Answering your questions on Stamp making supplies 7 

Beverly, please see my comment a few seconds ago, for another supplier that may be able to provide you with materials. Thanks for the kind words!

Glad you are enjoying them! Things have changed quite a bit since this one ( no7 is an old video). If you are serious about wanting to make stamps, then watch my 'most important stamp making' playlist, which has updated info, techniques etc.

I am and I will. Thank you for letting me know! Happy New Year 🎈

@@LindaMaeNot Happy New Year to you too!

Hi Sandra I have been watching your amazing stamp tutorials but tried amazon for the photopolymer gel which is unavailable so glad I watched your recent videos and found this one with a UK company ...so hope I can get some to try. Your video tutorials are so informative and you teach so well, thank you for all your time and effort. I do not have a scan and cut but I do have a Cricut on which I have made my own svg’s ....hoping I can get the gel ...thank you so much Sam

@@sampage2648 You may have to be persistent but you should be able to get some!

@@createinspain It’s been a lot of emails but everything crossed, thank you so much Sandra ...will know for sure next week 🤞

It does need to be the gel, from what I understand UV resin is stuff that sets hard and will not be good for stamps! Hubby orders mine here in Spain, if you don't find anywhere soon, let me know and I will see if they do international. It may be expensive to transport but 3 kg lasts me about a year...so it may well still be worth it.

Ineke - I looked at the manufacturers site and they say that in the Netherlands to contact the Austrian business partners - details here. www.colop.com/en/services/distribution-partner.html?country=AT

If you have not done so already, phone the company to enquire - when I was looking for it I found that not everything finds its way to the on line sites... Failing that you may find it easier to source it in India or even China. Just google search until you get there! Let me know how you get on.

Ineke - The companies that sell imagepac may well sell the liquid. I'v not tried the packs due to the cost, so I really can't say. What country are you in?

Hi Tina. There is a newer video on this, using laser printed tracing paper ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6PhkNanbam0.html But if you want to cut vinyl, paper, card etc to your own design, you want an electronic cutter. I have a Silver Bullet, which is at the top end of the scale, but there are cheaper cutters like the Silhouette Cameo that will easily cut vinyl. Unlike metal die cuts, with these machines you design with software and send it to the cutter for cutting out.

thanks Sandra, super helpful!

It may make a little difference, but there are so many variables from place to place, my timings may not be the same as yours. If your stamps are too sticky after finishing, you can always put them under the lamp again later on, with a little water as before. I store my stamps on the same sort of letter files, in an A4 binder. The stamp goes inside the two layers, while I have a printed sheet behind that. I have also used pieces of the plastic as a base and put them in plastic CD wallets - that is good for small sentiments. Thankfully, they do get slightly less sticky over time. If you choose, you don't have to take the stamp backing off, you can just cut it to shape and use a stamp cling to attach to your block.

You are welcome. There are other videos on my channel about it, a whole playlist! The liquid polymer is easy enough to use when you know how and is cheaper by far. If you have a printer that will print on tracing paper, you can use that for templates too....or if the design will cut well, even black craft paper!

No, stamps are made from a softer one so that the ink is gripped by it. A hard one won't work.

The gel is not toxic but if you want to avoid contact, wear disposable gloves when washing out - all the detergent used for that can dry out your skin a bit. When using a UV lamp, do not look at the light directly, it is not good for the eyes. If really bothered, you can also cover it with a towel or use it under a box.

Joanna, I take it you mean the negative? You need an electronic cutter (Silhouette Cameo, etc) OR you can print the negative - but if you do that you need to have a printer that can print a good black on tracing paper. I use a laser printer to do it that way.

I have not tried it, most likely it would affect the curing times but since you have not sorted those yet, that in itself would not matter greatly. The problem may be that the UV does not penetrate well (no idea) or that the design gets warped - again no idea. It is very much a case of try it and see!

Great! Thank you for your advice.

Glad to try to help.

One more question, will LED light bulbs work as well? Thank you again! :)

The answer to that is yes (and no!) I actually use LED bulbs in my lamp now - BUT they are not the ones you buy for decorative purposes - you have to buy LED UV bulbs. I use 4 of these but turn them to face the outside of the cavity. I tried with just two, with bulbs facing the 'right' way in various combos, but that is what works best. Developing time now is an average of 40 seconds a side, 45 for very fine lines and as low as 30 for more solid areas. The LED UV bulbs may be dearer but they are better. Last longer, more reliable and don't seem to decrease in power over time like the others do. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/9W-UV-LED-LAMP-TUBE-NAIL-DRYER-LIGHT-BULB-365-405NM-CURING-MACHINE-LIGHT-MASTE/272832781451?hash=item3f8619dc8b:g:LScAAOSwrOtZrK4W

Beste Ineke, ik woon in België. Zou u me de gegevens van de Nederlandse verkoper en de prijs die hij vraagt kunnen bezorgen? Alvast hartelijk bedankt!

It's a UV polymer gel.

createinspain Thanx a lot

It is just UV lamps.

It is a photopolymer that is UV cured. The negative covers the area that you don't want, the rest of the liquid sets solid under the lamp. You then wash out the uncured liquid. As I say above, this is an old video. Try watching a more recent one. They are numbered, the higher the number the most recent. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YrUDrKPgO_0.html

I use washing up liquid (dish soap in USA). I've also got some dedicated washout liquid that I got with my very first (expensive) gel but it is no better and a lot dearer! I do tend to buy a good quality 'concentrated' one though, the few cents extra is probably worth it.

Thank you so much!

You are welcome!

Yes.

Let me know how you get on Ineke.

You are able to buy the NG7 gel in spain but you can't go into a store and buy it, you will have to order it via an office, pay via bank and have it delivered to a spanish address. Contact me via my blog contact form (link on my home page) and I will be able to email you later with contact details for where I purchase mine.

thank you very much for the information, what is your home page

ru-vid.com/show-UC79-vHDfB3Bi6vrkBL2f_ig?view_as=public You will find the blog link top right. Once on there, there is a contact form. You would be wise to check that you are able to take the liquid on the plane.

Hello Sandra, i already found here in our stamp store this polymer, thank you very much, already have ordered colop vx55

Great! Make sure to watch the later videos in this playlist!

Glad to see you have found a supplier, please do let me know how you get on.