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I realize that "there are no rules" but surely there's a few like don't take a stamp right from your black ink to your baby blue ink without cleaning it first.
What other rules are there. Things that if you do them, they'll ruin your supplies or tools?
Don't have your overhead fan on when you're using glitter!
Love it!
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I'll add another one (but, I'm being serious, here). Don't wear your nice clothes while stamping. Inevitably, either a stamp pad or some glue will end up on your clothes, so avoid wearing nice clothes while stamping.
And never, under any circumstances, lay your piece on the carpet to heat emboss it.
When using a hot knife, if the blade wiggles loose, do not try to screw it back in with your bare fingers.
A plain black shirt is the safest attire for a stamping get-together - when you lean across the ink pad to reach something, the ink won't show on your bosom. This is complicated if a project requires white craft ink, however. Perhaps someone should invent a stamper's bib.
Paper trimmers are able to cut paper because the sliding blade is, you know, sharp. Try to remember this before you reach under the blade while sliding it back to the top of the trimmer.
Give me time; I'm sure I'll remember more ways I've discovered of how not to do things.
Don't ever leave your finger in the paper cutter while cutting.....ouch! Don't ever put your fingers in your scissors while cutting! AND don't use your fingers to hold down the shrinky dink while shrinking it with your heat gun! Talk about one hot mamma!
When cleaning your clear or UM rubber stamps in the sink, work over a strainer. Some of those babies are really tiny and it's easy for them to go down the drain.
don't freak out your loved ones by getting your hands covered in REAL RED ink and then walking downstairs and having them go "OH MY GOSH YOU ARE BLEEDING!!"
These are all very funny. They're cracking me up especially the boob related ones lol. Does anyone have any more serious ones? Like Don't do X with your stamps cause you'll ruin them?
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Don't forget to clean your stamps after every use - and use a good cleaner that will also condition your stamps. I have stamps over 20 years old that still stamp nice crisp images because they get cleaned and conditioned every time I finish using them!
These are all very funny. They're cracking me up especially the boob related ones lol. Does anyone have any more serious ones? Like Don't do X with your stamps cause you'll ruin them?
Thanks
Erin
some that come to mind:
people say always make sure when cutting the rubber around your stamps, to cut in straight lines, holding scissors straight up, not at an angle, as it can ruin the padding underneath, or might cut into your image.
they also say to store your SU! inkpads flat as they are designed to hang upside down to stay nice & juicy - so try not to store them lying on their side....
These are all very funny. They're cracking me up especially the boob related ones lol. Does anyone have any more serious ones? Like Don't do X with your stamps cause you'll ruin them?
Thanks
Erin
Erin, we take our advice very, VERY seriously. If you should ever find yourself out in public with a black ink spot and no place to hide it; my apron advice will come back to haunt you.
But, I am not one to disappoint, so here's another tip:
Never store your rubber stamps in direct sunlight; it deteriorates the rubber. And, avoid oil or oily cleansers; we all know what happens when you mix condoms and vaseline, savvy? ;)
You can laugh all you like, but, I really am serious!
__________________ Julie Ebersole (JulieHRR once upon a time . . . )julieebersole.com"So shines a good deed in a weary world." -Willy Wonka
If you have a curious cat ALWAYS make sure you close your stamp pads before leaving the room...even if for only a minute or two. Unplanned kitty prints on cards and tables and the carpet are not amusing...at least at first they aren't.
I guess this could work for small children too.
janet***
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Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him.
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See, now I was just going to say that I don't own any ink-on-the-boob shirts!
totally off topic, BUT...
this reminds me of that scene in the movie Mean Girls where they try to get back at Regina George by cutting holes in her tanktop where the boobs are, but then everyone thinks it's really cool and adopts the new trend! HA! :mrgreen:
Never discuss the price of stamps with your husband.
So true. When you get home from shopping for supplies, leave them in the car until DH isn't around, then get them into the house and put away before he notices.
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On a more serious note, make sure you store your double-ended markers in a horizontal position (school pencil boxes work very well). As a new stamper years ago I bought many dollars worth of markers. I stored them in a really cool vase I had received as a gift. Before long the end that was up dried out. Not fun...
janet***
__________________ Psalm 37:7
Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him.
So true. When you get home from shopping for supplies, leave them in the car until DH isn't around, then get them into the house and put away before he notices.
I have it even easier, I usually place my orders online and they are mailed to our postal box, I am the one that always goes and gets the mail, so by the time DH gets home the new toys are safely put away and when I get it out to use it he just thinks that it is something I have had for awhile. Now to deal with the bank account statement that comes in the mail each month I usually say, I showed it to you when it came and I have put it in the file. It has worked so far for me. As for other don'ts, I make sure that I have a piece of paper (the SU grid paper works great), under my projects as I work on them, and when I use glitter I have a smaller piece of paper so that I can funnel the glitter back into the bottle.
Don't run your fingers along the blades of your scissors to remove "sticky gunk" it may hurt.
I also second the curious kitty one. So far my cat hasn't walked on my ink pads but he seems to really like the scrub so I am afraid he will lay on it!!! And I haven't cleaned it recently!
Make sure when you are stamping that there aren't any bits and pieces under the paper that will make it uneven so the image won't turn out right.
If you use beads ALWAYS keep the lids on or the bags well closed. Sigh...
If you don't have a Crop-a-Dile but one of the old-fashioned eyelet setters, use a mat under it at all times.
And ditto to what cbet said about a strainer when washing unmounted stamps. I have two little alphabet sets, and I wouldn't like to tell you how often I've lost a letter and panicked that it had gone down the drain.
Also when you've used unmounted, put them back on the sheet they came from straight away - being clear, they disappear very easily.
Unless your table is a lot tidier than mine, LOL.
Keep all your little scraps - they're great for punching and paper piecing.
SPONGES! Our kitty LOVES sponges. We have to lock our stamping sponges in a box. If we leave one out by mistake, Lovey picks it up in her mouth and runs off. She uses it as a toy and then hides it where we can't find it.
janet***
__________________ Psalm 37:7
Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him.
[quote=JulieHRR;10643593]Erin, we take our advice very, VERY seriously. If you should ever find yourself out in public with a black ink spot and no place to hide it; my apron advice will come back to haunt you.
But, I am not one to disappoint, so here's another tip:
Never store your rubber stamps in direct sunlight; it deteriorates the rubber. And, avoid oil or oily cleansers; we all know what happens when you mix condoms and vaseline, savvy? ;)
You can laugh all you like, but, I really am serious![/quote]
What are the Don'ts and no no's?
