What you'll need: clear contact paper (i.e. shelf liner - mine is from the grocery store); Sharpie markers; tape; scissors; and a pattern to trace - I'm using Elsie Flannigan's adorable "Oh Snap" embroidery pattern (note: tracing a pattern is optional; for those with better drawing skills than I, feel free to draw directly onto your contact paper!)
Step 1: cut a piece of contact paper slightly larger than the pattern you are going to trace. Tape it down on top of the pattern with small pieces of tape at the corners.
Step 2: use Sharpies to trace the pattern.
Step 3: trim the excess contact paper.
Step 4: now peel off the backing and embellish something with your new sticker! I used mine on a formerly-boring magazine storage file. I love these stickers because they can be easily repositioned and removed (great if you have commitment issues, haha). There are so many ways to use them - scrapbooking, cardmaking, embellishing just about anything - the sky's the limit here. Tomorrow I'll share a fun project in which they feature prominently!
Happy Tuesday!
38 comments:
that is such a clever idea!
Oh wow! I really really love that...what a great idea!
I love this! The tracing is very handy for someone like me who can't draw anything to save her life!
I love it! I'm gonna feature it in my next *make it monday* post! (monday feb 22)
This looks so fun! I can't wait to try!
What great idea! Thanks!
xoxo~Meg
I am in love!! I will for sure be on the look out for the clear contact paper. Where did you get the doodles/drawings? did you draw them? they are super cute!!
love this idea! they remind me of shrinky-dinks!
Oh the kinda remind me of Elsie--forgot to say that--:D
Loooooove this! I'm always looking for more reasons to use contact paper and my huge Sharpie collection. :) Thanks for sharing!
Fantastic tutorial :) xxx
I love this cute!
what a cool tutorial... thx for sharing :-)
Is it bad that I just coveted all your Sharpies? :)
Thanks for the tutorial! Love it!
Yay that's such a good idea! Thanks!
Great idea :) thanxx
What a fun idea!
I love this! And the tracing makes it totally do-able! Thanks!
yay! thanks, this is so fun :D
fun!
So cute!!!
I love the little camera patterns, I must go download those!
I am a total sticker addict. You could also attach them to magnet sheets, cut them out and hang them on the fridge! :)
Way awesome!! Thanks for sharing your clever idea ;)
great tutorial!
This is amazing!
Such a cute idea i can't wait to try it :) xoxo
Thanks, everyone - I'm so happy that you all like these as much as I do!
PaperCameraScissors - yup, those are Elsie's "Oh Snap" embroidery patterns. I love them!
Melynda - they are actually Nate's! He really likes Sharpies, so I bought him a huge set that I found on sale a few years ago. I like to steal them for crafting, though!
What a lovely idea!
Great tutorial!
This is awesome!! Wowser :)
I just made some of these and posted them on my blog!
how lovely stickers are, there are so entertained for kids and also for old people don't let it be, it is so fantastic this tutorial because with it I can make a lot of gifts. Buy Viagra Viagra
I love this!! Such a cute and great idea!!
xo
Cody
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Loved this idea soooo much. I tried these first with a permanent craft marker and the image just smudged right off, and then i bought sharpies for the project and the same thing happened??
Are your stickers able to be touched because mine rub away REALLY easily..thus making them kinda useless if i want to reposition them?
I love this idea!
Hm, I've never had that problem, Emma. My clear contact paper is slightly matte - maybe that's what makes the Sharpie stick? Good luck!
How easy would these be to remove? I love this idea as I really want to make something to put on my laptop but i don't want it to be 100% permanent :-/
Anon, they should peel right off - no residue!
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