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Masculine Foil Striped Valentine

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Terri Burson

Hello crafty friends. Terri here, with a masculine foil striped Valentine featuring brand new products from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L! The season for sweethearts is upon us and today’s project has the guys in your life in mind. I’ve got a process video as well so “stick” around for a few minutes.

Masculine Foil Striped Valentine by Terri Burson for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Impress Your Valentine With Foil

It can be difficult coming up with ideas for a masculine card. Let me tell you, the foil is impressive (but easy to use!) Even your sweetheart will take a second look when you present him with an elegant and stylish card that looks like you spent big bucks in the fancy card section at your local retailer.

The new Metallic Transfer Foil Holographic, just introduced last week at the Creativation trade show, is available now, ask for it at your favorite store!

Masculine Foil Striped Valentine by Terri Burson for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Convey A Heartfelt Valentine Message

When planning your Valentine card design, hearts are a must. Stripes, plaids or a geometric design are classic elements for your masculine card. As you can see, I chose to use a geometric pattern, using papers from the Marbelous collection at Paper House Productions. To enhance that foil accented design, I’ve staggered trimmed strips of adhesive on my card panel. The Extreme Double-Sided Tape 1/2in and Premium Double-Sided Tape 1-inch play a key role as the foundation for my foil.

Masculine Foil Striped Valentine by Terri Burson for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

To allow my other adhesives to shine, I’ve used the Hero Arts Happy Stamp & Cut set. For my shadow heart that is elevated slightly with the black 3D Foam Creative Sheets, I’ve propped up the die cut word with thin adhesive foam, trimmed from scraps. Look closely and you’ll see small bubble embellishments held in place with the Adhesive Dots Micro.

My embossed sentiment is secured with a black and white sealed cardstock border, courtesy of my E-Z Runner® Grand Refillable Dispenser and E-Z Runner® Grand Ultra Strong Refill. It’s popped up, along with my card panel, using the Crafty Foam Tape Black.

Watch my process video below. I have some excellent tips and tricks that I think you’ll find very helpful in creating your Valentine cards.

Masculine Foil Striped Valentine by Terri Burson for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Thanks so much for stopping in today. You’ll find links to many of the products that I’ve used in the video description and also on my blog at Waving My Wand. Enjoy the Season of Love! Terri

Skill Level: Beginner
Creative Time: 30 minutes

Materials Needed
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®
3D Foam Creative Sheets
Adhesive Dots Micro
E-Z Runner® Grand Refillable Dispenser
E-Z Runner® Grand Ultra Strong Refill
Crafty Foam Tape Black
Metallic Transfer Foil Holographic

HomeHobby by 3L®
Extreme Double-Sided Tape 1/2in
Premium Double-Sided Tape 1-inch

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Dimensional Spring Card Tutorial

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Yvonne van de Grijp

Hi everyone, Yvonne here with an easy to make dimensional spring card! With the dark days we have in January, I long for spring which inspired me to make this warm and colorful card. I used soft but happy colors and with a flower die cut background…yep…Spring is in the Air!

Dimensional Spring Card Tutorial by Yvonne van de Grijp for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Dimension is so easy to add to your artwork, simply by using 3D Foam Circles White Mix or 3D Foam Squares Small Size. Let me show you how, along with adding glitter at the same time. Let’s get in the mood for Spring!

Making that Spring Card Colorful!

To make the background of the card and a card panel, start with coloring a sheet of white cardstock with ink pads and an ink blending tool. Use happy spring colors. Make sure that your white cardstock is large enough for a card panel and a sentiment banner. Trim your card panel to fit the card base, leaving about 1/4-inch border all around. Set aside with the extra inked cardstock piece.

Create a watercolor background with Distress Oxide inks by Ranger Ink and Tim Holtz.

Creating a Dimensional and Glittered Top Layer

First die-cut a Flower Background from white cardstock and turn it around with the back facing up. Add 3D Foam Circles White Mix to the center of the flowers. but keep the liners on for now. Some of the centers might be larger so I used 3D Foam Squares Small Size.

On the border of the top layer, I cut 3D Foam Squares Small Size into strips. It worked out nicely 🙂

Designer’s Tip: use the leftover 3D Foam liner sheet to put under your work as a non-stick mat and to protect your work space. Yep…these back liners come in handy so do not throw them away!

Next, turn your die-cut around facing front to sprinkle gold glitter onto the flower centers. Rub the glitter onto the centers and tap the excess glitter off. To help remove the excess, I suggest also using a brush.

Remove the liners of all the 3D Foam Circles and trim 3D Foam Square pieces on the back to adhere this die cut to the inked card panel. Finally, adhere the layered card panel to the white card base using the E-Z Runner® Grand Refillable Dispenser.

Finishing Touches

Die-cut Spring from gold mirror cardstock. Hand cut a banner shape with white cardstock, using the spring die cut as a guide. Then adhere the word onto the banner with the Dual Tip Glue Pen. Adhere the banner to the piece of inked cardstock from step 1 with the E-Z Runner® Grand Refillable Dispenser. to complete it, trim the gold paper banner to a size slightly larger than the white banner and adhere with the E-Z Runner® Grand.

Wishing you happy Spring!
Yvonne van de Grijp

Creative Time: 40 minutes
Skill Level: Intermediate

Materials needed:
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®
3D Foam Circles White Mix
3D Foam Squares Small Size
E-Z Runner® Grand Refillable Dispenser

Home Hobby by3L®
Dual Tip Glue Pen

Other
Etched Dies: Spellbinders® Paper Arts (Flower Background by Marisa Job, Seasonal Words by Lene Lok, Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine), Cardstock (White, White, gold), Ink Blending Tool, Ranger Ink Distress Oxide Inks (Spiced Marmalade, Spun Sugar, Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron), Gold Glitter, Scissors, Paper Trimmer, Brush

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Creating an Easy Valentine’s Sentiment

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Tracy McLennon

Hello crafty friends! Tracy here, and today I have a sweet and easy tutorial to share on how I created this sparkly Valentine’s sentiment on my card. All of us dedicated paper crafters have a stash of letter stickers somewhere around the craft room. Well, this is a super easy way to add a little pizazz to those everyday alphabet stickers that you already have. The other fabulous thing is that you can customize your letters to your project.

Creating an Easy Valentine's Sentiment by Tracy McLennon for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Craft Hack: Here’s a little crafty tip for you. I keep a few adhesive backing sheets on hand at all times, leftover from my 3D Foam Squares or Creative Photo Corners. This small non-stick backing can not only provide you an altering workspace like this today, but I will often use them as a makeshift blending surface. The non-stick surface doesn’t suck up ink or paint.

Creating a Sentiment

So my first step was to chose my letter stickers. In this case, I used white foam Thickers. I adhered my sentiment to my leftover non-stick surface.

Creating an Easy Valentine's Sentiment by Tracy McLennon for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Next, using my Dual Tip Glue Pen, I created a straight line across the sentiment. I did this because I wanted a two-tone glitter look. This line is for the pink glitter.

Creating an Easy Valentine's Sentiment by Tracy McLennon for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Once the pink glitter was added then I added liquid adhesive from the Dual Tip Glue Pen to the rest of the bottom portion of the letters.

Creating an Easy Valentine's Sentiment by Tracy McLennon for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

After the red glitter was added, I let the letters dry for some time.

Creating an Easy Valentine's Sentiment by Tracy McLennon for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Making the Card Base

While you are waiting for the glittered adhesive to dry, you can create the layered background for your Valentine card. I took a strip of pink cardstock and adhered it to a slightly larger piece of white cardstock using Crafty Foam Tape. Then I tore the edges of the white cardstock.

Creating an Easy Valentine's Sentiment by Tracy McLennon for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Using patterned paper from Heartfelt Creations I created a couple more layers and adhered them to the card using E-Z Runner® Ultra Strong Refillable Dispenser. Before adding the cardstock layer, add a wrap around burlap string bow.

Creating an Easy Valentine's Sentiment by Tracy McLennon for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Finally, you can add your Be Mine sentiment. A little sparkle goes a long way! Happy Valentine’s Day!

Creating an Easy Valentine's Sentiment by Tracy McLennon for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Thank you so much for stopping by,
Tracy

Creative Time: 30 Minutes (dry time varies)
Skill Level: Beginner

Materials Needed
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®
E-Z Runner® Ultra Strong Refillable Dispenser
Crafty Foam Tape

HomeHobby by 3L®
Dual Tip Glue Pen

Other
Heartfelt Creations- Heartfelt Love Paper Collection, Cardstock (White, Pink), Fine Glitter (Red, Pink), Thickers- White Foam Letters Stickers, Pink Burlap String, White Heart Stickers

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A Trio of Valentine’s Day Tags

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Valerie Ward

Hi Crafters! Valerie here today with a trio of cute Valentine’s Day tags! Two of them have shaker elements, and the third one has a beautiful bright and shiny foiled frame around it.