Tip Tuesday - Clear Blocks (or Unsung Hero)

I couldn't decide if this was an unsung hero or a tip?

Sure you can use Clear Blocks for your photopolymer and rubber stamps, but you can use them for so much more.

Clear blocks can be used instead of a bone folder to crease your card stock. This is my favourite use for them, they give you a nice clean folded edge.

Clear blocks can be used to stamp ink directly onto your card stock, like this.

You just need your clear block (here I used an H block), your ink pad (here I used Bermuda Bay) and a spritz of water. You can have a look at instructions for that trick here.

Similarly they can be used as a platform for re-inker, the bottles of ink that you can get to refill your stamp pad or to do some other Stampin' Up! tricks. You can also colour in a clear block with a Stampin' Write Marker and then use your Aqua Painter or Blender Pen to pick up the ink.

They can be used to weigh a project down so it dries flat, the F block and a sillicone sheet are particularly good for this.