Showing posts with label glue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label glue. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Traveling Hearts Wall Art

Brian and I love to travel.  We have been together for almost three years now and in that time we have already traveled to Buffalo NY, New York NY, Portland ME, Nantucket MA, Boston MA, Hampton Beach NH, Cape Cod MA, Atlantic City NJ, Nashville TN, Chicago IL, New Orleans LA, Fairhope AL, Columbus OH, Pittsburgh PA, Provincetown MA, Newport RI and more together.  Because of our love of travel and our great memories of the places we've visited I wanted to make something to remind us every day of those trips.   I saw something that inspired this project on Pinterest or StumbleUpon, I can't remember which, and decide it was perfect. Here is the how-to for my Traveling Hearts Wall Art... hope you like it!


SUPPLIES:



  • Decorative Picture Frame
  • An Atlas or Maps (of the places you'd like to include)
  • A Heart Stencil
  • Pencil
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Ruler
  • Scrapbook Paper



DIRECTIONS:


1) Take the map of your choice and your heart stencil and trace the heart around the area of the city or place you'd like on your wall art.  For example, place the heart over the map of a section of Cleveland and trace it.  I chose six different locations but you can do it as many times as places you'd like to be framed. I placed mine in the order of a six pack of soda because I liked the space between and a more organized, less cluttered  layout but you can get creative with your placement also.


2) Cut out the map hearts.


3) Paste the mapped hearts to the scrapbook paper in the location you want them. Again, mine is two across and three down like a six pack but whatever way you choose will work.  Also, make sure you have measured the scrapbook paper to fit the back of the frame, I usually take the image that the frame comes with, cut it out and trace it onto my scrapbook sheet.  Then I cut out the scrapbook sheet and it's always a perfect fit.  


4) Put your paper with the hearts glued on it in the frame, hang and you're done.


Here is ours... 

We chose:

Chicago           Portland ME        

           Fairhope AL         Boston 
                
New Orleans  &   Pittsburgh








What places would you choose? Maybe a timeline of your life? First date to proposal to wedding and so on? Could be neat!

Monday, March 12, 2012

Glue!

I have done quite a few projects that have required glue and by now I have a favorite I wanted to tell you about! That may seem weird but this one is the best so far.  It's called Gem-Tac and it is made by a company called Beacon.  

Here is a link to their site to learn more about the product:  

I find it weird because I never thought I would have a 'favorite glue', that seems silly but it REALLY, REALLY is the best glue I have ever tried! It dries fast and clear, it has worked for EVERY project I have ever tried and its not too messy.  The bottle is even easy to squeeze which means it doesn't hurt my hand like Aileen's does and the consistency is not too runny or too thick. It's perfect! 

It is a little bit more expensive though. I think at Micheal's, my local craft store, it is around $10 for the 4 oz. bottle but I just wait to buy it when I have a 40% off coupon.  

I really and truly recommend it from the bottom of my crafty little heart so if you are ever fed up with the glue you are using or are looking to try another, choose Gem-Tac!! You won't be disappointed! 


Glue Facts from the Website:

  • Permanent adhesive
  • Bonds gems, sequins, glitter and rhinestones to fabrics
  • Bonds fabrics to glass, vinyl, metal and patent leather
  • A great multi-purpose adhesive
  • Washable, dries crystal clear