We've received several orders this week! They included some new items and we've restocked some old favorites.
Below is a run down of a few things we've received. Remember, we are running a Web-Wide Sale offering you an ADDITIONAL 10% OFF your entire order.
If the item is in stock, you will receive 10% MORE off hundreds of already-discounted prices. So if you find something 30% off, you will receive a total of 40% off, etc.
Be sure to check our SALE PAGE HERE for a directory of what's on sale.
But remember, things sell out quickly, so order early! The Web-Wide 10% OFF Sale ends Tuesday May 31.
Celebrate your Memorial Day Weekend with a Double Whammy Sale at Nona Designs!
Through May 31, we will take 10% off your entire web order (in stock items only)
AND give you FREE SHIPPING if your qualified order is over $100!
If items are out of stock, they will be taken off your order. If that causes your order to fall below $100, we will email you with the opportunity to add other items to your order.
Our inventory changes very quickly and we are still a small non-automated business, so we will send you an email confirmation of your order ASAP to give you options for changing the order. If we don't hear back by ship time, the order will ship revised.
Make sure our server is allowed through your spam filters!
To take advantage of this great sale and get the best chance for 10% off In Stock Items, go to our:
You can now order the 7 Gypsies Mykonos Collection from our Web Site! This collection has a wonderful Mediterranean feel with colors of the sky, sea and sun splashed colors.
We've also posted a link to a wonderful project "Flip Book" from Seven Gypsies so you can see the different ways they've used this collection on everything from Book Covers (above) to Printer Trays and more.
We've received a shipment of Metal Foil Tape Sheets.
These are adhesive-backed thin metal sheets ideal to decorate and stick to cards, scrapbook pages, and home décor projects. This surface can be colored with Ranger’s Adirondack® Alcohol Ink and Archival Ink, painted on with Acrylic Paint Dabbers, and embossed with your favorite embossing system.
Metal Foil Tape Sheets are available in two sizes: five 6 by 12 inch sheets; and six 4 ¼ by 5 ½ inch card size sheets.
Adhesive-backed metal foil sheets
Stamp, paint, emboss
Packaged in sets of five 6 by 12 inch sheets and six 4 ¼ by 5 ½ inch sheets
For inspiration, follow our link to the Wendy Vecchi "Studio 490" Blog. Wendy uses these Metal Sheets with her Clearly For Art Modeling Film with some very cool results!
To check out the Ranger Metal Foil Tape Sheets, go to our:
This is a reminder that we still have some great Inks and Paints on sale, but quantities are getting low. Here's what you'l find at 15-40% off. And remember, our Free Shipping on orders over $75 ends Sunday, May 15.
We just added the Dabbers and Crackle Paints... so hurry over - at 20% off these aren't going to stay in stock long!
FREE SHIPPING FOR A LIMITED TIME!
For a limited time, we are offering FREE SHIPPING on orders over $75.00.
This offer ENDS Sunday, May 15, 2011 at Midnight EST
How to get free shipping at Nona Designs:
1. Add items to your shopping cart. Sub total must be $ 75* or more and products must be able to ship within 5-7 business days.
2. Click FINALIZE ORDER and proceed through checkout.
Orders under $75 will be charged regular s/h charges.
*FINE PRINT*
Free shipping offer good only on merchandise orders of $75 or more delivered within the 48 contiguous United States (excludes Alaska & Hawaii) by U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail delivery to your address. The following do not qualify for this offer nor toward the $75 purchase amount required: pre-order items, taxes, prior purchases, orders currently being processed and cannot be used with any other coupon offers. Offer not good on Cardstock, Teresa Collins Stampmaker, Bind It or eCraft Machine items. Offer not good on merchandise that cannot be delivered within 5-7 business days.
As promised, here is my personal review of the Teresa Collins Stamp Maker!
I made an address stamp and two stamps from photos, very small (1x1" or so).
I had a lot of "test runs" before I was happy with my results. And the key turned out to be getting my negative artwork to print out in SOLID black ink the light doesn't show through.
Once I found the correct settings on my printer (Epson C88 - a pretty cheap color inkjet printer), I was able to print dark enough for the Stamp Maker to do a really decent job. I was not able to get a dark negative with my HP Laserjet 1020.
I do a lot of graphics work for my website and have created black and white artwork for custom rubber stamps, so I have some experience converting RGB images to line art or scattered black and white artwork (made up of dots instead of lines).
If you don't have familiarity with those techniques, you will want to watch the videos on the Stampmaker website which are very good and will guide you through making negative images of the stamp designs you want.
The final result is very similar to the clear stamps on the market now. They aren't rigid (as I had read), but there is a limitation to the type of detail you may be used to. But for a cute photo stamp, stamp from your artwork or clip art, I am very happy and will definitely be using this machine over and over every time I think of something I want to stamp.
Here are a few examples of my results. Remember, my little girl's funny face is a very small stamp, so I was impressed with the amount of detail I got!
The instructions say to use self adhesive sheets to attach the stamps to your clear acrylic block, but I wanted to cling mount some of them.
So I used EZ Mount Cling Foam. It worked like a charm. I added that product (and Stamp n Stor storage sheets) to the Stamp Maker page on our web site.
(I mounted the Address Stamp on wood. But we don't carry supplies for this)
So I give this do-it-yourself very high marks! I wish it was a little easier to get that rich, solid black negative. I recommend trying to print a small black square on a transparency or other inkjet or laserjet film before you buy. If you can get it dark enough that you can't see your finger behind the black square, and you like fiddling with graphic editors to create black and white images, you are going to have a LOT of fun with this machine!
To take a look at the Teresa Collins Stamp Maker (and take advantage of our special pricing for a limited time!), go to our:
One of our suppliers is now stocking the new Teresa Collins Stamp Maker and I can't wait to try it!
I started my Web Store in 1997 as primarily an Art Rubber Stamp supplier and it's grown over the years to become much more varied. But I still have a soft spot for creating my own stamps that personalize my artwork.
I haven't played with this new Stamp Maker (from Photocentric) yet, but I have been reading reviews and watching Video Demos all day today. And I am anxious to see if I can replicate some of the great results many users are reporting.
The Stamp Maker uses a "Light Box" to cure then harden Gel Paks into stamps from your images. The resulting stamp is a "Photo Polymer" image that is a little stiffer than the flexible clear acrylic you may be used to. But the detail is remarkable from the stamped images I've been seeing.
I have posted lots of links to reviews and video demos for you to do your own research. And when I receive the first machine, I'm grabbing it for myself and I'll give it a good run-through. Then I'll send another update with my results.
In the meantime, if you want to take a look at the Stamp Maker (and our special pricing for a limited time!), go to our:
