heidi swapp

Someone had opened one when I went in the other day so I took a peek. I really wasn't impressed with the quality, very thin, lightweight stuff. One of those kind of 'false advertising' things, where the cover shouts out something like "54 STICKERS!!" and it's 2 alphabets of the same letters, etc. I didn't spend any money on the kit.

Not familiar with anything else they've released, so maybe this was just a fluke, since it's a Costco thing, but I've gotten better quality scrapping stuff there before, and HS really didn't compare.

Carolyne in TX

Hi, Anji.

I haven't seen the kits yet so I am no help. Sorry! I do have some of Heidi Swapp's line and I love it.

I did want to mention that the ghost line (see thru letter and flowers etc) of Heidi's may not be acid free. From what I have seen and read up on the material the ghost shapes and ghost letters are not acid free. The material they are made of is acetate which isn't acid free. I wanted to let ya know just in case they are in the kit.

--Tammy

anji wrote:

Wow!! That's good to know. I just used them on a LO I did. When I get a chance I will look to see if they touch the photos at all. I hate it when they sell us embellishments from a credible company and then we find out they are selling products that are not acid free. Just like the cats eye ink pads!!! Sandy

I am very disappointed that a scrapbooker would chose a non-acid free product to market also. I assume that most products are acid free now days. I guess I need to be more deligent to see if the product is marked acid free. I saw the information about the Ghost line on Two Peas and then did some research of my own. (My hubby is a chemical engineer soooo he can find info fast on this subject... gotta love him)

I didn't know about the cats eye ink pads. Thanks for that bit of info!

--Tammy

Sandy wrote:

The kit here was just embellishments, no album. Some were very cheap cardboard, not even chipboard, and some acetate cut-outs, is that what you are calling 'ghost stuff'?