How to Clean Rubber Stamps From StazOn Ink

StazOn solvent ink by Tsukineko is one of the most versatile crafting inks on the market. StazOn is perfect for rubber stamping on glass, plastic, metal, foil and other nonporous and semiporous surfaces. Once a stamping project is complete, you'll need to use specially formulated cleaners to take this hard-to-remove ink off your rubber stamps.

Things You'll Need:

• Stampin' Mist spray cleaner by Stampin' UP!
• Stampin' Scrubber by Stampin' UP! 
• StazOn All Purpose Cleaner
• Old toothbrush
• Clean rag

Using a Stamp Scrubber

1. 1
   Spray Stampin' Mist cleaner on wet side of Stampin' Scrub or Double-Sided Stamp Scrubber (indicated by embossed raindrops). Scrubber should be moist, but not soaked.
2. 2
   Rub stamp vigorously on wet side of scrubber until clean. Foam will form on the stamp and scrubber but will not damage the stamp.
3. 3
   Rub stamp on dry side of scrubber (indicated by embossed umbrella). Press firmly so bristles reach into any crevices. Continue until stamp is dry.
   
   
   So what is Staz on pad ?
   
   
    Well, it’s a linen-fabric covered ink pad that holds a solvent-based ink that works on non-porous surfaces. Unlike a pigment-based ink, which only works on porous surfaces such as paper, chipboard, and wood, the StazOn ink will work on plastic, aluminum, shrink plastic, glass, vellum and more.
   
   
   Here are a couple of pointers when using Staz On:
   • Make sure you keep the lid on when not in use. Solvents dry quickly.
   • Buy the re-inker. For the above reason, it’ll get dry quickly but re-inking restores your pad.
   • Don’t expect it to be super juicy. Solvents just aren’t.
   • Not the best pad for rough surfaces, because it isn’t super-juicy!
   • Be careful when stamping on glossy surfaces. Too much pressure and your stamp will slide.
   • Use a shot of a heat gun to make sure your ink is set on plastics or glass.
   • StazOn will scratch off of some surfaces, so seal with crystal effects.
   
   
   
   

Please dont laugh at me!!

Please don't laugh at the following, it is the contents of an e-mail sent to me by my ex-husband.
VICKS VAPO RUB - INTERESTING
During a lecture on Essential Oils, they told us how the foot soles can absorb oils. Their example: Put garlic on your feet and within 20 minutes you can 'taste' it.

Some of us have used Vicks Vapor rub for years for everything from chapped lips to sore toes and many body parts in between. But I've never heard of this. And don't laugh, it works 100% of the time, although the scientists who discovered it aren't sure why. To stop night time coughing in a child (or adult as we found out personally), put Vicks Vapor rub generously on the bottom of the feet at bedtime, then cover with socks. Even persistent, heavy, deep coughing will stop in about 5 minutes and stay stopped for many, many hours of relief. Works 100% of the time and is more effective in children than even very strong prescription cough medicines. In addition it is extremely soothing and comforting and they will sleep soundly.

Just happened to tune in A.M. Radio and picked up this guy talking about why cough medicines in kids often do more harm than good, due to the chemical make up of these strong drugs so, I listened. It was a surprise finding and found to be more effective than prescribed medicines for children at bedtime, in addition to have a soothing and calming effect on sick children who then went on to sleep soundly.

My wife tried it on herself when she had a very deep constant and persistent cough a few weeks ago and it worked 100%! She said that it felt like a warm blanket had enveloped her, coughing stopped in a few minutes and believe me, this was a deep, (incredibly annoying!) every few seconds uncontrollable cough, and she slept cough-free for hours every night that she used it.

If you have grandchildren, pass this on. If you end up sick, try it yourself and you will be absolutely amazed at how it works.

I have to tell you that I was getting desperate for a nights sleep so I tried it and IT WORKS!!!!!!!! I am truly amazed.

Bow maker top tip

If you dont have a bow maker you can use a crib board & matchsticks.

A.		Take a length of ribbon. Starting at the back, wrap the ribbon around both pegs,
		wrong side of the ribbon facing you, ending with both ends in front
B.		Place the left ribbon to the right of your bowmaker
C.		With the right ribbon, go around the left ribbon end, over towards the front then back under ribbon A
D.		Bring the right ribbon end over the top of the back ribbon, right side of the ribbon facing up
		You are finished with essentially the first square knot
		Next is another square knot to complete the bow
E.		Create a loop by bringing the left ribbon back towards the left side of the bowmaker
F.		Bring the right ribbon over and through the loop just made from the left ribbon, ending to the right
		Pull both ends tight.
		Remove the bow from the pegs and adjust if needed, tighten both ends carefully.

Stay Put Bow ~ Tutorial

I have just found a brilliant link for tying a stay put bow with a video tutorial.
Stay put Bow

A lovely blog so have a look round whilst you are there its inspiring.

Blender pen refill recipe

Again I cannot take credit for this recipe, I just found it and wanted to share my find.

Here is the recipe for the Blender pen refill you also needed.

2 teaspoons glycerin
4 teaspoons distilled water
1/4 teaspoon rubbing alcohol

It says you do not need to pull the blender tip out, just use an eye dropper.
This will go a long way so don't double it!

Stamp Cleaner ~ recipe

I have just found this recipe to make your own stamp cleaner, it has a long list of people that have tried it and recommend it, so I am off to the chemist in the morning to get the ingredients.

Make your own Stamp Cleaner, a copy cat of SU's.

2 Cups distilled water
2 Teaspoons Rose Water (purchased at health store)
1 Teaspoons Baby wash (I used a generic brand)

Rose water is a natural, non-alcoholic astringent.
This works, looks and smells just like what you buy from Stampin Up.
As with the SU stuff, should be diluted 4 or 5:1 with water as it's too soapy otherwise
(I learned about diluting it first hand at SU convention when I was a demo).
I think I have about $8 in supplies and I think it will make over 2 gallons of
cleaner.

This post is pasted from the splitcoast stampers forum

Rule of Thirds ~ Golden ratio

The focal point of your scrapbook layout design is the axis on which every other element of your page will spin. Everything else on the page blends with this focal point, either leading to it or directly from it visually. As you decide where on your page the focal point should go, remember that it does not have to land smack dab in the middle of your page. In fact, that may be the worst place to put it. To decide where it should go, try imagining a grid drawn on your page. The grid should split your page in thirds both vertically and horizontally.

See where the lines intersect? Those are the places on the page where people's eyes are naturally drawn. Visual artists call this the "Rule of Thirds." Try putting your focal point on one of those spots. For example, in scrapbook layout design below, the artist chose a picture in which the subject was looking directly at the camera as a focal point.

It is important to make good use of the space on your page that does not contain a picture or other large item. The Rule of Thirds suggests only over 2/3 of your total page with these types of large items.

Remember the grid?

Applying the Rule of Thirds to blank space is as simple as only filling 6 of the 9 total squares of the grid. only 6 of the 9 grid squares (or two thirds of the page) contain major items. Making use of the space on your page in this manner helps to ensure that your viewer is not overwhelmed by page elements. Example

What is the Golden Ratio?

This "rule of odds" suggests that an odd number of subjects in scrapbook layout design is more interesting than an even number. Thus if you have more than one photo in your layout, the suggestion is to choose an arrangement with at least three photo. An even number of subjects produces symmetries in the image, which can appear less natural. Information from Scrapbook Layout

Card Making tips Part 2

Card Making Tips - Part II

• Use the back of the mousepad to stamp, emboss foil or to shape your paper or punchies.
• Dab a bit of glue on the end of the thread to stiften it before you thread your beads.
• Make some everyday cards without any sayings. When you need a quick card for a birthday or to say "Thank You", just add the words.
• Use poly bags to store your ready-made cards especially if you have included some 3D embellishments.
• If you have to have beverages while working on your cards, place your drinks on a separate side table.
• Dab a blob of repositionable adhesive on the back of card or elements that you want to attach to your main card blank. Move them around till you are sure about their placements.
• To make your masking tape less sticky, just stick it on your jeans or skirt first.
• Store your rubber stamps away from direct sunlight and heat.
• Apply a little clear nail polish to end of ribbons to stop fraying.
• Use lighter-weight paper for layering to save postage.
• Fold card outside in to protect delicate embellishments on front design when posting.
• Cover mistakes with embellishments, layering or adding another image on top.
• Keep a small box beside your craft table to throw in your paper scraps while you create.
• Organize your paper scraps while watching tv or during downtime.

Card Making tips Part 1

Card Making Tips - Part I

• Keep all the scrap paper. You can use them to punch out punchies. (punchies: what you punch out with your paper punches).
• Put a pack of Baby Wipe nearby to clean your rubber stamps in-between change of colors.
• Ink your stamp with Versamark ink before using Stazon, Brilliance inks or any other difficult to clean ink.
• Use washable inkpads when making cards with children. Children love to stamp on their hands, arms and faces.
• Keep a notebook beside you on your bedside table to jot down card making ideas in the night.
• Shake your chalk re-inker by putting it in a sock and spin it!
• If the rubber on your rubber stamps are turning white, apply a light coat of glycerin over the rubber to avoid ghosting. You can find glycerin at your local pharmacy.
• Not sure what color card to use to layer your image on? Choose a color from the image.
• Lightly sand your shrink plastic first before stamping on it.
• Dip a brush in water and paint your shape on the paper, pull paper apart with your hands to give a lovely feathered edge to your shape.
• Stamp some images on white cardstock with black pigment ink and carry them in your purse with a small pack of colour pencils. Colour them during waiting time.
• Store your markers horizontally.
• Store your not so juicy inkpads upside down to let the ink sink to the top of the pads.

Todays top tip

Ribbons To Dye For

Keep a spool of white grosgrain ribbon on hand to make your own coordinating ribbons. Colour in the ribbon with any colour marker or rub with an ink pad and viola - you will have a custom coordinated ribbon.

Top tip of the day

My name is Lisa i'm a self confessed hoarder, so when I had finished making my batch of 30 cards last night I had 3 lengths of ribbon left that tied the cards & envelopes in bundles but it was badly creased, so I put it on one side making a mental note to iron it next time I had the iron out, too get the iron out would be fatal as guilt would take over & I would have to tackle the ironing pile.
I was sitting in my craft room waiting for my hair straighteners to heat up & it came to me, and it worked, pull the ribbon through the hair straighteners whilst they are switched on and lovely pressed ribbon. Just a shame I couldn't come up with a time saving idea for the ironing.

Sakura Pens

Gelly Roll Glaze - 16 colours available

Glaze is a 3D pen - while the nib is pressed to the paper the ink continues to flow, this is due to a spring and ball bearing system - unique to Sakura. The ink is translucent, bright and dries glossy.

Glaze will work on all smooth non-porous surfaces - card, acetate, plastic, glass, ceramic, metal .... It will not work on shrink plastic as it cracks and falls off as it shrinks (unless of course you use your pen after it has shrunk.

Glaze colour's can be mixed or bled together, especially easy on a shiny surface as it takes a little longer to dry. Drying time is about 1 minute on card and on shiny surfaces a little longer. However, if you want to apply a second coat wait a few minutes to ensure the Glaze has hardened.

While the ink is still wet you can add glitter. You can use the clear pen to highlight areas on backing papers, write on dark card or create a resist (on light coloured card write, then rub over dye based ink).

When colouring colour across your project and do not go back (until it is dry) as you can scuff the ink up and spoil the finished look.

Don't forget to take the tiny cap off the nib and throw it away when you have brand new pens.

• Can be used on all smooth surfaces, such as acetate, metal, glass, cardboard and paper. In addition, it can be used to decorate scrapbooks, jewellery and for other handicraft purposes.
• The ink requires approximately 60 sec. to dry and remains shiny.
• The unique ink gives the lines a 3-Dimensional effect.

Application

• Before use, remove the protective cap covering the tip of the pen (does not need to be replaced).
• The ink starts to flow as soon as the point is pressed onto the surface to be decorated.
• Store the pen horizontally with the cap on.
• Colours can be mixed
• Once the ink is dry, Glaze 3D-roller is water-repellent

Colours can be bled and blended - especially when using on surfaces such as acetate or metal.

Gelly Roll Stardust - 25 colours available

Stardust is Sakura's glitter pen. There is so much glitter in the ink it is amazing that the ink flows so smoothly between the 2 ball bearings.

You can use them on light and dark coloured card, all colours of shrink plastic, and watercolour with them.

To watercolour with the Stardust pens, tap the ink out onto some plastic I use acetate, and using a Waterbrush add water and make the colour as pale or as strong as you need, then just paint it on. When the ink dries you will still see the glitter sparkling away.

To use Stardust on shrink plastic I would use the shrink plastic with the rough coatings - but I have used the clear one as well. Stamp with Staz On, if it is a new pad then once stamp is inked place it gently on scrap paper before stamping onto the shrink plastic. This is to remove any excess otherwise the ink would bleed through the rough coating on the shrink.

New Gelly Roll Metallic - 14 colours available

The Metallic pens have be updated - the colours and the pens themselves. They now have the double ball bearing system in the nib and the colours have been greatly improved the gold and silver are lovely.

They will work on card, dark card, shrink plastic and water them down with a Waterbrush and paint them on.

Gelly Roll Moonlight - 10 colours available

The Moonlight pens, again have the double ball bearing nib, making them lovely smooth to use. There are 5 'flourescent' colours and 5 'pastel' colours.

They have fantastic coverage on dark coloured card. The will work on acetate - but it is best to colour from reverse side as ink can be scratched off - unless you mix it with clear Glaze.

Moonlight will also work direct on your stamp - with a good huff, Fimo Clay, gloss card and again on metal if you mix it with clear Glaze.

Gelly Roll Souffle

See home page for offer

• Available in 10 colours, including real white.
• Can be used on all smooth surfaces, such as plastic, metal, glass, cardboard and (coloured) paper. In addition, it can be used to decorate scrapbooks, jewellery and for other handicraft purposes.
• The ink requires approximately 60 sec. to dry.
• The unique ink gives the lines a 3-Dimensional effect.

Application

• Before use, remove the protective cap covering the tip of the pen (does not need to be replaced).
• The ink starts to flow as soon as the point is pressed onto the surface to be decorated.
• Store the pen horizontally with the cap on.
• Colours can be mixed.
• Once the ink is dry, Soufflé Deco-Roller is water-repellent.

Colouring Digital Image Stamps - Watercolouring

Watercolouring your printed images may be a problem if you use an Inkjet printer for printing because the ink will bleed as soon as you put water to it.

But spraying your image lightly with an Inkjet Fixative, will seal the ink so you can.

For my Hettie image above, I printed a sheet of images onto 270gsm smooth finish white card, using the greyscale & photo settings on my printer & then sprayed it with my fixative.

(The fixative by Ghiant is available in 3 finishes - Matt, Satin & Glossy. I use Matt finish for watercolouring. I find the the others repel water too much to make watercolouring possible.)

I let it dry for around 10 minutes or so, added the colour from my watercolour pencils, then blended them with water. My brush wasn't dripping with water, but it wasn't dry enough for the bristles to separate either - just dabbed onto a tissue to take off the excess.

You can use the fixative to seal your image afterwards too if you like.

And voila! Watercoloured images : )

I cannot take credit for this information, I found it in a blog by liz who is the wonderful pink petticoat.

http://www.pinkpetticoat.blogspot.com

Making Backgrounds using Marvey Metallic pens

Making Backgrounds using Marvey Metallic pens

Marvey Metallic Pens are perfect for rubber stamping. They are high quality water-based pigment ink pens with a chisel tip. Fade proof and waterproof they cover most surfaces - glass, wood, porcelain, clay, leather, cement, plastic, tiles, and more. Always shake the pen well before use to mix metallic and colour elements.
Marvey can be used for making dramatic backgrounds, colouring stamped images and applying direct to stamps for metallic and iridescent effects. Over stamping and embossing is easy on the dried work.

Marvey Metallic Backgrounds

• Using black glossy card, lightly dampen and scribble bands/areas of various colours quite densely onto the surface. Sprit lightly with water and tip the card from side to side, and around to mix colours. You may need to add more water to get the effect you want.
• Partly dry/move colour around the card with a heat gun although natural drying is best.
• Beware of soaking up spare water as this often soaks up the colour, leaving the metallic effect only.
• Also try on mirror and other metallic card/paper.
• Not quite as effective on white card but try using over card pre brayered or sponged with dye inks for a vibrant effect.
• Add embossing powder while wet and heat for a dramatic finish.
• Press under books overnight to flatten card.

Marvey Metallics and Cling Film

• Use glossy, semi-gloss, sandgrain (a lovely reflective texture) or satin card.
• Lightly spray card with water. Paint, dab, sponge etc (fingers useful although unprofessional) colour onto card.
• Scrunch up a piece of Cling Film then open out and place over painted card. With wax paper/ plastic under and piece of paper over press –under books –or in press until dry. This will take some time but worth waiting for as the effects are lovely.

Marvey metallic plus dye ink dabbed onto a piece of tissue and then randomly applied to gloss card. Sponge dye ink over for lovely effects with depth. The true effect develops some time after drying.

Direct onto stamp:
Use solid or semi solid images and black or dark card for best results.
Apply the pen directly onto the stamp. If using two colours make a small pool of the second colour on a palette. Dip part of the stamp into the colour or apply with a brush or dense sponge. Only spritz if the colour is too dry or the image will be very fuzzy.

Colouring:
The chisel point does not allow for detailed colouring but it is still possible to use for metallic accents or shading large images. Especially effective when used on stamped acetate. Apply the colour under the stamped side and take care not to go over the edges – lovely over Twinkling H2o backgrounds.

Top Tips

my top tip- never take your purse into a craft shop !!!!
(Thanks crafty piglet)

Don't buy any Penny Black stamps as you'll soon be addicted and run out of money!!
Thanks Vanessa.


1) invest in a decent card folder and bone creaser and make your own card blanks-much cheaper than buying ready made ones.

2) when shopping for a particular craft item- always shop around first as very often you can it much cheaper elsewhere!

3) have a regular craft session just using up all odds and ends and left over scraps, you'll be amazed how creative you can be.

4) turn your junk mail into craft items...pretend credit cards can be heat embossed, envelope liners to use as iris folding papers, shop leaflets used as backing papers, cd/dvd freebies as embellishments!

5) don't buy rubber stamps or dies unless you can think of at least 3 different occasions on which you could use them!

6) When using ribbons, cutting the end of the ribbon at an angle will prevent the ribbon from fraying.

7)When not using your ink pads storing them upside down will retain the moisture in the ink and stop them drying out.

8) When heat embossing wipe over the card with a little baby talc to prevent static.

9) A piece of A4 paper, rubbed over with baby oil and left to dry, looks just like plain vellum!

10) Divide your papers and cards into colour's, so you can pick what you want easily.

11) when heat embossing or stamping use baby wipes to clean edge of the stamp so you don't get excess ink of paper/card.

12) If you run out of letters for scrapbook you can cut up old ceral boxes and use the letters.

13) Don't waste money buying coloured glaze pens. you will only need the clear
one. You can colour the images yourself and then glaze with clear pen.

14) Pergamano, rub over both sides of your parchment with Bounce dryer sheet, this makes it easier to emboss and prick.

15) Don't always buy the cheapest inks as the better quality ones give a better stamp impression every time.

16)Invest in a good quality paper trimmer/guillotine with a built in ruler as it saves you loads of time measuring to size.

17)Take photos of your made cards and store them on the computer or a usb flash drive to refer to at a later date if you need to make that card or similar again. Add notes about the particular technique used if it was a difficult one.

18) To keep punches sharp, punch a few times through a sheet of tinfoil (gives your bacon under the grill a certain style too! lol)

Envelope sizing

Envelope sizes are usually given in 'C' numbers. A C6 envelope fits a card blank that has been made by folding an A5 sheet of card to A6. If you are making your own card blanks, it is best to make them to a size that fits the most commonly found sizes of envelope as it may be hard for you to find other sizes.

The most common sizes:-
114 x 162mm (C6)
110 x 220mm (DL)
130 x 130mm (square)

Other common sizes:-
162 x 229mm (C5)
125 x 175mm
155 x 155mm (square)

A DL envelope is the size of a business envelope - it takes a sheet of A4 paper folded into 3. As there is no 'A' size card that corresponds with a card blank folded to fit in an envelope of this size, the card blanks are often referred to as DL as well.

32 Ways To Love Your Heat Gun

1. Use it with shrink plastic!

2. To dry glue on almost anything!

3. To set the pigment ink on our Paperclay

4. To dry sealer on paperclay quickly

5. Embossing

6. Glassy Glaze

7. Liquid Applique

8. Heat & Stick

9. Heat setting Fabrico

10. Remelting hot or low temp glue to restick something

11. Stamp & Scratch paper

12. Paint stripping

13. Reheating tea

14. Blowing glitter across a stamped area to get a fine sprinkle.

15. Speeding up drying for radiant pearls, ancient page and some other inks.

16. Blowing glitter or other small debris off of the table

17. Carefully now: dry your nail polish! Heat gun holder means no smudges on 2nd or 3rd coat. It stays on my craft table in its heat gun holder and I paint then press the on button and wave my nails under the flow.

18. To puff up fabric puff paints on sweatshirts (Gotta be careful!).

19. To heat up those price stickers on glass--just heat and then peel them right off. This works great on jelly jar labels .

20. My favorite heat gun use is to make smores. 2 graham crackers, chocolate pieces, marshmallow, wooden skewer, heat gun. Heat the marshmallow a nice toasty brown, assemble and enjoy. We did this with a Brownie troop for one of their try its and they loved them.

21. Repairing computer parts: I have a story to tell about my heat gun... It happened this week, and it saved my YOU-KNOW-WHAT!! I am setting up and trial running a new computer in my bedroom, next to my old one, making sure it works, and getting it set it up for transfer of my documentation to the new one, was checking on the CD speakers, and it worked, and I took the

CD out, and the phone rang...........Then, later when I was flipping my mattress over, (need to do it once in a while), the mattress caught on the OPEN CD ROM holder....and bend it toward the ground, and it wouldn't go back into the holder space. It would go so far and then stop, I could force it back in by holding up the plastic, but it wouldn't do it on its own....BRAND

NEW, not even REGISTERED yet! After I stopped hyperventilating, I used my heat gun to heat the plastic a little at a time, and I slowly maneuvered it until the tray would slide shut on it own, and it plays and all is well, THANK HEAVENS FOR OUR HEAT GUN!!!

22. Takes a dipping and keeps on ticking!! My favorite heat gun story is from this web site. One demonstrator dropped her heat tool in her coffee, while it was plugged in. She jumped quick and unplugged it, rinsed it off and let it dry off. Plugged it in, turned it on and it is still running like a top.

23. You can use your gun to remove hardened candle wax. Aim the heat at the wax. When it starts to melt, use a white paper towel to blot it up. Do this a little at a time to prevent scorching your surface.

24. For artsy daredevils: pool some metallic ink on glossy c/s. Aim heat at its center. It will spread the ink and create a nice blob. Sprinkle some of the confetti in our new glitter stacks on top of the blob, then pour on some clear Embossing Powder. Heat again, pour on more EP, melt, and allow

to dry. It makes a nice accent or background for your artwork. I discovered this when trying to find things to do with the new confetti we have. I tried something similar with the regular reinkers and didn't like the results - non impressive. If any of you try a variation of this, please

share your results!

25. Use the heat gun to melt some candle wax onto your paper creating an abstract design, then do a direct to paper technique over it. The wax will resist the ink and also give your paper texture.

26. Melt bits of broken crayons for a background resist. I would melt the various colors of crayon bits until there were melted puddles scattered around the cardstock. Then I would let them harden and use the foam brayer to brayer ink over the whole piece of card stock. Next, I would reheat the crayon until remelted and then soak up the excess with a paper towel. This

would leave some color on the card stock, plus the ink would have resisted these areas. It might make an interesting background. Maybe a little like a faux batik look. (Note: This idea has not been tried! Please report back to the list if you try it!)

27. I use mine with friendly plastic! It's so much easier than putting it in the toaster oven every time you need to soften it! Friendly plastic is THE coolest stuff ever!! It's not even new if you can believe that! I heard they used it in the '70's to make jewelry and now it's making a big comeback. I use it make jewelry and components to embellish cards. It comes in really pretty metallic colors and it kind of wrinkles when you heat it up. While it's hot you can blend colors together and put in beads, charms, even stamped images. Then when it's dry I put a coat of crystal effects over

it because: 1. It makes the plastic super shiny and pretty and 2. if you use charms or beads (as I do) they will fall off when the plastic is cool unless you seal it! Honestly,

28. Speed up effectiveness of bleach stamping by heating the bleach stamped image from underneath after stamping.

29. Make gift baskets and use it to shrink the shrink plastic over the basket. I tried it and just like magic shrunk in no time flat.

30. You can use the heat tool on fun foam. You heat and then imprint a bold or bold line stamp in it.

31.My DH used it to heat the glue of our old linoleum as he peeled it up to lay new stuff. He was impressed by my suggestion to use it and that it worked like a charm!

32.I use it to melt stamped tissue paper to a candle. You can also heat the surface of the candle and then stamp a DD stamp into it. Highlight the impression with paints - maybe our metallic reinkers would work? I tried this a long time ago and didn't get really good results. This past year, I've been making candles with dried flowers in them to sell at a local farmer's market (my other business). Sometimes the flowers wouldn't show up well and I would use

the heat gun to melt off a layer of wax.

Uses of Glitter

USES FOR GLITTER

GLITTER/Candle Stamping

1. Pour Dazzling Diamonds glitter onto a sheet of paper…spread it out a little.

2. Take a rubber stamp (bold outline, like Flutterbys) & stamp the image into an embossing pad.

2. Next stamp the image into the glitter.

3. Check to make sure stamp is evenly coated, tap if there is too much. Turn your stamp rubber side up.

4. Heat your candle with hair dryer or heat tool until just warm & the wax has softened.

5. Stamp directly onto the candle using a even firm pressure. Or roll the candle onto the image making sure you get the entire image. Lift the candle off the stamp or raise the stamp off the candle & admire!!

GLITTER & LACE BACKGROUND

For a basic card:

Cardstock * Sticker Paper * Lace * 1 Dark Shade of Glitter * 1 Light Shade of Glitter

1. Cut your sticker paper into 1/4 sheets. Pull the protective backing off the sticker paper to reveal the sticky area.
2. Stick a piece of lace to the sticker paper & smooth it down firmly.
3. Pour a dark shade of glitter all over the card, making sure the whole thing is covered. Shake off extra.
4. Strip lace off of card.
5. Next pour light shade of glitter all over card. It will stick to the areas that do not have the dark glitter. Shake off excess glitter.
6. Spray seal your glitter with hairspray.
7. Tack down onto folded cardstock or whatever your project may be.

GLITTER WINDOW – STAINED GLASS

Clear Window Sheet (1/4 size – postcard size) – static free * Black Pigment Ink * Open Image – ex: Stained Glass set * Glue with small nozzle on end

1. Stamp image onto the window sheet with black pigment ink, heat set the ink!
2. Fill in an area in the image with glue & do one area at a time.
3. When area is filled with glue, put glitter on & dump off the excess glitter.
4. Continue to fill in each area.
5. When dry put the card together. The card should have an opening to create a window frame. Glitter side should be facing down.

LOOSE GLITTER

1. On a previously stamped image, use the Two-Way Glue pen to apply glue where you want the glitter.
2. Sprinkle loose glitter on the image, pour off excess glitter, putting it back into the jar. This technique adds glitz to any card.

OR

1. Stamp your image using an embossing ink pad.
2. Pour Heat & Stick powder all over this image. Remove excess powder.
3. Heat with heat gun. Do not overheat. The Heat & Stick powder has become “sticky.”
4. Quickly pour on glitter onto your “sticky” image.
5. Heat the image again….just to set the glitter.

Uses for fibres

USES FOR FIBRES

1. Map out your vacation route with fiber threaded through eyelets.
2. Use as laces on paper pieced-shoes.
3. Make a frame around a matted photo or journal box.
4. Tie through the hole of a tag.
5. Use in a sports scene as a basketball hoop, soccer net or fishing pole.
6. Create grass or trees.
7. Spell out a title using fibers to stitch out the letters.
8. Wrap around a border, nugget, tag or corner accent several times.
9. Make hair or other features on paper dolls.
10. Use as a string for balloon diecuts or eyelets.
11. Tie lassos for western pages.
12. Create seaweed on an ocean or vacation page.
13. Attach a tail to a kite.
14. Build a mountain/water outline.
15. Use a rope for a tug of war scene.
16 Fringe on animals.
17. Wrap fibers around letters.
18. Create a shadow for die cut letters.
19. Use fibers to tie 2 or more elements together.
20. Weave through mesh.
21. Create bows.
22. Scarf on a paper pieced snowman.
23. Attach to a brad and use it as a yoyo.
25. Used to stitch pieces together to form a pocket.
26. As embroidery stitching.
27. Attach tire (swing) to tree.
28. Wrapping presents.
29. Crossing corners of a photo mat or journal box.
30. Clothesline for hanging mittens with wooden clothespins.
31. Stitching a template design.
32. Thread punchies on fiber and create a bracelet around a photo/mat.
33. Down the length of the page, photo mat or journal box as a border.
35. To hang/attach buttons or charms.
36. Used to hang signs or metal rimmed tags from buttons, brad and eyelets.
37. Decorations on a Christmas Tree.
38. Decorations on an Easter Egg.
39. Create a spider web.
40. Lacing 2 pieces together.
41. Ends of a hammock.
42. Wind fibers tightly to form the centre of a flower or leaves.
43. To knit or crochet page accents.
44. As a blanket stitch around a border, or mat.
45. Tassels.
46. Braiding the fibers together to create borders, page breaks etc.
47. As needlepoint stitches on your page elements.
48. Hanging header letter squares or mini tags.
49. Enhancing die cuts