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Tip Tuesday
When you go to ink your letters or chipboard, don’t forget to get into the small spaces between! It is relatively easy to do and makes the project look finished. You can do this by using several everyday items that are found in your bathroom. I...
Tip Tuesday
How to Attach a Transparency or Acrylic: Use a fine tip glue pen or tiny glue dots and place the adhesive behind printed letters or other darker printed elements on the transparency. I am a big fan of Glossy Accents by Ranger and tend to use this alo...
Tip Tuesday
Here are some great Beginning Card Making Tips from Kate: When making quantities, I find it easiest to work in stages: do all the cutting for all the cards first, then do all the stamping, then all the glueing, etc. In other words, don’t compl...
Tip Tuesday
I have a simple tip for you today: Have you ever noticed when you stitch on a layout, paint or use Glimmer MIst that the paper tends to buckle??? This makes it almost impossible to take a good photograph of your creation. There are bumps and bulk tha...
Tip Tuesday
Glue Tips! Does you glue applicator get all clogged up? I hate that. Take the applicator off and run it under hot water for a minute or two. The hot water will melt away your dried up glue. Always running to the store for more adhesive? A good, s...
Tip Tuesday - Vellum
This week’s tips involve using vellum. Vellum Adhesive: Get yourself a can of Krylon Easy Tack Spray at your local craft store. Follow the directions on the can. This stuff is 100% clear when it dries, and works the BEST on transparencies and ...
Tutorial Thursday
I had put this tutorial together for My Sketchworld Blog last month and I thought I would share it with you girls as well. We will be learning about Hand Stitching: I am going to walk you through using hand stitching on your layouts. Gather up some s...
Tip Tuesday
A friend of mine asked me the other day how to stamp on fabric and I was instantly reminded of this great tip from one of our old CCAS members, Brenda: Stamped fabric embellishments Submitted by Brenda Prepare your fabric by ironing it to remove any...
Tip Tuesday
Times are tough and money is tight so look around your house for things you can use on your scrapbook pages. It not only will save money but its a great way to be “Green”. Things to look for: 1. Buttons: Use the extra ones that come with...
Tip Tuesday - Adhesives
Here are a few tips today about using adhesives: Foam Adhesive: When using the 3D foam adhesive dots, don’t waste anything!! The little diamonds that are left after punching out the circles are sticky too and can been torn off easily or cut o...
Tip Tuesday
Here are a few tips from Jen Benoit. She posted them at weScrap and I thought I would post them here as well. Glimmer MIst: There are many other ways of using Glimmer Mist (or any other of the mist products out there now). One of the ways is to paint...
Tip Tuesday
I was working on a card this morning and thought of a great tip. Here it is: Have you ever had ribbon or something small you couldn’t get a memory dot on because it was too big? Well I was working on a card and my ricrac ribbon was v...
Tutorial for You!
Today I have the honour of sharing a fun and easy project on the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog. So take a moment and hop on over to the SCT blog this past Tuesday and check out how I made the fun flowers for this card! Celebrate Enjoy!...
Tip Tuesday: Pens
Today’s tips are all about pens! Storage: always remember to store ALL of your pens and markers on there sides. That way they will not dry out as quickly. Doodling: Always, always, always draw your basic shape or swirl FIRST with a pencil. Use...
Tip Tuesday
When you are short on time and unsure of where to direct your journaling, just turn to some jounaling promts to help get those creative juices flowing! I came across these great journaling prompts ar Scrapbook.com that I wanted to share with you. Wha...
Tuesday Tips
To remove photos from an older type album use unflavoured dental floss. Slide the floss gently under the photo and it will out very nicely. Keep some Swiffer dust sheets close at hand for quick clean up of glitter. We use almost anything to scr...
Tip Tuesday
Ok, how many of you run across slide mounts when cleaning or going thru your stash. I don’t know why I have so many of these things and never used them. Well, here are some ideas for using them up. 150+ THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH SLIDE MOUNTS 1 sta...
Tip Tuesday
I have a couple great tips to share with you that were submitted. The first two are from Shana Dilldine: Tip: Don’t have scalloped paper to make a border? use circle punch and cut in half as shown on the Queen of Hearts lo. Tip: Use those packa...
Tip Tuesday - Paint
I don’t use paint too often in my scrapbooking but it’s a great tool to use as it goes a long way! Here’s are some tips when using paint… Texture - Add some texture to your paint but scraping a pocket comb across your painted ...
Sharing Saturday - Paperclips
For today, I thought I would share a tip that was submitted by one of our readers, Mica! This is something that lots of people probably know, but I thought I would mention. Some scrappers use the paperclips on their pages and you know we can bend th...
Tip Tuesday - Chalk
This week’s tips are all about using chalk! Applicators: Q- Tips make great and vet cheap chalk applicators. You even have 2 different ends for 2 different colours! Don’t Mess Up!: Place a piece of regular note or printer paper over to...
Tip Tuesday
I have a wonderful tip that was sent in by Mica: I thought I would share what I do with different shapes… I sometimes create my own templates and use them over and over. Since I don’t have a circle cutter, I have different size circles an...
Tip Tuesday
Here are a few quick tips to care for your punches: 1. When your punch shape gets stuck in the punch, turn it over and use a ballpoint pen or pencil and poke it in the middle. 2. If you are finding that your punch is getting harder to … well&#...
