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For attractive decorations, using double sided tape usually does the trick.

These lined tapes are usually distinguished with a “red liner”. For use, the red liner should be removed until the tape is in positioned down in the exact place you would like it to be. When you are ready to remove the liner, use a set of tweezers or use a craft blade point to lift the liner if you can’t easily lift the liner with your fingers. Remember, getting the tape oily (from fingertips) will decrease the stickiness of the tape. If you need tapes that are barely noticeable through vellum, 3M’s Scotch Vellum and Term-O-Web’s Mounting tapes are the tapes found to work best on such a surface.

For attractive decorations, using double sided tape usually does the trick. Make an eye-pleasing card by edging the card with tape to sprinkle on embossing or other decorative items. You can use double-sided tape for various things on your artwork and project. Since they don’t have the messy, “loopy” look like folded over tape, you can use it to hold small items down over a stamped artwork (i.e. stamping a baby card and adding small ribbons with the tape without making it look “sloppy”). To make images stand out, you can also use double-stick foam tape.

Finally, glue dots are also a nice adhesive item for art projects. They’re acid-free and pretty easy to use, especially since they don’t have any “liners” that you need to pull off before using. A glue dot is kind of a hybrid between tape and glue. They’re like glue but they bond very quickly like tape and can be used for paper, wood, plastic and such mediums. Glue dots also have various sizes available which include small ones and larger ones as well as thin ones to thicker ones. Just like tape, they also lose their adhesiveness if touched with your fingers.

Glue Dots add other options. These archival, acid and lignin-free dots are easy to use, with no liner to pull off. They bond instantly and adhere to paper (including textured paper), wood, resin, plastic, etc. There are tiny Glue Dots for small items and dots thin enough for photo albums or thick enough to add dimension or to use on concave elements. Again, do not touch the glue part because oil from your fingers will diminish the stickiness.

Another adhesive option is plain old double-sided carpet tape. However, carpet tape is not archival and may be too thick for some projects.

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