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Greetings from Denmark!

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Beth Pingry

Greetings from the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® home office in Denmark! It’s Beth, and I’m blogging from Denmark! I’ve had a wonderful week here with meetings, the chance to meet my co-workers in the office and even a member of our Design Team, Iben Hojholdt!

And they even made me work the assembly line in the factory! Those are the new 10th Anniversary E-Z Runners® with additional 10% more adhesive in them! Ask for them at your favorite retailer!

Denmark is beautiful, even though my Global Marketing Director Betina Lind Krarup has apologized for the weather (it’s no better in Chicago!), I have had a wonderful welcome here! Let me be honest, I’ve never traveled to Europe before, so I was a little bit nervous, but the travel was smooth. I’m a picky eater and I was afraid of the cuisine, but I have had nothing but delicious food, and I even tried new things (that’s huge for me!)

Betina has been a wonderful hostess, we’ve had a chance to visit historical places such as a restaurant from 1640, a church from the 1800’s, a fishing village and a castle,where we were able to climb to the top of the tower.

Oh yes, we’re getting a lot done on the business front, but just wanted to share a bit of the behind the scenes fun too!

Happy Friday!

Beth Pingry

Butterfly Hello

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Latisha Yoast

Latisha here with you today. I hope you all are greeting today with a smile. I know I am, well I’m trying to, this time change has my mind and body all whacked out. It is hard to wake up in the morning when it is still pitch dark outside.

With that said, I am very happy that warmer weather is approaching, which means spring is right around the corner. Some new product that I had ordered came in, and nothing inspires me more than working with something new. Do you feel that way? Here is a card I made, that reminds me of sunshine.

Have you seen the new refillable E-Z Runners? I am always a little weary when I am using new product, but I have to say I am really impressed. The E-Z Dots Permanent refillable dispenser felt really nice and comfortable in my hand, which was the first thing I noticed. Then just like my favorite adhesive ever (the E-Z Runner), the adhesive glided onto my pattern paper like butter. The other awesome feature, is that the different refills, can go into any of the refillable dispensers. So far, I am really liking this adhesive, not to mention that it is the dots…love, love, love.

For this card, I used a few different adhesives. I used the E-Z Dots Permanent refillable adhesive, to adhere the pattern paper, and doily to the card base. To add the cute little pennants, those were adhered to the card using the 3D Foam Squares. I used the foam squares to adhere the “hello” sticker as well. Then I used the Dodz (small) to adhere the butterfly diecut to the ribbon. The pattern paper & stickers, are the latest Maggie Holmes collection from Crate Paper.

Latisha Yoast

A trip to Milano

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Beth Pingry - admin

I’m doing Project Life this year and loving it.

This is a page for my PL album that I did as an insert about a resent trip to Milano/Italy with my oldest daughter.

It was cold and snowing a little bit, but Oh so beautiful 🙂

I like to print my text for my album when I have a lot to say in a very little place !

And this is how I do it:

I type my text on the computer and print it on regular white copy paper.

Then I use my Green Repositionable E-Z Runner that I can now get in a new design with refills – how cool is that !

I place my cardstock, labels etc on top of my printed text on the paper and then I run it through the printer once again.

If you look closely on the PL page at the top, You’ll see that I used it twice and it allowed me to add much more text than if I had used my handwriting.

And everybody can read it……

Have fun creating today.

Iben

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“Put Colors In My Life”

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Flo Teixeira

Hi there! Flo for another post today!
I present to you a page I made with the addition of paint and stencil called ‘Put colors in my life.”
A page that combines 3D elements around the theme of the painting. The selected photo is worked on software to give a violet color and remember the adding of color of the brush.

First I overlaid several papers, fixed with E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips – Refillable Dispenser- 49′ .

I added stitching all around.

Then, I used stencils and relief paste.

I used the E-Z Dots® Repositionable – Refillable Dispenser- to hold the stencil while applying the paint with a spatula.

Finally, I added various decorative elements, attached with DODZ™ – 3D and DODZ™ – Medium.

Other Supplies :

Bo Bunny papers

Prima Marketing and Melissa Frances embellishments

The Crafters Workshop stencil

Thank you for stopping by our blog today!

Flo ~ Floliescrap Blog

More…With Love!

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Christine Emberson

Hi, it’s Christine from the UK today and even though Valentine’s Day may have been and gone I still cannot stop using the wonderful 3D Foam Hearts! Today’s card is speedy and suitable for many occasions.

I’ve matted some Bella BLVD™ Christmas papers onto kraft cardstock using the new E-Z Dots® from the E-Z Runners® Refillable Family – I fell in love with using these dots when they were first released and now knowing they will be available as refillable is superb!

Using the larger hearts from the 3D Foam Hearts (remember they come in an assortment of sizes within the pack), I’ve peeled off one adhesive side and placed it onto patterned paper.

Trimmed away the paper and a perfect heart embellishment that coordinates with whatever papers I wish to use.

I’ve stamped my sentiment onto a strip of kraft card and applied Crafty Foam Tape to keep it in place and raised up.

A Spellbinders™ Classic Scalloped Heart cut from Simple Stories paper for the centre and then I began to add lots of hearts including tiny ones that I have heat embossed with copper coloured embossing powder.

A ‘make in minutes’ and ideal for batch making.

Thank you for joining me today and here is a list of the super sticky products I have used.

Fun Stripes Card

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Beth Pingry

Hi, it’s Beth today! I have a card with fun and easy glitter stripes today, to show off the E-Z Runner®!

I started with a kraft cardstock base. I cut another piece of kraft about 1/4″ smaller on all sides. Then, instead of drawing diagonal lines, I used a scoring tool to make a guide for the lines. I used a ruler to keep the lines straight as I applied the E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips across the paper along the embossed lines. I messed up at the bottom, but I’ll cover that up!

I removed the panel from the paper, and then added glitter and tapped off the excess. Then trimmed the excess adhesive from the sides. You can see that I use coffee filters to catch excess glitter, they’re cheap, and it’s easy to pour the excess back into the glitter bottle!

Then I added 3D Foam Squares to the back of the panel, and to the back of the ticket. I wrapped the panel with bakers twine and adhered it to the card base.

Viola!

Thanks for coming by today!

Beth Pingry

Supplies used:

E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips, 3D Foam Squares Black Mix

Kraft Cardstock, Red Glitter

Websters Pages: Game On collection, Catch Phrases paper

Emboss Resist with Crafty Power Tape

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Kimberly Crawford

Hello! Kimberly here with a raging case of spring fever! Its time for bright colors and butterflies. The bright yellow mist that I have been playing with inspired me to try an interesting resist technique with Crafty Power Tape.

Start with a piece of white cardstock, cut to the desired size. Start applying Crafty Power Tape in a diagonal pattern, only going one direction to begin with. Remove the backing and repeat, going the other direction.

If you look closely, you can see the pattern created with the Crafty Power Tape. Once all the backings have been removed, apply clear embossing powder and heat set. The embossing powder will take slightly longer to melt on the tape, versus plain cardstock.

Then the real fun begins! Apply the color mist to the cardstock. Gently remove the excess mists with a paper towel.

One last tip for you. I find that cardstock really curls and bends when mists are applied. To keep the cardstock straight when adhered to the project, use pieces of Crafty Foam Tape across the back of the cardstock.

A close look at the embossed resist technique with Crafty Power Tape.

I hope this has inspired you to try different patterns on your next project! Imagine all the possibilities!

Kimberly Crawford

Supplies: Adhesives-Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L (Crafty Power Tape, Crafty Foam Tape White, 3D Foam Squares Small White, E-Z Runner^®), Patterned paper-Jillibean Soup (Soup Staples II Turquoise Salt, Chilled Cucumber Soup Peeled Cucumber and Yellow Tomatoes) Label Sticker-Jillibean Soup (Soup Labels Card Sentiments), Color Mist- Heidi Swapp/Pink Paislee (Mustard), Embossing Powder-Stampendous (Clear Detail), Gem-Studio Calico

You are a Lifesaver

Posted on February 22, 2013 by 3L Design Team Alumnae

Hi there everyone. Vicki here to share a card with you today. Do you have a person in your life that you just know if you call for a favor, will help you out in a heartbeat? Well, my sis is just that person for me. Just this week she’s taking me and picking me up from the airport, to make things a bit easier for us. She’s always there for me if I need her. I picked her up a little gift and wanted to make her a special card to go with it. I thought this would be fitting.

I used the Fancy Pants “Down by the Shore” collection for this card, and some of my favorite Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L adhesives. I thought I’d show you how I used each of these adhesives for the specific jobs I wanted them to do while creating this card. I rarely make a card with out using Crafty Foam Tape or 3D Foam Squares for Dimension, simply because I think dimension adds so much interest. Here I used Crafty Foam Tape to lift the frame from the card.

I used MyStik™ Permanent Strips Dispenser for my general adhesive for assembling my card.

Since the border I added across the top started on the frame and then ran across the width of the card, going past the raised frame, I used my 3D Foam Squares, to add one to each side to keep the border level all the way across.

Once again…. an adhesive to fit each job perfectly!

Thanks for stopping by!

Vicki

by blog: “This Art That Makes Me Happy”

Phonograph

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Flo Teixeira

Hi there! Flo here for another post today! I love recreating vintage objects with paper.

I wanted to make a phonograph with an altered box. It is due to the different Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® products that I could do this project.

Here is the result.

The cone and decorations are attached thanks to DODZ™ – 3D, papers with MyStik™ Permanent Strips Refill,

Shaped elements with E-Z Dots® Permanent,

3D cuts with 3D Foam Squares – Black, Regular Size .

Other Supplies :

Kaisercraft papers

Prima Marketing embellishments

Thank you for stopping by our blog today!

Flo ~ Floliescrap Blog

With Love…

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Christine Emberson

Hello, Christine here today and sharing with you a ‘With Love’ card featuring the brilliant new 3D Foam Hearts.

I’ve selected a cream card base and then used the very vintage Glitz – French Kiss papers. Matting is perfectly and speedily done using my E-Z Runner® – Permanent.

For my flower centres I used 3D Foam Hearts, the tiny ones – so useful that there is a choice of three sizes for different projects. I applied some silver embossing powder to the sticky surface and heat set, I love the effect – metal like. The flowers are Spellbinders™ Jewel Flowers and Flourishes.

The pretty scroll is created with Spellbinders Twisted Metal Tags and Accents. I assembled my card raising my flowers up a little with 3D Foam Squares.

A close up photo of those super little hearts…I truly love them!Here is a list of the brilliant sticky products I have used. Happy crafting!