The title has NOTHING to do with this post...I just thought it would be fun to type...9/9/09...a once in a lifetime event!Actually...maybe it does...
There are about 999 things on the TO-DO list...
I'm not complaining...it keeps me off the streets & out of the stores...
I have no time to SHOP!
Which explains why you've not seen any new shoes lately!
More Q & A... You answered a question about the floral wire and wrap with the following: "Cloth covered wire is perfect. I have it in both green & brown. It's available @ JoAnn's, Hobby Lobby & Michaels (in the floral section)...but I've only found the brown @ JoAnn's in our area."Ok - what's "our area"?? Are your stamp sets sold in Joann's? I've never seen any of the good stuff in our Joann's!!!! Sorry, Joann......no offense!
They're only available thru your LSS, on line @ eclecticPaperie & other on line stores or directly from Stampers Anonymous. If you're lucky enough to have access to a convention featuring Stampers Anonymous, Ted has them there too.
"OUR area" is Oglesby, Illinois...we're about 100 miles south & west of Chicago...there's NOTHING cool here...
It's BORING!
MY LSS is 75 miles away...ONE WAY! I'm happy to drive there SATURDAY to see my friends, do a book signing & teach a FULL grunge workshop! YIPPEE!
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Just found your blog. How long does it take you to do a project? It takes me forever and they dont compare to yours.
I'm VERY slow, which is not a good thing when you have a 999 item TO-DO list.
It's rare that I can get a project done quickly.
A really detailed mini book... for example...
a Maya Road CHA project, can take me all week...like 25-30 hours, to get it to the point where I'm satisfied.
Even a simple card can take me several hours.
Next question...
p.s. My book came yesterday!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE it! And one of the best things that I love is the stamp index - that is cool! Are there binders to fit Studio 490 stamps and the book? I'm missing them if so...
The answer is simple...You can't find it, because...
I FORGOT to include them in the book.
GEEZ!!!!
BIG...DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now that the book is arriving...I got this question like 8 times...
I TOTALLY overlooked it...
YIKES!! SO SORRY!
ANYWAY...
The acrylic storage binders are available here , LSS's and directly thru Stampers Anonymous, click on Accessories & then the category is...STORAGE.
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hello...I picked up my binder @ the convention ...now what?
do you have any tips for me?
where do I start so the glue goesn't show?
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Here's what works for me...
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I'll choose the paper I want to use, cut it to the size I want & lay it under the front cover....but NOT use any adhesive yet.
Then...I'll embellish the front and adhere everything onto the front.
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Then, turn the cover over & you can see exactly where to place the adhesive to hide it.
Any place that has an embellishment will get some adhesive, to hold the paper in place.
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Depending on the paper you choose, you may want to glue 2 papers together & then cut them for a perfect fit, if your paper isn't double sided.
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It's fun to stitch them together too, like I did on this first one.
On the binder below...I also stamped the cover.
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It's been shipped all over the country & it's held up very well.
Depending on the stamp you choose, you could also stamp INSIDE the cover to protect it even more. *
But remember...
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word stamps will be backwards...if stamped inside the cover...
designs work better.
This paper is from K & Co.
The embellishments are made from grungeboard & grungepaper.
This next binder holds my second stamp release...
I pieced lots of different graphic 45 papers together...
I wanted a quilt like look...
The large scroll is grungeboard from this set.
And the newest 7 sets are stored in this last binder...
The scroll is grungeboard, already die cut.
If you have the binders...I hope this info helps.
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SHOW us what yours look like!
We'd LOVE to see them!
Thanks so much for all your wonderful comments & emails about my book.
You have made us VERY HAPPY!
From the bottom of my heart...
a HUGE...
THANK YOU!
Now...
go...
make art!
wendy
ps...keep those comments coming...
we'll give away a book...sometime...randomly!