The Sizzix Big Shot Machine is a manual die cut and embossing device that’s designed to help with a wide array of crafting projects. The easy-to-move machine is powered by you, so you don’t have to worry about finding an outlet or connecting to Wi-Fi in order to get your craft on. While it may not offer the advanced features (or price tag) of digital machines, the Sizzix is known for being a dependable workhorse that allows you to create masterpieces for scrapbooking, card making, and even quilting!...

If you are intimidated, start with a simple garment such as pajama pants and work your way ​to more elaborate garments. Take the time to practice the parts of a garment and make a notebook of your practice sample to refer back to when you feel stumped.

A parallel truth, however, is that people are increasingly working on computers and therefore opting for a more sedentary lifestyle. A consequence, we, the humans, are getting fatter and sluggish. Earlier when our lifestyle was more physically active, in general, people used be leaner and fitter. It is very important that while working with computer, you also keep your body active. Taking regular breaks from work and walking around for a few minutes before returning back to work table is perhaps the simplest but very effective thing you can do to keep yourself going for longer time....

Finding a good range in colors and hues is key, says artist and art restoration specialist Sarah Valente. “Sets that have different colors of the same intensity are okay, but not ideal for shading and complex color schemes in fine artwork,” she says. “A good pencil set will have different shades of one color.” These are the best drawing pencils you can buy online. When you buy a pack, you’ll receive a handy storage tin, and each pencil will have a different hardness level, ranging from very soft (8B) to extra-hard (6H)....

The Arizona Quarter features a Saguaro Cactus in the foreground, with the Grand Canyon in the background, and a banner reading “Grand Canyon State” separating the two designs. The date of admission to the Union, 1912, appears below the state name at the top of the coin, and the year of issue curves along the bottom. The Arizona coin was designed by Artistic Infusion Program Master Designer Joel Iskowitz and engraved by U....

The quiltmakers who submitted these quilts labeled them ugly. I think maybe surprise quilts might be a better word. And some of the quilts in this gallery are first quilts – very good first quilts. From Gina: This was my first attempt at creating something from scratch, before I learned how to really quilt. I had no help or guide, only a 2 year old boy excited about Thomas the Tank engine, and a bunch of cheep ugly fabrics....

Remember, grading paper money is a subjective process that most paper money collectors and dealers would agree with. However, it is not scientific where you can apply a set of standards to an individual specimen, and everyone will come up with the same results. Additionally, there’s an old adage that says, “Ownership adds five points.” In other words, if you own it, it must’ve been a good specimen, so we may think higher of it then the person we are selling it to....

But why did I go for Viber in the first place? Well, I wanted to test a Viber feature that automatically deletes messages after a specified time has lapsed. WhatsApp is yet to provide such a feature. WhatsApp vs. Viber: Why is WhatsApp better than Viber? The biggest problem I found with Viber is that there can be a substantial delay in delivery of messages. In my case, sometimes messages get delivered immediately; whereas sometimes it reaches the destination after several hours....

But it’s not as easy as you think. In addition to knowing what varieties, errors, and rare coins to look for, you must deal with the fact that a bank is an institution based upon making a profit. Knowing how to overcome this limitation will help you get the rolls of coins you need to search through. Additionally, demand for coins varies with the economy. When demand is high and there is a coin shortage, no matter what you do, a bank teller may be reluctant to sell you a large volume of rolled coins....

I am sure, most of our readers can very well connect with my annoyance. Let us take a look at how to avoid the unwanted calls by blocking the callers. We have tested these steps in phones like Moto G, Moto G4, Samsung Duos, Samsung Galaxy etc. Block Phone Numbers from the Caller Log It is the easiest way to block unwanted calls. This feature is available on Android 6....

Facebook allows people to upload photos and tag their friends in those photos. Tagging and all ensuing comments appear in your notifications if you happen to be one of the tagged friends. For me, and a large number of people would agree with me, this feature is a million more times nuisance than it is useful. Although the fundamental idea is simple and useful. I guess, the feature of photo-tagging was created so as to make people tag their friends who appear in a photo....

Please note that this tutorial is for those Windows users who own the computer and have full technical (and moral !!!) rights on it. This tutorial is only to rectify the problems caused by bugs in the software. Fixing “Some settings are managed by your organization” in a Windows 10 PC You need to use the Local Group Policy Editor in your Windows 10 computer to get around this message....

SEE ALSO: How to remove apps from iPhone to free-up storage On iPhone, one actually needs to understand how to delete a message efficiently without messing up things. Let us look at the various methods of deleting text messages on iPhone. Deleting Specific Messages from a Conversation Sometimes you may not want to delete a whole conversation, as you would want to retain part of it for future reference. In such a situation, you can delete only specific unnecessary messages from the conversation....

WhatsApp has a very irritating and privacy-breaching “feature” called “Last seen at”. This timestamp feature tells your friends when was the last time you used WhatsApp. Oh well, users want to share all kinds of cool status through WhatsApp, but most of them do not want to share their last-seen status! If you could not fall asleep late in the night and decide to check messages on WhatsApp -everyone in your contact list would know that you were not asleep and using WhatsApp instead....

If your RAM goes bad, you may receive various bad memory errors or your computer may behave erratic. Before we talk about how to do a RAM test, let us look at some of the symptoms that may indicate a bad memory situation. But even before that, let us show you how RAM memory chips really look! Here we go: Symptoms of Bad Memory that will ask for RAM Testing Video playing is not smooth....

While this method has worked well for a while, it has left the Google gods in a quandary. All too often, the keyword and backlink method of search engine optimization was compromised by what’s known in the business as Black Hat Techniques. Essentially, unscrupulous webmasters tweaked the system to their advantage. In recent years Google has done a great deal to prevent those shady SEO methods, and Web searches today produce results of a much higher quality than they did previously....

This article will guide you through the process of activating the Switch Control and creating your own custom switches on your iPhone. Enable Switch Control To set the feature: Go to Settings -> General -> Accessibility > Switch Control. Before you toggle the option to ON, you must define the switches. Add a New Switch to Switch Control in iPhone You can use any of the sources as a switch:...

With W3C defined TreeWalker interface –now you can quickly access the required nodes. createTreeWalker() method can create an object of TreeWalker. Let’s see it by a JavaScript example: The above code creates a tree with its root as the specified rootnode. This means you can actually get hold of any sub-tree within DOM! And in case you’re interested in working with the entire DOM you can get the complete tree by using BODY element as root....

The blogger changed permalink structure from %postname% to %post_id%/%postname% Way back in June 2011, Chris Coyier of Digging into WordPress had posted that using a number field at the beginning of permalink structure will help WordPress to quickly locate the requested post in the database. He cited a piece from WordPress codex as well. This codex piece confirmed the theory. But that was long time ago. Since then I believe WordPress has solved this problem and now the piece cited by Chris no longer exist in the WP codex....