Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Crafty Power Blog

Creating Plaid Backgrounds!

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Michele Kovack

Good morning! Michele here with two cards to share with you using a fun technique! I’ve created my very own plaid background using Home and Hobby by 3L Premium Double-Sided tape! I have a masculine version as well as a more feminine version.

The first was a card I had created for Father’s Day.

The second card is a more girly version and would be perfect for a graduation or new job!

So here is how I did it. First grab 3 sizes of the Premium Double-Sided Tape. (1/2, 1/4, and 1/8 inches) (Next time I should take the picture before taking them out of the package! LOL!)

I adhered the widest tape down first. I went over the edge and simply took scissors and cut off any excess.

I love my glitters, so these were the 3 colors I chose for this project.

These tapes are perfect for adhering glue or flock because they are sticky on both sides! No messy glues to contend with!

I laid my next widest strip down….

And of course sprinkled with glitter. If any glitter gets in between, or on your other strip, just simply take a clean dry paint brush, and brush the excess off.

My final step was to adhere the thinnest strips in the opposite direction.

I then sprinkled it with a pale pink glitter.

I felt I needed a pop of color, so I water colored a scalloped strip.

As you all know, I prefer lumpy, bumpy cards with depth and dimension. So using the Crafty Foam Tape is a must!

I adhered my finishing touches, like the butterfly and sequins using Dodz Adhesive Dots Small.

How about one more look at both cards?

I hope you will give plaid backgrounds a try! It is easy and it’s a fun way to customize your cards!

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First Birthday Party Hat

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Laurel Seabrook

Hi everyone Laurel here today with a birthday party hat.

My grand daughter will be turning one in September and being a teacher, September is a busy month with school start up so I decided to begin the party prep early 🙂

I die cut the hat and embellishments from pattern paper and then assembled. Whenever I assemble 3D projects I like to use the Premium Double-Sided Tape Home and Hobby by 3L as it is easy to apply and shape. The 1/8″ is perfect for small areas.

The DODZ™ work well for adhering bulky items like the fabric ribbon and of course one can never craft without some of the 3D Foam Squares to add some quick and easy dimension.

Tip: Assemble your embellishment cluster and adhere to one of the party hat pieces. This will become the front. Do any stitching and such before adhering to the back piece of the hat.

Products used:

Home and Hobby by 3L: 1/8″ Premium Double Sided Tape

DODZ™ – Medium

3D Foam Squares

Other products used:

Pattern Paper & Embellishments: Pebbles

Cardstock: American Crafts

Dies: Papertrey Ink

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Monochromatic Layout with E-Z Dots® Permanent – Refillable and Die Cutting

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Stephanie Schütze

Hi there,

today I want to show you a monochromatic layout I made with Die cutting and the fabulous E-Z Dots® Permanent – Refillable.

I decided to go with a monochrome colorscheme and to use only white and beige for my layout. It fits perfectly with my photo.

For that Scrapbooking Page I used only my favorite adhesives, the E-Z Dots® Permanent – Refillable.

TIP: Adhere the flowers only in the middle. That will give them a dimensional look even without 3D Foam products.

As you can see I also use it for such intricate and thin Diecuts like the word “together”.

TIP: Use the E-Z Dots® Permanent – Refillable in small moves not to tear to pieces your Diecut.

Thanks for visiting us today!

Have a nice day!

Stephanie 🙂

Supplies from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L^®

E-Z Dots Permanent

Sizzix Big Shot Plus

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set – Estelle

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set – Handwritten words Love

Sizzix Framelits Set – Enchanted

TUTORIAL – Turn Your Trim into Stamps!

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Angela Ploegman

Hello blog readers! It’s Angela today sharing a tutorial for turning your trim into stamps using Home and Hobby by 3L Extreme Double-Side Tape 1/8″. I used the technique to create this cute card:

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Tutorial:

1. Gather some supplies. In addition to all the sticky goodness Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® provides, you’ll need some lace trim, an empty ribbon spool and a wooden dowel.

2. Remove the top and bottom of the ribbon spool, so that you only have the cylinder left. If you don’t have an empty ribbon spool, you can use an empty toilet paper roll.

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3. Apply the Home and Hobby by 3L Extreme Double-Sided Tape 1/8″ Permanent to the lace trim.

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4. Remove the red protective backing and apply to the empty ribbon spool. I did two strips of lace, with the loops facing outwards.

TUTORIAL - Turn Your Trim into Stamps! by Angela Ploegman

5. Ink up the lace and roll onto your card using the dowel to do the rolling – I used 3 coordinating ink colors (juicy dye or distress ink pads work best). A smaller spool will have a smaller repeating pattern – might be good for an ombre look. The image below shows the first impression (horizontal pattern) and the third impression (vertical pattern). I used the second impression on the final card.

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6. Cut out you favorite part of the pattern and turn it into your card base.

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The technique is really THAT easy!

I further embellished the card with a no sew organza rosette (likely going to be a future tutorial – wink wink!) using the organza ribbon, adhered with Dodz™ Adhesive Dots and a paper flower embellished with some pigment powder. Some foliage die cuts and a sentiment stamp and it’s done!

Here’s a close up of the final product! Loving it!

TUTORIAL - Turn Your Trim into Stamps! by Angela Ploegman

Thanks for stopping by today!

Angela

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® supplies used: Home and Hobby by 3L Extreme Double-Sided Tape 1/8″ Permanent, HomeHobby by 3L Extreme Double-Sided Tape 1/4″ Permanent, E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable

Other Supplies used: Bazzill Basics Paper card stock, Ranger Distress Inks, Mama Elephant sentiment stamp, jewelry wire, Prima Marketing paper flower, Tsukineko Memento Ink, Spellbinders dies

Thinking of You Card and my Go To Favorites!

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Christine Emberson

Hi everyone, Christine here today with a Thinking of You card – it uses my absolute ‘go to’ products from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®. These are the items that never leave my craft desk.

For every bit of matting I turn to my E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable.

And for dimension it’s always 3D Foam Squares. To add dimension to my die cut frame I have used 3D Foam Squares – White, Small.

I added a die cut with stamped sentiment and this is also raised using 3D Foam Squares.

Some further die cuts added. Don’t forget the Dodz™ range is brilliant for adhering embellishments, not just card ones – use them for metal, wood and plastic.

Thank you for stopping by today, don’t forget to check out all the other Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® products.

Christine

Supplies:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable, 3D Foam Squares – White, Regular.

Spellbinders dies: Fancy Diamond, Pierced Rectangles, Ivy.

Papers: My Mind’s Eye – Miss Caroline.

Other supplies: Sentiment stamp.

Thanks So Much Card using Premium Double-Sided Tape

Posted on July 15, 2015 by AJ Otto

Heya! Do you love stripes? I personally think stripes will NEVER go out of style. And do you know what is even better than stripes…creating your own striped paper with our Double-Sided Tapes!

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I love being able to create my own patterns using our tapes, whether it’s with glitter or foil. I thought I would give our HomeHobby by 3L Premium Double-Sided Tape 1/2″ Permanent a little love creating my own HEAT embossed background. 🙂
To get started, line your card stock up on your guidelines. I placed the first strip about 1/2″ from the top, and then placed the remaining every 1/2″.

Working a few strips at a time, remove the backing, and cover generously with your embossing powder, then heat set. Continue until your background is complete.

Flip over your panel and place a few strips of Crafty Foam Tape to pop up on your card base.

I finished off my card with a stamped sentiment popped up using 3D Foam Squares and a layer of red to add some pop of color, along with some twine and a mini clothes pin.

I just love this size tape for creating backgrounds- Think of all the possibilities! 🙂

Enjoy- AJ 🙂

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® Products used: 3D Foam Squares, Crafty Foam Tape, HomeHobby: Premium Double-Sided Tape 1/2″Permanent

other: My Favorite Things stamps, ink; Imagine Crafts Embossing Powder, twine, Wink Of Stella pen, card stock, mini clothes pin

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Decorated Favor Bag

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Latisha Yoast

Latisha here with a fun project, on how I decorated a glassine bag and turned it into a fun party favor package.

First, gather some Extreme Double-Sided tape, 3D Foam Squares, some sequins, a few diecuts and stickers, and a glassine bag.

Instructions:

1. Take some Home and Hobby by 3L Extreme Double-Sided Tape 1/4″ and place some at the bottom of the bag.

2. Peel away the protective cover.

3. Grab some sequins that you want to use.

4. Start placing the sequins on top of the tape, this is very sticky and permanent tape, so make sure you have them mapped out.

5. Keep placing the sequins on the tape until you have a complete border across the bottom of the bag.

6. Place a sticker, or sentiment above the sequins.

7. Adhere the diecut banner to the top of the bag, by placing Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares (white, regular) on the back.

Latisha Yoast

Materials Used:

Home and Hobby by 3L Extreme Double-Sided Tape 1/4″, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® 3D Foam Squares,

Fancy Pants Designs glassine bag, Sequins, diecuts & stickers, candy

Birthday Shaker Card

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Lisa Adametz

Hi everyone and Happy Saturday! It’s Lisa with you today and I have a Birthday Shaker card that I’m sharing with you today. This card is super fun and easy to make using our Keepsake Envelopes.

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To put this card together first create your card base. I used a standard A2 card base of 4¼” x 5½” scored on the horizontal edge.

Then using the new E-Z Runner® Grand Permanent Strips I adhered my first layer of patterned paper. Die-cut two more pieces of patterned paper and adhere those down using the E-Z Runner® Grand Permanent Strips, as well.

Stamp the sentiment and heat with embossing powder.

To create the flowers, I used scrap pieces of wool felt and die-cut the felt using flower dies. I rolled them up using tweezers and secured the bottoms using either a Dodz™ Medium or a Dodz™ 3D (depending on the size of the flower).

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To keep the flower EXTRA secure I squeezed in a little of the glue from the Quick and Easy Dual Tip Glue Pen in between the petals of the flowers (photos 4 & 5).

To adhere flowers down I also used the Dual Tip Glue Pen liquid glue and allowed them to simply air dry.

Next, for the shaker part! I used one of the smaller envelopes from the Keepsake Envelopes – Mix. I cut the ends of a straw to make sure that it would be easy to put the glass beads and sequins into the envelope. I also used the new Extreme Double-Sided Tape ¼” under the flap so that it would NOT be able to be opened. (I don’t want those beads flying everywhere!)

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*Tip – Since the Keepsake Envelopes have a clear adhesive backing they’re perfect to apply on ANY surface and the flap is resealable!

I finished the card off by wrapping a little ribbon around the front and tying it in a bow. To keep it secure I added a dab of glue under the bow.

Here’s a little close-up:

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Thanks so much for joining me today and I hope you all have an amazing weekend!

Supplies:
E-Z Runner® Grand Permanent Strips
Extreme Double-Sided Tape ¼ “
Dodz™ 3D
Dodz™ Medium
Keepsake Envelopes – Mix
** Quick and Easy Dual Tip Glue Pen

Life is Good…

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Michele Kovack

Howdy! Michele here with a card to share with you today! I have been on a water coloring kick lately and this is one of the finished cards. The flower was cut using water color paper and given a water color wash in hues of pinks and purples. I cut some leaves and adhered both to an inked panel using my Crafty Foam Tape. I love that the flower pops off the card a bit.

I adhered the panel to the card using my E-Z Squares®. The sequins were added with the small DODZ™. (Much easier than hassling with glue!) It is a rather “simple” card for me, but sometimes, less is more. 😉

Thank you so much for popping on by today!

Supplies:

DODZ™-Small
E-Z Squares®
Crafty Foam Tape in White
Die cuts
Water colors
Sequins
Sticker
Ink
Beads

Frame it – Home Decoration with Stitching and Paper Flowers

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Stephanie Schütze

Hi there,

today I want to show you a frame with some stitching, a paper flower and great adhesives by Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L^®.

I love to create my own home decorations and this one is one of a series with paper flower I want to hang on my wall.

And here is my tutorial how I made it.

1 – Use leftovers of paper scraps and make a collage. Choose scraps of a color family and use the E-Z Dots Permanent Refillable Dispenser.

2 – Cut out a flower with your Diecutting machine to use it as a shape for stitching. I used the Sizzix Bigz Native Florals.

3 – Adhere your shape with the E-Z Dots® Repositionable Refillable Dispenser.

TIP: It’s always a good idea to use non permanent adhesive if you unsure of a composition or if you want to remove something.

4 – Make little holes with a needle (every 4-5 mm) around your shape.

5 – Use the holes to stitch your flower.

6 – Choose your inner flowers and use the 3D Foam Squares – white mix to make it dimensional. I used the other flowers from the Sizzix Bigz Native Florals. And I added some pearls.

7 – Adhere some leaves with the E-Z Dots Permanent Refillable Dispenser.

8 – You can add a little butterfly with 3D Foam Squares – white mix as decoration for the flower and to give your composition a color highlight.

9 – You can now frame it. Use also for that the E-Z Dots® Repositionable Refillable Dispenser, then you can replace an other ensemble easily.