After a really fun trip to see my new grandson in Idaho, I am home and trying to catch up from where I left off. One of those things was to post my remaining 5 tips to help you love your clear-mount stamps! (See my initial 5 tips here.) So here are those next 5 tips:
- Don't use Stazon Cleaner on your clear-mount stamps...... or at least not while they're still mounted to the block. The Stazon Cleaner can cause damage to the acrylic block.
- Trying to decide which blocks to order? I recommend beginning your block collection by purchasing the entire bundle of 9 blocks (item #118491). This will give you one each of any block size you may need - while saving more than 10% of the cost of acquiring them individually. But if you tend to work with a lot of stamps going at the same time (like I do), then you may eventually want to add another of each of the 4 smaller sizes, too.
- Have you noticed the thumbnail images on the spines of your clear-mount storage cases? This clever and useful feature will help you keep track of the images you have in your collection - whether you stack or stand the cases on a shelf, or line them up in a deep drawer.
- Your Stampin' Up!® clear-mount stamps arrive die cut, as do today's wood-mount stamps. While this is just fine for the majority of stampers, if you happen to be fussy like I am, you may prefer to trim them closer yet. If so, be sure to do your trimming AFTER you've applied the labels - being careful not to undercut the supporting foam. The foam layer must remain the same size - if not larger than - the rubber layer.
- Don't leave your clear-mount stamps on their blocks for long, long periods of time. I once left a stamp on its block for a couple of weeks, and when I was ready to remove it, the label came right off the stamp and stayed on the block! Talk about "cling" power, lol!
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