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Anyone knows how to make stickers? Like I don’t have a whole bunch of stuff but I’ve been interested in making (and possibly selling) stickers. I got different ideas and well I know how to scan & edit but that’s about it. It’s not something I’m actively looking for but I’d like to get into that at some point. Any suggestions? Or supplies I’d need?Jun 9, 2021
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I buy sticker paper and print at home. I have a fancy cutting machine now but for a long time I cut them out by hand!
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I HAVE A REALLY EASY WAT TO MAKE STICKERS AT HOME WITHOUT BUYING EXPENSIVE STUFF!!
sorry that I wrote that in caps I just got excited. I use clear contact paper!! You can usually get it at construction stores like Lowes or home depot (if you have those in your country). It's clear and smooth on one side and stick on the other. You can print out/draw a design and cut it to the shape you want. You put it face down on the sticky side of the contact paper. THEN you take a second section of contact paper and put the clear side down on the sticky side of the first paper. Then you cut around the shape and BAM! Sticker!
If you need a better explanation, I can do that!
sorry that I wrote that in caps I just got excited. I use clear contact paper!! You can usually get it at construction stores like Lowes or home depot (if you have those in your country). It's clear and smooth on one side and stick on the other. You can print out/draw a design and cut it to the shape you want. You put it face down on the sticky side of the contact paper. THEN you take a second section of contact paper and put the clear side down on the sticky side of the first paper. Then you cut around the shape and BAM! Sticker!
If you need a better explanation, I can do that!
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•if you work with digital art designs, you can send your designs to a manu like stickerapp so they can print and send the stickers to you! i'm not sure if those manus work with scanned traditional art designs but it's worth looking into.
if you want to cut your own, you can handcut like they said, or you can get a cutting machine. i think it's fine to start small though, like getting sticker paper from amazon or onlinelabels and printing + handcutting. that way you can decide what kind of paper you like and what you can afford and stuff too! my first stickers ever were a pencil sketch of a shiba inu i scanned and printed on label paper, and handcut x)
if you want to cut your own, you can handcut like they said, or you can get a cutting machine. i think it's fine to start small though, like getting sticker paper from amazon or onlinelabels and printing + handcutting. that way you can decide what kind of paper you like and what you can afford and stuff too! my first stickers ever were a pencil sketch of a shiba inu i scanned and printed on label paper, and handcut x)
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•:0 it depends if you want lots of effort or low effort.. you can research + buy “sticker paper” and print & cut them yourself. Just read the paper guidelines on the package to find out what printer it works with. or there are places to get higher quality stickers made for you. You’d just follow the document format guides on their website in that case & pay them. Rlly depends on what kind of sticker, $, workload & amount of designs you are looking for
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