Clear Scraps Finale!!

This is it!

The final day of our week long partnership with Clear Scraps!

We hope you've enjoyed the projects and now are thinking of new ways you too can use Clear Scraps Acrylic products and GlueArts adhesives in your crafting!

Today we have two final projects that we just know you'll love! Designer Patti Milazzo made a gorgeous home decor piece that just makes us smile! She stamped with paint on the acrylic for a unique background and softened the acrylic with heat to shape the flowers. Imagine that smile if you gave this as a gift!!! Designer Jan Hennings has a fairytale album that is perfect for gift giving to a special couple. Or consider making a Guest Register as well to match!  

Home Sweet Home- Tag Home Decor

Designed by: Patti Milazzo

Glue Arts Supply List: 
Glue Glider Pro with
1/4 High Tac Cartridge Refill - Pro
Mini Adhesive Squares
Adhesive Squares
Extreme Adhesive Squares
U-Cut-It Adhesive Foam
Vellum Instant Adhesive

ClearScraps:
Skirted Acrylic Tag
12” x 12” Acrylic Sheet

Other:
October Afternoon – Modern Homemaker & Early Bird pattern Papers and Stickers
Sizzix Dies – Original: Flowers Layers; Sizzlit – Flowers, Branches & Leaves
Fiskars – Squeeze Punches
Heidi Swapp – Foam Stamps
Acrylic paint; ribbon; small buttons; black hemp

Instructions:
1. First, remove the protective layers from the front and back of the scalloped acrylic tag. Then use foam stamps and acrylic paint to stamp a flourished design on the top and bottom of the tag.

2. Cut a 5” piece of word pattern paper to adhere to the back center of the tag. Use the Vellum Instant Adhesive to adhere the paper to the acrylic. You can use the Glue Glider Pro with Perma Tac Adhesive for parts that will be covered by over laying paper and embellishments.

3. Cut a 4” circle from red pattern paper, distress the edges, stitch and adhere to the left side.
4. Cut a ½” strip of stripe paper and a scalloped strip of yellow dot pattern paper. Trim them slightly wider than the tag. Adhere them across the bottom of the circle.
5. Layer stickers and a 2” scallop punch (yellow dot) with U-Cut-It Adhesive Foam for dimension. Then adhere this to the center of the red circle.

6. Punch leaves and die cut small flowers from pattern paper. Adhere both to the acrylic tag using Mini Adhesive Squares. Shape and layer the flowers for dimension

7. Die cut several flowers from the 12” ClearScraps Acrylic Sheet. Remove the protective layers on the front and back of each flower. With a long pair of craft tweezers or other tool to protect your fingers/hands, hold the acrylic flowers in front of a heat gun – keep the piece in motion a few inches from the nozzle to prevent it from overheating too quickly. When it starts to curl slightly, pull away and carefully shape the petals as desired. Watch your fingertips! 

8. Die cut several pattern paper flowers. Layer the paper flowers and the acrylic flowers using the U-Cut-It Adhesive Foam and the Mini Adhesive Squares. 

9. Tie hemp through red button and adhere to center of flower with an Extreme Adhesive Square.

10. Adhere additional buttons in small flowers with Mini Adhesive Squares.
11. Adhere a large button to the top of the tag with an Extreme Adhesive Square. Then tie a knot in a 6” piece of gingham ribbon and adhere that to the center of the button also with an Extreme Adhesive Square.

Fairy Tale Acrylic Album
Designed by: Jan Hennings

Supplies: 

PermaTac (Glue Arts)

Bind-It All and Owires (Zutter)

Diecut castle (Accucut)

Diecuts, papers, stickers and brad (Crate Paper) 

Clear Acrylic Tag Album with Scallops and Acrylic sheet (Clear Scraps)

hand dyed seam binding

Instructions:

Step 1
Cut off the top portion of the scalloped acrylic tag (Just below the punched hole).

Step 2
Place two of the scalloped tags with the scallops facing the bottom.
Step 3
Place three of the scalloped tags with the scallops facing the right side.
Step 4
Using Clear Scraps Acrylic Sheet and Accucut Castle die, cut a castle.
Step 5
Position all scalloped tags so they align on the left side.
Step 6
Use Bind-It All to punch holes on the left side.
Step 7
Use 3/4" Antique Gold Owires to bind the left side.
Step 8
Position the castle on the right side and punch holes and bind.

Decorate as desired using Crate Paper stickers, papers, diecuts and brads.

Step 9
Step 10
Adhere Crate Paper Diecuts with Perma Tac Adhesive.

Step 11
Make a shabby bow using hand dyed seam binding and add a fabric brad. Wire the bow to the left side of the album.

We have one final project from our special Guest Designer...Pinky Hobbs!

Happy Camping Mini Book

Guest Designer: Cristal "Pinky" Hobbs

Supplies:

GlueArts Glue Glider Pro with Extreme Tac

GlueArts Extreme Adhesive Squares (since I used wood and paper together)

Clear Scraps CUSTOM word album (mixed with acrylic and chipboard)  

Happy Camper line from Imaginisce

Dimensional Pearls from Ranger

Real Wood Paper from Creative Imaginations

So that's our week!

We hope you've found some inspiration and are excited to start crafting with Clear Scraps and GlueArts! A special shout out to our Guest Designer, Pinky Hobbs! We hope you'll visit Pinky's blog and leave her some praise! And don't forget to visit the Clear Scraps blog for more inspiring ideas!

Last...leave us a comment for your final chance to win!!

Clear Scraps has provided a fun item or two for us to include for this week's giveaway! We have a Scalloped Tab Album and the Deco XL Shapes to give away!

 And it would not be a proper giveaway if we didn't include our GlueArts adhesives which make creating these projects a snap! We're including our GlueArts Vellum Adhesive, our GlueArts Hot Glue Gun and a pack of Refills and our GlueArts Extreme Adhesive Squares!! 

Simply leave us a comment and you're entered to win! We'll select one random winner on Monday to win!! Good luck!! 

We'll see you back here on Monday with a new week of beautiful projects!!!

Thanks for being a GlueArts fan!