New Product Highlight-Newsprint Rub-ons
02 Apr 2011 Leave a Comment
in Cards, CTMH Tags: Rub-Ons, Wings
Don’t fear the Rub-on!
In the Spring/Summer 2011 Idea Book is a little product called the Newsprint Rub-Ons. They are sold on page 118 and are $8.95 for a pack of 8 sheets which include the alphabet, numbers and puncuation.
I wanted to share with you the packaging on these. I think this is a great way to package rub-ons. Just brilliant! So I thought I would share with you since the Idea Book doesn’t say anything about how great this new packaging is. The outside of the package looks like a large matchbook cover.
Then when you open it up it has strips of letters that you can remove as you use them to expose the new letters underneath. I’m not sure how many letters there are of each one but it looks like a ton. Isn’t this great?
They were SOOOO easy to use. I like it so much better than the long sheet. You don’t have to deal with a ton of tiny pieces if you cut from the long sheets or you don’t have any excess transfer from other rub-ons near it. This is a brilliant way to package rub ons! I don’t fear rub-ons anymore!
Recipe: Newsprint rub-ons, Wings paper, Wings pleated ribbon, Black mini-medleys (button brads), Scallop punch, black stamp pad.
Tip of the Month: Zinnia paper flowers
20 Feb 2011 1 Comment
in CTMH, layouts, Scrapbook layouts Tags: Alphabet stamps, Tip of the week, Tips, Wings
The tip of the week was a bit too ambitious of me to continue with a new tip every week. But a tip of the month certainly seems doable for me. ; – ) So without further ado, here’s the tip of the month: Zinnia paper flowers. I’m certainly no expert on flower species but to me this type of paper flower looks like a zinnia. This flower creation is quite easy.
Here’s a layout I made recently with the Wings paper pack from Close To My Heart. It is a modified version of a layout from the Magic Scrapbook Program, also from Close To My Heart. These photos totally cracked me up of my son playing around one day pretending to be a “working man.” He put on the shirt, slacks and tie by himself and grabbed his dad’s suitcase for a business trip. He is such a character so the title “Be You” really fit him.
Close up of flower:
To make the flowers:
Cut a strip of paper 1″ x 12.” Then cut a series of slits into the paper the entire length. Roll around a pencil or a round tool like a piercing tool. Don’t roll too tightly. Secure the end with a glue dot. Gently pull the flower off the piercing tool keeping it whole. Gently push the slits down to “open” up your flower. Sponge ink to the “flower petals.” Add a button to the center and secure with glue dots.
Recipe: Wings Paper Pack, Friendship Alpha Large, Dreams come true stamp set, Take a Picture stamp set, black ink, black mini-medleys, sweet leaf stamp pad & glue dots.
Find Your Style stamp set and Spray Pen
10 Jan 2011 Leave a Comment
in Cards, CTMH Tags: Stamp of the Month, Videos, Wings
Included in the beautiful new Wings Workshop on the Go is a fun new tool called a Spray Pen. Close To My Heart has a great video on how to use the pen. I took these instructions and made this fun background for this card with the words on it. Sadly you can’t see the pretty shimmer on the cardstock. It looks great … in real life.
One tip when using the spray pen is to use a box when you are spraying on your projects. I laid my paper on the bottom of a box and sprayed into the box. This elimates any mess that the spray might leave.
