3 Tricks – Oh, What a Treat!

With Halloween just around the corner, I thought I would share three tricks with you today for an extra special treat. Repositionable adhesives have been a part of my tickle trunk of supplies since I first started scrapbooking 8 years ago. Several companies make them (Xyron, American Crafts, Glue Arts, Glue Dots, Martha Stewart, 3L, etc.) and I have tried just about all of them.

While I wouldn’t recommend using repositionable adhesive as your final choice for sticking a project together, they are great for trying out where you would like items to go without the fear of wrecking your products when you reconsider. I have also discovered a few other good uses along the way.

1. Rub-on Redo – If you are like me, I get really nervous when working with rub-ons. Sometimes they don’t go down perfectly straight or I just don’t like how they look once I get them down. I recently discovered (by accident) that you can lift up rub-ons by covering a scrap piece of paper with repositionable tape and pressing it onto the rub-on. This lifts off the rub-on without tearing off the surface of the paper.

Journaling Help – I prefer to do my journaling with my computer. When working with journaling cards, which several patterned paper companies include in their collections, you can easily run them through your printer, putting the text in exactly the right spot when you use repositionable adhesives. Follow these steps:

A – Calculate the text area on the journaling card. Create a text box this size using a word processing program on your computer. Type your journaling.

B – Print off the journaling onto plain white printer paper. Hold the paper up to a bright light to check for proper alignment and adhere the journaling card with repositionable tape.

C – Run the printer paper through your printer again and your journaling will now be in the right spot.

Die Cut Holder - If you are like me, it’s my bad luck to only have a small scrap left of the exact colour I need for diecutting. It’s also my luck to have the die shift as I am running it through my diecutting machine. In order to prevent this, run a strip of repositionable adhesive across your bottom plate (which can later be removed with Glue Gone). This really helps to keep those tiny and thin dies in place so absolutely no paper is wasted.

I also want to take a moment to send a special shout out to any of the lovely ladies who joined me at either ScrapFest or CreativFestival these past two weekends for both classes and make and takes. Your enthusiasm and kindness were much appreciated. I hope to see you all at Crop & Create in January!

~ Sarah Hodgkinson

 

Comments

[Tory Frail]

Great tips! Thanks!!

[NinaN]

That's a great tip for printing onto journaling cards! Thanks :)

[Natalie Hall]

Love these tips! Many thanks!!

[dawnll]

Great Tips

[Barb in AK]

Awesome tips on repositionable tape! Really liked the one about rub-ons. Wish I had known that about a month ago, when I accidently got a piece of an unwanted rub-on on one of my layouts. I made a big mess trying to erase it, lift it with regular tape, scraping it with my exacto knife.
Thanks again for the great ideas :-)

[Jill W.]

So helpful!! Thanks!

[Teresa Zuehls]

I really liked the tip for the die. That will solve my problem of having the die shift. Don't know why I didn't think of that.

[May]

Whoa! A whole new perspective on repo adhesives, I already love the fact that I can undo a "mistake" without damaging the paper.
Muchos gracias! Merci! and Thank youuuu!!!!

[Michelle Liimatainen]

here's another tip for rub-ons...UNDU works like a charm on them!!! I've been using it on them for years as I LOVE Rub-ons but get persnickety ones every once and a while. :)

[Donald Smith]

Cool list. Def some good business card sizes in there