If you struggle when it comes to adhering small, delicate die cuts, they you must check out Artis Glue by Scrapbook.com. It's an adhesive game changer! With Artis Glue and it's precision tip there will be no more frustration when it comes to adhering those tiny die cuts. If you aren't familiar with Artis Glue, keep scrolling to find out why you need Artis Glue by Scrapbook.com.
I don't know about you, but I am constantly frustrated when it comes to adhering small, delicate die cuts. Nothing is more irritating than getting adhesive where you don't want it or getting too much adhesive that squishes out all over the place. Artis Glue is a fast drying adhesive that is perfect for all of your favorite paper crafting and mixed media projects!
Artis Glue is non-toxic, acid free and photo safe. It dries clear with a glossy finish and is wrinkle and clump resistant. It can be used to adhere paper, fabric, wood and leather. It is also water based, which makes clean up much easier. Along with these fabulous qualities it comes with 3 different tips
It comes with 2 interchangeable tips for applying the glue that include a fine tip made from plastic and an ultra fine precision tip made from stainless steel. It also comes with a pin that you can use to clean out the ultra fine tip. The pin however, is not made from stainless steel, so they recommend that you only use it for cleaning out the tip. When you aren't using the adhesive they recommend replacing the application tip with the storage tip.
Now that you know a little bit more about Artis Glue from Scrapbook.com, let me share set of gift tags I made using this game-changing adhesive. It's sure to become your favorite new adhesive!
I used Artis Glue in several locations on each tag in combination with the Sweet Scoops Die Set. I used it to adhere the delicate die cut layer on top of the ice cream cone. The ultra fine precision tip allows you to easily apply the tiniest amount of adhesive without getting more than you want or getting it all over where you don't want adhesive. I also used it to adhere the die cut sentiment layers together.
It came in handy once again to adhere the cherry on top of the ice cream scoops as well as for a the hole reinforcer on the tag.
With each use, I fell more in love with this glue and that ultra fine tip took it too the next level!
Of course the tags aren't all about adhesive, so I'll share a couple of other details on how I created them. The tag base is cut from the Sunshine Paper Pad by Scrapbook.com using the Yay Tag Die Set. I then embossed each one using the Tim Holtz Dotted Embossing Folder and lightly sanded it using a Ranger Sanding Disk to reveal the white core and add a touch of texture and interest.
I added some stamping detail using a stamp from the Happy Little Sentiments Stamp Set. I inked it with Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide Ink and then used my fingers to randomly stamp small sections of the image onto the tag.
I used this same stamping technique to add interest to the ice cream scoop layers with Lost Shadow Distress Oxide Ink. The sprinkle details were stamped using the Sweet Scoops Stamp Set in various colors of Distress Oxide Ink that I stamped first onto a piece of scrap paper and then onto the die cut to lighten the color. The Distress Oxide colors I used are Abandoned Coral, Cracked Pistachio, Picked Raspberry, Salty Ocean, Mustard Seed, and Twisted Citron.
The final touch on each tag was the addition of ribbons, which are hand dyed using Distress Ink and Hug Snug Seam Binding. The Distress Ink colors I used are Abandoned Coral, Cracked Pistachio, Picked Raspberry, Salty Ocean, Mustard Seed, and Twisted Citron.
I hope you enjoyed learning about Artis Glue from Scrapbook.com and how a precision tip can be game changing for adhering small, delicate die cuts!
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Hello friend! Thanks for stopping by today. I'm excited to share that I have a new video up on the Scrapbook.com YouTube Channel where I'm sharing how you can mix and match just three Distress Oxide Ink colors to create a rainbow of possibilities for card backgrounds. I'd love for you to check it out!
If you want to check out any of the supplies I'm using I have them linked down below. Using those links helps support me, so I really appreciate it! But please don't feel you need to use these exact supplies. You can certainly use what you already have that may be similar. Now let's get on with the making!
COLOR WHEEL
Many of you probably learned about the color wheel in elementary school and about the primary colors of red, yellow and blue. These colors can not be created by mixing other colors together, which is why they are called the primary colors. And when you mix together any 2 of these 3 primary colors you create the secondary colors which are orange, green and purple!
I used Distress Oxide Inks in Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, and Salty Ocean as my primary colors, with Picked Raspberry as the red, Mustard Seed as the yellow and Salty Ocean as the blue. But feel free to use any combination of colors you have on hand just as long as they are a red, yellow and blue.
I mixed 2 of these colors to create a secondary color and you can get a completely different look just by switching which color you start with and you can create a rainbow of backgrounds when you mix and match just 2 of the colors.
OTHER PRODUCTS USED
Here are the other products I used, but feel free to use any similar type products you have in your stash. Along with Distress Oxide Inks in Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, and Salty Ocean I also used Frayed Burlap. I used the Wordfetti Sunny Days Stamp set for the sentiments and scroll stencil from the Tim Holtz Mini Stencil Set 25. I also worked with the 3 leaf dies from Scrapbook.com Layered Roses Bundle Die Set and the detailed butterfly images from the Scrapbook.com Butterflies 1 Die Set. And last but not least, I used the largest circle and rectangle shapes from the Tim Holtz Vintage Labels Thinlits Die Set.
INK SMOOSHING TECHNIQUE DISTRESS OXIDE INKS
The paper I used is Distress Watercolor Paper cut down to 4.25 x 5.5 inches. I highly recommend using a paper made for getting wet such as watercolor paper for this technique as it can handle the water. For the first two backgrounds I created, I combined Picked Raspberry and Mustard Seed using the Ink Smooshing Technique. I used this same technique to create all of the backgrounds, but I used different color combinations for each one.
For this technique, all you do is take an ink pad and smoosh it onto a craft mat, spritz it with some water (I use a Distress Sprayer to spritz the water) and then smoosh your paper into the ink. The gentler you smoosh and the less paper you smoosh into the ink, the less ink you pick up. The harder you smoosh and the more paper you smoosh into the ink, the more ink you pick up.
I started off by applying Picked Raspberry to my craft mat and spritzed it with water. Before I smooshed the paper into the ink, I used my finger to gently tap into the ink and break up the harsh edges and create some larger droplets. Next, I gently smooshed the paper into the ink, pushing small sections of the paper into the ink so that I didn't completely cover the paper with ink. This allowed me to leave some white areas for the next step. I then used my heat tool to dry the ink.
Next up, I started mixing colors. I cleaned off my craft mat and smooshed the Mustard Seed Ink Pad onto my craft mat, spritzed it with water and tapped around the ink to break up the droplets. I then smooshed the piece of Distress Watercolor Paper with the Picked Raspberry on it into the Mustard Seed ink. I made sure to get some of the yellow ink onto the white areas and onto the pink ink areas as well. By mixing it into the pink you get a gorgeous orange color! If you have a small area where you want a bit more color, you can use your finger to kind of finger paint the ink where you want it. You can also use a brush to pick up some of the ink from your craft mat and add some splatters.
With that panel completed, I repeated the same process but I started with Mustard Seed and then added Picked Raspberry.
Here's a look at the two backgrounds I created by mixing the Picked Raspberry and Mustard Seed. The one on the right is the one where I used Picked Raspberry first and then Mustard Seed and with this one you get a more vibrant orange. The one on the left is the one where I used Mustard Seed first and then added Picked Raspberry. On this one the colors when mixed together create a beautiful coral color. Isn't it amazing how the same two colors create such different looks just by switching which color you start with?! Do you have a favorite? (I will also share that this is much more obvious in real life and even in the video as compared to the photos seen here.)
For this next set of backgrounds, I used Mustard Seed and Salty Ocean. I repeated the exact same process as above. Below you can see the two backgrounds I created by mixing the Salty Ocean and Mustard Seed. The one on the left is the one where I used Mustard Seed first and then added Salty Ocean. On this one the colors when mixed together create a turquoise color. The one on the right is the one where I used Salty Ocean first and then Mustard Seed and with this one you get more of and chartreuse color. Once again it just amazes me how the same two colors create such different looks when you switch which color you start with! Which one do you like better?
Now I'm moving on to the third and final color combination....Salty Ocean and Picked Raspberry. And here's a look at the two backgrounds I created by mixing the Salty Ocean and Picked Raspberry. The one on the left is the one where I used Salty Ocean first and then added Picked Raspberry and the one on the right is the opposite mix. I was surprised by the result here because when these two colors are mixed they make a beautiful purple color and they seem to create the same purple color regardless of which color you start with.
Once I had the backgrounds completed, I took my paper trimmer and cut each one down to 4 x 5.25 inches because I'm going to mat them later on to create a standard A2 size card which is 4.25 x 5.5 inches. You could also do this step to start before you begin applying the ink.
STENCILS WITH DISTRESS OXIDE INK
Now it's time to add some stencil detail. I used the Ornate stencil from the Tim Holtz Mini Stencil Set 25, but feel free to use any stencil you like. I love the delicate design of this one. I applied the ink using an ink blending brush. I personally prefer to use a blending brush when I apply ink through a stencil as it tends to get into the tiny nooks of stencils and create a more detailed design.
I applied Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide ink through the stencil in the upper left hand corner and then the right lower corner to bring your eye across the background. I repeat this process on each of the background papers. I probably should have switched up the stencil, but I was on a roll and I really love the design of this one.
Once I was finished with the stencil work. I applied Frayed Burlap to the edges of the backgrounds using a foam blending tool. You can apply it directly to the edge of the paper or you can lay the paper flat and apply the ink in a circular motion going from the craft mat onto the edge of the paper. When doing it this way, I like to tilt the tool at an angle so I don't get more ink on the paper than I want.
After I finished all of the inking, I spritzed each panel with my Distress Sprayer to reactivate the inks and create a little more interest. I then used my heat tool to dry them.
DIE CUTS
With the backgrounds finished, I moved onto creating some embellishments. I picked three of the backgrounds I created to make the completed cards. I used the Tim Holtz Vintage Labels Thinlits to die cut some vellum. These dies have a inside border that is embossed into the paper when you run it through your die cutting machine. I've found the Scrapbook.com Magic Mat to produce the most noticeable embossing as compared doing it with a regular cutting plate because the surface is self-healing.
Next up, I die cut the three different butterflies using the Scrapbook.com Butterflies 1 Die Set from Neenah White Cardstock. I left the die cuts in the paper to help hold them in place while I added color to them using Distress Oxide Inks. I used an ink blending brush to apply Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, and Salty Ocean to each of the butterflies. Normally I would knock the insides of the die cuts out, but I kind of liked how these looked with all the little pieces still in place. If yours want to fall out, you could always put some washi tape on the backside to help hold them in place, or you could remove the insides to get a more delicate look.
For another layer of interest, I die cut some of the leaves from the Scrapbook.com Layered Roses Bundle Die Set from Neenah White Cardstock. From there it was just a matter of mixing and matching the labels, butterflies and leaves to create a little cluster for each card. Once I was happy with each arrangement, I adhered it to the card front using Scrapbook.com Refillable Permanent Adhesive Roller. I then finished off each card with a sentiment from the Scrapbook.com Wordfetti Sunny Days Stamp set which I stamped in each of the Distress Oxide colors onto Neenah White Cardstock. I then trimmed each into a strip, inked the edges with Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide Ink and adhered them to the card front using Scrapbook.com Double Sided Adhesive Foam Strips.
DISTRESS INK PAD STORAGE TIN & MORE COLOR COMBINATIONS
Before I go, I want to share with you about a way to store your Distress Oxide Inks using the Distress Ink Pad Storage Tin. This metal tin has a hinged lid with a clasp. It also has an insert that will hold 15 Distress Ink Pads.
After creating with Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, and Salty Ocean to make the cards I shared with you, I was inspired to pull together some other color combinations and colors to fill up the tin. Fossilized Amber, Lumberjack Plaid and Uncharted Mariner would be great for a slightly more moody primary color combination. To get a little more on the lighter side Scattered Straw, Saltwater Taffy and Salvaged Patina would make a great combo. I then had to add in a couple of my favorite neutrals which included Vintage Photo and Brushed Corduroy. And because in my book one can never have too many neutrals, I added in Walnut Stain, Lost Shadow and Black Soot. This is just what I would fill my tin with, but you could certainly add in whatever colors tickle your fancy. Create your own rainbow of colors by adding in some secondary colors such as Carved Pumpkin, Mowed Lawn and Wilted Violet. What colors would you add to your tin?
I hope you enjoyed the techniques and inspiration I shared using Distress Oxide Inks for creating your own rainbow of colorful backgrounds and cards.
SUPPLIES
Below you can find the products I used to create these cards along with compensated affiliate links to Scrapbook.com. These links are at absolutely no cost to you. When you shop through the links below, I receive a small commission from Scrapbook.com. These links are at absolutely no cost to you and the commission I receive helps me cover the costs of my blog and other expenses, which allows me to continue to provide you with FREE inspiration and tutorials. If you want to learn more about what an affiliate link is, you can see my full affiliate and product disclosure statement here. Thank you so much for your love and support!
Hello friend! It's Juliana Michaels and welcome! Thanks so much for being here! Today I'm going to share my first thoughts and how I used Simon Hurley's new Solar Paste to create a card! Simon was kind enough to gift me a set of his new paste and I had a great time playing around and creating with it. If you want to use the exact products I'm using in this video I'll have them linked down below in the description box. When you use these links it helps support me, so I really appreciate it!
Head on over to my YouTube channel to check it out or you can watch it below. In the video I share how I swatched the six colors of Solar Paste on both white and black cardstock. I then share how I created this card using the Solar Paste with a stencil and with Distress Ink.
SIMON HURLEY SOLAR PASTE
Before I created this card, I spent some time playing around with the paste and swatching the new colors on both white and black cardstock that I had embossed with the Tim Holtz Entangled, Numbered and Mosaic embossing folders. These colors are kind of pastel like with a shimmery iridescence that doesn't show up very well on white cardstock and it's hard to even capture the color on camera, but they do add a subtle hint of color that in person is absolutely gorgeous! When the paste is applied to black cardstock it really pops and I was absolutely smitten with how it looked on black. I also found that you can apply the paste and then add another color over it and it will cover up the previous color.
The paste is not water reactive, so once it dries it's permanent on paper. I also tested out drying it with my heat tool and had no issues with it bubbling or burning. However, I did keep the heat tool moving so as to minimize anything like that. I would certainly say that you can use your heat tool to speed up the dry time if you are impatient when it comes to things like that.
I can also share that the paste cleans off easily when it's still wet. However, once it dries on your skin it takes a little effort, along with warm water and soap to remove. With regards to your work surface, I worked on a non-stick craft mat and the paste cleaned off of it with no problems, even after it had dried.
The next thing I tried was to add some Lunar Paste. I had a small jar of Lunar Paste in Slippery When Wet and I was curious how it compared to the Solar Paste. This is the only color I have of this paste and it is definitely much more bold in color when compared to the Solar Paste. I added it over some of the Solar Paste and I really liked the contrast it added. So if you happen to have some of the Lunar Paste colors I would think it would be fun to combine them with the Solar Paste to create some stunning backgrounds!
For more of my testing and playing around with the Solar Paste make sure to check out my Youtube video.
SOLAR PASTE WITH STENCILS & DISTRESS INK
After testing and playing around with the Solar Paste a little, I decided to try it with a stencil and I ended up loving the background I created so that is the card I'm sharing with you here (and also in my video). So let's get into the making of this card.
I started off with a piece of black cardstock and I used Scrapbook.com Mint Tape to help hold the stencil in place. I used a palette knife to apply the paste in rainbow order. After I applied each color, I cleaned off the palette knife so I wouldn't contaminate the next color. Once I had applied each of the colors, I gently lifted off the stencil to reveal the design. I then immediately washed the stencil with soap and water. I then allowed the paste to dry (AKA used my heat tool to speed up the dry time) and then repeated this process on the other side of the card base.
After the initial stenciling, I decided I wanted a little more color above and below the already stenciled areas. So once the paste was dry, I added more of Cross My Heart (the pink color) to the bottom and top of where I had already stenciled. I did end up with a little of it seeping under the stencil, and I'm not sure if maybe I didn't dry the stencil completely after washing it and maybe that caused the issue, because this was the only time it happened. I also may have inadvertently pushed it under there when I was applying the paste.
When applying paste through a stencil it helps to go in the direction of the design. I could have used some Mint Tape to mask off the areas above and below each section to allow for this. But to be honest, I didn't want to mess with having to remove and reapply the tape for each color. So as Tim likes to say, you get what you get and you don't throw a fit!
To add some interest to the background, I used a script stamp from the Tim Holtz Tiny Toadstools Stamp Set and stamped it with Picket Fence Distress Ink. The Paste acts as a resist and this type of ink won't dry on the paste, so I used a damp rag to wipe it off. You could also use a baby wipe. The next thing I did was to grunge up the background a little by inking the edges with Lost Shadow Distress Oxide Ink.
With the background mostly completed, I moved on to embellishing the card. I die cut the letters LOVE from white cardstock using the Tim Holtz Alphanumeric Bulletin Die Set. I die cut each letter 3 times and I used Distress Collage Medium to adhere the layers. By doing this, it gives the letters some dimension. You could skip this part if you need a flat card or you could cut them once and adhere them with foam adhesive as another way to add some dimension.
Now onto the heart. For this I applied Picked Raspberry Distress Ink onto a piece of white cardstock using a foam blending brush. I then die cut the cardstock using the largest heart from the Scrapbook.com DIY Heart Pockets Die Set and because I'm not using this as a pocket I trimmed off the tabs with scissors. Next, I applied Cross My Heart Solar Paste over the inked cardstock using a palette knife and set it to the side to dry. Once it was dry, I could really see the shimmer and shine and how the color of the ink soaks into the paste and lifts the color.
To finish off the card I added some machine stitching around the outside edge and then mounted it onto a piece of white cardstock. I adhered the heart and letters using Scrapbook.com Clear Double-Sided Permanent Adhesive Roll. The final touch was the addition of the Love is love piece which I typed up using my vintage typewriter, trimmed to size and adhered using Scrapbook.com Clear Double-Sided Permanent Adhesive Roll.
And there we have it! Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed learning how I used Simon Hurley's Solar Paste to create this card.
SUPPLIES
Below you can find the products I used to create this card along with compensated affiliate links to Scrapbook.com. These links are at absolutely no cost to you. When you shop through the links below, I receive a small commission from Scrapbook.com. These links are at absolutely no cost to you and the commission I receive helps me cover the costs of my blog and other expenses, which allows me to continue to provide you with FREE inspiration and tutorials. If you want to learn more about what an affiliate link is, you can see my full affiliate and product disclosure statement here. Thank you so much for your love and support!
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