#I love stickers

[vishnya-gleb]

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[nidixhobonichi]

Me: Shoot, I used ink that bleeds through my journal paper. What am I gonna do with today’s entry then?

Also Me: Ha, Bet.

[autismdurst]

Tin house for my tiny Fred pig!!

[plushybread]

U・ᴥ・U

[justanemailpigeon]

Sometimes i have the need of giving all young characters that fall from 18 years old a sticker, all kind of stickers. Like ciel phantomhive, i want to give that boy my bag of stickers. Or iruma suzuki, or Elizabeth midford, or wirt and greg or shigeo kageyama, or mabel pines giving all said characters stickers

[morningstarofdawnx]

Wanted people to see the autism whenever Im outside /j

[sapphosweirdkid]

Ahhh bad photos but I put I redecorated my headphones and they look so cuteee (all the stickers are from Poundland apart from the stars which are Hobbycraft)

[mx-giraffe]

Okay but for some reason this kinda sounds like them

Osamu: What’s therapy like? Generally, I mean

Yuma: Well. Your therapist is like "Buddy, my man, my guy, heyy what's goin on? What's up? What's cookin? How's it been?" and then you're like "well this shit happened and I feel sad and shitty" and they're like "Aw yeah that sounds really horrible, what do you think caused you to feel so bad?" and then you think about it and talk about it a bit and then they're like "Well, here're some things that I think might help, do you think they'll help?" and then you're like "This one yeah I think that could work I reckon I could manage that. But this one I dunno I don't think I'm ready for that" and then they're like "okie doke, sounds peachy tah meeee" and you're like "yayyyyy!" and they're like "Is there anything else you wanna talk about? And sometimes you're like "Yup, also I'm really stressed and anxious" and they're like "oh you know why?" and you're like "probably my crushing fear of abandonment and my current situation and trauma and stuff but like idk" and you do the same thing that you did before again. And other times you're like "nope!" and they're like "That's pretty nifty" and you're like "Yup very nifty" and then you're like "okay well I'll see you in two weeks then!" and they're like "Yup! See you then, don't forget to look after yourself and remember that you're pretty nifty too, here's a sticker" and you're like "thanks! I love stickers" and then you leave

[tangleboxtales]

[mysticgeekzartz]

For those of you who wondered how I made my stickers

So how I made my stickers I did not make them in a website like canva or anything like that or got them printed I actually made them all by myself with a few things that I got off Amazon So first you need to get a good sticker paper or the one that you can afford I spent like $25 for a pack of 100 glossy sheets and it was called printable vinyl sticker paper for inkjet printer

This is the brand I use I think you can use whatever brand but use what is best for you You can use mat you can use glossy I use glossy because I like shiny stickers and it makes them pop when I put sparkles on them

Next you will need to have a printer I have an HP inkjet printer also before you get your sticker paper make sure you know what type of printer you have Because some certain types of printers do not support certain types of sticker paper because it can jam the printer and maybe even break your printer so make sure you check that this print paper works for your printer

This right here is my printer that I normally use Just a basic ink jet but also make sure that your printer also supports colored ink as well because if not you're just going to have a bunch of black and white stickers

Then have a drawing program whether that is procreate, fire alpaca, Adobe, CSP, both Paint tool sai's, ect. Whatever drawing program you like to use Just make sure that you can make it transparent in the background when you are ready So you can export it to a different type of program if you decide to do it that way I don't do it that way I actually print it through my drawing program also another tidbit do not use colors that are overly bright especially for using the type of glossy paper I use I learned from experience overly bright colors will make it look washed out and it will not pop so try to make sure you use medium to darks if you can and add lots of shading also make sure you have your line art dark as well so it can show the image well as well I just know from mistakes I've made in the past It's all trial and error my friends

Next how I do it as I make my stickers waterproof I use mod podge I used to spray on stuff I use the gloss spray on I don't use the mat because I don't like Matte stickers And I bought mine off of Amazon for about 10 bucks but it does last me a while except for the times I had a big sticker order then I used a lot more of it but yeah all you need is like a quick little coat I like to make it as my "save" button So my image does not get scratched up and scuffed up because with my type of sticker paper if I'm not careful the image will get all scuffed up which is why I spray so I can preserve the image.

This is the one I use It's lasted me for a good amount of projects also you only need like one or two coats like light coats don't go too heavy-handed or it can make your paper curl and that's something that you do not want and if it does curl put a heavy book on it for a few minutes and it should straighten up enough for you to put the laminate on also make sure you're in a well ventilated area if you are going to spray I recommend doing it outside but if you have to do it inside open a window make sure it's well ventilated and wear a mask You do not want to be breathing in this

Speaking of laminate That's what I use next I use sparkly laminate after the spray has dried and everything I put laminate on it since I do not have a laminate machine or anything I do everything by hand which is not easy to put laminate by hand laminate sheets are like these sticker sheets I use The ones I use are called Cosrk premium holographic laminate sheets And I bought those on Amazon for about 10 bucks each but it does come with a lot of laminate sheets in different styles in one pack You just choose which styles you prefer also it says this in the description but some people tend to forget you cannot print on these laminate sheets It will jack your printer up these are meant to put over an image not to print on an image there was a lot of reviews that said that it didn't work on their printer and I'm like yeah because you didn't use the product right lol So if you do get this product please make sure that you do not print on it it will really mess up your printer

Here's a brand an example of how the laminate looks like also another tip Make sure you keep it in a cool area If the area is way too warm they will curl up and if they do that make sure you just place a heavy book on it and hopefully it flattens out enough which comes on to putting it on the stickers this is a very delicate process because you can mess it up real easily if you are not careful especially if you do not have a machine to help you put the laminate on So I gently pull the laminate off Make sure there's no air bubbles or anything and if you do get air bubbles there are like tools to help get air bubbles out I don't know what the thing is called I think it's like a scraper I don't have that because I get frustrated with it and plus I learned enough to not get bubbles on my stuff anymore but I know what helps is I quickly gently put it on over it like quickly and gently Don't even press it down and then I quickly put a heavy book on it and usually that has worked for me like for a few minutes I put a heavy book on it and then the laminate is straight it barely has any bubbles and that's just the method it works out for me If you have another method try it out

And now for the final which is to put another coat of spray on there to make sure they're waterproof and protected I recommend putting about two coats like the last time light coats And then let him wait for a few seconds until they're not tacky anymore and then once they're all dried up you just cut them out since I don't have a cutter I cut them by hand which is not the easiest either especially if it's a unique shape but I try to cut him the best as I can I'm hopefully one day I can get a sticker cutter but until that day comes I'm going to do everything by hand lol So I hope that answers some of y'all's questions about how I make stickers If you have any more questions don't be afraid to ask me I will be more than happy to help out as you can only say so much on a blog post lol

Here's some sticker examples of the process lol also a little bit of fan art with those stickers And my graphic design skills

[fullofcake]

I love stickers so much unfortunately I have sticker anxiety and can't bring myself to use almost any of them. :'3

I'm slowly getting better tho (I just put stickers on my phone case)

[vishnya-gleb]

I'M FUCKING OBSESSED WITH STICKERS

[nidixhobonichi]

Another Journal Collage, featuring Zayne from Love and Deepspace. I really like this one.

[usahanaberry]

add so much stickers that the character is basically screaming for air and you question your own sanity :3

usahana has arised from the grave with an artwork that’s already a few weeks old (´,,•ω•,,)♡

[yayornaypolls]

Stickers on water bottles

Another thing I love

[sheerakk]

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