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Post by alittleintrepid on May 13, 2015 1:13:31 GMT
It's called the Mint and allows you to make stamps from Silhouette images.  It looks like it will be sold for $129.99 when it is released in the fall. Here's the promo video. |
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Post by kraft4fun on May 13, 2015 8:42:40 GMT
but the images it can make are VERY small
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Post by oldcrow on May 13, 2015 14:24:09 GMT
It's called the Mint and allows you to make stamps from Silhouette images. It looks like it will be sold for $129.99 when it is released in the fall. Here's the promo video.There was one on the market a few years ago. It was named for some designer I believe. It was for making photopolymer stamps which apparently is fairly easy. Don't know if it is still available or not. Haven't seen an ad for it in a long time. I would want to know the cost of the gel packs to go in the machine. That's probably where you will put the most of your money if you want to get any amount of use out of the machine. |
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Post by alittleintrepid on May 13, 2015 15:03:52 GMT
You are right kraft4fun, the images will be small. oldcrow , I had obviously missed it the first time around. Now I'm wondering if I should learn how to make my own photopolymer stamps! |
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Post by oldcrow on May 13, 2015 15:25:27 GMT
You are right kraft4fun, the images will be small. oldcrow , I had obviously missed it the first time around. Now I'm wondering if I should learn how to make my own photopolymer stamps! I remember a discussion about these machines back some time ago on another forum. And someone who is involved in the industry posted that professional sized machines start at like 300 - 400 dollars. The pro sizes allow for larger stamps and you know that you can continue to buy the gel packs.I would be worried that with this machine if it does not do well that my source for gel packs of a size to fit this machine would not longer be available. This machine has the advantage of you being able to use your computer to create the image(I think), with the other machines you have to print the image out on a transparency first. Something else I did not like was the inking of the stamps for this machine. You ink up and then you can do up to 50 images. That might come in handy a couple of times a year for me but mainly I just want to stamp something once. It doesn't say whether after you ink the stamp if it stays inked over time or what happens. Somehow I don't see me being enticed by this particular machine. And I am an easy sell when it comes to crafting things. |
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Post by oaksong on May 13, 2015 16:00:41 GMT
If you look at the stamped images they are showing to promote the machine, the ink is not dense at all. It's almost as if the ink is going onto a felt type of stamp material. Also, the ink only comes in 4 colors, but they show pink on one of the stamped images, so how did they make that one? I would need to see it in person to know if it's something I would want. It would be fun to have, but I have doubts about the final outcome.
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Post by anniefb on May 13, 2015 19:53:58 GMT
Yeah, not sure about this machine either. The images are small and the results don't seem as good as those you get from actual stamps. I am interested in the Curio machine though - that sounds very interesting.
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Post by Skellinton on May 17, 2015 14:01:59 GMT
The other stamp machine was the Theresa Collins one. That one worked really well.
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Post by oldcrow on May 17, 2015 14:24:12 GMT
The other stamp machine was the Theresa Collins one. That one worked really well. Thank you Skellinton. This has been a question niggling at my brain ever since I mentioned it in this thread. I hate when I know I know something but cannot recall it. |
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Post by kraft4fun on May 24, 2015 6:46:35 GMT
If you look at the stamped images they are showing to promote the machine, the ink is not dense at all. It's almost as if the ink is going onto a felt type of stamp material. Also, the ink only comes in 4 colors, but they show pink on one of the stamped images, so how did they make that one? I would need to see it in person to know if it's something I would want. It would be fun to have, but I have doubts about the final outcome. On the silhouette website it shows the other colors and refill sets Sent from my NX008HD8G using proboards |
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 24, 2015 11:55:00 GMT
It seems like a cool gadget, but I don't think its application would be practical in my scrapping and stamping.
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Post by scrapaddie on May 26, 2015 17:57:32 GMT
The other stamp machine was the Theresa Collins one. That one worked really well. Thank you Skellinton. This has been a question niggling at my brain ever since I mentioned it in this thread. I hate when I know I know something but cannot recall it. It's funny that that should come up because I have been considering the Teresa, and stamp maker for a while. The gel packs for making the stamps are by imagepac who makes their own machine. It's interesting. I think it would be great to make some of my own phrases. Reviews are mixed on this. Apparently there was quite a great learning curve and people say that you need to watch the YouTube videos rather than relying on the instructions that come with machine |
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Post by oldcrow on May 26, 2015 19:24:04 GMT
Thank you Skellinton. This has been a question niggling at my brain ever since I mentioned it in this thread. I hate when I know I know something but cannot recall it. It's funny that that should come up because I have been considering the Teresa, and stamp maker for a while. The gel packs for making the stamps are by imagepac who makes their own machine. It's interesting. I think it would be great to make some of my own phrases. Reviews are mixed on this. Apparently there was quite a great learning curve and people say that you need to watch the YouTube videos rather than relying on the instructions that come with machine I think watching YouTubes or in person instruction is always better than written instructions. And like anything there is that good old learning curve, think of it as exercise for your brain. I had considered it also, it would be nice to have sentiments and phrases in a font and size that matches your style. I may give it some thought again. |
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