I have a question for your next Q&A...
Do you have any tips for photographing cards? My pictures are almost always disappointing. (I have a lack of natural light in my house, which is probably my biggest problem.) It's disheartening to work hard on making a pretty card only to have an ugly photograph to put on my blog. Your cards always look great. (Of course, they're gorgeous to start with!)
Thanks,
Lisa
Check out this post I did a year ago <----- click!! I still do that now (either 2 pieces of card stock as a background or a piece of posterboard and then my 2 daylight lamps). I've moved since then and my space doesn't look anything like that but I still set up everything on my desk and take my pics!
I also have a different camera than the Fuji one I listed in that post (that Fuji was great for taking card pictures tho...) I have a Digital Canon Rebel XT (got it b/c we have the 35mm Canon Rebel and all the accessories and lenses are interchangeable) which has a MUCH bigger learning curve to it (not to mention they are a lot more expensive!).
When you sew on a card what do you do with the "tails" of the thread? With a normal sewing project you'd backstitch to keep it from unravelling and trim the ends. I never see backstitching on paper projects, so I'm wondering how you keep it from unravelling? Thanks!
I pull the thread that sticks out on the front of the project to the back (easy to do since you just need to gently tug on the thread that is on the back and it will pull on the front one) then tie them in a knot and trim them off and that's it!
First, I have to say that I love your blog - so many great ideas! My DH got me some Nestabilities for Christmas this year (yeah!). I was wondering, do you stamp your image first or cut and emboss first? Any info. would be greatly appreciated!
That was so sweet of your DH!! *grin* Actually I do both - MOST of the time I cut out THEN stamp and whatnot but every once and a while I stamp and then decide I want it on a Nestability shape so I cut it out. I just personally prefer to cut then stamp b/c it's easier for me that way. I've done it where I've stamped and colored an image and then went to cut it out and the die slipped as I made the "sandwich" stack and then after I pulled it out it was ruined! (I guess there is a magnet sheet you can get to help prevent this but I've never looked into it - for now it just workes for me to cut out the shapes then stamp them...)
Hello Amy,
I was wondering if the wooden storage case would hold the stampin up ink pads?
Thanks,
Shannon
You mean this one?? No it won't. And the DVD one like that I'm sure won't either. IKEA used to have wood DVD holders that were perfect for holding SU!'s ink pads (I had quite a few of them for that purpose but stopped using them b/c they took up too much wallspace) as they were just strips of wood - you can see what I'm talking about here. I don't know if IKEA even sells them anymore tho....