Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Crafty Power Blog

Ink-less Embossing Technique Tutorial

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Angela Ploegman

Hello crafty blogreaders! It’s Angela here today, sharing a technique tutorial that I discovered by happy accident! The ‘love’ wood veneer in the title on this layout was embossed WITHOUT embossing ink-quick, easy and mess-free!

Ink-less Embossing Technique Tutorial - Love Scrapbook Page by Angela Ploegman

I worked on this layout at an all-day crop and didn’t have access to all of my supplies. Most importantly, I had forgotten my (clear) embossing ink at home….luckily I had ALL of my Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L products with me and was able to improvise with GREAT results!

Tutorial:

1. Gather your supplies….you’ll need Adhesive Sheets 4×6″, a wood veneer piece (I’m using the word ‘fun’ in the tutorial pictures as there was only one ‘love’ in the package I purchased), any coloring media if you want to color the wood veneer (I used a Distress Ink reinker), ultra thick embossing powder, gold foil and a heat gun.

2. Color the wood veneer piece with your selected coloring medium. If you are using a wet ink of some sorts, make sure the veneer is completely dry before proceeding to the next step.

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3. Peel back the yellow protective layer on the Adhesive Sheet. Place the wood veneer piece face down on the white sticky side.

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4. Replace the yellow protective layer, flip the ‘sandwich’ over and burnish on the white sheet to transfer the adhesive to the wood veneer.

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5. Remove the wood veneer piece from the adhesive sheet. Place on a flat surface, sticky side up. Place the good foil on the adhesive and burnish the top of the foil sheet. Burnish unevenly, heavy in some areas, light in others and not at all in some spots to intentionally create an uneven transfer.

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6. Return the wood veneer sheet face down on the adhesive sheet and coat with another layer of adhesive. Remove from sheet and cover with ultra-thick clear embossing powder.

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7. Heat until the embossing powder melts. While still warm, recover with embossing powder and press into the warm surface. Reheat until glossy and smooth. Let cool.

8. Return the wood veneer piece to the adhesive sheet, this time face up, to apply adhesive to the back of the wood veneer and it’s ready to add to your project!

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Quick, easy and CLEAN! I love it when improvising creates an easier way to do things! Here’s a close up of the embossed piece on the layout…it looks like an epoxy accent with the two layers of thick embossing powder!

Ink-less Embossing Technique Tutorial - Love Scrapbook Page by Angela Ploegman

Thanks for stopping by today!

Angela

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Supply List: Adhesive Sheets 4×6″, Creative Photo Corners Gold, MyStik Permanent Strips, Gold Foil

Other supplies used: Bazzill Basics Paper card stock, WorldWin Papers vellum, American Crafts wood veneer word, chipboard alphabet letters and small alphabet letters, Ranger Distress Ink and ultra thick embossing powder, miscellaneous art paper, washi tape and doilies

Rustic Tag

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Christine Emberson

Hi, it is Christine here today and sharing with you a Rustic Tag project suitable for both ladies and gentlemen.

I’ve used a regular manilla tag and applied Creative Photo Corners – Kraft to the bottom two corners. Remember these can be inked and stamped as well for a different look.

When you flip the tag over it reveals the sticky side of the Photo Corners but that’s not a problem …

Just cut a slightly smaller piece of card for the back of your tag and adhere. This also creates a little pocket, perhaps for a cash gift or note.

Returning to the front of the tag, I’ve stamped a sentiment – this is from Lawn Fawn – Winter Gifts stamp set. I’ve also cut a small piece of woven paper from DCWV. Attach this with E-Z Runner Permanent Strips Refilliable – using this makes all projects speedy and with perfect adhesion!

Continuing with decorating the front of the tag I’ve chosen to apply some die cuts – Labels Thirty and Fall Foliage. These are placed exactly where I want them with 3D Foam Squares – White, Regular.

Taking one 3D Foam Pennant, I placed it onto a piece of the woven paper and cut around with scissors. Very simple to do but looks effective.

It is nestled among the other embellishments including the natural twine and adds further layers and interest.

Also included is a Bitty Blossom, again affixed with a 3D Foam Square – I cannot resist a flower!

Thank you for joining me today and happy crafting!

Christine

Butterfly Wishes

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Asia King

Hello everyone, Asia King here with my first post in 2014! Today I am sending you all some butterfly wishes :).

1. Start by cutting a 6″x6″ panel from cardstock and slightly smaller from a patterned paper. Layer them together and add some machine stitching.

2. Adhere your background panel to 6″x6″ card blank with Crafty Power Tape.

3. Add a paper doily in the centre of your background panel and fix in place using E-Z Squares Dispenser.

4. Die cut decorative wreaths from various papers and cardstock and layer over the doily using E-Z Dots® Permanent.

5. Add vintage lace and adhere with Crafty Power Tape.

6. Cover 10 triangle 3D Foam Pennants with white vellum and trim around with decorative scissors. Select a few and ink them up with Victorian Velvet distress ink. Add an eyelet to each pennant in the top left corner.

7. Embellish the corners of the background panel with Ivory Creative Photo Corners. Trim any excess adhesive to keep the shape of the corner only.

8. Thread a ribbon through the pennants, peel of the backing paper and layer them snugly over the card. Next mount some vellum and decorative die cuts over the centre with Crafty Foam Tape and E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips.

9. Build the rest of the wreath with white raffia and previously cut die cuts. Adhere using DODZ Adhesive Dots 3D, DODZ Adhesive Dots Small and DODZ Adhesive Dots Medium as necessary.

10. Add a few extra DODZ Adhesive Dots 3D and embellish with Stampendous Champagne Glass Glitter.

10. Stamp the Stampendous Kiddo Birthday banner onto vellum, cut out and adhere to the card with DODZ. Layer die cut butterfly wings and additional embellishments and adhere with DODZ.

12. Add finishing touches with Liquid Pearls and gems.

Supplies: Crafty Power Tape, E-Z Squares Dispenser, E-Z Dots® Mini Permanent, 3D Foam Pennants, Ivory Creative Photo Corners, Crafty Foam Tape, E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips, DODZ 3D, DODZ Small, DODZ Medium

Other supplies:

Stampendous – glass glitter and banner stamp

Marianne Design – cutting dies

K&Company – die cuts

Papermania – papers

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Thanks so much for popping in today!

Big crafty hugs

A Birthday Card With Glitter

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Kelly Klapstein

Hello Everyone! It’s Kelly Klapstein here to share a cute birthday card with you.

On January 5, we celebrated my daughter’s 17th birthday, so I wanted to make a card for the special occasion that had plenty of sparkle. Every girl loves glitter, right?

I adhered my paper pieces to my card base with E-Z Dots™ Permanent Refillable runner.

To make these sparkly candles, I used pieces of Crafty Foam Tape and lined them up in a row.

Then I added different coloured of glitter to each one by removing the backing and sprinkling the glitter onto each strip one at a time.

To create the “flames” on top of each candle, I used the smallest 3D Foam Hearts and cut them in half.

Gold glitter helped make these flames shine brightly.

I’m happy to report that my girl loved the glitter and the card! And I’m also happy to report that there are NEW 3D Foam Shapes released and one set is a birthday theme. YAY! So stay tuned for some exciting blog posts that feature the new foam shapes!

Happy Crafting!

Kelly Klapstein (You can visit my blog at Kelly Creates)

ADHESIVES: E-Z Dots™ Permanent Refillable, Crafty Foam Tape, 3D Foam Hearts

SUPPLIES: DCWV papers, Stampendous glitter

Happy Birthday Card

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Latisha Yoast

Hello there, Latisha with you today! If you happen to be at CHA which is the Craft and Hobby Trade Show in Anaheim right now, make sure you visit the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® booth, to check out all of the new product releases!

I have a “birthday card” to share with you. We all need extra birthday cards on hand, well at least I know I need it seems like all the time.

1. Cut/score card base.

2. Apply a strip of Crafty Power Tape to the bottom of the card front. Remove the strip.

3. Tap glitter over the strip of adhesive, tap off excess.

4. To pattern paper panel, adhere Photo Corners (white), and then place 3D Foam Squares onto the back of the panel, adhere to the card front.

5. Stamp sentiment onto a panel, adhere Crafty Power Tape below the sentiment, remove the strip.

6. Tap glitter onto the strip of adhesive, tap off excess.

7. Place 3D Foam Squares onto the back of the panel, adhere to the card.

8. Tie a bow using pink twine.

9. Peel off 3D Foam Stars, apply glitter to one side, adhere to the card front.

Feel free to change up the pattern paper and colors to recreate this card to suit your needs!

Materials Used:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Crafty Power Tape, 3D Foam Squares, 3D Foam Stars, Creative Photo Corners White; Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine pattern paper, Bazzill pink cardstock, Twinery pink twine, Lawn Fawn Stamps, black ink, glitter

DIY Glitter Paper

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Kimberly Crawford

Hello! Kimberly here today to show you how easy it is to create your own custom glitter paper with Adhesive Sheets from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®.

Start by cutting a piece of paper to the size you desire. For my project, I used patterned paper, but you could use cardstock as well. Peel the yellow backing from the 4×6 Adhesive Sheet and apply your paper, face down, onto the adhesive.

Once the paper is completely adhered, cover it with the yellow backing sheet and gently rub make the adhesive coverage even.

On a scrap piece of paper, generously pour glitter over your now adhesive-covered paper. Iridescent glitter was used here to allow the pattern on the paper to show through. All glitters will work, depending on the look you are wanting to achieve. Burnish the glitter by pushing it into the adhesive, making it adhere securely. Tap off the excess and save for another project.

Here is the paper after is has been glitterized. (not a word, but kind of fun)

To finish off the card, I added two pre-made hearts and a sticker sentiment. To give the sticker some extra pop and to add dimension, I applied Crafty Foam Tape to the back.

thanks for stopping by!

Kimberly Crawford

Supplies: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L (4×6 Adhesive Sheets, Crafty Foam Tape, E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable), Patterned paper, die cuts, sticker-Fancy Pants (Be Loved), Cardstock-MFT (Steel Blue)

Winter Decoration

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Stephanie Schütze

Hi there, it’s Stephanie here today with a little canvas as winter decoration.

The basic is a canvas surface in a form of a hexagon from Cosmo Cricket. I added another patterned paper hexagon on it and put it in this way that creates a star. Great or not? I LOVE it! Then I added some trees cut out of selfmade paper.

To get a 3D effect I used the 3D Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives by 3l.

On the top of the middle tree is a little star. This is a 3D Foam Star from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L with turquoise glitter from Stampendous.

My motive is a selfmade sketch of a baby deer I’ve drawn with a black pen on white paper. Then I added watercolor paint.

Lovely wood stars from Cosmo Cricket and some white acrylic paint around the edges complete the little winter decoration. Behind the upper jag is a small hook attached for hanging on the wall.

Supplies from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L:

3D Foam Squares – White Mix

E-Z Dots® Permanent – Refillable

3D Foam Stars

Thanks for visiting, have a nice creative day!

Video Tutorial: Military Chevron Photo Corners

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Tiffany Johnson

Military Chevron Missing You card & Tutorial by Tiffany Johnson

Hello Blogosphere! It’s Tiffany here with another Video Tutorial for you! I’ve been itching to make this card for a while! I’ll be using the Photo Corner Variety Pack (black) to create this military inspired Missing You card.

Video Tutorial:

Another view:

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I hope you enjoyed the tutorial!

I used the following

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: E-Z Dots® Mini Permanent, 3D Foam Squares White Regular , Creative Photo Corners Mix
Stamps: Lawn Fawn (wish you were here)
Paper: Lawn Fawn (hello sunshine)
Dies: Lawn Fawn Lawn Cuts (wish you were here)

Thanks for stopping by,

TiffJohnsonSignature

New Year Notebook

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Christine Emberson

Hi everyone, it is Christine here today and sharing with you a decorated notebook.

This is a special notebook to record your resolutions for 2014, a place to keep lists, notes and all that you intend to do.

I purchased a regular bound notebook from my local supermarket. DCWV – Juniper Berry paper is adhered to the front using E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips -Refilliable. That’s 15m of adhesive – a lot of craft projects!

I chose to highlight my book title using a 3D Foam Frame covered in script washi tape. Really simple to do and took only a few minutes to complete.

Some twine, charm and beads are the finishing touches, applying a Regular 3D Foam Square keeps the charm perfectly in place.

Thank you for joining me today – happy crafting.

Christine

Supplies used:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®: E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable, 3D Foam Squares – White, Regular, 3D Foam Frames
DCWV: Juniper Berry papers
Notebook
Washi Tape
Twine
Charm and beads

Happy New Year 2014!

Posted on January 1, 2014 by Beth Pingry

Happy New Year, on behalf of everyone at Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®, we wish you a wonderful 2014!

I made this card using the technique first shown by Shell Carman a little bit ago, and shown in detail in our Wear Your Adhesives on the Outside Techniques page, for heat embossing 3D Foam Custom Shapes.

The 3D Foam Pennants are covered in gold glitter and silver embossing powder.

Thanks for coming today, and watch tomorrow for a Sneak Peek at some of our new products that will be revealed next week at the Craft and Hobby Association (CHA) show!

Also, check out my blog today for a designer blog hop, where there are lots of blogs and lots of prizes!

Cookies for Breakfast by Beth Pingry

I used these supplies:

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: 3D Foam Pennants, Crafty Power Tape, Creative Photo Corners Kraft, 3D Foam Squares Small White
A Jillian Vance Design: The Holiday Zipper stamps
Jillibean Soup: Stalks of Celery patterned paper
Spellbinders: Ribbon Banners die, Reverence Embossabilities folder
Stampendous! Silver Embossing Powder
Clearsnap: Gold Glitter
Ribbon, White and Kraft Cardstock, Black ink