It’s STAMPAGANZA TIME!!! What does that mean exactly? Well, for every two stamp sets you purchase during the month of July at full retail price, you get a third stamp set of equal or lesser value for FREE! Basically it’s like Christmas in July, folks!
Since we’ve got stamps on the brain, we thought we’d revive this blog post from last year. It’s a fun way to test your knowledge about our exclusive line of clear stamps.
Think you know everything about our exclusive My Acrylix® stamps? Put your knowledge to the test by reading the list below! 🙂
1. We have French and Spanish stamp sets.
2. If you see a stamp image outlined in red, that means it coordinates with one of the shapes from our Cricut® collections. If it’s outlined in blue, that means it coordinates with one of our Thin Cuts dies.
3. We put A LOT of thought and effort into making the best stamps for our customers. See the entire process in this infographic:
4. After we design each paper packet, we create two coordinating stamp sets, one for scrapbooking and one for cardmaking, to be paired with that specific paper. These two stamp sets can be found in the idea book right behind the coordinating Workshops Your Way™ scrapbooking kits.
5. Our stamps are made right here at the Home Office, in a top-secret room.
6. It takes about one hour to make one sheet of stamps from start to finish.
7. New stamps work best when you “season” them. To do so, rub the stamp across a stamp pad, and then stamp onto scrap paper until the image is even.
8. Our stamps can be used with all sorts of inks, including dye, pigment, solvent, and alcohol inks.
9. Rather than attaching your stamps to your blocks, try using your blocks to pick up your stamps from a flat surface. This way, the stamp will hold its natural shape.
10. Our My Acrylix® blocks have a small white horizontal line on them to help you with stamp placement, which is especially helpful for keeping words and borders straight.
11. Some people cut apart their stamps in order to rearrange words in a sentiment when sticking them to their blocks.
12. Our stamps are flexible! Manipulate them so they fit inside shapes and banners, or just to get a different look!
13. If some of your ink doesn’t transfer when stamping, quickly breathe over the stamp to re-moisten the remaining ink and then stamp over the image again. The missing portion usually blends into the existing image if the ink isn’t too dry. This is called the Huffing or Stamp Over Technique.
14. Because our stamps and blocks are clear, you can easily stamp over the image again to get a richer, deeper image.
15. If you’re looking to remove that stubborn pigment ink, try our Spritz Cleaner and Stamp Scrubber. It makes it easy!
16. Our stamps don’t need to tan—they like being transparent, so keep them out of the sun!
17. Our stamps come in handy envelopes, which fit into our My Acrylix® organizer. You can also use our large organizer and tabs to store even more stamps. We also have a mini organizer for those mini stamp envelopes.
18. If your stamps ever start to lose their stickiness, all you need to do is rinse them with warm water and soap, and the stickiness will come right back. You can also use StazOn™ cleaner on the smooth side of the stamp.
19. Some stamps make great friends, like our good ol’ friend, Sticky Boy!
What things did you not know? Tell us in the comments! 🙂
Love the pic of David by the secret door! Lol!
The seasoning was a new way for me. I’ll try it the next time I have a new stamp. Thanks!
I knew all of this and thanks to CTMH for all the FAQ I found most of my answers there!
I did not know to use Staz-On cleaner on the smooth side of the stamps to make them sticky again, if warm water and soap doesn’t do the trick! 🙂
I also didn’t know about the Staz-on cleaner on the smooth side so will try it on a couple of my stamps that washing hasn’t improved. I have never been able to stamp over the top of a stamp again & get it to match up perfectly. So either it is my eyesight or my glasses that is the problem then. Or I am not holding my mouth right as my mother used to say…
I like number 9. I have had trouble in the past getting my stamps straight. I’ll definitely use that method from now on!
I didn’t know the design process had so many steps!
Very impressive!
I had never noticed that my CTMH blocks had a white line on them to help me align them. Glad to know. Thanks for the pointer.
I will say that white line,…
I didn’t know it was THERE either!!!
These tips was extremely helpful. I didn’t know many of them. But I can’t wait to look for the ‘white line!’ Thanks for sharing!!
Hi how do you clean the see thru blocks that have a lot of ink on them from stamping ??
I learnt a new way to season stamps.
Hi Marian! Have you tried scrubbing them with our My Acrylix® spray and scrubber?
Ok, so this is the librarian in me that wonders what your stamp labels stand for..I’ve got “B ‘s” “CC” “D” “A” “S” “Z ” stamps and then different colors. You must be putting stamps in catagories.. but I sure can’t figure it out! Help me de-code your stamp system, please!
Hi Jeane! Our standard stamps come in 6 letters: M, A, B, C, D, and E. These letters simply refer to the number of stamps that come in the set, with M being for our mini stamps and E being for our large alphabet stamps that have two sheets. Does that make sense? CC stamps are Constant Campaign stamp sets (only available for a short time as part of a special), and Z stamps are probably stamps that come with Thin Cuts. Hope that helps!
I did not know that it takes about an hour to make one sheet of stamps.
Sure does! 🙂
I learned a lot from this article, 19 Things You May Not Know About Our My acrylic Stamps. I didn’t know you cold use all sorts of inks, pickup up the stamp with the block instead of putting the stamp on the block – – – great tip, and that the stamp image in blue means there is a Thin Cut Die that goes with it.
Thanks much for the information/tips!
Rose from PA
You’re so welcome, Rose! 🙂
If you don’t have stazon cleaner what is the best way to clean the stamp