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How to Create Texture on 3D Foam Creative Sheets with Stamps

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Birgit Koopsen

Please welcome our Ambassador Birgit Koopsen to the Crafty Power Blog! She has a fabulous tutorial for creating texture on 3D Foam Creative Sheets using heat embossing and rubber stamps. Take it away, Birgit!

3D Foam Creative Sheets are great to create any desired shapes. You can hand cut them with scissors but they are also perfect to use with any die cutting machine. For this tag I used a butterfly die.

To keep the shapes in place when embossing them and prevent them from being blown away when you turn on the heat gun first add E-Z Dots® Repositionable on the back. Then peel off the top protection sheet.

Sprinkle some glass pearls on the sticky top to create texture.

Add the desired colour of embossing powder on top and tap off the excess. The whole surface should be covered. If you like you can add several colors of embossing powder, just make sure to tap off every color carefully before adding a new one.

Stick the covered shape to a craft sheet. Gently press it down.

Heat the embossing powder until it’s molten but no longer than that or the shape might start to curl. Have an inked rubber stamp ready waiting for you.

While the embossing enamel is still hot press in the inked rubber stamp and hold it down a few seconds. Clear stamps are not so good to use for this technique.

Lift up the stamp and find beautiful texture!

Because the stamp is not only pressing in the embossing enamel but also in the 3D Foam Creative Sheet you get a really deep and nice impression. Now your shape is ready to be used on any project.

Just remove the back protection sheet and apply.

How to create the background:

To create the background of this tag I applied an Adhesive Sheet to a piece of cardstock and cut it in strips. I also applied an Adhesive Sheet to a piece of book paper and tore it to pieces. Then I applied strips and pieces to another piece of cardstock and added a thin layer of gesso on top. I stamped a variety of images using Versamark and then added Pan Pastel on top.

The places with Versamark will pick up the Pan Pastel colors a shade darker than the surrounding areas. Finally I took a black pen to draw little circles and colored them in with a white pen.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! Happy crafting!

Birgit Koopsen

Supplies:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®: 3D Foam Creative Sheets, Adhesive Sheets, E-Z Dots® Repositionable

Butterfly die and die cut machine, Glass Pearls, Embossing Powder, Red Rubber stamp, book paper, cardstock, gesso, Versamark ink, Pan Pastel, black and white pens, letter stickers

Video Tutorial: Sequined Cupcake!

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Tiffany Johnson

Hello Blogosphere! It’s Tiffany here today with another Video Tutorial! This time, I’m showing you a different way to use our 3D Foam Shapes. I’ll be using the New 3D Foam Cupcake Shapes and I hope you’ll watch the video because you get a peek at all the New 3D Foam Shapes!

Video Tutorial:

Thanks so much for stopping by,

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Materials Used: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® 3D Foam Cupcake Shapes, Adhesive Dots Small, MyStik® Permanent Strips Adhesive, Lawn Fawn’s Hello Sunshine Sequins & April Paper, Papertrey Ink Birthday Style Stamp Set, White Cardstock A2, Colorbox Ink (Licorice)

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Birthday Balloons Card

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Beth Pingry

Hi, it’s Beth today with a birthday card in my favorite color combination, red and teal. It’s also my son’s birthday today!

The gift box, bow and balloons are all part of the 3D Foam Party Shapes, the same one AJ used yesterday on this post.

I simply peeled off the top layer of selected pieces and covered them in red glitter. Repeat for the gold color, and then white in the center of the balloons.

Cute, fun and easy to do!

Thanks for visiting!

Beth Pingry

I used these supplies:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: 3D Foam Party Shapes, E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips, 3D Foam Squares White Small
Basic Grey: RSVP Collection
Lawn Fawn: Sophie’s Sentiments, Bannerific
Twine, cardstock, red, gold & white Glitter

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Happy Birthday using 3D Foam Party Shapes

Posted on February 15, 2014 by AJ Otto

And just like that we are over Valentines! 😉 Happy Saturday- AJ here to share with you a Birthday card using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L’s new 3D Foam Party Shapes!!

I was in need of a birthday card for my father in law, so I opted for a less is more, masculine styled card.
I decided I wanted to use the ‘Happy Birthday’ sentiment in the 3D Foam Party Shapes set, so I cut that part out. I usually place my designer shapes onto a scrap piece of backing and cover them with glitter, so I decided to pull the foam around the letters off for ease.

And then as I usually do, I changed my mind. 😉 I decided glittered letters were a tad too sparkly for my father in law. So, I opted on a simple heat emboss using white embossing powder. I adhered the foam shapes to my card stock. Since I had planned on using it on a angle I penciled in a line to follow along and keep the letters straight.

Remove backing from the letters, and cover with embossing powder and heat set.

I also decided to change my card base to white- and have a blue matting. I use E-Z Squares® Refillable to adhere my blue layer to my card front.

I then used some Dodz™ Small to hold my twine down on the backside of my card stock layer.

To pop it up and add a little dimension, use a few strips of Crafty Foam Tape in Black.

Here’s hoping he enjoys it! 🙂

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®: 3D Foam Party Shapes, Crafty Foam Tape in Black, Dodz™ Small, E-Z Squares® Refillable

Imagine Crafts Embossing Powder

cardstock, twine

enjoy! AJ

Stars And Hearts For My Valentine

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Asia King

Hello everyone. Happy Valentine’s Day from Asia King! 🙂 Today I would like to share a Valentine’s card I made for my other half.

My hubby has recently fallen in love with star gazing and astro-photography (yes, I know, I’m no longer his only love lol). I’ve been thinking long and hard about what to get him for Valentine’s Day as I wanted something that reflected his new interest. But how do you find a nice and thoughtful gift in an area that you have no idea about? Luckily I had a thought – I could give him a star! OK, maybe not a star itself, but an opportunity to give one his own name and have it officially registered. And that’s what this card is all about…!

To make the card I altered an old CD folder which had some beautiful music images printed on it, lovely distressed edges, swirls and stuff. It also looked like a little fold up book with hidden pockets so it made the decorating really quick an easy.

I started by covering the pages with the patterned papers – my Adhesive Sheets 4×6″ were perfect for the job. I added some stamping and inking using the stamp and template from Stampendous Musical Motif set.

For the front page I lifted the corners and tucked in some layered paper flowers and ribbon, all secured with decorative pins and DODZ™ – 3D.

Then I printed some love, music & stars related sentiments onto the decorative papers, mounted them over cardstock mats and adhered to the card with E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips and 3D Foam Squares – White Mix. I added more stamping using some free stamps from the Craft Stamper magazine.

To embellish my front page I cut some strips from textured cardstock to create a stave which I adhered using E-Z Dots® Mini Permanent. I also added a die cut treble clef. As my notes I used 3D Foam Stars and 3D Foam Hearts covered with Stampendous Micro Glitters. I added more stars and hearts inside the card, too. To cover the writing on the spine I added some Crafty Power Tape sprinkled with Micro Glitter.

I hope you enjoyed this Valentine’s post. Have a fabulous day, full of love and crafties!

Adhesives:

Adhesive Sheets 4×6″, DODZ™ – 3D, E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips, 3D Foam Squares – White Mix, E-Z Dots® Mini Permanent, 3D Foam Stars, 3D Foam Hearts, Crafty Power Tape

Music Motif Stamps, Micro Glitters – Stampendous

Treble Clef die – Marianne Design

Flowers – Prima

Ribbon – May Arts

Digital WordArt – Tlc Creations, Rain Drop Echo Designs

Jar of Hearts Photo Frame Tutorial

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Kelly Klapstein

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! It’s Kelly here to share a photo frame I designed for this special occasion.

I designed this “Jar of Hearts” on the left side of the frame using 3D Foam Hearts.

I also heat embossed and layered two 3D Foam Hearts to create this cute element:

That sparkly frame around the photo is made by applying glitter to Crafty Power Tape. I adhered the jar and heart embellishments to the frame using 3D Foam Squares and Dodz Medium.

Here is a step-by-step photo tutorial on how I created the Jar of Hearts.

I used the following supplies: 3D Foam Hearts, white wire, pink pigment ink and embossing powder.

First, I placed the end of the wire in the centre of the sticky side of one 3D Foam Heart:

Next I layered a second 3D Foam Heart directly on top, to sandwich the wire between.

I removed the backing to expose the sticky sides of both hearts.

I dipped the double 3D Foam Heart into my container of pink embossing powder:

Then I heated the embossing powder to set it.

I wanted to add a couple more layers of embossing powder to get a glossy finish so I pressed the cooled 3D Foam Heart into the pink pigment ink pad.

I also inked the edges of the foam hearts and covered them with embossing powder.

Another dip into the embossing powder and another blast from the heat gun, and the 3D Foam Heart looks glossy and pretty, almost like a candy heart!

You could even use these as cupcake toppers too! Because Valentine’s Day is all about candy, cupcakes and chocolate, right?

I hope you enjoy a wonderful day with your loved ones!

Happy Crafting!

Kelly Klapstein (aka KellyCreates)

SUPPLIES: 3D Foam Hearts, Crafty Power Tape, 3D Foam Squares and Dodz Medium; BoBunny papers, Clearsnap Glitter, Ink and Embossing Powder, Divine Twine, Wire (unknown).

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Mini Valentine

Posted on February 11, 2014 by AJ Otto

Hello, AJ here with a last minute Valentine that is both quick and cute!

I just love this little size card for quick and cute pocket cards. Perfect to slip into lunches, or wallets.

To start, I created my card front, stamped the sentiment, and adhered three 3D Foam Hearts to the front. Remove the backing and cover with glitter.

Now adhere your card front to your card base. Lay a line of E-Z Squares Refillable around your card, and line up the front. This is how I make ALL shaped cards to avoid that cut off edge at the top.

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Next, I adhered my pink frame die cut with 3D Foam Squares. I placed one in each corner, and then trimmed a few in half to of around the frame before adhering to the card.

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Products used: 3D Foam Squares Small White, 3D Foam Hearts , E-Z Squares® Refillable

Other supplies: Spellbinders dies, Avery Elle Stamps, Art Glitter, ink, card stock.

enjoy! AJ

Many Thanks!

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Ashley Harris

Hey there! Today just showing a quick way to use your Keepsake Envelopes.

First take a 4×4 Keepsake Envelope.

Insert a slightly smaller piece of white cardstock and add die cut words of your choice.

Adhere that to your card front and adhere the many to finish it off. Super easy and cute too!

Enjoy your Monday!!

Ashley Harris

Supplies:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L supplies: Keepsake Envelopes, E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics

Valentine’s Day Gumball Machine Tutorial

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Kimberly Crawford

Hello everyone! Kimberly here today. If you know me at all, you will know how much I love gumball machines! From having them in my classroom to designing a set of stamps with a gumball machine image, I love old-fashioned gumball machines. So you can imagine my excitement when I stumbled across this darling one that is made from paper! I love 3D paper crafting items and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® has adhesives to make assembly simple and permanent.

The first items I always grab when starting a project like this are Crafty Power Tape and Dodz Adhesive Dots. These two adhesives are going to be a huge help when I start putting together all the pieces I die cut with my digital die cutting machine.

The first piece that needed adhesive is this cap. A Dodz Small placed on the tab holds it perfectly.

More Dodz for this circle that will go over the cap. I placed the small version all around the circle. They fit wonderfully.

As I continued, I realized that I had several small pieces that needed layering. Putting adhesive on these small and detailed die cut items can be tricky. But E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable to the rescue! The dots adhere where they touch, which is great for small spaces. If you somehow get an extra dot, simply wipe it away with your finger.

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More small items and no worries.

To hold together the base of the gumball machine, I knew I would need serious adhesive. Crafty Power Tape is the answer. On this tab I placed three layers of Crafty Power Tape, spreading them out to completely cover the tab.

Tip: When working with paper for projects like this, bend and form the paper before you adhere the parts together, it makes everything work much better.

More Crafty Power Tape to attach this part to the front of the machine.

And finally, for the top, where the Christmas ornament is placed, Dodz. I placed them on every other tab.

Such a clever use of Christmas ornaments! I grabbed a ton during after-Christmas sales just for these! The top of the ornament easily comes off to add more treats. Someone in my house ate the rest of the conversation hearts…not me. Looks like a great gift for teachers!

thanks for stopping by!

Kimberly Crawford

Supplies: Adhesives-Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® (Crafty Power Tape, Dodz Small, E-Z Dots® Permanent), Digital cut file-Silhouette

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Valentine’s Card with 3D Foam Hearts

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Stephanie Schütze

Hi There,

it’s Stephanie here today with a Valentine’s Card on which I used 3D Foam Hearts.

The Foam Hearts are perfect to pimp your card.

I used Foils to give the hearts a colored and shiny look.

It’s just so easy. Peal up the protective film of the Foam Hearts and lay your foil down on them. Press a little bit the edges and then pull of the foil sheet.And then use your hearts wherever you want.