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Hello! I've read good things about Gina Maire Designs dies. That said, I've never had a proper look at the website until now. There are a heap of dies I really like and plan to order based on the reviews I've read. I didn't know there were stamps as well. Are they of good quality or should I focus on spending my money just on the dies? Any advise you care to share would be appreciated. Thank you!
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Good to know, thanks to the OP for asking and Darlene for answering
I recently purchased some Gina Marie dies and am so, so happy with them. With the price being so much lower than others, I was afraid they would be lower quality. They're not! Now to check out the stamps...
Since you are considering ordering from Gina Marie Designs, I would like to let you know about her very impressive selection of GM embellishment dots (like enamel dot, except she has clear, sparkle and opaque dots). They are gorgeous IRL and she has so many to choose from it�s almost decadent...and they are $2.25 each so not bank breakers if you decide to indulge your inner embellishment fetish!
It�s kind of booger to find these embellishment using her search engine, so poke around all of the places on her home page.
Another thing to know about GM shopping site, for whatever reason not all of her dies show up under the exclusive Gina Marie Dies section. And stamps and dies will show up together when they shouldn�t. Again, it�s worth the time to just go through every category she has on her tool bar. Not only are prices good on Gina Marie products, she also has close out stamps and dies from other companies that are on barn-burner specials that are too good to pass up.
As you might guess, I�ve ordered from her many times and have been well pleased with the products I received. :cool:
Forgot to mention that her layering stamps (photopolymer) are really impressive. The designs stamp out nicely and they yield beautiful detailed images. The Clear cover sheet on the layered stamps have numbers by each of the stamps that are intended to be layered so that you know what order to stamp them.
Adriana and Suzy, Thank you so much for taking the time to respond and for the information. I did notice the embellishments and thought they looked great for the price so you've confirmed that for me and that of their stamps. I have had a good look but will look again before ordering. Thanks for helping me spend my money ;) !! Cheers,
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I have both the stitched rectangle and stitched circle die sets and use a Cuttlebug that's probably 10 years old. If I make 25 cards in a week, at least 15 of them have one or more layers using one of the dies. Just an extra layer can take a card from okay to really special. Good quality, and supporting a small business-I'm a fan.
Same experience with Gina Marie products as Susy and Lynn. Placed several orders for stamps, dies and embellishment dots. Even exchanged emails with Gina Marie herself... helpful and very nice person.
Thanks everyone.........I had never ordered from that site before but the prices are really good for the dies and the stamp sets. Now my wallet is lighter and easier to carry and some fun new things are on their way. I should mention, I placed my order yesterday morning and received a notice this morning that my order had shipped. Very impressive!
Update...........placed my order on the 7th and it was in my mailbox yesterday......the 10th. AND there was a nice little gift tucked inside. Thank you all for the recommendations.
I gotta stop coming here... I wasn't gonna look at the site, wasn't gonna do it!
But I did. And now I'm the proud owner of some of the most gorgeous quilt square dies I've ever seen. And I got the "Gone Fishing" dies - finally something adorable for guy cards!
Thank you, enablers extraordinaire!
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I gotta stop coming here... I wasn't gonna look at the site, wasn't gonna do it!
But I did. And now I'm the proud owner of some of the most gorgeous quilt square dies I've ever seen. And I got the "Gone Fishing" dies - finally something adorable for guy cards!
Thank you, enablers extraordinaire!
You are very welcome! :mrgreen: By the way, I bought the Gone Fishing dies, too. They are dandy! :cool: Enjoy using your new goodies.