Temptation Tuesday - Ivy Hollow ScrapFusion PA

Today's Temptation was submitted by an Ink Stains reader....

 

Ivy Hollow ScrapFusion PA (Permanent Adhesive)

 

She said her friends had turned her onto this glue and she loved it!

 

Of course when I heard about a new type of glue I was all over it...I am an adhesive addict!  I have tons of different adhesives for all sorts of applications but mostly, I just like trying new glues ;)  So, of course I had to place an order just to see what it was all about.

 

Now when you get your order you get an information sheet which has a cute little fairy tale about how ScrapFusion came about.  I won't ruin it for you but it's neat.  

 

The information side tells all about this new and different adhesive.  First off it's archival; Acid Free (ph neutral); Permanent; dries clear and doesn't harden, stays flexible and never brittle.  It also states that embellishments won't pop off the page as they do with other types of brittle glues. 

 

It says that it will glue just about anything to paper, chipboard, cardboard, etc. One of the surfaces that you are gluing must be an absorbent cellulose base - for example it won't glue beads to acetate, fabric to fabric, or plastics. 

 

It goes on to further state that it's water based and color safe (unless the color will bleed in water), great for binding books; and will not cause your paper to warp or wrinkle under normal gluing conditions.

 

So, after reading this I wanted to give it a try...

 

I glued all sorts of things to my cardstock...various weights of paper & cardstock, watercolor papers, specialty papers, ephemera, etc.  It says it's not meant for vellum but I tried gluing a bit onto my white cardstock and it worked great...  No wrinkles or warping at all, everything stayed stuck where I put it.

 

 

 

I also tried to glue a bit of vellum to some burgundy cardstock and they were right...it didn't work so well.

 

 

So I then I decided to try some embellishments.  I was just grabbing whatever I could find.  I tried sheet metal (copper), a glass bead, plastic bingo markers, washers, a rusty metal disk, a metal label, a glass pebble, a faux gemstone, a wood bingo marker, some mesh netting and even a piece of crochet wire & beads. 

 

It all stuck down perfectly.  I bent the paper this way and that an everything stayed put.  So then I got really radical bending the paper and I was able to pop off the dream label and washer but only after getting a finger nail under each and peeling it off with lots of pressure.  The rest stayed put and when I tried the peeling technique...it actually tore the paper, the items still stayed glued to the paper!

 

 

You can see here by the bead, marker & glass pebble how clear the glue dries.

In person you can't even tell there is glue under it.

 

 

Now, let's talk price...  I bought the variety pack which contains a total of 14 oz of glue for 19.95 + 2.98 shipping (which is their flat rate shipping - unless your order is over 50.00 then it's free).   So I figured it up, that's $1.64 per oz.  MUCH cheaper than most liquid glues on the market that put a lot of claims out there that don't stand up to the test.

 

It comes in 3 very different applicator tops... the regular spout top; a dauber top and a needle top (really tiny metal top) plus there is also an 8oz refill bottle.

 

The best part?? 

It's a small business run by a man & wife 

right here in the US - Black Creek Wisconsin.

 

Now, since I bought the variety pack I would like to share a bit of this glue with a lucky reader.  Simply post a comment on which applicator top you'd like to try and what you might use it on.

 

You have until 10-23 to post your comment to be entered to win.

 

Good Luck Everyone!!