Saturday, April 27, 2013

Tool Tip!

The Stampin' Up! Two Way glue pen is a wonderful tool and is in frequent use in my craft room.

Do you find it frustrating, when using the glue pen frequently, to have to put the cap on after each use so the glue pen does not dry out?

I found a solution!

Take a wad of Blu-Tack and make it into a ball.



Press the top of the glue pen into the ball of Blu-Tack and push the entire ball firmly down onto your work surface.

Now, you can unscrew the barrel of the glue pen, use it, then drop it back into the upturned cap, using the cap as a 'holster'. At the end of each craft session, make sure to firmly screw the barrel part into the cap part, ready for the next craft session!

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Poinsettia Flower

Connie Collins published a wonderful video, showing how to create a poinsettia flower, using part of the Holiday Stocking die and the Spider Web embossing folder.

Of course, I had to order them both, and a set of Sharpie pens in order to get the gold one for colouring the pearls!



Here is the link for Connie's video: