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Best Adhesives for Scrapbooking When choosing an adhesive for scrapbooking, the key is to find something that is acid-free. If you’ve ever thumbed through a decades-old scrapbook and noticed yellowed tape and brittle pages, you’ve seen the effects of acid. By using acid-free materials, including adhesives, your scrapbook will stand the test of time. Photo Corners If there is any chance that you may need to remove photos from your album in the future, use an adhesive that allows you to pop the photos off of the page....

Since long web developers have been using underlying shadows to make text and DIV element look as though they are embossed or lifted from the surface. In olden times, images and transparent images were used to create the shadow effect. Developers would layer shadow image under the text or DIV to achieve the desired effect of a shadow. But with the arrival of CSS 3 –it is now very simple to add shadow –and that too in a fully customizable way!...

Traditionally, blogging was not really a profession. It was seen more as a way to keep record of information and share it easily with colleagues. But soon, as information revolution began to unfold, bloggers sensed an opportunity of making money by sharing the information that they had through their blogs. As more and more people got connected to Internet and search engines like Google, Yahoo!, Bing and more began to answer billions of queries every day, blogs became an important source of getting information....

Continuous vs. Periodic Kilns Before delving into specifics, it’s important to recognize that there are two basic types of kilns: continuous (tunnel) kilns and periodic (intermittent) kilns. Continuous kilns are always firing, so they never cool. The ware to be fired is loaded into cars and slowly goes through the kiln on a track or rail. After cooling, the still-moving cars are unloaded and reloaded to begin the circuit again. These kilns are used for industrial manufacturing....

Gather Materials Start with a bowl of clean, room temperature water. Gather your supplies and have all of your ​nail polish nearby and open. Once you start, you’ll need to work fast so that the nail polish doesn’t dry out too soon. It is recommended to read thoroughly through all the steps before beginning the project. Supplies Needed Clear plastic cell phone caseNail polish in three different shadesA large bowl filled with waterToothpick or paintbrush...

If you’re a total beginner, be sure to check out our tips for learning how to crochet for newbies. For your very first crochet project, starting off with the granny square is a recommended first step, although there are plenty of good alternatives if you’d rather try something else. Want to see the easiest of the easy patterns featured on our site? If so, check out these free crochet patterns for beginners....

Basic Pom-Pom Making Supplies Here’s what you need for a custom wreath; the choice of yarn, thread, and wreath frame are up to you: Pom-pom maker tool (available at any major outlet such as Walmart or Michael’s) Yarn Sharp scissors Fabric glue Crochet thread size 10 (pick a color that works with your yarn) Embroidery needle for crochet thread Wreath frame (12-inch extruded foam floral wreath frame shown here) Tips for Choosing Yarn Two factors affect the look and feel of yarn pom-poms:...

Common Chess Tactics Tactics are short-term calculated sequences of moves resulting in checkmate, the win of material, or some other gain. An understanding of tactics is crucial to playing good chess. Most games, especially at the club level, are decided by tactical mistakes. Learning the basic tactics in chess will help you in two ways. It will let you take advantage of your opponent’s mistakes while avoiding your own. There are four basic tactics that every chess player should know....

If you use MS-Word a lot, sometimes you also must have wished if you could find a particular type of formatting in a long document and then replace it with some other sort of formatting. For example, you may wish to find all the portions of text with bold typeface and change these pieces to italic typeface. Let’s learn how to do it. People who are used to with find and replace facility in MS-Word know how to find text and replace it with some other text....

The most basic four patch quilt block is just what its name implies, a quilt block made with four patches of fabric, all squares, and arranged in two rows of two squares each. When you begin to examine four patch patterns, you’ll discover that those four simple patches are very often subdivided, sometimes more than one time, to create intricate designs. Take a look at my tutorial to learn how to identify four patch quilt blocks and other patchwork arrangements....

Can you actually block the sounds on Tiktok directly? No, there is no direct method to do so on Tiktok. Tiktok works based on the AI algorithms so it can understand you. You can not directly block a sound like you block someone on Tiktok. However, there is an indirect method to do so. How to Block a Sound on Tiktok? We already told you that there is no direct method to block the sound on Tiktok....

What does Blocking Someone on Facebook does? Blocking someone on Facebook prohibits the person you have blocked from interacting with your Facebook profile. That specific person will not be able to find you in their Facebook search and will not be able to see your posts and stories. They will also not be allowed to tag you in photos or invite you to groups and events. Likewise, they will not be able to message you too....

This article is about how to change the hot keys for input methods in your computer. Hot keys are are a combination of keys that are used to invoke an input method, like Google IME. You can always change default hot keys and set them to a combination that suits you. Following instructions apply for Windows 7 and Windows Vista. I hope it was a useful piece of information for you....

A hilarious username would suggest that you posts funny videos that will in return peek people’s interest. Thus, we will talk about how you can change your name on TikTok in easy ways. Can you Change your Username Before 30 days on TikTok? TikTok only allows you to change your username every 30 days. So unfortunately, you cannot change your name before that time period ends. People had found a loophole in this feature and were able to bypass it....

Supplies Needed Clear glass or plastic platesMod Podge in your desired finishPaintbrushPatterned paper or cardstockPencilScissors

Tall stitches have unique features, but they’re created in the same way as the other basic stitches. So if you know how to crochet a double or treble crochet stitch, the double treble stitch simply requires a few extra steps.

Like shell stitch, this stitch pattern works into one stitch, forming the fan-like shell. V-stitch gives this a more open appearance with a space in the middle of each shell and non-anchored edges of each shell. The pattern is easy to learn and works well for light afghans, small accessories, garments, scarves, and shawls. You could create your own airy design for a rectangular shawl with rows and rows of this simple stitch....

Decreasing in treble crochet, like decreasing in the other basic crochet stitches, is slightly more complicated than increasing but not all that difficult once you understand the process. Basically, you are going to work two treble crochet stitches side-by-side (in adjoining stitches) but you will leave the final step off of each of those stitches and then use a single stitch at the end to link the tops of the two stitches together....

You all know that Facebook allows you to chat with your friends using text. But now instead of just talking hidden behind typed words –you can actually see your friend and talk with her face to face! That has been made possible by video call. Both you and your friend must have a webcam and a microphone. These two devices need to be properly setup before they could be used....