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June 10, 2010

$$Frugal Friday Tip$$

Recoloring Letters to match your layout by Amy


Design Team Member Amy submited this Frugal Friday Tip.

I had previously purchased some American Crafts Thickers that were SUPER cheap. Looking more at the price than the product, i bought multiples of the same stickers. Come to realize later, nothing in my life matches hot pink polka dot Thickers. So, i threw them in the bottom of my stash.

For this layout i wanted some large, dimensional stickers for my title. Sadly, i could not find any to match my layout, so i decided to try painting my pink Thickers. And it worked! I thought the paint would chip off and it didn't! So, I painted my four letters with brown paint and sprayed them with glimmer mist to give them a more distressed look. In about 10 minutes i went from an "unusable" sticker to a usable one!


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10 comments:

  1. I love the idea behind this. I know I am very guilty of buying things just because they are on sale. Having the ability( and willingness to try new things) really opens up the possibilities in one's stash.

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  2. Awesome tip!!! I love how the dark background makes the pictures stands out!

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  3. I've so done this! I haven't tried with letters like these, but I did use white foam thickers and with a marker made them the color that I needed. Worked like a charm! :)

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  4. what a cool idea. what kind of paint did you use?
    i've inverted letters to make them become other letters before, but this is a cool trick to add to the bag 'o tricks.

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  5. i used making memories paint, but i'm sure any kind of craft paint would work.

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  6. I have not used paint on them, but I often use my sharpies to color the white ones. Painting sounds like a wonderful idea! thanks.

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  7. great idea!! I always forget about painting them!!!
    barb :)

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  8. Great idea - next time I'll look more at the font - then the color. Sometimes I see thickers pretty cheap - but they don't seem to be a color I would use! Now you've solved all my problems! :D

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  9. What an awesome tip! I am surprised the paint stuck as well. Makes me want to get out my alphabet stickers and make them into something I can use. They've been forgotten and I should really use them up!

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  10. Great idea! I recently spray painted old frames but didn't ever think of doing my letters! I will have to do this!

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