I stopped at my TM on the way home this evening and they had several of the Minc machines in there.... on sale for $29.99 .... so in case anyone's interested and has a TM close by... that's a pretty good deal... they're showing the regular retail at $79.99... so... I'll start playing with some foiling in the near future
And there was a bunch of Martha Stewart stuff... adhesives, punches, etc.
Debi Daugherty
IT Director by day... Scrapper by night
Mrs. Fire Chief
I figured it was a darn good price... and one I can afford since I just want to start dabbling first... plus we have a laser printer at home, so that part's a no-brainer... I can print out whatever I want
and yeah... the Martha punches are 2.99 and 3.99... those nice big sturdy ones
Debi Daugherty
IT Director by day... Scrapper by night
Mrs. Fire Chief
I have the mini minc, but do not use it much. Also used laminator for same result. Bought Heidi Swapp and Anna Griffin embellishments that were premade for foiling. You can also buy sheets of special paper and die cut yourself. There are also pens that lay down that needed substance to take foil.
So.... I tried my Minc this morning.... after about 4 passes through, it decided to eat the transfer folder and then melt it. I was using plain cardstock set on 4 like it says to... heck... it hadn't even gotten to the cardstock item that was in it... just mangled up the transfer folder.
I've written an email to American Crafts and attached these two photos... so we'll see what happens. For now, it's going back in the box.
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Debi Daugherty
IT Director by day... Scrapper by night
Mrs. Fire Chief
I got an email from them yesterday.... asking for some more info and a photo of the Minc with a piece of paper with my address on it... kinda cool way to verify that I even own the thing... so maybe they'll ship a replacement. I'll keep y'all posted... but that sure was a quick response
Debi Daugherty
IT Director by day... Scrapper by night
Mrs. Fire Chief