I was going through the spring issue if “Take 10″ and saw an article by Lori Craig on Split negative stamping. The result is very cool! Basically you stamp the same image on different papers in different colors (embossing if desired) then cut them in half and match them up to the opposite color. Here’s [...]
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Last week I showed you how to get Copic results with Bic Mark-It Markers. Such a fun tecnhique for really bright well blended images. The drawback being that none of the Mark Its were very light so subtle shading was out…not so anymore! I dug out my Prismacolor colorless blending marker (I have used [...]
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Ahhhhh, nothing like a nice juicy marker (hey, you didn’t think I was going to say steak did you?) And there is nothing worse that scraping a dry marker over a lovely stamped image, fingernails on a chalkboard anyone!?! If you have dual tip brush markers hold on to your hats cuz you can re-ink [...]
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If you have stumbled on to this post it is probably 2am you are in the middle of a huge stamping project and your ink-pad has run dry! No worries, you can make thick luscious pigment ink with just a few supplies you may have on hand already (even if you don’t you can get [...]
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Wow, I found this blog where a crafty lady , Clohe, made an embossing folder for her Cuttlebug with her Cricut. check it out here.
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Don’t throw away your old Cricut mats! You can make them sticky again by washing them in dish soap (like Dawn) with a dish cloth. Then blot off the extra water and let them air dry. Good as new. This works because bits of paper, dust, embossing powder and other crafty stuff clings to the [...]
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I sure have been hearing a lot about copic markers lately. Copics are a solvent based marker similar to a sharpie and available in a myriad of colors. I saw a you tube video where a lady made a card using Bic Mark-It markers (also solvent based) for the same effect. I just so happened [...]
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Well I hit the jackpot this week! I had some b-day $$ burning a hole in my pocket so I swung into JoAnns, they had clear stamp sets 40% off (sale ends today) and I found bargains galore! Check out all of this stuff that was $1 or less, even the Disney Princess stamp set [...]
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Who loves pizza? We do! Here is a great recipe that makes 3 medium thin crust pizzas.
Put ingredients in the bread maker in this order:
1 cup water
2 T sugar
2 T olive oil
1t salt, garlic powder, oregano, and basil
3 cups Bread Flour (make a well in the flour then add yeast)
1t yeast
Mix on dough setting. Divide [...]
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Yep, that is how I describe the “Dancing with the Stars” game for Wii. It is so much fun! I’m not a “gamer” so I don’t usually get too excited about any video game but wow! It is so much fun to boogie down then be berated by the judges! Good stuff. My DH got [...]
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