Lots of people have inquired about the glue I used to stamp the three trees from PTI's Through the Trees on THIS card.
Well, I used the Essential Glue Pad from Tsukineko, which I bought because Julie Ebersole told me to. Not me, personally, mind you. She just recommended it on her blog and, easily enabled as I am by the likes of Her Royal Rubberness, I ran right out and bought the kit.
Here's my review of it.
It's "good enough for government work," as we say in our house. Not perfect, but then, I've not found any other product that does what it does as well as it does it...and I have looked. It will hold the ultra-fine glitter I used firmly enough to stand up to light rubbing, although any excess just hanging on or not firmly stuck will rub off easily.
In the end, the stamped image will stay as crisp as glitter will allow.
It will also hold flock, but not very thickly, so using bright or dark colors works better.
At least, that's my experience. Individual results will vary.
I haven't had time to stamp at all lately, so no card today. I was sad to miss the 40% off stamps sale at Archivers...spent all day Monday getting new tires for my car (so painful as three of the tires were still quite good, but all-wheel drive cars require four tires of similar tread, so when one goes, they all go--OUCH). Then, Tuesday, I had the last meeting of our Disciple 4 study, followed by a luncheon. Way more fun than Monday, but alas, no time to drive to the nearest Archivers, which isn't so near.
Enough whining. Shopping and volunteering today, but hopefully, I'll have time to stamp something!!!
Don't forget the OLW118!
It's snowflakes on Cheryl's blog, and I just LOVE snowflakes. Some fell here in Ohio yesterday...not enough to accumulate, but enough to make me feel like Christmas was coming!
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Insert Witty Post Title Here
Jibber Jabber
Well, it's been a crazy few days. If you just want to see the card, scroll down and skip the next few paragraphs of jibber-jabber.
Thursday, I ran around town for all sorts of errands, many holiday related, and realized as I crawled into bed that night that I hadn't picked up an ornament at church to photograph for you. Friday, I got a flat tire, the story of which will appear on my other blog sometime this week because it was sort of freaky...in a good way. That night, George and I left our kids alone for the first time to go to a party. Nick made it an hour and forty-five minutes before he got nervous about being in charge and called me home. I'm so proud of him. (BTW, my hubs was far more nervous than I about this big step for Nick.) Saturday, well, I'm not sure what happened to Saturday, although I did clean up some stuff, take the kids to the public library, get groceries. Sunday, I was liturgist for the first time and had to read Luke 3:1-6, which I tell you has a lot of hard Bible words in it and I NAILED them. Thank Heaven for Google, practice, and a little help from the Holy Spirit.
BUT, I forgot to pull an ornament out of the basket for my own use, so I'm going to make one tomorrow and post it ASAP. I'm so sorry about the delay on this.
Today's Card
Here you go...pink, frosty snow!
In keeping with OLW117, I used a glue pad and what looked like white glitter...except it really looks pink on the paper. So what to do with the pink tone? Enhance it with a bright pink sentiment. Why not?
The two lines across the top are Scor-Tape, which is just so perfect to use with glitter.
The stamps are from Through the Trees by Papertrey.
Happy Monday!
Well, it's been a crazy few days. If you just want to see the card, scroll down and skip the next few paragraphs of jibber-jabber.
Thursday, I ran around town for all sorts of errands, many holiday related, and realized as I crawled into bed that night that I hadn't picked up an ornament at church to photograph for you. Friday, I got a flat tire, the story of which will appear on my other blog sometime this week because it was sort of freaky...in a good way. That night, George and I left our kids alone for the first time to go to a party. Nick made it an hour and forty-five minutes before he got nervous about being in charge and called me home. I'm so proud of him. (BTW, my hubs was far more nervous than I about this big step for Nick.) Saturday, well, I'm not sure what happened to Saturday, although I did clean up some stuff, take the kids to the public library, get groceries. Sunday, I was liturgist for the first time and had to read Luke 3:1-6, which I tell you has a lot of hard Bible words in it and I NAILED them. Thank Heaven for Google, practice, and a little help from the Holy Spirit.
BUT, I forgot to pull an ornament out of the basket for my own use, so I'm going to make one tomorrow and post it ASAP. I'm so sorry about the delay on this.
Today's Card
Here you go...pink, frosty snow!
In keeping with OLW117, I used a glue pad and what looked like white glitter...except it really looks pink on the paper. So what to do with the pink tone? Enhance it with a bright pink sentiment. Why not?
The two lines across the top are Scor-Tape, which is just so perfect to use with glitter.
The stamps are from Through the Trees by Papertrey.
Happy Monday!
Thursday, December 6, 2012
OLW117: Flocked Snow
It's such a disappointment when my photography skills can't keep up with my stamping. But I did my best with my little Nikon Coolpix and Ott lighting on this one. Pinky swear!
Anyway, I used Papertrey's Out on a Limb and added white flock for the snow. IRL, the card looks really cool, with the fuzzy snow much more visible. In fact, I was amazed at the difference the white flock made on the card.
I hope you'll play along with the OLW this week!
FYI: My second Advent devotional is posted on Questioning my Intelligence. I hope you love it!
Supplies
stamps: Papertrey Out on a Limb, Silent Night (sentiment)
ink: Memento
paper: PTI
accessories: satin ribbon, Quickie glue pen, white Doodlebug flock
Anyway, I used Papertrey's Out on a Limb and added white flock for the snow. IRL, the card looks really cool, with the fuzzy snow much more visible. In fact, I was amazed at the difference the white flock made on the card.
I hope you'll play along with the OLW this week!
FYI: My second Advent devotional is posted on Questioning my Intelligence. I hope you love it!
Supplies
stamps: Papertrey Out on a Limb, Silent Night (sentiment)
ink: Memento
paper: PTI
accessories: satin ribbon, Quickie glue pen, white Doodlebug flock
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Teacher Gifts
Regarding the Stephen Ministry ornaments...I should be able to pick one up at the church tomorrow and bring it home to photograph, so it will get posted soon. They really are very simple since I'm the only SM in our group who's crafty. Thanks for all your interest in them.
Now, Christmas always presents me with a present challenge. Our son Jack has autism, and honestly, if it takes a village to raise a neurotypical child, it takes a metropolis to raise a child with autism. I like to acknowledge the metropolis at Christmas and the end of the school year, but with so many people involved, it's tough to stay on budget.
All of Jack's teachers, aides, therapists, and such use notecards regularly, so notecard sets are a cost-effective and much appreciated gift. I use the clear notecard set boxes from Papertrey for packaging and these envelopes from Marco's Paper. Each set has either 8 or 10 notecards...single-panel, 1/4 sheet cards rather than folded cards. The total cost for each set is around $3.00.
You can't beat that with a stick, eh?
Speaking of sticks, Jack makes these sugar plums, which I add to each gift for a personal touch from him. I like using pipe cleaners and jingle bells to seal the cellophane bags on the sugar plums. It's more festive--not to mention faster and easier--than tying curly ribbon or string on the sticks!
This year, I'm going to share some of the sets to give you ideas for your own gift giving. Isn't it nice to be able to acknowledge the many people who make a difference in your life with special gifts that don't require taking out a second mortgage?
BTW, my sister informed me this year she doesn't want anything practical. She wants a mini iPad and an iPhone4S 'cause she likes talking to Suri. I told her I couldn't afford either of those for her, and she said, yes, she's hard to buy for this year.
I love my sister. She makes me laugh. And she bought me fleece socks for my birthday.
Anyway, here are a couple of the clean-and-simple notecard sets I've made so far. Feel free to steal whatever inspiration you need for your own gift giving.
Happy gift giving!
Now, Christmas always presents me with a present challenge. Our son Jack has autism, and honestly, if it takes a village to raise a neurotypical child, it takes a metropolis to raise a child with autism. I like to acknowledge the metropolis at Christmas and the end of the school year, but with so many people involved, it's tough to stay on budget.
All of Jack's teachers, aides, therapists, and such use notecards regularly, so notecard sets are a cost-effective and much appreciated gift. I use the clear notecard set boxes from Papertrey for packaging and these envelopes from Marco's Paper. Each set has either 8 or 10 notecards...single-panel, 1/4 sheet cards rather than folded cards. The total cost for each set is around $3.00.
You can't beat that with a stick, eh?
Speaking of sticks, Jack makes these sugar plums, which I add to each gift for a personal touch from him. I like using pipe cleaners and jingle bells to seal the cellophane bags on the sugar plums. It's more festive--not to mention faster and easier--than tying curly ribbon or string on the sticks!
This year, I'm going to share some of the sets to give you ideas for your own gift giving. Isn't it nice to be able to acknowledge the many people who make a difference in your life with special gifts that don't require taking out a second mortgage?
BTW, my sister informed me this year she doesn't want anything practical. She wants a mini iPad and an iPhone4S 'cause she likes talking to Suri. I told her I couldn't afford either of those for her, and she said, yes, she's hard to buy for this year.
I love my sister. She makes me laugh. And she bought me fleece socks for my birthday.
Anyway, here are a couple of the clean-and-simple notecard sets I've made so far. Feel free to steal whatever inspiration you need for your own gift giving.
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| Stamps: A Muse |
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| Stamps: Papertrey Floral Frenzy |
Happy gift giving!
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
One-Layer Wednesday #117--Snow
This week's One-Layer Wednesday challenge is to put snow on your card...and not just stamped snow, people! Use glitter, sparkle pens, Smooch, glimmer mist, flower soft, flock, puff paint, artist's paste, or any other simulation of snow you can think of!
I've actually made several cards and will share them over the next few days, but here's my glittery gray and red card. Oh how I hope we get snow in Ohio this year!!!!!
OLW117 Rules
1. A one-layer card is defined as a single layer of card stock folded in half. No other layers allowed.
2. Add some fake snow to your card in whatever form you want, as long as it's not another layer of paper! Remember to keep embellishments to a minimum.
3. Post your card online and then link to it using the InLinkz button on the sidebar of Simplicity. If you link to your blog, please take care to link to the OLW entry post, not to your blog's main page.
4. The most important rule of all...HAVE FUN!!!!!
Supplies
stamps: Paptertrey In the Meadow, Through the Trees; Hero Arts snow border from an unknown clear set
ink: Memento
paper: PTI
accessories: velvet ribbon, Scor-Tape, Quickie glue pen, Doodlebug white glitter
I've actually made several cards and will share them over the next few days, but here's my glittery gray and red card. Oh how I hope we get snow in Ohio this year!!!!!
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| Close-up of my glittery snow! |
OLW117 Rules
1. A one-layer card is defined as a single layer of card stock folded in half. No other layers allowed.
2. Add some fake snow to your card in whatever form you want, as long as it's not another layer of paper! Remember to keep embellishments to a minimum.
3. Post your card online and then link to it using the InLinkz button on the sidebar of Simplicity. If you link to your blog, please take care to link to the OLW entry post, not to your blog's main page.
4. The most important rule of all...HAVE FUN!!!!!
Supplies
stamps: Paptertrey In the Meadow, Through the Trees; Hero Arts snow border from an unknown clear set
ink: Memento
paper: PTI
accessories: velvet ribbon, Scor-Tape, Quickie glue pen, Doodlebug white glitter
Monday, December 3, 2012
OLW116--Scene It
I don't always get a chance to participate in the OLW challenges. Well, mostly I try, but sometimes my efforts are less than blog-worthy. After four or five failed attempts, I give up, as I did with Heather's square challenge.
Why would I flunk a square challenge? Seriously? I'm as square as a gal can get.
Today's card, however, represents a nicely-handled save in my attempt at Karen's OLW116 Challenge, so I thought I'd share it. I had stamped the winter scene once and completely screwed up the image (that's what happens when you don't bother to stand on the big stamps...they turn out all blotchy).
So I stood on it the second time, and there was STILL a tiny blotch in the upper left corner.
Which I covered with the white, sheer bow.
See. Nicely-handled save. Go, me!
Now, this image was embossed with Silver Pearl embossing powder, which is just lovely. I stamped it in a dark blue pigment ink (ColorBox Royal Blue), sprinkled the Silver Pearl powder over it, and heated it to this soft blue, lustrous, shimmery finish.
I just love the softening effect of the Silver Pearl over darker inks. Give it a try sometime. And click over to Karen's OLW116 Challenge!
Supplies
stamps: unlabeled and very old!
ink: Colorbox royal blue
paper: PTI white
accessories: Silver Pearl Embossing Powder, heat gun, sheer white ribbon
Why would I flunk a square challenge? Seriously? I'm as square as a gal can get.
Today's card, however, represents a nicely-handled save in my attempt at Karen's OLW116 Challenge, so I thought I'd share it. I had stamped the winter scene once and completely screwed up the image (that's what happens when you don't bother to stand on the big stamps...they turn out all blotchy).
So I stood on it the second time, and there was STILL a tiny blotch in the upper left corner.
Which I covered with the white, sheer bow.
See. Nicely-handled save. Go, me!
Now, this image was embossed with Silver Pearl embossing powder, which is just lovely. I stamped it in a dark blue pigment ink (ColorBox Royal Blue), sprinkled the Silver Pearl powder over it, and heated it to this soft blue, lustrous, shimmery finish.
I just love the softening effect of the Silver Pearl over darker inks. Give it a try sometime. And click over to Karen's OLW116 Challenge!
Supplies
stamps: unlabeled and very old!
ink: Colorbox royal blue
paper: PTI white
accessories: Silver Pearl Embossing Powder, heat gun, sheer white ribbon
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Mistletoe Christmas
FYI--I've started my Advent devotional posts on Questioning my Intelligence. If you're interested, the first one is HERE.
Today's card made me happy because I could use those giant pearls. The scale was just right for the large mistletoe stamp. Yippy!
And yes, this card will be shipped in a package rather than mailed in an envelope. Those pearls are huge and not letter-service friendly.
Supplies
stamps: Papertrey Ink Mistletoe and Holly, Happiest of Holidays
ink: VersaColor green tea, burgundy
paper: PTI white
accessories: large half pearls, dimensionals
Today's card made me happy because I could use those giant pearls. The scale was just right for the large mistletoe stamp. Yippy!
And yes, this card will be shipped in a package rather than mailed in an envelope. Those pearls are huge and not letter-service friendly.
Supplies
stamps: Papertrey Ink Mistletoe and Holly, Happiest of Holidays
ink: VersaColor green tea, burgundy
paper: PTI white
accessories: large half pearls, dimensionals
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