#transparent elements

I've been doing a Journal Your Christmas/December Daily album for about four years now. This year I've been using vellum, Simple Stories page protectors and Maya Road transparent snowflakes -- all which just scream out for the Best Glue Ever. On this page I used all three. I started by adhering a vellum envelope with the Best Glue Ever. I like to run thin lines on the back then use my fingers to smear the glue to lightly cover the back of the vellum.

And when you add it to your page, you don't see any of the adhesive. Cool, right?! Next, I had a extra piece of a page protector left over. I've been punching lots of holes for my book, so after sewing around three sides I dumped the holes into the pouch, then folded the top down and sewed it shut. To add it to the page I used a large line of the Best Glue Ever - the glue starts just under the red thread and goes to just past the fold. And, you can't see ANY of it!

After adding a strip of paper across my envelope, I decided to adhere a Maya Road snowflake. So I grabbed the Best Glue Ever and made a swirl on the back.

Then used my finger to smear the glue over the back of the element. This photo is just after a finished, before the glue had completely dried clear & tacky.

The glue dries very quickly, and after you add it to your page it's virtually invisible.

Here is a 6 x 6 canvas using a tag, a rolled rose and a transparency made from a photocopy of an antique slide from one of those 3D viewers - a stereopticon. So I also have the twin image to use on another canvas. I used Best Glue Ever throughout. To adhere my rose I put a big blob on the bottom and let it sit over night to get really tacky.

The Best Glue Ever really is the best glue for adhering transparent elements in your projects. Really. I had several photos I wanted to use on my layout, but couldn't find a pleasing way to arrange them all. I grabbed a 4x6 photo pocket from a Martha Stewart album I bought at Staples and cut it in half.

To adhere it I placed a thin line of the Best Glue Ever all around the outside of the pocket (although I really didn't need to glue the entire edge - just dots around the corner would've been enough).

Once the glue was dry and tacky I placed the photo protector on the layout. And the glue is invisible!

  I also used the Best Glue Ever to adhere the photo to the pocket, as well as the transparent doilies from Maya Road. Love this stuff! Here's the completed layout -

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To create the title block on the cloud paper, I marked the corners of a rectangle the size I wanted the opening to be and used a craft knife to cut the “x” shape connecting the corners diagonally.  I then rolled back each flap, using The Best Glue Ever to hold the coils in place (it dries very quickly!).  Next I pierced the paper every ¼” along the outside edges of the coils and lashed them in place with the Baker’s Twine.

 I treated the transparency with The Perfect Crafting Pouch because it is great at keeping stamps from slipping on slick surfaces.  I then stamped the banner with Stazon Ink and swiped off the powdery residue with The Perfect Cleaning Cloth.  (I also used The Perfect Cleaning Cloth to wipe away the inevitable fingerprints you get when handling transparencies!)The tight control of The Best Glue Ever allowed me to place *tiny* dots of glue along the top of the banner so I could add another piece of twine.

The transparency was layered over the letter stickers with the rest of the title and then the entire assembly was placed behind the opening in the cloud paper – Voila!

The metal plant stakes were adhered to the layout with dimensional glue spots I made using The Best Glue Ever.

Transparent elements can be hard to adhere to projects. Where do you hide the adhesive so that it doesn't show through? If you have the Best Glue Ever, you don't have to worry about that. It dries clear and you need only tiny amounts of the glue - so you'll never see it! I had a Maya Road sheer doily I wanted to add to my layout. I used small drops of the Best Glue Ever all around the doily. I let the glue dry for about half a minute before placing the doily on my project. If I wanted, I could have spread the glue with my fingers over the back.

And when it's dry, you can't see it! Magic? No - it's just really the Best Glue Ever!