Urban Makers

It's Favorite Friday and today, I'm talking about my Favorite Adhesives! I am a paper crafter... and I should add a Left Handed Paper Crafter!  A lot of people don't realize most tools are made for right handed people, which brings me to my favorite tape runner. I love the Bazzil Marathon Tape Runner for adhering paper to paper. What's so special about this tape runner?  I can see where I am laying the tape. Most tape runners are oriented for right handed people and therefore dispense the tape on the right side of the tape runner, which leaves us lefties guessing if we are getting the tape where we want it.  I also love that this tape runner has refillable cartridges that just click right in and seem to last forever.  Lastly, it is just simply a very strong, permanent adhesive. My favorite liquid glue for gluing paper to paper is the basic Scotch Quick Dry Tacky Glue . It's easy to apply, dries quickly, it gets the job done and I can pick up a bottl...

Hello my Friday Friends!  I'm Lorrie and I'm so glad it's Friday!  We are expectring a huge snow storm throughout the day and weekend, which means it's a great time to craft.  Favorite Fridays are dedicated to our favorite websites, Youtube channels and blogs.  Today, I wanted to share with you a great resource for SVG cut files, patterns and lots more.  Where are these fun treasures?  Over on the LORI WHITLOCK website (click the link to be taken to her shop). Look, she's got a free kit of th emonth when you spend $20 in one transaction.  Lori is well known for her amazing 3D cut files, but did you know she also has patterns you can use in design space, as well as digital images?  Lori's shop is also host to several other well known brands such as Kolette Hall, Doddlebug, Paige Evans and more. All of Lori's files are Cricut friendly and ready to go in Design Space.  Go check out her amazing files and tell her "Lorrie sent yo...