GCD studio paper... loving it.

Not to much to say today. Just a layout using GCD paper... I love their stuff. So classy! 

Great for a wedding photo, wouldn't ya say? 

All the cute little embellishments...

Cheers.

N.

Nicole's Review of the L Letterpress

YOU ASKED .... and here it is :) 
A VIDEO REVIEW: 


Nicole's Video Review Here






The L Letterpress... 

My review, some user tips, and some photos!

Anyone who doesn't know... 

the L Letterpress is an accessory of Quickutz Epic Machine. 

Looks like this... 

Basically, the L Letterpress de-bosses and imprints an image simultaneously. 

Creating a professional letterpress effect for the home crafter. 

Well, when I saw this little baby I just had - to - have it! 

And after reading several positive reviews and using the excuse

"I'm doing my brothers wedding invites and this would be perfect" ... 

I jumped in the deep end and bought it. 

So here is my review. 

I would consider myself a seasoned crafter, having tried and succeeded  at most 

everything crafty, and out of the box this tool has a learning curve.

I mean to say, don't think that you can just ink up the brayer and have perfect letterpress

out of the gate... oh, no. 

BUT!!

Once you do get the hang of it, hopefully quicker than me with my tips, 

it is one of the more fun tools I have ever bought. 

Tip 1.

Use double sided sticky tape... it works way better than the provided adhesive. 

Tip 2. 

Odds are you don't need any more 'filler' paper to make a deep impression. So, 

I would steer clear. Unfortunately, some of the plates tend to crack and when 

you start to fill up the inside of it with extra filler paper.  

You'll know when they crack because it's loud. 

Tip 3.

When they say it doesn't take much ink... listen to them! No need to trace over 

the plate 3 and 4 times with the brayer. You'll be unhappy with the 

blurred results. Crisp letterpress is just ONE ink away. 

Tip 4. 

The 'ink' is more accurately described as 

oil based stickiness. So, the best way to clean without 

spending an arm and a leg on the L Letterpress cleaning clothes... is... 

you guessed it... Goo Gone. 

You can leave the 'ink' on everything for days and it comes

right off with a little Goo Gone. 

I have also read that baby wipes work. 

Maybe I'll try it the next time I go to the store and report back to you. 

Tip 5. 

Don't use the foam placing things they give you. Honestly, 

you don't need them. Like I mentioned I did my brothers wedding 

invites and I did two impressions on each invite, for a total of 200 impressions... 

and when each invite was place it never moved... not once. 

Tip 6.

I have yet to use the soft cotton paper that the machine came with. 

Right out of the box I used it on regular ol cardstock. 

It worked great... as you will see on my photos... 

I am sure that the soft cotton paper makes a better deeper impression...

but if I couldn't use it on regular cardstock I would have been 

regretting the purchase. But, like I said, it works really well.

Ok, without any further commentary here is the proof in the pudding...

Disclaimer: the brayer in the above photos is in gold ink but

the cards are in the black ink... I was working on another project while I was taking 

the photos... sorry about the confusion. 

When my brother gives the go ahead I will share his wedding invites. 

They were without any ink. The impression is really really nice. 

I am excited to share. 

Please ask me any questions! 

I really did learn a lot of this machine the hard way... so, maybe I can save you the same!

Cheers.

N

Feeling Grey... Basic Grey that is.

Well, I had high hopes to re-take my photos from yesterday... 

But alas, the weather thought otherwise.  

RAIN! 

So, I did another layout today and 

I took some more photos of yesterdays... and thats that. 

I am calling it quits on pictures for that layout. 

Retakes... 

whatever. 

Perhaps another tomorrow? 

Maybe some better weather... heck, Jake has to study tonight

and I have recently restocked my photo wall... so maybe 

some more tonight. 

Cheers. 

N

Gettin' Stuff Done, Done, and DONE!

First I might like to mention, 

for those who use Pandora radio, 

the Goo Goo Dolls station is simply the bestest ever. 

I was the inspiration for this blog post and probably 

the next few.

 Loving it!

Ok, so lets get to the bottom of it all. Here is the latest 

creation out of my creation factory. 

Yeah, I pretty much love it. 

I think I will re-take the photo tomorrow. I am not loving how it looks here. 

Yikes. 

NEXT:

Anyone who knows me, outside my college years, knows I 

am a self-proclaimed organized clean freak. 

Yep, over half the fun of scrapbooking is color coding and 

organizing my rather large stash of goodies... 

So, here is another thing I added to the ever 

growing room this weekend. I really like it. 

Ribbons, flowers, and buttons have a new home... 

Peace out... until tomorrow... when I update these photos 

and possibly have something new to share. 

ONE WHOLE MONTH! WHAT!

OMG, where have you been all my life... my blog!

Oh, how I've missed you! 

And my legions of fans are missing regular updates!

 (eyes rolled)

Anyway, lets get to the beef! 

This is going to be a crazy long blog, 

So, I plan to keep the commentary to a minimum. 

Here goes it, lets go backwards... 

Valentines Day.

My gift from my hubby... 

Scrapbook page inspired by gift from hubby.

Making Valentines with the amazing little girl I tutor...

Working on my brothers upcoming wedding... 

invites, centerpieces, decor...

Invitation mess

Mockup 1

Mockup 2

CHA!!!

Otherwise known as the largest Craft and Hobby trade show!

Here is some stuff I made for one of the

companies I design for, Kiki!

Picture from Kiki Arts Booth

Pictures from Simply Renee Booth 

(another company I design for)

Random CHA photos

Busy month for me... Yikes! 

Oh, yeah... and a wedding... 

I'll be back again soon with some more much needed 

and popular commentary! HA!