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Card making is one of the many arts and crafts activities that many people love to hate. Most of them cringe on the idea of making a personalized card for someone. They have this ill notion that no matter how important that person is, we still hardly agree into making them a specialized and personalized card. These haters have nothing against cards. It’s just that they have some traumatic experience when it comes to making one. The key to making a beautiful handmade card is the binding material that you would be using for your card making project. As we all know, card making is not solely about drawings or paintings, it is more about adding some accessories and other ornaments in order to make your card different from the ones that are usually sold in the bookstores. It is all about putting some life, soul and personality in the normal card that we see everyday. Now in order to craft the perfect card, you would need some durable adhesives. Tapes and glue sticks are the most basic card making supplies that most creative card projects requires. This especially apt if you are to make a collage or a simple photo card. Tapes and adhesives could be your best choice if you want your creative cards to last as long as possible. With the right glue and adhesives, you could ensure that you would have a beautiful and durable card. Here is a guide to help you choose the right card making glue and adhesives. It is also helpful if you would understand first the differences between types of glues, tapes and spray adhesives. First off, the double sided adhesive tape is great for photos and sticking paper to paper. This is the most recommended adhesives by scrap book makers and other arts and crafts enthusiast. However, double adhesive is quite expensive, so try to limit its use in card making, use it for photo cards only. All else, you could use scotch tape. If you are looking for a cheap and yet equally durable alternative to double sided tapes, then glue sticks could do the trick. It comes in various sizes that range from glue stick pens to wide dispenser type of glue sticks. Colored glue sticks are also available and are recommended for kids’ card making project. However, glue sticks should be handled with extra care and we should also note that its effect is not permanent. Time would come that it would wear out and it is no longer adhesive.
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