He Loves Me!! He Loves Me Not!!

He Loves Me...for sure!!!

We're finishing off our week with Little Yellow Bicycle with a final celebration of Cupcake Love!!

All week long we've shared with you creative ways to use this sweet and cupcake filled line. Today Designers Leslie Ashe and Cheri Wenger proclaim their love for their sweethearts, family and friends with beautiful, unique layouts and a card that if a friend sent to me....well would make me feel very special...don't you agree?!

He Love Me Layout

Designer: Leslie Ashe

Supplies:

Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro with Extreme Tac cartridge

Glue Arts 3D UCut It Foam Adhesive

Glue Arts High Tack Crop & Glue (I used the lines)

Glue Arts Extreme Mini Adhesive Squares

Little Yellow Bicycle Cupcake Line

Other Supplies:

Letters: American Crafts Thickers

Cardstock: American Crafts

Ribbon: May Arts

Punch: Martha Stewart Border Punch, EK Success corner rounder

Pen: Le Pen by Marvy (black)

-stack the other 2 borders on on top

-using the LYB Small Shape Die Cut, place 2 of your 3 pictures on top using Glue Arts Extreme Tac adhesive and place directly under borders

-leave a small gap between first 2 pictures and last one (you will journal here)

-place last photo close to the right side, also under borders.

-at the top of your border, place the LYB chipboard "LOVE" (sort of to the right)

-using letter stickers, spell out "he" and add an " 's" to the "love" chipboard

-using letter stickers, spell out "me" on the bottom right of your last photo.

-right above your borders and "love", place a small heart strip cut from the shape die cut paper you have your first 2 photo's on.
-above those, place 2 scallop tags (it's one circle, you cut it in half to get 2)
-at the top left side, with a black pen, write "he loves me not?, he loves me! he loves me not?"
-place border stickers at bottom of first 2 photos, then on last photo (you're going to stack the white scallop then the pink on top)
-on the 2nd photo - to the right, add heart chipboard and a heart button using Extreme Mini Squares:

-on the last photo, add another heart button under your "me!"
-add a tiny strip of patterned paper on top of border stickers on all photo's.
-tie a bow with pink ribbon and add to left of layout.

-stick 2 LYB heart stickpens under
-at top of layout (on borders), using the line High Tack Crop & Glue, place a strip of ribbon. Do this same step for the right side where ribbon will go (under love)

-journal in your gap

Sweet Friend Card

Designer: Leslie Ashe

Supplies:

Glue Arts 3D UCut It foam adhesive

Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro with Extreme Tac cartridge

Little Yellow Bicycle Cupcake Line

Other Supplies:

Letters: American Crafts Thickers

Border Punch: Martha Stewart

Pens: Zig Rollerball (silver), Martha Stewart (black)

Directions:

-cut patterned paper 6x12, fold in half, score

-punch bottom of card (front and back) with border punch

-add LYB shape die cut paper to front of card using Extreme Tac adhesive

-stack LYB lollipop chipboard on top of each other using 3D UCut It Foam adhesive

-using letter stickers of your choice, spell out "hi, my sweet friend" around the circle of the small shape die cut

-using silver pen, dot each letter & use black pen to dot under the title of your card

Love these Girls Layout

Designer: Cheri Wenger

Supplies:

Glue Arts: Glue Glider™ Pro with High tac and extreme adhesive, U-Cut-It Adhesive Foam and Micro Extreme Adhesive Squares

Sakura Quickie Glue pen

Little Yellow Bicycle Cupcake Love Collection: Lollipop Stripe with Glitter CS; Canvas Border Stickers; Flower Button Dots; Favorite Pieces Cardstock Stickers; Heart Cut-Out Sheet with Glitter; Chipboard Shapes and Journal Tablet

The Paper Company: 12 x 12 Sea Glass Metallic CS

Bazzill - lime green cardstock

Cheri Wenger Swirly QZ’s Collection (svg files) with Silhouette personal diecutter [diecut flourishes] - http://www.mygrafico.com/digi-tools-brushe.../prod_4506.html

Assorted Buttons; rhinestone brad (Stampin’ Up!®); photo; black marker

Instructions:

1.Cut out Love Banners from CS sheet. 

2. Diecut letters in fonts of choice for title and swirly flourishes using personal diecut machine. Gather other supplies you want to use on layout.

3. Postion border strips, title banners, swirl flourishes, matted photo, journaling sheet, flower chipboard, ribbons and layered Flower Button dot on top of metallic sea glass cardstock.

4. Cut out thin strip from Lollipop Strip with Glitter CS and cut out stickers from sheet leaving backing on for positioning purposes. DESIGNER TIP: Figure out positioning of elements and take digital photos for reference when removing and gluing items onto layout.

5. Remove backing from border strips or apply extreme adhesive directly to back side of bottom border. Carefully align with top of layout and slowly apply to layout. You won't be able to reposition so be sure of placement. Adhere 2nd border strip on top using Pro with Extreme Adhesive.
6. Cut (4) 2" strips of pink ribbon. Use Pro with high tac or extreme adhesive and apply it to back of ribbons using scrap paper beneath.
7. Apply U-Cut-It to back of L & V banners to raise these up. 

Add O & E banners with Extreme Adhesive and Pro. TIP: you can use your Micro Extreme Adhesive Squares packaging to mark placement while you are adding adhesive to the back of the banner.

8. Use pro and high tac adhesive to attach large flourish to layout. Add matted photo on top at an angle, but don’t press down left corner yet!
9. Remove backing from stickers & add snap shot and date to layout. Wrap excess from date sticker around back side of layout.
10. Place thin strip, flourish and chipboard flower over journal sheet to add journaling to sheet prior to attaching to layout underneath photo edge and other elements. (This way if you make a mistake you can fix on sheet before attaching permanently to the layout.
11. Attach strip at an angle over top with Pro and add adhesive button flower on top. Use high tac to attach flourishes and chipboard flower. Use Micro Extreme Adhesive Squares to attach all buttons to layout.
12. Use cutting knife to make a slit to insert rhinestone brad onto top flourish.

Valentine Card Set

Designer: Kristen Swain

Supplies:

Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro and Perma tac, Adhesive Squares, UCutIt foam

papers/journal spots/ chipboard/ felt stickers, stickers- Little Yellow Bicycle

ribbon- www.etsy.com/shop/scrapinkris

button/twine- craft supply

border punch- martha stewart

white cardstock

Feb 14th Card

1. Punch out white cardstock to the size of journal spot, adhere using Perma Tac to both sides of journal spot, then adhere to card base

2. Cut strips of foam, and adhere to square journal spot and round Feb 14th spot, then adhere to card.
3. Tie ribbon bow, adhere to card with Adhesive Squares, then adhere button and twine using Adhesive Square.
4. Tuck smaller round sticker under large journal spot.

I Love Sweets

1. Cut base into 5x5 square. Punch border with white cardstock, adhere across bottom of card using Perma Tac, then adhere fabric sticker across base.
2. Cut journal spot in half, add small strip of punched cardstock to top using Perma Tac. then adhere to card using UCutIT foam.
3. Adhere felt sticker and small round stickers to card, then add sticker greeting across felt cupcake.
4. Tie ribbon bow, adhere to card with adhesive squares, adhere button with twine as well. 

Well like they say all good, sweet things must come to an end and this is the end of our week with Little Yellow Bicycle's Cupcake Love collection! We hop you've enjoyed the week, have taken a moment to say hello to LYB on their Facebook page and visited the LYB Blog for more inspiration and ideas!

And we hope you've left us a comment! We're giving away a full set of the Cupcake Love Line and Embellishments to one lucky winner.   It's a prize pack full of goodies we know you're going to love! And it's really no good to just have the products if you don't have the best adhesives to use to create all those pages, cards and such! So we're including a Glue Glider Pro, our Ribbon Adhesive...that we know you'll love, our Extreme Adhesive Squares (perfect for those chipboard embellishments) and our 3D Combo Pac for when you need a little lift!


Just leave us a comment today and we'll announce a random winner Monday here on the blog!

You have through this Sunday to get your Glue Girl Design Team application in! If you have said to yourself you would love the opportunity to work with our partner companies such as Little Yellow Bicycle and have access to Glue Arts stellar line up of adhesives...then this is the team for you!  Please be sure to email with any questions at Gluegirl@gluearts.com! Click here for details!!!!!      

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