Wheel stamps are one of those things that have been around for YEARS! Like, as long as I’ve been stamping, there have been wheel stamps. In fact, when I signed up as a demonstrator with Stampin’ Up, you got a wheel handle and wheel stamp by default in your kit! Over time, I’ve collected a few but like many people, didn’t use them very often for one reason or another. But they are handy and definitely have their unique purposes.
For example, when my mom was decorating for a winter event, she bought white paper tablecloths and when walked up and down the table running a snowflake wheel with blue ink in the handle to create a customized and inexpensive festive spread! Isn’t she clever?
But now all things wheel are on the retirement list and going away at the end of the month, so I had to share a couple recent cards I made with my birthday Builder Wheels.
I loved the idea of builder wheels because you could mix and match designs, or in the case above, leave the center part blank and have exactly enough room to tie a ribbon! One run of the wheel and my stamping is done and perfectly spaced. 
It was also handy for mixing and matching designs for diagonal stamping. In this case, the Happy Birthday, the candles, and the blue stripes were all in the wheel handle at the same time. Then I just added a little washi tape to the top and bottom for some extra lines but I didn’t have to worry about stamping again and keeping things lined up.
You know I love the easy way out!
I enjoy my wheel stamps, even though I forget to pull them out because they aren’t on the shelf next to my stamps. The new catalog has new background builder stamps which will be photopolymer stamps that are like if you took a wheel stamp and unmounted them. (So a long, skinny clear stamp). I’m excited for these new styles of stamps, but I think I will miss wheels as well. It is MUCH easier to stamp as 12×12 scrapbook page or photo mat for a picture frame when you don’t have to worry about lining up your stamped ends. But for cards, I think these new stamps will be easy and fun.
What do you think? Will you miss the wheels?
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