Top Tip Tuesday #4 Recycling

An oldie but a goodie in this quickie post! 

Rather than go to the expense of buying low tack tape just use regular sticky tape 

which has already been used (recycling) or stick it to your clothes to pick up a few fibres

until it's a bit less sticky! 

Use to pick up peel offs, rub over with an embossing tool or similar to pick up and then apply to your project in the same manner. 

Great for positive & negative images(recycling waste)! 

I have used this for many different different things!

Make sure you stop by Top Tip Tuesday to see all the other great crafting tips! 

You may also have one of your own you'd like to share!

A Crafty Tip For Top Tip Tuesday

Top Tip Tuesday has launched with its fab first 'top tip' today on how to make

 flowers from paper doily's. They have also challenged us to share a top tip with you!

As I have previously posted my favourite 'bits of ribbon from your clothes' tip for you 

I thought I'd share another one which was given to me by my Mum.

When using chalks on a project, they are prone to smudging or rubbing off. 

To avoid this, just spritz over the finished project with a cheap non scented hairspray. 

This will fix the chalks ensuring they stay put.

Hope you find it useful!

A Money Saving Crafty Tip!

Thought I'd just share my fav crafting money saving tip with you!

I make loads of cards for a charity shop & I like to keep the costs down
as much as possible. I use lots of downloads for making them so
 I try to use one sheet to make two cards!

My fav tip though is, you know all these annoying bits of ribbon attached

 to your new clothes to keep them on the hanger? 

They are just perfect for making a ribbon detail or bow for a card! 

I get my friends to snip them off for me too & I have ribbons in all sorts of colours!