E Cubed Arts

Couple of New Coaster notebooks in our Etsy store

Check out a few new coaster journals in our etsy store.

Labels: beer, blank book, guiness, journal

posted by EA @ 9:50 AM 0 comments

Two shows this weekend...

Labels: beer, blank book, guiness, journal, shows

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Labels: beer, blank book, shows

posted by EA @ 12:29 PM 0 comments

Show Tomorrow!

Come on down to Dartmouth College and see our new journals, along with our fabulous shell jewelry. We'll be in Collis Center from 10am to 4pm. Collis Center is on the South West corner of the green, diagonally across the intersection from the Hanover Inn. There should be plenty of signs up, but good luck with Hanover parking!

If you can't make the show, you can check out some of our stuff at the LACA show in West Lebanon. The LACA show is in the former KBToys store, between CVS and Hallmark in the Kohl's plaza. Open 9:30am - 9pm Mon-Sat and 9:30-5:30 on Sunday.

Labels: beer, blank book, guiness, journal, new items, shows

posted by EA @ 2:42 PM 0 comments

More cool journals

Here are a couple more journals that I've had a chance to make. I can't take credit for the beer coaster one, that was definitely a group idea. However, my slight obssession with "The Wizard of Oz" and an abundance of old calendars gave rise to the other two covers. Once I have more bindings, I'll post more of my efforts.

Labels: beer, blank book, guiness, journal, wizard of oz

posted by EK @ 7:44 PM 0 comments

Embossing is cool

So it hit me while I was in the store of a major crafts retailer in New England (which shall remain nameless but has possibly become my most favorite place on earth!!), I had a brilliant idea - emboss designs onto board for journal covers. The photos below are three of my first attempts:





















From this experiment, I've learned a couple of things:
1. Don't get the ink on your fingers - it'll end up somewhere on the board, and screw up your design.
2. Don't over ink the stamp, or you'll get the edge of the stamp on your cover as well as your image.
3. Tap the embossing powder off sharply - excess embossing powder will screw up your design and maybe mess up your heat source. If you put the embossing powder on your image right away, a sharp tap isn't going to hurt it and will save you a giant mess.
4. If you're using your gas burners as a heat source, wear mitts - I particularly like the silicon grabbers (think: your hand in an alligator shape covered in silicon) - and open a window. Warm board/ink/embossing powder stinks to high heaven.
5. Don't overcook the embossing powder - it will boil and scorch eventually (look closely at the center 'flower' of the fleur-de-lis on the red board above.
6. Keep an eye on the shape of the board - you may get some warping with extreme heat.
7. BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR HEAT SOURCE!! EK's first two rules of crafting are "don't get dead," and "don't bleed on your crafts." Blisters are bad too...

Labels: blank book, embossing, ink, journal, stamp

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