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Post by anniefb on Aug 7, 2018 18:06:42 GMT
That’s a shame about the WRMK platform riley. Very disappointing. |
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Post by riley on Aug 7, 2018 18:35:06 GMT
I’m not out a ton of money on the WRMK because I bought them on sale or with coupons. They may last like my cracked Misti. I used it for two years after the lid developed cracks and finally gave it away. Last I heard it was still working. It’s just kind of surprising that a big company like that wouldn’t replace even when I sent them pictures. They actually stated that they didn’t have an in inventory that didn’t have what they called “mold scratches.” I shared the order with a friend and all her lids are also cracked. Maybe they won’t sell many of these since the market is kind of saturated. I’m certainly not seeing the uproar that the cracked Mistis brought on. I guess I’m learning not to jump on something new before they work out the kinks.
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Post by chances on Aug 7, 2018 22:49:06 GMT
I’m so,glad I ordered the THSP I hesitated before because I had the Misti. Tim’s works so much better I used it today and was amazed at the difference in the two. I usually have to stamp and restamp with the Misti and with Tim’s it was one stamp and it was perfect. Ooh. This is interesting. I haven't considered the TH because I have the Misti. But if it stamps better, that might be worth it. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2018 22:49:37 GMT
Alright...you talked me into it. My Tim Holtz Travel one just showed up today. LOL . I didn't even know I wanted one before, but think it will be a great tool to use!
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Post by annaintx on Aug 9, 2018 0:51:20 GMT
Alright...you talked me into it. My Tim Holtz Travel one just showed up today. LOL . I didn't even know I wanted one before, but think it will be a great tool to use! I also caved and bought the travel size....two weeks after I bought the larger size.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2018 7:47:06 GMT
I was at Hobby Lobby tonight and the Tonic Platform is still on the shelves. Tim's line is 30% off this week. I can't remember if Tim's names on the packaging but you might be able to get it for 30%. If not use your 40% coupon.  |
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Post by artisticscrapper on Aug 13, 2018 1:02:34 GMT
The Hobby Lobby near me only had the protective covers. Actuallly I don’t remember ever seeing the platforms there but I haven’t been there in a month or so. Maybe they’re sold,out.
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Post by needtime2scrap on Aug 13, 2018 2:17:54 GMT
I decided to purchase the travel platform before they disappeared and I regretted not getting one. I haven't stamped in a long time and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the platform. It's so sturdy and definitely feels like a tool. It stamps wonderfully and I love the way that the lid comes off and flips to accommodate clear and cling rubber stamps. I've been playing around with it and have made like 6 cards (more than I have in years) I do think I'd like another magnet or 2 but other than that I'm really happy I picked it up!
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Post by annaintx on Aug 13, 2018 2:38:39 GMT
I used my large Tim Holtz platform today and was very impressed! I'm looking forward to using the small one, too.
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Post by anniefb on Aug 13, 2018 5:47:22 GMT
Great to hear about everyone buying their TH platforms!
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Post by GiantsFan on Aug 13, 2018 16:51:14 GMT
I took the Travel sized to a crop this weekend and it was perfect for limited area on the table. I think I still prefer the regular sized one for home use though. I've been calling them Tim and Timmy (regular and travel, respectively).  |
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Post by riley on Aug 13, 2018 17:42:46 GMT
I call mine Tiny Tim.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Aug 13, 2018 18:42:04 GMT
I had $30 left on my HL gift card. My store had two. I have the WRMK precision press, but always like options. So Tiny Tim came home with me. I’ll be giving it a work out with the TH Halloween stamps I purchased last week.
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Post by jemmls4 on Aug 13, 2018 22:45:57 GMT
I decided to order TH’s stamp thing. I’m not a big stamper, I was foolish and bought the huge MISTI and rarely use it. Thankfully, a friend said she’d buy it. Now I have to go try Tim’s out since so many here are saying it’s better!
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Post by artisticscrapper on Aug 14, 2018 3:30:35 GMT
LOL at Timmy and Tiny Tim!
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Post by oaksong on Aug 14, 2018 4:17:04 GMT
Lol - Tiny Tim. We have a winner!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2018 12:27:56 GMT
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 14, 2018 18:14:22 GMT
I've been calling them Tim and Timmy (regular and travel, respectively). haha!! I cannot read that name without hearing it in my head like Timmy from South Park... I bought the travel one, but it's still in the packaging on my table. I will definitely be breaking it out and using it this weekend (4-day retreat at a hotel). I've never felt very confident in my stamping, so this will hopefully help that! eta: I don't name my tools, but I think for me, Tiny Tim would have to be my Tiny Attacher... LOVE that thing so much I bought another one when I lost my first one (it's probably somewhere in my craft room, but it's 'lost to me' for now, anyway.) |
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Post by anniefb on Aug 14, 2018 18:14:52 GMT
Love Tim and Tiny Tim;)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2018 6:13:52 GMT
I decided to purchase the travel platform before they disappeared and I regretted not getting one. I haven't stamped in a long time and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the platform. It's so sturdy and definitely feels like a tool. It stamps wonderfully and I love the way that the lid comes off and flips to accommodate clear and cling rubber stamps. I've been playing around with it and have made like 6 cards (more than I have in years) I do think I'd like another magnet or 2 but other than that I'm really happy I picked it up! That's exactly how I felt about Tim's press. It is a tool and not a crafting tool. It is so well made and wonderful for art techniques. I am sad production is ending. It is a really great tool. I am glad I got mine. I hate buying crafting tools and they go in my pile of the craft shame. Poor little things, they tried but don't hold up to my standard. Now, I just leave them be on their shelves and only buy something that I know will be a good tool for me.
Does anyone love their Stamparatus. I really love the idea of that one. I like how the lid comes off and you can move the lid where you want it.
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Post by marg on Aug 17, 2018 11:34:22 GMT
I decided to purchase the travel platform before they disappeared and I regretted not getting one. I haven't stamped in a long time and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the platform. It's so sturdy and definitely feels like a tool. It stamps wonderfully and I love the way that the lid comes off and flips to accommodate clear and cling rubber stamps. I've been playing around with it and have made like 6 cards (more than I have in years) I do think I'd like another magnet or 2 but other than that I'm really happy I picked it up! That's exactly how I felt about Tim's press. It is a tool and not a crafting tool. It is so well made and wonderful for art techniques. I am sad production is ending. It is a really great tool. I am glad I got mine. I hate buying crafting tools and they go in my pile of the craft shame. Poor little things, they tried but don't hold up to my standard. Now, I just leave them be on their shelves and only buy something that I know will be a good tool for me.
Does anyone love their Stamparatus. I really love the idea of that one. I like how the lid comes off and you can move the lid where you want it.
I loooooovvvvve my Stamparatus. I wasn't sure I would because I got the Tim Holtz one first, and it just didn't work for me - I suspect I got one of the bad ones. But I figured I'd give the Stamparatus a try and I'm so glad I did! Having 2 lids is wonderful. I made some cards using Altenew's layering stamps last month, and was able to have 4 stamps on the lids, and just alternated stamping with them to create the 4-layered rose on a whole bunch of cards. It worked beautifully. I've had no problems stamping with it. Removing the lid and moving it up or down a notch makes it great for other techniques, too. I did buy a magnetic pad for it from Stamp-N-Storage - I was buying something from there anyway and saw that they offered this magnetic pad and thought it looked really cool. It works beautifully as well, but it's not necessary, just something nice to have. I like that the Stamparatus comes with 2 large magnet bars, too, instead of the little round ones. I didn't expect to like it as much as I do, that's for sure. It's my go-to platform, better than my MISTI, and of course, much better than the TH platform that I personally have (I know other people's TH platforms work fine, mine just doesn't). |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2018 6:55:30 GMT
marg Thank you. I like the two lids on Stamparatus. I even thought "Why, did I get Tim's platform first?" ROFL. I love SU's tools because they are so well made. I fell in love with the lid moving up and down. I couldn't stop thinking of the possibilities. I will definitely put Stamparatus in my list of things to buy. I don't mind having two platforms. Tim's & SU's seem so different from each other and the unique techniques you can do with them. I am sorry Tim's platform didn't work for you. I know how it feels. Everyone raves what a great product something is and you have said product and it just sucks, never worked or was broken from the get go. I heard the bad reviews about Tim's platform too. My DH took me to Hobby Lobby for Mother's Day and said "GET IT!"  I thought "Oh, please don't be broken, please work!" I have a serious problem with craft tools and quality control in this industry. That is one of my rage pet peeves.
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Post by marg on Aug 18, 2018 12:37:35 GMT
marg Thank you. I like the two lids on Stamparatus. I even thought "Why, did I get Tim's platform first?" ROFL. I love SU's tools because they are so well made. I fell in love with the lid moving up and down. I couldn't stop thinking of the possibilities. I will definitely put Stamparatus in my list of things to buy. I don't mind having two platforms. Tim's & SU's seem so different from each other and the unique techniques you can do with them. I am sorry Tim's platform didn't work for you. I know how it feels. Everyone raves what a great product something is and you have said product and it just sucks, never worked or was broken from the get go. I heard the bad reviews about Tim's platform too. My DH took me to Hobby Lobby for Mother's Day and said "GET IT!" I thought "Oh, please don't be broken, please work!" I have a serious problem with craft tools and quality control in this industry. That is one of my rage pet peeves. I am still happy that I supported Tim Holtz and Tonic in this whole MSP fiasco so I'm not sorry I bought it. When I have a bit more time I'm going to play around with it and try to figure out a way to make it work - perhaps even using the magnetic pad I bought will help, I just haven't tried it yet. I haven't tried it with red rubber cling, either, only with photopolymer. I'll make it work. I would have called Tonic and exchanged it but I'm in Canada, and had ordered it to my MIL's condo in Florida several months before my vacation, so there was such a time delay and then I figured the shipping & hassle from dealing with them from Canada wouldn't be worth it. I'll make it work somehow, though. The Stamparatus was just easy for me, luckily. I know some of the first demos to get it had troubles with stamping in the corners, but from what I understand the more you use it the better it works. I guess they had to "break it in" or something, idk. I'm fine with having several platforms, too. Sometimes I work on a bunch of projects at once, or even just a whole lot of layering stamps for one card. I don't regret any of my platform purchases (I have the MISTI, too). Even though the owner of MSP is nasty, the tool still helped me a lot for a long time. But yeah, I have bought many a tool over the past 20 years that just didn't work as advertised. I really want the WRMK's typewriter but just can't buy it because of the reviews  |
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Post by scrapnnana on Aug 19, 2018 1:19:46 GMT
marg, try using your Tonic platform on a sturdier surface and see if it makes a difference. I have three tables in my scrap room. One is wood, the other two are plastic. My Tonic platforms work great on the solid wood table, not so well on the plastic ones.
If you are already using it on a hard, wood surface, then I don't know what is wrong. Maybe some were defective.
I have two of the regular sized Tonic/Tim Holtz platforms, and one travel sized. They all work great on the wood table. I don't stamp at all on the plastic tables anymore.
My regular sized ones were both from the earliest platforms released in the U.S., but they were from different online stores. Considering the problems some people have had, I thought one of them might be defective, but they both work fine as long as I have them on the right table.
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Post by marg on Aug 19, 2018 20:19:45 GMT
marg, try using your Tonic platform on a sturdier surface and see if it makes a difference. I have three tables in my scrap room. One is wood, the other two are plastic. My Tonic platforms work great on the solid wood table, not so well on the plastic ones. If you are already using it on a hard, wood surface, then I don't know what is wrong. Maybe some were defective. I have two of the regular sized Tonic/Tim Holtz platforms, and one travel sized. They all work great on the wood table. I don't stamp at all on the plastic tables anymore. My regular sized ones were both from the earliest platforms released in the U.S., but they were from different online stores. Considering the problems some people have had, I thought one of them might be defective, but they both work fine as long as I have them on the right table. Thanks for the suggestion - I have used it on my kitchen island (granite) and on my wooden craft desk, and there was a spot that wouldn't stamp on the platform on both surfaces. Like I said, I'll just play with it and figure out a modification of some sort. I have some foam pads for paper piercing that I can try, I just have to get around to it - it's not an urgent need now that I have the Stamparatus. I think I just got a TH platforms from one of the bad batches. |
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Post by scrapnnana on Aug 19, 2018 22:51:33 GMT
marg, try using your Tonic platform on a sturdier surface and see if it makes a difference. I have three tables in my scrap room. One is wood, the other two are plastic. My Tonic platforms work great on the solid wood table, not so well on the plastic ones. If you are already using it on a hard, wood surface, then I don't know what is wrong. Maybe some were defective. I have two of the regular sized Tonic/Tim Holtz platforms, and one travel sized. They all work great on the wood table. I don't stamp at all on the plastic tables anymore. My regular sized ones were both from the earliest platforms released in the U.S., but they were from different online stores. Considering the problems some people have had, I thought one of them might be defective, but they both work fine as long as I have them on the right table. Thanks for the suggestion - I have used it on my kitchen island (granite) and on my wooden craft desk, and there was a spot that wouldn't stamp on the platform on both surfaces. Like I said, I'll just play with it and figure out a modification of some sort. I have some foam pads for paper piercing that I can try, I just have to get around to it - it's not an urgent need now that I have the Stamparatus. I think I just got a TH platforms from one of the bad batches. Those surfaces should have given plenty of support. I think you definitely must have gotten one of the lemons. I'm sorry. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2019 4:40:37 GMT
Thought the OP might like this video
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Post by riley on Jan 23, 2019 18:48:40 GMT
It was odd to see TH at Creativation using blocks again. I wonder if the original idea that Tonic and Misti were going to collaborate has fallen by the wayside. I really wonder if TH and Tonic would collaborate again after the Tonic Misti statement. He didn’t do anything with Tonic at Creativation. I didn’t see any of their products on display in his space but maybe I didn’t look/listen closely enough. Seemed like he was all Ranger this year. Nothing is being mentioned on SCS about positioners now that Lydia is deep with Misti.
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Post by scrappington on Jan 23, 2019 19:07:45 GMT
There was a video posted about a new ruler MSP is selling. Was that the owner in the video demonstrating?
It makes sense if it was because she seemed put out to so the demo and the video. In my opinion of course
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Post by gale w on Jan 23, 2019 19:23:14 GMT
I watched the new ruler video and it was kind of painful. For one, you're right-she didn't seem very enthusiastic about it but maybe that's her personality. Also, she had to cut over and over and over so many times I can't see this ruler surviving long. Seems like it would get chips and snags on it pretty quickly. And lastly, I can do the exact same things on a standard quilting ruler, AND there are already quilt rulers on the market with cutting guides like that. They're made for rotary cutters so they don't have as much of a risk of getting all boogered up. When I'm using a craft knife I prefer a ruler with a metal guide.
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I thought "Oh, please don't be broken, please work!" I have a serious problem with craft tools and quality control in this industry. That is one of my rage pet peeves. 
