What will you be resolving to do or not do in 2008?
I don't usually make new years resolutions but I am thinking carefully about things i would like to change in my personal life.
* Make family Birthday cards in plenty of time for posting.
* I do think one think that i need to do is to use some of the things that are already on the shelves in my craft room.
12 x 12 paper storage a rack bought from a closing down sale of a craft shop near me.
Stampin up rubber stamp sets are brilliant and they have there own little clam shell cases, so easy to label and easy to find a set.
The shelves are a new addition to my craft room and make so much more space and free up the desk for making more projects.
My workspace.
Ribbon storage also bought from the closing down sale at my local craft shop.
Labelled storage drawers from WH Smith
My messy workspace
My Helper, he hasn't quite understood that the peel off's go on the card & not on his head.
my top tip- never take your purse into a craft shop !!!!
(Thanks crafty piglet)
Don't buy any Penny Black stamps as you'll soon be addicted and run out of money!!
Thanks Vanessa.
1) invest in a decent card folder and bone creaser and make your own card blanks-much cheaper than buying ready made ones.
2) when shopping for a particular craft item- always shop around first as very often you can it much cheaper elsewhere!
3) have a regular craft session just using up all odds and ends and left over scraps, you'll be amazed how creative you can be.
4) turn your junk mail into craft items...pretend credit cards can be heat embossed, envelope liners to use as iris folding papers, shop leaflets used as backing papers, cd/dvd freebies as embellishments!
5) don't buy rubber stamps or dies unless you can think of at least 3 different occasions on which you could use them!
6) When using ribbons, cutting the end of the ribbon at an angle will prevent the ribbon from fraying.
7)When not using your ink pads storing them upside down will retain the moisture in the ink and stop them drying out.
8) When heat embossing wipe over the card with a little baby talc to prevent static.
9) A piece of A4 paper, rubbed over with baby oil and left to dry, looks just like plain vellum!
10) Divide your papers and cards into colour's, so you can pick what you want easily.
11) when heat embossing or stamping use baby wipes to clean edge of the stamp so you don't get excess ink of paper/card.
12) If you run out of letters for scrapbook you can cut up old ceral boxes and use the letters.
13) Don't waste money buying coloured glaze pens. you will only need the clear
one. You can colour the images yourself and then glaze with clear pen.
14) Pergamano, rub over both sides of your parchment with Bounce dryer sheet, this makes it easier to emboss and prick.
15) Don't always buy the cheapest inks as the better quality ones give a better stamp impression every time.
16)Invest in a good quality paper trimmer/guillotine with a built in ruler as it saves you loads of time measuring to size.
17)Take photos of your made cards and store them on the computer or a usb flash drive to refer to at a later date if you need to make that card or similar again. Add notes about the particular technique used if it was a difficult one.
18) To keep punches sharp, punch a few times through a sheet of tinfoil (gives your bacon under the grill a certain style too! lol)
A Craftaholic’s Prayer
Dear Lord,
I’m going to need some notice
Before my days are done.
You see, I’m a craftaholic.
A fact not known to some.
My craft room, it is bulging
All corners, crannies and nooks
There's loads of boxes under the bed,
I hope no one ever looks
I tell myself when shopping,
“No more craft bits today,”
But the craft shops are like magnets
Drawing me their way.
I’m totally at their mercy
Just "need" a dozen of each.
Then I hurry home to hide them
Before the family starts to preach.
So Lord, I’ll need a little time
To dispose of all this stuff.
And Lord, can we just keep all of this,
Between the two of us
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Philosophy for Life!!
'Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming, 'WOO HOO, What a Ride!'
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun. --Katharine Hepburn
An eraser, so you can make all mistakes disappear,
