#deco tag

[susiehunsecker-remade]

i love making these videos on the tt video editor out of convenience and then only posting them on here. they're not allowed to have my terror photocards. + here she is on the closest thing i have to a stand ^_^

[lovedeterence]

hi snox fans

[susiehunsecker-remade]

want to post this but i'm not even gonna tag this with anything but my deco and organization tag because i'm scared of people seeing it. you're just gonna have to live with me and my awful mobile video editing

them together btw. if you care

[susiehunsecker-remade]

do you have toploader deco tips i tried to make my own and i suddenly felt like i was looking at nuclear codes once my stickers arrived. what is your process like when choosing what to place and how to organize it

i'm pretty disorganized when it comes to making mine and i'm not very confident on my toploader composition skills yet, but the tips i usually stick to are:

1. pick out a theme and color palette and sort your stickers by whatever fits both best first! i usually go with 3 or 4 main colors with most of them being complimentary and the last one contrasting.

as an example: for the frmc deco i did i used pink/peach/yellow and threw in a light blue as a little subtle contrast. you don't have to follow it strictly; i've done lots of mono/duochrome toploaders but it helps to pin down which ones you can use especially when you have hundreds of stickers like i do lol

2. when it comes to sticker placement, decide which Big stickers you want to in the piece early. you're gonna want to place them first just because it's easier to go from largest to smallest. you can scrape off small stickers easy but it's a lot more work to try and replace big ones. also visually it just looks better but that's just me

3. small stickers, usually of simple shapes (stars hearts circles etc), objects, food, swirls and text are your best friend!! throw them on there if you think a spot looks boring. my favourites are white stars just because they tend to contrast just enough without being too jarring :) you're probably gonna be using those the most too just because you can't have every sticker on your toploader be a cute animal or face or something. i mean you can do that but you run the risk of it all blending together which probably isn't ideal when you want them to be the centrepiece. does that make sense? i hope it does lol

4. pinterest/tt/insta/yt have big toploader deco communities; if you're dry on inspo for themes or composition i always find that watching ppl make their own helps

5. remember that you can put literally anything paper on a toploader as long as you can stick it on. i know it sounds obvious but you don't have to stick to stickers! like. i've used lined notebook paper and newspaper clippings for frames you can really just put anything on there.

6. When All Is Lost Just Throw Transparent / Holographic Stickers On There. It Always Works. I Don't Know Why But It Does

7. not specifically about composition but i find tweezers help a lot with picking up stickers just because you risk damaging stickers more when you peel w your hands!

hope this helps i am still pretty new to deco and am by no means an authority on the hobby ^_^ <3. happy crafting!