New tools, old tools or a little bit of both???

I've had some fun this week rediscovering some old scrapping tools and techniques I had long forgotten and playing with some new tools recently acquired - isn't that half the fun of scrapbooking???

The forum over at the Dimensional Details class at Big Picture Classes with Nic Howard has been full of chatter about the good old Crimper.  Come on I'm sure every scrapbooker who has been around for a while has one hidden in the back of the cupboard or drawer? you know the thing that you used to feed cardstock or paper through to create a corrugated finish?  Mine had been relegated to a box which had not seen light of day for quite some years.  I fished it out, eager to join in the fun but alas - mine has died no longer giving an even corrugation across the paper :(  I went looking for a replacement but to date have had no success at all - any links or directions to a local one would be appreciated.  Funny how something you had long forgotten has now become a must have item isn't it......

Another such item was a spritzing tool I bought years ago to use with water colour markers.  Recently a friend returned from the Craft Fair raving about such a tool which Tim Holtz was using with his new distress markers.  I have searched high and low but alas - I obviously threw it out in a no longer used purged box at one stage.  Thankfully, said friend found me a replacement so I can again play with this tool with my new Tim Holtz Distress markers (thank you Michele xxx).  My little one had fun creating a layout with it featuring her friends on a recent playdate - simple, easy and no room covered in dye!

When I first started scrapbooking I would spend hours with a craft knife handcutting titles which I had printed in reverse on my computer.  This week, thanks to a reminder nudge from Nic Howard, I again took to this technique for the title of my latest layout - Colours of the Wind

A play with a new stamp from Kaisercraft (the branch) and my new Tim Holtz Distress Markers and of course some flowers (thanks Prima) and the job was almost done.

Again back to my box of old tricks and out came some Ribbon Stiff - thank goodness this stuff keeps for a while as I think my jar has been going for about 3 years and I regularly forget all about it.  Simply paint onto ribbon - wind around a pencil - paint the reverse side and leave to dry.  Unwind from the pencil and you have instant curly grossgrain ribbon :)

Well off to see what else I can discover hidden in the boxes under the bench in my scraproom.  Thanks for stopping by and hope this might inspire some of you to go on a search for those long forgotten tools or techniques too!