New Sakura Product News Comes in Threes
Sakura of America, the inventor of gel ink, introduces three new craft products - Six new colors of Glaze raised ink pens, Quickie Glue fine-line glue pen and Stardust Clear Glitter Only gel pen. All three products are ideal for use and embellishing craft or scrapbooking projects.
Hayward, CA (PRWEB) May 1, 2005 -- It is always news in the papercrafts and
crafting industry when Sakura of America announces a new product. That news
becomes even bigger when Sakura announces three new innovations, as it does now
with its Quickie Glue™ glue pen, Stardust™ Clear sparkling gel pen and six new
colors of the highly acclaimed Glaze™ raised-ink gel pen.
At 2005's
premier tradeshow for scrapbooking and crafting, The Craft & Hobby
Association (CHA) show in Atlanta, Sakura previewed these new products to 18
leading designers and editors. Every attendee was excited with the variety and
innovation Sakura introduced with these three new products. Attendees included
such noted craft designers such as Susan Cobb of Hot Off The Press®, Creating
Keepsakes Hall of Fame scrapbooker, Brenda Arnall, Lisa Galvin, Andrea Johnson
of Mrs. Grossman's® Paper Company, Tera Leigh, Margaret Hanson-Maddox, Mary
Lawler, Lisa Pavelka, Vicki Schreiner, and Suze Weinberg. Other attendees
included key editors from important scrapbooking and craft magazines such as
Better Homes & Gardens® Creative Collection, Creating Keepsakes®,
Expression®, and Memory Makers®.
Quickie Glue
The first product
introduced was Quickie Glue, a two-way glue in a ball-point barrel. As simple as
this may sound, crafters and scrapbookers are continually frustrated by the
problems that glues present like uncontrolled spreading or globbing. In
contrast, Quickie Glue lays down a smooth line just like a regular gel ink pen.
Quickie Glue is versatile too---creating a temporary or permanent
bond.
Even "seen-it-all" crafters are impressed with Quickie Glue. Tera
Leigh, author of a new book on Faux Mosaics, says, "Quickie Glue is a wonder!
The ability to apply a quality glue product in a defined space without pooling
or messing around with brushes or other applicators is a huge time saver.
Quickie Glue is also perfect for children or adults with hand problems because
of the ease of use. Anyone who can use a pen, can use Quickie
Glue!"
Besides simple adhesion, scrapbookers and crafters can use Quickie
Glue to create embellishments. Sprinkle glitter on a straight, curvy or dotted
line with Quickie Glue and crafters have instant sparkle. Quickie Glue's
controlled flow is excellent for foiling techniques with foil paper. Draw a line
with Quickie Glue, let dry for five minutes until tacky, place the foil paper on
the area covered with Quickie Glue for 30-40 seconds and quickly remove. Voila!
foiling easily done without heat guns and messy powders.
Quickie Glue is
currently available in a one-pack pouch with a Manufacturer's Suggested Retail
Price, or MSRP, of $2.49 each and is merchandised in a 24 pouch counter cup
display.
Stardust Clear gel pen
Since Sakura introduced Stardust
sparkling gel pens, craft designers have suggested that Sakura create glitter
gel with just the sparkle - no color. Little did they know, it was already in
the works. Stardust clear is ideal for papercraft and scrapbooking accents in a
0.5mm bold line and removes the hassle of messy powders or waiting for the heat
gun to warm up that used to be needed to create sparkling effects on paper.
Stardust Clear's qualities are best expressed by independent designer
Mary Lawler, "The Stardust pen is ingenious. Now I can get a fine, elegant line
and sparkle at the same time. It's perfect for outlining and underlining on
light as well as dark paper. I like to use it as a drop shadow on title
lettering to make it pop. The shimmer is so beautiful I want to use it on
everything." Stardust Clear is available in a two-pack pouch with an MSRP of
$3.38and is sold in an 18 pouch counter cup display.
Glaze Raised gel ink
- six new colors
As the inventor of gel ink, it was no surprise that Sakura
was the first company to create 10 vibrant colors of raised ink, giving
designers an instant embossed effect for papercrafting and other crafts. You can
now add six new colors---sepia, turquoise, hunter green, royal blue, grey, and
white---making a grand total of 16 colors. These new colors were based on input
from leading designers who work with Sakura products in a variety of media.
As professional crafter Sharon Silver says, "the richness and
versatility of the six new Glaze colors add an extra punch to my existing
designs, particularly the opaque white glaze. Try it on dark paper and prepare
to be wowed."
For those who didn't hear about Glaze, in late 2003, Sakura
came out with the first pigmented, three-dimensional gel ink. Drying to a gloss,
Glaze produces a water-resistant 0.70mm bold line. Most inks slide and run off
smooth surfaces, but Glaze clings to most non-porous surfaces like stickers,
ceramics, metal, plastic, iridescent mylar, as well as coated papers. It is also
fun to use for personalizing cellphones and MP3 player cases.
As with the
original Glaze, the raised ink rewards the patient crafter as it requires a few
minutes of drying time to achieve its full raised effect on stickers and other
non-porous surfaces. It also gives depth to gift cards, wedding invitations, and
handmade stationery.
The Glaze new colors will be sold in two-pack
pouches and will have an MSRP of $3.96. They are also being sold in a six-pack
color assortment with an MSRP of $11.88.
New colors of Glaze are
available in three different displays: 1) a corrugated counter display with 24
ten-pack sets of original colors and 12 six-pack sets of the new colors, 2) a
wire rack display which holds 24 ten-packs of original colors along with 12
sixpacks of new colors and 120 two-pack pouches of the ten original colors.
The Glaze new colors are also available in a pouch-only wire rack which
includes 12 two-packs of each of the six new colors and 24 two-packs of white.
This merchandiser also includes 12 two-packs of original glaze black, blue and
Glaze clear.
Headquartered in Hayward, CA, Sakura of America is the U.S.
subsidiary of privately held, Sakura Color Products Corp. of Osaka, Japan.
Besides Quickie Glue, Stardust Clear, and Glaze products, Sakura is the
acknowledged inventor of Pigma® ink technology and oil pastels along with many
other high-quality writing instruments and art materials.
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