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The Best Card Making Adhesive
This is an update to the article published
in 2002 regarding
glues and card making, while all the information in
the 2002 article is all still current your card making will
be a lot easier knowing the following:
Double
sided finger lift Adhesive tape.
This can come in various sizes, the most popular size is
6mm and 3mm.
The 6mm is a more widely available size and I strongly recommend
this tape
product once you have used it you will never be without
it.
It is so useful for all types of sticking - paper, glitter
board, mirror board, ribbon, fabric, angel hair and dye
cut shapes.It has great adhesive strength and will stick
awkward shapes such as favour boxes or card boxes, it’s
not messy and you’ll get very little waste.
Normally sold on a large continuous roll of 50 metres if
you buy it from Kookykards
There are other double sided tapes that
come in a handy to use applicator, available in permanent
or repositionable types, the repositionable tape is handy
if you want to move and reposition something a few times,
the price range can vary from £1.99 to £5.99
for the top of the range product, however I find the cheaper
product problematic as the tape often snaps rendering the
applicator useless.
A handy tip for using double sided tape.
You can use the tape as a decorative
strip and then sprinkle glitter or accent beads on top of
the tape, it makes fabulous borders or breakers on a card.
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Glue
dots
Glue dots have been around for a while and are very handy for
sticking odd shaped items like paper flower or beads or 3D type
embellishments like chunky beads or rounded items.
It is always good to have these to hand, I often use glues dots
to stick items onto glitter board as normal glues don’t always
do the trick.
Double
sided 3D Pads
These can come in handy packs
pre cut to sizes of 5mm square in depths of 1, 2 or 3mm, used
mostly for decoupage, if you are using a lot of layers the sticky
pad depth is important so that the decoupage does not rise too
high. Extremely useful for decoupage and also for making 3D pieces
of art for cards.
You can also buy 3D
pads on a roll of 3 metres size 12mm x 25mm which are handy
as you can cut the pads to the size you require.
Art
Glitter Glue and Metal Tip
This is a great all round glue,
one of the benefits is that it dries clear which makes it ideal
for glitter work, traditionally used for stamping projects like
medallion stamps
In My opinion it is by far the best glue to stick anything!
The metal tip is essential and works well so long as you rinse
the nozzle out after use with water.
Art Glitter Glue can be used to glue paper, glitter board, mirror
board (any card really) it’s also very good for sticking
3D items like paper flowers as it sets very quickly.
Glue
Pen
This is a very handy little tool,
as the name suggests it is a pen that dispenses glue!
You can write words with it and then cover with glitter or accent
beads to get that really personal result.
It is also a great tool for drawing straight line across card
blanks and then glittering as this looks like a fine wire effect
giving a very subtle effect.
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