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Make Your Own Mosaic Stamp Using 3D Foam Squares

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Angela Ploegman

Hello, Angela Ploegman here with a tutorial for making your own mosaic stamps as used on this sweet Valentine’s Day card!

Mosaic Stamping Love You Card - Angela Ploegman for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

DIY Mosaic Stamp

1. First, print a basic shape in the size you’d like to make your stamp…I used a heart shape and distorted it a bit to make it a bit less ‘perfect’.

Mosaic Stamping Love You Card - Angela Ploegman for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

2. Lay a 6×6 piece of heavy acetate down on the printed shape. Adhere 3D Foam Squares White Regular and 3D Foam Squares White Small to the acetate, filling in the shape. I cut some of the regular sized 3D Foam Squares in half to fill some gaps.

Tip: Mark the four edges to allow for alignment in case things ‘slipped’ in process.

Mosaic Stamping Love You Card - Angela Ploegman for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Stamp with the Mosaic Design

3. Remove the backing for the 3D Foam Squares. Stamp 2 or 3 colors of Distress Inks onto a craft mat of palette board, then spritz with ClearSnap Smooch Spritz in Vanilla Shimmer to blend colors. Ink the handmade stamp and place face up on a flat surface.

Mosaic Stamping Love You Card - Angela Ploegman for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

4. Wipe the excess ink from the edges of the acetate and press a piece of watercolor paper down onto the inked 3D Foam Squares. Remove paper from the stamp. Note the first impression won’t stick but the second impression will just a bit. Don’t worry it’s easily separated.

Mosaic Stamping Love You Card - Angela Ploegman for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

The Finishing Details

5. Trim the stamped image to 3-7/8 x 5-1/8 inches. Adhere using an E-Z Runner Permanent Strips Refillable dispenser to a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 inch black card base.

Mosaic Stamping Love You Card - Angela Ploegman for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

6. Add card stock sticker sentiment, changing the color with black gesso. Reinforce the adhesive layer by using an Adhesive Sheet 4×6″. Embellish with some enamel dots and you’re done!

Here’s a close-up view of the stamped area…

Mosaic Stamping Love You Card - Angela Ploegman for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Just love how this mosaic stamp turned out and how it looks – so on trend and OH SO EASY to accomplish!

Thanks for joining me today!
Angela Ploegman

Creative Time: 60 minutes
Skill Level: Intermediate

Materials Needed
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®
3D Foam Squares White, Regular
3D Foam Squares White, Small
Adhesive Sheets 4×6″
E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable

Other
Inks: ClearSnap (Smooch Spritz in Vanilla Shimmer) and Ranger Ink (Distress Inks by Tim Holtz); Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Enamel Dots: My Mind’s Eye; Cardstock Stickers: Jillibean Soup Designs; Black Gesso: Ranger Ink (Claudine Hellmuth); Acetate Sheet: Clearscraps; Watercolor Paper

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Valentines Keepsakes card

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Shell Carman

Hi There!

Shell Carman here today with a quick & easy embossing tutorial.
Most of you have probably tried this stamping & embossing technique but I really wanted to show you that you’re not just limited to your papers. I love to jazz up my Keepsake Envelopes with some stamped images & this is a great way to go about it as there is no ink that can smudge on the plastic. Once the image is set with a heat gun then it is there to stay!!

As Valentines day is around the corner I have created a Valentines Keepsake card. The Keepsake Envelopes are a great way to secure those personal love notes & cute mementos!

1. Take your desired Keepsake Envelope size, a Versamark ink pad in clear & a stamp

2. Press the stamp onto the clear ink pad & then stamp image onto keepsake envelope

3. In a glitter tray sprinkle embossing powder over stamped image. Shake off excess powder & set with a heat gun. Be sure to keep the heat gun a good distance away from the envelop as it will melt the plastic

To decorate the card & keep with the Valentines cupid theme I also used the 3D Foam Hearts & 3D Foam Wings. I sprinkled embossing powder directly onto the foam shapes & set the powder with a heat gun

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Products Used
Keepsake Envelopes 3D Foam Hearts 3D Foam Wings Dodz 3D E-Z Runner Permanent Strips Refillable 3D Foam Squares White Mix

Other Products Used
American Crafts Zing Embossing Powder Rose
VersaMark Clear Ink Pad
Kaisercraft Key to My Heart paper
Kaisercraft Key to my Heart Collectable
Kaisercraft Paper Blooms Pink

Thanks for Looking!
Cheers
Shell Carman- Another Scrappy Day

Love Me Card

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Christine Emberson

Hi, it is Christine here today sharing with you a fun Valentine’s Card!

I knew I wanted a heart and what better than 3D Foam Hearts. There is a choice of three sizes in each pack and I chose the largest to use on my card. Using one side that is sticky, I placed it onto patterned paper, perfect for using up your smaller scraps of paper.

I trimmed around the heart and inked the edges, a speedy pretty 3D heart embellishment.

For my card I used some natural woven card from DCWV. Perfectly adhered to my card base using E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable.

A Keepsake Envelope is positioned to the middle.

I printed a photo of my dog Bella onto some printable canvas and placed this inside the Keepsake Envelope.

The finishing touches are a small key attached to twine with a bow.

The sentiment is from Spellbinders® and is Celebration die.

The 3D Hearts are so useful and not just for Valentine’s. I keep a permanent supply on my craft desk. Thank you for joining me today, happy crafting!

Christine

Supplies:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L – E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable, 3D Foam Hearts and Keepsake Envelope,

Other supplies:

DCWV: woven cardstock

Spellbinders®: Celebration die

Twine, key, canvas printing paper, kraft cardstock, red cardstock, patterned paper scrap, distress ink.

3D Foam Butterflies Card

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Beth Pingry

Good Saturday Morning! It’s Beth, and I’m sitting here looking at yet another round of snow. I am so ready for Spring!

Today I’m sharing a card I made with the new 3D Foam Butterflies.

The 3D Foam shapes are the same awesome foam in the 3D Foam Squares, now cut into shapes for you to use and embellish, we call this technique “Wear Your Adhesive on the Outside”. For this one I used a gem, then covered each butterfly with glitter.

I hope you take a look at the new sets we introduced at CHA, they are so cute and I can’t wait to start creating with the rest of them!

Take a look at this video to see the shapes and learn more

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Beth Pingry

Supplies Used:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: 3D Foam Butterflies, 3D Foam Squares Small White, Mounting Squares White, Dodz Adhesive Dots Small

Pink Paislee Papers, May Arts Ribbon, Quietfire Design, Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko ink, Glitter, Gems, Cardstock

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A Valentine Layout

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Kelly Klapstein

Hello everyone! It’s Kelly Klapstein here today, and I’m going to share some “love” on the Crafty Power blog….ha ha! Valentine’s Day is one of my FAVOURITE days of the year!

Here are my two sweet girls when they were little. Sigh. Those of you with teenaged daughters know what I’m talking about! Framing their two cute faces is a 3D Foam Frame, which has been heat embossed with a soft pretty pink embossing powder that has gold flecks in it.

The 3D Foam Hearts are all heat embossed with the same embossing powder that I used on the frame.

The 3D Foam Hearts come in 3 different sizes and I used all three.

The sequins are adhered with small Dodz™ and I used my E-Z Runner™ Permanent Strips Refillable to layer the papers and heart doily.

Who can resist all the pinks and reds on Valentine’s Day? Now it’s time to make some cards!

Happy Crafting!

Love, Kelly Klapstein (aka Kelly Creates)

SUPPLIES: BoBunny papers; Stampendous embossing powder; unknown doily; Kuretake pen.

Sparkly Valentines treats

Posted on January 29, 2014 by AJ Otto

Hello-AJ here to share with you a Valentine ensemble using many of Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L’s awesome products!

All Valentines need a card, right? I started by adhering my white card stock to the card base with E-Z Runner® Permanent Refillable. I then added a few Photo Corners in Kraft to my striped patterned paper before adhering it to the card using Crafty Foam Tape.

The 3D Foam Wings are covered in glitter and placed behind the die cut, which is popped up with 3D Foam Squares, and is finished off with a red glittered 3D Foam Heart.

To finish off my ensemble, I created a tag with a sparkly die cut created using the Adhesive Sheets, and a wrapped candy bar covered with more red glittered 3D Foam Hearts.

After die cutting with the Adhesive Sheets, you simply pull back and glitter. I love how the patterned paper shows through the sparkle still!

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® supplies: Crafty Foam Tape – White, Adhesive Sheets 4 x 6″, Creative Photo Corners- Kraft, 3D Foam Wings, 3D Foam Hearts, 3D Foam Squares Mix – White, E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable

Patterned Paper- Simple Stories

Dies- Spellbinders

Art Glitter

Avery Elle Stamps

twine, ribbon

enjoy!!

🙂 AJ

English Country Garden In a Bowl

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Asia King

Hello everyone! Asia King here and today I would like to share a birthday card I made for my Mum. I really hope she likes it :).

For my card I used Shabby Chic paper pad from Tim Holtz® Idea-ology® which I first stamped in the corners using Memento London Fog ink. Then I decorated it with embossing enamels, mica and glitters from Stampendous using encrusted jewel technique.

I adhered my sparkly panel to a kraft card blank size A6 using Adhesive Sheets – 4×6″ and E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips – Refillable for the additional support along the edges. I decorated the corners with Kraft Creative Photo Corners.

I stamped the flowers with Black Memento ink and coloured my image with alcohol Spectrum Noir markers. Then I fussy cut the image and mounted it onto the card with Crafty Foam Tape and 3D Foam Squares – White, Regular. I added a seam binding bow with DODZ™ – Medium.

To finish my card I added some hat pins and 3 small 3D Thin Foam Squares in white, which I decorated them with champagne crushed glass glitter.

Supplies:

Adhesive Sheets – 4×6″

E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips – Refillable

Crafty Foam Tape

3D Foam Squares – White, Regular

DODZ™ – Medium

Kraft Creative Photo Corners

3D Thin Foam Squares

Other:

Patterned paper – Tim Holtz® Idea-ology® Shabby Chic pad, Markers – Spectrum Noir, Ink – Tsukineko Tuxedo Black and London Fog Memento Ink

Stamps: Cling Bowl Bouquet – Stampendous, Grunge Corner – Stempelglede, English Country Garden sentiment stamp – Dovecraft

Sparklies: Encrusted Jewel Kit Pink and Champagne Crushed Glass Glitter – Stampendous

Thank you for stopping by!

Big crafty hugs

Easy Pocket Envelope

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Latisha Yoast

Hello, Latisha here today with a simple photo pocket/envelope tutorial. Perfect to store a Valentine’s Day card or photos.

1. After cutting out my Silhouette file, using the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L EZ Runner, apply adhesive to the edges and seal.

2. Cut out panel.

3. Stamp images onto the pattern paper. (Lawn Fawn)

4. Apply Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L White Photo Corners to each corner.

5. Color in camera using Copic Markers.

6. Apply Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam squares (white, regular) on the back of the panel.

7. Tie twine around the panel.

8. Using Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L EZ Runner, adhere die cuts to the front of the envelope.

9. Adhere the panel to the envelope.

10. Apply sequins to the envelope using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Dodz Small.

11. Add stickers to create sentiment.

Materials Used: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares (regular, white), Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Dodz Small, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Photo Corners White, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Runner, Lawn Fawn Pattern paper, Lawn Fawn stamps, Twinery Twine, sequins, Lawn Fawn die cuts, GinaK ink, Silhouette cut file

Valentine’s Day Decor

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Kimberly Crawford

Hello! Anyone else freezing cold? Me too. Hopefully this heartfelt Valentine’s Day decor will warm you up! I am thrilled to be sharing my CHA artwork from the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® booth!

This ensemble started with this white 4×6 photo frame. Perfect for setting anywhere in your house for a little touch of the season.

The glittery hearts were easy to make with 3D Foam Hearts. I apply my foam hearts to a separate backing piece, pull the top backing piece off and cover in glitter. Be sure and burnish, or gently rub, the glitter into your adhesive to ensure it stays in place. And with these adhesives, it will.

The 3D Foam Wings (these help support Charity Wings. so wonderful.) were begging to be used on this project. Again, I added glitter. How cute are they behind the heart button?

If you aren’t into decorating, how about sending a Valentine to your sweetie?

Knowing I wanted to continue with the glitter look, I created a sheet of glitter cardstock for using on this card. For a tutorial on how to create your own glitter paper, check this out, DIY Glitter Paper.

Then I die cut a panel of white cardstock with my heart/word die template. I die cut the same image again from the glitter cardstock, trimming the word love away. And because I had an adhesive-backed piece of cardstock, it was simple to adhere it in the exact spot.

Using my glitter cardstock again, I cut a strip and notched the end.

My trusty Adhesive Dots Small held all my chipboard and button pieces in place.

And finally, a couple of small candle holders that I thought would be perfect to hold Hershey kisses. Where are the kisses? I don’t know…hides wrappers…

After covering many round objects with paper, and not having much success, I think I have finally figured it out! I applied an Adhesive Sheet to the back of of my strip of patterned paper. Then I adhered it to the container. But before I adhered the end, I added a strip of Crafty Power Tape to the very, very end and pressed firmly. Yes!

I added a strip of Crafty Power tape around the paper and added more glitter. Then another heart, more wings, and a button. It all sounds so easy, but it really was with all these awesome adhesives!

thanks for stopping by!

Kimberly Crawford

Supplies: Adhesives-Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L (3D Foam Hearts, 3D Foam Wings, 4×6 Adhesive Sheets, Crafty Power Tape, Adhesive Dots Small, E-Z ® Runner Permanent Strips Refillable, 3D Foam Squares White Small) Patterned paper, chipboard, stickers-Fancy Pants (Be Loved), Die templates-My Favorite Things (Precious Polaroids, Staggered Heart Border), Glitter, Accessories-Frame, Candle Holders (Michael’s)