Hurray! I did my own challenge and used the prompt! Doesn't happen that often
Joyul GnomesI've been having fun using up some Christmas printed paper with Connie's One Sheet Wonder template. I'm just loving the gnomes that are popular right now! I found a cut file and some appropriate papers and used my Silhouette cameo to make gnomes.
I used a Hero Arts stamp and cut set for the sentiments. I'm really disappointed. I love this set, BUT, if you notice the "T" in "Tidings" is a little thicker on one card. When I stamped the second card, the top of the "T" did not stamp. I inked again. Nope, still not right. The top of the T is now completely missing from the stamp. (I wrote it in with a glue pen and embossed a second time, not perfect, but I don't think a Versafine pen writes thin enough) These are really fine line letters, and the T is very close to the edge of one of the photopolymer stamps and it completely crumbled away. I looked at the "Peace, Love and " sentiment. Same thing! The "P" has crumbled.
The stamps are just a little bit sticky. I googled to see if this stamp set is still for sale. It is. So it's not
that old. When it was just one sentiment, I was going to let it go ... but if all of the sentiment stamps start falling apart, I think I will contact Hero Arts. Oh, and the dot ripped away from the top of the J on the Joy stamp. Should I just blame user error? Maybe I cleaned them on a stamp scrubber in the past? This time I just wiped with a damp micro fiber cloth. I rarely if ever use Stazon, so I don't think it's the ink. What would you do?
ETA : I stamped out the entire set. I had to ink 3 times with Versafine onyx black, especially to get the JOY to stamp solidly. Now I notice that more of the "Tidings of Comfort" has crumbled, Peace is missing most of the "P" and the "u" in "To You and Yours" will not stamp completely either.
