Let's see your clever, inexpensive favorite things to use when making art. Free stuff is even better (think CAUTION tape). Sure, you could just list them but it would be way cooler to SEE your tool or supply AND an instance where you've used it on a journal page or project. Remember how much fun it was to SEE each other's collections in an earlier Crusade? Make it easy - pick one Cheap Trick, use it on a journal page, tell us about it on your blog or site, then come back here and leave a comment with a link to you. ***
I love to collect guitar picks and I use them as tabs on a page. There is this awesome tool from Dick Blick that will drill through the pick so you can attach to your page with mini-brads. Just a few twists of the thingie and it bores through even a penny! I'm sure I've mentioned that I crack myself up. Well recently when I was creating the Top Hat Pick banner for a Crusade winner it occured to me I could have guitar picks custom printed. Now honestly, how cool it that? They arrived just in time to send in Penny's prize package. I will be sending a few to previous winners so no whining.
*** HEADS UP!! COMPANY IS COMING!! ***
Time to put on a clean tablecloth. Just today I rec'd the premier copy of Somerset Life. It is stunning!! It is a visual feast. Here's the thing: they have an article about creative blogging, and not only do they show two other lovely blogs, they also feature BOTH of mine. So THAT means we may get a little more traffic here. This is YOUR time to shine. You're here because you either participate in the crusades or are thinking about it. Remember, the point of being on the Street Team is to get visitors to swing by YOUR street. While there are no rules about how you submit an entry here you should consider this - what kind of blogs do you enjoy? I'm guessing you like ones with interesting visuals. Am I right? So come on, join in this crusade with a visual that will wow us and our new visitors. We rock! Let's show some evidence of that.
CRUSADE No. 8 ~ Cheap Tricks Due June 1. Show us a cool, cheap (or free) supply or tool you like to use and how you use it. Make an entry on your blog or site and comment here with a link. You may participate by following this month's prompt or any of the previous prompts. (There is a new link list, bottom left, to navigate the earlier Crusades.)
And if you're new here - thanks for stopping by. Come and play!
EDIT: I forgot to show the tool...found HERE.
EDIT (September 2011): No longer available at Dick Blick, you can score one at Amazon, Two-hole metal punch, HERE.
EDIT No. 2: more pick pages....oh! and COLORED STAPLES! Hard to show in a photo, but in real life they make for a very clever little detail. And TEXT - how can you pass up cutting cool slick lettering from magazines? Clip clip clip and stash in a flat palette box so you can scrumage around and find the perfect addition to a page.
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CRUSADE No. 8
- Becky New
- Becky New (more)
- Belinda Schneider
- Belinda Schneider
- Beth Leintz
- Carlene Federer
- Corrine Davis
- Debra
- Dymphie
- Gaby Braun
- Gaby Braun again
- Gisele
- Janine Davies
- Johanna
- Johanna
- Johanna
- Juliet Wilson
- Juliet Wilson more
- Karen Campbell
- Karla Nathan
- Kim Tedrow
- Laura Myers
- Linda
- Marble Blue
- Megan Pickwell
- Mia Howard
- Michelle Infantino
- Michelle Ward (more)
- Michelle Ward (more again)
- Natalie Briney
- Nicole
- Nicole
- Penny Stuart
- Pilar Pollock
- Ro Bruhn (x2)
- Sharon @Norah's
- Sid Simpson
- Sigrid Hollender
- Sigrid Hollender
- Steff
- Sue Pieper
- Susan Greene
- Svenja
- Tautchia
- Tera
- Tina Shoaga
- Tricia Scott
- Ursula Clamer