Category Archives: Stamp Sets

Beatles & Bugs – Get Well Card

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I have been working with the Beatles & Bugs stamp set, available in the 2017 Spring/Summer catalogue and what a cute set it is. I really wish I had had this set when my son was a small boy, he would have loved it.

I used it today to make a get well card, couldn’t resist the idea of ‘having a bug’ …….. I know I need help………

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beatles & Bugs – Stampin’ Up!

I wanted to have the bugs crawling out from under something and chose to die cut a circle using the Layering Circle Framelits. I very lightly drew around the inside of the chosen die on my Whisper White panel (and rubbed the pencil lines out later) so that I could work out the placement of my bugs. I chose the bug with long legs and antennae …….creepy……..then added some of the ants to give the card a bit more ‘movement’. The bugs and ants were stamped using Archival basic Gray ink and were then coloured in using Daffodil Delight and Wild Wasabi markers.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beatles & Bugs by Stampin’ Up!

I couldn’t find a sentiment that I was appropriate in any of my stamp sets so I found a font I liked on my PC and printed the words onto Whisper White cardstock and then die cut them out. I die cut a larger Wild Wasabi circle to frame the sentiment and added it to the stamped panel using Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Beatles & Bugs by Stampin’ Up!

I added the stamped layer to a panel of Pacific Point with Tombow Liquid Adhesive before adding the whole piece to a Daffodil Delight card base. I deliberately added each layer crookedly to add to the feeling that everything was out of sorts. I added a trail of ants up the inside of the card and the envelope….. eeeerrgghhhh.

I really like the idea of the card but in hindsight I think the Daffodil Delight is a bit bright, maybe a more neutral colour would have worked better. What do you think?

Thanks you for visiting my blog today, come again soon

Mo x

Supplies
Stamp Sets
Beatles & Bugs
Dies
Layering Circle dies
Cardstock
Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Pacific Point & Wild Wasabi
Ink Pads
Archival Basic Gray
Marker Pens
Daffodil Delight & Wild Wasabi
Tools
Paper Trimmer, Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist, Big Shot + Magnetic Platform
Acrylic Blocks
A & B
Adhesives
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid, Stampin’ Dimensionals
Whisper White Envelope

Delicate Details paired with Avant Garden

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I was stamping the beautiful, watercolour style flower from the Avant Garden stamp set in different colours, looking for inspiration for a clean and simple card for a friends’ birthday when I stumbled across Tempting Turquoise, a colour I don’t use very often …………. and I loved it.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Avant Garden and Delicate Details – Stampin’ Up!

I took a panel of Whisper White and stamped the flower once and then again, lower and to the right without re-inking to get a 2nd generation flower.  I added a stem in stamped using Wild Wasabi ink and then added leave using the 1st and 2nd generation Wild Wasabi ink. I stamped the sentiment from the same set  in the Wild Wasabi and added a small Linen Thread bow using a Mini Glue Dot.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Avant Garden and Delicate Details – Stampin Up

I loved the stamped panel but knew the card needed something else to pull it together. I tried a strip of dsp from the The Brights Paper Stack in the Tempting Turquoise but it wasn’t quite what I was looking for. Ribbon didn’t work either, so I started browsing through my stamp sets looking for a border stamp that might work. At that point my order arrived – whoop whoop – and in it was the gorgeous lacy Delicate Details stamp set. This was exactly what I was looking for.

I stamped the lace edge border stamp in the Tempting Turquoise to the left side of the Thick Whisper White card base and added the stamped layer next to it using Dimensionals.

Such a simple card but so pretty. I hope my friend likes it.

Both the Avant Garden and the Delicate Details stamp sets are in this years’ Sale-A-Bration  brochure. During Sale-A-Bration for every £45 you spend you can choose 1 item for free from 12 options available in the brochure with new items coming on the 21st February.  Sale-A-Bration ends on the 31st March 2017.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, come again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp Sets
Avant Garden, Delicate Details
Cardstock
Thick Whisper White, Whisper White
Whisper White Envelopes
Inkpads/markers
Tempting Turquoise, Wild Wasabi
Accessories
Linen Thread
Tools
Stampin Trimmer, Stampin Scrub + Stampin Mist, Scissors, Bone Folder, Clear blocks A, B, C & H
Tombow Liquid Adhesive, Stampin Dimensionals

Dragonfly Dreams meets Falling in Love – Such Gorgeousness…..

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I’ve been playing with the beautiful Falling In Love designer series paper (dsp) lately – we used it in last weeks Stamp-a-Stack and have been itching to use the paper in combination with the new Dragonfly Dreams stamp set and the co-ordinating Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits.  I thought the lovely soft colours would go well with the ethereal dragonflies.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Dragonfly Dreams – Stampin Up

I chose the pink ‘bokeh’ patterned paper for my first card. I love creating this effect with inks, masks and sponge daubers and have used this technique in a class before…….. might try it again soon.  The colours used in the dsp are lovely, Soft Sky, Sweet Sugarplum, Blushing Bride, Very Vanilla and Sahara Sand.

I chose a Blushing Bride cardstock base and mounted the dsp onto a panel of Chocolate Chip cardstock before adding it to the card base with Tombow liquid Adhesive. I felt it needed a darker layer to set off the paler colours and Chocolate Chip has a slight pink tone to it.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Dragonfly Dreams – Stampin Up

I wanted to add a bit of WOW to the card so die cut the cute string of small dragonflies using the fabulous Copper Foil Paper which is so shiny, love it. I added the dragonflies to the card from using tiny pieces of dimensionals to lift them up and create shadow. I added the sentiment from the same stamp set using Chocolate Chip ink.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Dragonfly Dreams – Stampin Up

I love this card so much, not sure I will be able to give this one away……..

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today. If you would like to make the card yourself please click on the ‘Shop online’ button at the top of the page. You can also join my team by clicking the same link.

Mo x

Supplies used:
Stamp Sets
Dragonfly Dreams
Cardstock
Blushing Bride, Chocolate Chip & Copper Foil
Whisper White Envelopes
Inkpads/markers
Chocolate Chip
Tools
Stampin Trimmer, Big Shot + standard platform and 2 cutting plates, Big Shot Die Brush, Stampin Scrub + Stampin Mist, Scissors, Bone Folder, Clear block H
Tombow Liquid Adhesive, Stampin Dimensionals

Stamp-A-Stack update

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Last Saturday I held my first ever Stamp-A-Stack and it went really well……phew…and I didn’t forget anything!!!! Thanks to my lovely friend and downline Jo law for all her help.

crafty-rootes.com – Product Goodie Bag for Stamp-A-Stack – Stampin’ Up!

The lovely ladies who came were each given a goodie bag containing a pack of the Falling In Love designer series paper (dsp), a pack of Linen Thread and a pack of Basic Pearls along with 20 co-ordinating card bases, Sahara sand, Blushing Bride, Soft Sky, Island Indigo, Dapper Denim and Soft Suede and 20 Very Vanilla Envelopes. They also had a little sweet treat each – after all you can’t craft without chocolate (or cake which was provided by the adjacent café for those that wanted it).

www. crafty-rootes.com – Stamp-A-Stack table gifts – Falling in Love dsp –

I set up 5 project tables with 2 card variations per table and the ladies worked their way round from table to table making up to 4 cards at each. At each table the ladies picked up a pack of pre-prepared cardstock layers, then selected and cut the dsp they wanted to use on each card. Each table concentrated on one Stamp set from the Annual Catalogue – Baby Bear, Sitting Here and Touches of Texture – or the Spring/Summer catalogue – Nailed It and Beautiful You – with a mixture of additional sentiments for them to choose from.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Falling In Love dsp Stamp-A-Stack – Stampin’ Up!

The projects all went down well and the Blender Pens and Aqua Painters were a big hit, the ladies loved them. Here are a few piccies for the ladies busy stamping, cutting and colouring. Happy Days…….

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stamp-A-Stack – Falling In Love by Stampin’ Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stamp-A-Stack – Falling In Love by Stampin’ Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stamp-A-Stack – Falling In Love by Stampin’ Up!

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stamp-A-Stack – Falling In Love by Stampin’ Up!

Thank You to all the ladies to came and made it such a great day. I will be running another Stamp-A-Stack in May, date to be confirmed. Let me know if you would like information nearer the time.

Mo x

Beautiful You for Treat Boxes

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I absolutely love the Beautiful You stamp set from the new spring/summer catalogue by Stampin’ Up! The images of the 3 ladies in the stamp set are so versatile and classic and as a bonus, there are lots of great sentiments included in the stamp set as well. What’s not to love…..

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Beautiful You stamp set

Over the weekend I have been making these cute little boxes to give as table gifts to the ladies attending my classes in February.

To make the boxes I used Whisper White cardstock cut to 9” by 4½”. I scored the cardstock at 1”, 4”, 5” and 8” on the long side and 1” and 3½” on the short side using the Simply Scored Scoring Tool. I cut up the short scorelines to form a pizza style box and adhered the tabs using FastFuse adhesive. I stamped a small panel of Whisper White cardstock with an image from the Beautiful You stamp set using Momento Tuxedo Black ink. The sketchy watercolor effect dress is a stamp also included in the stamp set. I used Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo or Daffodil Delight ink pads to colour the lady’s dress then added a scattering of tiny hearts, using a stamp from the Any Occasions stamp set (available for free with a £45 order until the 31st March 2017) and the same 3 colours. The Whisper White panel was then backed with a layer of the same colour as the sketchy dress, i.e. Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo or Daffodil Delight cardstock and added to the box with Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Beautiful You stamp set

I love this box which co-ordinates really well with the 3 projects we will make in the February classes. I hope my ladies like them.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. If you would like to purchase any of the supplies listed below please follow the ‘Shop Online’ button at the top of the home page.Hope to see you again soon.

Mo x

Supplies
Beautiful You stamp set
Any Occasions stamp set
Whisper White cardstock
Bermuda Bay cardstock
Daffodil Delight cardstock
Melon Mambo cardstock
Momento Tuxedo Black ink pad
Bermuda Bay ink pad
Daffodil Delight ink pad
Melon Mambo ink pad
FastFuse Adhesive
Dimensionals
Stampin Scrub and Stampin mist
Stampin Trimmer
Simply Scored Scoring Tool
Acrylic blocks A, and D
Scissors
Bone Folder

Custom Tee – makes great masculine cards

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I have been making a very simple masculine birthday card today using the Custom Tee stamp set by Stampin’ Up! – this set is available in the Spring/Summer 2017 catalogue. I have also used the Designer Tee stamp set which co-ordinates with the Custom Tee set and is one of the options in the Sale-A- Bration brochure – you can choose one free item from this brochure for every £45 you spend until the end of March 2017.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin Up – Custom Tee stamp set

I stamped the larger T-shirt image from the Custom Tee stamp set using Pacific Point ink onto Whisper White cardstock. The sentiment from the Designer Tee stamp set was stamped using the same ink and the T-shirt was then die cut using the co-ordinating T-shirt Builder framelit dies.

I added the die cut piece to a panel of Whisper White cardstock using dimensionals and stamped the Happy Birthday (I love the font) from the Designer Tee stamp set beneath. I add a strip of Silver Foil Paper to either side of the Whisper White panel before layering it to the front of a Pacific Point card base.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Custom Tee stamp set

I decorated the envelope and the inside of the card using a smiley face stamp from the Hello stamp set, now retired – it was one of last year’s Sale-A-Bration choices.

I really like the uncluttered look of this card and I love the Pacific Point which is a colour I don’t often use.

Thanks for visiting my blog today, come again soon

Mo x

Supplies
Custom Tee stamp set
Designer Tee stamp set
Hello stamp set – retired
T-shirt Builder Framelit dies
Pacific Point cardstock
Whisper White cardstock
Silver Foil Paper
Pacific Point ink pad
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Adhesive
Dimensionals
Stampin Scrub and Stampin mist
Stampin Trimmer
Acrylic blocks A, C, and D
Scissors
Bone Folder
Envelope

Avant Garden for a birthday

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I needed to make a birthday card today for a friend. She loves her garden and delicate flowers in particular so I found myself reaching for the Sale-A-Bration stamp set, Avant Garden as one of the images in the set is a really pretty sprig of flowers which she will love, 

www.crafty-rootes.com – Avant Garden – Stampin’ Up!

I stamped the image twice onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock using Momento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured them in with the Melon Mambo, Old Olive and Early Espresso Watercolor Pencils and a Blender Pen. I love these pencils so much and am definitely reaching for them more and more often.  

www.crafty-rootes.com – Avant Garden- Stampin’ Up!

I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Designer Tee stamp set, which is also a Sale-A-Bration choice using Melon Mambo ink. I used the Project Life Corner Rounder Punch to round the top right and bottom left corners of the stamped piece. I wrapped a length of the Solid Whisper White Baker’s Twine  3 times around the bottom of the panel and tied in a bow. I added the whole piece using Tombow Liquid Adhesive to a panel of Melon Mambo cardstock with similarly rounded corners. The whole topper was then added to a Thick Whisper White card base using Dimensionals. To finish the card off I added some Wink of Stella to the flowers……….love a bit of sparkle. 

www.crafty-rootes.com – Avant Garden – Stampin’ Up!

I really hope my friend likes her card. Thank you for visiting my blog today and I hope you will come again soon.

 If you don’t know about Sale-A-Bration…………where have you been!!!! Basically until the 31st March 2017 you can choose 1 item from the brochure for every £45 order, so for a £90 order you can choose 2 items from the 10 on offer and rumour has it more items will be added in mid Feb.

For more information click on the Shop Online Button at the top of this page. If you would like a Spring/Summer catalogue and Sale-A-Bration brochure leave a comment or email me – mo@crafty-rootes.co.uk.

 Mo x

Supplies used
Avant Garden stamp set
Designer Tee stamp set
Thick Whisper White cardstock
Whisper White cardstock
Melon Mambo cardstock
Momento Tuxedo Black ink pad
Melon Mambo ink pad
Stampin Up Watercolor Pencils – Melon Mambo, Old Olive and Early Espresso
Blender Pen
Solid Whisper White Baker’s twine
Stampin Scrub and Stampin mist
Stampin Trimmer
Acrylic blocks D and E
Project Life Corner Rounder
Scissors
Bone Folder
Dimensionals
Tombow Liquid Adhesive
Envelope

Lift Me Up for January Classes

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Last week’s classes saw us using the lovely Lift Me Up stamp set with the co-ordinating Up & Away thinlet dies to make 3 cards.  I wanted to combine the stamps and dies from the Spring/Summer catalogue with the Carried Away Designer Series Paper (dsp) found in the Sale-A-Bration brochure. I cut the 12” x 12” papers down to 6”x 6” stacks – 8 stacks from each pack of dsp, each stack containing 6 double sided sheets – and gave each of my ladies a pack to use in the class. What they didn’t use they took home to add to their stash. 

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Carried Away dsp – Sale-A-Bration

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Lift Me Up stamp set, Up & Away thinlit dies and Carried Away dsp

I chose the ink colours to match the dsp – Night of Navy, Smoky Slate, Watermelon Wonder, Peakaboo Peach and Mint Macaron. 

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Lift Me Up stamp set, Up & Away thinlit dies and Carried Away dsp

The first card was very straight forward and involved stamping the smallest balloon randomly onto a strip of Whisper White cardstock in 4 of the colours. The ladies then chose a patterned paper to add behind the stamped panel using Tombow Liquid Adhesive. The whole piece was then layered onto a Smoky Slate cardbase using Dimensionals. Simple but very effective. 

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Lift Me Up stamp set, Up & Away thinlit dies and Carried Away dsp

The second card was CASE’d from the amazing Australian demonstrator Kylie Bertucci. Kylie made this card using all of the dsp options from the Carried Away dsp and you can see them all by following this Youtube link – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d3w  – she starts showing the cards about 15 mins in. My ladies enjoyed having the chance to select their own dsp for this card. We decided that this card would make a great Valentine card as many of our menfolk don’t appreciate the hearts and flowers, lovey dovey type cards………  

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Lift Me Up stamp set, Up & Away thinlit dies and Carried Away dsp

The last card involved using the Sponge Brayers, a first for many of the ladies who come to my classes. The brayers are super easy to use and each pack contains 4 sponges and 2 handles. After using each sponge you take it off the handle, removed the plastic centre and run it under warm water until the water runs clear and then leave them to air dry. The sponges will become stained but this doesn’t affect them at all.

We used the Peakaboo Peach, Watermelon Wonder and Night of Navy ink pads to colour the background Whisper White panel. The panel initially looks quite mottled but evens out as the ink soaks into the cardstock and dries. The beautiful intricate balloon was die cut from Basic Black cardstock and we die cut some of the dsp to add behind the balloon. The starry night was made using a white gel pen. The whole panel was added to a Thick Whisper White card base.

To purchase any of these products or to join my team please click the Shop Online button at the top of this page.

I hope you like these projects as much as the ladies who came to the January classes did. Thank you for visiting my blog and come again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used
Lift Me Up stamp set
Up & Away Thinlit Dies
Carried Away dsp
Thick Whisper White cardstock
Night of Navy cardstock
Smoky Slate cardstock
Night of Navy inkpad
Peakaboo Peach inkpad
Watermelon Wonder inkpad
Mint Macaron inkpad
Stampin Scrub and Stampin mist
Stampin Trimmer
Acrylic blocks B, C, D, G and E
Sponge Brayers
BigShot, Multipurpose Platform, Precision Base Plate, 2 cutting pads
Die Brush
Signo White Gel Pen
Scissors
Bone Folder
Paper Piercer
Dimensionals
Tombow Liquid Adhesive
Envelopes

Tasty Trucks – Second Time Out

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I used the lovely Tasty Trucks stamp set from Stampin’ Up! again today, love this set and you can choose it for free with a £45 order. For more info follow the link to my shop.

I stamped the truck onto a Whisper White cardstock panel using Momento Tuxedo Black ink as I planned to watercolour the stamped image. Many people don’t realise how versatile these ink pads are – by squeezing the top and bottom of the ink pad between your thumb and fingers you get a pool of ink in the top of the ink pad and that can be used with an Aquapainter, Blender Pen or brush to colour in a project.

For a step by step guide to this technique, as shown in Diana Carr’s picture below, check out this link to her blog – The Secret Life of Paper – http://secretlifeofpaper.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/watercoloring-with-stampin-up-ink-pads.html

I opted to use Peakaboo Peach, Cucumber Crush, Daffodil Delight and Chocolate Chip ink pads for this project and a Blender Pen to watercolour the image with.

www. crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Tasty Trucks stamp set

I added the watercoloured panel to a layer of Chocolate Chip cardstock. I Stamped the bottom of a piece of Peakaboo Peach cardstock with the sweet little cupcake from the stamp set using the Peakaboo Peach ink pad, added strips of Daffodil Delight and Cucumber Crush cardstock and layered the watercoloured piece on top. This whole panel was added to a piece of Whisper White cardstock before being attached to the Chocolate Chip card base.

wwww.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Tasty Trucks stamp set

I added a layer of Whisper White cardstock to the inside of the card as the Chocolate Chip is too dark to write on. I added the truck driving in from the left as a cheeky little touch and followed up by stamping a partial truck on either side of the Whisper White envelope.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Tasty Trucks stamp set

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Tasty Trucks stamp set

This is not a colour combo I have ever used before but I think I like it. Let me know what you think and maybe give me some other colour combinations to try. Thanks for visiting my blog today. Come back soon.

Mo x

Supplies used
Tasty Trucks stamp set
Whisper White cardstock
Chocolate Chip cardstock
Peakaboo Peach cardstock
Cucumber Crush cardstock
Daffodil Delight cardstock
Momento Tuxedo Black Ink pad
Chocolate Chip ink pad
Peakaboo Peach ink pad
Cucumber Crush ink pad
Daffodil Delight ink pad
Acrylic Blocks A & D
Stampin Scrub and Stampin mist
Stampin Trimmer
Scissors
Bone Folder
Dimensionals
Tombow Liquid Adhesive
Envelopes

Custom Tee used for a thank you card

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The Custom Tee stamp set with its co-ordinating T-Shirt Builder Framelit Dies was one of the first bundles that caught my eye in the new Spring/Summer catalogue. I have 2 runners in the family and a daughter who is sport mad and this is such a versatile set for sports fans and so much more.  It would make great hen party invites.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Custom Tee stamp set and T-shirt Builder diesI chose a Crumb Cake card base for today’s card. I stamped the girly style T-shirt onto 3 different patterned pieces all from the Sending Love 6” x 6” designer paper stack. The colour palette for this paper stack is Real Red and Whisper White and although the set is ‘Valentine’ themed, the papers can be used for lots of other occasions.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’ Up! – Custom Tee stamp set and T-Shirt Builder diesThe T-shirts were stamped in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and die cut using the T-Shirt Builder Framelit Dies. I inked around the edges with a Sponge Dauber and the Momento Tuxedo Black ink. I mounted the 2 paler T-shirts onto a strip of Whisper White cardstock using Tombow Liquid Adhesive, one at either end. The darker T-shirt was mounted in the middle using Dimensionals.

I added a strip of Real Red cardstock at the top and bottom of the Whisper White panel. The Basic Black cardstock strip was added to hide a booboo with the Tombow!!! Luckily I really liked how it looked. There is almost always something you can do to cover a mistake…….ask me how I know………

 I stamped the sentiment from the Thankful Thoughts stamp set in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and adhered the Whisper White cardstock panel to the card base using Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.com – Stampin’Up! – Custom Tee stamp set

For the inside of the card I stamped a Whisper White panel with the T-shirt image and added some of the tiny flowers included in the set, using Real Red ink. I stamped the same image onto the envelope to complete the project.

 I am really happy with how the card looks. Clean, simple and very effective. Thank you so much for visiting my blog. Please drop in again soon.

Mo x

Supplies used
Custom Tee stamp set
Thankful Thoughts stamp set
T-Shirt Builder Framelit Dies
Crumb Cake cardstock
Whisper White cardstock
Real Red cardstock
Basic Black cardstock
Sending Love dsp stack
Real Red inkpad
Momento Tuxedo Black inkpad
Stampin Scrub and Stampin Mist
Stampin Trimmer
Acrylic blocks D and H
Big Shot, Magnetic Platform
Scissors
Bone Folder
Dimensionals
Tombow Liquid Adhesive
Envelopes