Tool Time Thursdays : Heat Tool

Does everyone know what time it is??? Its Tool Time!! Thats right, it has been a while since there was a Tool Time Thursday here. Well in general there are always tools that are being used, but the purpose of Tool Time Thursdays is to highlight specifically just one tool that most stampers dont have, or have but still dont quite know how to use :)

Todays tool is Stampin' Up's Heat Tool

Well todays tool goes side by side with Embossing powder of course, because you just cant have the heat tool, what are you going to heat?? Oh yes, and cant forget your versamark ink pad.



So what I did to start off this card was, on a piece of Old Olive cardstock, I inked up a few designs from the Circle Circus stamp set using my versamark ink.

Then I added some gold embossing powder. shake off the excess powder and then put my heat tool to use.
Basically all you are going to do with the heat gun in apply the heat to the image and you will slowly see the powder turn into a wonderful gold emboss. It is hot, so make sure to hold down your cardstock to your table with either a pair of scissors or tweezers.
After all the circles were embossed, I punched out a few circles using the 3/4" circle punch.
I hope you like the card, I was inspired by this card and knew that I just had to duplicate it.

I hope you enjoyed the quick tutorial! :)

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

and dont forget, just a few more days until the Vaughan Of A Kind Show this Saturday!
I have everything all ready to go, I will show you the make and takes that you can make. and dont forget, every hour 2 people will get to make a holiday planner also.
There will be tons of retired stamp sets for sale, used sets for sale and tons and tons of stamp and scrapbook materials for sale at super super low prices also.
Stay tuned for a look at the make and take, and if you can't make it, be sure to tune into the blog this Saturday as I share the special that I will be having at the show.

Tool Time thursdays : Word Window Punch

Does everybody know what time it is??? TOOOOL TIME!


Item # 105090
$22.95
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ahhh, it feels sooo good to be back in the Studio!! I miss my stamps, my computer and my studio! First week of back to school for Aiden and back to work for mommy has almost come to an end :) Tomorrow mister Tyson is turning the Big 1! anyhoo, back to Tool Time:
Yes it has been a while since I last posted my Tool Time Thursday but it has been crazy busy here. Lets just say that Toronto is horrible for child care spots and school space, my poor Aiden has to miss a month of school. Dont get me started or I wont even get to finish this post.

On to the word window punch! I wanted to showcase this punch, because thare are actually many things that you can do with this punch. The obvious one is to punch out words to add to your greeting cards. But it is a great punch to make slits for all sorts of differnt projects.

Remember Tyson's birthday invitations here? well, the instructions that I posted say to use a cutting blade to make the slit where the greeting "pops out", but because I was making this card in mass, I wanted to opt out that step because I knew that it would just take me way too long. (I do not do anything free hand very well).
So I busted out my word window punch to make this slit.

Ok, so following the instructions that I already posted, starting on step 4. Instead of using a hobby blade, I used a small sliver portion of my word window punch. Punch once on one edge.


Next, slide the punch over making sure that keep everything aligned and making sure that you are slightly overlapping the first hole. Continue to do this until the end mark of your "slit"
*I appologize for the blurriness of this picture. My cam batteries dies, so I had to use my BB


That's it!

Tool Time Thursdays : Paper Crimper

Does everybody know what time it is????!! Its TOOL TIME!!

hehe, I loved that show, Tim Allen totally cracks me up! There are many keys to my heart: Shoes, Food and Humour. Anyhoo, enough about funny men. Stampin' Up! carries a variety of differnt tools, and if you are like me, you want it all, bought it all, but never use them! So true no?? So I would like to try to dedicate every other Thursday on a differnt tool. So the tool that I would like to highlight today is the:

Crimper 101618


When I first purchased this crimper yeaaars ago, the only thing that I mainly used to crimp scrap paper that I would use to fill in treat boxes and gift bags. Then Theresa Momber made a great tutorial for a Crimped Envelope Pocket Card. I just looove pocket cards.

Here is my card for you today:



1. Seal up your envelope, and on the short side of your envelope, use your paper trimmer and cut off 1 1/4".
2. Using your sponge, ink it up with creamy caramel and sponge around your two pieces. I sponged up the back also, cant leave it naked :)
3. Using the other end of your sponge, start applying close to cocoa along the edges of your two pieces now.
4. I continued to decorate the envelope with the horse shoe image inked in close to cocoa. Just remember that whatever image you choose to stamp on the envelope, make sure it is an image that will still look decent when it becomes distorted from the crimper.
5. After you are finished decorating your album, put your envelope through the crimper so that it will make waves lengthwise.
6. On a scrap piece of cardstock, I stamped my cowboy in basic black and coloured him in with markers. I used just a wee wee bit of Pretty in Pink stampin pastels on his cheeks.
7. Cut out your image carefully using paper snips and using dimentionals adhere to the front of the envelope.
8. Decorate the flap as desired.
9. For the insert I cut chocolate chip cardstock to 4" x 4 1/2", night of navy 4"x3 3/4, and whiper white 3 1/2"x3 3/4".
10. Decorate your 3 1/2" x 3 3/4" whisper white as desired. I wanted to carry the "dirt" theme, so I very lightly sponged around in Creamy Caramel, and just at the bottom added some chocholate chip.

If you have anymore questions to this card, email me at anytime: Velariem@hotmail.com

Stamp Set: Cowboy Kid (retired)
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Basic Black
Accessories: Paper Crimper 101618, SU markers-old olive, more mustard, blush blossom, night of navy, chocolate chip, yoyo yellow, Stampin'pastels-pretty in pink, Chocholate chip taffeta ribbon, stamping sponge