Saturday, 12 November 2016

Mega Cheap Stamp Cleaner




There are lots of products out there for cleaning our stamps, like Wet Ones (other supermarket brands are available... lol) but I know a lot of people like me find that they leave tiny fibres on our stamps.


I have tried this, the Scrubber Pad from Hero Arts, along with ... 


... their Ultra Clean fluid, but after a while I find the pad is so full of ink that I still need paper towels and a further spray of the fluid directly onto my stamp to fully clean it.
I know there are 'official' Stamp Shammy cloths available but I have found a cheap alternative in the UK that you might be interested in.



This is a car chamois cloth from Poundland (UK), so costs £1.00. It's about 14" x 11" and I cut it into 4 pieces, each about 7" x 5.5" (so 25p per cloth!!!!!!). I ran one bit under the tap to dampen it and now keep it on my craft desk in a little box to stop it drying out. 



If it does dry out then it goes hard but that's no problem, run it under the tap again to soften it, I just keep it in a box so it's always available.
It cleans my stamps perfectly, first time, every time. The ink doesn't gunk up the cloth, it just absorbs it...no inky fingers, no inky build up and no fibres stuck to my stamps. 


Here's the piece I'm using at the mo', as mucky as it is, none of the ink transfers onto my fingers and it still cleans my stamps. 


I also tried this cloth from Wilkinsons (UK), another synthetic chamois cloth. It measures approx' 15" x 13", so can be cut into about 6 pieces and at £1.25, this is another bargain buy. It needs rinsing through before using as it has a 'soapy' feel to it, but just run it under the tap first and you're good to go.


Both cloths are brilliant for cleaning stamps. 
I hope you find this useful.


Wednesday, 9 November 2016

New - Translucent Nuvo Jewel Drops




Regular stalkers of my wee bloglet may recall my recent post on the must-have Nuvo Crystal Drops from Tonic. Well those lovely folk over at Tonic have released another 8 new bottles of fabness to feed our addiction.
Introducing Nuvo Jewel Drops....


...and oh my! These are beautiful!!!!
Just like the Crystal Drops, Jewel Drops form perfect domed embellishments but these dry translucent. The colours are so pretty. Trust me.... my photos do not do them justice.


As before, even if you don't want to create your own jewelled embellishments, just buy them for the bottle lids and make your own earrings...lol.





Sunday, 6 November 2016

With Sympathy



Always the toughest cards to make... 🙁


Majestix Clear Peg Stamp Set - Early Spring Blooms
Versacolor inks
Clearly Besotted - Many Messages sentiment


Saturday, 22 October 2016

Recycled Shopping Bags - dotcomgiftshop


Something a bit different today... groovy shopping bags.
Not just ordinary shopping bags...oh no...these bags are made from recycled plastic bottles and I got them from dotcomgiftshop.com.


There are several styles of bag to choose from in a fabulous range of colours and patterns. The bags I bought, in the designs above, are about 34cm wide, 15cm deep and 40cm high and were £2.95 or less (some were in a sale). 
If I can bear to part with any, I'm going to give some away as Christmas stocking fillers as we all need reusable bags these days and they are pretty darned stylish.


Some of the designs are also available on other products, so for example I've bought my geography-mad daughter (for Christmas...Shh...don't tell) a shopping bag, ring binder and a phone case to match in the World Map design. 


This is my favourite... the Flamingo and if you click here you will see all of the other products with this brilliant Flamingo pattern.
I just LOVE it!!


I really encourage you to check out dotcomgiftshop, they have some unique gift ideas from dog collars, tableware and bags to wrapping paper, garden accessories and toys. 


This watering-can is on my wishlist!!!!
I keep dropping subtle hints like 'oh.... (insert heavy sigh).... if only I had a flamingo watering can, my life would be sooooooo much easier' (subtle huh!?). Plus I think it'd look pretty cool on my kitchen windowsill.



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