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Spring Mixed Media Projects with 3D Foam Shapes, Adhesive Sheets and More

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Stephanie Schütze

Looking for a spring-inspired mixed media project? Hi there, it’s Stephanie here today to show what I created using several types of adhesives by Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®.

Mixing Some Media + Adhesives

As you can see I’m already in the mood for spring. After a long time creating in white, I had so much fun using colors. 🙂

An ensemble was created with spring and Easter themes in mind: an Easter card, a spring canvas, and a notepad. For my background, I used paints and stamps with shimmering accents – thanks to a combination of Adhesive Sheets and E-Z Dots® Permanent – Refillable, and embossing powder and glitter.

Easter Card

For this card, I used the 3D Foam Easter Shapes and embossing powder and glitter to give a gleaming highlight to each of the little bunny and the basket shapes.

Spring Canvas and Notepad

This is a 20 x 20 cm canvas panel in which I used the 3D Foam Butterflies. On top of them is a mixture of embossing powder, micro pearls, and glitter. I love how the colors came out on them. On the birdcage, I added adhesive from the Adhesive Sheets and added glitter on top.

And I created a matching notepad cover in the same process as the canvas.

It’s just a fun way to use adhesives in the background of projects and customize 3D Foam Shapes as decorative elements. I love them! And now I hope spring will come soon. 😉

Click: DIY Easter Crafts on Parade for more Easter inspiration.

Thanks for visiting. Have a nice day!
Stephanie 🙂

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®:
Adhesive Sheets
E-Z Dots® Permanent – Refillable
3D Foam Easter Shapes
3D Foam Butterflies

Other:
Gesso, Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels), Stencil and Stamp (Wycinanka), Glitter (Clearsnap), WOW Embossing Powder, Wood Veneer (Kaisercraft), Twine (Garn & Mehr), Book Pages

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Faux Embossed Leather Technique Tutorial – With Love Card

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Angela Ploegman

Hello blog readers! It’s Angela today, sharing a technique to create a fabulous faux leather look to use in any of your crafty projects….here’s a card I created from with the look of leather with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®:

Faux Embossed Leather Technique Tutorial - With Love Card by Angela Ploegman

This is a TECHNIQUE ONLY tutorial….it does not cover the steps to make the card….just the steps to create the fabulous embossed leather look.

Here’s what you need to get started:

Faux Embossed Leather Technique Tutorial - With Love Card by Angela Ploegman

Gather your Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® Adhesive Sheets – 12×12″, your favorite thin steel background die, some tissue paper (kraft colored), some ink (medium brown, dark brown and a purple) and a base material that WON’T be cut by the thin steel die (I used grunge paper, but think a heavy chipboard would also work).

1. Cut a 6 x 6″ piece of the grunge paper. Ink all over with the medium brown ink, using a blending tool if necessary to fully cover the base. Apply random patches of purple ink and dark brown ink and blend until you are happy! Let dry or heat set (whatever your ink requires to dry and become permanent).

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2. Crumple the tissue paper into a tight ball. Smooth and repeat 2 to 3 additional times to create even texture in the tissue paper.

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3. Peel back the yellow protective covering on the Adhesive Sheet – 12 x 12″. Apply the tissue paper to the adhesive. Recover with the yellow protective layer, flip over and burnish the tissue paper to transfer the adhesive.

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4. Peel back the tissue paper, ensuring the adhesive has transferred (if there are any areas with poor transfer, simply return the tissue paper to the adhesive sheet and burnish some more!). Place the inked base colored side up on the white backing and replace the tissue paper, adhesive side down on the colored base.

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5. Burnish from the tissue paper side and tear the excess tissue paper away from the edges of the base. Repeat the inking procedure in step #1 (including the dry/heat set part) on the tissue paper.

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6. Place the faux leather onto your base plate and place your thin steel background die face down on the faux leather.

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7. Complete the die cutting sandwich as required by your machine and run through the machine (if you skip the embossing step, run the base through your machine replacing the die with a piece of chipboard to help seal the tissue paper securely to the base).

8. Ink the raised edge with some additional dark brown ink and let dry or heat set, as required.

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Here’s a close up of the final project using the embossed faux leather:

Faux Embossed Leather Technique Tutorial - With Love Card by Angela Ploegman

And YOU’RE DONE! Easy and elegant technique, I think! I used a version of the same technique (minus the embossing) on all of my CHA projects this year – a card, a cuff and a gift box….

Faux Embossed Leather Technique Tutorial - With Love Card by Angela Ploegman

Thanks for stopping by today!

Angela

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® used: Adhesive Sheets – 12 x 12″, DODZ 3D, E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable, Crafty Power Tape 20′ Roll,

Other supplies used: Bazzil Basics card stock, Spellbinders and Tim Holtz for Sizzix dies, Ranger Archival and Distress Inks, Canvas Corp. Tissue stock, Stampabilities stamp, misc. wired raffia

Also see Judy Hayes’ Handmade Holidays Faux Leather Journal tutorial

Denim Friendship Book Cover Tutorial

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Margie Higuchi

Using an Art Journal, I created a Friendship Book Cover.

I used a wide lace ribbon one as a left border and to decorate the metal rings.

To give “lift” to the pre-made flowers, I used Adhesive Dots 3D on each.

Then I cut/embossed a die with ivory cardstock. To adhere, I used Adhesives Sheets 4 x 6″.

I stamped a beautiful sentiment onto the ivory cardstock first. Then I placed a die over it to cut/emboss. To give it dimension, I placed 3D Foam Squares Black, Regular and centered it on the larger die cut.

Add sequins with Adhesive Dots Small to add more sparkle, tie bits of lace trim to rings and it’s good to go! Another look at the finished cover 🙂

Project Supplies:
SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L®: Adhesives Sheets 4 x 6″, 3D Foam Squares Black, Regular, Adhesive Dots Small, Adhesive Dots Medium and Adhesive Dots 3D

Cardstock: Darice and Core’dinations ColorCore Cardstock®(Ivory Cardstock)
Die Templates and Tool: Spellbinders® Creative Arts (5 x 7 Elegant Labels Four, Labels Four and Tool ‘N One™)
Stamp: JustRite® Papercraft (Friendship Vintage Labels Seven Clear Stamp Set)
Ink: IMAGINE Craft®/TSUKINEKO® (Memento® Ink – Paris Dusk)
Flowers: Prima Marketing Inc.
Glitter: Hampton Arts (Extra Fine Glitter in Silver)
Other: Sequins; Anti-Static Powder

Thanks for stopping by!
MargieH

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Love is in the Air!

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Michele Kovack

Michele here with a lovey dovey card for you! I guess with Valentine’s Day right around the corner, I’ve got love on the brain! It could also serve as a pretty anniversary or wedding card too! I had all of these lace ribbons and knew I wanted to incorporate them here. And since straws seem to be such a big thing right now, I decided they would work perfectly for my card!

I can’t seem to get enough of these 3D Foam Hearts either. Just peel the backing and sprinkle with glitter. I covered the large heart with a bright pink glitter for a bit of punch to the card. Layers of lace, string, sequins, and a sentiment were added for a finishing touch.

Want to creep into my brain and see my creative process for this card? Grab yourself some 3D Foam Hearts.….. 01208 3D Foam Hearts

….and dump your choice of sparkly glitter on top.

Then take out a package of Adhesive Sheets and adhere it to a piece of cream cardstock.

Lay the straws on top of the adhesive/card stock and snip the ends of the straws with scissors.

Once completed I added some of the pretty lace to the edge with DODZ™ Medium.

Layer wide lace vertically and place the large pink heart on top with DODZ™ Medium.

I added the smaller gold heart and then added my string and epoxy dot to the center using Dodz™ Small.

Since you know I like lumpy bumpy cards, I had to adhere the piece above to my card using 3D Foam Squares.

Here is a final look at my card. 🙂

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great Friday!

Michele

Supply List:

Other Supplies:

straws
sequins
sticker sentiment
string
Epoxy Dot
Scor-Pal
Pink ink for edges

Mixed Media Dragonflies With Adhesive Sheets – Part I

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Asia King

Hello everyone! Asia King here and today I am sharing a project I created for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®’s booth at this year’s CHA, Mixed Media Dragonflies. My ensemble has got quite a lot going on so I will be sharing it in two parts. Today is the first one and for the next installment please pop back on January 28th :).

Mixed Media Dragonflies with Adhesive Sheets by Asia King for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Making the Dragonflies Canvas

This project is a new take on the dry decoupage technique I shared in my mixed media altered vanity box back in May last year. I used my favourite dragonflies printed napkins – they have such a happy design and colour palette, don’t you think?

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After adhering the napkin to the canvas with Adhesive Sheets – 12×12″, I dry brushed some white gesso over the design to tone the colours down a bit. Then I created lots of different textures. I’m using Adhesive Dots Small, Adhesive Dots3D, Thin 3D Foam Squares, 3D Foam Squares , 3D Foam Pennants and about a million of buttons, random found objects and different metal, resin and fabric embellishments.

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Once everything was secured in place with my trusty Adhesive Dots Small and Adhesive Dots 3D I covered all elements with a generous dollop of white gesso and heat set it with my heat gun. Then I just played around with ink sprays and paints to add colour and shimmer. I also added some heat embossing with coordinating embossing powders for more texture.

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To complete the canvas I added some stamped journaling quotes mounted over Crafty Foam Tape White and some more detailing with Liquid Pearls.

Supplies

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®:

Other:

Stampendous Boss Gloss, Stampendous Periwinkle and Aqua embossing powders, Discover Today Perfectly Clear stamps, NK Studio Wired Rubber stamp
DecoArt Americana Metallic Oyster Pearl and Spa Blue acrylic paints,
Ranger Ink Perfect Pearls (Baby Blue, Petal Pink, Buttercup),
Prima Color Bloom sprays (Soft Teal, Summer Sky),
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists (Peach Delight, Lemon Zest, Black Cherry, Iridescent Gold),
Gold Cosmic Shimmer Mist,
Tsukineko StazOn (Jet Black, Blue Hawaii),
white gesso, canvas, printed napkins, various embellishments and findings, paper flowers, buttons, cheese cloth

Thank you for stopping by today and don’t forget to pop back here on the 28th to see Part 2 of my CHA assemble! 🙂

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A Spring Scrapbook Layout Featuring Adhesive Sheets

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Kelly Klapstein

Hello Everyone! I know it’s a little early to post a spring layout, but a break from my snowy winter is a good thing. Plus, I designed a few projects for display at the Craft & Hobby tradeshow in Anaheim this weekend, which is really exciting because in the upcoming weeks, you will be seeing lots of NEW products here on our blog! YAY!

I placed a glittered 3D Foam Heart in the camera die cut and framed the title with a glittered 3D Foam Frame.

To adhere the layered papers under my photo, I used lots and lots of Crafty Foam Tape.

Those cute green glitter triangles are ‘leftover’ bits from my 3D Foam Pennants sheet. How did I adhere that clear plastic “lovely” word? With Dodz™! Can you see them? Nope! I also put a Dodz™-Small behind the wood arrow.

Isn’t that glittery “Spring” polaroid frame cute? I designed it with my ScanNCut machine, then used a 12 x 12 Adhesive Sheet on plain patterned paper before I cut it out. After it was cut, I removed the backing and sprinkled glitter all over. Ta Daaaaa!

Here is a video that shows you how I made this frame. You can use this technique with Adhesive Sheets and any electronic cutting machine or manual die cutting machine.

Adhesive Sheets come in different sizes (4 x 6, 6 x 12, and 12 x 12) and can be really handy for lots of techniques!

Happy Crafting!

Kelly Klapstein

ADHESIVES: Crafty Foam Tape, 3D Foam Frames, 3D Foam Pennants, 3D Foam Hearts, Dodz™-Small,

OTHER SUPPLIES: Heidi Swapp papers, die cuts, wood and plastic embellishments

Easy Gift Bag and Tag Tutorial

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Latisha Yoast

Hello Latisha here with you today, to share a fun and easy way to dress up a plain gift bag, the kind we all have lying around.

Gift Bag Tutorial

1. Using your favorite color of Creative Photo Corners, create a border at the bottom of the bag by aligning them across the bottom edge, with the flat edge along the bottom of the bag. Trim off excess off the sides.

2. Die cut cream cardstock with a round, decorative die.

3. Using the 4×6 Adhesive Sheets, place the sheet over plain cardstock.

4. Die cut a butterfly using the cardstock that has the Adhesive Sheet on it.

5. Remove the butterfly die cut, and peel the top liner off to reveal adhesive.

6. Sprinkle glitter over the adhesive on the butterfly, tap off excess.

7. Adhere the die cut butterfly to the round die cut from step 2, using 3D Foam Squares.

8. From 3D Foam Butterflies, peel the top liner off of one shape, sprinkle with glitter and tap off excess. Remove from the sheet and apply on top of the glittered die cut butterfly.

9. Tie the round round die cut to the bag using twine. Ribbon would work as well!

Creative Time: 15 Minutes
Skill Level: Beginner

Latisha Yoast

Materials Used:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Other: Spellbinders die, Lawn Fawn twine, kraft bag, glitter

Happy New Year Tag with 3D Foam Trees and Glitter

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Stephanie Schütze

Hi There,

it’s Stephanie here today and I want to show you a Happy New Year Tag I made using some beautiful 3D Foam Trees.

The background is just a leftover from an other project. It’s a painted background on which I stamped with white paint. To make it very special I added some 3D Foam Trees.

I used some chunky glitter in a golden-brown color and added it to the 3D Foam Trees. It’s chunky glitter but it adhere very well.

Then I added a bit of white acrylic paint to give them a snowy look.

Some sprinkles with red paint, some white at the bottom and a handwritten Happy New Year sentiment with a white pen, that’s it.

Thanks for visiting today! I wish you a Happy New Year!

Stephanie 🙂

Supplies:

3D Foam Trees

Inka Gold from Viva Decor

White, Red, Black Acrylic Paint

Chunky Glitter

White Pen

Tree Stamp

Paper Piecing with Adhesive Sheets – Warm Winter Wishes Card

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Angela Ploegman

Hello blog readers! It’s Angela today, sharing a card made easy with the RIGHT adhesives!

Paper Piecing with Adhesive Sheets - Warm Winter Wishes Card by Angela Ploegman

To make the card front, I first covered the front of the folded card base with an Adhesive Sheet – 12 x 12″. I then cut the base design (the white outline) and adhered to the card front. I then cut the same design from 3 different colors of blue card stock and filled in the design, which super quick as the adhesive was already in place!

Some vellum snowflakes were stuck in place with the E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips – Refillable and the pierced circle die with the sentiment stamped on it was stuck down with some 3D Foam Squares – White, Regular, holding the silver embroidery floss in place at the same time.

Here’s a close up of the sentiment block:

Paper Piecing with Adhesive Sheets - Warm Winter Wishes Card by Angela Ploegman

Super quick, super easy! Love how the right products make things fast and easy!

Angela

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® Supply List: Adhesive Sheets – 12 x 12″, E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips – Refillable, 3D Foam Squares – White, Regular

Other supplies used: Spellbinders (Glass Effects and Pierced Circle) and Lawn Fawn (Stitched Snowflakes) Dies, Inky Antics stamp, Ranger Archival Ink, Silver embroidery floss, WorldWin Papers vellum, Bazzill Basics Paper card stock

Altered Clipboard with 3D Foam Creative Sheets

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Erica Houghton

Happy Monday! It’s Erica and today I’m sharing a clipboard I altered using 3D Foam Creative Sheets, as well as a step-by-step tutorial showing you how I altered my clipboard!

Altered Clipboard tutorial by Erica Houghton for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

First, I started by spraying my clipboard with white Gesso. I then traced the clipboard onto a sheet of pattern paper, distressed and adhered it to the clipboard using the E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips.

Next, I fussy cut several elements from another sheet of pattern paper and adhered them using 3D Foam Creative Sheets and E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips.

Lastly, I finished adhering my embellishments with 3D Foam Creative Sheets. The 3D Foam Creative Sheets are one of my most favorite adhesives to use because they not only give my project dimension but the sheets are very sticky – adhering heavier embellishments securely.

Here are some closeups of the finished Altered Clipboard!

Adhesives

Paper

Marion Smith Designs, Romance Novel Ch. 2

Embellishments

Marion Smith Designs, Junque & Gems – geared up, arrows
The Paper Studio – vintage icons
Tim Holtz, Ideaology – baubles
Prima Marketing – flowers
Celebrate It – ribbon
May Arts – paper cord

Products

Krylon – gesso
Stampendous – clipboard combo
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – distress ink

Thanks for joining me today!

Erica Houghton

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