tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48431035416377461482023-11-16T19:05:18.071+05:30Creative ExpressionsIts not how much we create, Its the love that we put into what we create!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger348125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843103541637746148.post-80179137346642188432019-04-02T10:00:00.000+05:302019-04-02T10:00:03.289+05:30TTC#10 - Use an Animal + Give them Wings! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Welcome to the April edition of <a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Twisted Challenges</a>. This is our 10th Challenge and we are absolutely thrilled with the love you have given us!<br />
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So for this month, we are challenging you to create a project that includes and Animal, and you have to give wings to the animal. (Animals/birds/insects that already have wings don't count!)<br />
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So for my project today, I have a cute interactive card. I loved this quote I found on Pintrest and wanted to use that as a starting point for my card. <br />
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I followed <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSOjZOCfHcM&t=749s" target="_blank">Jennifer Mcguire's card tutorial</a> on making this double slider card..and then added a slight twist of my own. I simply mounted my slider element on an acetate, so that it would rise higher, than if I had just put on the sliding belt.<br />
Maybe this needs a video to explain..soon!<br />
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Here's a small clip showing how the card works!<br />
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Card products<br />
Stamps - Hog heaven from MFT stamps<br />
Butterfly from Hero arts, Antique engravings. <br />
Dies - Fence, grass border, grass slope from MFT<br />
Square window die Lil Inkers<br />
Cloud stencil - MFT<br />
Distress oxide tumbled glass for clouds<br />
Copics , Memento black ink<br />
Neenah solar white 80lbs paper for stamping and coloring.<br />
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So that's it for my card, hope you liked the card and do decide to play along this fun challenge.<br />
This month we are being sponsored by Expressions Craft with a voucher for Rs.1000.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843103541637746148.post-31331561647369591092019-03-22T10:00:00.000+05:302019-03-22T10:00:00.188+05:30Gratitude Cards | Rainbow cards - TTC#9<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Wishing you all a very Happy holi..I am sure you all must be colored in all the colors of the rainbow...and talking of rainbows...this card is so apt for the Holi season...has all the colors of the rainbow.<br />
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This month at The Twisted Challenges, we are doing <a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/2019/03/ttc9-be-thankful-grafteful-use-all.html" target="_blank">Rainbow projects with a Grateful/Thankful theme.</a><br />
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Who does not need Thank you cards, and who doesn't want to get some appreciation! I have been making and sending out a boat load of thank you cards this year! I guess as you grow older, you appreciate your tribe more and more!<br />
These are just two more, with simplistic design. <br />
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Both the cards follow the same pattern of making, except for the sentiments and the main images that I used. The process remains the same.<br />
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<li>I have stenciled distress oxides through a MFT sunrays stencil, </li>
<li>then die cut the main rainbow panel, with Gina Marie rounded rectangle dies.</li>
<li>Die cut the word Awesome/Seriously, die from Lil Inkers Design. Stamped and
heat embossed the sentiment from Lil Inkers and glued it on the panel.</li>
<li>Stamped, copic colored and fussy cut the butterfly from SSS stamp, Beautiful day.</li>
<li>The girl is from MFT stamps </li>
<li>Glued the rainbow panel on a A2 card. </li>
<li>The butterfly has loads of shimmer from Spectrum noir shimmer pens..but can't capture in photo! </li>
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An extra card..because I had two panel ready!<br />
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Oh man! March is already here!! Which means its time for another <a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Twisty Challenge.</a><br />
Spring is just in the air and which is why we wanted all the spring colors in your projects!<br />
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For my inspiration, I have CASed <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/533113674638193841/" target="_blank">Donna Mikasa's card</a>. It was so long in my wish list, that this challenge, I wanted to do it. The simplicity and the elegance of the card was on my mind!<br />
With that said, here is my card for TTC#9. <br />
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Its a very simple and clean design. 5x7 card base.<br />
Used spellbinder's matting basics to cut two mats. The Indigo color border is cut seperately, colored with copics and glued again, giving it a flat layer.<br />
I cut the THANKS from Bielo cardstock, colored each alphabet with copics, and glued it on the panel. Die is from MFT stamps.<br />
The sentiment is from Altenew, Crafty friends. One of my newest stamps and I love it!<br />
The little pups are gift from a crafty friend!<br />
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Hope the theme is easy enough but enough fun for you to join! We have a gift voucher from Connect 4Sale this month, of Rs. 1000. Do go over to <a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Twisted Challenges Blog</a> and see other inspirations too! </div>
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Hello again! Its time for the mid month inspiration for the Valentine's challenge on The Twisted Challenge Blog! No reds and no pinks!<br />
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For me love is in the small things! The small notes, the memories, the love letters! I went for a complete masculine theme and made a small Envelope Flip book. It uses 4 envelopes only, measuring 5x7. And is super super easy! So here are a few pictures of the book, enjoy! <br />
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Each envelope holds a postcard note. With some stamping and a cutesy sentiment with it! There is enough room to add a lot more in it. <br />
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I have tucked some 3x4 journaling cards too! <br />
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Couldn't resist some butterflies!<br />
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Some more journaling cards.<br />
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These are the postcard notes in each envelope. Aren't they cute? There is enough space to write on the front and back.<br />
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Enjoy the quick video of this Flip book! And do join the challenge...just a few days before it ends!<br />
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Tutorial - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9WUqQUe99Q&t=183s" target="_blank">Lorrie Nunemaker</a><br />
Paper pack used - Papericious Often (Very old pack)<br />
Stamps - Fiskars, MFT, Lawn Fawn, Kaisercraft, Mama Elephant.<br />
Journaling cards - SNAP cards from Simple stories. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843103541637746148.post-61672542946303071852019-02-12T12:10:00.001+05:302023-08-11T11:38:31.478+05:30Craftreat Guest DT post | Double waterfall Folio <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello Everyone,<br />
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Join me for a post for the Craftreat blog! You can find this post on the Craftreat blog as well.<br />
I am showcasing two paper packs and 2 projects made with those paper packs. <br />
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And now to the projects.
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I have one Quick Photo Folio which can be done in under an hour. This folio can be done straight with Pattern paper and not even using cardstock. But I am a fanatic for black borders, and so I used cardstock as the base and then matted the pattern paper.<br />
4 sheets of cardstock, 4 sheets of Pattern paper, glue and one ribbon and you are done!<br />
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A peek inside as to how the pages look. Each page is a pocket page and can hold anywhere from one to 4 photographs and journaling cards.This is a tutorial from Amber..LyricLover810 on youtube (..https://youtu.be/Jo6nX6cG1DY )</div>
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Now to the bigger project, Double Waterfall Photo Folio.<br />
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This was a labor of love but again a quick project. 2 days max is what you need on this!<br />
I loved that this folio allows for vertical as well as horizontal photos. And then I went and made it complicated by adding more photo inserts....it was fun to do that!!<br />
But the hero of the project is definitely the paper, and the cut-aparts! They are fantastic ..and of course, THE OWLS!!<br />
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Here is a peek at the inside of the Double Waterfall photo folio. Did I not tell you the papers are fantastic! <br />
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Without any further ado, here's the walk through the next project. <br />
This project is made with a tutorial from <a href="https://youtu.be/VFQz0VFQ9mQ" target="_blank">Frances Long</a>, well at least when her tutorials were free. <br />
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Sorry about the silent walk-through. I havd a bad bad cold and my voice would have scared you all! So silent video it is for today!!<br />
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I do hope you enjoyed these two projects.<br />
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Happy Crafting! </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843103541637746148.post-74743775717294044432019-02-04T10:17:00.000+05:302019-02-04T10:17:10.751+05:30The Twisted Challenges | Valentine's Edition<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello Everyone,<br />
Welcome to the <a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Valentine Edition of The Twisted Challenges</a>! This month we have a fun and as always Twisted Challenge for you!!<br />
This month, we want you to create a Valentine's Project! Easy right?? Wait for the twist!<br />
But ..But.. But you are not to use Reds or Pinks! haha! How's that for a twist.<br />
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It sure is challenging to think of Valentine's sans reds or pinks!<br />
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So here's my inspiration for you ... I have a set of 3 mini note cards. They measure 4x4 in size.<br />
And have my most favorite valentine puns!<br />
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These are small enough to be tucked into a lunchbox or your favorite other's bag. Here's a detail view of each of the card below. <br />
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There isn't much about the technique as such. Simple stamping, coloring with Copics and matting with some patterned paper.<br />
All stamps are from Lawn Fawn. Bunny and Pearl and its sentiment from My silly Valentine, and the coffee sets is from Thanks a latte<br />
Pattern paper - literally scraps from other projects.<br />
Hope you guys join us for the challenge this month! <br />
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Hey everyone,<br />
Welcome to my blog! Thanks for stopping by..<br />
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Today I am sharing my mid month inspiration for The Twisted Challenges - <a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/2019/01/ttc7-something-oldsomething-new.html" target="_blank">Something Old,Something New, Something Borrowed/Gifted and Something Blue</a><br />
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Something old - Gina Marie Oval stitched dies<br />
Something New - My MFT floral stamp, Flashy florals<br />
Something borrowed - Borrowed Anuja's card<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BsrIzDSnndL/" target="_blank"> idea here</a><br />
Something blue - Blue inks and cardstock _ Summer sky, Bahama blue memento inks <br />
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So this is a very simple card with few steps that can be easily mass produced.<br />
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<li>I cut black panels, and clear heat embossed them.</li>
<li>Stamped the flowers with Misti, so that I would get good ink coverage</li>
<li>Fussy cut the flowers and leaves ( Dies would have made the work so easy!)</li>
<li>Stamped the sentiment from Clearly besotted </li>
<li>and glued all the elements together! </li>
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Inks used were Summer sky and bahama blue for the flowers<br />
Pear tart - memento and CP grass skirt for the leaves. <br />
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So I loved the design so much, I mass produced it! Here are some of the colors that I used.<br />
Inks are Lawn fawn Sunflower, Catherine pooler - orange twist for the flowers<br />
Pear tart - memento and CP grass skirt for the leaves. <br />
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This red beauty uses Memento Lady bug ink and rhubarb stalk inks<br />
Pear tart - memento and CP grass skirt for the leaves. <br />
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Here is a bunch of them together! Thank you Anuja for the inspiration! Loved making them! <br />
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That's all for now folks!<br />
Till we meet again! <br />
Tejal<br />
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Aloha! Hello and a very very Happy New 2019 to all of you! The last of the 'teen' years is here .. and we begin that with a Challenge celebrating something new!<br />
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We love the verse that goes with the Christian weddings..something old, something new...it is something that stays true for the new year too... We bring something old with us..our memories, something new..the 365 days ahead of us, something borrowed..lessons we learn from the previous years...and something blue...a bit of color in your life! So this month, that is our Theme<br />
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Do go to our <a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Challenge post</a> to read how you have to use them! Lets see my inspiration on this theme!<br />
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So my inspiration is this card for a friend who just bought a new house! Before I jump into how I made this card, let me share how it fits into the challenge!<br />
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<u><b>Something old</b></u> - The swirl background and the cloud dies are my very first purchases when it comes to dies and background stamps. They are almost 10 years old!<br />
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<u><b>Something new </b></u>- This card is for Celebrating a new house as well, I have used a new house stamp from Jane's doodles!<br />
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<b><u>Something Borrowed/Gifted</u></b> - I borrowed the idea of this card from another card that Ujjwal had sent me last Christmas!<br />
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See the 2nd card from the left! That's the card I borrowed the idea from! (p.s. that's my card display in my craft room)<br />
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<u><b>Something Blue</b></u> - the sky, the house!<br />
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About the card...<br />
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<li>The background was embossed directly on the card base, while masking the edges! Sponged Tumbled glass Distress oxide and broken china over the white heat embossed background.</li>
<li>The house stamps were stamped with Memento black on neenah white 80lbs paper, colored with copics and fussy cut. </li>
<li>Cut a few slopes from white cardstock for the snowy hills...edged them with tumbled glass oxide. Stamped congratulations on it, propped it up on foam tape. </li>
<li>Glued the house images, popped up just one on foam tape. </li>
<li>Die cut a few clouds from Papertrey ink's cloud dies, stamped the sentiment on big cloud. Glued them down </li>
<li>Stamped, colored and fussy cut a few heart image, glued them down. added some sparkle with spectrum noir pens.. </li>
<li>and we are done! </li>
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Hope to see you joining us in this new Challenge! Have a fantastic Year ahead everyone! <br />
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Hello everyone,<br />
Back today to share the mid month inspiration for <a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/2018/12/ttc6-color-palette-multiples-of-3.html" target="_blank">The Twisted Challenge Blog</a>!<br />
This month the theme is Color palette and use an element in multiples of 3<br />
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Here's my inspiration for you!<br />
Inspired by the leaf in the image, I wanted a leaf image..but do we ever have what we suddenly want?<br />
Nope! So I borrowed it from my friend and went to town with it!<br />
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<li>First I heat embossed a few leaves on watercolor paper. The stamp is Oak Leaf from Neat and Tangled.</li>
<li>Then I found the relevant distress inks, namely, Mustard seed, shabby shutters, spiced marmalade, fired brick and smooshed the embossed images into the inks...sprayed generous amount of water to blend it together.</li>
<li>I am not a fan of the soft faded look of watercolors..blame it on my crazy friend who made me love all bright colors!</li>
<li>And so I took another heat embossed leaf on Neenah solar white paper, and colored with Copics, like a stained glass piece.</li>
<li>I took my panel, flicked some left over colors from the smooshing. Glued the watercolored leaves.</li>
<li>I propped up the copic colored leaf on top of the water colored leaves with foam tape. </li>
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To bring the colors together, I rummaged through the <a href="https://amzn.to/2A8Z1GO" target="_blank">Craftreat Ombre Basics paper pack </a>and pulled out the red, green, yellow and orange sheets and created a mat for my panel. <br />
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You can see the dimension of the copic colored leaf..and the crazy flicking of color!<br />
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I have linked the paper packs below..Also you can check out my <a href="https://www.amazon.in/shop/tejalscardshop?listId=1LMXC4ZQ6FZGZ" target="_blank">Store front on Amazon</a>! Yes! I have a page on Amazon that links to all my favorite products you can buy .. all from Amazon!<br />
Disclaimer : The links used are affiliate links..I do get a small percentage if you buy from my link, but that does not affect your cost in any way! <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843103541637746148.post-58355594659905362562018-12-08T12:07:00.000+05:302018-12-20T10:35:17.196+05:30Fall | Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Finally!! Posting just under the wire! With one hour to go before the <a href="http://coffeelovingcardmakers.com/2018/11/2018-fall-winter-coffee-lovers-blog-hop/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Fall | Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop</a>! closes! I have wanted to join this Blog hop for such a long time! This time, I was determined to join in!<br />
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So before I cross over the wire, here is my card for the Blog Hop!Its a pretty much straight forward card without any techniques!<br />
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I used my amazing Lawn Fawn, Thanks a latte stamp set and dies to stamp and die cut the image.<br />
Embossing folder is from Stampers Anonymous, and the awesome ombre dotted paper is from <a href="https://amzn.to/2T3ePlr" target="_blank">Craftreat Ombre Basics pack</a>! <br />
Image colored with my copics!<br />
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So that's it for now!<br />
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Will catch up soon!!<br />
Love<br />
Tejal<br />
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Welcome back to my blog! Poor thing awakes when I have a new challenge post to make!<br />
Diwali was a hectic affair and hence there was such a dearth of mojo post Diwali. If I had no Challenge card, I would probably not have crafted at all!<br />
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So lets get into the card!!<br />
The theme this month at <a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/2018/12/ttc6-color-palette-multiples-of-3.html" target="_blank">The Twisted Challenge Blog</a> is Color palette and as a twist, you have to use an element/image in multiples of 3!<br />
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For this challenge, I have a Faux Water Color card!<br />
My flowers are in groups of 3.. <br />
So what does a faux Water Color card mean? Read on below:<br />
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I took my favorite Sunflower stamp from Papertrey Ink, and dye inks. Even Distress inks would work amazing in this!<br />
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Take Watercolor paper..most important to use. <br />
I stamped the bigger sunflower with Altenew ink, Warm sunshine<br />
took the smaller flower, and stamped over it with Ruby red ink.<br />
The leaves were stamped with Forest Glades.<br />
Once stamped, I sprayed the life out of that paper with water mister..<br />
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I felt the leaves lost all the color, so I over stamped the leaves back with Forest glades, and didn't bother lining up. It gave a more dreamy look to the card!<br />
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The shape die cut is from Spellbinders and Grateful die cut and stamped sentiment are from MFT!<br />
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Do drop by our<a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/2018/12/ttc6-color-palette-multiples-of-3.html" target="_blank"> challenge blog </a>and take part in it! We have a fun goody bag sponsored by Me and Saumya for our winner!<br />
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Welcome to my favorite month of the year!! Why you ask? Well it's when the days gets shorter, mornings go colder and it beckons winter. And also because its my birthday montg! So you see, its a magical month for me.<br />
Now, talking about magic brings me to this month's theme for <a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/2018/10/ttc5-fairy-tales-add-your-own-twist.html" target="_blank">The Twisted Challenges Blog</a>. This month we are jumping into the realm of fairies, dragons, princes and princesses and of course magic!!<br />
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This month our theme is Fairytales + add your own twist.<br />
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Now you will ask me what is a twist? Twist can be anything. Change the ending of the fairytale, change the characters in the fairy-tale.. eg.. instead of 3 bears in Goldilocks, you could make them 3 pandas! Or you could change, that instead of a prince rescuing a princess, she comes on horseback to rescue him. Let your imagination go wild!!<br />
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Here's my inspiration, which may help to make it a bit more clear..<br />
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My fairy tale is inspired a bit from Shrek and bit of Snow White. So here we have a dragon guarding the castle and a Prince ready to slay the dragon and rescue the princess! But where is the princess? That's where my twist comes, inside the card!! <br />
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Well, Princess Snow white wasn't waiting for the Prince to rescue her. She was done waiting around. So she took off to go shopping!! And I love the quote I found on Pinterest, so apt.<br />
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So for the card, there isn't much technique to it as much, just die cutting and coloring with my copics.<br />
The castle is a die from MFT( any surprise there?) Cut it from grey cardstock and stenciled the bricks with Hickory smoke Distress ink.<br />
Used the cloud stencil to create a soft sky background with Tumbled glass distress ink.<br />
Grass die again MFT.<br />
The dragon and the knight are from MFT, Magical dragons stamp set.<br />
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Here is the Princess, colored in Snow White dress colors. She is Pure Innocence Birthday girl. </div>
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Dont forget to check out other inspirations on the main <a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/2018/10/ttc5-fairy-tales-add-your-own-twist.html" target="_blank">Twisted challenges blog</a>, as well as on <a href="https://scrapyouridea.blogspot.com/2018/10/fairy-tales-add-your-own-twist-at.html" target="_blank">Saumya</a> and<a href="http://craftyflirtations.blogspot.com/2018/10/girls-dont-need-fairy-tale-art-journal.html" target="_blank"> Neha's</a> blog. </div>
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Wow, its September already! Pretty soon we will be saying Happy new year! Time really does fly! Well a new month means a new challenge at The Twisted Challenges.<br />
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So what <a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">twisted challenge</a> do we have for you this month?<br />
This month we are asking for projects with Celebrations (Birthdays, anniversaries, festivals, graduations etc.) as a theme BUT BUT BUT we want you to stick to a monochrome palette of colors. You can use neutrals but minimum use of it! Neutrals like white, black, kraft!! Howzzat!<br />
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So this month, I have 2 cards for you. I couldn't decide which to share so I am sharing both with you! Both use the same technique with minor differences.<br />
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In this gorgeous blue card, I have used distress oxide lifting technique to get the fabulous monochrome effect.<br />
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<li>Started by embossing the Wplus9 stamp( finally something other than Mft😂), Kind soul on the Bielo cardstock (from The Craft Shop), with white embossing powder.</li>
<li>Then I added Salty ocean and Blueprint sketch oxides generously using blending tools.</li>
<li>Once the inks were dry I used water and paint brush to paint with water and dab it off with a tissue to lift off the oxide color. Jennifer Mcguire has a beautiful video on this, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3ofbTeR-_k&t=73s" target="_blank">you can watch it here.</a></li>
<li>I repeated the process twice to remove more color as I wanted more contrast. Finally I cut the panel to size and glued it to a 5x7 card base from Letz craft.</li>
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The second card is on the same technique.<br />
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<li>Used Fired brick, Candied apple and abandoned coral distress oxides for blending.</li>
<li>I did the water lifting but didn't get the results I wanted. So I used Frost white ink from colorbox to paint the flowers. It added just a subtle touch to the card.</li>
<li>Added few enamel dots and mounted to card base from letz craft.</li>
<li>Die cut shape from spellbinders die, sentiment was stamped from Simon says stamp, Beautiful flowers!</li>
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Hope you do check out <a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Twisted Challenges blog</a> and join us this month! This month we have an exciting Gift from our Sponsor<a href="https://www.itsybitsy.in/" target="_blank"> Itsy bitsy! </a><br />
Do check out blogs of Saumya and <a href="http://craftyflirtations.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Neha </a>for more inspiration!<br />
Till then!!<br />
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I am back with another inspiration for TTC3.<br />
Still on the MFT kick! :D<br />
I am trying to use all of my MFT stamps that I have been <strike>collecting</strike> ahem "buying"over the years! My obsession with them will never end.. So for today, I have another card for <a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/2018/08/ttc3-go-bold-replace-me.html" target="_blank">The Twisted Challenges #3 - Go Bold and Replace an Alphabet</a><br />
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My card is slightly smaller than 5x7. I used Smooth White cardstock from Letz Craft. I am addicted to the thick white cardstock they offer. Used a Simon Says stamp postcard edge die, to cut the blue mat.<br />
On a white cardstock, I drew black border with copic marker (yes, that's a faux layer) .<br />
Cut my sentiment 3 times from Blue cardstock, using MFT hugs die.<br />
Stacked and colored them to give a ombre look. Added shimmer with Spectrum noir shimmer pens.<br />
Stamped and colored my images on Xpress it cardstock, colored with copics and fussy cut it. <br />
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Hope you can see the shimmer here..<br />
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Also I couldn't stop at one inspiration, since I had a couple of images colored and cut, I decided to make a Tag.<br />
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White base again from Letz Craft, tag die from DCAM.<br />
Used MFT sun-rays stencil for the sun, using squeezed lemonade DI. <br />
MFT grass die, colored the green cardstock with dark green copic to give a little contrast on the layer at the back.<br />
MFT you die, cut 3 times and stacked. Added shimmer<br />
Image stamped and colored with copics.<br />
I just added a black cardstock mat to match the black bold words.<br />
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Well, I hope you do join in our challenge this month, there is big prize of 1000Rs. voucher from LETZ CRAFT!<br />
Last day is 31st Aug, not too far away!<br />
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Till the next challenge,<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843103541637746148.post-37864419041364807842018-08-01T10:00:00.000+05:302018-08-01T10:00:06.012+05:30Donut you know..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Its the 1st of August and time for another <a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Twisted Challenge on our TTC blog!</a> Well today I have my favorite Donuts on card for you! <br />
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This month we are going Bold on the sentiments and replacing an alphabet with an image!<br />
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I am still hungover on my MFT stamps..they are my one true love! So I decided to combine the MFT sketch challenge #395 and TTC3# into one card. </div>
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I started by creating a soft background by repeatedly stamping the sentiment. I used Memento angel pink ink to stamp the background on my white card stock. ( This is the smooth white cardstock from Letzcraft and I tell you it is divinely smooth! and amazing thickness!)</div>
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To create the donuts, I cut 2 same circles from Lil inker Double stitched dies, one in pink and one in brown. I freehand cut the pink circle to resemble frosting. Stamped sprinkles on it in brown ink. </div>
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Glued the Donut on the stamped background and mounted that on my 5x7 precut cardbase from Letzcraft.<br />
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I first stamped the mini donut and fussy cut it out. Then I stamped the Bold Sentiment on a strip of white cardstock and glued the mini donut on the letter O.<br />
The 2nd part of the sentiment was stamped on a thin banner and glued below the bold sentiment.<br />
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If you have any questions, do leave me a comment and I will get back to you.<br />
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Thank you for dropping by my blog and hope you also join us in the TTC challenge this month!<br />
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Linking to the <a href="http://www.cardchallenges.com/2018/07/wednesday-sketch-challenge-sketch-395.html" target="_blank">MFT Sketch Challenge #395</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843103541637746148.post-48415510443600337772018-07-22T20:42:00.001+05:302018-07-22T20:42:50.040+05:30Coffee and Rains! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I am back today to share a card made using my favorite theme at <a href="http://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/2018/07/ttc2-coffeetea-rains.html" target="_blank">The Twisted Challenges,</a><br />
Tea/Coffee with Rains.<br />
I am a true blood Pluviophile (someone who loves rains and finds peace of mind and joy during rains) and whenever it rains, I love cuddling up with a book and a hot cup of coffee! I wanted to create the same scene on my card and here's what my finished card looks like! <br />
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I have the little girl from MFT stamps (Our Story Stamp) reading a book and sitting with a hot cup of coffee. Images are stamped on Neenah solar white 80lbs and colored with Copics.<br />
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To create the window, I used a memory box die, and die cut from both the base and the top panel at the same time. I then sandwiched a transparency between the base and the top panel. Before adhering the window die cut, I use the MFT Brick stencil, and Fired brick ink to create a brick background. Then I added the window die cut on top of the transparency. <br />
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Creating the raindrops was the most fun part of this card. I added glossy accents on the transparency, and let them dry overnight. <br />
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Look at the beautiful faux raindrops on the window.. I simply love how it came about. I avoided adding a sentiment, because, sometimes I feel a card doesn't need one! <br />
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I would like to enter this card into the following challenges<br />
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<a href="https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-use-die-punch/" target="_blank">Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : To use a die and /or Punch.</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.cardchallenges.com/2018/07/wednesday-sketch-challenge-sketch-394.html" target="_blank">MFT Sketch Challenge #394</a></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843103541637746148.post-42465806719430672072018-07-01T08:00:00.000+05:302018-07-01T08:00:18.663+05:30The Twisted Challenge #2 - Tea/Coffee and Rains! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello everyone and welcome to The Twisted Challenge for the month of July! Everyone is posting about rains on every social media platform and here in my city, we are still waiting for a decent rainfall! So I decided to make some rain to satisfy my soul!<br />
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Our Challenge this month is to make a COFFEE/TEA theme card Plus Rain! <br />
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I literally took the red mug and ran with it. I loved the contrast of the dark background and the pop of red mug! <br />
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I had been wanting to recreate the rain drops and I had seen a couple of videos and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyF--QmHnhU" target="_blank">this one </a>seemed so easy! So I tried it..<br />
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<li>The background was made by smooshing Black Soot distress oxide on my craft mat, spraying it with water and then lifting the ink on watercolor paper. </li>
<li>And created raindrops using the tutorial linked above..used my Zig black and white gel pen to get the effect. </li>
<li>Once dried, I flicked drops of water and dried in between layers.</li>
<li>Stamped the coffee cup from Stampers Anonymous Freshly Brewed stamp set on <a href="https://www.allthingscraft.com/product/neenah-80lb-classic-crest-cardstock-8-5x11/" target="_blank">Neenah Solar White 80# </a>. Colored with copics and fussy cut it. <a href="https://www.allthingscraft.com/product/precision-scissors-5/" target="_blank">This </a>is my new favorite fussy cutting scissor..</li>
<li>The window panel is the<a href="http://www.mftstamps.com/die-namics/die-namics-gift-box-cover-up" target="_blank"> MFT cover up Gift Box Die.</a></li>
<li>Stamped my sentiment from<a href="https://www.lilinkerdesigns.com/coffee-talk-stamps/" target="_blank"> Lil Inkers Coffee </a>stamp on a 4.25x6 card base. </li>
<li>Stuck my watercolor panel behind the window die cut.</li>
<li>Propped the window and coffee mug on foam tape. </li>
<li>Added glossy accents on the rain drops. (In hind sight, I would not have done it. The glossy accents mixed with the zig ink and kind of smudged it.) </li>
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So there you have it, my inspiration for this month's challenge. We would love for you to join in...<br />
We have a prize for our Top Pick this month from THE CRAFT SHOP!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843103541637746148.post-27739339184813493152018-06-01T08:00:00.000+05:302018-06-01T08:00:05.684+05:30Welcome to The Twisted Challenges..A new beginning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Welcome to my first card post of 2018..This year has been a challenging one so far for me..but every challenge I face is making me stronger.. this week marks 3 months post my spine surgery. Its a long story of how and why but suffice to say I am doing really well.<br />
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My return to crafting is going to be very slow but that didn't stop me, Saumya or Neha from planning. We were all stuck in a rut and we wanted to snap ourselves out of it..thus the idea for a challenge popped in and then we decided to blog it, so now we have <a href="https://thetwistedchallenges.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Twisted Challenges </a>open to all..something that will make you think and challenge you along the way. <br />
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<li> Finished off with some black enamel dots.</li>
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</xml><![endif]--><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Of the many tools in a paper crafters kitty, one of the most
important is a paper trimmer. Without it, your papers are wonky, the matting is
never straight, and as such you waste paper trying to get it perfect square or
rectangle.<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
And always I have found questions, which one do I buy? How
do I select from the many many trimmers, the perfect one.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
First let me tell you about the types of trimmers that are
available and then I shall tell you how to choose one based on your needs. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> <span style="background-color: white;">
</span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;">Simple Blade Trimmers:</span></b></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBIR7oOhZHCe44kTVDRboHTSND3K3V0xGkaQ6FG3UX7IVhhaNWllF-D0FrmyxMX6ZuUvH3n1p1TRT4rqv0WoCb2TJ8eXW1TN27Q2khE7l3BafWCS2GbM3DmYFPgFnhPLkjoShY-vX-Ohr/s1600/81C-2C9-VPL._SL1500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmBIR7oOhZHCe44kTVDRboHTSND3K3V0xGkaQ6FG3UX7IVhhaNWllF-D0FrmyxMX6ZuUvH3n1p1TRT4rqv0WoCb2TJ8eXW1TN27Q2khE7l3BafWCS2GbM3DmYFPgFnhPLkjoShY-vX-Ohr/s320/81C-2C9-VPL._SL1500_.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image from Google Image Search</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<br />
These are the most widely available trimmers. They are the
most economical when it comes to price and are definitely most portable. They
are made usually of lightweight plastic. These are recommended mostly when you are traveling for crafting retreats. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The blade is situated in a track or grove on the trimmer
which you just have to slide up and down to cut the paper. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
These are useful for light weight papers and cardstock. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The only downside is the constant replacement of blades. As
soon as the blade starts getting dull, the cuts will start feathering. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Recommended brands ( I personally do not like any of the blade trimmers) : Fiskars SureCut</div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-no-proof: yes;">
</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;"> Guillotine Trimmer:</span></span></b></span><br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0lDUpr6Eihuny5gzWQk1hfHV_AvuPRFl-gcYNsJLKHE_qkwREMJiWB5pDL_Y-kLjmx7MP3mDWP2gt_t_VjnNIg_l3KqpMPtR5bZ_oBlnt1-45xEIfyjVpGZTtcTvCW0-u2YEXbM9nbw6p/s1600/b5f10337-ddbc-47ce-8433-fb92416324ea.jpg._CB526071619_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0lDUpr6Eihuny5gzWQk1hfHV_AvuPRFl-gcYNsJLKHE_qkwREMJiWB5pDL_Y-kLjmx7MP3mDWP2gt_t_VjnNIg_l3KqpMPtR5bZ_oBlnt1-45xEIfyjVpGZTtcTvCW0-u2YEXbM9nbw6p/s400/b5f10337-ddbc-47ce-8433-fb92416324ea.jpg._CB526071619_.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image from Google Image Search</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;"></span></span></b></span></div>
</div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
These trimmers have two long steel blades which act like
scissors. One blade is fixed on the trimmer, while the other is fixed to a
handle which moves up and down. In a scissor both arms move, here only one arm
moves.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
These are heavier and sturdier to use. It gives a cleaner
cut and the blades usually are self-sharpening. With every paper cut, when they
slide against each other, they self-sharpen. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
These are good for any cardstock, multiple sheets of printed
papers, Glittery paper, foam, light weight chipboard (Max1- 2mm thick)etc. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Cutting heavy chipboard will usually displace the pivot of
the cutting arm and your cuts will go wonky or be off by a millimeter or more. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
These need to be handled safely in case kids are around, due
to the cutting action. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Some trimmers do have a handle lock, but not all. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<u>Recommended brands :</u>Tonic (Most recommended) Swingline, Xcut, Dahle, </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
(I will not recommend the cheap China made ones since there is no guarantee to the straightness of its scale..The arm may cut well, but if the scale is wonky, you papers will be too) </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-no-proof: yes;">
</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>
</b></span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;">Rotary Trimmers:</span></b></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcDKVkhT7z3SkL2MVgBktaa_cOkPesO41UqtkMC2T4reXY33yC8ciCwhq9J11K3oSorItu7wIsCCEzmNVSvbkykum1X-tquqA7NLuqFFH6xyG3y8D9T7eJAqq5TT_q7qmSwdPIJA7FZdP/s1600/fiskars_12intrimmer.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="243" data-original-width="325" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcDKVkhT7z3SkL2MVgBktaa_cOkPesO41UqtkMC2T4reXY33yC8ciCwhq9J11K3oSorItu7wIsCCEzmNVSvbkykum1X-tquqA7NLuqFFH6xyG3y8D9T7eJAqq5TT_q7qmSwdPIJA7FZdP/s320/fiskars_12intrimmer.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image from Google Image Search</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl0NRhQ4WrK073M0F2QBYgq-njaVts36pUXsQNDg9v2WjyyYaLX29D2EPqHnPzQ0hxmAdQ1EcY5_erkrJjclkGfecGXKHRZMUIHFmE696ap4fZWg7woc7iDPGYg_BYdmY6FBd8zotTpia4/s1600/ProCision-Rotary-Bypass-Trimmer-12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="1110" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl0NRhQ4WrK073M0F2QBYgq-njaVts36pUXsQNDg9v2WjyyYaLX29D2EPqHnPzQ0hxmAdQ1EcY5_erkrJjclkGfecGXKHRZMUIHFmE696ap4fZWg7woc7iDPGYg_BYdmY6FBd8zotTpia4/s320/ProCision-Rotary-Bypass-Trimmer-12.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Image from Google Image Search</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
These trimmers have a rotary(round) blade which slides up and down a
rail at the edge of the trimmer. The blades are housed in plastic carrier so it
is impossible to hurt yourself while cutting papers. <br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
These are most sturdy form of paper trimmers as well being
able to cut multiple sheets of paper at a time, including heavy chipboard. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Blades do not need to be replaced as often as in Simple
trimmers. Some are self-sharpening when the blades are at the edge of trimmers,
eg : Cutterpillar, Rotatrim. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
These are sturdier than all other trimmers. The blades that
come housed on two rails are the highest quality in Rotary trimmers as the blades
have more stability while cutting. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-no-proof: yes;"><u>Recommended brands:</u> Fiskars Procision, Cutterpillar, Dahle, Rotatrim, Carl, Fiskars Surecut rotary trimmer.
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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</div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l3 level1 lfo6; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Trim and Score Board</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are the new types of trimmers, which
have a scoring board built into the trimmer thus eliminating the need for an
additional scoring tool. However, most of them are the simple blade type
trimmers and thus need a blade replacement every 3-4 months depending on usage.
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These are advised only for travelling or
for crops. Not recommended for regular usage. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;">How to
choose the right paper trimmer SIZE</span></span></u></b></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><u>Size of material to be cut</u></div>
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</span></span></span>Are you a paper crafter, a scrapbook maker, a
mixed media artist, a quiller? </div>
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Do you need to cut 6x6, 12x12 sheets or bigger than that? </div>
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</span></span></span>If you make only cards and cut smaller than A4
size papers, a smaller trimmer would work fine. Generally smaller trimmers are
8.5 x 5 inches</div>
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</span></span></span>If you have to cut 12x12 sheets for scrapbooks,
quilling strips, looking at a 12x12 trimmer or a trimmer which has a foldable
arm would be good option for you. </div>
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</span></span></span>If you use papers bigger than 12x12, you need to
get trimmers which are bigger in length. Trimmers go upto 15 inches, 18 inches,
24 inches and more. The width of these long trimmers may stay about 12 inches. These are usually
commercial paper trimmers, used in offices or Book binding stores for cutting
bulk papers quickly. </div>
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</span></span></span><u>Look at the space you have</u></div>
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Sometimes spaces are a big constraint. 12x12
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If space is an issue, you can go
for foldable trimmers or smaller trimmers which have extendable arms. </div>
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Foldable trimmers are full 12x12
and fold up in half from the 6 inch mark. </div>
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The extendable ones are about 12x
6 and have extendable arms upto 12 inches. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;">How to choose the type of Trimmer – Blade, Guillotine or Rotary.</span></span></u></b></span>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> <u>
</u></span></span></span><u>Look at the material you wish to cut</u></div>
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</span></span></span>If you are going to cut only cardstock paper,
patterned paper or quilling strips, a simple blade type cutter should work for
you. </div>
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</span></span></span>If you have to cut heavier cardstock, glitter
papers or mulberry papers or thin chipboard about 1-2mm, you will need a
guillotine cutter. </div>
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</span></span></span>If you have to cut more sheets of cardstock,
heavier chipboard upto 4mm..prefer a Rotary trimmer. They cut chipboard the
best. </div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> <u>
</u></span></span></span><u>Frequency of cutting</u></div>
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It also will depend how much cutting you do. Are you a crafter who does
crafting for bulk order or a hobby crafter who needs it few times a week? </div>
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</span></span></span>If you do bulk, you can definitely invest in the
heavier and higher priced rotary trimmer variants as they have sturdier blade
and last long. </div>
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</span></span></span>For a hobby crafter, the mid-range trimmers will
work well, especially Guillotine style trimmers.</div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><u>Budget</u></div>
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I have put budget as the last thing to look for, because when you need
quality tool and something that is long lasting, don’t look at the budget. Get
something that is sturdy and long lasting and it will pay for it itself in the
long run. </div>
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Economical trimmers end up costing you much more than they are actually
worth. Either you need to keep replacing blades or the grove wears off and then
you end up spending more on replacement parts ultimately costing you much more
than what you paid for it. </div>
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Major differences between Blade, Guillotine and Rotary Trimmer</div>
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Blade Trimmer</div>
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Guillotine</div>
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Rotary</div>
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Type of blade</div>
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Thin V shaped blade in a plastic
holder</div>
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Long blade along the cutting arm</div>
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Round blade in plastic casing</div>
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Life of blade</div>
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3-6 months </div>
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Lifelong (Self sharpening)</div>
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Lifelong (self-sharpening)</div>
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Frayed edges</div>
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Yes, when blade starts getting blunt</div>
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Never</div>
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Never</div>
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Cutting into middle of paper</div>
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Yes</div>
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No</div>
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Materials it can cut</div>
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Plain paper, patterned paper,
cardstock.</div>
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Plain paper, patterned paper, cardstock,
heavy cardstock, glitter paper, foam, handmade paper, thin chipboard (1-2mm)</div>
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All of the guillotine Plus heavy
chipboard 2-4mm</div>
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Weight of the trimmer</div>
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Lightweight, portable </div>
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Heavy</div>
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Heavy, needs dedicated space in the
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Brands available</div>
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Fiskars, Martha Stewart, We are Memory
Keepers, Cricut, American Crafts etc.</div>
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Tonic Studios, Fiskars, Martha
Stewart, Swingline, Dahle, Deli (made in China) etc</div>
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Cutterpillar, Fiskars, Dahle,
Rotatrim, Carl, X-acto, Wescott etc. </div>
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<li>Any serious crafter needs at
least 3 trimmers in their arsenal. </li>
<li>A sturdy rotary/guillotine, a portable
trimmer for crops/traveling and one mini guillotine trimmer for cards or small
papers. </li>
<li>Regular care and making sure that you don’t forcibly cut more papers or
thicker cardstock on your particular trimmer will extend its life immeasurably.
If used well, your Guillotine and Rotary trimmers can last you for over 10
years without any replacements. </li>
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I do hope this post has helped you narrow your choices and pick a good trimmer. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843103541637746148.post-25654861062066196492017-07-07T10:31:00.000+05:302017-07-11T11:49:21.212+05:30Heat Tool Review and Heat Embossing how to<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello Everyone,<br />
First of all, thank you so much for the amazing response to my Dream cut review. All of your comments just kept making me smile...Thank you everyone..<br />
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Today is review from me, this time its again for the Itsy Bitsy store. Today I am checking out their newly launched <a href="http://itsybitsy.in/embossing-heat-gun?acc=d3d9446802a44259755d38e6d163e820" target="_blank">Heat Tool.</a><br />
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As I have done in my Dream Cut video...I have used this tool, first time on camera. So whatever you see, is exactly what I feel.<br />
The video looks long, but its only 15 mins long. The rest of it is a sneak peek of all the new Cardstocks that Itsy bitsy has come out with, and were kind enough to send to me for review.<br />
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To give you a brief idea, I am showing you how to get started with Heat embossing, and what kind of embossing powders to use with what kind of images. And small tips and tricks to getting colored embossed images and How to emboss on Vellum without warping or burning the Vellum.<br />
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So without further ado, lets get on to the video. <br />
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Links to buy all the supplies shown in the video (Affiliate links used for Amazon)<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://itsybitsy.in/embossing-heat-gun" target="_blank">Heat Tool </a></span></b><br />
Embossing Powders- <a href="http://itsybitsy.in/scrapbooking-paper-crafts-tools/?categories=15763&product_type=15940&acc=d3d9446802a44259755d38e6d163e820#/page/1" target="_blank">Itsy Bitsy</a><br />
Versamark _ <a href="http://thecraftshop.in/home/231200-VersaMark-Watermark-Stamp-Pad.html" target="_blank">The Craft Shop</a> . <a href="http://www.crafterscorner.in/heat-embossing/versamark-watermark-stamp-pad" target="_blank">Crafters Corner</a><br />
Embossing Buddy (Goodbye Static Tool) - <a href="http://www.crafterscorner.in/heat-embossing/goodbye-static-anti-static-pad" target="_blank">CraftersCorner</a> , <a href="http://thecraftshop.in/buy-heat-embossing-tools-online-india/411137-Goodbye-Static-Anti-Static-Pad.html" target="_blank">TheCraftShop</a><br />
Non Stick Heat Resistant Craft Sheet - <a href="http://itsybitsy.in/non-stick-craft-paper-15x19inch-1sheet?acc=d3d9446802a44259755d38e6d163e820" target="_blank">Itsy Bitsy</a><br />
Black Craft Mat - <a href="http://amzn.to/2sPMvFA" target="_blank">Amazon</a><br />
Vellum -<a href="http://itsybitsy.in/thick-vellum-a4-1sheet-ib?acc=d3d9446802a44259755d38e6d163e820" target="_blank"> Itsy Bitsy</a><br />
Shilpi Parchment paper - At all your local Hobby Ideas or online at <a href="http://www.craftuniverse.com/index.php?id_category=208&controller=category" target="_blank">Craft universe</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Links for all the Papers</span></b> - All links are to Itsy Bitsy. <br />
<a href="http://itsybitsy.in/handmade-paper-white-1?acc=d3d9446802a44259755d38e6d163e820" target="_blank">Handmade Paper White (12x12) </a><br />
<a href="http://itsybitsy.in/handmade-paper-white-2?acc=d3d9446802a44259755d38e6d163e820" target="_blank">Handmade Paper White (A4) </a><br />
<a href="http://itsybitsy.in/handmade-paper-black-1?acc=d3d9446802a44259755d38e6d163e820" target="_blank">Handmade Paper BLACK (12x12)</a><br />
<a href="http://itsybitsy.in/handmade-paper-black-2?acc=d3d9446802a44259755d38e6d163e820" target="_blank">Handmade Paper Black (A4) </a><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Premium CardStock</span></b><br />
<a href="http://itsybitsy.in/embossed-black-board-1?acc=d3d9446802a44259755d38e6d163e820" target="_blank">Embossed Black Cardstock -12x12</a><br />
<a href="http://itsybitsy.in/card-stock-textured-white-1?acc=d3d9446802a44259755d38e6d163e820" target="_blank">Textured White 12x12</a><br />
<a href="http://itsybitsy.in/card-stock-textured-white-2?acc=d3d9446802a44259755d38e6d163e820" target="_blank">Textured White A4</a><br />
<a href="http://itsybitsy.in/card-stock-bright-white-2?acc=d3d9446802a44259755d38e6d163e820" target="_blank">Bright White A4</a><br />
<a href="http://itsybitsy.in/card-stock-fleece-white-1?acc=d3d9446802a44259755d38e6d163e820" target="_blank">Fleece White 12x12</a><br />
<a href="http://itsybitsy.in/card-stock-fleece-white-2?acc=d3d9446802a44259755d38e6d163e820" target="_blank">Fleece White A4 </a><br />
<a href="http://itsybitsy.in/card-stock-black-450-gsm-12x12?acc=d3d9446802a44259755d38e6d163e820" target="_blank">Black Soot Cardstock (single sheets 12x12)</a> <br />
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Please do keep leaving your comments..I love love reading all of them.<br />
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Thank you for stopping by..see you soon! </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843103541637746148.post-69515959330819564522017-06-09T13:01:00.000+05:302017-07-13T19:47:46.014+05:30Unboxing and First Impression of the Dream Cut Machine andddd a Surprise! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sooo, Hello again<br />
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And lets get started, because it is going to be an insanely long post to read and watch!! Hehe Yes..I have got two videos lined up for you today! and some surprises in the end! <br />
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So Rashmi Harish, owner of Itsy Bitsy calls me up and asks, Have you seen our latest release? Would you like to try out one for a review.. I have to admit, I had no idea what she was talking about.<br />
Because, during the release, I was abroad on vacation and kept off social media (well, almost did)<br />
When I found out, she was talking about a die cut machine...I was like WHATTT?? Hell yeah! 😍 well not those words, but I was immediately on board to check out the new <a href="http://www.itsybitsy.in/dream-cut-machine-1pc?acc=d3d9446802a44259755d38e6d163e820" target="_blank">Dream Cut machine.</a><br />
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It arrived in 3 days, and they generously sent me loads of materials that the machine could cut, so I could try out everything. So I was very excited to check it out and I did an unboxing video. I show everything that comes in the machine, as well as how to assemble it. You can also watch it on my Youtube Channel in HD <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h538vO2f7uM&t=122s" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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Then I went to town experimenting and playing with it.<br />
In the descrption box on Youtube, I have listed the time stops, if you want to just watch a particular aspect of the video..like just die cutting or just embossing etc..Do check the description box on the following video on Youtube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsyoAUrMtmM&t=25s" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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<span style="color: red;">ETA:</span> I ended up cutting the acetate, felt, fabric, and canvas with my Bigz dies, and they cut flawlessly! So you can rest assured, these all these materials can be cut with the Dream Cut and the Bigz dies. <br />
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Also let me show you how<a href="http://www.itsybitsy.in/dream-cut-machine-1pc?acc=d3d9446802a44259755d38e6d163e820" target="_blank"> Dream Cut</a> compares in size to my current die machine, the Cuttlebug. Isn't it cute and compact? I will totally enjoy its addition to my craft room! <br />
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Now a little bit of technical specifications <br />
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Body is made up of <b>high impact Polymer</b> with smooth edges for <b>easy handling</b>.</div>
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<b>1.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></b>The platform & the frame is made of high quality, <b>non – corrosive Alloy</b>.</div>
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<b>2.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></b>The cog wheels ( gears ) are made of <b>high speed steel </b>for <b>durability & rough use</b>.</div>
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<b>3.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></b>The <b>gear tips are smoothened</b> to give <b>excellent user experience</b>.</div>
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4.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span><b>The Roller diameter is larger </b>than many other standard machines to increase the point of contact with the cutting die which enables to get a <b>superior cut quality</b>.<br />
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5.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span><b>Roller mounts</b> are <b>designed </b>to give a bit of cushion which helps in <b>proper pressure distribution</b> on the cutting die.</div>
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6.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span><b>High precision </b>in the<b> Casting and Assembly </b>of this <b>unit will</b> <b>last a long time </b>compared to other machines<b>.</b></div>
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7.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span><b>The cutting plates are made of moulded Acrylic which has self-healing properties </b>compared to Acrylic sheets which are used in other machines.</div>
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8.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span><b>The Bevelled edges of the cutting plates </b>is a great feature which puts slow pressure on the Rollers and really gives you a<b> Dream Cut experience!</b></div>
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9.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span><b>Spare parts and support from Itsy Bitsy will be made available.</b><br />
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Thank you Team Itsy Bitsy for this amazing machine and an opportunity to review it. I would definitely recommend it to all crafters especially Beginners who want to jump into this awesome hobby of cardmaking and scrapbooking! <br />
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The Dream Cut is available online (remember it comes with free shipping) and can be purchased <a href="http://www.itsybitsy.in/dream-cut-machine-1pc?acc=d3d9446802a44259755d38e6d163e820">Here </a>or visit your nearest store.</div>
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<b> </b>So if you have made it this far, THANK YOU!! Now the 2nd most exciting part of the post!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>My GIVEAWAY!! ( GIVE AWAY IS OVER NOW) </b></span><br />
My Facebook page crossed 10K likes a few months ago, and I had been looking for a perfect giveaway. So this will be the first of a series of giveaways. I plan to have random, unscheduled and out of the blue giveaways in the next 6 months 😃<br />
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So If you watched the Video , you know what is up for grabs..So I will not mention it here!! (Insert Evil Grin...you have to watch the video for it! )<br />
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AND then Rashmi (Sorry but I am pretty informal!) bowls me over with her generosity <b>AGAIN</b>.<br />
<u>Itsy Bitsy is sponsoring this Giveaway!! </u>I am humbled by your generosity, Thank you!💓💗<br />
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To be eligible you just need to do a few steps.<br />
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1. Leave a comment under this post letting me know if you enjoyed the review, and what next would you like me to review. <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843103541637746148.post-86946656658225296972017-03-05T08:30:00.000+05:302017-03-05T08:30:12.600+05:30Mudra First Birthday Blog Hop<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I am back to blogging after almost a year..and I am so glad to blog for a Celebration! I am guest posting for the Mudra Birthday Blog hop today! <br />
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<b><span style="color: #0f0f13; font-family: "arial";"> </span></b><span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";">Hello and welcome to our “First Birthday Blog Hop”! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";">Yes, Mudra is one year old this
month and what an amazing journey it has been so far. And this month, we want
to celebrate our big milestone with you because it wouldn’t have been possible
without your support. We have so many fun things lined up throughout the month
with lots of chances for you to participate and win some cool prizes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";">We wanted to start the
celebration today by bringing together our amazing creative team and few of our
friends to share some of their beautiful creations with Mudra products.</span></div>
<span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";">We have an amazing line-up of
projects that you sure are going to love!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";"> You should have arrived at my blog from the most talented <a href="http://craft.rhizwana.com/2017/03/mudra-first-birthday-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">Rhizwana's </a>blog..if not, please start your hop from <a href="http://mudracraftstamps.blogspot.com/2017/02/mudra-first-birthday-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">Mudra's Main post </a>and follow along the hop</span><br />
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<span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";">I'm sharing some cards made with the amazing "Let's Party" set from Mudra. What better than a birthday cake for a Birthday party eh??</span><br />
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<span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";">I repeatedly stamped the cake slice stamp and heat embossed in white.</span><br />
<span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";">Colored with my Zig Markers..</span><br />
<span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";">The sentiment is popped up on foam and a layer of vellum for added interest. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";">I absolutely loved stamping and coloring this card...</span><br />
<span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";">Finished off with some sequins. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";">Now I want you to wear your goggles..I wanted to bring PARTY, RAINBOW and CAKE all in one card..and also try something new..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";"> I tried my hands on a Diorama card, but with all funky colors of the rainbow! </span><br />
<span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";">Stamped and colored the images with my zig markers.</span><br />
<span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";">Dug into my stash for scraps of pattern paper..added ribbons to make it look like presents..</span><br />
<span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";">Added hand cut banners in the background and on the top..</span><br />
<span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";">some clear wink of stella over the cake (not too visible in the photos as such)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";">I had sooo much fun making this card...want a tutorial or more detailed post..Ask me for one..and I shall put it up! Thank you for stopping by my blog today! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";">I do hope you enjoy hopping through all the wonderful projects and join in all the fun. </span><br />
<span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";">Just make sure you follow all the rules ..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";">Your next stop in the hop
is </span><span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";"><a href="http://www.ponmalar.com/2017/03/mudra-first-birthday-blog-hop.html" target="_blank"> Pon Malar.</a> Hop over to her blog for some more wonderful inspiration.. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #121318; font-family: "arial";">To celebrate, Mudra is giving
away a <b>beautiful pack of crafting supplies from Mudra to 1
WINNER, </b>selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the
hop. You have until Wednesday, <b>March 15th</b> at 11:59 PM IST to enter, and
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com64tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843103541637746148.post-18138261727460352422016-04-19T16:52:00.000+05:302016-04-19T17:05:13.583+05:30Review of DYMO 160 Label maker<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello everyone...Another quick review for today!<br />
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I am usually not the one to spend on expensive gadgets, but when my DIY hacks fail, I end up buying them.<br />
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So in this <a href="http://tejalcreates.blogspot.in/2015/09/stamp-storage-and-labelling.html" target="_blank">post (Stamp Storage and Labeling)</a>, I swore, I would never buy a label maker. And that I would use my regular printer and I could use all the fonts I can find.<br />
Well, I eat my words. I had a slight laziness issue with my first idea.<br />
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I had to wait till I had enough new stamps so that I could cover a full new sheet of label sticker. I could not print 2-3 labels and save the paper..I tended to waste the paper, or the printer would not accept smaller paper. If I wasn't lazy enough, I could have made it work..but sadly I am lazy.<br />
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So I went to search for label makers. Asked a hundred questions around the forums and finally narrowed onto something that would not make me regret, if it did not work.<br />
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So say hello to my new <a href="http://www.amazon.in/gp/offer-listing/B005X9VZ70/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=3626&condition=new&creative=24822&linkCode=ur2&tag=creativeexpre-21">Label Maker DYMO 160</a>. I got it from Amazon.in. Funny story...The local store here carries this same product for Rs.3800 and I was able to score this for Rs.1700 on Amazon.<br />
Keep a watch on the prices, they fluctuate once in a while. <br />
( I got from the vendor called "Amazingly Fab")<br />
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Its small, fits into the palm of my hand.<br />
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Of course this is not as awesome the Brother P200 that Jennifer uses, but this will have to do for now.<br />
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There are a few pros and cons...but then not everything can be awesome right?? Then you have to pay the price for it too..I rather buy a few more stamp sets with the money I saved here..<br />
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<b><u>Lets start with the negatives first..</u></b><br />
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<li>Only one font.</li>
<li>It uses 6 AAA batteries. Which is a lot..if it was AA, could have been a bit cheaper.</li>
<li>Finding the cliparts and symbols, is a little tedious, but not impossible.</li>
<li>I wish there was a way to save the tape when printing, it puts a lot of white space in the </li>
<li>front and back to the label..which is where I feel it wastes the tape. </li>
<li>No instruction manual is provided. But it is easy to use right out of the box without a manual. You can download one from the website .</li>
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<b><u>Now the Positives according to me</u></b><br />
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<li>Prints two lines with the 12mm tape and 3/8th inch tape. (Score!!)</li>
<li>Same machine can accept 3 widths of tape.. 1/4th, 3/8th and 1/2 inch.</li>
<li>Has fonts from 8 point to 24 point.</li>
<li>Lots of symbols and cliparts are built in </li>
<li>The tape has split backing, so easier to remove.</li>
<li>Feather touch buttons</li>
<li>QWERTY keypad..makes it so much faster to type.</li>
<li>Refills tapes come in packs of 5, which costs about 350 per refill. {About 1750 for a pack of 5 & has 7m (about 23 feet)} of tape per new refill, the box comes with 3m of trial tape)</li>
<li>You can Underline, go italics, print Bold or print in boxes.</li>
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Basic but suffices for my use for now.<br />
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Since I am just starting to use it, I will update in a few days how it performs to my expectations.<br />
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And here is quick view of how it prints.<br />
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This works for me for now...so now, lets get labeling! :)<br />
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Hope this post is of some help to you...<br />
Do not forget to check out my <a href="http://tejalcreates.blogspot.in/2015/09/stamp-storage-and-labelling.html" target="_blank">Stamp Storage post here</a><br />
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Now this post has a video too...<br />
Do check out the video ... and while in there, you may get a sneak peek of something else coming in the next few days too..<br />
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Or you can head over to my channel and watch it in HD..<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=927zMEmDCFc" target="_blank"> here </a><br />
Links to find the cloth<a href="http://amzn.to/1XbszXp" target="_blank"> AMAZON</a><br />
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<u>My older post </u><br />
I had been meaning to share this hack/tip/product a long while ago, and never go around to it.<br />
So finally I decided I should. Since I have now been using this for over 3 months. <br />
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I think most of us use either an old rag, an old T-shirt, wet wipes, baby wipes, scrubber, and what not to clean your stamps after inking. This one thing will make you throw away everything.<br />
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Of course you will still need your stamp conditioner, like Cleans it All or Hero Arts Ultra clean for cleaning off traces of Archival inks, or stazon but other than that dump everything.<br />
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I used to use a water spray mister and an old T-shirt and wet wipes before I found this. Tshirt used to leave stray fibres and wet wipes dry by the time I finish a project... and then another wet wipe.<br />
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So what is it? Its a faux chamois cloth that is usually used to clean cars and is super super absorbent.<br />
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When you order, you will get a long roll stuffed in a plastic bottle. Almost the size of a baby towel.<br />
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It is packed slightly damp. Don't panic. That's how its supposed to be kept. Cut it up into a tissue size or a small handkerchief size. <br />
Find an old plastic box, any small box with a lid. And dump in it. That's it. That one small piece of faux chamois will last for almost 3-5 months depending how heavy you stamp. I used my Faux Chamois cloth for all my swatch samples. And I still use it. Its black, its dirty and it still cleans like a dream.<br />
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Why the box?<br />
You need to keep the cloth moist for it to clean. If it becomes dry, it becomes like a stiff cardboard. Plus if you wipe and keep on your desk, the moist cloth may dampen your papers. So clean your stamps and dump it back into the box.<br />
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How to clean?<br />
I simply wash with plain water and let it air dry. Once dry, it re-dampen it and put it back into the box. Where it will stay damp for almost a week.<br />
Some times you may get a funny smell. If so, just let it air dry and the smell will go away.<br />
You can even machine wash it if you want, but not necessary.<br />
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What Else??<br />
Do you know when you use wet glue and it seeps out? And if you wipe with your hands, you get a long streak that well, shines once it dries? I hate that. So I tried once to clean with this cloth, and what do you know. The glue came off and there was no damn shiny streak left on the paper. Super happy me.<br />
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Anything more I want to add??<br />
Oh yes, It cleans glitter off you table like magic. But getting the glitter off your cloth, well that's another story!!! (Bwahaha!!) <br />
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So if I have convinced you to try this, jump right here and buy it. It's available in large and a small size. Check the size before you buy.<br />
I got the large (<span class="a-list-item">66 X 43 X 0.2 cm)</span> and it will last me a year for sure.<br />
The small one is (43 x 32 x 0.2) Don't buy anything smaller than that size.<br />
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It does come in funky colors. On Amazon I see only yellow, but luckily I got a green one.<br />
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Run and get one...this is almost the same as the Absorber that the crafters in the US are using.</div>
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I love my <a href="https://www.papertreyink.com/stamps/the-sweet-life-stamp-set/" target="_blank">PTI - Sweet Life stamp set</a>... The day I got it, I think I fell in love. My love for Altenew's Vintage flowers is diminishing by the day, because these are so so easy to line up...and the dies are so reasonable. PTI is 11$ vs Altenew's 26$ (so it does have 14 pieces but still !!!!!!!!)<br />
Altnew is somehow making me more frustrated by the day, because I need them to line up perfectly, which does not happen even with a Misti (or I am loosing my vision! )<br />
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Anyhow, back to this trio of cards... I got inspired by one of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpOCiXlRDR0" target="_blank">Brandy's videos</a>. And I took my measurements from her card. Except I just replaced the flower with one of my own. And instead of crimping my cardstock, I just stamped it! I love her channel...especially the old videos. These are so quick to mass produce. <br />
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I love the black and white with a pop of color...I am going to make a ton of these combinations soon! :)<br />
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Hope you like them...here is the supply list for those interested.<br />
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Background stamps - PinStripes and woodgrain background from MFT<br />
Rose stamp - Papertrey ink - The Sweet Life and Die<br />
Sentiment - <a href="https://www.papertreyink.com/stamps/polka-dot-parade-12-mini-stamp-set/" target="_blank">Polka dot parade #12 - Papertrey ink</a><br />
Inks - Memento Rose bud, Rhubarb Stalk, Angel Pink.<br />
PTI Simply chartruse, Memento Pear tart, Cottage ivy <br />
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