THE ESSENTIAL GLUE PAD from Tsukineko
I recently purchased the new glue pad product from Tsukineko and have just been waiting for the perfect opportunity to use it!
I've been watching Memoirs of a Geisha, so I was in an oriental state of mind but you get the picture.
So I took out my glue pad, and like the stazon products, the pad is dry and the first thing you have to do is open the refill bottle and ink it up! I used half the pad ... the back of the product says that 1 tsp. of the liquid will do more than 100 stamped images!
Just like an ink pad ... just tap the stamp several times and then press firmly on your cardstock or paper. Then clean your stamp with cleaner, Tsukineko recommends using the Stazon cleaner, which I don't have, so I cleaned mine with the Stampin' Up! cleaner and it seemed to work fine.
I did the first sample with red glitter! I had a little technical difficulty wtih the glitter (not with the glue pad) and ended up with glitter ALL OVER the place! The glitter did go right on, shake off - into my powder pal and back into the container. This card features Stampin Up's Kanji set and NEW stamp I bought last night from Inkadinkado! I loved the quirky "choose your fortune" phrases on it!
For the next sample I tried Pearl Ex powder and was very happy with the results. Just use a soft brush to brush to brush it on, let it sit for a few minutes, then use the brush to brush off the extra powder. I matched Kanji up with Oriental Paintings and a little gold ribbon.
If your local craft store doesn't carry the glue pad, you can buy it from one of these stores!
