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Hi, I’m Kristine from Close To My Heart, and I love
stamping. It is the perfect way to add a title to your
scrapbook page, a sentiment to your card, or even a
subtle background image to any project. Now whether you
are a seasoned stamper or even if you’ve never stamped
before, I think you’re really gonna love our high
quality My Acrylix® stamps. They are so easy to use.
They are simple to store and they offer great creative
control and artistic precision, so that you’ll always
look like a pro. Because the blocks and the stamps both
are see-though, you can easily check for perfect ink
coverage. And you’ll get crisp impressions every single
time. You can even bend or curve or combine stamps to
create unique image that will fit any project. They
really are that versatile. Now we use only the highest
quality polymer for our stamps and that means that you
can guarantee long lasting and top quality results. Let
me teach you a few of the basics about working with our
stamps. Now first of all, here’s one of our stamps.
You’ll see that they all come on a carrier sheet with
the images printed on the front. All you need to do is
loosen the image with your thumb and forefinger and
peel it off. They’re very, very sturdy so they’ll peel
off quite easily. You affix it to a...an appropriately
sized block. We do have a guide that’s etched in the
bottom, I’m not using it right now, but we have a guide
line that’s etched in the bottom of each one of the 28 00:01:24 --> 00:01:266 blocks so if you’re creating an alphabet or another
sentiment you can get that nice and straight. We have a
lot of different block sizes that will complement every
single one of our thousands of stamp set images. Now,
before you use a stamp set for the first time, we
recommend that you condition your stamps. You’ll get
much better results. You can condition your stamp by
simply rubbing it or patting it across the palm of your
hand or on your forearm. You do this because it helps
transfer some of the oils from your skin onto the
polymer and will actually reduce some of the initial
production residue. Just do this a few times. You can
also ink up your stamp and then stamp it off on some
scratch paper to get that ready for your first stamp.
Now you’ll also want to use the foam pad. This is not
just packaging, oh no! This is a great piece that
you’re gonna wanna use in your stamping. There’s a foam
insert that comes included with every single stamp set
so you’ll want to place that underneath your project,
just like I put it under my paper here. And it will
give you some cushion to ensure that your image is
really clear. You can also use our VersaMat, like I’m
using here, that works well, too. Now, when you’re
inking up, we like to do a little march, march, twist,
twist that will eliminate the impression, the design of
the foam pad underneath. Remember, I get to look right
through the top of the block, working with our Whisper
ink here, you can see that the coverage looks great.
Then all I do is place it where I want to, stamp down,
and love you to pieces. It’s just that easy in any one
of our beautiful 42 colours of inks. That’s how easy it
is to stamp and remember they’re so versatile so you
can create them in any colour and stretch them, bend
them, curve them any way you want. And when you’re done
they clean up very easily using our scrubber and our
spritz cleaner and then they store away on their
carrier sheet in their organiser. You can work with our
small organiser designed to hold 15 stamp sets. Or our
large organiser which will hold a bevy of stamp sets so
that you can collect all the stamp sets that you want
for your crafting pleasure. Now, overtime, your well-used,
well-loved stamps might accumulate a little bit of dirt
or oil or dust. They might even lose their stick after
they’ve been used a lot. Not to worry. Simply rinse
them with warm water and it will restore their cling
as they air dry. You don’t need to use soap or any kind
of drying cloth to dry them out. They can just air dry.
So there is so much you can do with stamps. You’re gonna
find that you’ll love the projects that you are able to
make with stamps. It is an absolutely wonderful product
and we invite you to learn a little bit more about the
great exclusive My Acrylix® stamps available only from
Close To My Heart. Simply contact your Independent
Consultant or visit us at closetomyheart.com.au.