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Post by justcindy on Oct 16, 2018 0:07:00 GMT
Since purchasing some of the AC big sticker books, and a few of Amy Tangerine's books, I've accumulated quite a lot of the stickers printed on clear plastic. I LOVE them......when I put them over white cardstock. But that's really limiting me to many I can actually use. How do yall use your clear stickers? I'm thinking of just sticking them on white cardstock and cutting them out, THEN attaching to my pages. But I don't see myself doing that for all of them! Kinda bummed because they are so cute but just don't show up how I like on anything other than plain white.
Cindy in Texas
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Post by artisticscrapper on Oct 16, 2018 0:33:30 GMT
I usually use white or a pale color as well. Instead of just a rectangle shape sometimes I use dies—oval or scalloped to soften the edged since sometimes a white rectangle looks a little stark.
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Post by joblackford on Oct 16, 2018 1:06:25 GMT
I found the sticker book stickers to be too thin for my purposes, so I put them on vellum and cut them out. That might work for the clear ones too, so you get some translucency. TBH I haven't managed to use any of the clear ones I have. I find clear things troublesome.
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Post by justcindy on Oct 16, 2018 4:45:23 GMT
Jo, I love the vellum idea! Sounds like no matter what I just have to resign myself to backing them and fussy cutting....uggghhh
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Oct 16, 2018 9:25:52 GMT
Ooh I'd never thought of putting them on vellum. I also mostly use them on white cardstock because of how crap they often look on other colours or prints.
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Post by grammadee on Oct 16, 2018 11:00:35 GMT
Jo, I love the vellum idea! Sounds like no matter what I just have to resign myself to backing them and fussy cutting....uggghhh Are you fussy cutting each letter? I put stickers that blend in too much on the page onto a contrasting colour cs and then cut out the word or the whole title. I use my cutter to make strips. Sometimes I snip one or both ends of the strip to make banners. If you cut a white title block ahead of time with a punch, die, or your cutter, you can ink the edges to blend in with your background. Sometimes i I swipe some paint under the title area so the letters will stand out more. I like joblackford’s idea to use vellum. |
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Post by mikklynn on Oct 16, 2018 13:33:11 GMT
I found the sticker book stickers to be too thin for my purposes, so I put them on vellum and cut them out. That might work for the clear ones too, so you get some translucency. TBH I haven't managed to use any of the clear ones I have. I find clear things troublesome. I love the vellum idea, too. I'm going to try that. I generally put them on white cardstock, then fussy cut them. I avoid purchasing them, as a rule, because it's annoying. |
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Post by joblackford on Oct 16, 2018 14:50:29 GMT
I got myself a ScanNCut right after I did the vellum thing so I haven't tried it, but I was thinking I'd put all the stickers I liked onto one sheet and have SNC cut them out for me. I don't know if you have a cutting machine, or needed a push to invest in one...  You could also try putting them on vellum and then die cutting/punching them into shapes like artisticscrapper said. The vellum would blend better than cardstock so you could more often get away with a circle/shape instead of a fussy cut. |
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Post by justcindy on Oct 18, 2018 4:26:55 GMT
LOVE the idea of a swipe of paint on the paper where I plan to place the stickers! I can't
wait to try that idea!!
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