A Red/Yellow spread using UHU glues

It’s no secret I’m hooked on UHU glue. I’m now a UHU "Gluer," but I’d still be hooked on two wonderful products: UHU Twist and Glue, and UHU TAC. Since I’m working on a one-on-one color swap project, I decided to show how useful these products can be. I also decided to try September’s UHU sample, the UHU Glue Roller, something I have never used before.

Let me begin by saying my friend Norma LOVES dimension. She sent me a "Forest Floor" color swap spread that has a large cookie cutter attached to it. And if you look around my studio, you’ll see lots of her art, including the tree that now lives at the bottom of my art display. Since she likes dimension, I decided to make a piece that includes a fortune cookie that you can add wishes to and store them until they come true. I didn’t have to give a lot of thought as to how to attach the fortune cookie to the spread, since I wanted it to hold and stay on the page, but would also allow Norma to remove it at will. This was, in my opinion, a "no brainer." UHU TAC is the perfect answer for this, so I rolled a small amount in my hand until it was warm, then placed the small ball on the fortune cookie and attached it to the plastic container I cut to hold it on the page. You can see from the photo that it doesn’t take a lot of TAC to hold this fortune cookie in place and believe me, I’ve shaken and even dropped it, and the TAC still held.
The fortune cookie kit was sent to me by Belinda and the instructions came with it, along with the ink pen and the blank fortunes. The instructions were printed on glossy paper, so I got out my red and yellow alcohol inks and went to town.

Then I began the assembly. I started with some really cool paper I had left over from my Asian altered book. I attached it with Twist and Glue, a wet glue I love because, although it is wet, it doesn’t warp or seep through the paper like white glue does. It also holds very well. In fact, I also used it to affix the fortune cookie and its holder, as well as the stack of blank fortunes, to the page.

It took a bit longer to decide how I would attach the chopstick holder that I decided to place the ink pen into. I decided to see if the UHU Glue Roller was up to the task. Since I’ve never used a glue roller before, I had no idea what the glue was like. Let me tell you, it worked GREAT. I was surprised at how easy it was to dispense the glue, how well it held, and how there was absolutely no mess. Now I’m sure that’s no surprise to those who use glue rollers, but for me it was an eye opener. I am now in love with this product, too. Nothing like getting a sample to open up new possibilities. In fact, I went overboard and used it to attach the instructions. The only thing I didn’t use UHU glue on was the "Wish" in the upper middle. I used a pop dot because I wanted it to sit above the page a bit.

Finally, I used one of the blank fortunes and wrote "Red/Yellow Wishes" on the front and "Made for Norma by Elizabeth, October, 2008" on the back. After I photographed it, I realized I should have placed it in the fortune cookie before I attached it, but it also gave me a chance to test the UHU TAC.

The TAC did it’s job perfectly and, after placing the wish inside the fortune cookie, I was able to place the fortune cookie back in its holder with no problems.

Come back tomorrow to see how I decorate the back side of this one. Let me tell you, it isn’t going to be flat like the back of the other spread!!