New Glue Pen that May Stick…and other ADHESIVE Thoughts!
Creative Memories has just come out with a new precision point glue pen. I have talked to several people who have tried this and have found it to really work. I have tried almost every other brand and have been disappointed. The glue dried too fast, it wasn’t as sticky as regular adhesives, and overall seemed to come undone with time. I am excited to give this a try. I have just ordered this and expect to get it and try it this week, so will post directly after that.
I have faith in the CM adhesives because I only use their adhesives now for my scrapbooking (for regular applications…I realize that I also use other things for “raised” applications). When I am making cards, I have used the Mono Adhesive sold through Stampin Up!. However, when I used that in my scrapbooking, I noticed that things came undone easily. The Creative Memories adhesive is the real deal. It is so sticky that you really need to be careful that you don’t get it on your fingers….this can lead to a 2 minute annoying moment when you have to pry it off your fingers. But that is also a good way to show how sticky it is. Their adhesive is really a permanent bond. I highly recommend it over any other adhesive product. I know their items are a little more on the expensive side, but once you find a product that you love, it is actually cheaper to just purchase that item instead of buying more items to keep redoing your pages. I think I will make a “best of” series of posts where I note the best items in each line.
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the adhesive pen from creative memories works great. i just got it this week and have spent a very intensive week scrapbooking (bedrest because of my back) so i have used it quite a lot. it works very well. the paper doesn’t curl up, the glue doesn’t dry too soon. i find that it is just right for what i want to use it for.
Love CM adhesives! Their adhesives are the only stickies I use. The adhesive pen, the tape runner with double sided tape, and the frosted photo splits rock!
I agree about CM products. I just gave away a new tape runner refill, because I thought I had enough left until my next visit with my CM consultant, but boo, hoo, I am out and my CM consultant has the flu…no scrapping for me on this lovely snowy Ohio Day.
I also have to agree… I have never in all the years of scrapbooking run into any significant problems with the CM line of adhesives. I have picked up some space aged velcro from home depot here in colorado, that worked real well in extreme cases.
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September 19, 2007 @ 4:01 pm
My biggest problem with adhesives is it always makes my paper curl up. I try to avoid using it as much as possible. I have found other ways around this, by using brads and eyelets to attach my pictures and things. A good place to get brads and eyelets is at http://www.scrapsandcrafts.com. They have lots of decorative things for your pages.