Which Stampin' Up! Glues for what?

 HI there Creators

Well this "Something Saturday" was on the variety of Stampin' Up! glues (aka Adhesives) on offer currently.

first up on my list was Dimensionals, these are Sticky Up'y dots, little foam hexagons with adhesive on both sides, so you can create "dimension" with your work.  They come in White and black in 2 different sizes and there's heaps of them in a pack.  The white standard Dimensionals have 300 plus you can cut up the side bits so it probably gives you another 100 peices.  The white mini dimensionals have 720 mini dimensionals plus again all the bits round the sides.  Black dimensionals have both in the pack (2 sheets of each).

 

Next up is the Tear & Tape Adhesive, (basically double sided sticky tape that's stickier than your average double sided sticky tape and doesn't fall apart after 6 months!) when it goes on it's sort of translucent when it's on, it's fabulous for getting your ribbon straight, or just generally paper/cardstock, also if you have trouble getting things straight or dealing with a large piece, it can be really handy to peel a little bit away fold it over so it shows on the outside and get the corner straight of your piece then peel the rest carefully off.

 

Then I showed Stampin' Seal (and talked about Stampin' Seal Plus)

This is an easy way to add glue in a quick straight line it's clear on,  it's like applying white out tape, only both sides are sticky.  Stampin' Seal (light blue) is fairly sticky, and holds well.   Stampin' Seal Plus (dark blue) is mega sticky and holds even better, it has little lines in it approx each mm, which is kind of where the tape breaks off when you're done.   There are refills for each Stampin' Seal Refill, and Stampin' Seal Plus Refill (click on the links to check them out)

 

 Mini Glue dots next up, they are clear and fabulous for attaching small embellishments to your work, bows are great with this, or also sticking vellum down, which tends to show most glues, as these only take up a small amount of space you can hide them under lines or embellishments.

 

Silicone Craft Sheet, an absolute must if you're doing anything with glue!  I constantly use mine (which if you've seen my videos you'll see it in anything I'm using glue)  It's a square sheet of silicone which glue doesn't stick to, and just rubs off when you're done.

 

Cling Adhesive is the stuff that Stampin' Up! now offers for the back of your rubber stamps.  When you purchase rubber stamps now they have this amazing cling adhesive which means your stamps don't come off the block until you peel it off, no more dropping off mid-stamp!  if it becomes non-sticky you just wash it and it "re-sticky's" again

 

Foam Adhesive Strips, they are as it says "foam" they're double sided sticky, and they're strips, so bendy!  I've used them to create shaker cards as you can take the strip and bend it round till it meets

 

 Heat & Stick Powder, this stuff is amazing!  If you stamp with versamark, then dust over with this stuff, you heat it using the heat tool till it melts and goes sticky, then you can add glitter or gilded leafing (or potentially anything else you want to stick.  If you're using glitter, reheat it again after applying the glitter and it set it into the heat & stick powder (you don't need to do that with gilded leafing)

 Foam Adhesive Sheets (not strips!)  So these ones are kind of like sheets of dimensionals that didn't get cut.  If you want to you can cut these to any size, I've run mine through my Stampin' Cut and emboss machine with dies.  Add the cardstock to one side cut with your die, and peel off the other side. Also fabulous for shaker cards!

 

 Alright 3 more to go..... Adhesive sheets is next, you know those really fine die cuts that are a pain to add glue to, yep well these are the go for those, Add it to the back of your cardstock, cut it out, peel off the backing  (I recommend buffing it down well before peeling off the backing) and "Bobs your uncle" It's clear once you've taken off the backing, and just leaves a fine film of glue behind

 

 Multipurpose Liquid Glue (commonly known as Tombow).  this just happens to be my favourite glue! it's double ended and goes on white, dries clear (kind of like your average pva) but soooo much more......  Being double ended (you twist off the end) there's a thick end ("not as thick as some" as my Grandma used to say) and a thin end, if you want to "draw" with your glue you can use the thin end, in the video you'll see I scribble with it then add gilded leafing.  However I use it to attach my cardstock down - a little goes a really long way! however one of the advantages I find is that it has a second or two of "wiggle room" so if you've put your paper down wrong you have a second to readjust it, having said that once it's stuck, there's nothing on earth getting that sucker off!  My hubbie Tom used it to put a a frieze for his train room, and trust me it was not coming off in a hurry when we tried to remove it, I think we ended up painting over it instead in the end. 

Another thing with Tombow is if you put it on as a thin layer then leave it to dry, it becomes re-positional, like sticky note paper.

I will also use this with my silicone craft mat and pop glue in the corner of the mat and use a sponge to pick up the glue to sponge onto any die cuts, or even just to create an interesting background to a card, if I want to have a glittery or gilded mottled looking background.

Last but not least is Shimmery Crystal Effects.  It produces a kind of wet glimmery raised look, actually to be honest it reminds me sparkly nail polish, it has a pointy bit that you squeeze the glue out of (you have to cut the end of it off to get it to work), however it's fairly easy to control, and you can add little bits to your work.  It does take while to dry though, so do this last and put your work to one side for a couple of hours.

 Well done you made it to the end of the glues!  I really hope this was helpful, and inspires you to try out different glues (Adhesives) 😉

God Bless love

Heather xox

Just in case you missed the video, here it is: