Change is a good thing. In my project for today, I changed some plastic packaging material from trash into a beautiful embellishment. The first step was to treat the plastic with the Perfect Crafting Pouch. Then I stamped the butterfly image with Stazon ink, and colored in a few areas with markers:
I had an experiment I wanted to try. I coated one of the butterfly wings with the Best Glue Ever and set it aside until it dried.
This product dries clear and tacky so when it was ready, I simply sprinkled on various shades of glitter. The result was a lovely transparent effect. Next, I coated the second wing with the Best Glue Ever and immediately added the glitter, setting it aside to dry. The result was much more opaque…a different look but still lovely. I don’t know if you can see the difference in this picture, but it is obvious in real life.
To finish, I used the Perfect Crafting Cloth to clear away the excess glitter. I creased the butterfly in the center, and added a small stripe of glue on the back of the butterfly’s body and set it aside. I wanted to use it on a card, and printed one of my favorite sayings on some vellum. I treated the vellum with the Perfect Crafting Pouch before it went through the ink jet printer. Here you can see where I added the tiniest dots of glue to the back of the vellum – the applicator for the Best Glue Ever allows you to be so precise in your application that you never waste glue nor do you ever make a big mess!
As I was assembling the card, I decided to add some small gems to the flower centers on the patterned paper. I used my Embellie Gellie to pick up and hold the gems so I could apply a tiny dot of…you guessed it…the Best Glue Ever. I let the glue dry for a moment so it could get nice and tacky before applying them to the card. I just love the way it turned out!
Here is another butterfly I created and decided to use for home dec:
Thanks for stopping by, and remember that change is a good thing!
Susie
