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Stamping/Crafting Fests! => Older Fests => Winterfest 2015 => Topic started by: Craft Nerd on February 21, 2015, 12:48:41 PM
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Here's the idea, each day I'll post a new question/ topic and you post 5 things that answer the question/ fit in the topic. If you miss a day, feel free to go back and post your responses. I'll put each topic in this starting post and I'll add a new post with the new topic and my list. Clear as mud, right? Don't worry, I'll post my list for the first topic/question and that should make it clear.
Saturday 2/21 - 5 things you have to have out on your craft desk/table or within arms reach when sit down to start crafting
Sunday 2/22 - what are your 5 favorite stamp companies - can be ones you own stamps from or ones you are drooling over
Monday 2/23 - 5 items in your crafting toolbox that are not items you would get at a craft store (not stuff you are planning to recycle/ upcycle onto a project - that just might be later this week ???
Tuesday 2/24 - 5 things you would like to get/ do to / change about your craft space
Wednesday 2/25 - what are your 5 favorite techniques?
Thursday 2/26 - what are your 5 favorite tools?
Friday 2/27 - what are 5 things on your wish list?
Saturday 2/28 - what are 5 techniques you are dying to try (preferably one's you've never done before)?
Sunday 3/1 - In honor of the last day of WF15 - your 5 favorite things about Winterfest.
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Saturday 2/21 - 5 things you have to have out on your craft desk/table or within arms reach when sit down to start crafting
1) my non-stick craft sheet so I don't stain my desk
2) a shallow dish with water for cleaning my stamps as I go
3) a roll of paper towels - I'm a messy girl
4) my paper trimmer
5) cup of water/ small water mister - for cleaning ink off the craft sheet, cleaning brushes and playing with watercoloring
Your turn.
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Saturday 2/21 - 5 things you have to have out on your craft desk/table or within arms reach when sit down to start crafting
1) Scissors
2) paper trimmer
3) Martha Stewart score board
4) Sakura stardust gel pen
5) piece of fun foam (to stamp on)
Fun game!
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Oh, how fun!
5 things
Bone folder
Scissors
Paper trimmer
Atg gun
White girl pen
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Ooo! Fun!
1. craft mat
2. heat gun
3. MS small scissors
4.a. large Fiskars paper trimmer
4.b. small Tonic paper trimmer :coolsmiley:
5. stamp cleaner dauber bottle
I am going to try that tray of water Sarah---when doing my sample challenge piece, I would just spray the stamp with water and wipe with an old sock and that seem perfectly fine (made me think that maybe I need to Re-think about using stamp cleaner....
LeighAnn what is a "white girl pen"?
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Melissa - I almost never use stamp cleaner. I just put a drop of dish soap in the dish with water, and I have one of those stamp scrubber pad (http://www.joann.com/inkssentials-6in-rub-it-scrub-it-rubber-stamp-cleaning-pad/2058568.html?mkwid=QZvmBVRH|dc&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=&utm_campaign=Shopping+-+Scrapbooking&CS_003=10131488&CS_010=%5BProductId%5D&gclid=CjwKEAiA9qCnBRCb7ZDhvaHSyicSJABGFFHtH3L7IfUXitzdjbwXiLJq9YLXmmQxokp1LmRGx6XraBoC6lbw_wcB) sitting on a paper towel next to the dish of water. It works great for cleaning stamps and I go.
I only use stamp cleaner when I can't get Stazon ink off the stamp.
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Saturday 2/21 - 5 things you have to have out on your craft desk/table or within arms reach when sit down to start crafting
Well looking at my craft desky thing I have:
1. Ott Lights (2)
2. Heidi Swap silicone matt with a Ranger matt ontop
3. My old AMM craft tool holder sits on the floor next to the desk thingy (holds pens, sissors, punches, glue, glue dots. hole pokes, rulers, rub on tool, provo craft cutter, etc)
4. Two small AMM craft tool holders sits on the shelf in front of the desk thingy (holds brushes, brush pens, dotterific pens, white pens, pallette tools, etc)
5. My coaster for under whatever I am drinking.
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5 things always on my desk
1. Extra large pad of newsprint that covers almost the entire desk. I rip off the top sheet as it gets messed up.
2. I also have the AMM spinning tool caddy with plenty of scissors, adhesives, bone folder and stamp positioner
3. New addition - Basic Grey self healing mat with magnetic ruler (I have an ongoing love/hate relationship with my trimmer, so I'm trying the ruler and craft knife route)
4. Tiny little rabbit stamp. It is red rubber mounted on foam with a sticker index (pic of the stamp). I use it as my "Hallmark" on the back of cards.
5. spray mister, actually, today I found 3 on my desk!??? I think I can pare down!
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1. craft mat
2. cutter
3. die cut machine
4. inks
5. stamps
Stampwilly
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1. paper cutter
2. tool holder
3. mist and rag
4. coloring products
5. containers of pens/pencils
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Here your next five things:
What are your 5 favorite stamp companies - the list can be ones you own stamps from or ones you wished you owned stamps from.
My list:
1) Kraftin Kimmie - love the Moonlight Whispers line
2) Inkadinkado - of all my many stamps I think I own the most by them
3) Lilly of the Valley - a new favorite
4) Stampendous - they own House Mouse and friends now
5) Hero Arts
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This is a tough one!
1) hero Arts
2) I brake for stamps(I like their line and the embossing arts line they carry)
3) lawn fawn
4) wplus9. I just ordered 3 sets recently and have a wish list for more!
5) Simon says stamp. I love their quality and their sets are easy to work with
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5 Favorite Stamp Companies (probably not in order):
1) Hero Arts
2) Gina K
3) Stampendous
4) I Brake for Stamps
5) Northwoods for their designs.
LeighAnn, I just checked out the W plus 9 and they have a nice variety! I love the set with the little girl and the kittens and the little elephants. They even have some nice flowers!
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Ahhhh! Can't believe I forgot Northwoods. I only own 3 of their images but would love more.
And I love inkadinkado but haven't been too impressed with their latest. I own quite a few sets of their stamps, most I purchased when I first got into stamping. Those stamps I still use a ton too.
Sarah, I love house mouse too. I got quite a few of them for super cheap when hobby lobby clearanced out last year. They're so cute. Sometimes I get intimidated coloring them.
Heidi, I ordered a winter theme set, and a couple of the floral ones. I've played a bit with them and I really like them. Great quality and she has a lot of helpful videos too.
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Saturday 2/21 - 5 things you have to have out on your craft desk/table or within arms reach when sit down to start crafting?
1. stamps
2. inks/paints
3. cardstock/paper
4. scissors/blades
5. brushes
Sunday 2/22 - what are your 5 favorite stamp companies?
I Brake For Stamps
Beeswax
Hampton Art
SugarLoaf
Sweet Stampen
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It's so hard to pick just 5! I'm not sure I've met a stamp company I haven't liked ???
So here are the ones I can think of and that I've used most recently ...
1. Purple Onion Designs
2. Inky Antics
3. Stampin Up
4. Art Impressions
5. VivaLasVegaStamps
I do like I Brake for Stamps also ... high quality rubber.
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What are your 5 favorite stamp companies - the list can be ones you own stamps from or ones you wished you owned stamps from.
Sunday
1. Paper Artsy
2. Tim Holtz, Dina Wakely, Dyan Reavely (Ranger)
3. Inkadinkado
4. Stampendous
5. Penny Black
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Iring, that is so true!
Daniel, I'm glad you posted because it reminded me of some stamps you had used on a tag that had recipes on them at one time over at 2ps. I really liked them, I think they were sugar loaf stamps? I'm gonna have to go look and see mow!
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Saturday
Craft mat
Sizzles and paper utter
Ruler and pencil
Stamps and black ink
Paper
Sunday
Viva Las Vegas
Hampton Art
hot off the Press
Inkadinkado
Tim Holtz
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The first two are ones I am eyeing, the third I own and would like more, and the last two are one's I own:
1. Hero Arts "Leafy Vines"
2. Crafty Individuals "Winter Trees" or "Birds on a wire"
3. Stampscapes
4. Stampendous
5. Inkadinkado
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Daniel, do you have a link to Sweet Stamping? I haven't heard of them and don't see an obvious website with a google search
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I think they are now being sold by another co.
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Monday 2/23 - 5 items in your crafting toolbox that are not items you would get at a craft store (not stuff you are planning to recycle/ upcycle onto a project - that just might be later this week ???
1) emery boards - for roughing up clear stamps and cleaning paper nibs
2) make-up applicators/ sponges - so many uses
3) mouse pad - to put under paper when stamping
4) sea salt - for sprinkling on watercolor backgrounds to pull out some of the color
5) used dryer sheets - to cut down on static cling before heat embossing
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5 things not from the craft store:
1) Mousepad, yep I use it too, not just for stamping but also making holes with the paper piercer so I don't damage everything.
2) Makeup sponges - pretty sure I got that idea from someone here!
3) hair cutting scissors - they are the only ones left in the house that will cut ribbon nicely
4) pieces of acrylic sheet - DS had some of this around that he cut up into small pieces I can use for extra acrylic blocks. I tend to have a lot of stamps out on blocks at one time.
5) painter's masking tape
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Monday 2/23 - 5 items in your crafting toolbox that are not items you would get at a craft store (not stuff you are planning to recycle/ upcycle onto a project
1. regular sanding blocks, not crafty ones
2. pliers
3. wire cutters
4. hammer, not the itty bitty cute one but a hammer
5. insulation strips, for use as pop dots, the kind with heavy duty glue on them
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1. q-tips
2. cotton balls
3. toothpicks -- good to get stray EP off and other uses
4. post-it notes for holding images in position before die-cutting
5. credit cards that come in junk mail---these are nice if you need a scraper for something
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5 things not from a craft store in my toolbox
1. Poster tape - good for adhering unmounted rubber (or unclingy cling stamps) to an acrylic blocke
2. Basket style coffee filters - to catch glitter and EP and then funnel it back in to the jar.
3. Mister - I have a little water mister that used to hold eyeglass cleaner
4. Baby wipes - clean stamps, blocks, craft mat, hands ...
5. Frig bins - clear acrylic bins meant for the frig, freezer or pantry that fit clear stamp sets well (see Jennifer McGuire's videos)
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Sadie - are you crafting or constructing stuff? ;D You've got some heavy duty equipment.
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Popsicle sticks
Dry Swiffer sheets
Lint roller
Post it note
Masking tape
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Yankee - what do you use the lint roller for?
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Tuesday 2/24 - 5 things you would like to get/ do to / change about your craft space
1) hang a peg board to hang my decorative scissors on
2) find a permanent spot for my BigKick so I don't have to clear a space to use it
3) find a better home for my silhouette so I don't have to clear my whole desk to use it
4) finish labeling the drawers so I don't have to open everyone to find my pop dots
5) get a second wheeled drawer thing like the one I got when I got my desk (which would probably be the home for my Big Kick)
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I definitely want to add a lint roller to my craft room. Glitter floated all over my desk a few days ago and that would be a quick way to clean it up!
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Tuesday 2/24 - 5 things you would like to get/ do to / change about your craft space
1. Oh, just in time! Add a lint roller!
2. Hang the wire cube panels (they look like white grids) on the wall behind the door. A way to make use of a narrow space and display either products or finished pieces.
3. A fancy closet organizing system or ikea expedit (or two) in the closet would be a dream come true!
4. Make room for my sewing machine (currently in the dining room) and my Silhouette (currently in the breakfast nook)! My husband is a patient, easy going man!!
5. Well, as long as I'm dreaming ... I would love to smash a hole in one wall to add another window!! Somehow I lost that battle when the house was built. Never too late, right?
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Tuesday 2/24 - 5 things you would like to get/ do to / change about your craft space
1. I would like an actual desk/work area someday
2. I would like to get rid of the twin bed taking up room in the craft room.
3. If I did those two things I might have a place to put my fuse instead of on the twin bed.
4. I need to put up the holders and string wire so I can display the latest projects instead of sitting them on the printers.
5. I need a new chair cushion because if you don't sit down just right the cushion falls off the chair, I just don't ever think about it when I am out and about to buy a new one.
I really am quite low needs as long as I can get at my stuff I am fine.
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Iring, that is so true!
Daniel, I'm glad you posted because it reminded me of some stamps you had used on a tag that had recipes on them at one time over at 2ps. I really liked them, I think they were sugar loaf stamps? I'm gonna have to go look and see mow!
Pug. The recipe stamps were from Sweet Stampen. I think they are still available. Not sure where/if you can find SugaLoaf stamps. They morphed into 'Inque Boutique' & I believe 'Plaid Ent.' acquired that company.
Heidi & All. Try this link Sweet Stampen (http://www.sweetstampen.com)
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Monday 2/23 - 5 items in your crafting toolbox that are not items you would get at a craft store.
This is a toughie for me since the B&M stores--indy & big box--are few & far between in my area. But... I had the luxury (?) of shopping for craft supplies before there were craft store--specific or general. So... My 5 will also list possible sources other-than-crafts.
1) Paper: Labels, plain paper, cardboard. Staples or other Office Supply stores.
2) Cosmetics & Applicators: Drug Stores.
3) Tape(s): Masking, painters, carpet. Hardware, Paint, Carpet stores.
4) Gelatin (for making ink/paint sheets: Supermarket.
5) Polish remover & rubbing alcohol: Dollar stores.
I'm skipping the 'change' question for now. ;)
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Cindi, is that your closet and how you have it organized?
Tuesday 2/24 - 5 things you would like to get/ do to / change about your craft space
1. Add a bulletin board to post inspiration, finished cards, instructions
2. I would love a long shelf the entire length of my craft table that's about 7 in off my table. I have a shelf like what you use in a kitchen cabinet or behind a kitchen sink that works great; just like it longer. Maybe multiple shelves also above my table.
3. I would love to knock a hole through one of the walls and join it to a spare room next door and make the space even larger!
4. Figure out a better way to store punches....I have them all "tetris-ed" into a two level container and also a shoe box container.
5. I wish I could figure out WHY, after I reorganize and move things around and have created more room to craft in---why do I always end up with just about a 12"x12" area that I am working in!! I'm getting better though....so one day..one day...
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5. I wish I could figure out WHY, after I reorganize and move things around and have created more room to craft in---why do I always end up with just about a 12"x12" area that I am working in!! I'm getting better though....so one day..one day...
I am the same way. I have a whole new (actually it is about a year old now) desk with drawers for all my stuff and still I end up with a small space to work in. :o
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Heehee, small workspace-itis must be contagious!
Melissa,
No, that's not my closet. I found the pic on Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's site. I think it might be her closet. I just was searching for a pic of those wire grids used to store stuff on the wall. I first got the idea when a LSS used them to display sample cards, but I haven't mounted mine yet. I have the square grids (I used to use them as intended in cubes, but with extra shelves tie-wrapped in place to store paper horizontally).
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That is a neat idea Cindi of using the wire grids to organize---I wonder if I can also use that idea in other rooms and closets for other house organizing..hhmm.....
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Wednesday 2/25 - what are your 5 favorite techniques?
Sorry I'm a bit late today.
1. emboss resist
2. using modeling paste with stencils
3. Distress Ink watercolor backgrounds
4. fussy cutting
5. making stencils with my silhouette
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5 Favorite Techniques:
1) Marker Thumping and other coloring onto stamps
2) Dry embossing
3) Acrylic block stamping
4) Masking
5) Watercolor stamping
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Wednesday 2/25 - what are your 5 favorite techniques?
1. Watercolor
2. Paint splatting
3. Heat Embossing
4. Dry Embossing
5. Distressed
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Stenciling with paste
Heat embossing
Watercoloring
Paper piecing
Paper quilling
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Oooh, paper piecing, I forgot about that one.
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what are your 5 favorite techniques?
1. Inlaid die cuts (only done once but it looks so cool I want to do this more!)
2. modeling paste with stencils
3. dry embossing
4. anything using my distressed inks (ex watercoloring or coloring BG)
5. embossing resist
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I missed some days here!
For the work space question, I just want one! I hate having to lug all my stuff out to create.
5 favorite techniques-
1- emboss resist
2- paper piecing
3-watercoloring
4- anything using distress inks
5- fussy cutting
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5 fave techniques...
1. Masking
2, Fussy-cutting/punching (nibbling)
3. Inlays--diecut/punchouts
4. Crayon-resist
5. Mirror-stamping
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I missed the other day about what would you change about your craft space.
Since mine is asking a lot, I'll just do one.
I want it to be self-cleaning.
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Heidi - I want my whole house to be self-cleaning.
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Thursday 2/26 - what are your 5 favorite tools?
Sorry, I completely flaked on posting today's 5 things.
1) Fiskar fingertip craft knife
2) ATG gun
3) Zutter bow-it-all
4) Big Kick
5) heat gun
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what are your 5 favorite tools?
1. heat gun
2. making memory tool thingy---it has a needle threader on one end (and I just figured out last week that sewing needles are inside the tube and I've had the product for 6years or so!) and on the other is a sharp piercing needle--and I use that needle to get cut-outs out of dies all the time.
3. Xyron Creative Station--using the adhesive cartridge
4. cameo
5. toothpicks
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Saturday 2/21 - 5 things you have to have out on your craft desk/table or within arms reach when sit down to start crafting
I am just seeing this for the first time so I am way behind...
Craft mat
Fiskar cutter
scissors
cuttlebug
Pencil
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Sunday 2/22 - what are your 5 favorite stamp companies - can be ones you own stamps from or ones you are drooling over
Hmmmm I don't know if these are my favorite but they are ones I use a lot at the moment
Tayored Expressions
Stampendous
Stamps of Life
Inkadinkado
Our daily bread designs
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Favorite Tools:
1) Spellbinders netsting dies
2) Tim holtz craft pick. I use it all the time.
3) Cuttlebug
4) Martha Stewart Scoring board - another one to use all the time! Although I need a new bone folder for this and most of them that are sold are rather big.
5) Cutterbee scissors. They really make fussy cutting pretty effortless.
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Thursday 2/26 - what are your 5 favorite tools?
Oh my, I don't think I have ever seen a tool that was not my favorite. I am not sure I can only choose 5! I will list the ones I use every time I craft, maybe that will make it easier for me.....cause all my tools are my favorites.
1. Lg Tonic arm trimmer
2. Tonic distresser
3. Tonic hole poker
4. ATG glue gun
5. Sizzix stampers secret weapon (I had a stampendous one for years and wore it out.)
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Friday 2/27 - what are 5 things on your wish list?
1. Brusho crystals - they look so cool
2. Pan pastels
3. Hero Arts has several new background stamps that I'm drooling over
Tropical Background (http://shop.heroarts.com/p/tropical-background?pp=12)
Triangle Background (http://shop.heroarts.com/p/triangle-background-bg?pp=12)
Lines Background (http://shop.heroarts.com/p/lines-background-bg)
4. There are several of the small dies by Impression Obsession that I want (like the flowers I used on my window card)
5. sparkle n soft (http://sparklensprinkle.com/o/index.php?cPath=171_169&osCsid=c42ef763849778b96e3bf787e5f9d6e1) - glitter meets flock
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Yes, the sparkle and soft looks like a cool product. I would like to see it in action. The new Hero Arts waves background and nautical stamps are cool too.
5 Wish list items:
1) Definitely the Brusho crystals. I have seen some great vibrant backgrounds with them.
2) This cute set by w plus 9. (http://www.123stitch.com/item/Pick-of-the-Litter-Stamps-WPlus9-Design-Studio/WP9POTL)
3) Some cute animal stamps or something like that for kids cards. I have nearly nothing like that! I don't even know which ones I would want either. But I am considering these from Stacey yacula/Purple Onion (http://stores.purpleoniondesigns.com/a-sweet-summer/)
4) Distress Inks in Seedless Preserves, Picked Raspberry, Gathered Twigs and Squeezed Lemonade
5) This papertrey ink Christmas set. Love LIves Here (https://www.papertreyink.com/stamps/love-lives-here-holiday-stamp-set/)
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I learned about Brusho and the sparkle n soft from an online friend's blog. Here's a card where she used both: Caroline Cards by Mary (http://carolinacardsbymaryh.blogspot.com/2015/01/deedees-digis-happy-brrrr-day.html)
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Thanks for the link!
I forgot that I found it while considering this stamp set (http://sparklensprinkle.com/o/product_info.php?cPath=82_95&products_id=3635) that Stampwilly used in a recent card.
ETA
6) Rubbernecker watercolor stamp sets.
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Saturday 2/28 - what are 5 techniques you are dying to try (preferably one's you've never done before)?
Sorry, I totally flaked again.
1) Bendi fold - Bendi Fold (http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/bendifold/)
2) no lines watercoloring
3) a pop-up card
4) combining colored pencils and Copics to color an image
5) waterfall card - waterfall card (http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/waterfall_card/)
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5 New Techniques:
1) Bokeh - I was thinking of offering this as a challenge. Is anyone up for this for Hangover week?????
2) Alcohol ink resisit
3) Gesso Dry Embossing (http://blog.sizzix.com/gesso-dry-embossing/) that Anna Karin shared. I can do this now that I have the materials.
4) Gesso resist, but on a magazine page
5) I would like to try more alcohol ink coloring, but I am not sure if I am going to invest in the spectrum noir markers or not.
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Friday 2/27 - what are 5 things on your wish list?
I missed this one:
1. Now I want the Brusho crystals...lol!
2. the basic set of colors for Liquidtex inks
3. Hero Arts Leafy Vine
4. maybe some watercolor markers
5. I love the chickadee in Connie's card cute chickadee card she did (http://www.duhnproductions.com/Pics/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=1082#top_display_media)
I love those BG Sarah and that kitten stamp set Heidi!!
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Sunday 3/1 - In honor of the last day of WF15 - your 5 favorite things about Winterfest.
1. Bingo smack talk
2. watercolor dry embossing - a new favorite technique
3. All the amazing projects filling the gallery
4. getting my hands mess (and not just for Daniel's challenge)
5. playing along with all my stamping buddies :smitten:
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5 Favorite Things About Winterfest
1) We all step up our "crafty game" (sorry, but you know what I mean ;)
2) It is fun when lots of us are on the forum at once.
3) Bingo is fun
4) I like playing in all the challenges
5) It is great to see a lot of uploads and comments in the gallery.
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Friday 2/27 - what are 5 things on your wish list?
1.The pen tips for the Dina Wakely heavy body paints
2. The 3 new colors in the Dina Wakely heavy body paints
3. To own the complete set of distress stains
4. Stamps, there are always more stamps that draw my imagination
5. Dies, there are always new dies that would be nice to have
Saturday 2/28 - what are 5 techniques you are dying to try (preferably one's you've never done before)?
I am going to have to pass on this one, techniques are just not something I think all that much about. I see a card I like and try to copy it or something done with some medium and I will try it, I just don't put things into techniques I guess.
Sunday 3/1 - In honor of the last day of WF15 - your 5 favorite things about Winterfest.
1. I like the anticipation that is shown by all of the Artsy Inkers for a fest
2. I like the idea of doing things that other people that I "know" are also doing.
3. I love that so many people came up with challenges to offer and so many tried and completed so many of them.
4. I like that we all seem to grow closer within our group when we all plan, carry out, and participate in a fest.
5. I love looking at everybodies projects in the gallery from Winterfest.
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Saturday 2/28 - what are 5 techniques you are dying to try (preferably one's you've never done before)?
1. The technique Sarah used on my Valentine card she sent me (it may be the bokeh one--have to read on Sarah's blog again to see).
2. No line watercoloring--I thought I had done this before, but want to try again after seeing during our festival that look wonderful!
3. I'm not sure what this is called but I want to try something like this with the layers: link (http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2387957)
4. anything with AI after I get a set of course
5. things with embossing paste now that I have some
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Sunday 3/1 - In honor of the last day of WF15 - your 5 favorite things about Winterfest.
1. Getting to see what everyone comes up with--so neat the creativity of everyone!
2. All the techniques I learn
3. Getting to talk about what we learn etc
4. Getting to see everyone's creations
5. Bingo