How to make a sticker?
Many people remember how popular various stickers were among children and teenagers. Now they have become less popular, however, there are many fans who collect stickers, stickers and other nice little things. Next, we will look at how you can make a sticker with your own hands at home.
How to make a sticker
To make a sticker at home, you will first need a printer, several sheets of paper, scissors, tape and a container of water.
- First, find a suitable image that will serve you to create a sticker.
- Print it out on a piece of paper in such a size that it will not more area strips of tape.
- Cut a small strip of tape and apply it to the sticker.
- Iron the tape and make sure that there are no un-glued areas or stripes on the strip.
- Next you need to cut the workpiece.
- Fill a small container with water room temperature. Place the workpiece in it and place an object on top to press the workpiece to the bottom of the container.
- Wait 10-15 minutes.
- Take out the workpiece and carefully remove the paper from the film. Do not press too hard on the paper, as it is already wet, so it will be easy for the sticker to come off.
- Peel the sticker off the paper completely and leave to dry for 15 minutes.
The sticker is ready and can be glued to the refrigerator, cabinet or any other flat surface. Now let's look at another way to create a sticker.
Making a sticker with your own hands
A sticker is essentially the same sticker, but more complex to make, but still capable of making a strong impression.
To create a sticker, you need, as in the previous case, to first find a suitable image. In addition, you will need to use a special program, such as CorelDRAW, to make the image in vector form. You can do this yourself or contact a printing company that will create a mock-up of the image for you. Then you can proceed directly to making the sticker.
Double-sided tape is incredibly convenient, practical, and relatively inexpensive. It is used for many types of handicrafts, including making stickers with your own hands. The reasons why people want to make stickers without double-sided tape vary. We will not dwell on them, but will immediately move on to the instructions.
3 ways with regular single-sided tape
If it is not possible to use double-sided tape, regular tape will do.
Method one
Take a wide piece of tape and place it on top of the front side of the sticker. Next, we cut off the excess with scissors, leaving a little around the edges, copying the contours of the picture. Due to the protruding adhesive tape, the sticker is attached to surfaces.
Improved method
Glue the first piece to another piece of single-sided tape (to the non-sticky side). This will create a sticker with a completely adhesive back side.
Third way
- Cut a rectangular piece from the tape.
- Roll it up into a tube and straighten it so that outside There was an adhesive layer.
- We glue one side of the tape to the sticker and straighten it.
- The result was a homemade double-sided version of adhesive tape.
Glue
Using regular PVA glue, pencil and other types of stationery, you can stick single-sided tape to the picture. Simply cover the entire back of the sticker and place it on the glossy side. All that remains is to trim the sticker along the contour.
Advice
The glue method works better on masking tape: it also sticks well to different surfaces, but thanks paper based The sticker will stick more firmly.
Another method with glue
This time without tape: just cover with glue reverse side drawing and wait for it to dry. When the time comes to stick the craft, we wet it a little and the sticky layer “comes to life.” And it’s even easier to immediately place the drawing in the right place after applying the glue.
All these methods are inexpensive and convenient, but with double-sided adhesive tape this work will be even more enjoyable and faster.
Good afternoon.
A sticker is not only fun for children, but also sometimes a convenient and necessary thing (it helps you quickly find your way around). For example, you have several identical boxes in which you store various tools. It would be convenient if each of them had a specific sticker: drills here, screwdrivers here, etc.
Of course, you can now find a huge variety of stickers in stores, but still, not all of them (and it takes time to search)! In this article I would like to consider the question of how to make a sticker yourself without using any rare things or equipment (by the way, the sticker will not be afraid of water!).
What do you need?
1) Scotch tape.
The most suitable regular tape. On sale today you can find tape of various widths: for creating stickers, the wider the better (although a lot depends on the size of your sticker)!
2) Picture.
You can draw the picture yourself on paper. Or you can download it from the Internet and print it on a regular printer. In general, the choice is yours.
3) Scissors.
No comments (any will do).
4) Warm water.
Regular tap water will do.
I think almost everyone has everything they need to create a sticker in their home! And so, let's move directly to creation.
How to make it waterproof sticker yourself - step by step
STEP 1 - search for a picture
The first thing we need is the picture itself, which will be drawn or printed on plain paper. In order not to search for the image for a long time, I simply printed it on a regular laser printer(printer black and white) picture from my previous one about antiviruses.
Rice. 1. The picture was printed on a regular laser printer.
By the way, there are now printers on sale that can immediately print ready-made stickers! For example, on the website http://price.ua/catalog107.html you can buy a barcode and sticker printer.
STEP 2 - processing the picture with tape
The next step is to “laminate” the surface of the picture with tape. This must be done carefully so that waves and folds do not form on the surface of the paper.
Scotch sticks only on one side of the picture(from the front, see Fig. 2). Be sure to smooth the surface with an old calendar or plastic card so that the tape sticks well to the paper with the picture ( this is a very important detail).
By the way, it is undesirable for the size of your picture to be larger than the width of the tape. Of course, you can try to glue the tape “overlapping” (this is when one strip of tape lies partially on top of another) - but the final result may not be so great...
Rice. 2. The surface of the picture is covered with tape on one side.
STEP 3 - cut out the picture
Now you need to cut out the picture (ordinary scissors will do). The picture, by the way, is cut out to the final size (i.e. this will already be the final size of the sticker).
In Fig. 3 shows what happened for me.
Rice. 3. the picture is cut out
STEP 4 - water treatment
The last step is processing warm water our workpiece. This is done quite simply: put the picture in a cup of warm water (or even just hold it under running tap water).
After about a minute, the back surface of the picture (which is not treated with tape) will be well wet and you can easily begin to remove it with your fingers (you just need to gently rub the surface of the paper). There is no need to use any kind of scrapers!
As a result, almost all the paper will be removed, and the picture itself (and a very bright one) will remain on the tape. Now all you have to do is wipe and dry the sticker (you can wipe it with a regular towel).
The resulting sticker has a number of advantages:
It is not afraid of water (waterproof), which means it can be glued to a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.;
When dry, the sticker adheres very well and sticks to almost any surface: iron, paper (including cardboard), wood, plastic, etc.;
The sticker is quite wear-resistant;
Does not fade or fade in the sun (at least for a year or two);
And lastly: the cost of its production is extremely low: one sheet of A4 - 2 rubles, a piece of adhesive tape (a few kopecks). Finding a sticker in a store for that price is almost impossible...
PS
Thus, at home, without having any special equipment. equipment, you can make fairly high-quality stickers (if you get your hands on them, you won’t be able to tell them apart from store-bought ones).
That's all for me. I would appreciate any additions.
Good luck with your images!
Not many people know, but on the social network VKontakte, in addition to the ability to buy and use special stickers, it is also possible to create them yourself. However, revealing the true essence of creating stickers, many users will be very disappointed, since the administration greatly limits these possibilities due to some side aspects.
Creating VKontakte stickers
It should be noted right away that before moving directly to resolving the technical side of the issue regarding the placement of stickers on the VK.com website, it is important to establish clear rules, if fully observed, your stickers can be allowed into the store. In particular, the list of such rules can include:
- each image must have a resolution no more and no less than 512 pixels wide and the same height (512x512);
- the background of the pictures should be extremely transparent with neat cutouts of the main part of the image;
- each graphic file must be saved in png format;
- All images included in the set of stickers must be exclusively copyrighted and must comply with generally established censorship requirements.
Learn more about additional aspects directly related to the process of creating a set of stickers for VK, possibly in a special community created by the administration.
You can only hope for successful publication of stickers if the moderators like the idea of creating them.
- The administration of the mentioned community will contact you to confirm cooperation, clarifying most of the technical aspects and side conditions. In addition, the discussion will reveal the process of earning money from your stickers after they are published.
- Your stickers will be rejected for some reason and you will be notified accordingly. It is also quite possible that you simply will not receive any notification if your proposed cooperation is rejected.
This is where the official methods end. However, if you are not satisfied with the end result, you can still try your hand by offering your own set of stickers in other in social networks or the administration of various add-ons.
If you decide to start creating stickers with your own hands, our tips will definitely come in handy. There are several ways good advice, with which you can easily make an accessory at home. The main thing is to remember how to act and be careful.
We make stickers at home. Simple ways
Now you will learn a few good methods so that you can quickly and effortlessly make a sticker at home. The costs will be minimal, but the result will please you.
There are some other nuances. You will need them. Here's what the expert notes: “If you use self-adhesive film, it must be purchased in stores that have proven themselves well in the market. Otherwise, your parts may end up being of poor quality due to a poor adhesive surface.”
Scissors must be sharp. Sometimes it is more convenient to use large rather than small scissors, since they can easily trim the outline without making unnecessary uneven cuts. The scissors must be held continuously without folding them.
