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Lessons Learned While Scrapbooking - As Posted By About Scrapbooking Forum Members |
Some of the most memorable lessons learned in life are the most painful ones. Ann, on the Forum, started a discussion where people posted "Lessons learned while scrapbooking." You'll laugh, you'll cry, and maybe you will learn something from someone else's mistakes. Heat guns seem to be the center of many of these lessons - just something to think about.
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Don't leave your huge self-healing cutting mat in the backseat of a car during a road trip in 90 degree weather. It will melt and warp. - Ann2) Don't think that a heat gun is a good replacement for a hair dryer. You're wrong. - Ann
3) Always test your magnetic letter stamp words BEFORE committing them to your final work - I had lots of bizarre, backwards, almost demonic-looking, words when I first started using these things! - Ann
4) Don't drink tea at your desk next to your OPEN drawer of Patterned Paper! You never know when you'll have a clumsy moment! - Kelly
5) Don't sit across the table from someone who is just learning how to use embossing powder. Especially if it is the kind with glitter in it. - Tammy
6) You know those cute little tubes of glitter and beads? Open them over your Tidy Tray. Always. Really, don't get lazy! I have vacuumed up huge quantities of beads (with a pantyhose leg over the wand so it caught and held the beads so I didn't lose them). I have been covered in glitter (did you know it takes several days to get it all out of your hair?). - Natalia
7) Use the lid that comes with your Coluzzle knife. Blood dripping from puncture wounds is not a cool way to embellish your layouts. - Natalia
8) When you've been stamping (especially with pigment ink), be careful of your fingers. Unless you like fingerprints on your work. - Natalia
9) Don't try to look at the end of the heat gun when it's on, just trust that it's hot! I don't know why I needed to try and look at I guess I'm lucky that I didn't go blind. If it was meant to be seen I suppose you would be able to see it while using it! - Shakira
10) Never allow hubby to watch the children unless you have all your ink pads locked up - especially the Versamark. So much for the "watermark" abilities. - Francine
11) Never, ever turn your back on a child in your scrap area when scissors are available and you have a stack of completed borders sitting on your desk for a swap. - Francine
12) Know the sequence of assembling your page. For example, trying to create a background after you already adhered your photos and journaling to the page. Can we say "I love Un-du"? - Francine
13) Always heat emboss BEFORE you adhere your pictures! Although the pictures do melt into interesting designs! Also, always get double prints. You NEVER know what may happen to the first copy! - Jana
14) Never try to make tags on the patio while children and husband are having a water gun fight! I told them "No getting mommy wet" because she was doing some scrapbooking. - Lizette
15) Don't heat emboss next to your bowl of ice cream. - Tracey
16) Don't let red alcohol inks drip down your finger, people will ask for days if it hurts. - Tracey
17) Don't emboss on top of a piece of scrap paper that you cut earlier and forgot there was a huge slash in the middle. When you pick it up to dump back into your vial you end up with embossing powder all over your table and your lap. - Tracy
18) Don't use a heat gun on something that you laid on your wall to wall carpet and not expect to burn the carpet with an outline of your object. - Nicole
19) I don't use stickers very much any more, but I did learn that when you decide to add stickers to an already completed page, be sure to take it OUT of the page protector first! - Sandy
20) Don't scrap by a pool. The wind will show up.... - Mindy
21) Don't let anyone drink at the scrap table! (I witnessed a horrible incident; it got all over someone's album.) - Cheryl
22) Always put a towel or a craft mat under what you are heat embossing. - Cheryl
23) Don't test out your glossy accents to see if they are dry, unless you want to be fingerprinted. - Cheryl
24) Don't try to pick something up out of a melting pot. - Breanne
25) Don't go and take a shower and leave your best Basic Grey paper out on your scrap table so your 11 year old daughter can write down a phone number for something she wants on the T.V. - Jenny
26) If the lid gets stuck on your container of embossing powder don't open it with your mouth. Ick!! I had to wash my mouth quite a few times after that. - Monirose
