THIS thread on Spiltcoast Stampers dot com has SOME AWESOME TIPS!
Here are some of my faves:
- Use a Swiffer cloth to clean up glitter/Embossing powder!
- Heat Emboss from underneath the cardstock to avoid fly away.
- Do not have your fan on when using dazzling diamonds loose glitter
- Use a brayer on large background stamps for even ink coverage.
- If you use a tape runner to glue things down and mess up (who hasn’t), take your heat gun to it for a little and it should loosen it up! No more rips and re-dos!
- If you watercolor (any medium) spray your cardstock with Krylon Matte spray first! It will makes any ink waterproof and does a great job of priming your surface for watercoloring (no pilling or curling)
- You can refill your versamark pads with glycerin ($2 a bottle at drug stores) and use it in your aqua pen to make the water for stable.
- Use clear detail embossing powder to emboss dye ink.
- Go to Office Max before a workshop and have them cut a ream of cardstock in half for you for $1! Imagine all the extra time you’ll have!
- Use Drywall Tape instead of Magic Mesh.
- Score your cardstock first and THEN cut! Saves some time!
DO YOU HAVE ANY TIPS???? I’ll add the list if you do!
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Totally printing this out for my studio! Love your blog… wish I had found it sooner!
Wonderful tips. TFS.
Wait, this is incomplete! Where is “Don’t leave your embossing powders out where your 18-month old can get into them”??? LOL! Um, YEAH….that definitely happened this week….
Love the tips!!! Thanks Tiff!!!
about 1/2 of these are news to me – thanks!
Thanks for the tips. Although i don’t stamp that much but it definitely come in handy