Paper Crafting, Rubber Stamping, Scrapbooking, and more

Lets share random tips!

Let's share random tips that not everyone might know!!!

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Permalink Reply by BlingPrincessRia on February 20, 2009 at 3:56am

Ria's Tip of the Day:

The Cricut spatula also works when you mis-place a letter on a LO and need to move it.

Permalink Reply by BlingPrincessRia on February 20, 2009 at 3:57am

Ria's Tip of the Day:

The Cricut, or any electronic cutting machine, will not cut unless you press the "cut" button (or click "cut" in Design Studio). Provo Craft has not yet designed its machines to read our minds.

Permalink Reply by nikki on February 20, 2009 at 4:03am

If you use alcohol inks on shrink plastic when you heat and shrink the film whatever you painted will be darker.

Also when painting with alcohol inks on shrink film be sure to paint on the opposite side you stamped on because alcohol ink removes stazon ink.

Blending solution is great for removing permanent marker. I bought a punch at a garage sale and it had the person's name on it came right off with the blending solution on some paper towel.

Cheap puffy paint for t-shirts are a great for cards! I use them as a non glittery stickles

We all know to store our inks upside down but what about upside down in a wooden cassette rack. Love mine I got it at a thrift store new in the box for $5. It holds 100 ink pads!!!

Have you ever thought about cutting up your stamps to make them more versatile? I do this all the time, lets say I have a stamp that is a row of cupcakes, well I cut them apart so they are easier when I only want one. If I want the entire row together again I just stick them on my acrylic block together.

Permalink Reply by Angel Sawyer on February 20, 2009 at 7:06am

Happy Friday Guys! Here's my "tip" for this morning: Did you know distress crackle paint won't stick to most surfaces other than paper or grungeboard? You can still use it on other things like metal; just spray the project down with cheap hairspray (aerosol) first (or you can also give it a coat of acrylic with daubers depending on the surface.

I always like to apply either a coat of matte Mod Podge or a coat of Glossy Accents to the finished product to make sure the crackle paint doesn't flake afterwards. You have to put it on carefully, but the end result is really cool.

Permalink Reply by nikki on February 20, 2009 at 6:44pm

ooo Angel thanks!!! That is a great tip. I noticed that it flakes off of transparency I just made a card with some!

Permalink Reply by Angel Sawyer on February 20, 2009 at 7:13pm

I had a trial and error period with a magnet board I made, I really wanted to cover a really ugly piece of metal wall art i got for a housewarming present from H**** L***** from friends; they don't mind that sometimes I "alter" the presents they give me...lol.. Maybe I can figure out how to send you a pic of it, anyway it looks great now !!! K, Here goes. the pic....i hope {cross your fingers}
The caption says "Live with Intention, Play with Abandon" -- you probably already know the papermaker..{grin}

Angel ^j^

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Permalink Reply by BlingPrincessRia on February 21, 2009 at 3:46pm

If you are coloring stamped images with watercolors or watercolor pencils, not only does StazOn ink not bleed, but you also want to use watercolor paper. The watercolor paper is made to handle all the water, regular cardstock, not even my beloved Bazzill, just can't do it.

Permalink Reply by Ashley M on February 23, 2009 at 3:59pm

great tips ladies! keep 'em coming!

Permalink Reply by nikki on February 23, 2009 at 10:39pm

Love all the tips! Here is one I used last night. I was working with a new QKD fairy stamp soon coming out and I had to stamp over it but didn't feel like making a paper mask so I lathered on my rubber cement over my stamped image let it dry and then stamped the flowers around and over my fairy. Once everything was dry I rubbed off all the rubber cement it made the perfect mask!!!

Permalink Reply by Lyn Bernatovich on February 28, 2009 at 10:35am

Paper piercing is a design element I've been actively working with lately. When I was teaching the technique to my paper art group the other night, I used a chunky plastic ordinary thumb tack as my piercing tool. The mat that lays underneath the paper you are piercing was a piece of corrugated cardboard! This works great! I actually had a member say she liked working with the chunky tack better than her piercing tool. I agree because it's smallish and easy to grasp and there's plenty of control. I worked with rounded edges as that is more freehand work. For the straight edge, I lightly penciled a line around the perimeter of my piece, pierced the holes and then erased the line with a white eraser. As I explained to them, this is somewhat fussy work and you need to place each hole, otherwise they will not look even.

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Permalink Reply by Lyn Bernatovich on February 28, 2009 at 3:14pm

If you love vintage like me, I'm always looking for ways to age paper. This recipe is fantastic for achieving vintage paper. I use it all the time for cards, tags, and punched shapes and generally make a huge batch at a time. I have two ovens and I get both of them going to speed things up.

Coffee Stained Paper: Mix a cake pan sized pan with tap water and any combination of instant coffee, used coffee grounds, tea bags and walnut ink crystals (just dump in a couple tablespoons). Option: Add vanilla for an interesting aroma. Immerse any card stock (I used ivory from an office supply) or shipping tags until saturated. Lay saturated cardstock onto a cookie sheet (about 2 fit) and sprinkle with sea salt. Bake in a 250 degree oven for 5 minutes or until dry. Use as is or iron. Store in a zip bag with fresh dried herbs like lavender!

Permalink Reply by Lyn Bernatovich on February 28, 2009 at 3:17pm

Here are some designs using coffee stained paper.

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