This is a list of my most used Tools, Supplies and techniques.
Suppliers: | |
EK Success | |
Fiskars | |
“Forever in time” – Scrapbuck |
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Generations |
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Inkadinkado | |
Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft | |
K & Company | |
Martha Stewart | |
Michaels | |
Multicraft Imports (Craft Medley, “Make it special”, etc | |
Sandylion, | |
Tandy Leather Factory for Conchos, eyelets, tools etc. | |
Supplies: | |
Adhesives: | Mounting squares, Acid free glue sticks, double sided 3 D Pop Dots, |
Duncan Enterprises – Aleene’s Memory Glue – 2 oz | |
Mod Podge® Dimensional Magic™, | |
Albums: |
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12 “x 12” D Ring See Page Protectors | |
Brads: | |
Card-stock: | |
Celebrations Memory Block TM 4 by Suzanne Smith, | |
Slab V Provocraft, Paperbilities, Textured card stock, | |
K & Company | |
Memory stor (TM) | |
Chipboard | |
Distress Ink | |
Die cuts | “Forever in time” (See suppliers) |
Eyelets: | |
General: | |
Ribbon, lace, sequins, buttons,wire, wool, chalk, Brads, Eyelets, Alphabets, etc. | |
“Forever in time” floral embellishments, brads, Embossing Powder, Vellum, | |
photo anchors, Chipboard shapes, fabric flowers, copies of photos and documents, etc | |
Inks: | |
Tsukineko Walnut Ink, Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress ink | |
Ink Pads: | |
Stampcraft dye ink Coffee, black, etc. Inkadinkado® | |
Page Protectors | |
Scrapbook.com, | |
Becky Higgins 12″x 12″ | |
C Line, Collection Card sheets from Thompson | |
Sources by Ali Edwards, | |
Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft, | |
Paper: | |
Wausau® Exact® Pastels Pastel-Colored Paper used or journaling | |
Vellum, ledger paper, etc. |
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Paint: | |
Plaid Decorator Glazes : | |
Water-based can be used for scrap-booking, stamping, stenciling, etc. (Read Label) | |
Deco Art Americana paints | |
“Although not labeled as such, Deco Art Americana paints are acid-free. | |
(Info from Deco Art’s chemist).” – Rebecca Baer | |
Rubber-stamps: | |
Wood Mounted. clear acrylic, foam, etc. | |
Stickers | |
Sticker King gold colored foil stickers | |
Techniques. | |
Albums: | |
Adding Pages to Post-Bound Albums | |
Bleach-stamp | |
Using Bleach With Rubber Stamps in Card Making | |
Remember to clean your stamps afterwards | |
Brads: | |
How to Attach a Brad, How to Set Mini Brads | |
Cleaning | |
Color Blocking | |
Speed Color Blocking– Color Blocking by Denise Medeiros | |
Decorate paper | |
Painted Paper Techniques | |
Distress: |
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Ripped Paper Technique | |
How to Distress Paper Edges, | |
Distress Ink | |
Eyelets | |
How to set Eyelets, Setting Eyelets Impress Rubberstamps | |
Ink: | |
Distress Ink | |
Inked edges: | |
Scroll down to see how Ali Edwards does it. | |
YouTube video |
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Inset Label Line | |
Flowers: | |
Paper Flowers | |
Masking |
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Photos: | |
Apply a sepia tone in Photoshop |
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Photoshop Photomerge | |
Printing Multiple Photos, clip-art, etc. on a single page in Adobe Photoshop | |
Click on File- automate-photomerge – choose interactive layout- drag and drop from the top | |
Perspective Correction | |
Sketches Made in Adobe Photoshop | |
Stenciling | |
Stencil Techniques | |
Ticket corners | |
Tools | |
How to Use Decorative Edge Scissors for Projects | |
Wax Seals: | |
Create your Own Wax Seal |
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I spray opaque flexible plastic cutting board sheets as used for cooking with cooking spray. Wash the sheets and reuse. |
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Tools | My Light-Box |
Brayer | |
I use a dry Sticky Lint Roller as a Brayer | |
Cameras | |
: | Nikon D70 and Nikon D300 |
Color-Pencils: | |
Faber Castell Aquarelle Pencils, | |
Memory Pencils 12 Pc Set-primary Colors | |
from EK Success | |
Cutting Mat | |
General: | |
Corner rounder punch or nail clippers, Hole punch, | |
Ruler, Scissors, Bone folder, erasers, Eyelet Setter, | |
small pliers (for wire-bending), paint brushes, | |
Ph testing Pen, gel pens, etc |
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Eye Shadow Applicators , etc | |
Grid | |
I use a plastic see through grid Here is mine. | |
You can print one on a transparency, |
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remember to use the transparency setting on your computer. | |
Guillotine | |
Fiskars Home/Office Photo Guillotine 15cm | |
Heat gun: | |
I use a heat gun and paint stripper instead of a | |
Craft and embossing heat gun. | |
Lightbox | |
Magnetic board | |
Paper trimmer | |
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: Fiskars® . |
Pencils | |
Weber Costello Alphacolor Pastels A.W. Faber-Castell – Acid Free | |
Pens: | Zig Memory System Millennium Markers |
(Archival-quality pens) Zig Memory System Calligraphy pens | |
Speedball elegant writer Felt TipPen withscroll point. | |
Photo-paper: | |
Inkpress Lustre, Kodak matte instant dry | |
Punches | |
Corner rounder punch or nail clippers,Hole punch, |
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small Heart punch, etc. | |
Rubber-stamps: | |
Crystal clear Make it special, background rubber stamps, date stamp, etc. |
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Clear Stamps from Fiskars and Forever in time |
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Clear Stamps at Inkadinkado | |
Scanner/printer | |
Epson RX 595 | |
Scissors | |
Fiskars Paper Edger Scallop, |
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Small scissors, | |
Stencils | |
Fiskars Circle template and Fiskars Ultra shape Express, | |