The Creative Hot-Knife

Hi everyone!! Here is something so cool that I have to share..... Recently I bought a few stamp sets from Oxford Impression and the stamps are all unmounted. Putting them on the cling foams and cutting with the Kai Scissors is tedious, tiring and messy.........!!
Remembering that once I saw a tutorial on Youtube using Hot Knife to cut unmounted stamps, I will put up the link at the end of this post, so I started searching for the hot knife and found it!!, went ahead made an order and it arrived today. Yay!! Its called "The Creative Hot-knife"!! On the packaging, it says 'tools created for women' Hahahaha!!
It cuts the sticky foam like butter, no more mess, no more tired/painful fingers...... how cool is that!!! :D But be very very careful though, its really really HOT!!!
The website that I ordered my hot knife from is http://www.michellesscrap.com/ You might want to take a look.

Here is how the hot-knife looks like......... It comes with 2 blades and has a ON/OFF button that is attached on the cable.... and a stand.



First, you will have to cut out the images as close to the edge as possible..........


Next, cut out a piece of the sticky foam bigger than the stamp image..... stick them together....
and place the hot-knife resting and moving along the edge of the stamp...... Viola!!!..........


You have a clean cut stamp..................!!!! Here is the finished result!!!!!

The link to the Youtube Hot-knife Tutorial.....: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG7lnZTcY7g
This tutorial is done by 2worldswings.

Hope this post helps!!!! Have a great day, everybody!! and thanks for stopping by!!!

More Journals.......................

I must have fallen in love with making Journals..... Hahaha!! Here are a few that I finished and had lots of fun making them. Just trying out different techniques that I picked up here and there.

I didn't just stop at these few, I'm still in the making of a few more in different styles. Yaya!!

The first 1 that I'm sharing here is 1 made with corrugated cardboard and this is my first. I have seen many crafters/scrappers used corrugated board for 12x12 layouts, for mini albums and they looked so beautiful but have never tried it out........ So I thought why not give it a shot and have to say that it turned out not too bad. My little niece asked me to give it to her...... hehehe!!! I'm keeping it and will make her another 1.

For the hanging sign, I wanted a rusty metal looking hanger, so I first painted it with landscape green paint from Claudine Hellmuth (actually this part is not necessary), then I dabbed on some area with a 3D paint in kinda bronze color using finger to give some blotchyness and at the end I used a paint dabber in Expresso and dabbed it all over the hanger and over the bronze. Then went over with the 3D paint once more......
I used willow paint dabber and antique linen crakle paint on the front and back cover.

The signboard, I tried a technique called Rusted Enamel from "A Compendium of Curiosities" by Tim Holtz. It turned out cool........ Hahaha

the metal looking roses on this journal are a recent goodies I received from Velma... Thanks Velma.. they are so pretty... I am trying to figure out how these roses were made.... especially the very tiny ones, must be very tedious to make. Velma, if you are reading this..... you surely know where and what to buy..... you have great taste and you know what people loves. You are just wonderful. Thanks

On this one, I tried out another techniques from Tim Holtz book, on the frame....... but have to say, it didn't turn out so well..... This technique is called Rusted Grunge. He did it on grunge and I used a chipboard frame, not sure if using different material will give a different look. Or simply, I did it all wrong..... :(

The shape of this journal, covers and inside pages were cut using a Sizzix die - Card Fronts, A2 Eyelet and Ornate die.

Here I glittered the flowers with Vintage Glass Glitter-Diamond Dust by Art Glitter, using ModPodge. Then I glimmer misted it with "Peppermint Stick"

The metal butterfly was embossed with Zing Red Embossing powder.

Thats all for now. Once the other journals are done........ till then.......!!

Bye!!