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Monday, February 28, 2011
Fairy tales acid free scrapbook papers are available
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Kuretake Heat emboss gun is here
In Stock now....
Kuretake Heat emboss Gun
Craft Classes for all ages
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Creating greeting cards is a wonderful hobby to enjoy with all your family and friends. In fact, card making is becoming more and more popular and it's now a novelty to send handmade greeting cards.
Creating beautiful homemade cards is such a rewarding hobby of spending time making a special card for a loved one After all, receiving a handmade greeting card is so
special, isn't it?
The recipient will sure to treasure it. I have had my shares of compliments on my card giving......This sparked the beginning of Christie craft which aims to promote and share creativity with you..
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Martha Stewart's large Monarch Butterfly
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
February Theme Class friends...
Monday, February 14, 2011
Introducing The Art of Parchment Craft
Parchment craft dates back to the 14th century. The craft began with communion cards and devotional pictures in Europe and the Netherlands.
19th century Paris saw a change in the parchment cards. The themes became more romantic and personal, introducing floral themes, cherubs, and portraits, and introduced embossing to the art creating the raised effect. Most of the borders, perforations, and cuts were done by machine at this time.
The art of Parchment Craft is enjoying a revival today, with the cards being hand drawn, painted, perforated and embossed, all done by hand, with the most common tools being a single needle to perforate the holes, and very small scissors to cut out the various designs. The items crafted in this manner require a great deal of patience, time, and ability. If you
are lucky enough to have a handmade Parchment card, bookmark, or other item, cherish it, because it was made and given with a great deal of love.
I am selling the above parchment tool is my store ....if you are like to get one please contact me.....
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Scor-pal is back in store
I have Scor-pal and it's back in store I have both centimetres and inches. I have found this to be one of the most usable and fantastic tool to use for scoring, creating envelopes, boxes...card folds and etc...you can only be limited by your imagination..because the Scor-pal creates accurate and precise scores giving you professional looking folds, no more crooked cards. Multiple scores are done in seconds without moving the paper. Perfect for accordion folds, boxes, fancy fold cards and other interesting projects!
2. Place cardstock on the scoring surface. The sides and the top act as fences to properly align your paper for accurate scoring. Align with the top and either side fence depending on the size of cardstock that you are using.
3. There are notches at the beginning of each score line to show you where the groove begins. With one hand holding the cardstock, hold the scoring tool as you would a pen or pencil (45 degree angle). Note: When working with double sided Designer paper that has a white core, lower the angle of the tool (30 degrees).
4. Carefully draw the scoring tool down the paper, using an even pressure.
One of the key benefits of Scor-Pal is the ability to score multiple score lines at the SAME TIME, WITHOUT MOVING THE PAPER! This is a card makers dream because it is invaluable when making grid, reverse grid cards, gate fold, accordion folds, brochure/flyer scoring, box making, origami, iris folding and BOXES galore!
When making accordion folds score at intervals, then turn the paper over and score in between the previous scores i.e. a one inch accordion along an 11” length, score at 1”, 3”, 5”, 7” and 9”. Turn the paper over, score at 2”, 4”, 6”, 8” and 10”. The indentation is the mountain fold.
February Theme Class
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