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So Happy to be Here

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Laurel Seabrook

Big News!

We are thrilled to introduce Laurel Seabrook! She’s the newest member of the Design Team and we are so happy to be working with her! Today is her first post, please give her a warm welcome! Take it away, Laurel!

Hi everyone it is Laurel here with my first blog post as a Design Team member (so go easy on me 😉 ) I was very honored when I was contacted and asked to be a part of this fabulous team and then the goody box arrived! Wow!

I decided to pull out one of my favorite adhesives, the 3D Foam Squares – texture and dimension are something I always love on my projects 🙂

The E-Z Runner® makes adhering the panels so quick and easy!

A clean and simple card but the dimension from the 3D Foam Squares adds more interest.

Products used:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®: E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips, 3D Foam Squares White Small
Pattern paper: Homemade (Pebbles)

Stamp: 2 Tulips (Unity)

Thanks for visiting!

Laurel Seabrook

Easter Tag Tutorial with Crafty Foam Tape

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Erica Houghton

Happy Easter! It’s Erica and today I’m sharing a tag I created using the E-Z Runner^® Permanent Strips Refillable dispenser and Crafty Foam Tape White, as well as a step-by-step tutorial showing you how I created my tag!

Easter Tag Tutorial with Crafty Foam Tape by Erica Houghton

First, I traced my tag onto a sheet of pattern paper and then cut it out.

Easter Tag Tutorial with Crafty Foam Tape by Erica Houghton

Next, I adhered the piece I cut out onto my tag and cut and adhered a second layer using the MyStik^® Permanent Strips Refillable dispenser.

Easter Tag Tutorial with Crafty Foam Tape by Erica Houghton

I then cut out a sentiment and adhered it with Crafty Foam Tape White.

Easter Tag Tutorial with Crafty Foam Tape by Erica Houghton

Here are a few close-ups:

Easter Tag Tutorial with Crafty Foam Tape by Erica Houghton

Easter Tag Tutorial with Crafty Foam Tape by Erica Houghton

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Paper

Authentique Paper, Treasure

Embellishments

Ashland, Manor House Creations & Prima Marketing – flowers
Celebrate It – ribbon

Products

Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink

Thanks for joining me today! Erica Houghton

3D Foam Easter Shape Bunny Tag Tutorial

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Margie Higuchi

Since it’s the day before Easter, I thought I would share a QUICK & EASY 3D Foam Easter Shape Tag. So for those last minute folks (COUGHmeCOUGH), this is for you – LOL!

3D Easter Foam Shape Bunny Tag by Margie Higuchi

Did you know you can use many different kinds of mediums to apply ON TOP of your 3D Foam Shapes? Mediums such as glitter, foil, pigment powder, flock and more. Today I wanted to try Pigment Powder in Brown (for chocolate eggs = YUM!) and purple micro beads.

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I was impressed with how the micro beads stuck on the bunny shape and love the texture it created.

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The tag also was textured using the Basket Weave Sculpted Embossing Folder. I cut/embossed Medallion Three die to frame the 3D Easter Foam Bunny Shape.

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To finish off, I tied a knot with Organza Ribbon and it’s ready to go!

3D Easter Foam Shape Bunny Tag by Margie Higuchi

Supplies:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®: E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable, 3D Foam Easter Shapes

Organza Ribbon, Pigment Powder
Die: Spellbinders® Creative Arts (E3D-004 Basket Weave Sculpted Embossing Folder, S2-017 Medallion Three and the Grand Calibur® Machine)
Cardstock: Core’dinations ColorCore Cardstock
Micro Beads: American Crafts (POP! Microbeads Lip Gloss)
Other: Tag

Thanks for stopping by! Have a safe and wonderful Easter!
MargieH

Springtime Gift Box

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Christine Emberson

Looking for a springtime project to be inspired by? Hi everyone, Christine here today with a spring themed mini gift box to share. It’s speedily and easily created with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® products.

Springtime Gift Box Tutorial

First I created my box using a box die. Onto each flap, I applied MyStik® Permanent Strips. It’s ideal, as you can dispense as much or as little as you need. If you prefer to use double-sided tape, then Crafty Power Tape is a superb choice.

For my box decoration, I chose a flower die set. Simply die-cut each flower, layered and attached with 3D Foam Squares White, Small on the reverse side, as double-sided adhesive and for dimension.

I clustered the flowers onto the box lid along with its leaves and added a pearl to the center of each one.

I created a tag and embellished it with a smaller flower and leaf. Tie it with twine and tuck it inside the box to affix it. Perfect for a little message.

These would make ideal table favors for your Easter table or as gifts for your guests – pop some chocolate mini eggs inside! More uses are as bridal shower favors, Mother’s Day tea party favors and so much more.

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

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® Used:
MyStik® Permanent Strips
3D Foam Squares White, Small
Other:
Etched Dies: Spellbinders® Paper Arts (Square Bracket Edge Box and Marisa’s Bouquet)
Kraft, Green, Pale Blue and Pink Cardstock; Pearls

Easter Bunny Card

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Beth Pingry

Wishing you and yours a very happy Spring and a wonderful Easter! It’s Beth, and I’m sharing an Easter Bunny card I made from our 3D Foam Easter Shapes.

Beth Pingry - Easter Bunny Card

I created a background with stencils and ink, then added Mr. Bunny, once I had him covered in Brown Pigment Powder. The 3D Foam Frames and White Creative Photo Corners frame him nicely. I stamped the banner and added the word HAPPY and covered it with glitter. The banner is adhered with 3D Foam Squares.

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This was easy and fun! If you’re not up to creating the background, patterned paper will do too.

Thanks for visiting! You’ll see how I created the background soon on my blog, Cookies For Breakfast!

I used these supplies:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®: 3D Foam Squares White Small, Creative Photo Corners White, 3D Foam Easter Shapes, 3D Foam Frames, Dodz™ Medium,
Clearsnap®: Art Screens Chevrons, Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink Ice Blue, Lime Pastel, Twinkle Dust Mixed Berries Glitter,
Lawn Fawn: Bannerific stamps

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.

angela ploegman spellbinders thank you card die cut adhesive

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!

angela ploegman spellbinders thank you card die cut application

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

angela ploegman spellbinders thank you card foiled

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

angela ploegman spellbinders thank you ombre ink

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:

angela ploegman spellbinders thank you card detail

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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