Storing Your Re-inkers

I know we are all looking for tips and tricks when it comes to storage ans organization, so I thought I would share how I store my re-inkers. My biggest problem when it comes to storing things is heat and sunlight. I am in a large bay window, which is great for natural light, but bad for storing. My wonderful hubby has re-done my desk for me to make it full of great storage, and lots and lots of drawers and shelves that slide. I put my re-inkers in one of these drawers, but I hated that I could only see the white tops, and not know what color was what. So I came up with a way to fix that.





If you have great storage for something please share it with us, and if you are looking for great storage ideas let me know and if I have a good idea I will share it here too.

Tripod setup for filming tutorials

I have been asked several times how I set up my tripod, and last night on a message board I frequent a couple people were looking for a video on how to set tripods up for making tutorials. I said if they couldn't find one I would make one, so here we are.

This is a quick look at how I do it. I need to apologize for the shaky camera, I filmed this at about 3 am, and was quite tired when I did it. Also the lighting in the room is terrible, but I hope you can see well enough. My stamping room has the worst lighting.




The video camera I use is a Canon DC10, and my tripod is a Manfrotto 141RC, both are fairly old, but work great for me. I am also working on a couple of quick tip tutorials for you. Ihave filmed them, but have not had time to edit them yet.... soon I hope.

WOOHOO!!!! Another Tutorial!

I FINALLY!!! got this last tutorial edited and uploaded! I swear it took me 4 days to actually edit this 5 petal flower tutorial. I use Windows Movie Maker and normally I only have slight problems with the audio and video syncing up, but this time OMGoodness.... it was horrible. I had issue after issue and nothing wanted to work properly. I even tried Adobe Premiere, but it was a little beyond my skills. I have never been so frustrated before... I was seriously thinking about going back and re-doing the whole video, just so I had a new file to work with.

Several of you had asked how I made the 5 petal flower on the card a few days ago, so I made this for you. It is really easy to do, but a little time consuming.





Stamps: none
Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive
Paper: Cottage Wall DSP (retired), Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive
Misc: 5 Petal Flower Punch, Mat Pack, Paper Piercer, Silver Brads, 3/8" Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Brights Designer Buttons, Hemp Twine, Sponges, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, SNAIL

Even after all the difficulty I had with this one, I am planning a few more in the coming days, and I sure hope they are easier to do.

Brayer Tutorial

I have had a lot of requests to do a video showing how to do the gradation technique and I finally got some free time that was also quiet. I really do love using my brayer and I hope this little tutorial will show you all how easy it is to use. I will make another soon that show the whole making of a card with a brayer, but I wanted to give you all the tips and basic know-how so you could start playing with yours.



Stamps: none
Inks: Marina Mist
Paper: Whisper White
Misc: Brayer, Medium Window Sheet

If you have any questions, please leave me a comment or email me and I will do my best to help you out.

Crystal Effects Video Tutorial

I was making my own rain dots yesterday and decided to do a quick little tutorial for you all, to show you how easy it is to make your own. I love making these, they are so fast and easy to do, and look great on scrapbook pages.




Misc: Crystal Effects and Re-Inkers, stir stick, non stick mat and non stick plate

I should have the actual LO up on here in a day or two. If you do try these out, let me know what you think of them.

Video Tutorial Tips

I have had a lot of the same questions asked, so I am going to post the answers here in hopes it helps others out.

Music - there are 3 options first is to press the pause button in the music widget in the left sidebar, second is to click the tutorials tab at the top of the page, that will take you too another page that has no music. Third is to double click on te video itself, this will take you to my youtube page where you can view the video on a larger scale anyway.

Inkjet Vinyl - It is Papilio clear inkjet vinyl and I got it from here http://www.texascraft.com/hps/home.php?cat=253

Binder - 12x12 Crop in Style PBS I got it from scrapbook.com


If there are any other questions please let me know and I will post the answers here.

How to print onto cling vinyl tutorial

I now have the last video uploaded, and this one is how to print onto the cling vinyl. This completes the set of 3 for converting your wood mount stamps to cling mount.



Please let me know if you have any questions. For those of you having trouble with hearing the video over the music, there are a few options, first you can click the pause button on the music widget on the left sidebar. Second, you can click the tutorials link at the top and that will take you to another page that has no music. Third you can double click on the video and that will take you to the youtube page.

For those of you that are getting tired of all the videos, I will have some new cards and projects posted next week..... that is if I am still alive after the 5K race tomorrow. I know that might not sound like a lot to most of you, but for some one like me, who would rather drive to my grams place 1K away than walk it.... it is a LOT!

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'

Stamp Storage Video Tutorial

I finally managed to get a quick video done of my stamp storage for you. I had to wait until the kid was sleeping, since he was very loud today.

On the off chance that any of you know what you are doing with Youtube, I have a small issue with my channel. Apparently it is only showing 3 of my uploads and not all 4. When I search for the specific one, it will then come up, but it doesn't automatically come up when you view my channel. If you can help me out, please email me.

I hope you get some ideas from this.



acetate used: Clear Craft Plastic - office suppy store
12x12 page protectors used: 4x6 photo We R Memory Keepers - online store
12x12 zippered binder used: Crop in Style PSB - online store

If you have anymore questions please email me and i'll help you out.

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'

Clear Mount Stamp Tutorial

Here is my 2nd tutorial. I had tried to do both the clear blocks and the cling mount stamps on the same tutorial, but I ran out of time, since Youtube only allows 10 min clips. I hope after watching it you will want to try them out for yourself.



Please click on over to my Tutorials page for today's video.

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'

Clear Block Tutorial

Well I finally figured it all out and even managed to get the tutorial uploaded to Youtube. I am quite proud of myself. I had a ton of issues, and after getting extremely frustrated my amazing hubby figured out how to convert the vob files into mpg files so I could edit the tutorial. When I was done with that, while I was trying to upload it to Youtube my internet kept cutting out, so I had to keep restarting, but it finally finished.


Please click on over to my Tutorials page for today's video.

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'