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Post by wagleg on Apr 4, 2016 16:07:48 GMT
I have a bunch of Thickers, but they are never the right color or size or style I'm looking for. Which is why I'm asking which kind of Alphabet stickers do you use and love?
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Post by dulcemama on Apr 4, 2016 16:46:49 GMT
October Afternoon, Mini Markets, Sticky Keys and the larger alpha sheets that come with the collections
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Post by nitad on Apr 4, 2016 20:48:08 GMT
That's the reason I love my alpha dies! More time consuming than stickers but I can do them In whatever colour I need and I don't run out of vowels!
I don't have a cameo or anything similar but I have been able to collect a few different alpha sets for use with my big shot that are quite versatile. Now....that doesn't mean I don't also have a ton of alpha stickers as well!! LOL
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Post by cannmom on Apr 4, 2016 21:02:59 GMT
I love the October Afternoon mini market alphabets. I usually use a combination of a Thicker type letter sticker and something smaller like the mini markets.
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Post by GiantsFan on Apr 4, 2016 22:32:03 GMT
OP- I have no ideas for you. But this is the reason I bought all those Quickutz alphas and then Cricut and cartidges. I didn't like pre-buying letter stickers or thickers because they never matched or I ran out of the letter I needed.
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Apr 4, 2016 23:18:08 GMT
Sadly, the ones I loved the most are no longer. The ones made by Frances Meyer & Making Memories where you could pull the sheets off the roll will forever be my favorites. I have them in every color in every font they made. Knowing I can't get them anymore makes me want to hoard them, but I am trying to resist that urge, lest their adhesive dry out and they become useless. I also loved Making Memories' rub-on alphas. And waaay back in the day when I used to hand cut my titles, my favorite font/template was Watermelon made by Scrap Pagerz. Alas, that company seems to be gone, too. Which is why nowadays if Thickers doesn't fit the bill (which is often my problem), I use my Slice (and hopefully my Cameo) to make my titles. Sorry. Doesn't really help you, does it? Your question just made me nostalgic, so I had to whine. I apologize.
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Post by oaksong on Apr 5, 2016 0:27:33 GMT
I like collections that come with matching alpha stickers (Simple Stories, Fancy Pants have cute ones) and buy them when available. Besides that, I have OA and other packs that the daily deal sites offered a while back. Plus Thickers. Plus my Silhouette which I use a lot for titles. Plus calligraphy and handwriting. I'm pretty well covered any way you look at it.
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Post by grammadee on Apr 5, 2016 2:45:34 GMT
I am not a big Thickers fan. I buy them because I think I will like the texture and depth they provide a page, but when they start falling off the sticker sheet &/or the page I have affixed them to, I. Am. NOT. Happy.
When I buy a collection pack, I usually pick up an extra letter sticker sheet. Echo Park, Fancy Pants, and Simple Stories and others have large title sized letters, plus smaller sticker letters and words that can be sprinkled in the journaling. And often different collections by the same company will have different colored letter stickers in the same font, and they can be mixed on a page.
And I seem to have a bunch of Basic Grey sheets of letter stickers, different font on each sheet, 2 colors per sheet, 2 sizes per color.
I also buy the Simple Stories Sn@p letter sticker packs. They are mid sized, so can be used in titles or subtitles, and come in several colors per package, all the same font. Have used those a lot. I also pick up Recollections and other manufacturer's letter stickers from Michaels or WalMart: several packs at a time if I like the color and the font.
This is why I don't use my Cricut very often: my first place to look for title letters is in my sticker stash.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 5, 2016 3:53:45 GMT
Back in the day when I closed my store, I had rolls upon rolls of the Making Memories Little Letters or whatever they were called. When I sold off the remaining store inventory, I kept a ton of those stickers in every color and I still have a bunch of them. I also like the Doodlebug stickers that have about three styles of smaller letters all in one color on a 6x12 sheet, I have those in the colors I use most (pink, purple, white, black plus colors for Halloween and Christmas). I never got into the Thickers because everybody always complains that they don't stay stuck, and ain't nobody got time for stickers that don't stick! Now that said, my all time favorite font is CK Handprint. I never had a Quikutz, but years after they weren't as popular anymore I was able to get both the uppercase and lowercase die sets for that font in the small size for a great price so I snapped them up! I like that I can cut it out of any color I want and won't ever run out of certain letters. I cut them with my Big Kick.
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Post by wonderwoman on Apr 5, 2016 4:46:12 GMT
I love Thickers, OA Mini Market, Elle's Studio, Jillibean Soup, Basic Grey Typeset....
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Post by mikklynn on Apr 5, 2016 14:23:57 GMT
I never met an alpha Thicker, sticker, or die I didn't love!
I use a lot of OA and Thickers.
Except for the foam Thickers, I just run all Thickers thru the Xyron when I use them.
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Post by scrapcat on Apr 5, 2016 15:13:03 GMT
Yea I tend to not use thickers that much, I don't have many either.
I love Amy Tangerine's letter booklets bcz they have a lot of letters, but they are also somewhat sheer fyi. I use them a lot.
I also use Simple Stories Snap letter stickers.
I realized I mostly look for black and white, so I just picked up some styles I liked at Michaels during a sale, MAMBI has some good sets and even the more generic brands.
It took me a while to realize I don't really use the fancy, stylized fonts and mostly just like a basic slab serif or sans serif.
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Post by LisaDV on Apr 6, 2016 15:46:56 GMT
I also loved Making Memories' rub-on alphas. These were my favorite too. I really like the mini square ones from various manufacturers.. Most of my thickers were either a clearance price or included in a kit. I'd always buy a 2nd or 3rd for kits because I always seemed to run out of alphas I need. But I like my electronic cutter too, although I did just buy some dies for my big kick too. And I used to use a lot of alpha stamps.
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Post by PaperAngel on Apr 6, 2016 21:39:54 GMT
I alphas! In addition to dies, stamps, & Thickers (with added adhesive), I frequently use October Afternoon Daily Flash & Mini Market, Jillibean Soup Alphabeans, Doodlebug Skinny Cardstock, & Simple Stories Snap stickers. HTH, & happy shopping!
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Post by jtmom on Apr 7, 2016 1:30:10 GMT
I have an alpha obsession, alot of different brands but I always go to Jillibean Soup or October Afternoon first, also really like the Bella Blvd sheets but not sure they still make them.
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Post by joblackford on Apr 7, 2016 2:42:07 GMT
I have a ton of Simple Stories Snap stickers - they are a size I like, they have a decent number of letters for your $$, the colors work with what I like. I also have some very basic Ali Edwards and Kelli Purkey ones in neutral black grey white. KP sold some really great ones on huge sheets several years ago and I was so bummed they went away. They were perfect for me. Her new ones have been good though. I got some Jillibean Soup ones that worked quite well. Some basic black ones from Michaels. I hate the sheet I got with some random Studio Calico kit I ordered. No numbers, which sucked since I mostly used them for PL. And hardly enough letters to make even a couple of words.
I'm still waiting for someone to realize that PLers need certain letters more than others... W E K M T F S in particular! And number sheets that have a lot of 1s and 2s. Or am I the only person who uses (used) tons of alpha stickers for PL and wanted some consistency?
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Apr 7, 2016 3:12:06 GMT
I've been using (finally, thanks to a video that convinced me to cut them off of their sheets and thus move them in front of me at my desk and not put them with my paper) my Lily Bee alphas. I got most of them in an amazing grab box (the second to last one she had...the last one sucked by comparison) and love them a lot. I also enjoy using my Simple Stories sn@p alphas. I've purchased several on sale/clearance as well as receiving them here and there in my GB kit subscription. There are also sticker sheets that go with collections and I have a variety of those. But I have hundreds of Thickers and they are my go to sticker so I'm probably not much help in enabling for alternatives.
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Post by anniefb on Apr 9, 2016 1:17:31 GMT
I use quite a variety of alphas - a number of those mentioned plus Ali Edwards. I also have quite a few alphabet stamps. I like that you can vary the colour using different inks. They're some of my most used stamps.
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