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WOW #33: Using a Glue Stamp Pad with Glitter

February 24th, 2010 Jen Gallacher

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One of the things that I love about “Work It Out Wednesdays” is that I get to try new things too! Today I pulled out one of my recent purchases–a glue pad. I’ve been hoarding glitter for some time now. And in our very first “WOW” shown here, I taught you how to use glitter with a glue pen. But I’ve been wanting to try adding glitter to a stamped image so a glue stamp pad is a great way to do this!

For today’s project you will need: a glue pad, a stamp, a piece of paper, and some glitter.

Step 1: If your glue pad came with an extra container of glue always add glue to the pad before stamping. Glue pads dry out quickly and need to be re-glued often.

Step 2: Press the stamp onto the glue pad. (Or you can turn the stamp over and tap the glue pad onto the stamp–either way works just fine.)

Step 3: Stamp image onto paper.

Step 4: Place stamped paper onto a FOLDED sheet of scratch paper and pour glitter over the image.

Step 5: Tap off excess glitter (make sure all glitter falls onto scratch paper).

Step 6: Set stamped image aside and lift folded scratch paper. Bending so all glitter falls into fold, tip fold downward into open glitter jar. Allow all glitter to slide back into jar and close. (Scratch paper can be saved for more embossing or glittering later.)

(Note: I set my glitter with my heat embossing gun so all loose glitter would be removed and the remaining glitter would set.)

ALWAYS clean your acrylic stamps with soap and water after using a glue pad. Clean wood stamps carefully with a soapy washcloth and then dry carefully. Glue residue can cause a stamp’s rubber or acrylic to dry out and crack.

Here is my completed project. (I masked the leaf stamp so I could stamp a houndstooth background behind the leaf. If you stamp the houndstooth first, the glitter will adhere to the background and the foreground so be mindful of this when designing your project).

Supplies: Cardstock–Bazzill, Provo Craft; Pattern paper–Stampin’ Up; Stamps–Hero Arts, Technique Tuesday, American Crafts; Stamping Ink–Stampin’ Up, Hampton Arts, Inque Boutique, Versamark; Scallop Sentiment Border punch–Fiskars; Ribbon–Offray; Twine–craft supply; Button–Basic Grey)

Is there a technique you’ve yet to try? Want us to try it for you? Just leave your suggestions in our comments sections below. And if you’re used a glue pad to create a project, we’d love to see that too!!

Jen Gallacher

I am a designer, writer, and all-around crafter. I write the "Stories to Tell" article for Scrapbook Trends magazine and contribute regularly to the blog. You can also find me on CREATV, the Northridge Publishing video channel. Besides crafting, I enjoy reading, riding my bike, and watching television.

You can learn more about me on my blog: jengallacher.blogspot.com