Stickles - Product Highlight

Hi everyone!  Its Katie here and I would like to welcome you to Clearly istamp on this fabulous Tuesday.  Today I'm going to feature a great little product that I love and that Lori has a plenty in the store.  I don't have nearly all the colors, but the ones I do have I love.

I thought I would share some of the ways that I like to use my Stickles.  Its really limitless, but there are certain "go to's" that I enjoy.

Well, first of all Stickles is a glitter glue, which means that it sticks (lol).  You've seen me do it before, but I love to use my stickles to glue clear embellishments to my projects.  I am a huge fan of clear buttons so you will often see them on many things that I make.

You do have to be patient with Stickles when you use them though.  It does take time for it to dry.  For buttons, I like to smear it around on the backside, but make sure you don't go all the way to the edges because when you place those buttons down, the glue does smash outwards.

The other nice thing about Stickles is that because it doesn't set right away, there is definitely plenty of time to fiddle with it.  In looking at this picture, I would definitely take the larger button and put more on the backside... not my best spread job.  Plus, since Stickles comes in so many colors, you get to see whatever shade you are using under the clear.

Another clear item I like to use my Stickles on are the acetate cut outs.  This flower below was cut with my George Cricut Cartridge using the clear Acetate sheets that you can find HERE.  You can also read about the acetate sheets that are available at the store HERE.  I placed my glue on the backside of my flower then flipped it over into place.

The stickles glue has a very nice tip that is very maneuverable and very easy to control.  In this case, I gently touched the tip of the Stickles tube to the clear flower and pushed the glitter glue where I wanted it.  Remember don't go all the way out to the edge.

After I flipped my flower over, I then got a darker color and added additional glue in the center of my flower.

Here is my finished card.

Another thing I like to do with stickles is to embellishment directly onto paper.  The only thing you have to be careful of is the thickness of your designer paper or cardstock.  Its so easy to jazz up any designer paper.  This particular piece is from the Basic Grey Collection (Porcelain)

Here's another example.  I used the Stardust to jazz up the circles.  Again, so super easy and very easy to control.  I like to squirt a little bit and then move with a circular motion outward as far as I want to go.  Again, using the tip as my tool.  Down towards the bottom, I used the Gold Stickles to add some bling to the star. 

Here's a close up where I used the Orange Peel.  Another cool component is that even though the stickles are colored you can still see traces of the color underneath.

And of course, Stickles are the perfect accompaniment to the numerous stamps available at Clear Dollar Stamps.  Here, I used a previous stamp of the month and added that perfect amount of sparkle.

So, if you are already a fan of stickles, make sure to head on over to the store and stock up!  But, if Stickles are new to you, stock up anyway (lol).  Seriously, these are wonderful embellishments that will add a lot of pizazz to your papercrafts.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day today.

This is Katie signing off for Clearly iStamp.

Comments

[Katie Renz]

Hi Donna,

The border punch is an EK Success one that I purchased at Michaels. Its not the same colors as the others, its pink and gray.

[Christi Bryant]

Katie
Now that you have explained sticklers, how about giving more insite into using acetate?
My husband gave me a huge (4ft square) piece of acetate from his office. And I am stumped as to how to use it in cards.
If you are able, I would love to see a tutorial about acetate. Thanks so much!
Christi

[Christi Bryant]

Thanks for sharing Katie, I have often wondered just what in the world sticklers were! Now how do I choose a color or two or three... ??

[Donna]

Thanks for the ideas of new ways to use Stickles. I love it too but never thought of putting it on clear buttons or the back of acetate! What border punch did you use on the pink border of your birthday card in this tutorial? I don't remember seeing it before. Thanks. Donna

[Gloria Dojlido aka GloriousGreetings]

Great tutorial Katie! I would never have thought to use them on the back of clear buttons. I didn't even realize they were glue based..duh! I will have to pull mine out and try these techniques.

[SMK]

oooh wow! i reallllly love the tree :D great job selling me on Stickles ;)

[Carol Turner]

Katie,
The Stickles are great, I am glad you showed them. My favorite so far out of the few I had used is the Star Dust so many uses.
I does take awhile for it to dry depending on the thickness. I highly recommend putting it up while it is drying so that four footed friends dont come along a stick paws and noses into it. granted my kittie looked even prettier than normal with stickles on her nose and paw but it was not fun getting it out of her fur!!!:)
Katie as usual your ideas and tutorials are wonderful.
Carol