djkardkreations: Dropping You a Line ~

February 24, 2025

Dropping You a Line ~

Hello Stamplings!

I hope you're doing well! The sun came out here and what a difference that makes to literally everything! I even have a few bulbs and the hardenbergia flowering, so I will send you off with your usual spring bouquet at the end!

Onefer

This week's I.D.E.A.S. is "A = Anything Goes," so that's easy. I started with a sketch challenge and then found a color challenge and then came up with a NBUS stamp set. This is where Hammy and Stanley are a big help, especially having two of them now. I had dozens of options and having them run back and forth so I could try on this and that made the job easier. When we got to the Flourishes stamp of the little boy fishing in silhouette, we all squealed. It was a wonderful AHA moment!

Playing in:

Freshly Made Sketches

Color Hues ~ coral and yellow

NBUS ~ never-before-used-schtuff

We Love Stamping ~ CAS

Twofer

I used the The NBUS "Color Spots" stencil from The Greetery. The images are from an ancient SU stamp no longer in the packaging. The lads ran around the edge of the white panel with a black marker to distinguish it. They took their time and did a perfect job ~ although I did turn a little blue from holding my breath!

Sharing a Brilliant Hack

I'm not sure who coined the word "hack" to mean "genius," but the poor thing is getting a workout: You can hack off a dead branch. You can hack into a computer. Grandpa had such a bad cold, he hacked up a lung. A disreputable newspaper reporter used to be called a hack. But I digest.

I am delighted to pass on a crafty hack from my friend Vicki Dutcher (here) who saw it on Facebook. A lot of us have removed our older rubber stamps from their wooden blocks. Then, when we want to stamp them, we sometimes need to use double-sided tape to stick them to the MISTI, which can be a mess. Not anymore! Someone discovered that the little sticky mats used to hold a cell phone in place also work perfectly for holding our nonsticky rubber stamps in place!

Vicki showed her success and I tried it for the above card and it's brilliant!

I don't want to put a link to Amazon on here because Blogger can be funny about links and hits, so to find the ones I bought (FIVE for $4.99!!), just search on "5PCS car dashboard." Of course, you can choose from several companies that make these types of mats. If you have trouble finding them, let me know and I'll email you the link.

As you can see, the ones I got are small (2.75x5). They have no residue on them. You just slap them on your MISTI cover and then peel them off. They stick so well, you have to tug and they do stretch out like silly putty, but they spring right back into their original shape.

And there are so many things that these little sticky pads can be used for! For example, if you're like me and you haven't purchased a product to hold your stamp pads in place on your desk while you use them, these work amazing for that, too!

Thank you again, Vicki, and thank you to the originator of the idea, whoever you are! Much appreciated!