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Saturday, June 26, 2010

My first video!

I finally did it - made a demonstration video! Last week, at the Crafty Girls meeting, I demonstrated a tri shutter card, which can be a bit complicated. So I decided to make a how to video showing the steps in making the card. The video is on You Tube and can be accessed below.

Written instructions with measurement details can be found by clicking here.

Please feel free to leave constructive comments. It is my first effort and can only get better!

Favourite Tips

If you need a brad of a particular colour and don't have one, check to see if you have some embossing powder of the colour you want . Rub embossing ink on the top of the brad, then dip it into the embossing powder then heat set it. Use tweezers or a clip peg to hold the brad while you heat it.
When you are stitching on cards, make sure you are not sewing over the top of DS tape! The needle gets gummed up and won't lock the threads underneath.
Use zip lock plastic envelopes for smaller pieces of card offcuts that accumulate when making cards. Have one envelope per colour and periodically go through and trim up so they are ready for use on another card.