Inside the May Issue

Current Issue 4/17/09 - 5/21/09.
(Ships 4/18/09.) (larger view)

Focus Article: Masking Tricks! Using Masking to Create Backgrounds, Scenes and Layered Card Designs!

Plus: Ways to Attach Gems to Cards. Reviews of The Creative Jewel Tool, Clearsnap’s Smooch and Craf-T Rub-Ons and a report on the Illinois StampScrapArt Tour!

Quick Tips: Speedball Press, Flower & Seeds in Cards, Using Wax, Watercolor Distress Background, Mesh Alternatives, Stamping on Textured Paper, Inking a Dry-Embossed Image Background, Brass Stencils & Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug Matching Envelope and Cards, Making Envelope Templates, Strengthening Paper, Glue Stick & Foil, Attaching Iris Folds, Wheat Paste For Thin Papers, Preserving Glue, Homemade “Bricks” Stamp, Salvaging Cards, Trimming Small Pieces, Paper Scrap Strategy, Storing Embellishments.

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