Continue to remove liners and apply foil to cover all circles and circle frames.
Reapply foil to any missed spots.
Assemble the Card
Form a 4 x 6.5 inch card base from white cardstock.
Cut turquoise mat to 4 x 6.5 inches. Use E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable Dispenser to apply adhesive to it and fasten to the card front.
Also use E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable Dispenser to fasten holographic circles piece over turquoise mat. Applying adhesive to card front rather than back of holographic circles piece may be easier.
Hello friends! I am sharing my Together Watercolor Layout that documents my travel before the Pandemic. My husband took me on a last-minute trip to California for an early Valentine’s present. Grab a cup of coffee and pull up a chair…let’s go!
Together Watercolor Layout Background
For the background, I cut four approx. 2 x 12-inch strips and then I distressed the edges by tearing and using a distressing tool. I was going for a textured background with the watercolor patterned papers.
I picked out a couple of images from my phone and printed them on through my Instax printer. Yes, hubby is wearing a mask – we were at the airport. It’s part of our travel kit. I wore mine on the plane. We’ve been doing this for years…before the Pandemic.
Now the fun part! Making layers of patterned papers I had on my work surface. The packaging was so cute that I had to use it. Just cut off the top.
I also found and cut a 6 x 4.5-inch lavender cardstock, 5.25 x 4.5-inch white dotted patterned paper, and a frame patterned paper that was fussed cut out. Distress the cardstock by inking the edges with pink ink and a small blending brush. Designer’s Note: I also edged with pink ink on all four sides of the white cardstock base. Later, I added a shipping tag to anchor the layer behind it.
Once I got my desired look in the layers, I applied the E-Z Runner® Grand Permanent Strips in between the layers to secure and set it aside to work on the die cuts.
Die Cut Power
Creative friends who know me well know how much I LOVE DIE-CUTTING!! I’ve been die-cutting since 2000. So using the Adhesive Sheets is a no-brainer!
Apply an Adhesive Sheet 4×6-inch on the back of each lavender cardstock. Then die-cut two leafy vines from the Flower Bundle Die Set. Now they are die-cut stickers! Take off the backing and place them on the left side of the scrapbook layout. It’s that easy!
Using another shipping tag that I used for the layer, I die-cut Timeless Grace Doily Die to get five petals that form a half-circle shape. On each petal die cut, valley-fold on the inner perforated line with the slit, and mountain-fold the outer perforated line. Take two die cuts and interlock the ends to start.
Once done, I tucked a couple of Adhesive Dots Micro between each petal for extra hold but they interlock tightly so this part is up to you.
For the flowers, I die-cut twice the largest flower from the Rolled Flowers Die Set. This is a clever set. Everything is included from the stamen to the blossom to the leaves. All you have to do is roll it. Secure the end with a couple of Adhesive Dots Micro and sits on an Adhesive Dot Large. When I’m ready to adhere, I simply take off the liner and place it on the page.
Assemble the Together Watercolor Layout
Using the half-circle doily as a guide, I adhered the layered papers with the E-Z Runner® Grand Ultra Strong. Then lift and adhere the frame with 3D Foam Strips (leave the bottom open) on top of the layers. I found a feather die cut on my table and thought it was cute so I added that in the lower right corner with an Adhesive Dot Large. LOL!
Then add the doily on the left of the frame with Adhesive Dots Micro. Adhere the flowers in the center opening of the doily.
Randomly stamp with pink ink on the white cardstock base. Add water to the lavender ink and splatter the base with a watercolor brush. Add sequins with Adhesive Dots Micro.
Lastly, tuck in the two images with a combination of the E-Z Runner® Grand Ultra Strong, and 3D Foam Strips. Add the little journal box in the lower right corner of the frame. That’s it!
Thank you for sticking with me this far! LOL! I’m thrilled about how it came out. Hope that the Together Watercolor Layout tutorial inspired you or remind you of a design idea.
Other Patterned Papers: Kawaii Paper Goods (Watercolor and Forest Friends Collections, and Feather Die Cut Ephemera Pack); Craft Dies; Spellbinders Paper Art (Timeless Grace Doily Die, Rolled Flowers Etched Dies Set by Marisa Job (retired), Flower Bundle Etched Dies Set (retired), Tool ‘n One with Quill Tip, and Deep Sea Die-Cutting and Embossing Machine); Inks: Ranger Ink (Distress Oxide Ink in Spun Sugar + Distress Ink in Shaded Lilac); Distress Tool: Creative Memories; Background Stamp: Impression Obsession; Sequins: MultiCraft (Baby Cup Sequins); White and Lavender Cardstock; Shipping Tags; Water Mister; WaterColor Brush
Hello my crafty friends and welcome to today’s blog. Although it’s early, I thought I would get a jump on a holiday card like this fun and adorable Tis the Sea-son Card. Using the Wear Your Adhesive on the Outside technique, I will show you how I used the 3D Foam Creative Sheet and glitter to make this sparkle!
Tis the Sea-son Card Step Outs
A and B: Die-cut three of the Inside Scallop Rectangle Stacklet dies with a sheet of 3D Foam Creative Sheet in White from the 3D Foam Creative Embellishment Kit. This creates a solid foam rectangle and two foam frames (set aside the smaller foam frame for another day).
C and D: Peel off the liner of one side of the large foam frame and sprinkle the green micro-fine glitter over the exposed foam adhesive. Tap off the excess glitter and set the frame aside.
E: Repeat the process with the solid rectangular foam die cut as above.
Building Details
F: Stamped out the images onto the Premium Marker Paper with Cream ink. Color them with Copic alcohol markers to create a no-line coloring look. Then die-cut each image from its coordinating die.
G and H: Peel off the backing from the large foam rectangle frame and center it to a 4 x 5 1/4-inch piece of Cool Pool cardstock. Note to keep the narrow side of the frame on the left side. Peel off the backing from the solid foam rectangle and position it toward the lower left side by that narrow side of the frame. Fill in the open space between the frame and the solid rectangle with glaze and set it aside to dry.
I: Position the seaweed Christmas Tree first and then add the rest of the seaweed, rocks, fish, and jellyfish to the card front. Make sure to leave the top left clear for the sentiment.
Assembling the Sea-son Card Front
J: Stamp the ’tis the season to be jelly sentiment on to vellum with watermark in, and heat set it with black embossing powder. Fussy cut the banner and attached it to the upper left of the card panel.
K, L, and M: Apply three strips of the Crafty Foam Tape White 54ft to the back of the card panel, and center it on a white A2-size (5.5 x 4.25-inch) card base to complete the card.
I think these fun glittered frames add just the right amount of Christmas bling. As I continued to handle the card, I notice there was NO glitter rubbing off. Yay! No glitter except where you want it!!
With this Tis the Sea-son Card, I hope to inspire you to start your holiday cards EARLY! Thank you for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed learning an easy way to add some bling to your cards and creations!
Hi, everyone! Teri here with a fun way to use up the leftover negative pieces of 3D Foam Circles: Create cards with circle grids! These cards are easy to recreate!
Creating the Circles Grids
Start by taking the negative pieces of a couple 3D Foam Circles sheets and trimming them down so you have a couple grids. You can use a paper trimmer or scissors to do this. You might need take a few passes at cutting the foam, due to the height of it!
Cover a card with patterned paper. Place one of your “grids” on the card.
Wear Your Adhesive on the Outside Technique
Apply flock or glitter to the grid. Make sure the foam is completely covered. I suggest running your finger over it to make sure there are no sticky spots exposed! If there is, dump a little extra flock (or glitter) onto the grid. Tap off the excess and DONE!
Final Details
Add to your card’s design by placing a sentiment on it, as well as a few embellishments. Use additional 3D Foam Shapes, I used the 3D Foam Pennants, and E-Z Runner® Stars with flock to round out the design. Don’t forget the sequins too for extra sparkle.
Finish your card with a piece of twine or floss! Adhesive Dots work great for holding bows in place so they don’t move around!
Go BIG with a Bigger Circles Grid
Here’s a second card created with a “grid” from another leftover negative!
The grid for this card is much larger than on my first card so I decorated some of the grid by embellishing the insides with stars, sequins and smaller circles. I also didn’t feel like using twine on this card so I went without! It would have looked great with twine though if I had decided to do so!
I hope you are inspired to give this “grid” technique a try next time you have a leftover negative piece of 3D Foam Circles! It’s a great way to get the most bang for your creative buck and let nothing to waste!
Other White Cardstock: Neenah Paper; Patterned Papers: Sunny Studio Stamps, Photo Play Paper Co. ; Stamps: Avery Elle (Handwritten Notes Stamp Set); Ink Pad: Ranger Ink; Sequins: Pretty Pink Posh; White Flock: Stampendous; Twine: The Twinery
Hello crafty friends! Tracy here, and today I have a fun little Chevron Background layout to share. Here are all of the details.
Mix & Match Patterns
This Chevron Background is a great way to mix and match patterned papers. The background is plain white cardstock. Then start with the largest chevron. I used a paper collection that I had mostly scraps left of, so start with the largest piece. I varied the pieces in widths as well. The first is 1″ wide, next is 0.75″ wide and the third is 0.5″. Switch up as you wish. Between some of the pieces I added strips of Extreme Double Sided Tape 1/8in, continuing with the same pattern. Add the paper pieces using the E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Dispenser.
Hi, Connie here with a fun scrapbook page using 3D Foam Adhesives to adhere letters and embellishments to this special page. I haven’t created a scrapbook page in over a year and even though my pattern paper is not the latest and greatest, I had fun putting this Permit Time page together and that is what counts!
The 3D Foam Adhesive makes the embellishments pop off the page and I love the look!! Besides the obvious, the embellishments will stay where they are placed which is what we (as scrapbookers) want.
Permit Time Scrapbook Page Step by Step
1. Adhere the two sheets of pattern paper together after trimming 1″ off of both sides of one of the pattern papers. I took 1″ off the orange polka dot paper and then adhered over the black polka dot paper using the E-Z Runner Grand Refillable Dispenser . 2. The border strips and photo were adhered using the E-Z Runner Grand Refillable Dispenser to the page front. 3. The 3D Foam Circles White Mix were used to adhere and give dimension to the die cuts. 4. The 3D Foam Strips were used to adhere the journal strips to the front of the page. Side note: these have quickly become a favorite product of mine. The are perfect for the journal strip sentiment for cards too.
Other Page Details
I adhered the 3D Foam Circles White on the edge of the die cut so the adhesive did not touch the photo. Love that there are two sizes in the package. Very handy!! I also used the NEW product 3D Foam Micro Squares White to adhere the letters along with 3D Foam Strips.
The 3D Foam strips were perfect to adhere the journal strips. The 3D Foam Strips are a great tool. They help with keeping the journal strips lined up…and easy. I love easy!!
I hope you try some of the 3D Foam Adhesives on your projects like my Permit Time Scrapbook Page.
Hi everyone, Yvonne here with an easy Floral Hug Card. I love flowers and always have some flower cards for several occasions. Adhesive Dots Medium Ultra Thin are simply the best when it comes to the invisible adherence of mulberry flowers.
The card I made is very simple to make so it’s also suitable for beginner cardmakers. Who wouldn’t like to recieve a hug like this per post! Let me show you how I made my card.
For the HUG sentiment on the flower card, I used black chipboard letters. Then I cut (using a craft knife) some Thin 3D Foam into small stripes and adhered them to the back of the letters. Remove the liner of the 3D Foam and then adhere onto the card base.
Flower Embellishing
To embellish the card I used small mulberry flowers. Start by picking the flower colors you like for your card. Then put Adhesive Dots Medium Ultra Thin onto the back of the mulberry flowers. Now take of the liner and affix the flowers onto the card.
For the smallest mulberry flowers, I used Adhesive Dots Mini. Finally, for a finishing touch, I adhered some rhinestones to the flowers representing the stamens. Designer’s Tip: If your rhinestones are not self-adhesive: simply use Adhesive Dots!
And voila…your Floral Hug Card is ready to send! Wishing you happy crafting, Yvonne van de Grijp
I’ve created a square Glittered Coffee Card that has wonderful accents of sparkle with the help of adhesives. Hi there, Jamie here with you today and I have a card to send to a friend for a get-together over a cup of coffee. It’s so easy to add glitter to your background with Crafty Power Tape and Adhesive Dots Micro. Let me show you how I made this card.
Glittered Coffee Stamped & Inked
Stamp the Layered Coffee Cup image on white cardstock, using pink and brown inks. Next, cut it out using the matching die. Set this aside.
Die-cut a Nested Square Stitched Die with white cardstock. Then stamp with the Freehand Square using brown ink. Apply two strips of Crafty Power Tape near the bottom of the panel.
Wear Your Adhesive on the Outside with Glitter
Remove the top liner from the Crafty Power Tape strip. Sprinkle Copper Ultra Fine Glitter on the top, rub with your finger and remove excess glitter. Remove the liner from the second piece of Crafty Power Tape, sprinkle with Rose Ultra Fine Glitter, rub with your finger and remove excess glitter.
Stamp COFFEE in the top left corner of the panel with pink ink. Apply three Adhesive Dots Micro to the top of the panel and sprinkle with Copper Ultra Fine Glitter.
Assembling the Glittered Coffee Card
Layer the stamped panel diagonally onto a kraft color square panel using the E-Z Runner Grand Refillable Dispenser. Then pop it on a kraft-colored card base with 3D Foam Circles White Mix. Note the base has a layer of decorative paper for interest. Place 3D Foam Circles from the 3D Foam Circles White Mix on the back of the coffee cup and pop it up on the card.
For the final touch, add white enamel dots to the kraft-colored panel. Your Glittered Coffee Card is done!
By cutting the letters for LOVED first, they can be used for placement of the hearts. Place letter dies on 3D Foam Creative Sheets Small, Black to determine the size needed for the word LOVED and cut the foam piece.
Remove the liner on one side. Cover with the magenta foil (Color Side UP) from the Metallic Transfer Foil Sheets Variety Colors. Rub with your fingertips to transfer color to the foam and then peel the foil off to reveal! Repeat pressing foil in place if there any missed foil spots.
Dust with an anti-static pouch to help with the release when die-cutting. Align letter dies on the foam and die-cut the letters. Carefully remove letters from dies and set them aside. For the other part of the sentiment, stamp it using Versamark ink and heat emboss with white embossing powder. Use its coordinating die to cut into a strip.
Foiled Hearts for the Hearts Card
Using both sentiments as a guide, determine where to place hearts on a piece of 4.125 x 5.875-inch cardstock panel. Then apply the hearts with E-Z Runner® Hearts Refillable Dispenser leaving space between to add more hearts later.
With the use of a ruler, position the LOVED sentiment. Starting with D, peel the liner back halfway from the bottom and lightly place it down. Continue to remove but be careful not to stretch it.
Then work on the other letters. A needle tool might help in guiding the letters in place. For the stamped and embossed sentiment, apply Thin 3D Foam Squares Black Mix on the back, peel liners and adhere above the LOVED letters.
Assemble the Hearts Card
Cut a piece of 8.50 x 6-inch white cardstock and fold into a 4.25 x 6-inch card base. Then cut a piece of 4.25 x 6-inch black cardstock. Adhere it to the white card base using E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable Dispenser.
Hello crafty friends! Tracy here, and today I am sharing a simple stars card that can be created in less than 30 minutes. A great option when you need a card in a pinch. Here are all of the details.
Simple Stars Card Instructions
First I gathered the basic layers of my card. I cut out the 3×4 printed sentiment from the Stargazer collection. Then cut a white cardstock mat, and the larger layer from black cardstock. The card base is a white cardstock A2. Add the sentiment to the white cardstock mat using Creative Photo Corners Gold. Next adhere that to the next layer using Crafty Foam Tape Black.
