using Glossy Accents with die cut words.

[edie3]

Any tips or tricks on how to do this?

[uncbballfan]

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.

[melissa59]

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Originally Posted by uncbballfan

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.

[buggainok]

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?

[edie3]

thanks fo the info.

[prairiecrafter]

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.

[muscrat]

Are you looking to use it as glue or to make your die cut words shiny? I agree with the others about not using it as glue, but I use a fine tip applicator to put it on the words to shine it up like I did for this card.
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[buggainok]

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Originally Posted by muscrat

Are you looking to use it as glue or to make your die cut words shiny? I agree with the others about not using it as glue, but I use a fine tip applicator to put it on the words to shine it up like I did for this card.
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I love your card, Kathy. You did such a great job on the die cut word!

[muscrat]

Thank you. Its not one of my favorites but it shows how glossy Glossy Accents can be!

[QueenOfInkland]

Xyron machines work great for word die cuts (and lots of other stuff, too!).

You can check them out here:
https://www.xyron.com/en-US/

[harvestmoon]

Kathy...your card looks like it has liquid letters. That's so cool!

[edie3]

Not for glue, but to get that wonderful look Kathy showed.

[QueenOfInkland]

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Originally Posted by edie3

Not for glue, but to get that wonderful look Kathy showed.

Ah!!! Yes, Kathy's word is very cool - love that effect

You could also use clear, detail high-gloss embossing powder, but I don't think you'll get as much dimension as with the Glossy Accents.

[Scrapjanny]

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Originally Posted by QueenOfInkland

Xyron machines work great for word die cuts (and lots of other stuff, too!).

You can check them out here:
https://www.xyron.com/en-US/

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.

[PikkuLilla]

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Originally Posted by muscrat

Are you looking to use it as glue or to make your die cut words shiny? I agree with the others about not using it as glue, but I use a fine tip applicator to put it on the words to shine it up like I did for this card.
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This is very inspiring. I love Glossy Accents but don't use them much. Must try this!

[Janet1000]

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.

[Scrapjanny]

I made a mistake in my earlier post. I don't use Matte Medium. I use Collage Pauge by Aleene's. It costs less and works just as well.

[QueenOfInkland]

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Originally Posted by Scrapjanny

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.

[muscrat]

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.

[mheartm]

try the glue in the su Holiday catalogue - it's great. I'll get another before the end of this catalogue.

[muscrat]

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

[wavejumper]

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.

Mini Applicator Disposable ADHESIVE BRUSH Pack of 100 MA100 at Simon Says STAMP!

You can get them cheaper.

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.

[jephall]

I began papercrafting with quilling and use a long straight pin for applying glue. Or a toothpick. Both are available and cheap.

[jemur]

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.

[Janet1000]

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Originally Posted by jemur

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.

Thanks for sharing this idea.

[Janet1000]

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Originally Posted by wavejumper

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.

[gregzgurl]

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!

[muscrat]

I use my quickie glue pen too. I'm going to give jems suggestion a try. I love simple!

[ShariW]

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.

Just a note, my husband has never used these dies before as they are relatively new in our house and he made a wonderful birthday card for me and glued the word "wife" and a very intricate whole-card layer using the Zig! Worked great! Love that guy. Tomorrow we will be married 49 years! Hope you all don't mind, but I just wanted to brag a little! Thanks.

[muscrat]

Brag all you want! Its hard to find a good man and keep him these days. We celebrated 40 this past June! Wouldn't trade him for a billion dollars!

[buggainok]

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Originally Posted by ShariW

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.

Just a note, my husband has never used these dies before as they are relatively new in our house and he made a wonderful birthday card for me and glued the word "wife" and a very intricate whole-card layer using the Zig! Worked great! Love that guy. Tomorrow we will be married 49 years! Hope you all don't mind, but I just wanted to brag a little! Thanks.

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.

[Sweet RN]

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!

[muscrat]

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!

[buggainok]

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!

[ShariW]

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Originally Posted by buggainok

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!

[gregzgurl]

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...

[buggainok]

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Originally Posted by gregzgurl

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:

[ShariW]

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Originally Posted by jemur

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'm absolutely going to try this idea! Even my hubby thought it was a good idea!

[Carol W]

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Originally Posted by jemur

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.

Well for Pete's sake, isn't that just the cleverest idea?

I'm going to go hunt for some packing tape in the basement because I have just GOT to try this! Thank you for sharing this tip!

[ScrappingPlus]

Love the packing tape idea and also the fine tip for the glossy accents. Thank you for sharing.