USEFUL
(I hope) TIPS
- When
bleaching card stock, test the bleach on
various scraps of card stock to see what
colors come through. Some black card stock
will bleach out green, others beige,
etc.
- Also,different
bleaches react differently on card stock.
The gel bleach (Clorox Ultra Advantage)
seems to do a better job than plain liquid
bleach.
- When
working with Radiant Pearls, remember to
use a tiny amount of the paint at a time
and blend it by wiggling the brush at a 45
degree angle, i.e., have the back of the
brush lie at an angle so that it does the
blending for you while you wiggle the brush
along the outline of your design. Do not
stroke on the paints; wiggle them.
- For
best stamping results, use padding such as
a work tablet or extra
card stock beneath the card stock on which
you're stamping an image to be
stamped when working with a dense or solid
image; use no padding when stamping out an
open image.
- Always
try to buy re-inkers for your ink pads at
the same time you purchase inkpad's. Then
remember that a well-inked pad = a sharper
stamped image.
- Most
mistakes can be corrected by strategically
placed “add-on’s” – just remember that the
add-on should compliment the style of the
card. In other words, don’t add a butterfly
charm to cover a mistake on a fashion lady
card; and, conversely, don’t add a
Victorian charm to a flower card.
- If
using a permanent dye-based inkpad such as
Staz-On, there is no need to clean the
stamp (unless you’re anal!). Permanent inks
will not bleed into other pads, even
white.
- Glue
Dots work exceptionally well for attaching
charms, ribbons, etc. to cards. Just make
sure you follow the box instructions:
attach the glue dot to the item being
attached. Trying to attach it to the card
first will result in a “bugger” on your
finger that’s hard to
remove.
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