Bleaching, I forgot...

How fun it is. How cool it looks. How easy it is.

How to Ink Your Edges

Think of your paper as a carrot, and your ink pad as a peeler. Then go to town!

My favorite ink pads for inking edges are Color Box's cat eyes. Cheap (between 99c & $1.99) and squishy. I do sometimes ink with my SU pads, however, not a lot- only when I am doing specific SU projects. I don't want to tear them up!!

Making Custom Ribbon Colors

How many times have you needed the perfect shade of coral ribbon, but couldn't find it- or didn't have any on hand with no time to hop over to a store? It happened to me ALL THE TIME! Then I learned a trick (a few years ago) from a Scrappin' diva (Hi Carol!!)

Buy, in large quantities, white/ivory twill or grosgrain. Then use your ink pads, your walnut inks, etc to make them the color you need.

For this one (did it today in class to show one lady who didn't bring her brown ribbon with her, and the store didn't have any that was "manly" enough) I just drug a cat eye across, front and back, of course I left a scratch piece of paper under it to keep the table clean.

Works like a charm, and the colors are endless!! I love to use re-inkers and make tye-dyed concoctions!

To answer D's question, yes, I still buy a LOT of ribbon, I just keep the plain stuff on hand for those just in case moments.

Bow Making 101 (w/a fork!)

This was shared with me on a list I belong to. I thought it was pretty nifty and wanted to share!

Tips & Tricks: Coluzzle

I've been a lover of the Coluzzle since... well, probably close to when the things came out. It was my first tool (not including pens, scissors, trimmer.) I love it. It is my friend, and I would have to venture that I've owned most of them at one time or another. Now I have the ones I truly heart (die cut machines replaced some of them.)

I've turned many a people on to them, namely CJo- so in her honor I'm explaining my tip for staying on the same track.

It's called sharpie's.

All I do is take different colored sharpie's and trace the track around, the next track another color, and so on, and so on. Obviously, it's not smart to use 2 shades that look a lot alike next to each other. :)