Tip Day Tuesday - discovering new techniques

Hey Newbies, I've been so busy today with appointments and trying to finish this baby album that I almost forgot...

IT'S TIP DAY TUESDAY!🗣

Todays Tip is brought to you buy the letter (haha just kidding, bringing back memories or Sesame Street...showing my age).  

Today's tip is about discovering new techniques by actual mistakes. 

One of my photos in this baby album looks like I used the tear technique when in actuality I had used some mixed media and of course impatient me didn't let it dry before putting on washi tape. After I put on the tape (and used all of that expensive and really pretty Shimmerz and Mists on the background) I decided I didn't like the tape so I pulled it off.

Now, most of you who use Washi tape knows it pulls off pretty easily and doesn't rip a page...UNLESS YOU ARE IMPATIENT AND DIDN'T LET THAT PAGE DRY. So it took every bit of the color off down to the white of the page.

I was so upset and then I looked and thought to myself, self, it kinda looks like the tear technique. So I did it again ON PURPOSE! I liked it that much.
So today's tip is, if you screw up but like it keep it...don't even try to cover it up!

Well there you have it...Tip Day Tuesday!
Happy Scrapping🤗🤗

Tip Day Tuesday - being mindful

Hey Newbies, guess what...It's Tip Day Tuesday🤗🤗

This weeks tip: When working on projects be mindful of what you are doing. 

I am famous for working on layouts and not watching where my hands are arms are and end up messing up a picture or part of the background I worked so hard on. I get so excited to finish it that I don't pay attention to the details of what I have already done. Which means more work as in...how the heck do I cover that up🤦‍♀️ So be mindful of what you are doing and you will save time and frustration for sure!

Come join our Facebook page and share anything you are working on, we would love to see it! Also, feel free to invite anyone to our page, the more the merrier!
As always....

Happy Scrapping,

Kimberly

Tip Day Tuesday - Digi Downloads

Hey guys! It's Tip Day Tuesday👩🏻‍🎨

Today's Tip is all about digi downloads. I didn't even know it was a thing until the blog hop I joined! What is a digi download? It's a downloadable PDF file that you buy, say on Etsy (and pretty cheap I might add) to use for scrapbooking or card making.

What's the point of a digi download? 
Well, it's basically a stamp you don't have to buy or if you can't find that particular stamp by itself (think stamp sets that you would never use any of them but the one and only one that you want).
It will never go bad;You will never lose it; You will never have to go out and buy that special (expensive) pen/copic marker...as long as your printer has ink you are good;
No hours of coloring just to start over because you didn't like how it turned out - - because most of them come already colored for you (some only provide the black and white (think black stamp on white paper) but 90% of them that I have looked out have both; 
Last but not least...Once you downloaded, it's yours to use as many times as you want. 

You can print them in different sizes (depending on what you want to use them for -I used mine for the holiday card challenge - see my attached pic below). You can use different papers to print them on and then you fussy cut them and DONE! (ok, fancy word for cut it out of the paper).

I purchased mine from Pink Gem Designs on Etsay, she has the cutest stuff! 

So there you have it guys...Tip Day Tuesday!
What are you scraping today? 

Come on over to our FB page and Show us your stuff🤗🤗

happy Scrapping, 

Kimberly 

Tip Day Tuesday - Don't believe the hype

Hey guys, guess what day it is...it's TIP DAY TUESDAY🤗

Today's Tip: Don’t believe the silly stuff! 

Ok, so ask me how I know that using a hair dryer on your embossing awesomeness…DOES NOT WORK (insert palm face here). So, ask me how I know using a rolling pin on an embossing folder doesn’t work…(insert eye roll here) and ask me one more think…thinking saving a few bucks on a machine (think die cutting) you never heard of is NOT the best idea (ugh). These are things I’ve learned the hard way these past several months…I hope you aren't learning the hard way like me, maybe this little tip will save you some time and money🤑

So there you have it…Tip Day Tuesday!  

Happy Scrapping Newbies! Come join us over on our Facebook page and post what you are working on!  We love to see it! 

Happy Scrapping!

Kimberly🤗

Tip Day Tuesday - spending $1,000 of dollars

TIP DAY TUESDAY:👩🏻‍🎨

This week’s tip is: Don’t feel like you need to go out and spend $1000’s of dollars on a craft room.

As Newbies we want our scrapbooking, card making, craft doing room to be as awesome as we are but that doesn’t mean having the $1,200+ for the ORIGINAL SCRAP BOX, (not that I don't want one but I don't NEED it) nor do you have to spend tons of money on cute little containers from Michael’s (don't get me wrong, I have a few which I feel are essential in order to protect the projects I'm working on).

I manage to set up my craft area with two 4’ tables and a heavy duty shelving unit (we had that we were not using). I use a used box we had from something I had shipped to me (so free) to house all of my paper pads. By putting them upside down I can flip through them quickly and find the color or pattern I’m looking for. (it's not pretty but it works!)

And lastly, when purchasing the cool stuff (yes I wanted one of those carousels and I love it for quick access to lots of stuff) make sure you buy them either on sale or with a coupon.

I'm sharing a couple of videos about me and my scrap room BEFORE I set it up to be nice and neat...it's comical and a MESS! I just gotten back from Fl (family emergency) and all of my orders from FB were waiting for me so it was fun to open them all but dang it was like a kid on Christmas day opening one right after the other so these pics are a mess!

So there you have it…Tip Day Tuesday! Happy Scrapping Newbies! Show us what your scrap room looks like!

Come join us on Facebook and post what you are working on! We love to see it!

Happy Scrapping!

Kimberly