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Sunday, May 25, 2014

The Paper Trail Product Review - Elizabeth Craft Designs Peel-Off Stickers


I have a couple of projects I want to show you today and they feature the Elizabeth Craft Designs Peel-Off Stickers.   Chelsea from The Paper Trail sent these to me and asked that I use and give a review of them.  There's so many to choose from but these are the Gold Dragonfly ECD2394. 
Well... I looked at these and was completely stumped as to how to use them because I am normally a card maker and use Copics to colour, flowers, brads and Frantage to embellish so... what to do, what to do?
I decided I should first of all stay within my comfort zone and make a card.
What I made:
I thought I'd keep it fairly simple because this was new territory for me and I'm actually quite pleased with how it turned out and it was quick too!  I simply peeled one of the flowers and some of the circles off and stuck them down.  Then I took some Stickles and filled in the lines... like colouring with glitter and who doesn't like to do that?  Next step was to sponge in some distress ink colour, add a sentiment, use my Copic Multiliner to do some doodles around the edge and then finally add some Frantage.


















Then I decided to try one of those little pop up boxes I see all over the internet so I went hunting for a tutorial and found one at Splitcoaststampers. This was a little more work because to make sure the images were sturdy enough to stand, I stuck them down on a piece of card stock and then cut around the gold outline.  Then various colours of Stickles were used to fill in the lines.

 


What I liked:
Surprisingly, I did like working with these stickers and yes, I will use them again.  I have some black ones which I will do up at a later date.  I like the look the sticker gives... as you can tell with the sentiment, it's a very different finish than you will get with embossing.  The stickers adhere really well but you are also able to easily pull them off if you decide on a different placement.  Also, the gold outline did not lift or pucker at all as I added the stickles.  Lastly, the price is so reasonable that you simply can't go wrong.  The package was $2 and for that I got the card, the box and have a few left over. 
What I didn't like:
Once I got over my initial nervousness about using the stickers, I found I quite liked them and there's nothing I don't like about them.  Different projects for me and I'm glad I got to try something out of my ordinary.  Think out of the box... that's what I had to do.
Card Supplies:
Sentiment - CC Designs Birthday Sentiment
Elizabeth Craft Designs Peel-Off Stickers - Gold Dragonfly EXD2394
Misc - Tim Holtz Weathered Wood distress ink, Shabby Blue Frantage, Copic .3 Multiliner, Stickles

Pop Up Box Supplies:
Elizabeth Craft Designs Peel-Off Stickers - Gold Dragonfly EXD2394
Sentiment - Lili of the Valley Dreamy Days Sentiment
Dies - Cheery Lynn Fancilful Flourish
Paper - Imaginisce Baby Powder Tiny Tantrum
Misc -  Golf Embossing Powder,  Stickles