I will never buy from My Sweet Petunia.

Thank you, amayalylac! You have given some absolutely great info and tips here!

The corners referred to are like an L-shaped stamp positioner except with even sides, and they have magnets embedded in them. They are used to position your cardstock farther from the inside edge of the stamp platform, so that you can have a stamp hanging off beyond the card when stamping. It helps to keep the card lined up correctly.

I realized that the corners are unnecessary for the Tim Holtz/Tonic stamp platform, at least in most cases. All you need to do is position your folded card in the corner, but rotate it so that the side for stamping (with the stamp hanging off) is positioned outward. It may be different than you would normally be inclined to position it when stamping with just a wood mounted stamp or clear block. It's just a matter of stamping upside down or sideways instead of the normal position. It would not work quite the same if you are trying to stamp a full 12x12 background page. That would be the one need for the corners, since the corner positioner would have to be in the corner. I hope I am making sense. The corners are mainly to line everything up exactly even, but to give the stamper a way to move the cardstock away from the edge of the platform in order to make room for a stamp to hang off the edge.

I really appreciate all the information about molds, etc., that you shared. I have used the Easy Mold Putty in the past with UTEE to duplicate button shapes that I needed more of but which were not available to purchase, but I could not remember the name.

I once used a plastic ages ago that you dropped into boiling water to soften for molding into whatever shape you wanted. I had not thought of that material till you brought it up. I like the idea of being able to reshape it over and over for other things.

I will have to look at what molds Daiso has. I am assuming they are food safe? I don't need the magnetic corners, but I am into candy making, and once in awhile, I do some cake decorating.

If one were to search on a certain Chinese website for Stamping Tool Perfect Position, they are as low as $4.97. Kind of tempting to see what you get for that price.

scrapnnana I am really sure Daiso's molds are food safe.

I forgot everyone if you are looking for the mold putty's you need to go to the polymer clay section of your craft store. It will be with the resin.

The corners seem to make her stamp press a lot more confusing that it is. I am sure for many they are a lifesaver and quite easy to figure out. I would be confused. I like my tools to be simple. I am really super glad I got Tim's press. I saw a Stamparatus video the other day and I fell in love with that one too.

I will be the olive branch here. I hope with this new partnership that she understands and respects that there are so many different styles of stamping. That her and Tonic continue to make stamp presses for all our different styles.

I know if all of this controversy didn't come out and I bought the Misti I think I would have been unhappy with it. It would not fit my needs. WRMK's stamp press would have been worse. Tim's press is perfect for me. I know to other's it is a nightmare.

I am tired of all the craft wars. It is so petty and mean. It should be about creativity and art. The companies should be making tools that market all our unique and beautiful art styles. Not throwing out lawsuits. I am for protecting your intellectual property. Tonic/Misti, SCAL/MTC/Cricut kind of lawsuits it is like the companies bring them out to the public and cause a significant amount of backlash and anger from the audience they are marketing. I guess I am really touchy about all of this right now.

I was on one of my frugality sites the other night. This is a private forum that hardly talks about any crafting at all. Least not paper crafting. The crafting they talk about is making gifts, food, clothes for their family. There was a discussion about what you would like to change about your life that is personally affecting you and your frugality? This floored me because I didn't know this lady was in our paper community. She said she wanted to get out of the paper crafting community because they shame you so much. They make you feel bad and not part of the crowd unless you do what they do or own what they own.

Then she wrote about wanting to make her own little stamp tool. She explained what this tool was. Trust me the girls didn't know what she was talking about but I knew instantly. The owner and her minions shamed this beautiful woman so bad and threatened her this beautiful woman wanted to commit suicide. Her doctor said she had terrible PTSD. She is in therapy now! I read her story and I threw up. I am not joking about that. I am already writing another long post but the details she shared was horrendous. I am still trying to come to process her horrific story.

I’m always amused by the irony of all the #kindnessmatters champions using the Misti.

When I checked a few days ago, the TH travel platform was still available on Amazon, but the price keeps creeping upward.

If anyone still wants it, you may want to get it sooner than later.

I don’t have a dog in the stamping platform fight. I bought the TH platform because it met my needs, good price, and I bought it on special. All this conversation made me curious, so I just looked at the website for the Misti.

First, waaaayyy too much money.
Second, I wouldnt buy it due to the religious quote. Same reason I don’t shop at HL due to their stance about not covering certain reproductive services for employee insurance.
Third, I got a big laugh with an entire patent section on her site AND above each description, the patent number is displayed. I don’t have a problem with people protecting their patent, but it seems she takes it far.

Just my own observations.

Me too! I am honestly really sick of all of the #kindness campaigning that so many of the cardmakers do. I try to let my actions speak for themselves. I've never once thought of being mean but then thought about the #kindnessmatters campaign and changed my mind and acted kind instead. I just try to be kind in the first place. I think the people that feel the need to lecture the most are often the ones that need the lesson themselves the most. 

I agree about this kindness stuff. The kindest people I know don’t advertise their virtue. Sending cards with preachy kindness sentiments to my friends would annoy the heck out of them. Tonic and MSP hooking up feels like the bad guy won. I guess the good news is we all have an opportunity to get the last of the TH platforms before they disappear.

I suspect that it is both. Stores have probably been told that they will not be available to order after a certain date. It is also entirely possible that any platforms not yet sold have to be returned to to Tonic, at which point they will probably be sent overseas where they can still be sold.

I'm guessing that Tonic probably had to stop production of them, at least if any were manufactured in the U.S. If they are manufactured overseas, then they probably have stopped all further shipments to the U.S.

The other possibility is that the "collaborated" stamp platform may be available in September to stores/vendors, and they want to get rid of their current stock, assuming that stampers will want the newer version.

All of this, however, is totally just a guess on my part.

I have both the regular and travel versions of the THSP and love them. I did find that when using them, I need a firm surface underneath, such as a sturdy wood table, not a plastic table.

Quick review of the TH x Tonic Studios Travel Stamp Platform: I. Love. It. Just played around with it and it's da bomb. I like it even better than the regular size I got when it was released last year. This one stamps even better. Highly recommended! If you're new to these platforms and are hesitating between both sizes: get the small one!

I like my small TH the best also. Don’t use my Misti much. i always laugh when I see Jennifer McGuire hanging cardstock up over those one too many bumpers. I feel like saying girl don’t even try to make that look like that makes sense. You’re an engineer.

same same. I stamp on my wooden dining table because my craft table is a folding plastic thing and has too much give to guarantee good results with the platform.

I love my little TH glad I panicked and got one when I did.

Personally, I think TH name will be off.  I think it will be a Tonic/Misti only collab.  Of course this is all speculation on my part.  I have no idea.

It may be grey, it may be pink, I don't know but it sure does stink!   {sorry, not sorry}