View entire thread: New here
Posted by Deb in AR on Sun Jul 16, 2006 9:38 PM Post subject: Re: new here
Welcome to RCS Marie! I know you'll get all your questions answered here, just ask away. Artist Trading Cards are
small cards, 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" if I remember correctly. I've only done one ATC swap, but RJ has done tons of
ATC cards, Katrina's hosted 2 ATC swaps, and others have done them. I'm sure they'll be able to tell you more
information. My suggestion on your album is to just start. Obviously you want to make sure anything that touches your
photos is acid free. If you have a scrapbook store in your area, you might check with them. Most scrapbook stores
teach beginner's classes. Otherwise, just start doing it. There's no right or wrong way to scrap, which is why I love
this craft. The only one I have to worry about pleasing is me. LOL -- Deb in AR - Desert Rat at heart!
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bsrdjr@sbcglobal.net/my_photos Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Pages complete 2006
= 3 Goal for 2006: 1 LO a week <palmag73@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1153069628.591995.48220@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com... [quote:b302cffcc8]at a Chinese Auction i won a beautiful
photo album - I would like to add my photos and themes -decorate the pages-just don't know where to begin-need some help
- I am a Senior citixzen recovering from a stroke last October-what are traders art cards? would be grateful for your
help-on a PBS channel Friday afternoons is a program on Scrapbooking - alsocarol Duvall has scapbookers on once in a
while - Thank you for reading my message -Marie G [/quote:b302cffcc8]
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View entire thread: Good Morning
Posted by CGSMom3 on Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:15 AM Post subject: Re: Good Morning
Klara wrote: [quote:c5a5e8069b]Hello Susan, No surprise you found London expensive - it is officially most expensive
city in the world now. It has been a close second to Tokyo for many years but has finally overtaken it. I find London
very expensive, and I live here... Did you go to any crafty shops while you were here? I am looking forward to seeing
your London layouts. Klara [/quote:c5a5e8069b] Klara, I stumbled into (and quickly out of) a stamp store by accident.
:D Wandering around our first night trying to get dinner and back to a train station, I found a store, don't remember
the name either. Looking at the costs for stamp pads was enough to choke on. Even if it weren't double for the exchange
rate, the prices were high. Was nice to see a craft store on economy (in Germany, I've only really ventured to one quilt
store and it's always closed! LOL I shop on post at their version of craft store and get most of my fix there) Now to
find out if I get any better choices on our move to Minot :D Yeah... if I didn't mention that, we found out Thrusday
night we're headed to North Dakota next July. Talked to friends from there tongiht and now I"m getting excited to
move again! :D Susan
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Posted by Beadbimbo on Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:30 PM Post subject: Re: New to group
Welcome! Lovely work! -- Jerri www.beadbimbo.com To subscribe to my mailing list, send an e-mail to:
jerri@beadbimbo.com with "Subscribe" in the subject line. <redthreadarts@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1154285702.561579.120720@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... [quote:6c9f1cce50]Hello - I just breezed in via Google (I
know, not very usenet elite of me. ) I do off-loom beadwork, both elaborate "bead art" and more wearable
small-scale items. I've been beading for some time now and I keep a blog of process, pics, and craft-related tirades at
http://www.redthreadarts.com. There is some self-promotion on there, but I try to make sure it's got some more
informational content as well. You'll find the occasional knit tainting the beadwork there, too. Just enjoying the
group and looking at people's projects and knowledge base. I welcome comments from visitors, if you happen to drop by!
[/quote:6c9f1cce50]
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Posted by Barbara Forbes-Lyons on Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:58 AM Post subject: Re: New to group
Welcome to this little corner of the world! Barbara Beader and Polymer Clay Crusader http://www.penguintrax.com and
http://www.backseatgrammarian.com There is a very fine line between a hobby and mental illness. (Dave Barry) Need
quality, inexpensive web hosting with site builder and 50 apps? Check out http://www.lyonshost.com.
redthreadarts@yahoo.com wrote: [quote:b33bcca9bf]Hello - I just breezed in via Google (I know, not very usenet elite of
me. ) I do off-loom beadwork, both elaborate "bead art" and more wearable small-scale items. I've been
beading for some time now and I keep a blog of process, pics, and craft-related tirades at http://www.redthreadarts.com.
There is some self-promotion on there, but I try to make sure it's got some more informational content as well. You'll
find the occasional knit tainting the beadwork there, too. Just enjoying the group and looking at people's projects and
knowledge base. I welcome comments from visitors, if you happen to drop by! [/quote:b33bcca9bf]
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Posted by Kalera on Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:26 AM Post subject: Re: New to group
redthreadarts@yahoo.com wrote: [quote:ad2b5f368a]Hello - I just breezed in via Google (I know, not very usenet elite of
me. ) I do off-loom beadwork, both elaborate "bead art" and more wearable small-scale items. I've been
beading for some time now and I keep a blog of process, pics, and craft-related tirades at http://www.redthreadarts.com.
There is some self-promotion on there, but I try to make sure it's got some more informational content as well. You'll
find the occasional knit tainting the beadwork there, too. Just enjoying the group and looking at people's projects and
knowledge base. I welcome comments from visitors, if you happen to drop by! [/quote:ad2b5f368a] Hi, Redthreadarts,
welcome! -- -Kalera http://www.beadwife.com http://www.bridgetownglass.com On eBay: http://www.snurl.com/1sfe
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Posted by redthreadarts@yahoo.com on Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:55 PM Post subject: New to group
Hello - I just breezed in via Google (I know, not very usenet elite of me. ) I do off-loom beadwork, both elaborate
"bead art" and more wearable small-scale items. I've been beading for some time now and I keep a blog of
process, pics, and craft-related tirades at http://www.redthreadarts.com. There is some self-promotion on there, but I
try to make sure it's got some more informational content as well. You'll find the occasional knit tainting the
beadwork there, too. Just enjoying the group and looking at people's projects and knowledge base. I welcome comments
from visitors, if you happen to drop by!
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View entire thread: Circle cutting!
Posted by Shirley Shone on Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:27 PM Post subject: Re: Circle cutting!
In message <fTNz1qQMwQRFFwki@privacy.net>, Joanna Mackintosh <me@privacy.net> writes [quote:1284972a75]On
Sat, 28 Oct 2006, Shirley Shone wrote: The circle scribe works well on paper and card. I have not tried it for fabric,
it does leave a hole in card and paper where the central screw pushes in to hold it all together. They now do an
'accessory' which prevents the little hole in the middle - you can cut photos etc. for scrapbooking...... check out
their website. BTW, I had the Circle Scribe lads to do a workshop for our WI - what a great day we had and we all
learnt a lot. It's the kind of tool you buy at a craft show, get home and wonder how to use it! I know now LOL Joanna
Thanks for that info Joanna.[/quote:1284972a75] Shirley -- Shirley Shone shirley@allcrafts.demon.co.uk
http://www.allcrafts.demon.co.uk
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View entire thread: Circle cutting!
Posted by Joanna Mackintosh on Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:16 PM Post subject: Re: Circle cutting!
On Sat, 28 Oct 2006, Shirley Shone wrote: [quote:1d518e3f93]The circle scribe works well on paper and card. I have not
tried it for fabric, it does leave a hole in card and paper where the central screw pushes in to hold it all together.
[/quote:1d518e3f93] They now do an 'accessory' which prevents the little hole in the middle - you can cut photos etc.
for scrapbooking...... check out their website. BTW, I had the Circle Scribe lads to do a workshop for our WI - what a
great day we had and we all learnt a lot. It's the kind of tool you buy at a craft show, get home and wonder how to use
it! I know now LOL Joanna -- Joanna Mackintosh, Flintshire, UK
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View entire thread: Craft RSS feeds
Posted by mogga on Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:42 PM Post subject: Re: Craft RSS feeds
On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:47:30 +0100, "Jackdaw" <dicon-nnospam@jackdaw-crafts.co.uk> wrote:
[quote:1a3c348a7f] "mogga" <di@NOSPAMPLEASEmogga.com> wrote in message
news:nh33h2lv8k5lud0prt0ai4uifeqs3q5t5o@4ax.com... http://www.craftville.co.uk/ Dave's been working on these at the
moment - you can just cut and paste the code into your own site and get some regularly updated content for nowt! :)
Ooh! Ta. Have saved it and will investigate later. Looks good. [/quote:1a3c348a7f] He's working on a press release
style system which can be used by crafters to tell the world about their new products and craft news. I'll post more
when he's nearer finished on it. :) -- Get away from it all http://www.travelfreebies.co.uk/thomson-holidays.htm Late
deals, mega cheap flights and bargains
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View entire thread: Wallpaper sample books
Posted by Shirley Shone on Fri Apr 07, 2006 4:29 PM Post subject: Re: Wallpaper sample books
I mainly make them for my own use but I have a friend who comes around with 3 one pound coins in her hand and asks me
to make something for her. She has lots of friends at a dancing club and likes to make sure the card she sends is not
like the ones the others send. I sometimes personalise the wording on the front by printing the greeting on to the card
with my printer. Or I do it inside in the verse. Shirley In message <49n93bFoqid8U1@individual.net>, Dizzy
<kiwikat@talk21.com> writes [quote:46cf2735c5]Wow Shirley - the cards are amazing ... and your own website!!! I
wouldn't even know how to start. Well done. Your craft room looks very organised ... especially compared to mine just
at the minute. The words "site" and "bomb" spring to mind. Anyway, it's on my to-do list so I
guess I'll get around to sorting it out before too too long sigh>. Do you make cards for your own use, or do you
sell them? W "Shirley Shone" <nospam@allcrafts.area51.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:EKrxC6FSiYNEFwDG@allcrafts.demon.co.uk... I do not do scrap booking either but use them as backing papers on cards.
I put some of the peel off borders around the edge and it sort of makes a picture frame. If you go to
http://www.craftadelic.com look in their gallery under misc. you will see the card I made with a hat on using a bit of
wallpaper as a background. I have other cards on the site too under the other headings. To see them you will have to go
through them all. Time wasting I know but a nice thing to do. I have got mine stored under the bed. LOL. My craft room
is full too, you can see it on my website. Address in signature I built my own website last year, I went to computer
classes to learn how to do it and I am 70. Shirley message <49lasuFp6v65U1@individual.net>, Dizzy
<kiwikat@talk21.com> writes They do. I'm over the moon with mine. I don't use them for scrapbooking as I am sure
they are not acid and lignin free (!!) but for cards they are just perfect. When I picked up the books from the DIY
store, I asked what they normally did with them ... and they throw them in the skip!! Blimey! All that wasted paper.
So now I collect them ... but I'm quickly filling up my craft room :o)) Thanks for responding Shirley. I wondered for
a moment if I was talking to myself (again) hehe W "Shirley Shone"
<nospam@allcrafts.area51.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:4AveArBCaTNEFw0k@allcrafts.demon.co.uk... I have been
doing that for sometime now. I get some lovely flowered ones and they have lovely borders in as well. They make great
backing papers also. Shirley In message <49kkitFobc7vU1@individual.net>, Dizzy <kiwikat@talk21.com writes
I collected a couple of wallpaper sample books from my local decorating shop - and use them to punch out flowers and
shapes for my cardmaking. Just an idea --- a very cheap way of sourcing embellishments as I was given the books for
free. W -- Shirley Shone shirley@allcrafts.demon.co.uk http://www.allcrafts.demon.co.uk -- Shirley Shone
shirley@allcrafts.demon.co.uk http://www.allcrafts.demon.co.uk [/quote:46cf2735c5] -- Shirley Shone
shirley@allcrafts.demon.co.uk http://www.allcrafts.demon.co.uk
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Posted by Dizzy on Fri Apr 07, 2006 2:51 PM Post subject: Re: Wallpaper sample books
Wow Shirley - the cards are amazing ... and your own website!!! I wouldn't even know how to start. Well done. Your
craft room looks very organised ... especially compared to mine just at the minute. The words "site" and
"bomb" spring to mind. Anyway, it's on my to-do list so I guess I'll get around to sorting it out before too
too long <sigh>. Do you make cards for your own use, or do you sell them? W "Shirley Shone"
<nospam@allcrafts.area51.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:EKrxC6FSiYNEFwDG@allcrafts.demon.co.uk...
[quote:9004bff570]I do not do scrap booking either but use them as backing papers on cards. I put some of the peel off
borders around the edge and it sort of makes a picture frame. If you go to http://www.craftadelic.com look in their
gallery under misc. you will see the card I made with a hat on using a bit of wallpaper as a background. I have other
cards on the site too under the other headings. To see them you will have to go through them all. Time wasting I know
but a nice thing to do. I have got mine stored under the bed. LOL. My craft room is full too, you can see it on my
website. Address in signature I built my own website last year, I went to computer classes to learn how to do it and I
am 70. Shirley message <49lasuFp6v65U1@individual.net>, Dizzy <kiwikat@talk21.com> writes They do. I'm
over the moon with mine. I don't use them for scrapbooking as I am sure they are not acid and lignin free (!!) but for
cards they are just perfect. When I picked up the books from the DIY store, I asked what they normally did with them
... and they throw them in the skip!! Blimey! All that wasted paper. So now I collect them ... but I'm quickly
filling up my craft room :o)) Thanks for responding Shirley. I wondered for a moment if I was talking to myself
(again) hehe W "Shirley Shone" <nospam@allcrafts.area51.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4AveArBCaTNEFw0k@allcrafts.demon.co.uk... I have been doing that for sometime now. I get some lovely flowered ones
and they have lovely borders in as well. They make great backing papers also. Shirley In message
<49kkitFobc7vU1@individual.net>, Dizzy <kiwikat@talk21.com writes I collected a couple of wallpaper sample
books from my local decorating shop - and use them to punch out flowers and shapes for my cardmaking. Just an idea ---
a very cheap way of sourcing embellishments as I was given the books for free. W -- Shirley Shone
shirley@allcrafts.demon.co.uk http://www.allcrafts.demon.co.uk -- Shirley Shone shirley@allcrafts.demon.co.uk
http://www.allcrafts.demon.co.uk[/quote:9004bff570]
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Posted by Shirley Shone on Thu Apr 06, 2006 10:30 PM Post subject: Re: Wallpaper sample books
I do not do scrap booking either but use them as backing papers on cards. I put some of the peel off borders around the
edge and it sort of makes a picture frame. If you go to http://www.craftadelic.com look in their gallery under misc.
you will see the card I made with a hat on using a bit of wallpaper as a background. I have other cards on the site
too under the other headings. To see them you will have to go through them all. Time wasting I know but a nice thing to
do. I have got mine stored under the bed. LOL. My craft room is full too, you can see it on my website. Address in
signature I built my own website last year, I went to computer classes to learn how to do it and I am 70. Shirley
message <49lasuFp6v65U1@individual.net>, Dizzy <kiwikat@talk21.com> writes [quote:a2ded552c8]They do. I'm
over the moon with mine. I don't use them for scrapbooking as I am sure they are not acid and lignin free (!!) but for
cards they are just perfect. When I picked up the books from the DIY store, I asked what they normally did with them
... and they throw them in the skip!! Blimey! All that wasted paper. So now I collect them ... but I'm quickly
filling up my craft room :o)) Thanks for responding Shirley. I wondered for a moment if I was talking to myself
(again) hehe W "Shirley Shone" <nospam@allcrafts.area51.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4AveArBCaTNEFw0k@allcrafts.demon.co.uk... I have been doing that for sometime now. I get some lovely flowered ones
and they have lovely borders in as well. They make great backing papers also. Shirley In message
<49kkitFobc7vU1@individual.net>, Dizzy <kiwikat@talk21.com writes I collected a couple of wallpaper sample
books from my local decorating shop - and use them to punch out flowers and shapes for my cardmaking. Just an idea ---
a very cheap way of sourcing embellishments as I was given the books for free. W -- Shirley Shone
shirley@allcrafts.demon.co.uk http://www.allcrafts.demon.co.uk [/quote:a2ded552c8] -- Shirley Shone
shirley@allcrafts.demon.co.uk http://www.allcrafts.demon.co.uk
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View entire thread: Cardmaking - adhesive dispensers
Posted by Adrian Brentnall on Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:20 AM Post subject: Re: Cardmaking - adhesive dispensers
Hi Susie & Elaine On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:06:03 GMT, Elaine Jones <elaine@cae-coed.zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
[quote:be1b22f9b6]Quoting from message uQFTf.199835$Q22.28406@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk posted on 20 Mar 2006 by Suzie B
I would like to add: Try your local craft/rubber-stamp/scrapbooking shop and ask for a Herma dispenser - or even
Lakeland if you have one near you - Herma are refillable and come in repositionable as well as permanent tape. How do
these compare with the Pritt ones? [/quote:be1b22f9b6] I don't know how they compare to the Pritt ones (never used them)
- but they look identical to the ones that we have been using - which are branded Amos. Our usual supplier did say that
Amos had lost the license to manufacture them - so maybe Herma have the new licence ? Think we'll get some the the
Herma refills and see if they fit. Shame about the postage charges with Lakeland - £3.95 for two little refills feels
like a rip-off - or should it be a stick-up ?? <groan> Adrian www.inspired-glass.co.uk (the glass is better than
the jokes !) ======return email munged================= take out the papers and the trash to reply
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View entire thread: Fav yarn for aghans
Posted by suzee on Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:20 PM Post subject: Re: Fav yarn for aghans
cozyhomelife wrote: [quote:7073f5e9c6]I've been trying to think if I've ever seen this Plymouth Encore.... is it one
that you have to go to a yarn shop to get. I'm really enjoying everyone's input on this. I made up a sample block and
put all kinds or prospective yarns & colors that I had into it and washed and dried it to see if any turned taboo
due to pilling or some such. My Redheart SS, TLC Essentials, Jiffy, and Bernat Super Value, all came out of the washer
and dryer perfect. The Redheart did come out softer than it went in. [/quote:7073f5e9c6] Yes, it may soften up with
washing. The RH yarns from years and years ago don't, but the newer ones even feel softer in the skein than those did.
Some Plymouth yarns are carried by some of the Ben Franklin craft stores if you have any near you. sue
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View entire thread: OT: I'm a bad mother.....what else could it be??
Posted by elspeth on Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:57 AM Post subject: Re: I'm a bad mother.....what else could it be??
Hey, Larissa. This is the time of year when kiddos with developmental issues (like ADHD, autism, pdd etc) go through a
really difficult behavior cycle. In addition to the shortening daylight hours ( and you have already mentioned you
have SAD so you know how you react to this), there are also frequent changes in barometric pressure and lots of
frontal activity. It is a very difficult time for kids, parents, teachers -- I think especially for kids because they
do not understand what is making them act out the way they do and they don't like feeling out of control either. Since
I know you sew (LOL) try making a weighted vest ( you can put large square pockets inside a vest (fronts and back), go
to the craft store and get modeling clay (the kind that comes in colors and is heavy; you'll want enough to equal 5%
of body weight), divide the clay into 4 portions to equal that 5% of weight and place the portions into freezer-weight
zip-lock baggies and put one baggie in each pocket. You might want a tiny bit of velcro to keep the pockets closed so
that he won't find it so easy to take the weights out and fiddle with them (read that throw them around the room). You
can also make a weighted blanket (lap quilt size or bigger) that he can use when he is at home. You can find
instructions for weighted blankets on the internet.The sensation of weight is quite calming for kids with ADHD. When
he is feeling agitated it sometimes help to give him a "heavy job" to do -- moving a heavy box from one side
of the room to the other can be quite soothing also. It is far better in these situations to be proactive than
reactive -- your anxiety when he is cycling will escalate the behaviors rather than de-escalate them, as I am sure you
already know. You are being the best mom that you can be; neurological issues are tough. I deal with them daily in
school but I know I get to send these kiddos home at the end of the day; their parents live with the behaviors. I
really have a great deal of respect for parents like you who are trying to find ways to make life better for their
children. Elizabeth in Spring, Texas
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View entire thread: Something fun to try- creating custom fabric
Posted by Leslie & The Furbabies in on Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:50 PM Post subject: Something fun to try- creating custom fabric
I get an email newsletter from Quilting Arts magazine- a magazine I dearly love! Here's a fun technique from the
newsletter: (I think this would work on our cotton fabrics as well???) Make shimmering fabrics with Misty Fuse™
Esterita Austin's Misty-white Fuse ™ and Misty-black Fuse ™, is a dreamy fusible webbing to work with-it handles well,
is sheer, doesn't add bulk to your fused piece, and bonds firmly once cooled. Here's a fun alternative to traditional
fusing: painting stretchy panné velvet with Misty Fuse and shimmering acrylics: Cover your table top with plastic
kitchen wrap or plastic sheeting. Choose 2-3 Lumiere® paints and pour a little into different containers, then dilute
each with water (2 parts paint to 1 part water). Take a piece of Misty Fuse and place it flat on top of the plastic
sheeting. Dip a foam brush into the acrylic paints and lightly paint the Misty Fuse. Let the paints run and swirl into
each other. Allow the Misty Fuse to dry overnight. Take your newly painted Misty Fuse and, following the manufacturer's
instructions, fuse to the right side of a piece of white or pastel-colored stretchy velvet. Make sure to place a sheet
of parchment paper or a non-stick craft sheet on top of the Misty Fuse so that you do not accidentally get any fusible
residue on your iron. Remove the protective sheet and: Voila! You have a new shimmering, colorful fabric that can be
used in your fiber or collage work. You can find Misty Fuse™ at our online store. I would use this only in wallhangings
and wearables- not a traditional quilt- for obvious reasons! You're welcome! Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
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View entire thread: OT: Blog
Posted by gyrlcentric on Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:11 PM Post subject: Re: OT: Blog
M Rimmer wrote: <snip> [quote:54c474ee38]I like Blogger.com. It's free, but so are many of them. I find blogger
has a good balance of ease-of-use and features. Some hosts e.g. Livejournal are easy to use but don't offer the features
I want (e.g. ease of including pictures - crucial I would imagine for a blogging quilter). Others e.g. Typepad have
gazillions of features but you have to be a bit of a geek to understand how to use it properly. The clincher for me was
that blogger has no limit on picture uploads. You can have all the pics you want and it will never "cut you
off". If you want any help on getting set up with blogger, email me. But chances are you can do it without any
help, it really is that easy. Whatever you choose, let us know when you start so we can all see what you post, and
leave encouraging comments. -- Mel Rimmer www.bean-sprouts.blogspot.com [/quote:54c474ee38] Mel is right it depends on
what you want it to do and your level of expertise. I use livejournal and their scrapbook but i purchased a permanent
account with them so that i would have all the features I wanted and I like that I can choose the people that can see my
entries or leave them open to the public. I like the LJ scrapbook for my images because I can set them to public
viewing but disallow copying of the images. On the other hand, most of my craft related posts are on my personal
website and I haven't set up an actual blog application there. ~gyrl~ http://www.stitch-n-tat.com
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View entire thread: birthday squish, new quilt art
Posted by pajaritaflora on Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:05 AM Post subject: Re: birthday squish, new quilt art
Patti wrote: [quote:28b8f906e3]Ooh - it's been a while since I've checked on your site, Mary Ann. What glorious work
you are doing. Thanks for sharing. . In message <1150646855.699283.137580@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
pajaritaflora <birdspeak@gmail.com> writes I've been squished by the birthday squishee person! Thanks. It took a
while to get to me cause I have moved, but I did get it and that was very cool. So I don't know who it is but thank you.
I haven't been writing much but check in every now and then. I have finished a wall quilt. It is a whole cloth peice
that started with a painting on fabric. It is also the first real free motion thing I have done. It was lot of fun.
There is a picture, and details of it on my Photobucket;
http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y103/Pajaritaflora/Quilting%20Projects/
?sc=1&multi=3&addtype=local&media=image Have a groovy day, Mary Ann , -- Best Regards pat on the hill
[/quote:28b8f906e3] Thanks Patti, I haven't updated things as much as I should. I'm happy to hear that you like what I
am doing. My blog is the most updated except for this last peice. I've been doing alot of fabric painting and was trying
to do the vendor craft show thing.......not for me, I want to make stuff because it is cool, not to make sure it will
sell. Anyway that whole foray has taken time from posting as I should my new stuff.....and life changes again... Mary
Ann
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View entire thread: OT, from Gillian
Posted by Anonymous on Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:34 AM Post subject: Re: OT, from Gillian
[quote:4a4c335039] Mr. Schwartz owned a furniture store specializing in ornate antiques in the baroque style. He had
walking pneumonia last month and was in one of the baroque style chairs rubbing Vicks VapoRub on his aching chest when
he serendipitously discovered that the soothing ointment gave the furniture a wonderful, deep, rich shine. He
immediately told all the other furniture store owners since their furniture was more modern in style and they were not
competitors. Soon he got reports that the Vicks treatment not only failed to work on the modern furniture, but ruined
some of it. Mr. Schwartz is very unpopular now, and his only consolation is that he learned one important rule:
"If it's not baroque, don't Vicks it!" Oh Gillian ! Just as well you are out of range rotflmao I'll get
her for you! Can you give her a little whatever for me too? It will be a great meeting. .. Now - how many of the
gang can I get here! Cheryl [/quote:4a4c335039] Get with me, Cheryl. We did a fast run into Concord, because DH just
HAD to drop a grand on a spiffy new camera at Circuit City!! I ran into Michaels and spent 29 cents on a skein of
floss!! I discovered the grocery 10 miles down 93 has fresh kicking lobsters for 5.99 lb. Running down there tomorrow
for a couple; wonder what Jim will eat LOL. Seriously, NOTHING planned for the next six days, other than call the 94-yr
old Step-mother in Concord, if she is still alive, and take her out to lunch. Oops, Jim just read from the paper that
there is a craft fair in Meridith on the 30th. we have WiFi albeit it is iffy!! Do I need to bring body armor from all
the threats??? love you all Gill
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Posted by Karen AKA Kajikit on Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:40 PM Post subject: Re: heat embossing
On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:34:26 +0000 (UTC), "Lori" <lori@wcoil.com> wrote: [quote:42b2dd677e]A heat
embossing gun is on my christmas list, but until then, I've got a special birthday card to make that I'd like to try
some embossing on. I bought a really neat holographic embossing powder. I think I read somewhere that you can use your
oven. Anyone know the temperature and how long? I'll have to experiment, but a starting point would help.
[/quote:42b2dd677e] I don't know about an oven... but if you hold the sheet above your toaster you can emboss it that
way - your fingers will tend to get a bit scorched though! You can also use a bare lightbulb as a heat source... but the
heat gun works the best. I got mine at Walmart much cheaper than in the craft stores...
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Posted by Kenda on Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:14 AM Post subject: Re: Crop-A-Dile !!!!!
Oops, that should have read 50% off coupon! sheesh, otherwise it wouldn't have been worth the gas to Michael's! LOL
-- Kenda (Remove NOSPAM to reply) View my projects @: http://community.webshots.com/user/kendalee101 Projects
completed for 2006 243 cards 3 mini books 12 LO's 6 quilts 3 beaded braclets, 2 beaded necklaces "Kenda"
<kendalee@comcastREMOVETHIS.net> wrote in message news:M_ednZBeEePoNtvYnZ2dnUVZ_oadnZ2d@comcast.com...
[quote:32a8a825c1]I must admit that I purchased one when Michael's had a 10% off coupon a few weeks back. I LOVE it!!!
I've used it for many things. I enabled my DM, heehee!!! LOL -- Kenda (Remove NOSPAM to reply) View my projects @:
http://community.webshots.com/user/kendalee101 Projects completed for 2006 243 cards 3 mini books 12 LO's 6 quilts 3
beaded braclets, 2 beaded necklaces "anji" <lillypad626@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1161992815.554293.211120@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... my MIL and i went up to the WSU campus today for a craft
fair. over 150 vendors and not 1 was papercrafting. i was kinda dissappointed, i went to get ideas for the upcoming
bazaar mom and i are doing. anyway, went we drove into pullman, i made a comment about wanting to go to the LSS there.
i had never been. well, on the way home we stopped. i was in HEAVEN. it was geared alot towards altered items. i saw
the crop-a-diles and showed her and apparently had a "kid in a candy store" look on my face. when we got in
the car she surprised me with it for an early b-day present. i was so excited. now i have to hurry and finish my
matchbook album so i can work on something else with it. Anji [/quote:32a8a825c1]
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Posted by Kenda on Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:46 AM Post subject: Re: Crop-A-Dile !!!!!
I must admit that I purchased one when Michael's had a 10% off coupon a few weeks back. I LOVE it!!! I've used it for
many things. I enabled my DM, heehee!!! LOL -- Kenda (Remove NOSPAM to reply) View my projects @:
http://community.webshots.com/user/kendalee101 Projects completed for 2006 243 cards 3 mini books 12 LO's 6 quilts 3
beaded braclets, 2 beaded necklaces "anji" <lillypad626@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1161992815.554293.211120@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... [quote:cdbcc0d943]my MIL and i went up to the WSU campus
today for a craft fair. over 150 vendors and not 1 was papercrafting. i was kinda dissappointed, i went to get ideas
for the upcoming bazaar mom and i are doing. anyway, went we drove into pullman, i made a comment about wanting to go
to the LSS there. i had never been. well, on the way home we stopped. i was in HEAVEN. it was geared alot towards
altered items. i saw the crop-a-diles and showed her and apparently had a "kid in a candy store" look on my
face. when we got in the car she surprised me with it for an early b-day present. i was so excited. now i have to
hurry and finish my matchbook album so i can work on something else with it. Anji [/quote:cdbcc0d943]
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Posted by Melissa in Seattle on Sun Oct 29, 2006 3:28 AM Post subject: Re: Crop-A-Dile !!!!!
Wow, that does sound cool. I followed your link and saw "creative things you can do"... being able to set
eyelets in tin cans... now that's very cool. If I were into the altered paint can craft I think I wouldn't be able to
live without the crop-a-dile as it adds such a cool touch. I'll put the cropadile on my christmas wish list :) Melissa
in Seattle
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Posted by anji on Sun Oct 29, 2006 1:29 AM Post subject: Re: Crop-A-Dile !!!!!
you know how matches come right? in the little matchbooks. well, this is a larger scale of one. i'll take some pics
of the one i made and post them. Anji Tammie wrote: [quote:40ae470488]what is a matchbook album, I havnt heard of that.
"anji" <lillypad626@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1161992815.554293.211120@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... my MIL and i went up to the WSU campus today for a craft
fair. over 150 vendors and not 1 was papercrafting. i was kinda dissappointed, i went to get ideas for the upcoming
bazaar mom and i are doing. anyway, went we drove into pullman, i made a comment about wanting to go to the LSS there.
i had never been. well, on the way home we stopped. i was in HEAVEN. it was geared alot towards altered items. i saw
the crop-a-diles and showed her and apparently had a "kid in a candy store" look on my face. when we got in
the car she surprised me with it for an early b-day present. i was so excited. now i have to hurry and finish my
matchbook album so i can work on something else with it. Anji [/quote:40ae470488]
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Posted by Tammie on Sun Oct 29, 2006 1:09 AM Post subject: Re: Crop-A-Dile !!!!!
what is a matchbook album, I havnt heard of that. "anji" <lillypad626@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1161992815.554293.211120@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... [quote:f438b8ab91]my MIL and i went up to the WSU campus
today for a craft fair. over 150 vendors and not 1 was papercrafting. i was kinda dissappointed, i went to get ideas
for the upcoming bazaar mom and i are doing. anyway, went we drove into pullman, i made a comment about wanting to go
to the LSS there. i had never been. well, on the way home we stopped. i was in HEAVEN. it was geared alot towards
altered items. i saw the crop-a-diles and showed her and apparently had a "kid in a candy store" look on my
face. when we got in the car she surprised me with it for an early b-day present. i was so excited. now i have to
hurry and finish my matchbook album so i can work on something else with it. Anji [/quote:f438b8ab91]
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Posted by anji on Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:46 AM Post subject: Crop-A-Dile !!!!!
my MIL and i went up to the WSU campus today for a craft fair. over 150 vendors and not 1 was papercrafting. i was
kinda dissappointed, i went to get ideas for the upcoming bazaar mom and i are doing. anyway, went we drove into
pullman, i made a comment about wanting to go to the LSS there. i had never been. well, on the way home we stopped. i
was in HEAVEN. it was geared alot towards altered items. i saw the crop-a-diles and showed her and apparently had a
"kid in a candy store" look on my face. when we got in the car she surprised me with it for an early b-day
present. i was so excited. now i have to hurry and finish my matchbook album so i can work on something else with it.
Anji
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Posted by Cox News Groups on Sun Oct 08, 2006 11:32 PM Post subject: What Type of Book
Hi Everyone, With your help I have made up my mind. I decided on the Strap-hinge type. The local craft store had a
12x12 cloth bound album in a kit that came with most of the basics that a beginner would need. The pages lay flat and
can be moved it I decide to change the order. (first I have to make pages <G>) Thanks everyone who responded, this
certainly seems to be a very friendly news group. Have a nice day Bill O
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Posted by Michellebell on Sun Oct 01, 2006 11:03 PM Post subject: Re: Card making ideas
Thank you so much for the link Denise! I love making cards and try to never buy them. I's just so much more personal.
I'm going to check out you site now! Thanks for sharing, Michelle P. Smarty wrote: [quote:f9959cf91a]Hi there - I
live in Australia and I was trying to find card making groups to tell people about a new website my card making friends
and I have created. It's dedicated to card makers! We are not a shop and we don't sell craft material. We share our
card making ideas to give other people ideas. What started off as a hobby has now developed into an obsession!!!
Wondering if you would like to check out our website and if you like it, please tell all your fellow card making
friends. The address is: www.smartartcards.com and we call ourselves Smart Art Cards! We love it and so does everyone
that has since joined!!!! Cheers Denise Smart Art Cards[/quote:f9959cf91a]
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Posted by M-C on Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:20 PM Post subject: Re: Card making ideas
Alt.crafts.scrapbooks. (ACS) "King's Crown" <qoe@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:42xTg.8096$UG4.4686@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... [quote:b9300460ab]*passing Tammy a cup of coffee and a
waffle with chocolate gravy* We're just getting moving around here too after a night of 15 year old boys having a
sleepover in celebration of my son's birthday. Yes, it's another newsgroup. I peek in from time to time. Lynne
"Tammy in TX" <tmussel11@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:1159625661.525966.117820@c28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... ACS? I am guessing that is another newsgroup. (AND if
this is a dumb question I will attribute it to the fact that I just woke up!!!) -Tammy in TX M-C wrote: Just so you
know, Denise has emailed me apologizing. She will now post her ads to the ACS. If you're wondering where most of the ads
have gone, that is where I've been suggesting and obviously I can only suggest that ads not by RCS members be posted,
since not much else happens there. Hope that works for you guys! M-C "M-C" <mccplg@NOSPAMyahoo.DOTcom>
wrote in message news:4o72tjFdchngU1@individual.net... Hi Denise, This is actually an AD as you do sell on your
website, or seemingly intend to. Even your email is Sales @ "If ordering any of our kits, some papers or
embellishments may vary slightly. Every effort will be made to supply you with an exact match to those used on our
website or emails. " Please read our FAQ's at www.r-c-s.info. Thanks M-C "Smarty"
<sales@smartartcards.com> wrote in message news:1159614328.580898.113700@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... Hi there -
I live in Australia and I was trying to find card making groups to tell people about a new website my card making
friends and I have created. It's dedicated to card makers! We are not a shop and we don't sell craft material. We
share our card making ideas to give other people ideas. What started off as a hobby has now developed into an
obsession!!! Wondering if you would like to check out our website and if you like it, please tell all your fellow card
making friends. The address is: www.smartartcards.com and we call ourselves Smart Art Cards! We love it and so does
everyone that has since joined!!!! Cheers Denise Smart Art Cards [/quote:b9300460ab]
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Posted by Deb in AR on Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:11 PM Post subject: Re: Card making ideas
Coffee? Did someone say coffee? *holds insulated mug of coffee tightly* My coffee...back! Oh wait...that's DH that
steals my coffee. Sorry! DH is gone for a Transformers convention. He left Thursday night. I don't sleep good when
he's gone...kind of living on coffee. LOL ACS = alt.crafts.scrapbooks It's pretty much full of ads. Maybe they
should change it to ads.crafts.scrapbooks? LOL Sorry....that's the coffee talking. -- Deb in AR - Desert Rat at
heart! http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bsrdjr@sbcglobal.net/my_photos Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Pages
complete 2006 = 3 Goal for 2006: 1 LO a week "King's Crown" <qoe@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:42xTg.8096$UG4.4686@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... [quote:ddca268fee]*passing Tammy a cup of coffee and a
waffle with chocolate gravy* We're just getting moving around here too after a night of 15 year old boys having a
sleepover in celebration of my son's birthday. Yes, it's another newsgroup. I peek in from time to time. Lynne
"Tammy in TX" <tmussel11@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:1159625661.525966.117820@c28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... ACS? I am guessing that is another newsgroup. (AND if
this is a dumb question I will attribute it to the fact that I just woke up!!!) -Tammy in TX M-C wrote: Just so you
know, Denise has emailed me apologizing. She will now post her ads to the ACS. If you're wondering where most of the ads
have gone, that is where I've been suggesting and obviously I can only suggest that ads not by RCS members be posted,
since not much else happens there. Hope that works for you guys! M-C "M-C" <mccplg@NOSPAMyahoo.DOTcom>
wrote in message news:4o72tjFdchngU1@individual.net... Hi Denise, This is actually an AD as you do sell on your
website, or seemingly intend to. Even your email is Sales @ "If ordering any of our kits, some papers or
embellishments may vary slightly. Every effort will be made to supply you with an exact match to those used on our
website or emails. " Please read our FAQ's at www.r-c-s.info. Thanks M-C "Smarty"
<sales@smartartcards.com> wrote in message news:1159614328.580898.113700@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... Hi there -
I live in Australia and I was trying to find card making groups to tell people about a new website my card making
friends and I have created. It's dedicated to card makers! We are not a shop and we don't sell craft material. We
share our card making ideas to give other people ideas. What started off as a hobby has now developed into an
obsession!!! Wondering if you would like to check out our website and if you like it, please tell all your fellow card
making friends. The address is: www.smartartcards.com and we call ourselves Smart Art Cards! We love it and so does
everyone that has since joined!!!! Cheers Denise Smart Art Cards [/quote:ddca268fee]
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Posted by King's Crown on Sat Sep 30, 2006 5:36 PM Post subject: Re: Card making ideas
*passing Tammy a cup of coffee and a waffle with chocolate gravy* We're just getting moving around here too after a
night of 15 year old boys having a sleepover in celebration of my son's birthday. Yes, it's another newsgroup. I peek
in from time to time. Lynne "Tammy in TX" <tmussel11@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:1159625661.525966.117820@c28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... [quote:2e84fbe43f]ACS? I am guessing that is another
newsgroup. (AND if this is a dumb question I will attribute it to the fact that I just woke up!!!) -Tammy in TX M-C
wrote: Just so you know, Denise has emailed me apologizing. She will now post her ads to the ACS. If you're wondering
where most of the ads have gone, that is where I've been suggesting and obviously I can only suggest that ads not by RCS
members be posted, since not much else happens there. Hope that works for you guys! M-C "M-C"
<mccplg@NOSPAMyahoo.DOTcom> wrote in message news:4o72tjFdchngU1@individual.net... Hi Denise, This is actually an
AD as you do sell on your website, or seemingly intend to. Even your email is Sales @ "If ordering any of our
kits, some papers or embellishments may vary slightly. Every effort will be made to supply you with an exact match to
those used on our website or emails. " Please read our FAQ's at www.r-c-s.info. Thanks M-C "Smarty"
<sales@smartartcards.com> wrote in message news:1159614328.580898.113700@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... Hi there -
I live in Australia and I was trying to find card making groups to tell people about a new website my card making
friends and I have created. It's dedicated to card makers! We are not a shop and we don't sell craft material. We
share our card making ideas to give other people ideas. What started off as a hobby has now developed into an
obsession!!! Wondering if you would like to check out our website and if you like it, please tell all your fellow card
making friends. The address is: www.smartartcards.com and we call ourselves Smart Art Cards! We love it and so does
everyone that has since joined!!!! Cheers Denise Smart Art Cards [/quote:2e84fbe43f]
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Posted by Tammy in TX on Sat Sep 30, 2006 3:14 PM Post subject: Re: Card making ideas
ACS? I am guessing that is another newsgroup. (AND if this is a dumb question I will attribute it to the fact that I
just woke up!!!) -Tammy in TX M-C wrote: [quote:394cfb7621]Just so you know, Denise has emailed me apologizing. She
will now post her ads to the ACS. If you're wondering where most of the ads have gone, that is where I've been
suggesting and obviously I can only suggest that ads not by RCS members be posted, since not much else happens there.
Hope that works for you guys! M-C "M-C" <mccplg@NOSPAMyahoo.DOTcom> wrote in message
news:4o72tjFdchngU1@individual.net... Hi Denise, This is actually an AD as you do sell on your website, or seemingly
intend to. Even your email is Sales @ "If ordering any of our kits, some papers or embellishments may vary
slightly. Every effort will be made to supply you with an exact match to those used on our website or emails. "
Please read our FAQ's at www.r-c-s.info. Thanks M-C "Smarty" <sales@smartartcards.com> wrote in
message news:1159614328.580898.113700@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... Hi there - I live in Australia and I was trying to
find card making groups to tell people about a new website my card making friends and I have created. It's dedicated to
card makers! We are not a shop and we don't sell craft material. We share our card making ideas to give other people
ideas. What started off as a hobby has now developed into an obsession!!! Wondering if you would like to check out our
website and if you like it, please tell all your fellow card making friends. The address is: www.smartartcards.com and
we call ourselves Smart Art Cards! We love it and so does everyone that has since joined!!!! Cheers Denise Smart Art
Cards [/quote:394cfb7621]
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Posted by M-C on Sat Sep 30, 2006 2:16 PM Post subject: Re: Card making ideas
Just so you know, Denise has emailed me apologizing. She will now post her ads to the ACS. If you're wondering where
most of the ads have gone, that is where I've been suggesting and obviously I can only suggest that ads not by RCS
members be posted, since not much else happens there. Hope that works for you guys! M-C "M-C"
<mccplg@NOSPAMyahoo.DOTcom> wrote in message news:4o72tjFdchngU1@individual.net... [quote:6790f0e558]Hi Denise,
This is actually an AD as you do sell on your website, or seemingly intend to. Even your email is Sales @ "If
ordering any of our kits, some papers or embellishments may vary slightly. Every effort will be made to supply you with
an exact match to those used on our website or emails. " Please read our FAQ's at www.r-c-s.info. Thanks M-C
"Smarty" <sales@smartartcards.com> wrote in message
news:1159614328.580898.113700@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... Hi there - I live in Australia and I was trying to find
card making groups to tell people about a new website my card making friends and I have created. It's dedicated to card
makers! We are not a shop and we don't sell craft material. We share our card making ideas to give other people ideas.
What started off as a hobby has now developed into an obsession!!! Wondering if you would like to check out our
website and if you like it, please tell all your fellow card making friends. The address is: www.smartartcards.com and
we call ourselves Smart Art Cards! We love it and so does everyone that has since joined!!!! Cheers Denise Smart Art
Cards [/quote:6790f0e558]
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Posted by M-C on Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:32 PM Post subject: AD: Card making ideas
Hi Denise, This is actually an AD as you do sell on your website, or seemingly intend to. Even your email is Sales @
"If ordering any of our kits, some papers or embellishments may vary slightly. Every effort will be made to supply
you with an exact match to those used on our website or emails. " Please read our FAQ's at www.r-c-s.info.
Thanks M-C "Smarty" <sales@smartartcards.com> wrote in message
news:1159614328.580898.113700@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... [quote:05c23bb921]Hi there - I live in Australia and I was
trying to find card making groups to tell people about a new website my card making friends and I have created. It's
dedicated to card makers! We are not a shop and we don't sell craft material. We share our card making ideas to give
other people ideas. What started off as a hobby has now developed into an obsession!!! Wondering if you would like to
check out our website and if you like it, please tell all your fellow card making friends. The address is:
www.smartartcards.com and we call ourselves Smart Art Cards! We love it and so does everyone that has since joined!!!!
Cheers Denise Smart Art Cards [/quote:05c23bb921]
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Posted by Smarty on Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:05 PM Post subject: Card making ideas
Hi there - I live in Australia and I was trying to find card making groups to tell people about a new website my card
making friends and I have created. It's dedicated to card makers! We are not a shop and we don't sell craft material.
We share our card making ideas to give other people ideas. What started off as a hobby has now developed into an
obsession!!! Wondering if you would like to check out our website and if you like it, please tell all your fellow card
making friends. The address is: www.smartartcards.com and we call ourselves Smart Art Cards! We love it and so does
everyone that has since joined!!!! Cheers Denise Smart Art Cards
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Posted by Linda C on Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:29 PM Post subject: Re: Question about stamps
Thanks for all those ideas Marilyn! I dont have very many rubber stamps, but the few I do have take up room that I just
dont have! They are all mounted. I have heard of storing acrylic stamps in CD cases. I have been looking into getting
more acrylics stamps, and I like that storage idea! I have one alphabet set that is still in the clear bag it came in
and it is a pain in the rear to put it back in everytime. Linda Marilyn wrote: [quote:1518581683]Cathy...As yet I have
not UM my wood mounted stamps but I do look to see if I can buy the UM option 1st...rather than the mounted. I wouldn't
sell or trade my mounted to buy UM though.....dont see the point in that! I see some stamps now coming with wood blocks
unattached and you mount them if you want....WHY? The one that comes to mind are like these http://tinyurl.co.uk/4g06
but I believe Stamping Up in the US also come UM. Seems to make more sense to leave them UM if you ask me LOL Most of
my recent stamp purchases are either SeeD's or clear polymer but I have loads (dare I say 100's) of UM rubber stamps
that I purchased from various sites on the internet. I do intend to UM them all one day :o) They are stuck to a clear
acrylic block for use. A mousemat under your cardstock solves the cushioning issue...although I have never felt the need
to use anything other than my butcher's block board to stamp on!!! Some folks think UM reduces the stamps
value....maybe!!! But, if they are hard to store and use....they may already have been a waste of money if they are
going to spend life unused & buried under all your other craft stuff!! Personally...if I no longer use mine I will
just gift them to somewhere that will benefit, i.e. local school, kids after-school club or a local charity group. Wood
mounted stamp storage is a huge issue and it depends on why people buy the stamps in the first place and what sort of
space they have to store them. Some people like to "collect" rather than just use them. They like to have them
on display! Me...I have mine in boxes by theme... to make them easier to find.... But I still find it a pain to
constantly search for the stamp I want....then have to put them all back in the box...grrrhh! Their wooden blocks will
go one day soon!!!!! I have used Aleene's Reposition-It Tacky Glue http://tinyurl.co.uk/lbni for all my UM rubber
stamps, which are stored in one lever-arch ring binder, stuck to page protectors. To do all mine I have used less than
half a bottle (which costs around $3.00 in the US) as you only need a scribble on each. You do not need to coat the
whole back! My clear polymer stamps are stored in slightly opaque A4 boxes, stored in a drawer unit, because they are
affected by exposure to the UVlight and the SeeD's are stored in a CD rack. HTH -- Take care, Marilyn (Scotland UK)
See my LO's and other stuff here: http://community.webshots.com/user/mc_the_2nd "chatty cathy"
<epals4ever@webtv.net> wrote in message news:10095-451885FF-2035@storefull-3277.bay.webtv.net... ok do you think
its better to unmount my wood stamps or just trade or sell them off for unmounts...which is your advice? someone
mentioned i should think about that so im here asking you all.. give me your opionion cathy [/quote:1518581683]
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Posted by Marilyn on Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:44 PM Post subject: Re: Question about stamps
Cathy...As yet I have not UM my wood mounted stamps but I do look to see if I can buy the UM option 1st...rather than
the mounted. I wouldn't sell or trade my mounted to buy UM though.....dont see the point in that! I see some stamps
now coming with wood blocks unattached and you mount them if you want....WHY? The one that comes to mind are like these
http://tinyurl.co.uk/4g06 but I believe Stamping Up in the US also come UM. Seems to make more sense to leave them UM if
you ask me LOL Most of my recent stamp purchases are either SeeD's or clear polymer but I have loads (dare I say
100's) of UM rubber stamps that I purchased from various sites on the internet. I do intend to UM them all one day :o)
They are stuck to a clear acrylic block for use. A mousemat under your cardstock solves the cushioning
issue...although I have never felt the need to use anything other than my butcher's block board to stamp on!!! Some
folks think UM reduces the stamps value....maybe!!! But, if they are hard to store and use....they may already have
been a waste of money if they are going to spend life unused & buried under all your other craft stuff!!
Personally...if I no longer use mine I will just gift them to somewhere that will benefit, i.e. local school, kids
after-school club or a local charity group. Wood mounted stamp storage is a huge issue and it depends on why people
buy the stamps in the first place and what sort of space they have to store them. Some people like to
"collect" rather than just use them. They like to have them on display! Me...I have mine in boxes by theme...
to make them easier to find.... But I still find it a pain to constantly search for the stamp I want....then have to
put them all back in the box...grrrhh! Their wooden blocks will go one day soon!!!!! I have used Aleene's Reposition-
It Tacky Glue http://tinyurl.co.uk/lbni for all my UM rubber stamps, which are stored in one lever-arch ring binder,
stuck to page protectors. To do all mine I have used less than half a bottle (which costs around $3.00 in the US) as
you only need a scribble on each. You do not need to coat the whole back! My clear polymer stamps are stored in
slightly opaque A4 boxes, stored in a drawer unit, because they are affected by exposure to the UVlight and the SeeD's
are stored in a CD rack. HTH -- Take care, Marilyn (Scotland UK) See my LO's and other stuff here:
http://community.webshots.com/user/mc_the_2nd "chatty cathy" <epals4ever@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:10095-451885FF-2035@storefull-3277.bay.webtv.net... [quote:21283c33d3]ok do you think its better to unmount my wood
stamps or just trade or sell them off for unmounts...which is your advice? someone mentioned i should think about that
so im here asking you all.. give me your opionion cathy [/quote:21283c33d3]
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View entire thread: If anyone has the xyron design runner please give it a ratin
Posted by a-scrapbooking-diva on Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:06 AM Post subject: Re: If anyone has the xyron design runner please give it a r
Hi, I love mine because it saves space in my small craft area. I will say it took a good couple of tries to get the
hang of it. I've made a few cards with it. Dorothy you are welcome to play with mine if you want to test run it first.
Out of 5 stars I give it 4. Kate
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View entire thread: I smashed my rotary paper-trimmer :(
Posted by Marilyn on Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:33 PM Post subject: Re: I smashed my rotary paper-trimmer :(
I'm with you Barb!....I bought the Zision and although it cuts straighter than Fiskars...it furs up the edge of the
papers. Cardstock cuts fine but the blades seem to blunt quick and are not easy to find. I got round the furry edges
by using a sanding block. Now I have resorted to using a steel rule, cutting mat and a sharp craft knife. I am sick of
wasting good money on all these cutting tools that don't really "cut it" :o) I have heard negative comments
on them all!!! My best cutter buy was a little cutter I bought in Poundland for £1 that fits in a ringbinder and I use
for card-making and quick mats. For scrapbooking I recently invested in the large Anna Griffin cutting mat with all the
angles marked and I am loving it. If I need to cut loads at once I will get out my guillotine cutter...heavy...but
cuts straight every time! -- Take care, Marilyn (Scotland UK) See my LO's and other stuff here:
http://community.webshots.com/user/mc_the_2nd "Barb" <b.g.renaud@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:dEkOg.554317$IK3.525123@pd7tw1no... [quote:ffeb7e6fd0]I have the Zisons and I HATE it!!! It cuts card stock or
heavier paper just fine but thinner of patterened paper just tears. I've tried changing blades, cutting fast, cutting
slow but nothing helps it was definately a waste! The cutterpede works great but isn't as easy to transport. I use it
at home in my craft room but to go to crops ect. I'll stay with my old gray 12" fiskers anyday! If you don't push
really hard and use a sharp blade they do just fine! JM2C Barb:o) -- Barb S'toon, Sk. Canada Those who say it can't
be done should not interrupt those doing it! Check out some of my work at: http://community.webshots.com/user/beejay608
Visit my TLC website at: www.topline-creations.com/BG TLC Independent Advisor #418802 "Karen AKA Kajikit"
<kajikit@jagcon.com> wrote in message news:hg8hg2ha9dsrllo7vklff7ftn8lsope668@4ax.com... I'd just finished making
some cards and I accidentally knocked it off the table onto the tiles and the plastic smashed to smitherenes! It's sad
but not hideously tragic because it's about five years old and the blade was blunt and the cutting strip needed
replacing again and I hadn't got around to getting either. John says I can buy a new one whenever I want because it's an
essential tool... so my question is, which one should I get? This one was made by Carls and I loved it - it's a small,
compact 12-inch trimmer and the only disadvantage to it was that it didn't have much of a measuring guide, so I
eyeballed everything. I got one of the large Fiskars ones on Ebay and so I use that if measurement is essential (now I'm
getting used to how it works I like it, but it's definitely not portable). I need something compact that I can take to
crops... what do you suggest? Here's the one that smashed -
http://www.joann.com/catalog.jhtml?CATID=24984&PRODID=145789 Creative Express has the Zision paper trimmer and
scissor kit on sale for $17 and I'm tempted to get that just to get the four pairs of neat little scissors in a carrying
case... but is the trimmer any good?
http://www.creativexpress.com/store/product.php?productid=13335&cat=210&page=1 Or should I try a cutterpede?
http://www.joann.com/catalog.jhtml?CATID=24967&PRODID=79673 [/quote:ffeb7e6fd0]
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Posted by Barb on Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:24 PM Post subject: Re: I smashed my rotary paper-trimmer :(
I have the Zisons and I HATE it!!! It cuts card stock or heavier paper just fine but thinner of patterened paper just
tears. I've tried changing blades, cutting fast, cutting slow but nothing helps it was definately a waste! The
cutterpede works great but isn't as easy to transport. I use it at home in my craft room but to go to crops ect. I'll
stay with my old gray 12" fiskers anyday! If you don't push really hard and use a sharp blade they do just fine!
JM2C Barb:o) -- Barb S'toon, Sk. Canada Those who say it can't be done should not interrupt those doing it! Check
out some of my work at: http://community.webshots.com/user/beejay608 Visit my TLC website at: www.topline-
creations.com/BG TLC Independent Advisor #418802 "Karen AKA Kajikit" <kajikit@jagcon.com> wrote in
message news:hg8hg2ha9dsrllo7vklff7ftn8lsope668@4ax.com... [quote:aea4eac182]I'd just finished making some cards and I
accidentally knocked it off the table onto the tiles and the plastic smashed to smitherenes! It's sad but not hideously
tragic because it's about five years old and the blade was blunt and the cutting strip needed replacing again and I
hadn't got around to getting either. John says I can buy a new one whenever I want because it's an essential tool... so
my question is, which one should I get? This one was made by Carls and I loved it - it's a small, compact 12-inch
trimmer and the only disadvantage to it was that it didn't have much of a measuring guide, so I eyeballed everything. I
got one of the large Fiskars ones on Ebay and so I use that if measurement is essential (now I'm getting used to how it
works I like it, but it's definitely not portable). I need something compact that I can take to crops... what do you
suggest? Here's the one that smashed - http://www.joann.com/catalog.jhtml?CATID=24984&PRODID=145789 Creative
Express has the Zision paper trimmer and scissor kit on sale for $17 and I'm tempted to get that just to get the four
pairs of neat little scissors in a carrying case... but is the trimmer any good?
http://www.creativexpress.com/store/product.php?productid=13335&cat=210&page=1 Or should I try a cutterpede?
http://www.joann.com/catalog.jhtml?CATID=24967&PRODID=79673 [/quote:aea4eac182]
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View entire thread: Looking for Health die cuts
Posted by ChrissyM on Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:27 AM Post subject: Re: Looking for Health die cuts (tammy)
Hello Cathy, Your email address sounds familiar. Were you part of a craft group on webtv called KardKrafters? If so
you may remember me, Chrissy in upstate NY. Anyhow, I will go through my stuff and see what I can find. Karen Foster
has a cute medical line out, papers and cute gel band aid stickers. I believe the line is my Karen Foster. There is
one paper that is a doctor jacket and it has lines for your journaling. Let me see what I have if anything and will be
in touch. Chrissy
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View entire thread: paper punch 3/16?
Posted by Marilyn on Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:55 PM Post subject: Re: paper punch 3/16?
I don't know if you would get that level of precision with any craft made thumb punches.....just by the way they
actually cut! Perhaps the one shown on this link would be more accurate for your needs http://tinyurl.co.uk/b8za
....scroll down to item #6. Even the eyelet punches we use will depend somewhat on how hard you hit them with a hammer
as the shape of the head is graduated. How about a single hole stationery punch from somewhere like Staples? Or you
could look for something here http://tinyurl.co.uk/js8u HTH -- Take care, Marilyn "Ted Mahler"
<ted_mahler@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:kJbFg.70665$zc2.29077@trnddc06... [quote:c1612d150e]I am looking
for a handheld single hole punch 3/16 inch in diameter. However it seems not all 3/16 inch punches actually punch a 3/16
inch. I have a Darice brand (packaged as 3/16") that punches a hole almost 1/4". So,,, who can tell me a good
brand that actually punches a 3/16" hole. Believe it or not, I need the precision! Ted Mahler [/quote:c1612d150e]
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View entire thread: OT: Partially :o) Link to view i-mags online
Posted by Deb in AR on Sun Aug 13, 2006 9:50 PM Post subject: Re: Partially :o) Link to view i-mags online
Thanks for the link Marilyn! I've bookmarked it for future use. -- Deb in AR - Desert Rat at heart!
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bsrdjr@sbcglobal.net/my_photos Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Pages complete 2006
= 3 Goal for 2006: 1 LO a week "Marilyn" <nospam@nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
news:yCFDg.40621$Ca.26114@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk... [quote:85cb0f3fe2]Grrgh.....lost the link because I missed a
space....sigh! http://www.ashdown.co.uk/mag.htm "Marilyn" <nospam@nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
news:GrFDg.40618$Ca.31481@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk... Hi folks, Just sending through a link to a site that has taken
over the pulication of a couple of UK craft magazines. They have put some i-mags online for a few of the magazines and
you can view them for free :o)http://www.ashdown.co.uk/mag.htm Look at the page for links to Creative Scrapbooking and
Cardmaking Ideas magazine sites and click the link. Look for the i-mag advert near the top right of the page and click
to view. Any of the pages containing projects, etc. can be downloaded as .pdf files.......there is a button on the page
for that! The CS mag they have online I have just paid £3.50 for and I could have saved my money......boooohoooo!!! It
is the mag they have featured!!! There is some real nice mini albums, playing card mini album, matchbook album,
techniques with shrink plastic and lots more. I am of to download some of the pages of the Cardmaking Ideas mag for
free....hahaha! -- Take care, Marilyn [/quote:85cb0f3fe2]
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Posted by Linda C on Sun Aug 13, 2006 5:42 PM Post subject: Re: Partially :o) Link to view i-mags online
I checked out the magazine Creative Scrapbooking, and it had a lot of really neat ideas, so many to mention on here, but
I loved the altered coin book! Dave if you check this out, you should look at the Mosaic pages! I never even thought of
using contact prints as mosaic in a scrapbook...what a cool idea Once again, thanks for the link Marilyn!! Linda
Marilyn wrote: [quote:57b7104aff]Grrgh.....lost the link because I missed a space....sigh!
http://www.ashdown.co.uk/mag.htm "Marilyn" <nospam@nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
news:GrFDg.40618$Ca.31481@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk... Hi folks, Just sending through a link to a site that has taken
over the pulication of a couple of UK craft magazines. They have put some i-mags online for a few of the magazines and
you can view them for free :o)http://www.ashdown.co.uk/mag.htm Look at the page for links to Creative Scrapbooking and
Cardmaking Ideas magazine sites and click the link. Look for the i-mag advert near the top right of the page and click
to view. Any of the pages containing projects, etc. can be downloaded as .pdf files.......there is a button on the page
for that! The CS mag they have online I have just paid £3.50 for and I could have saved my money......boooohoooo!!! It
is the mag they have featured!!! There is some real nice mini albums, playing card mini album, matchbook album,
techniques with shrink plastic and lots more. I am of to download some of the pages of the Cardmaking Ideas mag for
free....hahaha! -- Take care, Marilyn [/quote:57b7104aff]
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Posted by Marilyn on Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:08 PM Post subject: Re: OT: Partially :o) Link to view i-mags online
Katrina....I think that it was going to/or had ceased publication completely but they have been saved by the Ashdown
Media people. Ashdown's have divisions in US/UK/Netherlands and seem to produce several craft magazines! Hope you can
find it again soon :o) Meantime...you might be able to get a "fix" at the link I gave you!!! -- Take care,
Marilyn "Katrina" <GardnerKS@webtv.net> wrote in message news:28766-44DF2D8E-162@storefull-
3153.bay.webtv.net... [quote:be1bc39721]Thanks Marylin. I'll have to check it out. I love Creative Scrapbooking. Just a
couple days ago I was at Micheals w/ my coupon looking for it. They way cut back the mags and the last couple times I
was in couldn't find it. I said something this time. Hopefull they'll get it back. Katrina in KS [/quote:be1bc39721]
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View entire thread: Altered Tins
Posted by Anji on Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:56 PM Post subject: Re: Altered Tins
i think if you mod podge seal it, you might have to spray it with a sealer. you might check at your craft store.
"Scout Lady" <scoutlady@nospam.net> wrote in message news:4gajr0F1mcge3U1@individual.net...
[quote:07234cf192] "Anji" <lillypad626@cableone.net> wrote in message
news:12a05j2bpvbq4d5@corp.supernews.com... i do altered stuff all the time too, i've found three different ways, cleo
already said mod podge, also run it through a xyron, or i have this great tape. it comes on a roll and is super sticky.
i can't remember the brand, but the package is clear with blue tag.. I never thought of the xyron. I was going to run
out for mod podge when my son wakes from his nap but now I will xyron it and then go get the mod podge to seal it.
Thanks. Anji "Cleo" <nomail@here.com> wrote in message news:FUTng.15388$B91.12275@edtnps82... I just
used mod podge to adhere it to the tin and to seal it after it was all done. "Scout Lady"
<scoutlady@nospam.net> wrote in message news:4gadg5F1mfv0kU1@individual.net... What kind of adhesive is best to
secure the paper to the tin. After spending an hour cutting the paper just right I am not sure whether to brush on some
craft flu or go with spray adhesive. Also, after the paper is applied do you seal it with a spray sealent or something
else? [/quote:07234cf192]
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Posted by Scout Lady on Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:28 PM Post subject: Re: Altered Tins
"Anji" <lillypad626@cableone.net> wrote in message news:12a05j2bpvbq4d5@corp.supernews.com...
[quote:881e26b5e3]i do altered stuff all the time too, i've found three different ways, cleo already said mod podge,
also run it through a xyron, or i have this great tape. it comes on a roll and is super sticky. i can't remember the
brand, but the package is clear with blue tag.. I never thought of the xyron. I was going to run out for mod podge
when my[/quote:881e26b5e3] son wakes from his nap but now I will xyron it and then go get the mod podge to seal it.
Thanks. [quote:881e26b5e3]Anji "Cleo" <nomail@here.com> wrote in message
news:FUTng.15388$B91.12275@edtnps82... I just used mod podge to adhere it to the tin and to seal it after it was all
done. "Scout Lady" <scoutlady@nospam.net> wrote in message news:4gadg5F1mfv0kU1@individual.net... What
kind of adhesive is best to secure the paper to the tin. After spending an hour cutting the paper just right I am not
sure whether to brush on some craft flu or go with spray adhesive. Also, after the paper is applied do you seal it with
a spray sealent or something else? [/quote:881e26b5e3]
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View entire thread: Altered Tins
Posted by Anji on Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:12 PM Post subject: Re: Altered Tins
i do altered stuff all the time too, i've found three different ways, cleo already said mod podge, also run it through
a xyron, or i have this great tape. it comes on a roll and is super sticky. i can't remember the brand, but the
package is clear with blue tag.. Anji "Cleo" <nomail@here.com> wrote in message
news:FUTng.15388$B91.12275@edtnps82... [quote:71596a8cad]I just used mod podge to adhere it to the tin and to seal it
after it was all done. "Scout Lady" <scoutlady@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:4gadg5F1mfv0kU1@individual.net... What kind of adhesive is best to secure the paper to the tin. After spending an
hour cutting the paper just right I am not sure whether to brush on some craft flu or go with spray adhesive. Also,
after the paper is applied do you seal it with a spray sealent or something else? [/quote:71596a8cad]
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Posted by Cleo on Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:26 PM Post subject: Re: Altered Tins
I just used mod podge to adhere it to the tin and to seal it after it was all done. "Scout Lady"
<scoutlady@nospam.net> wrote in message news:4gadg5F1mfv0kU1@individual.net... [quote:e0449c5890]What kind of
adhesive is best to secure the paper to the tin. After spending an hour cutting the paper just right I am not sure
whether to brush on some craft flu or go with spray adhesive. Also, after the paper is applied do you seal it with a
spray sealent or something else? [/quote:e0449c5890]
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View entire thread: Paper Making
Posted by Hebee Jeebes on Fri Jun 23, 2006 5:50 PM Post subject: Re: Paper Making
Some of the natural colorings are more stable than chemical ones, but not all and figuring out which are could be...
interesting. They do sell a de-acifying powder that makes the paper acid free, it isn't too expensive and you don't
use a lot at a time. Lignin is another story. That would depend on what you use to make your paper from. My feeling is
even if the paper browned from the lignin that as long as it was acid free it would age gracefully. As for getting
white, white paper for that you would use the paper pulp that you can buy in the craft stores. You get like 8 ounces
(which is a lot more than it would seem) and it comes in true pure colors including white. I don't know how often I
would use white white paper. I like the more natural earth colors myself. Robert
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View entire thread: free printables
Posted by missscrappie on Mon May 29, 2006 8:31 AM Post subject: Re: free printables
Jessica wrote: [quote:01c0d5b9c3]Miss scrappy - While I am not a digital scrapbooker, I've found that I like to visit
the digital scrapbooking sites, and download their papers and embelishments ot print out. You can google "digital
scrapbooking," for a start. One of the better collections i"ve found is at
"freedigitalscrapbooking.com" Also, as someone who pinched pennies these days, but still has a major
addiction to feed, I also will take the time to rifle through clearance bins at the craft stores, check garage sales
and thrift stores, and think about using things one might not otherwise think of. Good luck with your project! I hope
you share the results. Jessica missscrappie wrote: hi there ho can help me out? i'm making a scrapbook from my cat and
i'm looking on the internet for free printablles to use in my scrapbook. ho knows some good sites where I can download
for free or save immages to print out. do you have any idea? let me know I'll a preciate it. thanks miss
scrappy[/quote:01c0d5b9c3]
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Posted by Cavaliers on Sat May 27, 2006 1:57 AM Post subject: Re: free printables
Hi there, What is diginal scrapbooking? Haven't a clue Diana "Jessica" <Jcicely@gmail.com> wrote in
message news:1148578093.662265.300860@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... [quote:efaae4ec77]Miss scrappy - While I am not
a digital scrapbooker, I've found that I like to visit the digital scrapbooking sites, and download their papers and
embelishments ot print out. You can google "digital scrapbooking," for a start. One of the better
collections i"ve found is at "freedigitalscrapbooking.com" Also, as someone who pinched pennies these
days, but still has a major addiction to feed, I also will take the time to rifle through clearance bins at the craft
stores, check garage sales and thrift stores, and think about using things one might not otherwise think of. Good luck
with your project! I hope you share the results. Jessica missscrappie wrote: hi there ho can help me out? i'm making
a scrapbook from my cat and i'm looking on the internet for free printablles to use in my scrapbook. ho knows some good
sites where I can download for free or save immages to print out. do you have any idea? let me know I'll a preciate it.
thanks miss scrappy [/quote:efaae4ec77]
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Posted by Jessica on Thu May 25, 2006 6:28 PM Post subject: Re: free printables
Miss scrappy - While I am not a digital scrapbooker, I've found that I like to visit the digital scrapbooking sites,
and download their papers and embelishments ot print out. You can google "digital scrapbooking," for a start.
One of the better collections i"ve found is at "freedigitalscrapbooking.com" Also, as someone who
pinched pennies these days, but still has a major addiction to feed, I also will take the time to rifle through
clearance bins at the craft stores, check garage sales and thrift stores, and think about using things one might not
otherwise think of. Good luck with your project! I hope you share the results. Jessica missscrappie wrote:
[quote:e9685fdc7a]hi there ho can help me out? i'm making a scrapbook from my cat and i'm looking on the internet for
free printablles to use in my scrapbook. ho knows some good sites where I can download for free or save immages to print
out. do you have any idea? let me know I'll a preciate it. thanks miss scrappy[/quote:e9685fdc7a]
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View entire thread: Making cards
Posted by Deb in AR on Tue May 23, 2006 6:56 PM Post subject: Re: Making cards
LOL I had to laugh at you running to the craft room to get the color idea down. I would have done the same thing! --
Deb in AR - Desert Rat at heart! http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bsrdjr@sbcglobal.net/my_photos Independent Stampin' Up!
Demonstrator Pages complete 2006 = 3 Goal for 2006: 1 LO a week "King's Crown" <qoe@earthlink.net>
wrote in message news:L_rcg.6515$y4.6222@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... [quote:515404db6f]http://www.wilde-
ideas.com/Vndrs/Wrds/WildCards.html I have several cards to make in the next few weeks. I fell in love with the quirky
off centered card made with Wilde-Ideas templates. I found the website quite by accident. I made my own for one design
that I have been playing with. Of course my first card I was so excited to mail it I forgot to take a picture. I'm
working on another and believe it or not I had a dream about how to handle a color problem. Woke up and ran in the
craft room instead of waking up the children. Had to get the idea down before I lost it. Fortunately, it was fast and
no one was late for school or had to miss breakfast. Lynne [/quote:515404db6f]
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Posted by King's Crown on Tue May 23, 2006 12:41 AM Post subject: Making cards
http://www.wilde-ideas.com/Vndrs/Wrds/WildCards.html I have several cards to make in the next few weeks. I fell in
love with the quirky off centered card made with Wilde-Ideas templates. I found the website quite by accident. I
made my own for one design that I have been playing with. Of course my first card I was so excited to mail it I forgot
to take a picture. I'm working on another and believe it or not I had a dream about how to handle a color problem.
Woke up and ran in the craft room instead of waking up the children. Had to get the idea down before I lost it.
Fortunately, it was fast and no one was late for school or had to miss breakfast. Lynne
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View entire thread: How to use chalk and pencils
Posted by Wave Jumper on Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:00 AM Post subject: Re: How to use chalk and pencils
So...I bought chalk pencils today and immediately went to my craft room to try them. I either bought the wrong kind of
pencils, used the wrong kind of cardstock or maybe it's just me. LOL. I used them like I do my watercolor crayons,
coloring near the outside edge of the stamped image and blending towards the center but it left a real dark border along
the edge. Do you have any suggestions as to how I can get the border to blend inward a little better? I'm using a
Q-tip. SAD On 10/6/06 7:11 AM, in article 1160143884.083373.108620@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com, "Roscoe2"
<roscoe2@sherbtel.net> wrote: [quote:1794f33ba6] Wave Jumper wrote: Thanks for the info on where to look at
Michaels. I think it would be a good idea to buy one small box and see how I like them before going wild. SAD You
will go wild once you have purchased them and played with them. Let me know what you think. Inky Huggz, Missy
[/quote:1794f33ba6]
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Posted by Wave Jumper on Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:38 PM Post subject: Re: How to use chalk and pencils
Thanks for the info on where to look at Michaels. I think it would be a good idea to buy one small box and see how I
like them before going wild. SAD On 10/5/06 8:25 AM, in article 1160061923.748653.119000@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com,
"Roscoe2" <roscoe2@sherbtel.net> wrote: [quote:c50d5c739e] Wave Jumper wrote: Thanks for the info on
the chalk pencils, Inky Huggz. Sounds great. I'll have to see if my craft stores in the area have some so I can use my
40% and 50% coupons. SAD On 10/3/06 9:08 PM, in article 1159934916.551367.127630@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com,
"Roscoe2" roscoe2@sherbtel.net> wrote: " Inky Huggz, how do you use chalk pencils, like watercolor
crayons but without the water? SAD I use the chalk pencils like a colored pencil, but instead of blending them with a
blender pen or gamsol, I use a q-tip. The nice thing about the chalk pencils is that you do not have to seal them with
hair spray or fixative. I just outline what I want to color and blend inward. It is nice and i don't have to worry
about spraying the chalk and it is a much smother and well for lack of a better term but softer chalkier look. Clear as
Mud? Ha ha. Inky Huggz, Missy Olson Angel #1754 North Branch, MN Hi SAD, Check out your local Michaels over by the
pencils for drawing and such. Our Michael's has them by the individual markers, prismacolor pencils and such. Good luck
you will absolutely love them. If you have trouble finding them, I know that the Angel Company sells them. Check out
my website at http://missy.ismyangel.net When you find them, let me know what you think of them. I know that you will
want to get rid of all of your other chalks. Inky Huggz, Missy Olson Angel #1754 North Branch, MN [/quote:c50d5c739e]
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View entire thread: How to use chalk and pencils
Posted by Roscoe2 on Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:25 PM Post subject: Re: How to use chalk and pencils
Wave Jumper wrote: [quote:2f121bfa83]Thanks for the info on the chalk pencils, Inky Huggz. Sounds great. I'll have to
see if my craft stores in the area have some so I can use my 40% and 50% coupons. SAD On 10/3/06 9:08 PM, in article
1159934916.551367.127630@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com, "Roscoe2" roscoe2@sherbtel.net> wrote: " Inky
Huggz, how do you use chalk pencils, like watercolor crayons but without the water? SAD I use the chalk pencils like a
colored pencil, but instead of blending them with a blender pen or gamsol, I use a q-tip. The nice thing about the
chalk pencils is that you do not have to seal them with hair spray or fixative. I just outline what I want to color and
blend inward. It is nice and i don't have to worry about spraying the chalk and it is a much smother and well for lack
of a better term but softer chalkier look. Clear as Mud? Ha ha. Inky Huggz, Missy Olson Angel #1754 North Branch, MN
[/quote:2f121bfa83] Hi SAD, Check out your local Michaels over by the pencils for drawing and such. Our Michael's has
them by the individual markers, prismacolor pencils and such. Good luck you will absolutely love them. If you have
trouble finding them, I know that the Angel Company sells them. Check out my website at http://missy.ismyangel.net
When you find them, let me know what you think of them. I know that you will want to get rid of all of your other
chalks. Inky Huggz, Missy Olson Angel #1754 North Branch, MN > >
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Posted by Wave Jumper on Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:18 PM Post subject: Re: How to use chalk and pencils
Thanks for the info on the chalk pencils, Inky Huggz. Sounds great. I'll have to see if my craft stores in the area
have some so I can use my 40% and 50% coupons. SAD On 10/3/06 9:08 PM, in article
1159934916.551367.127630@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com, "Roscoe2" <roscoe2@sherbtel.net> wrote:
[quote:90065fa709]" Inky Huggz, how do you use chalk pencils, like watercolor crayons but without the water? SAD
I use the chalk pencils like a colored pencil, but instead of blending them with a blender pen or gamsol, I use a q-tip.
The nice thing about the chalk pencils is that you do not have to seal them with hair spray or fixative. I just outline
what I want to color and blend inward. It is nice and i don't have to worry about spraying the chalk and it is a much
smother and well for lack of a better term but softer chalkier look. Clear as Mud? Ha ha. Inky Huggz, Missy Olson
Angel #1754 North Branch, MN [/quote:90065fa709]
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View entire thread: Mounted or Unmounted Stamps which do you prefer?
Posted by King's Crown on Sun Oct 22, 2006 4:41 AM Post subject: Re: Mounted or Unmounted Stamps which do you prefer?
Hi Carole, I've found my SU sets very easy to pull a part without microwaving. Give that a try. I haven't microwaved
a single one. My craft room is clear at the other end of the house from my kitchen and I wasn't looking forward to
running back and forth. As bringing craft stuff to the kitchen is something I will not do any more now that I have a
dedicated room. That's how I found out just pulling them a part works great. I've found a sort of code Gray good,
Black OK, Red bad. This means the stamps with the gray foam pull a part beautifully and leave little residue if any
to clean up. Black if I get it peeled just right it's OK, but getting the adhesive lining to go with the foam is
tricky. The red foam ones are just a bugger. I may end up trying the microwave on them. Another tip I've found that
works great with getting the adhesive residue off with out blistering your thumb is Xyrons Adhesive Eraser. It's like
those tan rubbery erasers from our childhood. It's great. Someone suggested Undo to me and I haven't tried it yet. I
LOVE not having all those wood blocks on. So, far I've converted 3 drawers of rubber stamps to one. Lynne
"Carole" <ckhelmig@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1161313888.072196.61030@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... [quote:2a1a7c2e04] I am in the process of converting my 50
SU sets to unmounted. I have been very hesitant because I was afraid I would damage the rubber so I tried it on a set I
wasn't crazy about. Finding that set was hard because I like they all. My husband is afraid I will break my microwave
opening and closing the door..........so I am converting my set slowly. I sent StampinUp an email a couple of weeks ago
regarding them offering both mounted and unmounted. They said and I quote: "We have passed your suggestion along
to the appropriate department, but are unable to advise you as to whether it will be implemented or whether such plans
are currently in the works" We are full-time RV'ers and storage is really a problem. Carole ...on the road again
[/quote:2a1a7c2e04]
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View entire thread: miniature calendars
Posted by JRTowner on Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:45 PM Post subject: Re: miniature calendars
I have for my own use. The problem is how to hold the 12 pages together and look professional enough to give but with
care it can be done. if you decide to go the pre made calendars, check out www.vippies.com. Check out their site and
see how they used tem. They have some real cute ideas. They have tiny stamps to go along with the calendar. I'm
thinking of ordering the note pads also and decorating them for a craft show. I like their purses too. I think I could
do something with that too. Maya wrote: [quote:442c936032]I want to make mini calendar gifts with my new year cards
without spending money >on the adorable premade versions @ Impress, lol So I am making them in Excel on text-weight
with a single staple, > anyone else >tried this? Maya[/quote:442c936032]
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View entire thread: Northeast PA - Free Talk/Class
Posted by CarolHeppner on Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:10 PM Post subject: Northeast PA - Free Talk/Class
Hi All, If you live in Northeast PA... near Olyphant, PA... I will be giving a free talk about Heritage Scrapbooking at
the Genealogy Research Society of Northeast PA on August 16 at 7:00. The talk will be about 30 to 45 minutes long.
The materials list for the event is listed at: http://carolmheppner2.blogspot.com/ This is the presser for the local
paper: Local writer and artist Carol Heppner to Speak about Heritage Scrapbooking Basics at Genealogical Research
Society of Northeast Pennsylvania on August 16, 2006 Archbald, PA , July 27, 2006 Local writer and artist Carol
Heppner will present Heritage Scrapbooking Basics on August 16, 2006, at the Genealogical Research Society of Northeast
Pennsylvania (GRSNP). Carol Heppner is a local writer and artist from Archbald, and author of the recently-released
Scrapbooking Techniques: Inking, by Sterling Publications. The presentation, Heritage Scrapbooking basics will
explore basic scrapbooking techniques, but as it is applied to genealogical research. Participants will learn how to
combine scrapbooking technique with genealogy research to create their own "Family Memory Albums." During
this presentation, Carol will cover the various papers, inks, powders, rubber stamps, and adhesives used in
scrapbooking. Participants will learn how to use ink to give papers an aged look, so as to harmonize with the theme of
genealogy. Participants will create their own 8 by 8-inch Vintage scrapbook page. Scrapbooking is a very popular
craft. Carol takes a fresh look at how spectacular, vintage background papers for scrapbooks can be combined with
genealogical research, so as to present an eye-catching rendering to the reader of the genealogical information. Carol
has spent many years exploring her Italian genealogy. She combines this passion for family history with her widely-
recognized skills in paper arts. Carol developed techniques used in Scrapbooking Techniques: Inking, among other
national publications in which her artwork regularly appears. For additional information on the August 16th talk at
the Genealogical Research Society of Northeast Pennsylvania, contact GRSNP or visit www.carolheppner.com. The evening
talk, which begins at 7 PM, is open to the public. Students will be expected to bring requisite materials, which are
listed on www.carolheppner.com under "Upcoming Events." The Genealogical Research Society of Northeast
Pennsylvania meeting will be held in the Community Room at 211 Susquehanna Avenue, Olyphant and can be reached at phone
number (570) 383-7661. About Carol Heppner: Carol Heppner is a contemporary artist and free-lance writer from
Archbald, Pennsylvania. Her artwork and articles appear in many national publications, including Scrap and Stamp Arts,
Somerset Studio, and Belle Armoire. She is on the editorial advisory board of Scrap and Stamp Arts, Scott Publications,
and is featured in a regular column titled "Art Smarts." Carol is a design member of the Crafts and Hobby
Association (CHA). Her work medium includes clay, paper arts, silk painting, watercolor, photography, collage, stained
glass, and rubber stamping. Carol Heppner www.carolheppner.com
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View entire thread: Hi I am new
Posted by WPTP Stamps on Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:54 PM Post subject: Re: Hi I am new
Hi Jackie, If you have an online store, put a link to it in one of your posts. Be sure to preface the subject line with
the word "AD:" as in AD: Free Shipping on Everything at our store Visit us at:
http://www.whitepinetradingpost.com or eBay search WPTP Stamps This group is mostly devoted to Rubber (or polymer)
Stamping but Scrapbooking & Crafting Supplies are sometimes advertised here too. Good Luck selling those
fabrics..... Chester Pinecone White Pine Trading Post **************************** "Jackie_ ark"
<jackie@jackiepopp.com> wrote in message news:1154633373.024870.325760@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
[quote:091076f95d]Hi I am new to this group and to google groups. I was interested in the Sell your craft items I
would like to know how to do that here I have a yard sale store on line I am selling fabrics from when I use to quilt
Jackie In Arkansas [/quote:091076f95d]
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View entire thread: getting started, the what's and how's
Posted by GO on Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:15 AM Post subject: Re: getting started, the what's and how's
Thanks so much for you comments Donna. DKat wrote: [quote:70d4cb7efe]That pretty much makes my information useless
(cheapest place I found for kiln, wheel, etc.). I do agree that think looking for used equipment, starting small,
building what you can on your own, etc. is a good idea. If there is a potter near by whose work you like, you can
apprentice yourself out to them. I have never known a potter that is not creative in making something out of nothing.
Remember that pottery has been done for 10s of thousands of years (long before electricity and fancy big wood burning
kilns). Starting with the most primative methods can teach you alot about your material and the craft. Try doing pit
firirng for example. All those old credit cards make great ribs and cleanup tools. Old guitar string or any wire tied
to coat buttons, large washers, sticks, etc. makes for a wonderful cutting string (in fact with twisting 2 or more wires
together you can make the pattern of the cut that you like). Learn to look at kitchen or garage odds and ends with clay
in mind. Go to garage sales and keep an eye out for things that make patterns, can cut, or just have a shape you like.
Start out doing slab and coil work. You really don't need a 5K studio to do pottery. I spent about half that for a new
kiln and wheel. I bought new because I knew exactly what I wanted, and a variety of other reasons (mostly a treat to
myself after spending many years moving from place to place and wanting to no longer be dependent on local studio
space). I don't know if you have L&L kilns there (I suspect not). I bought a short and wide kiln. I know my work
well enough to know that I'm not going to be throwing a piece taller than a foot and a half (if I did it would be fired
on it's side) but that I do like really wide pieces (garden platters) so I wanted to be sure the kiln was wide enough.
My kiln interior measures 28"WX18"H. It has almost as much cubic space as the typical tall kiln and I can
fire more than one plate at a time on a shelf. http://www.hotkilns.com/easy-fire-e28S.html (I got this kiln for much
less - look around before you buy). I learned to throw on a Shimpo and have never come across a wheel I like better.
When they came out with the Whisper (it really is silent), I knew this was what I wanted. Basically what I'm trying to
get at is that only you can know yourself well enough to know what is going to fit your needs. If you don't have a feel
for that yet, hold off on buying what can be really expensive equipment. At the same time don't be timid (unless it
suits you), pottery is a craft that feeds the soul for life. Good luck! Let us hear from you please. Donna _.
"GO" <Garageoffice@gmail.com> wrote in message news:4508f221@quokka.wn.com.au... In Australia. Elaine
Coggins wrote: G'Day Go, It all depends where you live!!! Yours in clay Elaine. "GO"
<Garageoffice@gmail.com> wrote in message news:4507f841$1@quokka.wn.com.au... Hi all, Any idea on the cost of
getting started with making my own pottery? Interested in getting a kiln, potter wheel and various tools. Comments
appreciated. GO [/quote:70d4cb7efe]
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Posted by GO on Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:34 AM Post subject: Re: getting started, the what's and how's
hehe! Nice. steve slgraber@aol.com wrote: [quote:610804733e]ok, you're in austrailia. now everyone knows wheels that
spin counter clockwise "up here" spin clockwise "down there". so keep that in mind... see ya
steve Elaine Coggins wrote: Hi again, I should have said I can be contacted through my web page, www.emcoggins.com
Elaine. "Elaine Coggins" <nospam@emcoggins.com> wrote in message
news:12gjbjnrlq2s70d@corp.supernews.com... Hi Donna, yes I do remember and I still have a Raku kiln and the plans, do
you want to get in touch with me and I will give you a copy, also I had fun getting this kiln to S/W temp one day I used
a piece of steel pipe and a blower to do it I found it was so exciting with the flames leaping out of the chimney, but
the bricks started to self glaze and the pipe started to melt, but what a great day that was. Elaine still in clay.
"DKat" <disisdkatspam@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4509a926$1_4@marge.ic.sunysb.edu... I don't
suppose you remember how that kiln was built? I fire electric now but cannot hear the word raku without drooling (it is
associated with plum wine, good food, good company and good times). You actually fired using wood and house bricks. I
didn't know that could be done... If you remember anything, please share! Donna "Elaine Coggins"
<nospam@emcoggins.com> wrote in message news:12gj7c7et43ij6f@corp.supernews.com... Hi Donna, you reminded me of
what I started with 32 years ago. I had my classes learning pottery in Sydney, then moved to Queensland, my first wheel
was a stand at kick wheel, the kiln was a raku kiln built out of house bricks and these two items I used for 7 years, I
learned a lot about the way of clay and firing with wood in that time. I must say I still love it all. In clay again
Elaine "DKat" <disisdkatspam@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:45096edc$1_1@marge.ic.sunysb.edu...
That pretty much makes my information useless (cheapest place I found for kiln, wheel, etc.). I do agree that think
looking for used equipment, starting small, building what you can on your own, etc. is a good idea. If there is a potter
near by whose work you like, you can apprentice yourself out to them. I have never known a potter that is not creative
in making something out of nothing. Remember that pottery has been done for 10s of thousands of years (long before
electricity and fancy big wood burning kilns). Starting with the most primative methods can teach you alot about your
material and the craft. Try doing pit firirng for example. All those old credit cards make great ribs and cleanup
tools. Old guitar string or any wire tied to coat buttons, large washers, sticks, etc. makes for a wonderful cutting
string (in fact with twisting 2 or more wires together you can make the pattern of the cut that you like). Learn to
look at kitchen or garage odds and ends with clay in mind. Go to garage sales and keep an eye out for things that make
patterns, can cut, or just have a shape you like. Start out doing slab and coil work. You really don't need a 5K studio
to do pottery. I spent about half that for a new kiln and wheel. I bought new because I knew exactly what I wanted,
and a variety of other reasons (mostly a treat to myself after spending many years moving from place to place and
wanting to no longer be dependent on local studio space). I don't know if you have L&L kilns there (I suspect not).
I bought a short and wide kiln. I know my work well enough to know that I'm not going to be throwing a piece taller
than a foot and a half (if I did it would be fired on it's side) but that I do like really wide pieces (garden platters)
so I wanted to be sure the kiln was wide enough. My kiln interior measures 28"WX18"H. It has almost as much
cubic space as the typical tall kiln and I can fire more than one plate at a time on a shelf. http://www.hotkilns.com/
easy-fire-e28S.html (I got this kiln for much less - look around before you buy). I learned to throw on a Shimpo and
have never come across a wheel I like better. When they came out with the Whisper (it really is silent), I knew this
was what I wanted. Basically what I'm trying to get at is that only you can know yourself well enough to know what is
going to