So I'd said in another thread that I collect fruit stickers and had just started pasting them into my journal; I've got one page so far. My dilemma there was that I used a glue stick to attach them, but they still want to peel up at the corners and I'm afraid they'll fall off outright (I know they will, sooner or later)! I don't want to lose them, hence the point of collecting them, right?

My second thought was to cover them with clear packing tape. That, of course, would make the page thicker so I'd have to remove a few of the journal's pages so it would still close flat, but ok.

But then I thought, "how good is packing tape for archival use? In a few years am I going to not like the look of my stickers? Will it yellow? Wreck them outright?" And then I thought, "someone at LHC will surely know about such things!" So here I am. Anyone know if the packing tape would be a really, really bad idea? Or have any better ideas? Maybe putting them in my journal was a bad idea? I can't tear the page out though and put them somewhere else because they're on the back of a page I've written on!

Thanks in advance!

You might try a different brand of glue. I've never had good luck with glue sticks.

My daughter loves using rubber glue for her class projects. They stick well, and can even be moved if you apply the glue correctly.

Or try using Hermafix or Glue Dots or even a liquid glue. You can get any of this from a good scrapbook store or online. My favorite online scrap place is Two Peas in a Bucket (http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/shop.asp?contents=0&category_id=1491) but there are many many others.

I bought a sticker maker and run my bigger stuff through that for the adhesive. Then I use tweezers instead of my fat dirty fingers to move it off the adhesive paper onto my scrapbook page. You might want to use tweezers.

HTH

Oh, I never thought of the glue dots! That might work. Some of these stickers are just determined to peel up at the edges.

I don't know if tweezers will work, though. It's hard enough getting some of them off the fridge with my fingers without wrecking them--some have been there for years and are very stuck down. I'll check out the link though, or get something the next time I go to Michael's; I know they have the dots.