Reported by Carolyn King
Since I recently won a Fiskars Stamp Press, I thought it would be the perfect tool to review for Craft Critique.
The Fiskars Stamp Press is a tool that enables you to create custom layouts using clear stamps. The clear plastic material has a grey grid printed on it allows for perfect stamp placement. Each corner of the stamp press features a squishy orange foot, which allows you to align the press over your cardstock perfectly before you push down and create the impression.
The Stamp Press is 6′ by 8′ and the grid covers a 4″ by 6″ area of it. I have the Compact Stamp Press and the only difference between this one and the original is the surface area. The Compact Stamp Press grid measures 3″ by 5″.
Here is an illustrated version of how the press works:
1. Flip the press over (orange feet up) and lay out the clear stamps. Use the grid lines to ensure straight placement of the images.
2. Flip the press over and see if you like the placement. You can even hold it over the paper you will be stamping on to ensure you have enough room or that the layout is right. (I used a pre-cut tag for my project.)
3. If you are satisfied with the placement, flip the press over and ink the stamps. Flip it over and place it over the paper and push down. The images will transfer to the paper and you can re-ink and stamp again and again!
Tada! Here is the stamped tag:
It would be easy for me to mass produce these because the images are already lined up…just re-ink and stamp!
Here is the tag after I colored it and completed it. It seriously took no time at all to do!
Stamp Credit: Winter Blast (My Favorite Things)PROS: I really like this product. The plastic is very durable and I love the grid markings–they allow for perfectly aligned images every time! I think that this product would be perfect for ATC swaps and creating Christmas and birthday tags. It is very convenient–You can put the press away with stamps on it to continue your cardmaking at another time. You can even purchase additional plates so you can work on numerous projects at one time (without having to remove your design). Another perk of this product is that you can use the press as your mounting block for all of your clear stamps, which essentially eliminates the need for clear stamping blocks. Finally, this product is not very expensive, so it is pretty easy to justify the investment, especially if you own a lot of clear stamps.
I have one which still in its box that my bf got it for me for 9.99 @ Costco a few mths ago. He was like, got you something that u make like. heee funny…
I didn’t really know what it was for so I’d left it there collecting dust. Thanks, now I know.
Thanks for the article!
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Don’t worry about the warning label, it’s a California thing. http://www.fiskarscrafts.com/aboutus/prop65.aspx explains it all.
I too just got a stamp press-this is a great review and helps a lot more in explaining it than the instructions in the box. I got mine from Amazon-they have a special going. If you buy 4 items in the promotion, the cheapest one is free. So I got 3 45mm rotary blades and the stamp press for $38.00 With the price of gas-it was a bargain.
What a neat contraption!
Thanks for sharing info on it.
And pretty much everything in California has that warning on it. All public buildings, most anything you buy in a store…we’re just weird that way. heh
I had to laugh at your mention of the CA warning label. I live here and we have those labels because our legislators are too busy making stupid laws instead of managing the budget…anywho, I LOVE the stamp press and use it in my scrap classes all the time. I have an extra set of plates for it so if we do want to do multiple images I can have the stamps already on the plate, lined up and just pop it in or out to change the image. Many of my customers have purchased it as well and love it. The only thing I’d like to see is a case for it–the foam feet get smooshed if you just throw it in a tote so I’d like to see a case that has a spot for the feet.
Thanks for clarifying the California thing!!! It is one thing that always makes me wonder!!!
Great point about the carrying case—that would be great for someone who travels with this especially!
I have this stamp press, really I have 3. One I keep in my tote and then I have one unopened just in case one of the others should break or go missing.
I love it and I have to disagree with one thing written and that is you can mask with it. I have done it numerous times and even taugh a class with it while I was masking.
You also can use it on unmounted red rubber as I had a few students restamp up to 3 times with no problem
TA
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I’ve never heard of this but what a great idea. I’d love to have one to make gift tags out of.
I bought mine some months ago and it is what made me jump into the clear stamp market. I love that it is thin plastic – sometimes there is distortion through a regular acrylic block – I do find it a bit cumbersome in size though. If I am reaching for a small stamp, most likely I’ll slap it on my acrylic block that is right at hand.
great review, interestingly when I bought mine (in MN), it didn’t have a CA warning label on it.
I have to laugh at your comment about the California thing, as I often times wonder why it’s ok for the other 49 states to use harmful chemicals in plastics LoL! Oh well, like you said, it hasn’t yet stopped me from buyin them!
I have this item and I like it. Just don’t let your dog eat the foam “feet”
LOL! I had to replace mine a few months ago…