Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Crafty Power Blog

Spring Mixed Media Canvas with 3D Foam Shapes

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Kelly Klapstein

Happy Spring everyone! It’s Kelly Klapstein here, and I’m excited to share a different kind of project than I usually make. Here is a mixed media canvas I designed using lots of pretty 3D Foam Designer Shapes.

Here are some close ups and details about how I altered all the different 3D Foam Shapes.

I added blue and yellow glitter to the 3D Foam Butterfly, and I heat embossed the 3D Foam Pennants with pink and white glitter embossing powder.

The 3D Foam Leaves are covered with green flocking. After fussy cutting the floral patterned paper, I pressed Adhesive Sheets on top and then adhered clear microbeads.All of the floral paper pieces are layered with Crafty Foam Tape and 3D Foam Squares.

My ‘Spring’ title was cut with my electric die cut machine. I put an Adhesive Sheet onto my patterned paper before cutting, and then removed the backing afterwards and applied clear glitter. This made my title sparkle!

The little flower with flocking that is dotting the ‘i’ in ‘Spring’ is from the 3D Garden Shapes.

It’s always nice to have some spring home decor on display to celebrate the end of winter!

Kelly Klapstein

ADHESIVE PRODUCTS: 3D Foam Butterflies, 3D Foam Leaves, 3D Foam Pennants, 3D Foam Garden Shapes, 3D Foam Squares, Crafty Foam Tape, Adhesive Sheets

OTHER SUPPLIES: Dollar Store canvas; Golden Gesso and Molding Paste; Heidi Swapp papers and Color Shine; EK Success flocking and microbeads; Clearsnap glitter; Brother ScanNCut; Viva Decor Stencil

Elements of a Kooky Easter Owl

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Michele Kovack

Changing it up a little with a fun Easter owl! Yep, a bit kooky I know, but why not? I found this really adorable owl die on clearance at a big box store and knew I wanted to do something cute with it.

Happy Saturday! Michele here. A few oval punches and some eggs cut from my electronic cutting machine, and voila!

Owl Elements in Details

For his ears, I adhered them using E-Z Squares® Refillable Dispenser and for the pink inner ear portion, popped up with Crafty Foam Tape in white.

I also wanted the glittered eggs to have some depth so I also adhered them using E-Z Squares® Refillable Dispenser and Crafty Foam Tape.

The banner, ribbon, and flower were adhered using Adhesive Dots Small.

Sometimes with a bit of creativity, you can stretch those dies a bit further! 🙂

Have a great weekend, friends!
Michele

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®:
Crafty Foam Tape in White
Adhesive Dots Small
E-Z Squares® Refillable Dispenser

Other:
Owl Die; Oval Punches; Sentiment Stamp; Ribbon; Flower; Glossy Accents; Glitter; Electronic Cutting Machine (eggs)

Sympathy Card

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Lisa Adametz

Hey there friends! It’s Lisa with you today and I’m sharing a little geometric die-cut sympathy card that I created. Too many losses in my world lately and I really dislike that I need to have these on hand. Boo!

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Just a few simple steps to make this card and you can mix it up to make a few on hand.

1. Die cut a square panel from water color paper.

2. Use Gelatos® in 3 colors create a watercolor background.

3. Die cut another square. Stamp sentiment in embossing ink and heat set with a silver embossing powder.

4. Die cut a circle with another circle inside. This will make a solid circle and a “ring”. Apply E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable Adhesive to the ring and adhere to half of the watercolor background. (Set the circle aside for later.)

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5. (Positioning of ring)

6. Apply 3D Foam Squares – White, Regular onto back of watercolor square and sentiment square.

(Not pictured.) Cut patterned paper so that it is 1/4″ smaller than card base.

7. Apply E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips to the back of the patterned paper, wrap piece of satin ribbon around left hand side of paper, and adhere on backside.

8. Adhere patterned paper to card base. Again, using E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips, adhere the silver circle under the ribbon on the upper left hand side. Remove the backing and adhere the watercolor background square with the 3D Foam Squares – White, Regular to the the patterned paper, and the sentiment square on top of that. I tucked some 3D Foam Squares – White – Small under the ring and then cut it off at the edge. Done!

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Here’s a little close-up from the side so you can see the shimmer of some of the elements used:

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Thanks so much for joining me today and I hope that this card inspires you to us your Adhesives, dies, and watercolors in a whole new way!

Supplies:
From Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®:
3D Foam Squares White, Regular
3D Foam Squares White, Small
E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable Adhesive
E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable Adhesive

Other Supplies:
Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Gelatos® in Iced Pear, Kiwi, and Metallic Icing
Technique Tuesday Stamp (You’re So Sweet)
Satin Ribbon
Dies from Lawn Fawn and My Favorite Things
Embossing Powder from Wow!

Springtime Hello Friend Card

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Latisha Yoast

Hello Latisha here with you today. There is just something about spring, and probably living in Florida that draw me to bright happy colors. Recently I received the #ForeverYoung paper collection from Bo Bunny. We have been having a staring contest of late, so I decided to open up the package and make a card.

1. I used one of the pieces from the collection to be my card base, so I trimmed that down to 4.25 x 5.5 inches.

2. Next, using the Spellbinders Floral die, I cut/embossed using another sheet of bright pink pattern paper.

3. Place Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Crafty Foam Tape, as well as 3D Foam Squares (white small) on the back of the die cut.

4. Peel off the protective sheets on the adhesive, and adhere to the card front.

5. Trim out the little tag/square from pattern paper, round the corners with a corner rounder.

6. Place Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Crafty Foam Tape on the back of the die cut.

7. Adhere die cut to the card.

8. Place Bo Bunny rhinestones onto the diecut.

9. Tie May Arts twine around the top of the card.

10. Add a rhinestone to the center of the bow.

Materials Used:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Crafty Foam Tape

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares (white, small)

Bo Bunny #ForeverYoung paper collection

Bo Bunny pink rhinestones

Spellbinders die template

May Arts twine

corner rounder

Spring Fever Blog Hop with Spellbinders!

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Beth Pingry - admin

Welcome to the second day of the Spring Fever Blog Hop sponsored by Spellbinders™!

Today we feature 2 tutorials from our Design Team Members Asia King and Angela Ploegman. We’re sure you’ll love them!

Dress Form Tutorial from Asia King!

I have a tutorial showing how to turn an old tired paper mache dress form into a shabby chic number.

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I bought this old dress form at a charity jumble sale and it was crying for a make-over :). So let’s get started.

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1. Prepare your dress form and paints. Give it a gentle wipe to make sure it is clean and free of grease.

2. Cover the dress form with a couple of generous coats of paint. Allow to dry.

3. Add a layer of Primitive paint, wiping it off gently in parts with a wet baby wipe. For ease of distressing work in sections to avoid paint drying out too quickly. Allow to dry fully.

4. Randomly stamp the text stamps all around the dress form. I stamped freehand without a stamping block. Alternate the direction of text, overlap the prints and stamp parts of the images – this will help create a decoupaged look.

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5. To create a pleated skirt cut several square-ish pieces of canvas ribbon. Turn each piece round with a corner pointing up (it will resemble a diamond shape).

6. Pull the left edge towards the centre and press with your finger to make a small fold – use the photo as a guide. Add a strip of Extreme Double-Sided Tape 1/8″ along the right edge.

7. Pull the right side of the fabric and align it with the edge of the fold as shown.

8. Wrap Extreme Double-Sided Tape 1/4″ around the waste of your dress form.

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9. Arrange your fabric pleats as shown. Press the fabric into the Extreme Double-Sided Tape to ensure good contact with the adhesive.

10. Die cut vintage music sheet using the Oval Regalia die set- arrange the dies as show (at this point I wasn’t sure if I was going to use all the die cuts). Use the largest oval to create a frilly ‘ribbon’ for the skirt.

11. Adhere the die cut ‘ribbon’ by pressing the paper into the tape in the gaps between the pleats.

12. Continue adding layers with lace ribbons and Extreme Double-Sided Tape 1/4″ until you are happy with the result. I also added a small diamante buckle.

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13. Die cut several petals and blooms from the Peony set and create a 3D flower.

14. Add ribbons and pearl strings to the back of the flower with Adhesive Dots Small and Adhesive Dots 3D. Adhere to the dress form. Secure with decorative pins, if necessary.

15. Tear narrow strips from Adhesive Sheets 6×12″ and adhere around the bottom and the neck of the dress form. Sprinkle generously with Pearlized Mica and rub any excess flakes off.

16. Cover your second largest die cut shape with adhesive using Adhesive Sheets and adhere around the neck to create a necklace.

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17. Cut a length of the narrow lace ribbon and cover with adhesive. Adhere around the neck line and embellish with small flat back pearls.

18. Cover some mulberry paper with Adhesive Sheets and die cut some leaves using the die from the Peony set.

19. Add Adhesive Dots Small to three small ribbon roses.

20. Arrange the leaves and the roses over the shoulder as shown above.

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I have recently fallen madly in love with the crushed glass mosaic finishes that are currently trending in the home decor department stores across the UK. You can see them used on lamp bases, vases, mirrors, frames and even small table tops. For me the most exciting thing was to discover that you can easily recreate this sophisticated look with Adhesive Sheets and Mica Fragments.

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You don’t have to be limited to the straight lines of your Adhesive Sheets either. And that’s because you can die cut your Mica covered sheets with a guaranteed full coverage and no gummed up dies 🙂 – just as I have done to create a rose lattice trellis in my recent Roses of Friendship card.

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I hope you enjoyed my tutorial – I would love to know what you think! Feel free to share and pin the graphic above for future reference :).

To finish my dress form I replaced the original ugly metal stand with a new one I made myself from old wooden chess pieces :). To find out more and to check out additional close-up pictures of my project, be sure to also visit my blog Under A Creative Spell!

Supplies:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®: Adhesive Sheets 6×12″, Adhesive Dots Small, Adhesive Dots 3D, Extreme Double-Sided Tape 1/8″, Extreme Double-Sided Tape 1/4″
canvas ribbons and lace ribbons
Spellbinders: Peony and Oval Regalia die sets; Ephemera Papers
Stampendous: Pearlized Mica Fragments, Vintage Ladies and Charmed Art Perfectly Clear Stamps
DecoArt Americiana Decor Chalky Finish in Lace and Primitive, StazOn Mini Cloudy Sky ink by, seam binding, ribbon roses, decorative pins, pearls.

Foiled Ombre Card Tutorial by Angela Ploegman

Spellbinders Dies and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® Adhesive Sheets are a perfect match! The super thin and super sticky Adhesive Sheets cut cleanly, leaving no residue…a MUST in order to be successful with this technique. Here’s the card I created using the technique to produce the custom foiled and inked background:

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Tutorial

1. Die cut the Adhesive Sheet 4×6″ with a background die.

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2. Peel the protective backing and apply the die cut Adhesive Sheet to the card base. It’s difficult to see in the photo, but it’s there!

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3. Burnish the adhesive and then remove the top protective backing and apply silver leafing.

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4. Apply three different colors of ink blending well between colors. The super thin Adhesive Sheets make this possible!

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5. Die cut the card border and apply to the card base using Crafty Foam Tape White.

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6. Stamp the sentiment, emboss with clear embossing powder and color the sentiment with the blue ink from the card base. Die cut using the perforated circle dies.

7. Adhere loops of jewelry wire the back side of the sentiment block with a Adhesive Dots Small. Adhere the sentiment block to the card front with 3D Foam Squares White Regular.

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That’s it! Super trendy and super easy….it’s what the right tools bring to EVERY project! Here’s a close up of the sentiment block with the foiled background:

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Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® Supplies used: Adhesive Sheets 4x6in, Crafty Foam Tape White, Adhesive Dots Small, 3D Foam Squares White Regular

Spellbinders Botanical Swirls, 5 x 7 Matting Basics A and B, Celebra’tions Perforated Circles,

Bazzill Basics Paper Card Stock, Close to my Heart Stamp, Tsukineko Ink, Ranger Embossing Powder, EK Success Silver Foil, Ranger Distress Inks, misc. jewelry wire.

And now on to the contests:

Spellbinders Spring Fling Blog Hop

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Be sure to visit Basic Grey® and Clearsnap® today for their tutorials and chances to win!

Check back with Spellbinders tomorrow for more tutorials and prizes!

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Mother’s Day Card with 3D Foam Creative Sheets and Die cutting

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Stephanie Schütze

Hi there,

it’s Stephanie here today and I want to show you a quick and easy Mother’s Day Card with 3D Foam Creative Sheets I made.

You only need a piece of cardboard (I used a piece of an old packing box), 3D Foam Creative Sheets, your Die Cutting Machine and one or two flower Dies, a wood veneer and baker twine.

First choose a Die with flowers and use your Die cutting machine to cut them out with 3D Foam Creative Sheets.

I used the black and white 3D Foam Creative Sheet to got these two flowers. I made two flowers in different sizes to use them one above the other.

Then emboss the flowers with beige embossing powder or another color you like and adhere them on your cardstock one above the other. I added a bit of white Gesso on my cardstock to give the background a shabby look. I also rounded the edges of my card.

Use your E-Z Dots® Permanent to adhere the wood veneer on the top of the flowers.

Color the wood veneer with red watercolor pens.

Punch two holes on top of the cardboard.

Tie a loop with twine. And that’s it. You are ready.

It was quick and easy card and I like the simplicity of it.

Have fun with the Mothers Day preparation and have a good day!

Stephanie

Supplies from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L^®

E-Z Dots® Permanent

3D Foam Creative Sheets

Beige Embossing Powder

Cardboard

Big Shot Plus

Sizzix Bigz XL Die – Jumbo Tattered Florals

Baker Twine

Neocolor II red

white Gesso

Card with Creative Photo Corners

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Christine Emberson

Hello! Christine here today with a simple-to-make card that looks very effective with Creative Photo Corners.

The base of my card is kraft and that matches perfectly with Creative Photo Corners – Kraft. I matted jade colored cardstock using E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable Adhesive. Before I matted the patterned paper I added the photo corners.

I then printed the sentiment and cut to a banner shape. Both the fan die cut and banner have been adhered with 3D Foam Squares – White, Small – always good to have that extra dimension.

Thank you for joining me today, remember to stop by the blog regularly to see lots of creativity with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® products.

Christine

Supplies:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® – Creative Photo Corners – Kraft,
E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable Adhesive, 3D Foam Squares – White, Small

Spellbinders® dies – Blossom Fan, Blooms Four

Papers: Kaisercraft, Kaleidoscope Collection

Other supplies: kraft, jade, pale blue and pink cardstock, printer for sentiment.

3D Foam Happy Easter Card Tutorial

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Margie Higuchi

Today I am excited to be featuring Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® adorable 3D Foam Easter Shapes set, 3D Foam Squares – Black, Regular, Pigment Powder – Brown and Pink, Adhesives Sheets – 4 x 6″ and E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips – Refillable adhesive to create this sweet Happy Easter card.

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With the 3D Foam Easter Shapes set, I took off the liner from the Bunny shape and brushed lightly the Pigment Powder – Pink on the sticky surface. Love the shimmer and light color it gave the shape.

Then I repeated the same process with the “Happy Easter” sentiment with Pigment Powder – Brown.

After creating an A2 (4¼ x 5½”) size card base out of patterned paper, I started working on the card panel by using A2 Filigree Delight die set. I used the Adhesive Sheets – 4×6″ sheet for the Frame die cut and for the Oval die cut, I used E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips – Refillable adhesive.

To highlight the Bunny shape, I used the Tag die cut to frame the shape and used 3D Foam Squares – Black, Regular to make it pop.

Assemble all the pieces and add “Happy Easter” to the card. Finished the card with two brown gems and it’s ready to send! Here’s another look…

Supplies:
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®: Pigment Powder – Pink and Brown, E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips – Refillable, Adhesive Sheets – 4×6″, 3D Foam Easter Shapes and 3D Foam Squares – Black, Regular
Die: Spellbinders® Paper Arts (S5-177 A2 Filigree Delight)
Patterned Paper: Chickaniddy (Date Night Collection)
Cardstock: WorldWin Papers (Canvas)
Gems: Want2Scrap©

Happy (early) Easter 🙂
MargieH

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Baked With Love Card using Adhesive Sheets

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Beth Pingry

Last week I was a baking fool, getting ready to visit my boys in college. I grabbed a cookie and my crafting supplies and got busy! I wish I could keep baked goods in the house all the time!

Baked with Love Card by Beth Pingry

Stamping the Baked Treats

I stamped the images twice, once onto white cardstock, then patterned paper. Next, I added Adhesive Sheets to the top of the white cardstock.Then I fussy cut all the stamped pieces. I layered the patterned shaped pieces onto the white cardstock pieces.

There are 2 spots on the serving dish without patterned paper; instead I covered the exposed adhesive with glitter.

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To create a surface for the platter to ground it, I masked off the white cardstock with scrap paper and applied chalk with a stylus and foam tip. Using E-Z Dots Repositionable will hold the cardstock in place while chalking. Now it’s not floating in the center of the card.

Assembling the Layers and Creative Photo Corners

Next I stamped the sentiment, and assembled the card using Creative Photo Corners. I like to double up the Creative Photo Corners when I do layers, I feel like it creates a bit of a frame for the focal point. Here I used White and Kraft Corners, alternating the color of the corner with the color of the layer. White Corner on kraft paper, Kraft Corner on white paper.

You don’t need to use adhesive between the layers here, the Creative Photo Corners will hold securely. However, since my cards get a lot of handling, I usually add E-Z Squares® between the layers and to secure the card base.

Sweet!

Thanks for visiting today!

Beth Pingry

Supplies Used:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®: Adhesive Sheets 4×6“, Creative Photo Corners Kraft, Creative Photo Corners White, 3D Foam Squares White Small, E-Z Dots® Repositionable, E-Z Squares
Lawn Fawn: Baked with Love stamps, Polka Mon Amie Papers
Clearsnap®: Colorbox® Archival Dye Wicked Black ink, PaintBox Fluid Chalk ink Ocean Breeze, Stylus and Tip
Cardstock: White, Kraft, Blue

Hello card using Adhesive Sheets for intricate die cuts

Posted on March 15, 2015 by AJ Otto

Hello! AJ here sharing how I use the Adhesive Sheets with my dies for quick and easy adhesive die cuts!

Sometimes your die cuts are so small and thin getting your adhesive on them and not every where else is such a pain. When you start with the Adhesive Sheets, it’s only on your die cut and no mess elsewhere. And they come in 3 sizes, 4X6, 6 X 12, & 12 X 12.

To get started with the Adhesive Sheets, (here I am using the 6 X 12 size) peel back the yellow baking and adhered your card stock down to the sticky side. Lay the yellow backing back over the card stock and gently burnish the adhesive to your card stock.Because I want the backside of my dies sticky, I am placing my dies onto the yellow side, ensuring that when I pop them out, the backside will be covered with adhesive. (If you are wanting the front to be covered with adhesive, you would cut from the other side)Pop your dies out of the sheet, and they should easily come out of the die as well, peel the backing off and adhere to your card. I adhered mine to my green tag.
I then place a few 3D Foam Squares onto my tag, and secure it to my card.