Elzybells Blog

Tip for using stickles / liquid pearls

 

 

Always store your stickles or liquid pearls upside down so that no air becomes trapped in the nozzle.

This way, when you come to use it, it will flow easily without 'burping' and causing a splodge all over your masterpiece! :)

 

 

 

 

 

Bluebird card

A few of you have asked how I created the wavy shape on the bluebird card - it wasn't freehand, it was my paisley nestabilities!

There's a very simple trick so that your paper is only cut along the bottom half.

First trim your paper to fit snugly inside the classic paisley scallop die and slide it inside like so:

 

 

 

Then feed it through the die cutter as normal and voilà, you have this:

 

 

I have the wizard die cutter and I used a larger spacer plate (S5) while cutting so that it covered the width of the die.

I hope this helps - it's a great little trick!