Tip Me Tuesday- A special HSN edition !!!

I hope that you are all having a FANG-tastic Tuesday!!!

Pardon my corniness but I have been inspired

by Halloween goodies galore once again!

I have a little tip for you all today (well sort of)

As I am sure many of you already know

Today ALL day on HSN there is nothing but gorgeous new scrapbooking supplies

being showcased and demonstrated by fabulous people!

Well if you are an unlucky girl like me who doesn't get HSN through your cable provider, has a husband who MUST watch every second of ESPN while hes awake or if you are stuck at work

never fear!

HSN streams their show live!

I was SUPER duper excited when I found this out

and felt the need to share!

I have already seen SO many things that have reduced me to a drooling mess at my scrap table!

The Martha Stewart Halloween items are to DIE for!

(no pun intended)

And the new Cricket Imagine!?!?

*sigh*

Now on to more relevant tips and tricks.

Baby wipes- If you haven't discovered the amazingness of these little godsends yet

I urge you to get out and grab a few packages!

These, even the cheap store brand kind, work WONDERS for cleaning your

stamps. Both acrylic and wood mounted! I have seen the stamp cleaning pads

and sprays and the expensive MS brand wipes and I just cant bring myself to spend the

money on any of it. I was told about this little secret by my Nana a while ago

and it was one of the best things that she has ever done for

my crafty little life!

One of two wipes clean your stamp right up but they also

will get any tacky glue off of your work space or mat

and work well to do a quick clean off of your space when switching between projects

or for a quick tidying.

Cutting Mats for your Silhouette- We all know that having to buy those replacement

mats for your Silhouette can be both a pain in the neck and pricey! Thanks to a good friend of mine I

stumbled across an ingenious idea for a solution. During the holidays especially, but any time of the year you 

can go to Wal-Mart and find those plastic place mats for children that

go on your kitchen table so they don't make a mess. 

All you do is pick up one or two of these. Make sure that they are flat and smooth on the back side because this is the side that you will be using.

Take them home and trace your actual cutting mat onto the table mat and cut it to size.

 Then with a Sharpie marker simply make the markings for where you line it up in your machine to match the original. Next you are going to take a can of repositionable adhesive.

I prefer the Best-Test brand. I find that it provides you with a secure hold that

also will easily let go of  your card stock or whatever you are cutting when you are finished with it.

Then every now or then you can either wash your mat right in your kitchen sink with a bit of dish soap and some elbow work or just buy a new one for around a buck!

They will last forever before you have to replace or wash as well!

*just a little side note. Tim Holtz is on HSN now and I just melted over EVERYTHING!*

Goodness...Okay well this is all for now, I am off to bask in this HSN glory!

I hope you all enjoyed my little tips and tricks for today, make sure you hop on over to HSN either via your

television of their website for live streaming

Ohhh PS. One of my cards has been featured today on a wonderful blog!!!

You can find it Here!