Hi, everyone! Do you love making holiday crafts? Teri here to show you a fun way to turn a recycled wine cork into a cute snowman ornament for your Christmas tree!
Create the Snowman
Paint a wine cork with white paint. Let it dry and then start by cutting down an Adhesive Sheet 4x6in. to fit around your wine cork. Roll the adhesive onto the cork. Burnish the adhesive onto it. Don’t worry if you cover the cork completely with adhesive.
Set some glitter on a scrap piece of paper. Roll the cork in the glitter, allowing all the adhesive to be covered up.
Adhere the wiggle eyes onto your cork with Adhesive Dots. Use a size of Adhesive Dots appropriate for your eyes. For me, I used the Adhesive Dots Micro for the small eyes and the Adhesive Dots Medium Ultra Thin for the bigger eyes. Cut a piece of scrap fabric and tie it around your cork, using Adhesive Dots Micro to hold it in place.
Use a second fabric scrap to make a hat! Place a couple of Adhesive Lines along the top edge of your cork. Roll the fabric around it. Tie it at the top with string or twine. Add a button.
Cut a triangle to mimic a carrot nose from cardstock. Adhere it with an Adhesive Dot Micro to your snowman. Turn your snowman into an ornament by fashioning a hanger from wire or string!
Change Up to Home Decor
You can easily change the look of your snowman. Rather than giving him a hat, Use some wire and buttons to make ear muffs.
You can also go without a hat or earmuffs! Try adding a button to bump up your snowman’s cuteness.
Wine cork snowmen make great holiday decorations too! Rather than giving them hangers, pair a few of them together with a bottle brush Christmas tree! Set them on a tile or small slice of wood. You can adhere them in place with Adhesive Dots to keep them from moving around if desired!
I hope you are inspired by this tutorial to create a snowman or two!
Hi everyone! With Thanksgiving coming up I made this Glittered Thanksgiving Card. Combine Adhesive Sheets and the technique called Wear Your Adhesive on the Outside to create a gorgeous glittered effect on a card. Yvonne here, I would love to share how I made my card. Wanna join me?
Top Card Panel
To create the background of the Glittered Thanksgiving Card, start by stamping leaves onto a piece of kraft cardstock. Use brown ink for stamping the leaves.
Then trim the stamped cardstock to the size of a top card panel.
Wear Your Adhesive on the Outside with Glitter
To create the glittered leaves for the Glittered Thanksgiving card, start by removing the yellow liner of Adhesive Sheets 4×6 inch and adhere it onto a piece of kraft cardstock.
Then rub the Adhesive Sheets 4×6 inch for secure adhering to the cardstock. Then die-cut some leaves from it, with the white liner facing upwards.
Now carefully remove the white liner from the die-cuts and sprinkle glitter upon it. Rub the glitter and remove the excess glitter. For my card, I used three colors of glitter to create three leaves in autumn colors. This technique of making your adhesive shine is called Wear your Adhesive on the Outside.
Creating the top Card Panel
To create a subtle uplifting effect on my Glittered Thanksgiving Card, I cut small stripes from 3D Thin 3D Foam Squares White Mix and then adhered to the back of the die-cut leaves.
To create the card base for the Glittered Thanksgiving Card I adhered the stamped top card panel onto an orange card panel and next onto a white folded card base. To adhere the panels I used the E-Z Runner® Grand Refillable Dispenser.
Embellishing
For a simple finishing touch on the Glittered Thanksgiving Card, I adhered a sentiment onto a white banner and next adhered it onto a slightly larger orange banner. For adhering the banner layers, I used the E-Z Runner® Grand Refillable Dispenser. Then adhere the sentiment onto the card using 3D Foam Squares White Small Size.
Voilá, your Glittered Thanksgiving Card is ready. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and wish you happy Thanksgiving crafting.
Welcome! It’s time for the Fall/Winter 2023 Coffee Lovers Blog Hop with this fabulous Perk Up Soon Card! As a SUPER SPONSOR, we’ve provided great prizes too! Grab a cuppa and join the hop with your own beverage-themed artwork!
What are Coffee Lovers? It is a coffee-loving (or tea or cocoa) community of cardmakers open to everyone. Their blog offers inspirational coffee-related posts and bi-annual coffee blog hops that YOU can join. You get a chance to win the giveaways as a blogger! So read until the very end!
Edit to Add: Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter 2023 Blog Hop & Giveaway is Closed. Thank You for Participating!! Congratulations to Beverly S. + Lucy E.!
Perk Up Soon Card by Margie Higuchi
Hello friends! Margie here, and today I have a festive and fun little project to share celebrating everything caffeinated. Here are all the details about my coffee-themed card and how to create your own accent. 🙂
Let’s Perk Up and Create the Cups
Die-cut five coffee cups from the Cups & Mugs Die Set with patterned papers. Then die-cut the sixth one from a sheet of 3D Foam Creative Sheets Small White.
Prepping the Card Base
Cut a piece of light green cardstock to 4.5 x 11 inches and fold it in half to create a top-fold card base. To keep the background a solid color but give it interest, I embossed the card front with an embossing folder. Designer’s Note: Mist the front of the cardstock with water to get a crisp embossed detail.
Assemble + Embellish the Coffee Cups
Place the cups in two rows with a space for the 3D Foam coffee cup as pictured below. Use the E-Z Dots® Repositionable Refillable Dispenser to help with placement. I love this adhesive! You can peel the cups off and on to get your desired look. Once it’s adhered, it’s hard to take off until you peel it off. Lastly, adhere the 3D Foam coffee cup to the card front.
Wear Your Adhesive on the Outside with Foil
Take off the top liner of the foam cup and place a piece of lavender foil from the Metallic Transfer Foil Sheets Pastel Colors over the exposed adhesive. Make sure the foil color is facing you, rub gently to transfer the color, and peel off the foil. Reapply the foil in missed areas.
Stamp sentiment on vellum with black ink and cut to a banner with ribbon tails on each end. Adhere towards the bottom of the card front with the E-Z Runner® Permanent Fine Adhesive Dispenser (aka the vellum runner). Place clear and green bubbles on the card front with Adhesive Dots Mini.
I hope you enjoyed my Perk Up Soon Card! Don’t forget to keep reading for the Coffee Lover’s giveaway details. Margie Higuchi
Other: Thin Metal Cutting Die and Stamp Set: Divinity Designs (Cups & Mugs Die Set and Perk Up Clear Stamp Set); Embossing Folder: Spellbinders Paper Arts (Rose Tablecloth Embossing Folder); Patterned Paper: Memory Place (Enchanted Collection); Clear and Light Green Bubbles: Buttons Galore & More (Shimmerz Embellishment – Sea Turtle); Light Green Cardstock; Vellum
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Hi, Jamie here today with a clean and simple (CAS) style Colorful Happy Birthday Card. I love how it turned out and want to share with you how I created this card.
Colorful Happy Birthday Words
This Happy die cuts through the white cardstock card base and leaves the letters attached to the card. So cool! Next, strips of colored cardstock were die-cut with the Happy die. Then I cut off the letters from the strip it was attached to.
Add Color to Happy
The colored letters were glued to the HAPPY letters on the card base with the Dual Tip Glue Pen. To anchor and frame the word, two thin strips were cut from black cardstock and secured on top and bottom of HAPPY using the Dual Tip Glue Pen.
Create the Sentiment
Stamp the Birthday sentiment on a strip of blue cardstock with black ink. Then layer onto a strip of green cardstock with E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable Dispenser. Place a couple of 3D Foam Strips on the back of the sentiment and lift up diagonally below the Happy.
Wear Your Adhesive on the Outside with Stars
Add a few stars from the E-Z Runner® Stars Refillable Dispenser on the card front as shown. Sprinkle a combination of purple, pink, and blue glitter on each of the stars. Rub the glitter into the star to secure and tap off excess. This makes a quick and easy accent on a card…instant gratification!
I hope you enjoyed my card-making tutorial and encourage you to try these techniques. Thanks for stopping by! Jamie Martin
First, cut a 4 x 12-inch patterned paper strip. This strip will create two card fronts for an A2-size (4.25 x 5.5-inch) card.
Take the top two pieces (4 x 2.5-inch and 4 x 2.75-inch) and the bottom piece (flip to the dotted pattern and use in the middle to cover the seams) to create my 4 x 5.25-inch card front. The yellow strip is the reverse of the product strip – cool! Adhere all pieces with the E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable Dispenser.
Designer’s Note: Cut a piece of 4 x 5.25-inch white cardstock panel to assemble your card front.
For a subtle lift, adhere the card panel to the white cardstock card base with the Crafty Foam Tape Black 108ft. (its height is 1/32 inch – half of 1/16 inch). Set aside to stamp image and sentiment.
Stamp Image and Sentiment
Stamp the sentiment on the yellow strip of the card front in dark brown ink. Next, stamp the sunflower image onto white cardstock and color it with watercolor pencils and a water brush. Fussy cut the image with detailed scissors and secure it with a regular size in 3D Foam Squares White Mix next to the sentiment.
Fall Card You Grow Girl Card
For the second 4 x 12-inch patterned paper strip, cut the product strip, 4 x 5.25-inch, 4 x 5.25-inch, and 4 x 1.5-inch pieces.
Take the top 4 x 5.25-inch patterned panel and cut it diagonally in half. Flip one to the dotted pattern. We will also be using the yellow product strip and the 4 x 1.5-inch piece. Assemble to create a V-shape card front as pictured and secure with the E-Z Runner® Grand Permanent Strips Refillable Dispenser.
Stamp the Elements and Coloring
Use your card front as a guide to stamp sentiment. For a subtle lift, adhere the card panel to the top fold white cardstock card base with the Crafty Foam Tape Black 108ft.
Stamp the flowers and vase image onto white cardstock and color with watercolor pencils and water brush. Fussy cut the image and center with a combination of regular and small sizes of the 3D Foam Squares White Mix on the left side of the card front.
Fall Card Plant Happiness Card
For the third and last 4 x 12-inch patterned paper strip, cut the product strip, 2 7/8 x 2 5/8-inch (to mat a stamped image), 1 3/8 x 3-inch, four 4 x 1-inch and four 4 x 1.25-inch pieces.
Stamp an image and sentiment on a 2.5 x 2.25-inch white cardstock piece. Mat on the 2 7/8 x 2 5/8-inch patterned paper piece using the E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable Dispenser. Watercolor with a water brush and set aside to dry for another card.
Stamp an image and sentiment with dark brown ink on white cardstock. Cut around the images and color with watercolors. Secure on the card front with Crafty Foam Tape Black 108ft.
Fall Card You Grow Girl with Foil
Use the second 4 x 5.25-inch piece from the bottom of the second 4 x 12-inch patterned paper strip and place a piece of Crafty Foam Tape Black 108ft. on top of the border design.
I hope this post encourages you to create a bunch of cards with 12 x 12-inch patterned paper and white cardstock. There were only two pieces left (the product strip and the 1 3/8 x 3-inch piece)…not bad! LOL!
Other: Patterned Paper and Clear Stamp Set: Dare 2B Artzy (Field of Hope Patterned Paper/Everything is Blooming Collection and Potted Posies Clear Stamp Set); Stamp Platform: My Sweet Petunia (MISTI); Ink: Tsukineko (StazOn Ink in Ganache); Watercolor Pencils: Faber-Castell USA (Art Grip Aquarelle); White Cardstock; Scoreboard; Bone Folder; Watercolor Brush
Hi, Margie here today, and I am so excited to share this super FUN Fall Pumpkin Home Decor Piece! You can incorporate adhesives not only on paper but on home decor pieces. Featuring the Adhesives Sheets 12 x 12in. and Adhesive Lines, we are assembling this cute pumpkin! Let me show you how!
Prep the Fall Pumpkin
Trace the pumpkin and its middle section onto your choice of patterned paper with a pencil. Cut on the inside of the lines with scissors. Edge the cut papers with ink to give them definition. Paint the pumpkin and its middle section with Nutmeg paint. I used one coat. Let dry.
Assemble the Pumpkin
Apply an Adhesives Sheets 12 x 12in. to the back of each patterned paper shape. Use the round end of the bone folder to burnish and transfer the adhesive completely for that edge-to-edge coverage. Peel off the liners and cover the pumpkin and its middle section piece.
For the stem, I wanted texture so I placed several Adhesive Lines on the front by wrapping around it and did the same for the back. On the sides, I added one each in the middle. Next, wrap the twine (about 1.5 yards) around until you get your desired look. I tied a knot for now as a place keeper.
Add about 11 Adhesive Lines on the back of the middle section of the pumpkin and remove all the liners. Using a heat tool, warm up the lines and the middle section of the pumpkin base. Place the middle section on top and push it into the base to secure. Designer’s Tip: I used a stack of books on top for added pressure. 🙂
Shaking It Up in the Middle
Nest two long narrow oval dies together and secure them with washi tape onto a 3D Foam Creative Sheets Small White. Roll them through a die-cutting machine to cut out a narrow oval ring. Die-cut one more time with the 3D Foam Creative Sheets Small White and then with patterned paper. Lastly, die-cut just the larger oval with acetate. You should have three oval rings and one solid oval.
Stack the two 3D Foam ovals. With the top liner still on, powder the inside and outer edges to take off the stickness. Add Touch of Fall Sequinz inside. Designer’s Tip: Use Adhesive Dots Micro to secure a couple of sequins so that when the pumpkin stands, not all the sequins will fall down.
Apply the E-Z Runner® Micro Refillable Dispenser on the back of the patterned paper oval and add the acetate to create a window. Then take off the top liner of the 3D Foam oval and add the window to complete the shaker feature.
The Finishing Touches
Snip off the backs of the Fall Friends 3D Buttons – Autumn Bounty and secure each with an Adhesive Dots 3D – it’s perfect for those bulky embellishments! Tie a bow with your twine and you’re done!
I hope this project makes you think about using the Adhesives Sheets 12 x 12in. and the various shapes of Adhesive Dots + Lines – they really made my assembly go fast and smooth! Till next time, Happy Fall and thanks for visiting! Margie Higuchi
Other: Papers: PhotoPlay Paper (Gnome for the Holidays Thanksgiving Collection); Embellishments: Button Galore & More (Touch of Fall Sequinz and Fall Friends 3D Buttons – Autumn Bounty); Ink: Ranger Ink (Distress Oxide in Vintage Photo); Wood Pumpkin: Foundations Decor; Paint: Making Memories (Nutmeg); Thin Metal Cutting Dies: Spellbinders Paper Arts (Long Ovals); Clear Acetate; Pencil; Scissors; Paint Brush; Twine; Craft Cutter
Hi, everyone! Do you love using stencils to make cards and scrapbook pages? Teri here and today’s post is for you! I’m going to show a fun way to create your own DIY Stencil Paste with a Dual Tip Glue Pen
This technique is so fun and the paste looks so good when used with stencils.
Make the DIY Stencil Paste
You’ll need a few supplies to get started: A jar, a plastic spoon or knife, paint, baby powder, and a Dual Tip Glue Pen. Start by squirting one part glue with one part paint. Flip your plastic spoon or knife over and stir the glue and paint together until completely blended.
Now, you’re going to start adding baby powder to your mix. Start with just a small amount. Keep adding and stirring until you have a nice thick paste form.
Set a stencil on a piece of cardstock. Apply the paste through the stencil and onto the panel. Use an old gift card to scrape off any excess.
Use this process with additional pieces of cardstock to make more stenciled panels. Be sure to stir the paste in between applications to keep it from drying. Once you’ve completed your panels, let them sit and dry completely.
Create a Card
Adhere one of your stenciled panels onto a card created from cardstock with Crafty Power Tape Polybag 81ft. Cut up some of your additional stencil panels and mount them onto the card as well.
Cut a rectangle from cardstock. Stamp a sentiment on it and adhere it to your card with Crafty Foam Tape.
Hello crafty friends! Tracy here and today I am sharing a festive little project featuring a few of my favourite Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L products. Here are all of the details on how to create this Shaker Front Christmas Card.
Let’s Get Started!
The first step is to gather your cardstock base layers for this Shaker Front Christmas Card. The base is white cardstock that is 6×12 folded in half. Green cardstock cut to 6×6. Cut a piece of burgundy cardstock that cover the front of the largest of the Keepsake Envelopes Mix. Using dies, cut the circle out of the burgundy piece and the decorative die from white cardstock.
Adhere the white die cut piece to the card front using the Dual Tip Glue Pen.
Fussy cut out the tree and gift from the patterned paper and add to the Shaker Front Christmas Card using Thin 3D Foam Squares Black Mix. Add Stickles to the pieces for a little extra sparkle. Finally, add the sticker sentiment to the card front.
Hi, Connie here with a couple of Sending Hugs Mixed Media Gift Tags using stamps and ink, and featuring 3D Foam Strips. These were really fun to create and the 3D Foam Strips make adhering the sentiments a breeze!! That is a win in my book.
Creating the Sending Hugs Tag backgrounds
1. Using watered down Distress Oxide inks dab the tag in a color, let it dry and repeat until you get the look you want. This process can be done several times with different color of inks. I selected three coordinating colors of ink. 2. Stamp label, birds then color and trim out. I used Distress Oxides to add color to the birds. 3. Stamp added images to the tag fronts using the same inks used to create the tag backgrounds. 4. Stamp out the sentiments and trim out. I used Hero Arts Pigment ink for this.
Hi everyone! Halloween is coming up very soon and for some inspiration, I made this Halloween Pumpkin card. Yvonne here….I love the technique called Wear Your Adhesive on the Outside for my cards and I would love to share how I used it to embellish my card. Wanna join me?
Top Card Panel
For the top card panel of the Halloween Pumpkin Card, I used a piece of purple cardstock which I inked with chalk ink to lighten it up a bit. This is to create a foggy effect for the background. Since I don’t know the exact size my card will be I did not trim the card panel to the right size yet.
Die-Cutting
First I die-cut the pumpkin layers from colored cardstock. Then I used an ink blending tool and a brown inkpad to alter the pumpkin.
Next, adhere small pieces of Crafty Foam Tape 108ft to the back for the die-cut pumpkins, peel off the liners, and layer the pumpkins. Crafty Foam Tape 108ft is 1mm thick (1/32″ – half of 1/16″) and is perfect for that subtle dimension to the Inked Halloween Pumpkin Card.
Die-cut some creepy houses from black cardstock and apply gilding wax to them. Adhere the elements to the purple-inked card panel using Crafty Foam Tape 108ft.
And then trim the card panel to the right size.
Card Base
First adhere the purple card panel onto an orange card panel and next onto a black card panel.
Then sprinkle dark blue glitter over the stars and rub the glitter for secure adhering. Then tap off any excess glitter. For the second use of the technique, I used my Dual Tip Glue Pen to apply glue to the card: for the ground as well as onto small parts the houses.
Next sprinkle black glitter over the wet glue and tap off the excess glitter. Then let dry thoroughly.
Finishing Touch
For a finishing touch to the Halloween Pumpkin Card, I glued some wobbly eyes onto the pumpkin. To adhere I used Adhesive Dots Micro. Next I used my dymo to create a sentiment and adhered it onto an orange banner. Then adhere onto the card using Crafty Foam Tape 108ft.
And voilá, your Halloween Pumpkin Card is ready. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and wish you happy Halloween crafting!
