Who knew????

Who knew???? Had come across a video on YouTube by NB Cards and she was making a project with die cuts and these die cuts had fine lines and she showed her tip to add glue to these finer die cut pieces for her project. Usually when I use finer die cuts I will use the Artist-Tac sheets to add adhesive to the die cut pieces but I was working on a Valentine's Day project and I used a die for "Happy Valentine's Day" with lots of detail and lots of thin lines. . . did not think the Artist-Tac had enough space to adhere well so was not sure how I would add adhesive to the word die pieces until I saw her video. 

She used a silicone brush to add glue to her die cuts --- so here is my new silicone brush:

As she showed in her video I used scissors and cut off the long bristles:

Using a craft mat I squeezed out some TomBow glue and now I could add this glue easily to the finer die cut piece I needed for my project:

Tapped the silicone brush into the glue and then tapped it over the back side of the die cut I needed glue on. I put the die cut on my project and it works great! Rinsed off the silicone brush under warm water and the glue comes right off. Simple idea but certainly will be a time saver for future projects. She has a lot of great videos on her channel with lots of tips and inspiration. Happy I came across her video on adding glue to die cuts and thanks to her for sharing this great idea!

Shopping Share

Does not happen often but Scrapbook.com offered free shipping and items I had looked at before but did not buy, due to price and then the high shipping, were on sale.... Here and there I have ordered from Scrapbook.com but more than once the shipping is higher than the price of the item I want to buy. I have emailed them about the high shipping costs and one time they changed how they would ship my order to me so the cost was lower. But when I order items online I also have to factor in the cost of shipping with each order. But the larger the item the more the shipping will be..... 

Their acrylic ink pad holders I had seen them demonstrate on their YouTube channel and other crafters have shown in use in their craft rooms were on sale -- for 60% off for a set of two -- which is a great sale but with those on sale they were also offering free shipping so I figured it is now or never to order these ink pad holders for storage.... But being acrylic you never know how sturdy something will be or if it will be on the thinner side so maybe not so sturdy but with the sale price and the free shipping? I figured I should see this for myself...  also being larger items the free shipping was a big factor.... so I placed my order...... 

Over time, here and there, I have bought ink pads from Catherine Pooler. In an earlier post I mentioned I had shopped at the Paper Crafting Studio in Greensboro. Unfortunately this next week is their last week in business and they are having a store wide sale. This was a good time to get more of the CP ink pads in colours I know I will use so I bought those at 40% off. Figuring with the acrylic ink pad holders I can keep these ink pads on the counter top and the ink pad holders will keep everything in order. Happy the order from Scrapbook.com arrived yesterday afternoon and I quickly filled three of the four of them up on the work table to see how they will work.

I will say these holders are very sturdy and well made. They arrived packed well and no damage. I was happy the CP inks fit and I can also store the ink refills with the pads. 

Each holder is approx 5" wide and approx 13 1/2" tall. My holders were bought for countertop storing and there are no predrilled holes in the back should you want to hang them on the wall. I bought two sets of the two holders and they normally charge $70.00 for this set of 2. I paid $37.99 each for my two sets of 2 holders and then the free shipping. Happy these will work so well for the CP inks and ink refills. Here is a photo showing other inks I have:

These holders hold distress ink pads, Gina K ink pads - and other brands in that style - Simon Hurley, IO Stamps, Memento, etc. Also both the older and newer style SU ink pads sideways - the only ink pad I have that will not fit sideways is the newer style of the Close To My Heart ink pads but I have another holder I have to hold their ink pads. 

This sale came at a time when after the holidays organizing was in full swing in this craft room so I am happy to be able to finally get these ink pad holders ON SALE plus FREE SHIPPING...... yay!

After Christmas sales and a new release - -

Placed a couple of orders for after the holiday sales at online stores and first is the order from The Greetery:

I bought the "Spring Frame" hot foil plate on the right and their "Char-Cut-erie Board" die. Always happy to get a sale..... the next order is from ScrapDivaDesigns and I finally bought her "Baking Mrs. Clause" die set - she is so cute made up and festive for holiday baking projects.... Also bought her Christmas Gnome die set also which I have wanted since she released it - that is a 25 piece die set and lots of ideas for him. He is a good size so he can be a card by himself, a tag, etc.. Thinking her sale was 25% off which was a good deal.... 

Bought the new release from This Calls For Confetti "Sweet Talk" die set and matching stencil set for Valentine projects ahead: 

Stencil set makes the solid hearts and then the shadow and words for the candy hearts:

Cute release from TCFC and hoping to use those soon..... Always happy when online stores offer sales for more than 10% or 15% off...... 

Another store closing. . .

Took a day trip late this week and headed to Greensboro -- stopped at a few places but wanted to stop at the PaperStudio to pick up some stamping supplies I had on my list... Happy I was able to go while on my vacation but..... found out they are closing their store the end of this month and going out of business. But they were having a sale so I did pick up some deals:

First was a BetterPress plate from Spellbinders. I do not have the BetterPress system but I have hot foiled some of their plates and they foil beautifully. So I picked up the "Raining Pumpkins" plate. I also picked up the Spellbinders "Happy Fall Sentiments" die set to go with that:

I also picked up some crafting supplies -- 3/8" tear and tape which is a size I did not have, new bottle of Glossy Accents, a red Gina K ink pad:

Everything in the store is 35% off with all Christmas products being 50% off so I bought a few new holiday items. I picked up a "believe" die and shadow die set from Paper Rose, and the All Tucked In-Holiday Windows die set from Taylored Expressions. This die set goes with their All Tucked In box die they came out with years ago that I had gotten then. Also picked up a Gina K stencil set for Christmas. It is the Modern Poinsettia stencil set in multiple stencils:

Happy to find the PhotoPlay "Jolly" stamp set and die and shadow set and I was happy she had both the stamp and die set left. I had seen cards made with that set and lots of cute projects to use that on.... 

She also had the Pinkfresh stamp, die, and stencil for their Festive Tickets set:

Also picked up the LDRS stamp set "Good Cheer Sentiment":

Also picked up the Spellbinders "Flowering Tree" die set and the last of her Mintay 6x6 paper pad for spring projects "Elodie":

Happy I was able to shop her store again on vacation but saddened her store is closing... but I think in 2025 many more stores will close their doors as well as online shops but there are always thrift stores to shop for supplies....