I have one quick tip or hack. When you're embossing on Vellum.. if you're using the Misti or one of the stamp platforms that have a white or light background I put a piece of black cardstock behind the vellum. That way I know that when I actually am stamping it I get all of the intricate little parts of the stamp because it's always hard to see where the embossing ink goes and the black background makes it pop. Also when I heat the Vellum I do it from the back side rather than the front. That was something I learned years ago and it has seemed to help with warping because I love stamping on Vellum and then I love coloring it in from the back too which is always pretty. Thanks for the great video, by the way. You going to save me a ton of money on embossing powders.
Justine Hovey, I put magnets on the bottom of my nuvo drops and add a metal joiner plate glued to the bottom of my shelf. They are very thin so you can’t really see them. Then I store my nuvo drops from the bottom of the shelves so I don’t get air bubbles in my drops
A quick hack whilst colouring sequins and pearls is to lay them on painters tape sticky side up it holds them in place whilst you colour and you just pick off as you want them thanks for the great videos x
When you are using the MISTY for background stamps you can use Sticky grid sheets (double sided light sticky paper) to hold cardstock in place, as there is no room for magnets. Paper doesn't move so you can re ink with emossing ink. works a treat. Thanks for the tips.
Justine, Gorgeous! You said the Peruvian Lily was one of your favorites and I can see why. All your tips/hacks are so helpful. I'm really enjoying & being inspired by your recent videos & the crafters you're collaborating with. Thanks a bunch!
Oh my dear Justine, I've been doing most of these hacks for years! I've been crafting seriously for 30 years and was making things from the age of 10. However, I did learn something from your well presented video, thanks!
I really enjoyed the tip on scoring the cardstock for extra dimension. Gonna try soon. Also liked using the color inks to emboss, that is a neat idea I would love to see more tips on being thrifty. Im starting to realize we dont have to have everything all the demonstrators get . Im trying to use what I have and make do. Love the coloring pearls and sequins.
Brilliant hacks, some I knew, some I didn't. The one that really blew my mind was the dream drops reaction to black card! I'd love more hack tutorials, thank you for sharing them.
I agree Justine - I was blown away when I discovered how easy it is to get any color of embossing. I've found that you can put clear or pearl embossing powder straight onto distress oxide inks without using Versamark. It's pretty great to match an embossed sentiment to a color in a blended background - and using pearl gives a lovely muted version of that color. I use the Sistema containers recommended by Jennifer McGuire for clear, white and pearl powders. They are large enough that it is easy to pour the powder off the project directly back in without any mess.
Beautiful cards. Just going back and watching old videos, love these hacks especially the layering flowers, just beautiful. Thank you for sharing your ideas and techniques. 😊🥰
I love your hacks especially the suggestions of using a 6 x 6 for multi-layered stamp sets and the scoring tip for an elegant background. I look forward to future tutorial videos from you. Thank you for sharing!
Another way to color non porous embellishments if you have alcohol ink... put embellishments in a small baggie, add few drops alcohol ink, massage to disperse. Pour embellishments out onto paper towel or craft mat to dry. Dries quickly cause the alcohol evaporates.
Yes, please more hack videos! I learned something today that I can't wait to try...the Nuvo drops with a stencil. I just got some new Dream Drops that will be beautiful on black. Thank you!
Well these are beautiful. I am so amazed how easy the technique is and you get a very high end looking card. The lines on the white Cardstock blew my mind. I have some white that I had gotten for cards but it always looked naked, or unfinished no matter what I tried. It's so simple but so elegant. Brilliant mind !!! Have a wonderful day.
I know it's an old video , but time at home is letting me see ones I missed. You talked about about a picker upper , but you can make your own . Just get a handle ( like q tip and take off the cotton),and put a drop of tombow adhesive on the end and let it dry. If it's too sticky touch it with your fingers . Tfd
You can color buttons and ribbon and lace (which are porous) with alcohol markers as well. I also use markers to color the edge of an underneath layer to make it match,too.
What a great idea... the layering flower stamps. I used my set once and never wanted to use them again. Now I will such a simple solution that I made so difficult. Danke...
WOW, that hot pink embossing powder!!! I LOVE that!!! Great card, tips, & inspiration! Thank you for taking the time to make this video & sharing it!! God bless!! 😊
I loved all these hacks when I saw them too! A hack to share with you... you can restickify(?) your sticky tool by using some Tombow white glue, Zig glue or any glue that is permanent when wet, but removable when dry! I do it all the time with my sticky tool! Just put a blob on the end of your tool and let it dry! Voila... now you have a sticky tool! If it's to sticky just touch it on your hand a bit to destickify(?) it a little!
These hacks are awesome. I am retired and fairly new at cardmaking and enjoy learning from videos. This video is exceptional! I am so jazzed! Thank you for all the tips and the time you put into doing these. You are also introducing me to new products and how they work!!!
I may be new to your channel but I am OBSESSED!! Your energy, your clear directions, you techniques!!! I am binge watching!!! Keep posting please!! 😊💗🙏👀🤳
Hi Justine, Love all the tips along the way, and your cards are beautiful, the best tip from you is the multi layered stamp idea 4 on one page, great idea, TFS, Cheers Anna.
One of my favorite hacks is masking and paper piecing. It's such a fun way to stretch your stamps even further. I'm actually planning a video in a couple weeks showing this with Sassy and Crafty stamps! Thanks so much for your hacks, I'm definitely going to be putting them to good use.
Awesome thanks, let me tell you about my boo boo, i bought a two step stamp set, lol saw a piece of the acrylic sticking out so even though i have eye disease i snipped it off!!! Well, that little piece was for lining the stamp onto the first layer! Oooops hence i never use that stamp
Thank you so much Justin, I really really love 💕 all those techniques you’ve shown us all. That hibiscus 🌺 flower I thought 💭 was really really stunning and gorgeous xxx Mags
I've had a score board for years, and I like to think I'm creative, but it's never occurred to me to use it to add texture to basic card stock!!! 😍😍😍 Thank you for suggesting it!
Love the tips. Btw, I've seen a DIY for jewel pickers using the white putty like material that you can use to mount posters to the wall without leaving marks. Not sure if the price is worth it as an alternative for the Marvy tool but it certainly is for the Crystal Katana
Thrilled with the hacks tute! Love the lily stamps and the stencil with smoothed out nuvo drops. Yes I’m so happy for these hacks as I would rather spend my money on stamps than embossing powders! (But I do have several though).
I love your video! I will definitely subscribe!!! Another “hack” is that you can color white or clear embellishments with sharpie markers as well! And I will go ahead and place them on a glue dot and then color them on the release paper before I put them on my project! That holds it in place for me!💖
Great videos and hacks! Just a suggestion on the lily turning / multi layer / misti stamper ... I saw another hack a long time ago where if you position your next layer(s) at each of the next turn(s) you are able to ink and stamp multiple layers at the same time! Great for creating just the designs like you did, or on the huge misti, placing and stamping multiple cards at once! 😉
I always learn from hacks & the comments others share ... more hacks would be appreciated! Thanks for taking the time to help all of us add to our skills by sharing what you've found works well.
Gee, I really love all your fantastic ideas Justine! And I also love your upbeatness!! It's so infectious!! Lol Thanks for all your great hacks. Lovely cards. ❤️🌸
Thanks Justine for the great tips for embossing and adding color to embellishments to match our creations!!! Anything that saves me money is a great tip!!!
You can use sticky tack on the end of your pen to help placement of your sequins , it’s much cheaper than the wax. You can get the sticky tack at Walmart in the office section or at Office Depot
Thank you for another helpful video! A hack I like to use for Nuvo Drops when you don't have exactly the right color is to put down some ink in the color you want and put a similar or neutral color drop on top of it! The drops will "wick" up the ink color and presto! the proper colored drop!
Thanks so much for sharing these. Some of them I already "knew" but had forgotten, so I really appreciate you reminding me and sharing the new ones. Great tutorial. Thanks again. I also NEED to have everything even though I can't afford it, hehehehe.
I really appreciate your tip on getting more colors by using a regular stamp pad and then the embossing pad. I only have silver, gold, white, black, red, and a small shiny pumpkin color for fall.
"Destaticize"??? OMG...I'm totally watching every one of your videos!! First for techniques...second for your original vocab! YOU ARE HILARIOUS! Keep on being YOU, girlie! LOL
So glad I discovered you! Wonderful ideas and hacks. Especially love going back to the basic ideas with scoring your card base. It’s genius... like wainscoting !
Also, when you are die cutting and there is space between images, grab some small dies of hearts, stars, etc and send those through as well. You can keep a little bowl of them, and when you need them they are there!
Before there were stamp positioning tools, I did a similar technique by stamping with VersaMark, stamping with colored ink, then stamping on the paper followed by clear embossing powder.
Oh, Justine, LOVIN’ the “HACK” videos! So many great tips n’ ideas~~~ALWAYS HELPFUL! So appreciate them! With new items always being developed, I KNOW you won’t run out of items to “HACK” for us! :-)))). Totally agree with you, too, that even when you’re trying to be “cost conscious”, sometimes you just have to think “if it makes you happy, go for it”!! Thanks so much for sharing this video with us, n’ HAPPY STAMPIN’, CRAFTIN’ n’ HACKIN’! Have a super CRAFTY day! :-))
That's great-coloring sequins individually is totally labor-intense!!!! You can really find all color sequins in dollar stores~~ liked the rest of your hacks!!
Do you have a favourite crafty hack? Let me know!
I have one quick tip or hack. When you're embossing on Vellum.. if you're using the Misti or one of the stamp platforms that have a white or light background I put a piece of black cardstock behind the vellum. That way I know that when I actually am stamping it I get all of the intricate little parts of the stamp because it's always hard to see where the embossing ink goes and the black background makes it pop. Also when I heat the Vellum I do it from the back side rather than the front. That was something I learned years ago and it has seemed to help with warping because I love stamping on Vellum and then I love coloring it in from the back too which is always pretty.
Thanks for the great video, by the way. You going to save me a ton of money on embossing powders.
Justine Hovey, I put magnets on the bottom of my nuvo drops and add a metal joiner plate glued to the bottom of my shelf. They are very thin so you can’t really see them. Then I store my nuvo drops from the bottom of the shelves so I don’t get air bubbles in my drops
I believe if you have alcohol reinkers or alcohol inks, put the sequins in a small baggie with a couple drops of ink and smoosh them around to color
@@sweetboo1022 great idea! I use white typing paper (🤣🤣) under the clear lid when I stamp black on clear stamps-your idea is great!
Hi. I like using double sided sticky tape or Zig two way glue and letting it dry so that it's just tacky for adding foil flakes to a project.
A quick hack whilst colouring sequins and pearls is to lay them on painters tape sticky side up it holds them in place whilst you colour and you just pick off as you want them thanks for the great videos x
Thanks Kay, great ideatfs
I was thinking of putting them in a small container and swirl the pen around in a stirring motion to color. 🤔
Awesome tip--thank you!!
what a great idea!
@Kay Sewyer. Thank you, so needed to know this!🙏❤️
When you are using the MISTY for background stamps you can use Sticky grid sheets (double sided light sticky paper) to hold cardstock in place, as there is no room for magnets. Paper doesn't move so you can re ink with emossing ink. works a treat. Thanks for the tips.
Never thought to stamp layered stamps more than once .. huge time saver! That pink embossing powder is a wow factor!
Justine, Gorgeous! You said the Peruvian Lily was one of your favorites and I can see why. All your tips/hacks are so helpful. I'm really enjoying & being inspired by your recent videos & the crafters you're collaborating with. Thanks a bunch!
Oh my dear Justine, I've been doing most of these hacks for years! I've been crafting seriously for 30 years and was making things from the age of 10. However, I did learn something from your well presented video, thanks!
I really enjoyed the tip on scoring the cardstock for extra dimension. Gonna try soon. Also liked using the color inks to emboss, that is a neat idea I would love to see more tips on being thrifty. Im starting to realize we dont have to have everything all the demonstrators get . Im trying to use what I have and make do. Love the coloring pearls and sequins.
Brilliant hacks, some I knew, some I didn't. The one that really blew my mind was the dream drops reaction to black card! I'd love more hack tutorials, thank you for sharing them.
I agree Justine - I was blown away when I discovered how easy it is to get any color of embossing. I've found that you can put clear or pearl embossing powder straight onto distress oxide inks without using Versamark. It's pretty great to match an embossed sentiment to a color in a blended background - and using pearl gives a lovely muted version of that color. I use the Sistema containers recommended by Jennifer McGuire for clear, white and pearl powders. They are large enough that it is easy to pour the powder off the project directly back in without any mess.
Beautiful cards. Just going back and watching old videos, love these hacks especially the layering flowers, just beautiful. Thank you for sharing your ideas and techniques. 😊🥰
I love your hacks especially the suggestions of using a 6 x 6 for multi-layered stamp sets and the scoring tip for an elegant background. I look forward to future tutorial videos from you. Thank you for sharing!
Another way to color non porous embellishments if you have alcohol ink... put embellishments in a small baggie, add few drops alcohol ink, massage to disperse. Pour embellishments out onto paper towel or craft mat to dry. Dries quickly cause the alcohol evaporates.
Yes, please more hack videos! I learned something today that I can't wait to try...the Nuvo drops with a stencil. I just got some new Dream Drops that will be beautiful on black. Thank you!
Wow. The stamping in the misti is great and that black on the flower! Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing that!
If vellum warps, you can run it through your die cutting macine with a piece of cardstock or metal shim. A few passes will usually flatten the vellum.
love this tip!
Technique and hack videos are my absolute favorite because the resulting pieces can be used in so many ways!
Great ideas. That last card with the hot pink embossing powder and the gorgeous flower is amazing. TFS.
Well these are beautiful. I am so amazed how easy the technique is and you get a very high end looking card. The lines on the white Cardstock blew my mind. I have some white that I had gotten for cards but it always looked naked, or unfinished no matter what
I tried. It's so simple but so elegant. Brilliant mind !!! Have a wonderful day.
Yes, I also find it extremely pretty to do the simple lines. Something I really forget about often but it's so effective.
I know it's an old video , but time at home is letting me see ones I missed. You talked about about a picker upper , but you can make your own . Just get a handle ( like q tip and take off the cotton),and put a drop of tombow adhesive on the end and let it dry. If it's too sticky touch it with your fingers . Tfd
You can color buttons and ribbon and lace (which are porous) with alcohol markers as well. I also use markers to color the edge of an underneath layer to make it match,too.
What a great idea... the layering flower stamps. I used my set once and never wanted to use them again. Now I will such a simple solution that I made so difficult. Danke...
WOW, that hot pink embossing powder!!! I LOVE that!!! Great card, tips, & inspiration! Thank you for taking the time to make this video & sharing it!! God bless!! 😊
Thank you for watching! That EP is pretty bright!
@@justinehovey it really is! It made my breath catch in my throat! I love the colors that you used when you stamped the Peruvian Lily!
I loved all these hacks when I saw them too!
A hack to share with you... you can restickify(?) your sticky tool by using some Tombow white glue, Zig glue or any glue that is permanent when wet, but removable when dry! I do it all the time with my sticky tool! Just put a blob on the end of your tool and let it dry! Voila... now you have a sticky tool! If it's to sticky just touch it on your hand a bit to destickify(?) it a little!
Thanks for the tip!
Excellent tip! And “ restickify” should be a crafters word! 😀
Hi. That's brilliant, thank you.
These hacks are awesome. I am retired and fairly new at cardmaking and enjoy learning from videos. This video is exceptional! I am so jazzed! Thank you for all the tips and the time you put into doing these. You are also introducing me to new products and how they work!!!
I may be new to your channel but I am OBSESSED!! Your energy, your clear directions, you techniques!!! I am binge watching!!! Keep posting please!! 😊💗🙏👀🤳
Glad you're enjoying the channel!
Justine , great video love Alternew stamps, Love the idea of making flowers faster Thanks for the great tips how to! God Bless Glenda
Hi Justine, Love all the tips along the way, and your cards are beautiful, the best tip from you is the multi layered stamp idea 4 on one page, great idea, TFS, Cheers Anna.
One of my favorite hacks is masking and paper piecing. It's such a fun way to stretch your stamps even further. I'm actually planning a video in a couple weeks showing this with Sassy and Crafty stamps! Thanks so much for your hacks, I'm definitely going to be putting them to good use.
Awesome thanks, let me tell you about my boo boo, i bought a two step stamp set, lol saw a piece of the acrylic sticking out so even though i have eye disease i snipped it off!!! Well, that little piece was for lining the stamp onto the first layer! Oooops hence i never use that stamp
Thank you so much Justin, I really really love 💕 all those techniques you’ve shown us all. That hibiscus 🌺 flower I thought 💭 was really really stunning and gorgeous xxx Mags
Love the tip about colouring your sequins, would never have thought of that. Thank you for sharing your ideas 💜💜🇦🇺
You’re welcome!
Well done Fiona. Love learning new techniques. The talk over works really well
I've had a score board for years, and I like to think I'm creative, but it's never occurred to me to use it to add texture to basic card stock!!! 😍😍😍 Thank you for suggesting it!
Love the tips. Btw, I've seen a DIY for jewel pickers using the white putty like material that you can use to mount posters to the wall without leaving marks. Not sure if the price is worth it as an alternative for the Marvy tool but it certainly is for the Crystal Katana
I had NO IDEA you could colour sequins! Total game changer. WOW - THANK YOU SO MUCH ❤️🧡💛💚
Yes! Great way to save some cash for sure!
Love these cards, especially the last one! Gorgeous!
Great hacks! I love Peruvian Lily, also. It is gorgeous in several different color combos.
great voice, fast and to the point. thank you
U just made me crack up about the sequins picker 😂 Thanks for the hacks, love it!
Live these ideas , my favourite was the last one , loved that bright pink , made a pretty card,,,,. Xxxx 🌺🌸🌺🌸
I SHOULD stick with budget friendly, HOWEVER, I need ALL the things!!!! #keepingupwirhtheJones
Hahaha. Understand completely!
Great tips! Thanks for sharing! Those layered flowers are gorgeous!!
That’s a great idea, doing the four at a time, is a great track! The flowers are pretty!
This is one of the best videos ever - thank you!
Wow,love that stenciled one-gorgeous!
Hello Justine..Oh wow, thank you for sharing these cardmaking hacks. Oh yes, please share more hacks.
love the idea of doing several of the layered stamps! GENIUS!!
Thrilled with the hacks tute! Love the lily stamps and the stencil with smoothed out nuvo drops. Yes I’m so happy for these hacks as I would rather spend my money on stamps than embossing powders! (But I do have several though).
I love your video! I will definitely subscribe!!! Another “hack” is that you can color white or clear embellishments with sharpie markers as well! And I will go ahead and place them on a glue dot and then color them on the release paper before I put them on my project! That holds it in place for me!💖
Hi Justine, Thank you for sharing all of these hacks with me . I have learned a lot. Hope to see another one of your educational videos really soon.
Great videos and hacks! Just a suggestion on the lily turning / multi layer / misti stamper ... I saw another hack a long time ago where if you position your next layer(s) at each of the next turn(s) you are able to ink and stamp multiple layers at the same time! Great for creating just the designs like you did, or on the huge misti, placing and stamping multiple cards at once! 😉
I was looking through the comments if somebody already mentioned this tip. So you did! Great!
Justine, You are one of my favorite instructors. Your videos are clear and very informative.
I always learn from hacks & the comments others share ... more hacks would be appreciated! Thanks for taking the time to help all of us add to our skills by sharing what you've found works well.
I love how you colored the Peruvian Lily. I have that stamp and die set.
Gee, I really love all your fantastic ideas Justine! And I also love your upbeatness!! It's so infectious!! Lol Thanks for all your great hacks. Lovely cards. ❤️🌸
Beautiful cards. Great ideas. Good to revisit them every so often. Thanks. Carla
Loved your "hack" techniques. Enjoy listening to you. I love ideas that save money and time.
Thanks Justine for the great tips for embossing and adding color to embellishments to match our creations!!! Anything that saves me money is a great tip!!!
You can use sticky tack on the end of your pen to help placement of your sequins , it’s much cheaper than the wax. You can get the sticky tack at Walmart in the office section or at Office Depot
All “new to me” hacks, just great!
Thank you for another helpful video! A hack I like to use for Nuvo Drops when you don't have exactly the right color is to put down some ink in the color you want and put a similar or neutral color drop on top of it! The drops will "wick" up the ink color and presto! the proper colored drop!
Yes, it does do that I noticed! Sometimes I think to myself, didn't I put white dots there? LOL!
Hi. Good idea, I'll try it out. Thank you.
Love these hacks. And all the products. Can't wait to try therm all. Thank you so much for sharing. Awesome job!🦄🌷🌻
Love the hacks. Wonderful card, very pretty. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing the ideas and inspiration, love the look of spreading the drops, hadn't thought of that.
Loved the idea for the layered flowers!
I love these jacks, especially the one with the stencil! xxx
Thanks so much for sharing these. Some of them I already "knew" but had forgotten, so I really appreciate you reminding me and sharing the new ones. Great tutorial. Thanks again. I also NEED to have everything even though I can't afford it, hehehehe.
What a fun sentiment on this lovely card!
I really appreciate your tip on getting more colors by using a regular stamp pad and then the embossing pad. I only have silver, gold, white, black, red, and a small shiny pumpkin color for fall.
"Destaticize"??? OMG...I'm totally watching every one of your videos!! First for techniques...second for your original vocab! YOU ARE HILARIOUS! Keep on being YOU, girlie! LOL
I get creative sometimes. I think because I speak so many languages I get unsure LOL
Great hacks, would live to see more. TFS. Have a splendid weekend Justine.
So glad I discovered you! Wonderful ideas and hacks. Especially love going back to the basic ideas with scoring your card base. It’s genius... like wainscoting !
These are very lovely Cards. Great hack video! Thank you for sharing your creativity with us.
Thank you for these hacks! I really love the lily stamp you used! It is so pretty in the colors you used!
Also, when you are die cutting and there is space between images, grab some small dies of hearts, stars, etc and send those through as well. You can keep a little bowl of them, and when you need them they are there!
C L E V E R IDEA!!
What GREAT hacks! Wish I would have known these before I spent money on things I really didn't need. Thanks for sharing!
Love the Tonic Stamp Positioner. Also the Stampin' Up positioner.
Great ideas! I also use alcohol ink pens to color white ribbon to match
Love the alcohol markers on sewiins, pearls etc. Love this havk!
very pretty, love all of flowers and backgrounds.
Great, clear, easy to understand!
Hello & Happy Blessed Wednesday :) Great projects :) Thank You for sharing Your creativity with us :) Have A JoyFul & Blessed Week :)
Thank you that was great. I love hacks! I have never embossed vellum before, but now I will try! Jan from Australia 🇦🇺
Enjoyed very much. Like when you speed it up no wasted time
Great ideas! Thanks Justine!
Love All these hacks ! Thanks for Sharing 🥰🌈☮️
Thank you for this video! Great ideas on how to use what supplies we have but in different ways! You are awesome as always!
Before there were stamp positioning tools, I did a similar technique by stamping with VersaMark, stamping with colored ink, then stamping on the paper followed by clear embossing powder.
Thx so much, and especially your collabs. . So nice to get even more amazing ideas from others, LOVE that 👍
Thanks you for sharing these fantastic hacks, very helpful. Blessings from Canada!
Hi Justine, I don't buy layered stamps because of the very reasons you stated. Now I will be adding to my wish list. Thanks for the tips😊
Thank you! Loved every single one.
Really enjoyed all that you taught me today, thanks!
Excellent tips, I’d love to see more!
Oh, Justine, LOVIN’ the “HACK” videos! So many great tips n’ ideas~~~ALWAYS HELPFUL! So appreciate them! With new items always being developed, I KNOW you won’t run out of items to “HACK” for us! :-)))). Totally agree with you, too, that even when you’re trying to be “cost conscious”, sometimes you just have to think “if it makes you happy, go for it”!! Thanks so much for sharing this video with us, n’ HAPPY STAMPIN’, CRAFTIN’ n’ HACKIN’! Have a super CRAFTY day! :-))
Love your hack videos! Especially loved the dream drops on black. So very pretty!!!
This was so helpful! I would love to see more hacks. Thank you.
Great ideas! I am on a strict budget, especially love the embossing colors tip.
Thanks for watching!
Great video. Thank you for all the tips!
That's great-coloring sequins individually is totally labor-intense!!!! You can really find all color sequins in dollar stores~~ liked the rest of your hacks!!
These are great hacks. I love tips and tricks. The more the merrier. Thank you for sharing.