Buy It, Try It: GlitzCraft Satin Paste and Stencils

I am posting a Buy It, Try It on a Tuesday.  Call me a rebel... Wendy of scrapbooksandcookbooks.blogspot.com is posting Buy It, Try It items as well... or here's hoping...  she is the one whose idea it was. 

The day after I bought them, I tried out my GlitzCraft Satin Glitter Paste and Stencils. I love the look, and since I have plenty of stencils and plenty of other uses for stencils, I thought this would be a great addition to my supplies.

I got them at the Make It Show in Farnborough.  See a previous post for full details of what I bought.  Suffice it to say this was my one major impulse buy because the demo was just too good!

I experienced some roll - under when applying the paste but I'm sure it's just technique and.with some practice I'm already getting better at it.

Anyway, here's some photos.  If you want to know more, pop over to Youtube and search GlitzCraft and you'll probably find a demo.  Enjoy!

Me on a Monday - Buy It, Try It!

First allow me to wave at Sian from High in the Sky.  This is because I am following along with her Me on a Monday posting theme.  :)  For others doing the same, check her blog out on a Monday!

It was a Hey Big Spender, Shop Til You Drop, then Go Home and Play and eat Takeaway kind of a weekend.  I went over to Wendy's Friday night so that we could get up early and leave for the Make It Show in Farnborough on the Saturday.  We had an interesting journey, arguing with the Sat Nav lady (we've named her Felicity) about bypasses.  There were a few little roadworks bits but otherwise the journey was smooth sailing.

At the show, we were very good girls and only bought what was on our lists.





Okay, no.

I posted on Saturday about that.  It was the fastest shop and blog that has ever happened to me!  Started shopping at 10am, blog entry was up before 4pm.  Sweet.  Must be some sort of record.

My shopping companion (who has once more 'won the shopping' by spending the most) and I went to an American style Diner in Farnborough for lunch because the selection was less than it had been in previous years and Wendy was uninspired by what was on offer.  I played it safe (it's easy for an American to be disappointed in an American style diner in the UK or anywhere for that matter) and ordered Chili Cheese Fries.  I was afraid to order the Philly Cheese Steak lest it be one of those disappointing places that didn't know how to cut steak for a cheese steak.    The chili fries were so good that I will be trusting the Cheese Steak next time we come round.  Lovely food.  The place is called Sidewalks if you're ever in the Farnborough area.  It's on a one-way system so be careful and watch the signs for parking!  Ooh look at me, I'm like my own TripAdvisor.

We got home and photographed our shopping and blogged before getting started on some playing!!!!  I actually set out to play with my new toys from the show, so now I am moving on to the Buy It, Try It or BITI section of my blog for today!

For BITI, which is also slated for a Monday, I am waving to Wendy over at Scrapbooks and Cookbooks.

Today's BITI is a flat-packed MDF ribbon holder from The MDF Man.  I originally went to the MDF man for a letter rack and a remote control organiser but neither of those were available.  I was happy to see this ribbon rack though because I don't have that many reels of ribbon and I would like them to be organised.

I painted it with Autentico Chalk Paint in Byzantine.  I am planning to sand it back to its undercoat of Bathstone that I put on first and then rub some of this lime green Liquid Pearls on it to give it a crazy distressed look. 

I have also used some of my other lovely purchases from the day, but I'm not entirely sure yet whether there is going to be a BITI week or whether I'm just saving it for next Monday!  Meanwhile, why not go over to Scrapbooks and Cookbooks, or better yet, join in with us for Buy It, Try It Mondays!

BITI: Buy It, Try It!

Hello!  Today I am doing something new.  It was thought up by my friend Wendy over at http://scrapbooksandcookbooks.blogspot.com and it's called Buy It Try It Monday. 

We are both guilty of making crafty purchases and then forgetting about them, so BITI is a way to remind us to actually go into those shopping bags and use the stuff before the ink fades on the receipt.

My BITI for this week is a great one.  I was at The Range looking for a very specific die set that I had seen before Christmas and by the time I got back, it had gone.  I spoke to the head of the department and we ended up gassing for ages about how becoming the department manager had got her to take up so many crafts!  Anyway, I asked her to give me a bell if she got anymore in and she phoned me on Friday and put one by for me.  I collected it minutes before I was due out on the school run and used it when I got in. 

It took me two goes to cut it properly as you can see from the photo.  The first one didn't cut on one corner.  Shim time! 

I also have learned that you have to run complex border designs through twice, the second time at a 90 degree angle to the first.  If the design runs parallel to the rollers and it's complex enough, it won't cut.  So after doing this all twice, I think I've cracked it...

Figuratively of course.  Nothing has actually cracked!!

Oh, one more thing--
Pictured between my two efforts is the Spellbinding tool-in-one which I use to clean out all the little bits of paper from my dies.  Wendy,  it works great for me, so if you want to offload your one,  I know a 7 year old apprentice who would like to have her own.... :)