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What is the best crafting tip you have received |
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Posts: 159 (26/07/2008 20:52:37) |
What is the best crafting tip you have received.
I always had problems with shrink plastic sticking to itself , I was told to hold it with a wooden stick which work Sue |
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DiG99 |
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Posts: 105 (26/07/2008 20:54:10) |
Peeling back the ends of DST before sticking a layer down so you can position it properly then pull the ends of the tape back ing out from underneath. I get
things lined up much better now!
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Tina |
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Posts: 28763 (26/07/2008 20:55:18) Administrator |
Buy my items from Joanna
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Geordie Sue |
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Posts: 159 (26/07/2008 21:01:48) |
Well Tina that goes without saying,
anything else you would like to share. lol Sue |
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Posts: 349 (26/07/2008 21:05:23) |
Geordie Sue wrote: I heard somewhere if you dust your antistatic pad over the shrink plastic or dust with some talc just before you shrink, it stops it sticking to itself. Never tried it but worth a go. 
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Posts: 9787 (26/07/2008 21:05:45) |
DiG99 wrote: I`m with you on that one - great when doing thin frames etc
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Posts: 4233 (26/07/2008 21:07:50) |
Yes, I "wing" my DST as well!!!
Doreen |
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Posts: 973 (26/07/2008 21:13:49) |
Using the inside of envelopes for iris folding, great if mixed with other papers and very cheap. Love Nannywendy xxx
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Posts: 9839 (26/07/2008 21:25:38) |
Apart from the DST tip - fabulous technique isn't it? - I think the one about cutting out the most intricate parts of decoupage sheets first, before
cutting out the rest, is a definite winner - my cutting looks so much better now and many less important bits end up in the bin
Buying from Joanna goes without saying... 
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Posts: 246 (26/07/2008 22:29:49) |
Another vote for the DST tip ...
But also recently I saw a demo on C&C which explained about cutting from underneath up over when you're cutting out something from the centre of an image. Don't think I explained that very well but I tried it myself and it's a revelation
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Posts: 1480 (26/07/2008 22:41:26) |
I think the one about rubbing a glue stick over DST and foam pads and tape before positioning so there is some 'slide' has saved me from misplacing
lots of things. I also 'wing' the DST where possible.
Another tip I always use is having a bottle of sticky stuff remover in my craft bag to clean stazon and old ink off rubber stamps, clean stamping mistakes off acetate and keeping scissors and rulers clean among other things! Janet |
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avril |
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Posts: 1093 (26/07/2008 22:41:33) |
Don't start you'll become addicted. Didn't follow it! Avril
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Posts: 299 (26/07/2008 22:52:23) |
Blob of bluetack over the nozzles of glue bottles. Never dries out and you dont get rusty glue from using a pin to keep the art institute nibs clogging up.
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Posts: 1083 (26/07/2008 22:59:06) |
Get up first so you can hide the crafting parcels before they realise the postman has been
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