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Tuesday, 7 September 2010

Top Tip Tuesday #1

One of the constant problems when crafting is that of the clogged Stickles or Glossy Accents bottle (even if a bottle is used daily it just waits to splurt all over your project if you dare to miss checking it prior to an application). My tool for doing this is a cotton  bud with a blunt needle glued into the cotton wool bud at one end (I found Glossy Accents provided a sufficiently strong bond). 

If you poke this into the clogged tip, twiddle it a little & gently pull it out again the little plug of congealed glue will often have attached itself to the needle's point - this can then be wiped off with a tissue.

At the opposite end I cut off the cotton wool bud so that I could use the same gadget for twirling the green stalks of bought floral embellishments (whilst being mindful of the needle).

This is the tip I am entering into Top Tip #1 on the new Top Tip Tuesday blog.  
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12 comments:

  1. Caroljenks7 September 2010 at 18:27

    Thanks for this Paula - you are so right about those tips clogging! I try and 'clear' mine out and make such a mess of the tip that I end up having to trim it back - all of my bottle tips are now 0.25cm and have a hole the size of my finger!!!
    I'm going to adapt a cotton bud tonight - thanks :)


    Thanks also for joining us for our first Top Tip Tuesday and good luck :)

    Carol x

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  2. Leanne7 September 2010 at 19:47

    Paula - what a fabulous double ended tip!! I always have that problem with my glue and it drives me nuts hunting for a pin!!

    Also, never thought about using that to twirl the end of a flower - gonna get myself some buds tomorrow!!

    Thank you so much for sharing your tip with us at Top Tip Tuesday - good luck in the draw!

    Hugs
    Leanne
    xx

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  3. Janice7 September 2010 at 21:04

    Both are wonderful tips and I will utilize both of them!! Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Christine7 September 2010 at 22:00

    Hi Paula fab tips thanks for sharing..

    smiles Christine xx

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  5. Dawnll7 September 2010 at 23:07

    Now this is a helpful tip! I love this one, don't you hate when the glue or liquid won't come out?
    Thanks so much for sharing with us at Top Tip Tueday

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  6. Elaine7 September 2010 at 23:24

    Fab tip Paula.
    I always test my stickles/glues/glossy accents on a scrap of paper first. I know only too well that they have a habit of splodging all over my almost finished cards!
    Thanks for sharing
    Take care
    Love Elaine xx

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  7. Lorraine8 September 2010 at 00:03

    great tips Pauls I shall definately be giving these a try thankyou and thanks for sharing the pictures too xx

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  8. Lorraine8 September 2010 at 00:03

    oops i mean Paula

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  9. Wendy Ramlakhan8 September 2010 at 16:39

    WOW, great tip Paula. I use my paper piercer but then I always have to clean it because it gets all gunked up. I'll give this a try.

    Wendy

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  10. Michelle9 September 2010 at 12:58

    fabulous tip! thanks for sharing
    hugs
    Michelle
    x

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  11. Fuzzy Slippers9 September 2010 at 14:00

    Uber-fantastic tip Paula! I've been using a paperclip, but now I may be moving over to using q-tips so I can have the added benefit of a flower stem twister too. Thanks for sharing it with us at TTT! :)

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  12. Sally9 September 2010 at 16:02

    Super fantastic idea. I always have so much trouble with glossy accents...

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