This week's challenge at SweetStamps.com is for the Senior DT members to pick 6 items they always have on hand to craft with. And let me tell you, it is hard to narrow down all the wonderful, sweet stamping supplies to just a handful, but here are my favorites and why I love them so! Needless to say I love ALL our stamp designs and our Shades dye ink, so I'm focusing my Pick 6 list on those other things I cannot live without!
#1 Parchment Crafting Kit This is first on my list because I use at least one of the items in this kit every time I craft!
#2 Fantasy Embossing Powders These are fine detail embossing powders infused with holographic glitter for a subtle sparkly effect...they are GORGEOUS on vellum and cardstock!
#3 Dove Blender Pen I use this ALL the time, it is so easy to blend colors! You can use it on vellum with ANY fade resistant media: Shades Dye Inks, Watercolor Pencils, Markers (like Memento, Pergamano & Pitt Artist Pens), Chalks, Smooch, Gelly Roll Stardust Pens, even Peerless Watercolors (coming soon to the store!)
#4 DL113 Small Butterfly Dies by Cheery Lynn Designs These are a favorite to adorn cards and other paper crafting projects, and you get three different shapes: swallowtail, art deco and monarch! One of these days I will make a spring mobile with them!
#5 Scor Tape OMG, I LOVE all the sizes of this tape! 1/8" & 1/4" make great borders, the 1/2" and 2" to 2-1/2" sizes are great with Cheery Lynn Dies for my Sparkling Stained Glass Technique. You can heat emboss it (try this with the Fantasy EPs), glitter, flocking and Micro Beads. Here's a link to another project for "sugared" flowers using the Scor-Tape, Cheery Lynn Dies and micro beads....just scroll down and see how much fun this tape is!
#6 Distress Embossing Ink This is the ink I use when embossing our stamps on cardstock. It keeps the lines nice and thin, it isn't thick and sticky like other pigment inks, and it has a pleasant cinnaminny smell to it! The BEST part about using this ink is I can "trick" my dye inks into becoming embossable inks on cardstock! Here's how to do it:
• Ink your stamp with Distress Embossing Ink
• Immediately ink the same stamp with any color of Shades Dye Ink
• Stamp onto cardstock, apply embossing powder (I usually use Clear, Pearl or Diamonds & Pearls fine detail EPs) and heat
Well, I hope you have found this post informative and fun...maybe you'll even be inspired to try something new with one of these products.
Don't forget to leave a comment over on the SweetStamps blog site for your chance to win FREE stamps, two random winners will be chosen this week from those who leave a comment!
Join the SweetStamps team next week for a fun card challenge on Valentine's Day and another chance to WIN FREE STAMPS!
Happy stamping,
2 comments:
Great to see you posting! love the choices you shared.
Have a sweet week!
Great picks. It was so hard to pick just 6! Great to see you blogging!
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