fanart of knuckles the echidna i did on a takeout menu at work in front of me, and people who know Sonic the Hedhehog characters know that they are really colorful. Knuckles looks really great with the colors I used from this set and the shonen manga marker set and parts inked from the 8 manga pen set. The colors are really vibrant, but like I said, don't run one over another, leave blank spaces for other darker or lighter colors to be. I haven't used these with watercolors like it's recommended in the product description, and I haven't fully explored combining them with other media like photoshop, colored pencils, crayons, etc, although I want to, so keep that in mind with this review!

You should get a set of these, the 8 manga set, and the shonen or shoujo set because just one set isn't fun. They are extremely cheap for their quality and with free shipping too. Sometimes you can get a better deal on for these pens, and utrecht also sells them in their stores and offers a lot of crazy promotions all the time when you sign up to the mailing list, and gives you a 30% discount or something when you show them that you're an art school student with an ID, so try to combine free shipping, promotions, and your student discount to get the best deal on supplies like this.

The black ink pens have an unattractive "bleed" into low quality paper, but you really need expensive bristol board or canson fanboy paper for serious inking anyway. Like I said, the fanart I did on Knuckles on this crappy takeout menu paper looks vibrant and clear and doesn't run through the paper onto the other side, even as a mix of colored and ink pens was used on it. They're high quality pens! I want to learn to use them for webcomics and illustration projects, some people on deviantart make really interesting illustrations with pitt artist pens combined with digital media.

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The colors(markers) are high quality and at a great price than what I have seen from a 'art supply store'. I'd recommend Faber Castell's products to everyone. Finally, a good product that is made somewhere other than usual.(China/Japan/Taiwan)

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These are very professional brushes, they stripe nicely and are perfect for the smallest of designs. If they were a bit cheaper, they would get a five star review.

These also arrived very quickly, ordered saturday and arrived monday

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I ordered these brushes to do fine painting on cakes and cookies. They work wonderfully and I'm very glad I purchased them!

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Anyone who uses acrylics has probably used this brand. THe biggest and nicest surprise was in how quickly they chipped the paint. I ordered three colors I was short on & they arrived in a day or two. Thanks

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This just arrived today and I used it for less than 30 minutes, and I usually crochet with no problem for hours a day. It does wear on my hands after hours usually so I bought this to try, thinking it might make it so I could go longer without taking a break. My hand started cramping up after 10 minutes, and at about the 20 minute mark the "comfort grip" had worn a blister onto my thumb. Will never order another of these. I'm glad I just got the one size to start instead of the entire set like I was planning.Going back to using my previous brand.

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These Addi hooks are worth the price. I started crocheting about a year ago and bought an aluminum set with various sizes, but noticed my hand cramping after a couple of hours. These Addi hooks are big enough and comfortable enough to grip, but not as big as the softer silicone ones you can buy which seem a little too big and the yarn seems to stick to them. So when I can afford it, I go to these Addi hooks.

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I was looking for a steel crochet hook in this particular size in order to be able to crochet wire jewelry. I had very specific instructions that to work with wire it must be steel. Sounded easy, but turned out not to be. Most hooks this size are aluminum or plastic. Not only is this one steel, but the handle is a comfort grip plastic. My first crochet project with wire went like a dream.

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Susan Bates hooks got NOTHIN' on the OG realness of Addi. These hooks are always comfortable and the shape of the actual implement helps me crochet so much faster. One word = Love.