Glitter, glitter everywhere

Ok, a week or so ago, I bought this glue pad. I had seen in advertised & since I've had NO luck w/heat & stick, I bought it. I haven't used glitter w/stamps in forever and don't really remember WHY I felt it necessary to glitter but, I have like 8 diff colors of glitter & then my friend Sara sent me 6 more baggies full of it.

I just grabbed a stamp that happened to be on my table & stamped it into the glue (YOU add the glue to the pad & it's supposed to be good for 100 images per tablespoon full.) The glue seemed to give good coverage. I sprinkled my glitter over the top. I didn't read the directions and decided to give it time to "dry". I ended up leaving it overnight. Next morning, it was fine. The glitter stayed on really well while I punched it out & glued it to a card front. The details were lost in the glitter. I don't know if this was user error or if I needed to do something different.

After Sheri posted at the Shack the problems she had w/her glue drying, I tried the technique again. I stamped a different image. I added the glitter & timed the wait. After 10 minutes, I went back to check it. The glitter was firmly attached. I even took a stiff paint brush & wiped away the excess glitter & the glitter that was supposed to stay, stayed.

As I said, I used ultrafine glitter. I used cheap (not SU) cardstock that was not glossy. Seems to work pretty well to me. I can now add bling to my cards w/o messing w/the stickles (which, technically are easier to use but, I have problems getting the stuff out of the bottle!!) Click on the pictures & I think you'll get to see the "big picture" so you will get the detail.

Pretty Ribbon

Went to Target last night & found this ribbon in the Easter section. It was only $2.99 for 6 rolls. Each roll has 4' of ribbon on it. I forgot to look in the S/B section to see if they got anything new & cool in (Primas???) which now upsets me since I ended up using a 10% off coupon. Oh well, there's always today.

I'm still working on my inchies. Can't post them here but they are CUTE!!! At first, I didn't like them. I tried 3000 stamps & they all looked blah. I think I have to have layers to make stuff look "right" to me. So I played around a bit & found that I got the PERFECT stamps for this size card back in my huge Jan SU Purchase. If you are in the swap at the Stamp Shack, I think you will be pleased!!

UPDATE!!! Ribbon is on sale now. I think it's 2.69 now. Such a deal!!

Size DOES matter!!

I got my new 1.25" punch home & it's a 1.5" ARGH!!!!!! I measured it at Michael's 'cause it wasn't marked & it was 1.25. But, the size of the punch is CLEARLY not the size of the circle on top. So, do I try to return an opened punch to Michael's? What about the coupon I used? I'm assuming they won't give THAT back to me. Do I just keep it & RAK it to someone? Do I take one of my 40% off coupons to HL & buy the one I really want (paper shaper vs marvy)? Anyway you look at it, it's another 45 minute drive to "fix" it.