Tutorial Tuesday-A Sticker Friendly Technique by Cindy Stevens

Have you ever put a sticker onto your layout and decided that the placement, angle or overall appearance is completely WRONG?  Then, when you carefully try to remove it, you damage your whole project in the process.   I have made this mistake so MANY times.  There is nothing more frustrating than ruining a layout after putting all that time and effort into it.

I have an awesome little trick that has taken away all of my sticker anxiety!  Check it out.

• Adhere your sticker onto a coordinating piece of cardstock, then cut around the edge of the sticker creating a mat.  This takes a little more time, but the effect is worth it.
• Matting your sticker on cardstock, will allow you to reposition it until you find that PERFECT spot where you want to glue it down.

Here are some other things to try.

• If you use a contrasting color cardstock/paper to mat your sticker, it will make the embellishment stand out and keep it from getting lost in the background.

•  If you mat your sticker on paper or cardstock, you can easily turn it into a dimensional embellishment by adding some foam adhesive to the back.  Having the cardstock on the back will keep the sticker from from partially collapsing and sticking to the background.

• Try matting alphabet stickers to cardstock.  This will allow you to find the perfect position for your title or caption without ruining your project.  Try having your title or caption overlap your photo.

I hope that you will give these little techniques a try.  I think that you will find that matting your stickers will allow you so much more freedom when using stickers to embellish your layouts, cards and other projects.

Do you have a favorite sticker technique?  If you do, leave a comment on this post.  I am always looking for new ways to use my stickers on my projects.  If you would like to share a project you created using one of these techniques, post a link to it in your comment.

Happy Scrapping!