Do it Yourself Wall Stickers
If store-bought stickers are too generic and custom printers charge too much money, you can solve both situations by printing your own at home. Make your own wall stickers by tapping into your sense of DIY creativity, then letting your artistic side flow onto the computer, where you can use a variety of software programs to design personalized wall decorations. Create a theme for your room or mark your office territory with just a few short steps.
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Things You'll Need
- Microsoft Paint
- Microsoft Publisher
- Adobe Photoshop
- Printer
- Ink
- Sticker paper
- Craft scissors
Instructions
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Open a new Paint file and click "Image," then "Attributes." Set your preferred page size for the wall stickers, such as 8.5 inches by 11 inches; this way you can print an entire sheet of stickers without wasting any paper. Click the "OK" button and the page opens on the screen. Click the "Paintbrush" tool, choose a slash mark brush head, then select a paint color from the "Color Picker" at the bottom of the screen. Draw an outline of an image for the wall sticker, such as a flower, smiley face or teardrop. Click the "Paint Bucket," then click inside the drawing, which fills with color. Click the "Pencil" tool, switch paint colors, then add some accent colors to the sticker.
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Create a new Publisher file by clicking "Blank Publications," then double-clicking the "Full Page" image. Click the "Insert" menu, then choose "Picture" and select "Clip Art." Pull down the "Search in" arrow and check all the boxes. Pull down the "Results should be" arrow and check the "Clip Art" box for cartoony wall stickers or the "Photographs" box for realistic stickers. Type a word or phrase into the "Search for" box, such as flowers, wine glasses, hearts or soccer balls, then click the "Go" button. Scroll through the results and double-click an image for it to appear on the page. Grab a corner of the image and resize it to your preferences for the sticker, making it larger or shrinking it to fit the page. Add more graphics to the page to use up the sticker space if desired.
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Open Photoshop and select "File," then "New." Name the image "WallStickers" and set your desired dimensions in the width and height boxes. Pull down the "Mode" menu and select "CMYK Color," then click the "White" button under the "Contents" menu and click the "OK" button. Click the "Paint Bucket" tool, then pull down the "Fill" menu and select "Pattern." Click the "Pattern" box and select a design such as tie-dye, bubbles or sunset. Hover your cursor over the "WallStickers" box and notice that it changes to the paint bucket. Click inside the white box, which fills with the pattern. After printing the sheet of stickers, use scalloped-edge craft scissors to cut the stickers into patterns, then attach as a border or accent on the wall.
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