Do you love adding some dimension to your craft projects? I definitely do. Foam adhesives are the way we papercrafters add dimension to our projects. Stampin’ Up! carries five different foam adhesives: Stampin’ Dimensionals, Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals, Black Stampin’ Dimensionals, Foam Adhesive Strips and Foam Adhesive Sheets.
All of these foam adhesives are double sided. To use them you peel them off the waxy sheet they come on, adhere them to the piece you want to pop-up on your project, remove the backing and adhere to your project.
Stampin’ Dimensionals are the hexagon-shaped disks of foam that you are probably most familiar with. They come in white and black as well as regular size and mini. The regular sized Stampin’ Dimensionals (both white and black) are about 3/8” wide and about 1/16” thick. The Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (both white and black) are a little less than ¼” wide and the same thickness.
Foam Adhesive Sheets are 4 ½” x 4 5/16” pieces of foam that are about 1/16” thick. Adhesive sheets can be cut with scissors or die cut with open dies (dies that outline something). They don’t work with intricate dies (I’ve tried…).
Foam Adhesive Strips are perfect for making shaker cards. These strips are 9” long, 1/8” wide and have a thickness of 1/8”. They also work well when making cards/projects that have pieces that slide.
You shouldn’t have a problem adding dimension to any of your projects with all of these different choices of foam adhesives.
The important thing to remember is this: you are not a true crafter until you find the backing pieces from Stampin’ Dimensionals all over your home in the most unusual places. Sometimes I just need to start laughing! Once I found one on my Pilates mat AT the studio. It must have been stuck to my sock or pants. Another time I found one at our family cabin in Canada when I didn’t have any crafting supplies with me! Crazy! Where is the oddest place that you’ve found the backing to a Stampin’ Dimensional? I’d love to know!
Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!