Drum Roll Please............

Hi All,

Will today I'm bracking down and going to set my OLD cutting pad aside and start using a NEW one.....

I've been using this old one (on the left) for maybe 2 years now and noticed I have to run things thru my Big Shot a few time now.

I know your wondering what the heck the orange dots are for right?? Will I'm very visual and if I see that orange dote I know I have the right pad down to cut on. 

I think what really did it in was when I used the new Bigz dies to cut 4 sheets of paper at one time with these big dies... with it being so cut up then putting all that pressure on it I think I squished all the good out of it....

 I'll keep it to use on the Bigz dies and use the new one on all the rest.... anyway that's the plan.

How often do you change out your cutting pads for your Big Shot, Big Kick or Cricket??

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WOYWW-OttLite

WOYWW

(What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday)

Every Wednesday Julie Dunnit hosts a gathering of crafters from all over the world to share what they are working on with a pic of our play area. It's really fun to see all the different things people are working on from all over the world and I must say I've meet some very interesting people from Julie's site,
Thanks Julie!!!!!!

Will here's mine for today;

I've been seeing and hearing so much about the Ottlite Lites...I know they've been out for YEARSsssss, and I really did not want to buy another lamp but they had the OttLite Bulbs on sale for 40% off this week at JoAnns.... So I said to myself,,,, Self get a bulb and try it in the lamp you have to take pics for the blog.....

This first pic is with my 100-W GE bulb,,, kind of yellow and just not right......

 This is with the Ottlite 100-W / 25-W bulb...Boy what a difference... I can't believe it.. this is without any touching up at all, I can't believe the difference it made on this test shot....

Will that's it for me today...!

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EASY Glitter Picker Upper!!!!

Hi Everyone!

I've been cleaning up my cutting and work area and needed to get all the glitter and dusty stuff off.  I remembered seeing on one of the blogs I watch this gal used a Lint Remover to pick up all the glitter, SOooooo...............

This was a good time to try it,,, I went looking for my VERY Old Lint picker upper and there it was hanging like a limp forgotten thing in the corner of my close closit... so I gave it a try... and Oh it worked so good I had to share this Great Easy Idea with you....

Here's another shot of my poor old used Lint Picker Upper.

And here's where I'm pulling off a layer of the tape to get a fresh start....

This works the best of anything I've used.  I tryed the tacky cloth and damp paper towles, they all work but you have to touch it.... with this you just hold the handle and go.. Then peal a new layer and a fresh start!

LOVE it!!

If your using somthing that you like let me know I'm always looking for thing to make my life easy!!

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Tape-Low Take Artist

Hi Everyone!!

Here's somthing I've been looking for that you might be intrested in too.

You know when your using your Spellbinder dies and your trying to place the die on something you have already stamped or your trying to save paper and get several things close to the next...... Will this tape is just the thing!

I've been trying everything and all have worked ok till I spotted this at my New Local Michaels store. 

It's made by Scotch and it's called Low Tack Artist Tape, a little price (4.99/10yds) but I had to try it.  Boy was I glad I did too! 

Here's the first two pices I've been using for a few days now, I know I've used it as least 18 or 20 times each and still going with them today..... so I guess for the price it's well worth it. 

Here's what I've been using it for.

When I cut with my Spellbinders dies I always want to do the embossing too and sometimes the paper falls out of the middle of the die and you have to lay it in the middle and hope it stays there when you lay the rubber over the top.... mine usually stayed in place but sometimes it would be off a little.  Most people would not notice it but I did and willlllll...... Anyway below see how I used it to center on my thin strip of green, (these are my same 2-pices I've been using too).

This is after I ran it thru my Big Shot to cut it.  I removed the outside paper already.

This is what it looks like after I ran it thru the embossing... see how it's indented in the middle of the tape?

And here it is compleated.... no sign of the tape At ALL!

I'm sure there's other tape out there that does this too but this is the first I've found.  So if you know of another one please let me know!!!!!

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New TOOL !!!!!!!!!

Hi Everyone! 

Will I had to share a new tool I decided to get after much debate.  Finally broke down and got a Scor-Buddy..... and WOW!! I love it....!!! It's the smaller version of the Scor-Pal.  I really didn't think I had room for the larger Scor-Pal and keep putting it off so when the Scor-Buddy came out a few months back I just could not resist. 

At the bottom I laid a 6" ruler down so you could see the size better.

Across the top is has a built in ruler along with special marks for the card markers special needs.

"IT'S PERFECT"

Here is shot of the tool I've used for years...It works fine but like most Cutters that you can Score with it does not have enough room so you don't have to open the swing arm every time you want to cut/score....

For it's age it's really in good shape, but I've been very careful with it, always worried I was going to brake that fold away arm off... then I'd be up the Creek....

That's it!!

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