Get Perfectly Straight and Centered Scrapbook Letters
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Whenever I use letter stickers to add a title to a craft, it's always tricky to get that title perfectly centered and straight. On a scrapbooking page, for example, I add the photos, memorabilia, and embellishments, then pause with hesitation when it's time to add the title to the page. When you're working with individual letter stickers that aren't re-positionable, you only get one shot at getting them exactly right. So I came up with a technique to make it easy. This is a foolproof way to get your title exactly where you want it on the page, and lined up straight.
All you need to do this technique is a simple ruler! You can use any metal or plastic ruler that you already have, but I like to use a clear ruler, which allows me to see through the ruler to my project underneath.
To start, take the first letter sticker, peel it from its backing paper, and stick the very tip of the bottom of the sticker onto the edge of the ruler. Then take the second letter sticker and put it right next to the first on the ruler.
Continue with the remaining stickers, spacing them equally and lining them up as well as you can. You'll find that because you are only sticking a tiny portion of the letter to the ruler, you can easily remove it and reposition it if you need, especially on an acrylic ruler (versus wood).
When all the letters are on the ruler, hold the ruler just above your layout and move it back and forth and up and down until you get the title centered exactly where you want it.
If you need to adjust the spacing to make it fit, you can pull the letters off the ruler and move them closer or farther apart, as needed. When you've got it just the way you want, set the ruler down and use your finger to press the top of each sticker down in place on the paper.
When all the stickers are secure at the top, remove the ruler and press the bottoms of the stickers in place with your finger.
And voila! The title is just where you wanted it.
6 comments so far:
Very clever! I'll have to give this a try for sure.
I have to do something like this for my job in a big box retail store. Our opening time is changing and I'm going to have to scrape off the old number and replace it with a new one. I'm going to use this technique so as not to embarrass myself in front of the entire store.
THANK YOU, I love using stickers in scrapbooks and all kinds of crafts. Your idea is simple genius!!!
I used your technique several years ago when making posters and thought I had bookmarked it, but hadn't. I'm so glad to find it again. What a difference it made then and now! Thank you!!
Mary, so glad you found us again. I love this quick little trick!
Love this!