Fridays Tip of the Day

How to clean your scissors

Today's tip is an easy one,  from time to time we all get glue or residue on our scissors from cutting foam tape or red sticky double sided tape. Below is all the culprits.

 Here is an easy way to clean them,  just spray them with WD40 and wipe off with a paper towel.  I know WD40 isn't just for squeaky doors!!  It works like Magic!!

Give it a try and let me know what you think!!

Jackie

Friday's Tip of the Day

Baker's Twine Storage

I don't know about all of you, my Baker's Twine was a mess. So searching on Pin It my sister and I found a clever idea on how to store our Baker's Twine. It is simple to do and much easier to reach for.
I know the suspense is driving you crazy right. 

Here is mine.

I told you it was a clever idea. You take your twine and roll into a ball and run it through one of the lid holes and pull it down. Now if your wondering what the jar is it is an old Parmesan shaker. Like they use in restaurants. My sister and I found ours at the dollar store. I have mine on my desk ready for quick touches to my card.

Thanks for stopping by I hope you enjoyed today's tip.   Tell me what you think,  was this tip helpful?  Leave me a comment, I like reading what you think of my posts.

See you next Friday.

 Jackie

 

Friday's Tip of the Day

Shading using Markers and Reinkers

Today tip is how to use our markers and reinkers in shading. I don’t know about you, but I always have a hard time with shading. Getting the colors to blend correctly and placing the highlights where they belong. A couple of years ago I ran across this pictorial on how to do this amazing technique!
 This technique made it a lot easier for me.  So to give credit where it belongs I saw this on Jennifer Foley's blog.   Her card was amazing,  I decided to share with you what I had done. Now I also will include step instructions.

So let's get started, first here is my card done, I love the way it came out. This is the easiest shading effect that I have ever done.

Supplies

Card Stock                            Early Espresso, Soft Suede and Vary Vanilla

Stampin Ink                           Stazon Black, Eary Espresso

Markers                                 Only Orange

Re-Inkers                               Soft Suede

Ribbon                                   Daffodil Delight Stitched(I colored it with Only Orange)

Button                                    Neutrals Designer Button in Early Espresso

Stamp Set                              Blooming in Kindness

Here is how to do it: 

1. Choose the colors that you want or use the color coach to choose a Dynamic Duo color combination.  
2. Choose one of  the re-inkers for the dark color, and the marker for the light color.
3. Squeeze one drop of ink into a color palette or a plastic container or paper plate.
4. Place the brush tip of the marker into the ink until it absorbs the desired amount of ink that you want. 
5. When you color an image with the side of your marker, you will get two colors for a shaded affect. 

When you are done to get rid of the re-inker on your marker just color on a scrap piece of paper until the darker color is gone.

I did have to play around with it for a few minutes, but once I got the hang of it I was in love with the results!!!  I also tried some added effect by taking my aqua painter and only orange marker and did additional highlights. This is optional.

 Here what mine looked light before I finished the card.

 That’s it! I hope you like it. It looks like it took a really long time to make, but in reality it only takes about 5 minutes to make, if that!
Adding additional card stock, ribbon and button. All together about 10 minutes. I don't know about you but I like quick cards. I love this technique.

Let me know what you think of it, and if you try it send me a picture and I will post it on my blog.  Just email me at jackielwatson2009@hotmail.com.

Thanks for stopping by,
Jackie

Friday's Tip of the Day

How do you fix the cracking caused when using the Woodgrain Embossing Folder?

I know allot of us have had this problem since the Woodgrain has come out and thanks to Kay Kathoff and Linda Heller there is a way to fix this.

All your cracking issues will be solved when you place a card stock Vellum panel inside your folder. You can adhere it with snail and keep it there permanently. Sounds Great!! Can't wait to try it out.

These two ladies even made a video so we can see the before and after pictures. I posted it to my tab under videos. 

I am going to try this technique on some other embossing folders that I have issues with and will let you know how that works out.

I want to thank Kay and Linda for sharing their great video with all of us.

Until next Friday when I post another great tip!

Jackie