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If you're trying to adhere them with Glossy Accents, I'd say stay far, far away from the Glossy Accents.
And get you some matte gel medium and a Fineline applicator bottle (the 18-gauge one, not the 20-gauge). This works like a dream.
Before I learned about the matte medium, I would pour a small puddle of Glossy Accents onto a post-it and then take a toothpick and dab it on the words.
__________________ Linda E
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If you're trying to adhere them with Glossy Accents, I'd say stay far, far away from the Glossy Accents.
And get you some matte gel medium and a Fineline applicator bottle (the 18-gauge one, not the 20-gauge). This works like a dream.
Before I learned about the matte medium, I would pour a small puddle of Glossy Accents onto a post-it and then take a toothpick and dab it on the words.
I love my Glossy Accents, but it's not for fine detailed pieces. I was reminded of that today when I accidentally got a bit on a visible area of a card and it dried "glossy." (Imagine that!) I had to put a sentiment on the card to cover it up.
I love Glossy Accents for certain things, but I don't think I would use it to adhere die cut words unless that was the only adhesive I had in the house!
It's hard to get out of the bottle, and I don't think its very well suited for fine work like die cut words.
Could you use something else instead that is more user friendly, like Tombow Mono Multi, or even a fine tip glue pen?
__________________ Bugga in OK
"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." Dalai Lama
I use the precision tip with my glossy accents. This tip allows for a fine line. I have used it for dies, but I like to put it on the front of words to make them pop more.
__________________ Mary Jo
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I used to use my Xyron for words, but I have ruined many die-cuts this way. They tend to curl up and fold over onto themselves, and then the adhesive gets into the wrong places. It has happened too often for me, and now I use either Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive, Matte Medium, or PVA glue. I have all of them in fine-tipped bottles, and they work great - especially the Matte Medium.
I've tried various methods to do this die cut word stacking, and Ranger Matte is the best to work with in my opinion. I have a needle nose top on the bottle, which really helps with this task. I used to paint the matte glue on before I had the fine tip applicator.
I used to use my Xyron for words, but I have ruined many die-cuts this way. They tend to curl up and fold over onto themselves, and then the adhesive gets into the wrong places. It has happened too often for me, and now I use either Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive, Matte Medium, or PVA glue. I have all of them in fine-tipped bottles, and they work great - especially the Matte Medium.
I've had good luck with my Xyron. Sometimes maybe climate makes a difference? I use the permanent Xyron cartridges. Another option is spray adhesive.
I can't use wet/liquid adhesives (even with fine tips) on my delicate die cuts because I cannot get it neatly applied. That's just me
I know, like you, many paper crafters are able to successfully use the adhesives that work for you.
__________________ "May your mind whirl joyful cartwheels of creativity." - Jonathan Lockwood Huie.
For those of you wondering how I got the glossy shine using glossy accents on my word die, I have my glossy accents in a fine tip glue pen (18 gauge). Once I glued the word down with tombow mono multi I took the fine tip bottle and squeezed the glossy accents on the letters as smoothly as I could and allowed to dry. Does that make sense? Hope I explained it OK....just ask if I didn't. Thanks.
Its good for glueing but not for getting the glossy shine on things. Don't even try it or you will get glued fast and ruin your project. Ask me how I know? LOL
To adhere the word down you could use double sided tape or paper. Stick to the back of the paper piece you are die cutting the word from and then peel the back when you are ready to stick to the paper. Might not be the most economical but if someone is struggling with glue....
I got these tiny foam tips after Jennifer McGuire showed them because of seeing people saying the fine gauge bottles were clogging.
I have had trouble with glossy accents on fine things. I did a frame once to make something look art framed like the black metal frames. Totally curled in a bad way and I never could get it to sit right. Maybe I should have glued it down first but I was afraid of messing up the whole card if it didnt work. If it did sit, the minute you handled the card, it popped again. Someday I will work that out as I still like the idea.
I make my die cut words glossy by first adhering a piece of packing tape to the cardstock and then cutting the word from that. No muss, no fuss.
I use this stuff all the time for art projects, but I never would have thought of this! Great idea. I'm going to try this today and see if I end up with fast, affordable high gloss words.
I have had trouble with glossy accents on fine things. I did a frame once to make something look art framed like the black metal frames. Totally curled in a bad way and I never could get it to sit right. Maybe I should have glued it down first but I was afraid of messing up the whole card if it didnt work. If it did sit, the minute you handled the card, it popped again. Someday I will work that out as I still like the idea.
I have had other glues do that to me also. I've had pretty good success in gluing stuff down first, then floating the Glossy Accents on top. But I prefer to float the glue before I adhere the word to the card - I've been known to have an accident or the cat jumps in the lap - something - and I have Glossy Accents on the card front and not the word. And you can't recover from that.
I have used masking tape (repositionable, not the brown stuff) and put the word on the tape then floated the GA across the top. When dry, I pealed the word off the tape. My tape is roughly 2 inches wide.
I stack my words so there are 4 copies of the word glued on top of each other, which helps it from curling also- so I don't know if it's the stacking or putting the word on repositionable tape that is the key but it seems to work.
Since the original topic got derailed to a discussion of glues and, since I haven't seen this suggestion yet, I'll just throw out there that I LOVE my Quickie Glue Pen for tiny areas that require adhesive! It "writes" the glue like a pen, so it's really easy to get glue on tiny areas. I use my tweezers to lift the diecut and position it on my project...
And thank you, Kathy and Jem, for telling us how to make our diecuts glossy - I'm going to try both methods!
I've had good success using my Zig two-way pen just dotting along the way. It doesn't dry too fast and sticks really well. I also use Multi Medium Matte, but it takes a lot of power to get the glue out. Also the SU two-way also works good if the tip hasn't been mashed - which happens all the time for me! I tried the Quickie Glue Pen but it dried too fast from beginning to end.
I've had good success using my Zig two-way pen just dotting along the way. It doesn't dry too fast and sticks really well. I also use Multi Medium Matte, but it takes a lot of power to get the glue out. Also the SU two-way also works good if the tip hasn't been mashed - which happens all the time for me! I tried the Quickie Glue Pen but it dried too fast from beginning to end.
You should brag! Congratulations on 49 years! You obviously have a keeper. I'm very impressed that he made you a card - so sweet. My sweet hubby and I are coming up to the Big 50 next month.
__________________ Bugga in OK
"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." Dalai Lama
For those of you who use glossy accents in a fine tip bottle, can you give a little more information? I'm wondering if you use an empty used bottle or if you buy them, where do you find them? Great idea I'd like to try!
__________________ Sweet RN
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I use some I got at Walmart online. I think they were made for quilling but work fine with glossy accents. I just wipe off the tip and tap the bottle on the table to push glue to the bottom when I'm done.
Jems idea of putting packing tape on your card stock and then die cutting is brilliant! I tried it!
Ditto on the packing tape idea. Sounds like it would work really well and I'm going to try it. It would probably work with other shapes of dies, too, if they were small enough to fit on the tape!
This is why I come here almost every day, and have for quite a few years. Someone always has a wonderful idea of something new to try!
__________________ Bugga in OK
"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." Dalai Lama
You should brag! Congratulations on 49 years! You obviously have a keeper. I'm very impressed that he made you a card - so sweet. My sweet hubby and I are coming up to the Big 50 next month.
CONGRATULATIONS! Next Friday we start the countdown to our 50th! Have a wonderful time celebrating!
__________________ ShariW
Trust in the Lord with all thine Heart-Prov.3:5a
Congrats, Shari and Bugga! I'd be celebrating 40 if I'd kept the first one, but he had to go... Coming up on 22 with my "keeper", though...
Good for you, Sue. Mine is the second time around, too. My hubby just had his 90th birthday! He was married for 17 years before we met. He is a funny one, and says "I count all my time, because I served it."
So, actually it will be MY 50th, but his 67th, lol.:mrgreen:
__________________ Bugga in OK
"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." Dalai Lama