She/Her Hey there, welcome to my channel! One of the first questions I get about me is "Is Marie Antoinette your real name? Yes it is! Would you believe my brother's names are Mark Anthony and Rafael Antonio? :) I'm a mom and empty nester of 3 adult children and happily in a relationship with my best friend, Jeff who I met 32 years ago at VCU's Performing Arts Program. Although, I am a classically trained singer and have worked in the corporate world for over 21 years, I have enjoyed learning how to design cards for the past 3 years. I now consider myself a Card Designer and have been blessed to be commissioned to make cards. People say my work is "a work of art and love". I am also a Lover of ALL THINGS Anna Griffin and Susan Tierney Coburn! If you are interested in learning more about my card services contact me on Facebook at fb.com/poshpaperperfection
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So glad to hear of your recovery! Blessings that you continue on your healing path. I am new here and have used eax paper before with the results you mentioned? Ehat a mess and SO time consuming! Can't eait to try the Press & Seal. Will be watching regularly. Thx again?❤
I am currently finishing up putting this on my mats. What I did yesterday was use my heat gun to heat it till shiny then took an old gift card and pressed and drug it across the area I heated and it pressed the cracks back together and the spread got smaller! This will just be another step to make these last longer. Thank you and hope my experiment helps anyone else in need.
I did not realize you were supposed to cut into the magnetic mat. This alone is so helpful. Congratulations on your recovery. I use Press’n’Seal all the time in my craft room so I will give this a try.
Oh, I am so glad to have found your video on this. I too have used the wax paper and it sticks to the back of my paper. You have to peel both of them off, and even sticks to my regular Anna Griffin mat. I'm so glad you are doing well. The surgery sounded very serious, and, in this video, you are such a positive happy gal! I love your videos! I've got some press & seal in my cupboard! Getting it out now! God Bless and looking forward to following you!
I use a single edge razor blade that is in a holder from Ace hardware and scrap lightly, cleans up all ( most) of the little pieces. I diecut a lot a lot and magnetic has lasted a long time. Good video and glad you are recuperating good. Happy crafting!
I feel it’s a matter of personal preference. I don’t like rolling on the backside of the paper because it tends to breakdown the paper and make it curl. It also depends on the paper weight and type of paper. Foiled paper I do recommend brushing on the backside as you do not want to scratch your papers shiny finish.
Owner of Cherry Lynn die company says that Wax paper dulls your dies. So,I would be afraid to use Glad Seal n press. I use Mr Clean magic eraser + rotary brush to clean my dies. Works great. Glad your surgery was successful‼️
Questions: 1. How many times do you wrap it around ? 2. Do you have to change the wrap every time you run it through the machine? 3. How do you know when it's time to change the wrap? 4. How are you feeling? Comment: Prayers for your continued health. Thanks for helping us fellow crafters (Edited - Spelling Error)
Great questions! 1. When I wrap the magnetic mat I wrap once on the front mat and tuck the ends behind the mat. 2. Nope it stays on indefinitely. 3. The wrap eventually embeds itself in the mat so if you do need to replace it you don’t have to remove the previous wrapping in the front but the back you may have to peel that off. 4. Getting stronger everyday. Resolving some gastric issues and sudden violent migraines but all is good. 11 more days till the wedding! Thanks for asking!
Thank you so much for this video! I had never heard of Airtable, so I am thrilled to learn how to use it to organize my craft items! Thanks for sharing!
I don’t use the Spellbinders ink, it’s too expensive and too messy. I prefer using dye ink. I get a very good image without the messy clean up. I’m not sure what cleaners with do to the coating on the plates after time.
Hi so glad you are healthy after surgery. I have a question on the Anna Griffin Empress emboss and diecut machine can you use any embossing folder and diecut with it or just Anna Griffin products?
You can use any embossing folder but your sandwich will change. Have you seen this video? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N1dMzH8sQ_E.htmlsi=lYHGiM4Oz4RyWY1S Because of the thickness of the folders you most likely will not be able to use it with both glass plates. So i would recommend creating your own shims with thicker card stock. As far as using dies other than Anna’s you can buy know dies work best with their manufacturer die machine. It doesn’t mean you can’t use them in the empress but they may cut too much or too little. There isn’t a magic formula. It will take trial and error. Btw. I used my mini empress 80% of the time. I hope that helps. Thanks for watch my video and asking this question! 🙂
I’m so sorry to hear you had to have brain surgery but I’m so happy it was successful and you are back crafting. Thank you for your video. I have Anna’s machine but I also have the Gemini and the Gemini Pro. The Gemini Pro plates are currently stuck in the machine. I contacted the company and sent a video, they said it looks like the gears need to be replaced. Just wondering if you have any tips for getting the plates out. Otherwise I’ll have to purchase the gears and have someone replace them for me. Thank you so much
Glad you're doing good. Thanks for this tip. It works great. Just wish my a and b plates, the hard plastic one didn't warp. I rotate every time and the plate still does. But your press and seal works great. Thank you so much.
