Competition -July 09
Extended until the end of August
Win a $50 Gift Voucher for Fern Gully Stamps
To Celebrate the launch of our new Web Journal we have decided to run a competition.
We would like to hear about your favorite craft tip. It can be as detailed or as short as you like. Your tip could be about equipment or products, how to take care of them. It could be about a technique or skill that you wish to share.
Here is an example- When using adhesive for your card making place a sheet of baking paper under your project so it can be easily removed without sticking to the table or work surface.
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To prevent word stickers from stretching and breaking when removing them from the adhesive sheet they come on; Try to gently lift only the bottom 1/2 up and slide a scrap of the remnant from double sided tape underneath. Gently press them onto the remnant and lift to remove the whole word up from the sheet. Now place word on desired space on card and press top 1/2 in place, peel remnant from bottom 1/2 of stickers and press onto card. Voila!!
Always shop with a project in mind otherwise you will buy anything and everything!!
Most rubber stamps are on different sized wooden blocks. When storing them, it sometimes can be a real challenge to get the right configuration to fit the container you store them in. Once you are happy with the arrangement, stamp the images onto a piece of paper that fits in the bottom of the container showing their “home” position (and laminate). That way you will know exactly where each stamp lives!
Stretch your dollars!!! Before using sticker sheets, photocopy the sheet. You can then cut out and ink or chalk the paper phrases to add to your projects.
To keep your work area free of “mess” attach a plastic bag with some tape to the edge of your table. Great!
Don’t throw away any little bits of paper. use your paper punches to punch out a design i.e. flower, hearts etc and keep them in a floss box for the next time you need an embellishment.
To store your clear stamps place them on a piece of acetate and keep them in a plastic sleeve in a folder.
To help keep them in order place the print out of the designs in the front of plastic sleeve.
my boys like to draw things like their names in block lettering ,aliens, faces and so on. after they have finished i colour them cut them out and use them for scappbooking. the kids love it , and its something you can show them when they grow up.
When using peel off stickers on cards they are sometimes hard to manage as they stretch or break. I over come this by covering the sticker with clear Magic tape. The sticker peels away with the tape, you can then position it on your project and when happy peel away the tape leaving your sticker in the perfect place.
I also find with a fairly large collection of stamps it is not always easy when making a project to know whick one to use, by the time I get them all out and check their size and suitability I either run out of time or inspiration.
I now have scanned all my stamps on the computer and printed them onto paper. now all I have to do is flick through my folder to see what I need in a couple of minutes, I can see what i want and if the size is correct. Now every time iIbuy a new stamp I stamp on paper in my folder tro add to the collection for future reference.
Have you ever been working on a scrapbook page or card that and thought “something’s not quite right”. In order to see whether the page/card is well balanced in its layout, turn the work upside down and look again. This tricks the brain into seeing the layout rather than getting distracted by the content. It’s amazing what you can notice this way.
need to cut thin strips of paper or card?
to keep paper in place use 2 sided sticky tape on your paper and stick to your cutting board this should keep it in place.
this is handy when you only want to cut of a thin strip
Never throw away your old makeup brushes. They can help you add great backgroung dabs for your projects. The old eyelash brush is very different.
To get a reflection of a stamp or mirror image on a card use a piece of acetate. First stamp image on card (preferably smooth card) then stamp image on a piece of acetate flip it over and press it below the stamped image matching details of first stamped image. Colour images below in lighter colours to reflect the image.
When using clear stamps and want to get that 2 stamped effect, ink the opposite side of your stamp and stamp it first, then clean with soapy water and then stamp the other side as normal - this will save you having to buy 2 stamps!
Have confidece in yourself & remember that in scrapbooking as with card making whatever you do it is NEVER wrong. It is just different than what you imagined it would be when you started.
You should never admit to anyone that you made a mistake. Because if you do that is what they will remember.
TURN THE NEGATIVE INTO YHE POSITIVE.
Some times the mistake looks better than what you actually intended in the 1st place.
STICKING FIDDLY LITTLE PUNCHED BITS You know how hard it is to glue little punched shapes securely onto your card or scrapbook page. Here’s a solution for those little punch-outs, grab your widest double-sided tape and stick it onto the back of the piece of paper that you intend to punch your embellishment from. Now punch out your embellishment, it will be pre-glued and you need just to peel away the backing strip when you’re ready to use it on your work. No more sticky fingers! . . . and table, . . . and kids, . . . and cat etc. etc.
To sharpen punches that have become a bit blunt, fold a piece of alfoil in half and use your punch a few times on it and it will be resharpened.
P.S. Love the new website - so easy to navigate around
WOW At last i got to look at your website. What could you expect but it being awesome. Keep it up. love to you all Heather of Pambula
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