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This tip is not exactly for the scrapping part but for your albums. I use the post albums and one day I was on a message board and seen this question about albums. The lady was dissatisfied about how her albums were looking. She was describing how the book was not level like a regular book, the end where you opened your album was sticking up in the air like it was 3 times thicker than the post side of the book. I hope this makes sense. I thought she is describing my scrap books. Well right away a scrapper told her she should cut cardboard strips and punch holes in them to fit in her post side. So when she placed her pages in the album place 5 pages and one cardboard strip and then keep repeating till album is full. These little strips raises the post side to make the book level. This may be a little confusing if you do not have full post album to look at. I was so happy to learn something so simple.Sherry Jo Ward Thank you, Sherry Jo....great idea. I wonder if fun foam or strips of foam board would work...perhaps they would even be lighter? Worth experimenting. I was thinking that would also be a good tip for those of us that keep our UMs in binders. Most pages sit well on each other but once in a while you will have some going upwards.Gayle Page-Robak ([email protected])
My lss told me about something recently that has really been a great help to me because I am pretty messy. At their shop they use these squares of paper to put under your stamping (or punchart) while they are working. The squares are approximately 18" square (I'm not at home now so can't measure them). I bought mine at COSTCO and they come in a package of about 1,000. When they get messed up, just toss them. Sure helps my table keep clean. The original use for these papers is to wrap sandwiches in.Jody Briles
My tip for the day is: Never sneeze near your embossing powders! Never Ever!!! Keeping a color wheel handy when stamping or scrapping will help in the coordinating of attractive color combinations. I have mine laminated and on my stamp table at all times so I can look at it if needed to see if a color goes with another (sometimes my brain goes on vacation without the rest of me and I have to double-check things!)Catrina Kohl
Another "never": never do your embossing on a package of shrink plastic, or when a cat is sleeping on the table. Cats do not like the sound of the embossing tool, which causes them to leap into the air, upsetting open jars and spilling it for lots of feet across the room.Also a hint: a vacuum can be very warm when sucking up embossing powder, causing it to adhere to carpet (been there, done that.)Hugs from Claire Kochersberger ([email protected])
I bought myself the Magic Matter. I love this thing. The Magic Matter has four different sizes for versatility. You can use it for matting any shaped item such as photos, diecuts, stickers, etc. You can use it to make even layers for your cards. If you have a cute diecut or something but it is to small for what you need, use the magic matter to make a bigger size. You can use the magic matter inside stencils, you can use different colored pens to make lines around anything. You can use it with various rulers like the wavy ruler. It really has a wide variety of uses...just look around and anything you see that you can roll the magic matter around the edge of whatever (your child's hand, etc.) is fair game. :-) If you use it to make various wavy lines or something, then you can further embellish by adding roses and leaves or something. I had accidentally grabbed the wrong size and had matted just the corner before I caught myself but it looked really cool just drawing a line around just corner of the picture. I plan on doing that on a page. You could use it to make slits for slipping corners of pictures or cardstock or something into. Ok, I am rambling...I hope some of these ideas helped a little.Audra ([email protected])My tip of the day is: if you are stamping an image, why not stamp extras. Then when you have a last minute card to make (that never happens huh! lol), you can go through your stash of images and half the job will be done!Vicki ([email protected])Pick up a small tube of clear acrylic caulk from your hardware store. It is great for adding dimension to your cards. For example, on cut out floral images. Cut and lift some petals on your floral images, lift and place a bit of the caulk under to create dimension. The caulk, being clear, won't detract from your card.Gayle Page-Robak ([email protected])Why not take some of your favorite envelopes apart and make envy templates. Then, take your old calendars or glossy magazine pages and cut out some great envelopes. Of course, we don't need to remind you about making the wallpaper envelopes. I really like these when I am sending a card in the mail that has beads included with the fiber trims...the wallpaper envelopes are much sturdier than the regular papers, and with just a wee piece of bubble or foamwrap, it works great.Gayle Page-Robak ([email protected])
I like to take my decorative scissors and use them on the flap of the envelope I have for the card that I have made with the same decorative scissors. A stamper will notice, even if "outsiders" won't, and I know I've done something to coordinate some odd envelope to make it look like it belongs with the card I made. Sometimes, I put a small stamp from the set somewhere on the envelope too. I really love the wheels up and down on the left hand edge of the envy, where the return address goes, I just put my label a bit to the right, so that it is still in the area. Gail Hamilton For you Tic Tac lovers, save the little plastic boxes they are perfect to store embossing powder and glitter in. The top does come off and you can either sprinkle or pour out of it and it stores neatly in a drawer and is easy to see what is inside. Aleta Pentecost ([email protected]) To keep your punches working properly, take a piece of wax paper and fold it up till you have about 8 thicknesses and then punch a few times. This will lubricate your punch. THEN, take a piece of foil and do the same. This will sharpen your punch. Barb B ([email protected]) Using your 'punchies' in your scrapbooks: How about as a border for your page? I have also seen on Carol Duvall show that they use punches and make other things... (ie. punch 4 hearts and make a 4 leaf clover out of them). Catrina ([email protected]) They work to punch across the top of cards too. Debby ([email protected])
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