Altered Playing Cards, Week 22; Glue?

I'm once again joining Claudine at Claudine's Art Corner for Week 22 of the APC challenge.  I'd like to begin by telling you my tale of woe.  I had a mouse problem and NOT the kind one of my fur babes could handle.  This one was far worse.  My mouse quit working about the time I scheduled my Wednesday post, which was Tuesday afternoon, when I realized my APCs were not going to be dry in time to post them on Wednesday. So yesterday, I bought a new mouse, got it home and it was supposed to be one that would just plug in and work.  But, the bluetooth device wouldn't load.  I called the store and they gave me as much help as they could, but were baffled, too.  They told me to return it.

Before I could return it, I called my friend Scott, who came by about two hours ago.  He got the mouse to work, but in the process, my wireless keyboard would no longer function.   The two did NOT play nice together, that's for sure. After much fidgeting, Scott, with help from Squiggles, finally got the mouse and keyboard to play nice and accept each other.  That is, until I turn the computer off.  Then I have to go through the set-up again.  Such a hassle.

I had taken a few step out photos of my APCs, but decided to scan the two cards, first.  Now, I can't get my scanner to work!  Not sure what I'll do about that, but I'll cross that bridge hopefully later today when I need to scan my J 52 entry.

But, I'm sure you're ready for less words and a few photos, so here are this week's GLUE inspired APCs.

I started with the two stencils I knew I had (yes, Debbie, that's large punchinella, aka sequin waste).

When I added the glue, I think it had frozen in my craft room.  Some of you may remember  I said how cold it was in there a few days ago.  The glue had separated and was now gritty, "curdled," and thick. 

It definitely didn't want to spread like normal glue.  I thought it would be perfect for this technique, though.

For my second card, I began by laying down a partial page from a dictionary, then used my alphabet stencil

to make the letter "A."

I originally intended to place the "A" to the left, then realized it would interfere with the ribbon I had chosen to sew on the APC.   Then I waited for the glue to dry.  After TWO DAYS, I got out my heat gun and blasted the glue.  

When I did, I made a mess.  The heat gun turned the glue into craters and crevices.  I didn't feel too bad, though, because even Claudine had trouble with this technique.  Of course, her glue dried faster and it hadn't frozen, either.

A really bad photo of both cards showed I sewed the ribbon over the A words and found areas that didn't have mountainous craters to place the word "Fly."  A few flying Tim Coffey stickers and these were finished.

Of course, I was fairly certain the bumps would not scan well, so I decided to take a photo of the dimension I got from the glue and the heat gun.  Please ignore the container of baby wipes in the background.

When I realized I wasn't going to be able to scan these, I did the next best thing, and, since they were already in my office, I photographed them under one of my OTT lights.  It's very obvious, both my red pigment ink and my black pigment ink are on their last legs, because I got a really good stamping.  I went around the apple and the "A" with a red Zig pen.

And even though I couldn't scan them, I feel I got a decent photo of what I made this week.

Thanks for visiting and leaving such wonderful comments on my texture paste "tutorial" and for visiting today, too.  Now that my new mouse is working, I'll be by to visit.  Of course, that means I've got to find time to sleep first, because this has been a trying nearly three days.