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3-D Vinyl
Millie Millieboring@aol.com
I use my computer graphics programs and print on clear transparancies, cut this to the size of the 3-D vinyl and use in windows on the cards I make. I guess all those who use it know that you get a different effect depending on which side of the vinyl you use.
I use my computer graphics programs and print on clear transparancies, cut this to the size of the 3-D vinyl and use in windows on the cards I make. I guess all those who use it know that you get a different effect depending on which side of the vinyl you use.
Ellen (Evo) Gordon evo@pobox.com
What to do with it? Use your imagination! It can be used over stamped images, under stamped images, and around stamped images. You can also stamp on it with dye or permanent inks...but don't try to heat emboss it, it melts. However...hmmmm...that could be a very creative 3D effect, too!
It's smashing in window cards! Appears to pop right out of your cut-out shape in 3-dimension.
I usually use the 3 D as a layering effect. For instance...in the SamHain swap I did, I used a beige card...stamped a line of pine trees across the card. I then glued a layer of the 3D vinyl over this (using rubber cement around the edges) and glued 3 dancing images, that I had stamped on card stock and cut out like paper dolls, on the top of the 3D. The effect is eye boggling. The images on top of the 3D vinyl appear to sink into the vinyl about ¼" or more...and the images stamped behind the 3D give another appearance totally.
I used it as water and the moon. I used a soft copper colored card stock... stamped trees in the background, with a big full moon peeping over and through the trees... lily pads in the middle ground and a sand bank down in the right had bottom corner. All stamping was done in black ink.
Then I cut out the inside of the moon shape with an exacto knife and cut away all water areas around the lily pads. I layered this on 3D vinyl and glued yellow paper behind the moon and aqua paper behind the water. I used rubber cement for the gluing... a thin layer on edges of 3D vinyl and a thin layer around edges of the yellow and aqua papers. As a final touch, I stamped the back of a dog on the copper colored paper, cut him out like a paper doll with scissors and glued him sitting on the sand bank... looking at the moon. (I feel sure he was howling, `cause I tend to howl at full moons also, just for the joy of it! :}>)
By the way, as Tyra Smith said (who has rapidly become an expert on the 3D vinyl)...you can tell which is the front of the 3D by laying something on it, or just placing your fingers on it. They appear to sink into the 3D. weird. The more you experiment with the 3D...the more you discover. There are NO set rules. That's the beauty of this vinyl...everyone playing with it and coming up with new ideas how to use it.
Try layering the 3D vinyl over 3D vinyl....awesome!!! Play with cutting shapes out of the vinyl and layering it over another piece of vinyl. Even MORE awesome! Play with using the back side of the vinyl..layer it with a cutout of the front side of the vinyl....oooooooo...as I said...no rules...3D vinyl is open to your creativity! :}
What to do with it? Use your imagination! It can be used over stamped images, under stamped images, and around stamped images. You can also stamp on it with dye or permanent inks...but don't try to heat emboss it, it melts. However...hmmmm...that could be a very creative 3D effect, too!
It's smashing in window cards! Appears to pop right out of your cut-out shape in 3-dimension.
I usually use the 3 D as a layering effect. For instance...in the SamHain swap I did, I used a beige card...stamped a line of pine trees across the card. I then glued a layer of the 3D vinyl over this (using rubber cement around the edges) and glued 3 dancing images, that I had stamped on card stock and cut out like paper dolls, on the top of the 3D. The effect is eye boggling. The images on top of the 3D vinyl appear to sink into the vinyl about ¼" or more...and the images stamped behind the 3D give another appearance totally.
I used it as water and the moon. I used a soft copper colored card stock... stamped trees in the background, with a big full moon peeping over and through the trees... lily pads in the middle ground and a sand bank down in the right had bottom corner. All stamping was done in black ink.
Then I cut out the inside of the moon shape with an exacto knife and cut away all water areas around the lily pads. I layered this on 3D vinyl and glued yellow paper behind the moon and aqua paper behind the water. I used rubber cement for the gluing... a thin layer on edges of 3D vinyl and a thin layer around edges of the yellow and aqua papers. As a final touch, I stamped the back of a dog on the copper colored paper, cut him out like a paper doll with scissors and glued him sitting on the sand bank... looking at the moon. (I feel sure he was howling, `cause I tend to howl at full moons also, just for the joy of it! :}>)
By the way, as Tyra Smith said (who has rapidly become an expert on the 3D vinyl)...you can tell which is the front of the 3D by laying something on it, or just placing your fingers on it. They appear to sink into the 3D. weird. The more you experiment with the 3D...the more you discover. There are NO set rules. That's the beauty of this vinyl...everyone playing with it and coming up with new ideas how to use it.
Try layering the 3D vinyl over 3D vinyl....awesome!!! Play with cutting shapes out of the vinyl and layering it over another piece of vinyl. Even MORE awesome! Play with using the back side of the vinyl..layer it with a cutout of the front side of the vinyl....oooooooo...as I said...no rules...3D vinyl is open to your creativity! :}
Tyra Smith Cloud9@netnet.net
I like to make embellishments with my 3-D vinyl... I have a small butterfly stamp... I stamp on the 3-d Vinyl, color it in and cut out the butterfly. You can add it to a number of things... :-)
Also, I found... when I stamped a larger butterfly on 3-d vinyl... you should COLOR it on the BACK....not the front... that way, it "shimmers" giving you the allusion of movement. To get this affect, stamp AND color on the BACK of the piece.
Using it as a layering piece is always a go...you know that already... Here's another way I like to use it... Cut an oval out of the 3-d vinyl...then stamp in that oval...say some flowers or just whatever. Then, using Aleene's 3-d foiling glue, take a brush and brush the glue allll along the edges of that oval. let it dry over night.... then use gold or silver foil around the edges. You would then glue that piece to the front of a card.... and I usually take the front flap of the card and cut about ½" off the right side of the FRONT flap...exposing ¼" of the back flap... once again, using the 3-d foiling glue, put glue over the entire exposed ¼" of the back flap, let dry, and use the same color foil you used around the oval. This makes a VERY classy looking card.
Depending on which side of the 3-d vinyl you use, an image either appears to "sink" into the vinyl... or "pop off" the vinyl right at you. Try layering one piece of the vinyl, say like a small butterfly you stamped, colored and cut out...onto a larger piece of the vinyl. this looks pretty nifty.
Or.... put a piece of wallpaper BEHIND the vinyl... you sort of see the wallpaper pattern thru the vinyl...use bright bold patterns of wallpaper...
I have found.... 3-D Vinyl makes GREAT Christmas ornaments... or "sun catchers" you can place in your window.
I like to make embellishments with my 3-D vinyl... I have a small butterfly stamp... I stamp on the 3-d Vinyl, color it in and cut out the butterfly. You can add it to a number of things... :-)
Also, I found... when I stamped a larger butterfly on 3-d vinyl... you should COLOR it on the BACK....not the front... that way, it "shimmers" giving you the allusion of movement. To get this affect, stamp AND color on the BACK of the piece.
Using it as a layering piece is always a go...you know that already... Here's another way I like to use it... Cut an oval out of the 3-d vinyl...then stamp in that oval...say some flowers or just whatever. Then, using Aleene's 3-d foiling glue, take a brush and brush the glue allll along the edges of that oval. let it dry over night.... then use gold or silver foil around the edges. You would then glue that piece to the front of a card.... and I usually take the front flap of the card and cut about ½" off the right side of the FRONT flap...exposing ¼" of the back flap... once again, using the 3-d foiling glue, put glue over the entire exposed ¼" of the back flap, let dry, and use the same color foil you used around the oval. This makes a VERY classy looking card.
Depending on which side of the 3-d vinyl you use, an image either appears to "sink" into the vinyl... or "pop off" the vinyl right at you. Try layering one piece of the vinyl, say like a small butterfly you stamped, colored and cut out...onto a larger piece of the vinyl. this looks pretty nifty.
Or.... put a piece of wallpaper BEHIND the vinyl... you sort of see the wallpaper pattern thru the vinyl...use bright bold patterns of wallpaper...
I have found.... 3-D Vinyl makes GREAT Christmas ornaments... or "sun catchers" you can place in your window.
Rubber Chicken Lady rubberchickenlady@juno.com
Do NOT emboss on 3-d vinyl, it will melt. I have had neat results stamping on the back side with black vivid pad, coloring in with watercolor pencils. I picked an image of 3 fat cats doing aerobics (darling stamp) wearing headbands. It looks great. I also found that it shows up better putting white paper behind the image (mounting)
Do NOT emboss on 3-d vinyl, it will melt. I have had neat results stamping on the back side with black vivid pad, coloring in with watercolor pencils. I picked an image of 3 fat cats doing aerobics (darling stamp) wearing headbands. It looks great. I also found that it shows up better putting white paper behind the image (mounting)
Stacia - Just thought you might be interested in this, I have found that I get the clearest image directly on the 3-D with a Marvy metallic marker. It is by far the clearest I have found. They are kin of juicy, so you kind of have to use your judgment about whether to "blot" on another piece of paper before you stamp the vinyl. I have a friend who is much more patient than I am that embosses on it. I have not had ANY success doing this, but she takes her time and holds the gun a LONG way from the vinyl . She also lays the vinyl over a bowl of ice water while she does it. I am not saying this works, just relaying it. Of course you can stamp on sticker paper and stick on and it looks pretty good. Hope this helps some.
Ellen (Evo) Gordon evo@pobox.com
I've found you really need permanent ink to actually stamp on the 3d vinyl. (Although someone just recently posted about the metallic Marvys...Haven't tried them yet, but sounds good!) Your permanent markers do a really nice job of coloring, also the colored pencils. Try stamping on front and back for different effects...the same with coloring. I usually use the 3 D as a layering effect. For instance...in the SamHain (Halloween) swap I just did, I used a beige card...stamped a line of pine trees across the card. I then glued a layer of the 3D vinyl over this (using rubber cement around the edges) and glued 3 dancing images, that I had stamped on card stock and cut out like paper dolls, on the top of the 3D. The effect is eye boggling. The images on top of the 3D vinyl appear to sink into the vinyl about ¼" or more...and the images stamped behind the 3D give another appearance totally.
Try layering the 3D vinyl over 3D vinyl....awesome!!! Play with cutting shapes out of the vinyl and layering it over another piece of vinyl. Even MORE awesome! Play with using the back side of the vinyl, layer it with a cutout of the front side of the vinyl
I've found you really need permanent ink to actually stamp on the 3d vinyl. (Although someone just recently posted about the metallic Marvys...Haven't tried them yet, but sounds good!) Your permanent markers do a really nice job of coloring, also the colored pencils. Try stamping on front and back for different effects...the same with coloring. I usually use the 3 D as a layering effect. For instance...in the SamHain (Halloween) swap I just did, I used a beige card...stamped a line of pine trees across the card. I then glued a layer of the 3D vinyl over this (using rubber cement around the edges) and glued 3 dancing images, that I had stamped on card stock and cut out like paper dolls, on the top of the 3D. The effect is eye boggling. The images on top of the 3D vinyl appear to sink into the vinyl about ¼" or more...and the images stamped behind the 3D give another appearance totally.
Try layering the 3D vinyl over 3D vinyl....awesome!!! Play with cutting shapes out of the vinyl and layering it over another piece of vinyl. Even MORE awesome! Play with using the back side of the vinyl, layer it with a cutout of the front side of the vinyl
Stampo of Viva Las Vegas Stamps
Stamp a background on a card using any kind of background stamps and then cut a piece of 3-D Illusion Sheet to match the size of the card. Now attach the 3-D Illusion sheet to the card with Viva Las Vegastamps! Miracle Tape (it's very thin and invisible and holds forever). Stamp, emboss and color in your images on kromecote or whatever and cut them out... attach them to the 3-D sheet with Miracle Tape and the effect is eye-boggling... the images on top float and the ones in the background recede into the distance. No need to wear special glasses or have a secret decoder ring or anything! People will hold their hand about an inch above the card trying to touch it! This is a thin sheet but seems like it's way thick when you look at it in use. You can stamp on the 3-D sheet and emboss directly but I think that destroys some of the 3-D effect and prefer cutting out the images. You can also use Marvy Metallics on the matte side of the 3-D sheet and color in water and sky directly on the 3-D sheet if you want. Another great effect is to layer the card using a Holographic Sheet between your bottom layer and the layer you're stamping on behind the 3-D sheet... might as well have the senses totally assaulted!
Good point on the DecorIt ink. I had a card from Jan Fields today using it and she used a red background card and her stamped inner card was cut with a ragged edge and a piece of the 3-D used between the red card and the "inner" card with about a 3/8" border of the 3-D showing all around the card. A very interesting illusion as the inner card seems to sink in as if there's a frame around it. I know that more and more ideas are going to pop up with this 3-D Illusion stuff-stampers are SO inventive.
Stamp a background on a card using any kind of background stamps and then cut a piece of 3-D Illusion Sheet to match the size of the card. Now attach the 3-D Illusion sheet to the card with Viva Las Vegastamps! Miracle Tape (it's very thin and invisible and holds forever). Stamp, emboss and color in your images on kromecote or whatever and cut them out... attach them to the 3-D sheet with Miracle Tape and the effect is eye-boggling... the images on top float and the ones in the background recede into the distance. No need to wear special glasses or have a secret decoder ring or anything! People will hold their hand about an inch above the card trying to touch it! This is a thin sheet but seems like it's way thick when you look at it in use. You can stamp on the 3-D sheet and emboss directly but I think that destroys some of the 3-D effect and prefer cutting out the images. You can also use Marvy Metallics on the matte side of the 3-D sheet and color in water and sky directly on the 3-D sheet if you want. Another great effect is to layer the card using a Holographic Sheet between your bottom layer and the layer you're stamping on behind the 3-D sheet... might as well have the senses totally assaulted!
Good point on the DecorIt ink. I had a card from Jan Fields today using it and she used a red background card and her stamped inner card was cut with a ragged edge and a piece of the 3-D used between the red card and the "inner" card with about a 3/8" border of the 3-D showing all around the card. A very interesting illusion as the inner card seems to sink in as if there's a frame around it. I know that more and more ideas are going to pop up with this 3-D Illusion stuff-stampers are SO inventive.
Karla Molyneaux karlam@pvtnetworks.net
I recently bought some 3 D vinyl in Vegas and can't figure out how to glue it to my cs. Does anyone out there know what kind of glue to use on this? I have tried YES glue and rubber cement, but it won't stick. I would appreciate it if someone would help this newbie. Thanks
I recently bought some 3 D vinyl in Vegas and can't figure out how to glue it to my cs. Does anyone out there know what kind of glue to use on this? I have tried YES glue and rubber cement, but it won't stick. I would appreciate it if someone would help this newbie. Thanks
Chelsquest@aol.com
I use the double-backed adhesive sheets. There are a few different brands of this, but they are usually in the Scrapbook section of craft stores. Buy the full sheets, and adhere to the back of your vinyl, leave the second protective backing on. Now you can store them, and they will be ready to use for the next time you use it.
I use the double-backed adhesive sheets. There are a few different brands of this, but they are usually in the Scrapbook section of craft stores. Buy the full sheets, and adhere to the back of your vinyl, leave the second protective backing on. Now you can store them, and they will be ready to use for the next time you use it.
STEPHANIE A PHILLIPS istamp2@juno.com
I used double sided clear tape. I haven't had a problem with it yet. I use it a lot for layering cs.
I used double sided clear tape. I haven't had a problem with it yet. I use it a lot for layering cs.