Snowy Night

Yes, really lol! I miss the cold of the snow when it is super warm.

Aloha!

Did you know it snowed up on Mauna Kea a few days ago? Yup. I had the a/c on down here at 1400 feet because it was 83 degrees in our bedroom, and then it rained really hard, which turned into snow up at 14,000 where the telescopes are. The challenge I made this for is over at SCS and it's VSN week. Misti asked us to use a circle and 3 colors. She listed white, black, blue and a couple of others, but after thinking about it, I thought about the snow :D I punched out a circle from masking paper for the moon, used white gel pen and Stickles for the stars, snow, & Wink of Stella Clear for the moon & around the moon and on the tops of the hills. Use a gray and light blue markers for the squiggly shadows, then white gel pen, & even Stickles. I cut out some curvy hill shapes from old paper and sponged for the hills.

Stamp Set: Really old B&B pine tree stamps on wood mounts
Cardstock: GKD Black, Neenah White
Die: Memory Box deer
Inks: Memento Summer Sky and Paris Night as well as matching markers & London Fog
Signo Gel Pen, Stickles Diamonds, Wink of Stella, Tape Runner adhesive, Multi Matte Medium

I hope this helped cool you all down!

With aloha, thank you so much for stopping by ♥

Cutting Intricate Dies such as Memory Box

Aloha, everyone,

Recently I have been trying to cut the very intricate dies by Memory Box. However, I can't get a clean cut. I have tried shimming thin extra layers, using new plates, etc. Then today, frustrated with all the work it takes, and not having success, I decided to search online for possible causes and fixes. I found this great link posted by Memory Box at YouTube - check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1RmOwCOlEo

He uses various tricks to get the dies to cut cleanly. The problems appear to be that the dies may be too thin since the same problem happens to many people using a variety of machines. He gets success by building up with scotch tape (and leaving it on permanently), but adds a thin metal type plate that I guess I'll be needing to purchase if I want to avoid the aggravation.

I only have five of their dies for now. But I was not going to buy anymore until this problem is fixed. Unfortunately, my Madison Window die does look like it has a deformity on one entire half of the outter die - it's all rough and that's where I can't get a cut and it slides out from under, even when using tape. Wonder if I can get a replacement - I'll try.

So it looks like lots of people have had to address this issue - I'm not the only one. If you are, try watching the video. It has answers.

Aloha for today - Rosy