"Lovely" Valentine Treats from GlueArts!

We're back and back with more Valentine Treats that use our GlueArts U Cut It Foam!

We'd love to hear from those of you who have used our foam and what you have liked about it? Perhaps the dimension? The bonus of zero waste as every scrap can be used? Or that you can run it through your diecut machine??

Please do share as we would very much like to hear from you!

Today Designers Lesley Langdon and Kristen Swain show how GlueArts U Cut It Foam can make the foundation of a house. (yes a house!!) and an incredible flower!!!

Lovely Valentine House Gift Box

GlueArts Designer: Kristen Swain

Supplies:

Glue Arts UCutIt foam, Perma Tac and Adhesive Squares

Pink Paislee papers

various flowers, brads, twine, pearls, button, tinsel,lace

May arts velvet ribbon

1. Use Cricut Machine and Winter Wonderland cartridge to cut house 3 and house insert from patterned paper.

2. Cut UCutIt foam to slightly smaller for each wall of house insert.

3. Use Perma tac to adhere house, leaving the U Cut It smaller allows the UCutIt to butt against each other forming a solid wall.

4. Cut rectangle piece of paper and insert for bottom of house, using the bottom of UCutIt foam as the ledge to glue paper to.

5. Turn house over and add roof, only gluing one side of roof to house.

6. Adhere outside of house to insert, using Perma Tac, then decorate house with embellishments, using Adhesive Squares to hold pieces on.

Valentine's Treat Bags

GlueArts Designer: Lesley Langdon

Supplies:
Glue Arts U-Cut-It Foam
Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares

Other:
May Arts Ribbon
Spellbinders™ Dies (LF-190 Grand Labels Four, S4-343 Heart Squares, S4-357 Spiral Blossom Three, S5-057 Holly Motifs)
Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur Die Cut Machine
Green Bazzill Cardstock
Spun Sugar Distress Stain (Ranger)
Shimmerz Coloringz Spritz (Pink Stiletto)
Dazzling Diamond Glitter (Stampin' Up!)
Gesso Paint (Daler-Rowney)
Hemp Cord (Fire Mountain Gems)
Hole Punch
Smooth Watercolor Paper
Scor-Pal

Instructions:
1. To make the cardstock treat bag, die cut 2 Grand Labels Four (Spellbinders), score at the bottom of each, fold and glue together using Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares. Punch 2 holes at the top for the ribbon.

2. Die cut a large Heart Squares die cut (Spellbinders) and a Holly Motifs flourish circle (Spellbinders) from white watercolor paper. Add Distress Stain (Spun Sugar) to the inside of the Heart Square. Layer these 2 die cuts with Glue Arts U-Cut-It foam and adhere to treat bag.

3. To make blossom, die cut Spiral Blossom Three (Spellbinders) from Glue Arts U-Cut-It foam, remove plastic pieces and roll, it will automatically stick together when rolled. Apply glitter (Stampin' Up!), it will stick to the foam. Spray pink mist (Shimmerz), let dry. 

4. Adhere blossom, green ribbon leaves, and hemp cord to the treat bag, using the amazingly sticky Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares.

5. Tie ribbon through the top holes.

6. OPTIONAL - to soften the edges, rub GESSO paint around the edges with your finger. You can also try white ink.

7. Insert candy bag, hold in place with Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares.


In celebration of CHA and our partners and many friends today's giveaway is from 7 Gypsies! They've kindly given us two of their new 6 by 6 paper pads! 

And of course we'll tuck in once again our U Cut It Foam!

and our friends at ScrapBands gave us two sets of "bands"  too! 

Simply post a comment and we'll enter you to win! We'll select one random winner next Monday!!