What are your Creativation must haves and disappointments?

I really like the toner ink idea but like you am disappointed in the large size pad. Wonder if it’s possible to make a smaller one?

Other than that don’t think there are any must haves for me. I like the look of some of the Stamp Market new products but won’t rush into buying.

TH new alcohol inks of course!
WRMK new tray storage (depending on price point)

I have already ordered some of TH's release of dies the layered bear and the heart beat one). And have placed a preorder with my LSS for the Family Night line and the little boy construction one. And the Tula & gnome dies.

I am pretty sure some of TH's new glazes will find their way into my home. Love their bright colours.

Minc: If I get a chance to get the toner ink bottle, I think I will pick one up and see if it works with some generic stamp pad felt or foam. And I really want the white reactive embossing gel for stencilling on dark colours and then foiling. Not sure if I would try any of the neon foils or flocking sheets.

Not so much disappointed as just kind of meh... Not really excited about anything from WRMK. Can't remember a year when there was NOTHING from them that didn't catch my interest.

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I'm pretty excited about the toner pad. The ebay cube at 3.75 is pretty expensive because it sounds like once the ink dries out the pad is toast. That's my only real problem, I will rarely do all my inking in one sitting, and it'll probably dry out before I use it again. Plus knowing there's a lot of waste, I would have preferred a smaller pad. The Heidi Swapp refills are pretty cheap, 4/$7, I think? It's 15ml of ink to load a pad, so 7.5ml would load a 1/2 pad, or 5ml would load 1/3 pad. I thought I'd try cutting one in half or thirds and get a cheapie measuring syringe from the pharmacy to measure my ink, and just tap my pad to the stamp.

There's a starter kit that's got an original pad/case, 2 refills and the ink for $25, and with a coupon, that won't be so bad to try.

I am really excited about the tins for the full-size distress inks. I have been waiting forever to find a good storage solution for these.

There are a few paper lines that I am interested in, but this year I want to be more selective about the papers that I buy. I have way too much paper, and would like to just pick a few special pieces and pair them up with things I already own. That said, I want the Carta Bella Scenic Route line and Vicki Boutin's new line.

There are a couple of Tim Holtz stamps that I want as well, in particular the Tiny Type one with the little phrases. I love using word strips in my scrapbooking so should get lots of mileage out of that.

I'm sure there will be some other pieces I like as things arrive in my LSS, but overall nothing that I was super excited about.

She should put it on a dauber bottle.

I'm excited about the toner ink. Probably I'll only buy the refills, who needs a case if the ink dries up anyway. I can plan out cards and mass stamp for 2-3 hours and just foil them when I need them.
I wonder if we can just paint paper to create our own toner paper and die cut it.
Jennifer McGuire used baby wipes to make a temporary stamp pad , I'm wondering if we can do the same with this ink.
Maybe we can even use the ink for calligraphy ( who can😂, I'm not one of them).
I can see a lot of use for the ink. I can't wait to get my hands on it.

Thanks--I think--msliz, for calling my attention this evening to I Crafter! You are right: she has a lot of cool things. Love the Makin' Faces dies and that Amaze die: what a cool shaker card that would make with some little beads! The little finger brushes are cool, too. Not sure where to acquire any of those goodies, but I will keep my eye out for them!

Simon Says Stamp has this in their new products section. It's on reserve until February 11. That's not really too long off.

Duo gel is it for me!!

I can't wait.

I don't want a laminator (so the toner ink won't work for me) for space reasons and I can't wait to foil more w/this gel using my stamps and stencils!!!!

FYI, for people who are thinking about a new / different trimmer in general and like the idea of the Tonic Deckle Trimmer: the newest CM trimmer has a deckle blade available. So far they have 6-7 different interchangeable blades for their 12-inch trimmer.

CM website-- trimmer and blades  Each blade is $9.00, and they can be stored underneath the trimmer base.

Not trying to change anyone's mind, but buying a separate guillotine trimmer JUST to get a deckle edge seems kind of a waste of space to me. (thinking in terms of one-purpose vs. multi-purpose tools)

I don't understand why WRMK is making a button press. Is it because EK makes a punch for Button Boy (a SUPER high quality press maker...it's where I bought my machine) and AC now owns EK? I really truly don't understand. You know nearly ZILCH went into R&D the way all of their 'innovations' (i.e. ideas taken from other people and turned into a poor quality product with pretty colors) turn out to be. I hope more people have learned their lesson and refuse to buy it. I'm tired of this branch on the AC arm taking people's money for low quality subpar products that don't work as intended. Beyond the likelihood of it being a piece of crap, flair isn't on trend anymore. It's not worth several dollars for just a couple of pieces (you can find them seasonally at the Dollar Tree, 8 for a buck, usually) and given the rust it causes in many areas of the world and the overall dislike for such significant bulk, as far as I'm aware, flair hasn't been popular for a couple of years.

But I love that someone above mentioned new Dylusions paints...hopefully that means some online shops (J's and M's never really carried a large selection...but with the smaller size and smaller price point, if HL stocks them I could be talked into using just a 40% off coupon on a few bottles) might markdown the current ones. I missed the few in the 99 cents sale from SSS (they were listed early in the morning when I was still sleeping). I only ever managed to get about 10 colors and there are so many others I'd love to have. They are a very fun paint to work with and I love that they are matte when they dry.