terrip32
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Post by terrip32 on Jan 7, 2022 23:55:20 GMT
looking for stamp sleeves. Are they all the same? or is one better?
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Post by melanieg on Jan 8, 2022 20:21:57 GMT
I have some from Avery Elle. they seem ok to me. I dont have anything else to compare to.
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jediannie
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Post by jediannie on Jan 8, 2022 21:35:22 GMT
I have the Avery Elle ones and the ones from Everyday Explorers Co. The Avery Elle ones are a bit wider than my stamps (I have mostly 3x4 and 4x6 stamps) and while it's easier to get the stamps out of the Avery Elle ones, I prefer the EE ones. |
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terrip32
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Post by terrip32 on Jan 13, 2022 3:37:21 GMT
I wanted the everyday explorer ones but they are sold out. I did buy the ones from studio calico. Lets see how they work out.
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Post by cmpeter on Jan 14, 2022 2:34:59 GMT
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peasquared
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Post by peasquared on Jan 14, 2022 22:35:35 GMT
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Post by lg on Jan 15, 2022 1:03:49 GMT
Depends what you like in a stamp sleeve
Ellen Hutson and Avery Elle are a thinner plastic with a flap over the top that you can tuck in if you’re worried about losing small stamps. I find that they are larger than the stamp sets so have a lot of wiggle room (I found this annoying as it would catch on the containers that they are stored in and the edges got mushed in, but found getting stamp and die sets out of the sleeve easy.)
They have sizes that fit larger mft company sets that I cannot fit in the second type of sleeve below (so I have both types!) You can also get a square size which I liked for little stencils etc that are not offered in the second type of sleeve.
Ali edwards, studio calico and everyday explorers are a thicker plastic that is very snug or slightly too small for most stamp sets (I just trimmed a small amount from the backing plastic from the sets and they fit in so no biggie.) They don’t have a flap on the top, but as the stamps are so snug in the sleeve they don’t have a chance to move around off the backing sheet as much as the first type of sleeve if your stamps lose their “stick” to the backing plastic. They fit nicely in containers but it can be hard to get stamps out as you may need to run a piece of card between the front plastic of the stamp and the sleeve to release them from each other. There is one side slightly lower that the other on the top edge of the sleeve and I have noticed that the sleeve is cracked/peeling on some of the higher sides. This may be due to my daughter using my stamps, the edges being caught on my old containers OR just a weakness to the product, but they protect the stamp even with the very top sides cracked a little so I am not concerned.
Hope that helps!
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Post by wendifful on Jan 15, 2022 2:12:13 GMT
Depends what you like in a stamp sleeve Ellen Hutson and Avery Elle are a thinner plastic I don't have any of the sleeves from Studio Calico or Everyday Explorers, but unless it's changed in the past year, the Ellen Hutson sleeves are SUPER thick. They're an actual vinyl (8gauge), not plastic like the Avery Elle ones (which I do have). That's part of why the EH ones are so expensive compared to AE. Unless you have money to burn, I wouldn't recommend them for storing just stamps as I think it's overkill, but someday, I'd like to switch my die storage over these because they're so much more durable. |
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