If you craft with fabric or trims, then you need to become acquainted with Fabri-Tac. It’s a clear, very thick/viscous liquid adhesive that sets up quickly and is ideal for gluing fabric, ribbons, canvas, upholstery, trims, and even buttons! Here are some of the applications: • Permanent, fast grab, quick drying, crystal clear, and washable. [...]
Continue reading...10. January 2011
I love sparkle and personally live by the motto, “Glitter makes it better.” Sometimes, though, a project calls for sparkle but the question is HOW to apply it. I’ve tried using a spray adhesive and then sprinkling on my glitter, but often that’s just too much. Enter Krylon Glitter Spray. Krylon Glitter Spray comes in [...]
Continue reading...14. July 2010
Several years ago my husband thought it would be fun to take up cross-stitching. He liked it so much that he went out and bought a bunch of cross-stitch kits that were on clearance for pennies on the dollar. Of course, being the man that he is, he quickly got frustrated with how time consuming [...]
Continue reading...30. April 2010
For this project I wanted to use Precious Stone as a material to cast my children’s hand prints, and then have fun painting them. MATERIALS: Plain wooden block (scrap from hardware store). Old cardboard box. Precious Stone powder mix. Water. Children’s little hands. Hobby knife. Gesso Spray. Acrylic Paints. STEPS: Get a plain wooden block [...]
Continue reading...1. March 2010
Discover inexpensive acrylic paints your whole family will love!
Continue reading...10. February 2010
When I decided to make the “Tower of Hearts” our Craftista Jenny said “Why don’t you use Ranger alcohol inks to color the acrylic rhinestones?”. “Alcohol inks? What the heck are those?” (Okay, it was not said that nicely!) Well, I know what they are now and I love them! As I am not really [...]
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8. August 2011
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