Embossing info...

MSDS is an ingredient of embossing powder... It usually is in lazer printer toners. fine plastic can be also another ingredient.

Tip from "Embossed Stamped Images"
eliminate embossing powder sticking to stuff... use baking soda, cornstarch or powder in an little piece of fabric and puff puff the surface with your bundle if you don't want the excess embossing powder on the surface you're going to emboss... :)

Just went around to the bag of pop cans and took all the tabs off... Want to try this tutorial:
Need:
* Clear embossing ink
* Soda pop tabs
* Colored embossing powder
* Heat embossing tool
* A pair of tweezers

1 Coat tabs w/ embossing ink [fronts only]
2 Use tweezers for this: dip tabs in embossing powder.
3 Heat tabs [hold them w/ tweezers] with gun until powder is melted. HOT so careful!
4 Repeat it 2 or 3 times if need be.

The project were the tutorial is, was using them as buckles.

3rd Card

Just trying out a fun card for... I have no idea... I guess is for fun! Took me for ever to glue every single jem... BFG thought I was nuts...

Decorations

Used my 1.95 gingerbread stamp and liquid applique... so cute! the other is the punch I bought at scarpbooking store... And my McGill punches w/ some sparkly embossing powder! all are just testing and samples for my x-mas gifts, maybe.

Up North Shopping

Driving to L to find the new SB store... It has stuff that the others I've been too don't have... Like the alcohol inks which I got... saw the baby blue embossing powder which hopefully its cute... Which it will be... hee... What am I saying...

The stickers that I cannot seem to prevent myself from not buying... hee... Those painted w/ Sakura pens! I sing "AAAAMMAAAZZIIINNNGGG!"

Saw the butterfly embossing/diecut that I was youtubing: erinmichele "2 in 1 Cuttlebug Dies". Saw she was talking about that and I had to get it... Gosh... Now, I will be searching for the flower petal ones... I love her IKEA scrapbooking table... nya!!!

And let's not forget the foil tape for my future project who got me thinking: Simply Swank Simply Solder Creative Art Kit Reported by Julia Stainton. Now I just need to go on a search for a soldering Iron... Hee...

Early Afternoon

Went shopping:

- got 2 cute metal boxes for 2.50
- the stickers I ordered like 2mths ago
- cuttlebug embossing templates 5.95 [more exp then at ss]
- cute, cute acrylic stamps for 4.95
- really cheap alpha. stamps for 1.25/each [a set each for my bf nieces]
- fall and leaves stamps for 1.25

Sweet....

still on the net

Loose your music from your hard drive.. want to download the music from your ipod for free? Yamipod is the best! :) FREE!! I love it! When my PC was stolen, this program saved me! :)

List for shopping:
* I want a soldering iron gun, copper foil tape, copper coil n acid-free flux liquid - reading the craft critique. This blog post gave me the idea to get it!

* Magic Stamp and Ranger CutNDry Stamp Making Materials [???}
* Protoplast Thermoplastic Molding Products [???]
* UTEE [ultra thick embossing enamel] - [Scrapbooking Store]
* Magic Stamp Foam. (aka Pen Score Foam) [read]
* RTV Silicone - PCE Molding Compounds
8 Eraser clay [Craft Store]
* Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Inks by Ranger [read]
[buy]
* Nail Resin... [@ cosmetology college near me]

Online Stuff:
If I want to buy scor-it board
THE STAMP BARN
1450 Stittsville Main ST.,
Ottawa, Ontario Canada K2S 1A7
[Stittsville Rubber Stamp Inc.]
[Tel. (613) 831-3292 Fax (613) 831-4639]
[1-800-246-1142 sales[at]stampbarn[dot]com]

Or buy the scor-pal

* Frantic Stamper
186 Ayres St. - Eagle Point OR 97524
toll free: 1-877-242-FRAN (3726) - Fax/voice: 541-826-7140
hours: Monday-Friday 7AM to 4PM Pacific
e-mail: franticstamper[at]charter[dot]net or fran[at]franticstamper[dot]com.

* store you can order refills for colorbox stamp pads
* templates


Blog:
* Kelly
* Marcie
* Craft Critique

Tutorials [want to do]:
Mels Stampz has some tutorials that I want to get going on:
* Embellishing brads
* techniques at a glance
* faux tile antique technique
* antique techniques

* Plastic flowers, wonder how to make it... :) Could it be Shrink plastic/film.
* Origami lotus tutorial in PDF.

Shopping n Day out

Ended up going out for a few hrs and yep ended up at the Scrapbooking store... Shoopppiiiiing!!!! Lookie what I gots me:



Check the embossing [click picture to enlarge]:



Can't wait to use it on my clay! SWEEET!

Then went to the Japanese/Korean Store for food and bought these goodies, too:

Pasta Machine and Embossing

I started thinking will my pasta machine work doing embossing and die cutting? Well, tried embossing with my machine and it did a pretty well job... Check out my tries... I need to get me some die cuts to try it... The cheap way is the best way to go! :)
Here are a few pictures of how I tested my theory...

Note: I put it on the last roller thingy and then slowly passed it through.











I used some of the pearl-ex/varnish on the paper from my flower tutorial... Will get my hands on some of those dies pretty soon... Off I go....