scrapaddie
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Post by scrapaddie on Apr 27, 2017 4:12:38 GMT
Buying back up tools, when I have a chance to acquire them cheaply, has paid off. I was alr day to heat emboss a card, clicked on the heating tool and..... Nothing!! I have only had it more than 17 years, and it just stopped. Fortunately a acquired a back up a coule of years ago!!!
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Apr 27, 2017 4:15:26 GMT
Buying back up tools, when I have a chance to acquire them cheaply, has paid off. I was alr day to heat emboss a card, clicked on the heating tool and..... Nothing!! I have only had it more than 17 years, and it just stopped. Fortunately a acquired a back up a coule of years ago!!! My back up heat tool is my toaster.  |
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scrapnnana
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Post by scrapnnana on Apr 27, 2017 13:37:43 GMT
I used to use a flat iron and hold it just above the embossing powder. Embossing tools came on the scene awhile after I started stamping and embossing. I've been a stamper about 10 years longer than I've been a scrapbooker, and I've been scrapping a lot of years. I much prefer my heat gun for embossing, but the iron did work in those early days. So did a toaster oven supposedly, but I can't remember if I ever tried that. Have I bought back up tools? Not intentionally, except for one. I HAVE tried many different types of circle cutters, but not as a back up. I was just trying to find the one I liked best. The only tool I bought as a back up was a second Cricut Expression when I got a good deal on Black Friday. I wanted a back up after spending so much money on cartridges, just in case my original Expression ever died. Seriously, Cricut was the most expensive electronic cutting system in the long run because of those cartridges and the Gypsy. However, I didn't buy the Expression 2 solely as a back up. The deciding factor was that the E2 cut details better. It wasn't as good as the Explore would be, and which I recently bought so my son could use it to cut leather for projects he designs. Yes, I still have both Expressions. As back ups for my Explore, of course.  |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 27, 2017 13:51:26 GMT
I do, especially scissors. I must have close to a dozen of the little orange handled Fiskars detail scissors scattered around my studio. I also have two backup electronic cutters, a back up paper trimmer (several, actually) and other stuff.
But the QUEEN of all backup tools would be my BFF's mom! Not only does she have backup tools for just about everything, but they're all packed up in tidy little cases stored close to where she might use them. It's always funny watching her unpack at a crop because she has all this stuff packed like little craft supplies bento boxes! It's quite amazing, actually.
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Post by cbet on Apr 27, 2017 14:31:46 GMT
My biggest backup tool is a 2nd big shot - a couple of years ago, Tuesday Morning had them for $30 and in a really pretty blue color. I knew that if the one I already had ever broke, I would need to get a new one RIGHT AWAY, and I sure didn't expect I'd ever find one for that price.
But smaller stuff - scissors, piercing tools, I have doubles and triples of. At first it was that I wanted one to keep on my table and one that stayed in my go bag, but it's expanded past that. I just like tools.
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Post by scraphappyinjax on May 2, 2017 0:04:31 GMT
I do this too. I have multiple pair of scissors and paper piercers on the different workspaces I craft on. Having an extra Big Shot is a huge plus. Just need to have more acrylic plates!! Sure wish they lasted longer before getting all warped out of shape.
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Post by inksatiablestamper on May 5, 2017 14:03:08 GMT
I have backups of EVERYTHING. Scissors..you name it I've got more than one. Paper trimmers...all Tonic and Fiskers 6 altogether. 3 Heat Guns. 17 acrylic blocks along with my DIY Misti now have the Hero Arts version. 4 large craft sheets, I mean really....I can goooo on and on... LOL
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Post by grammadee on May 16, 2017 14:25:40 GMT
I do have a backup heat gun, still in its little box. I had 2 of them crap out on me within a span of a couple of weeks, so when I ordered a replacement from a different company, I ordered two. The one I opened is working just fine, but I feel good knowing if it quits, I barely have to pause...
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Post by AngieandSnoopy on May 21, 2017 21:30:17 GMT
I have a back up heat gun because when Walmart clearanced them out years ago, I bought a second one. Then a couple of months ago, Burkes Outlet (similar to Tueday Morning) had a pink AC heat gun cheap and I got it too. One of my original Ranger heat guns keeps threatening to die so I have a backup to my backup.
I have two ATG guns, two TM Tiny Attachers, someone gifted me a Big Shot last October so I now have two. I used to keep my Zip'eMate "loaded" for embossing dies but now I can do that with the extra Big Shot. I have multiple scissors, multiple favorite white ink pads and black ink pads. Oh and red.
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