Yuck! Melted hot glue.....and stamps!

[Spinning]

Ok I thought this would be fun and I tried it...the hearts came out ok but not as I hoped. The snow flakes don't show up well in the silver glitter glue....Not to say I won't play around with it more but wow does it use a lot of glue!

 

[rvoto]

I have been wanting to try it but I am trying to figure it all out. do you put the glue on the page or do you put it on a table and fight to get it up still alot of questions I have not found any sites to read about it. do you know of one?

 

[Spinning]

This is what I did. I got it from CK mag. I put wax paper down. Then I melted a glob of glue then I put ink on my stamp and plopped in the glue. Let the glue cool. Then I used my finger nail and peeled of the stamp. I think my problem is I don't like the glue edges so I cut them off and I do have a nice heart shape thing to work with BUt it is very expensive! you need to use a lot of glue and if you are using the glitter sticks, on stick almost makes 2 (1x1 stamp size)

 

[rvoto]

thanks that is a great idea. do you think it is worth the money for the pain that it is?

 

[pattyT]

I almost bought a new glue gun the other day (lost mine a Brownies a year ago)...
then I decided to see how you all did with this!

can you chalk it after or something to see if that makes it stand out more?

 

[Spinning]

yes you can add color after it is don't I put more ink on to make it stand out. I like the look and it was fun to play with but I don't think it is on my top of the to do list!

 

[aurora19]

Memory Makers has this technique in the year end Idea Gallery.

They suggest using the plain glue sticks and adding 1 drop of acrylic paint to the hot glue, mixing it up using a toothpick and then stamping it to get a colored "wax seal." Since you can get the clear ones for a good price (I've found them for as little as 20/$1.00 ) it may be something to look into trying. This may also be one of those projects that shows up better when you use darker/deeper colors over white/clear. (or use those metallic rub-ons to highlight your stamped image.) MM also recommends triming the seals with scissors to make a smoother edge.

 

[chessie]

There is a powder called perfect pearls that I use to add color to stamped UTEE . You can put it in the groves of the stamped image with a paint brush.

www.rangerink.com


There is also a special ink that will stamp on anything that a lot of people use when they are not stamping on paper. The name of it escapes me (I don't have any yet). If I think of it I'll edit.

Chessie

 

[pattyT]

is it the VersaMagic stamp?
Just got one in my Club Scrap Pizza Box -
can't wait to try it with UTEE on a summer pool page!