Stamps & Glue Pad with Fun Flock Tutorial

We love all the great things Kimberly Crawford creates over at For the Love of Paper! Today’s blog post is a tutorial using stamps and a glue pad with Fun Flock by Kimberly Crawford herself!

When I use Fun Flock, The Essential Glue Pad has always worked well for me. There is a little trick to it, so read on. It also cleans up easily with stamp cleaner. (clean the glue off as if it was ink, any cleaner will do)

When I am going to Fun Flock in a darker color, I stamp the image in ink similiar to the Fun Flock color I am going to use first. Using acrylic stamps makes this so much easier.

Once the colored ink has dried, push your stamp into the glue pad, just like it was ink. Line up the two images and stamp. Here is the little trick *let the glue dry for a minute or two*. Yep, let it just sit there. (remove the stamp though)

After a few minutes, be very liberal with your Fun Flock application. I poured almost the entire bottle over this ornament. Gently push the Fun Flock down onto the image and let it dry for several minutes. (get a soda or a treat while you wait )

Here is the finished card. Fun Flock is wonderful for holiday cards and believe it or not, it is time to start thinking and planning for those! *wink*

For this card, I stamped the leaves on the bottom half of the card with glue and then applied the Fun Flock.

On this card, I stamped the entire butterfly image on the cardstock and another piece of cardstock. The second butterfly got stamped with glue and then Fun Flock was added. I cut out the butterfly and foam mounted it. (stamping it first, lets you “keep” the antennae )

The background was stamped with glue and then Fun Flock was applied. The butterflies were stamped with watermark ink.

Recipe

Stamps:

• SSC169 Wild Blossoms Perfectly Clear™ Stamps
  
• SSC098 Happy Flowers Perfectly Clear™ Stamps
• SSC195 Butterfly Beauties Perfectly Clear™ Stamps
  
• SSC1022 Damask Season Perfectly Clear™ Stamps (to find this stamp set, ask your local retailer. Find your local retailer here)
• SSC1023 Damask Fall Perfectly Clear™ Stamps (to find this stamp set, ask your local retailer. Find your local retailer here)

Other:

• Stampendous Fun Flock (FL402 Chili Pepper Red, FL821 Chocolate Lotto, FL407 Lemonade Yellow, FL803 Pixie Pink )
• Tsukineko Versamark Watermark
• Tsukineko Essential Glue Pad
• Palette Ink (Belle Rose, Chartreuse, Paris Lights, Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate)
• Prism Cardstock (Simply Smooth, Frosted Pink, Intense Pink, Frosted Teal, Intense Teal, Suede Brown Medium, Suede Brown Dark)
• Ribbon (Offray Striped, May Arts White Sheer, American Crafts Pink Striped, Papertrey Ink Pure Poppy Grosgrain)
• Button from Making Memories
• Twine from May Arts

Fuzzy Fun Flock for Miniatures!

Look at this terrific use we’ve found for our Fuzzy Fun Flock! Lesley Shepherd has a passion for miniatures and she’s spent more than twenty years professionally teaching a wide range of crafts. She’s created these beyond adorable tiny rugs and carpets with our vibrant Fun Flock colors. You can read all about them, and Lesley, on About.com: Miniatures. We’re so excited we sent Lesley some goodies to see what else she comes up with.

Here’s Lesley’s review of our Fun Flock
http://miniatures.about.com/od/miniaturebasics/gr/funflockrev.htm

In this 8 step tutorial she uses a swirly organdy ribbon to make an adorable miniature rug:
http://miniatures.about.com/od/dollhouseaccessories/ss/flockedribbonrug.htm

In this 12 step tutorial she uses the Sticker Background Technique to make a miniature rug with snowflakes.
http://miniatures.about.com/od/dollhouseaccessories/ss/Flockedrugs.htm

Adding Fun Flock to the back side of any Class A’Peel stickers and then using the Therm O Web Peel N Stick to create a background with Fun Flock will allow you to adapt this technique to any greeting cards. Like this one:

Recipe for Damask Flower Save the Date Card (card designed by Gennifer Lewis):

Stamps:

• SSC174 Wedding Word Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Stickers:

• AC1015 Scrollwork Flowers Class A’Peel Stickers in Mirror Silver

Other:

• Therm O Web Double-Sided PEEL n STICK™ Adhesive
• FL803 Pixie Pink Fuzzy Fun Flock

The NEW Sticker Background™ Technique!!

You are going to LOVE this new Sticker Background™ Technique! We simply can’t get enough! We’re using it with glitter and flock! Check out all the new video demos with Fran Seiford and then make a Blessing Velvet Leaf Card with the new technique!

Recipe for Blessing Velvet Leaf Card:

Stamps:

• CRL226 Cling Blessings Hemmed
• CRC200 Cling Little Bushel

Stickers:

• AC990VM Jumbo Damask Leaf Class A’Peel Stickers in Velvet Mocha
• AC990VE Jumbo Damask Leaf Class A’Peel Stickers in Velvet Olive

Glitter:

• 255U Copper Jewel Glitter