Stickers Glorious Stickers

It seems the Australian economy has flown to Siberia, will it return? We’re sure it will.

But in the meantime, express yourself with a sticker, one if the cheapest ways known to get a message out there, a sticker can potentially be seen by thousands and thousands of people in one day and the cost per person viewing the sticker is virtually immeasurable.

We can make many different types of stickers that you can use indoors or outdoors, as signs, labels, wall graphics, car stickers and just about any other type of sticker needed.

We only believe in great quality and great quality is what you will get, our equipment, materials and sticker making processes make sure of it.

Make sure you check our website for thousands of pre-designed stickers or Contact Us if you need custom stickers

News 18 Jun 2013

A Great Sticker or Print starts with Quality Artwork

These days with modern print technology, the printing process is relatively easy.  What’s complicated is the artwork from which to print from. Poorly constructed and low quality artwork severely affects the visual quality and impact of a print, no matter how good a print machine is, it really comes down to quality of artwork.

Print works visually much the same as  a computer screen, if you’ve ever seen a picture that is pixelated on a computer monitor it means that the picture is too large for the amount of information it contains, it’s just making do with what it’s got and ‘stretching’ pixels to fit the size require.

All digital artwork and pictures are made up from information /data, if there isn’t enough information for the desired print or display result, then it will look low quality.

We avoid printing any low quality artwork as it is visually unappealing and makes an otherwise good quality product look cheap.

We strongly recommend vector graphics/artwork to be used wherever possible.  Vector graphics are constructed in computer programs such as Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw, there are also many other programs that do the same job.  Vector artwork is made up from lines and nodes, a line is drawn between two nodes and is either straight or curved, a series of nodes and lines continue to create a path and a series of paths will complete a drawing.  Unlike pixel based artwork/pictures (artwork created in a program like Adobe Photoshop or pictures taken with a digital camera) , vector artwork can be scaled to any size without any loss of clarity.  It will always have smooth lines and solid consistent fills with colours.

Vector based computer programs are getting more complicated as computers increase in power and depending on the skill of a graphic artist some vector based drawings look like they were taken with a camera.  Digital printing technology is also advancing and the print from well constructed vector artwork and high end digital cameras is truly amazing.

If you’re unsure about your artwork, send it to us and we’ll recommend you how to get good print results.  We can convert low quality pixel based images into high quality scalable vector artwork at a reasonable price.

FAQ / Printed Stickers / Products & Services 17 Jun 2013

Vehicle & Car Signage – Car Advertising

Vehicle and Car SignageWe can do all your vehicle and car signage, we can make vinyl cut lettering and graphics or do full colour printing. Install yourself or have us install it for you. Make your business stand out with your own rolling billboard. Vehicle Signage is one of the cheapest forms of advertising when the amount people that will see it is taken into consideration. Contact us today to help you.

Vehicle Signage 14 Jun 2013

Does This Card Make My Business Look Big?

The Art of Stickers

The Art of Stickers

It was about time to have my cards redone. I wanted something simple and here it is, decided to cut a corner with them!

The layout was done Kate Hartman at Hart Creative Design, if you need Graphic Designing done, this is the chick to talk too. Click Here to Contact Kate

The quality and feel of these cards is brilliant, it’s not the cheap type that many make the mistake with purchasing. John & Mike from General Signs in Slacks Creek printed these and always go the extra kilometre to make sure a job is done properly. Click Here to Contact Them

 

News 13 Jun 2013

Vinyl Cut Decals – Great looking for lots of different applications

Even though we have moved into digital printing, we still sell lots of vinyl cut decals. For those that aren’t sure what these are – they are stickers that are cut from a solid colour adhesive vinyl roll and have no background. We load our sticker cutting machine with the desired coloured vinyl and using a special software program which tells the machine where to cut, the machine drops a tiny knife into the vinyl and cuts the design (the adhesive vinyl is on a wax coated paper which the knife doesn’t cut through).

We then take the cut vinyl from the machine and ‘weed’ it by hand, weeding means using a picker (like a needle point) and removing the unwanted cut parts from the vinyl. Because all these cut bits become separate after cutting, it would be painful if not impossible to apply each bit of sticker to the surface you want to apply it to without having application paper over the top. Application tape is applied over the top of the sticker after it is weeded and keeps all the pieces as one so the sticker can be applied easily.

The process is removing the application tape along with the sticker from the backing paper and then applying it to desired surface, once the sticker is applied the application tape is removed leaving just the sticker ‘bits’.

Vinyl cut decals still have a massive use around the world and can be seen just about everywhere from car signage to shop signage, on boats, trains, planes, bicycles, equipment, walls and many other thousands of surfaces and applications.

They can be used as small decals on a musical instrument up to and exceeding massive multi coloured shop signage.

They look great as fun stickers on cars as well and when used as lettering to get a message across are highly effective.

We have many colours in stock and have access to many specialty colours.

Our equipment is precise so your sticker will look great, we use quality European vinyls which last for years and won’t fail under the extreme Australian Conditions. We can custom make your signs and stickers using vinyl cut stickers and where extra detail is needed, we can print for example intricate design and complex shadowing and gradients.

Sticker Design On Computer
Our sticker cutting machine with green vinyl
If you look closely you can see the tip of the knife.
Weeding the sticker
The sticker after finished weeding
Sticker ready for application, using masking tape on right side as a hinge
Applying sticker to surface using squeegee
Hinged over sticker and removing backing paper
Removing the application tape
One Happy Sticker!
Vinyl Cut Stickers & Decals 12 Jun 2013

Decorate your Horse Float, Trailers and Any Vehicle with Our Horse Stickers, Scrolls and Pinstriping

Vinyl Cut Horse Stickers from The Art of Stickers

 

We have a large range of Horse Stickers, Pinstriping and Scrolls. With these used in combination, trailers and horse floats can be decorated to a personal style. With a large range of colours to choose from, we are sure that you will find what is needed.  If you can’t find what you need then more than likely we’ll be able to custom make it for you.

We can custom make lettering and pictures and make from solid colours, reflective, chrome, metallic and many other speciality colours. Our full colour printer prints full photographic quality and is the latest in digital printing technology, this means we can incorporate any picture or photo that you like in your design.  It has print and cut ability and we can contour cut to edges of your designs to make aesthetically pleasing graphics.

Classic Scroll Vinyl Cut Decals

Our pinstriping comes in different sizes and colours and can really set off a well built horse float or trailer. By following the lines and curves, it helps bring out and feature otherwise subtle lines. Whether it’s 3mm or 150mm striping or a size in between, we have the one that’s right for your job. 

With a huge catalogue of predesigned scrolls and pinstriping and the ability to make highly customised stickers and signs, there is something to suit the style and taste of every horse lover.  Catapult the look and feel of your trailer and horse float and let it stand out from the rest by using The of Stickers to completely individualise it.

 

Printed Stickers / Vehicle Signage / Vinyl Cut Stickers & Decals 11 Jun 2013

Customised Whiteboards – Graphics | Grids | Lettering | Magnets

We’ve gotten pretty good at customising whiteboards. We can print grids, logos and graphics to make a complete and functional board that also acts as a sign.

Let us help you get organised with our custom-made whiteboards. If you need a whiteboard that you can adhere magnets to,  we can get these custom made to the size you need as well. Our custom magnetic whiteboards are made here in Brisbane and from quality materials that will give the whiteboard years if not decades of service. The great thing about our customisations is that we don’t sacrifice the board with laser etching and other methods of putting grids and lettering on whiteboards which is permanent, our customisations are done with stickers which won’t damage the board and can be removed, replaced and are durable. We can make custom magnets to suit your board whether it’s simple lettering like a person’s name for example or a more complex graphic or chart, we can also cover the magnets in a special film called Dry Erase Vinyl which resists whiteboard board pens from marking it, this is useful for information that constantly changes and instead of having many magnets with different information, we can help bring that down to just a few that you can change the information on with a whiteboard pen. Our magnetic material is supplied on Rolls at 600mm Wide and we can make whiteboard magnets up to a 2500mm which can become a whiteboard itself and is great for placing over an existing whiteboard to cover previous information without erasing it.

Give us a go and we’ll give it a go for you, if we can’t then we’ll try to recommend someone who can.

You can supply your idea in any format that works for you, it is easier for us if we get some sort of visual for you layout. You can supply a picture of a hand drawn sketch, as a spreadsheet file, word document, eps, pdf, ai files

Contact us for you custom whiteboard needs.

Custom WhiteBoards 10 Jun 2013

Wall Mounted Stainless Steel Reception Signs

 

 

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Wall Mounted Stainless Steel Reception Signs

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Laser Cut Custom Sign Cromar Consulting

We can handle reception signs whether they are stainless steel or acrylic, our access to various types of equipment and systems means we can make a good-looking wall mounted sign that will suit the space it is intended for. When a person walks into a business premises for the first time, it is important give them an impression that will stay in their mind, reinforce your brand and make the first impression a good one with a reception sign.

With stainless steel signs, we can water jet cut the steel to any shape and size include holes for wall mounting, we can also supply wall mounts in different sizes and colours.

  • We can apply stickers, acrylic letters and logos, stainless steel letters and logos and many other customisations to suit the application it’s intended.
  • We can illuminate the sign using low-wattage LEDs which enhances the sign and is a great effect in dimly lit areas.
  • We can also paint to a high quality finish using the latest in paint applying and finishing technology making signs highly finished and elegant in their look.
  • We can ship these anywhere within Australia and included all wall mounts for easy installation by a handyman or tradesman.
  • If the sign needs installation in and around the Brisbane area, Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast we offer installation services as well.

For ideas on Reception Signs, Click Here for a Google Image search.

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Wall Mounted Stainless Steel Reception Signs

Contact The Art of Stickers for Reception Signage.

Laser Cut Signage / Signage 06 Jun 2013

Car Door Magnets and Vinyl Cut Vehicle Decals for Impact Water

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Car Door Magnets and Vinyl Cut Stickers for Impact Water

Another customer of ours – Impact Water, required car door magnets and self adhesive vinyl cut decals/stickers for their fleet of cars and trucks. They will install the decals themselves and we have supplied them ready to applied as one piece.  As they are a 2 colour design which in the vinyl cutting procedure the 2 colours are cut from different rolls they typically are not applied together which makes it tricky to an inexperienced installer to get the exact placement of each colour. We have made it easier for our customer by supplying the 2 colours together which will ensure their logo is correct when applied to their vehicles. The Art of Stickers can supply all your fleet Car Signage and Car Door Magnets, contact us today!

Car Door Magnets / Customers / Printed Stickers / Vehicle Signage / Vinyl Cut Stickers & Decals 06 Jun 2013

Digital Full Colour Printed + Laser Cut Trophies for ZCAR Racing, Underwood QLD

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Digital Full Colour Printed + Laser Cut Trophies

Our good neighbour ZCAR Racing who is the distributor for Hankook Competition Tyres came to us because they needed trophies for the Gallangowan Anniversary Rally held on June 1st. They wanted unique trophies and not off the shelf boring type trophies, they also wanted to use their sheep mascot.

We came up with the solution to print the design, apply to 10mm clear acrylic and laser cut following the contour of the design. We received the sheep artwork as a low resolution JPEG image which isn’t suitable for the process we use, we converted the sheep artwork by redrawing in a vector based program which means that the artwork can now be scaled to any size without any loss of clarity (theoretically it can be scaled to the size of the universe without absolutely no loss of clarity, I’m sure our friends in New Zealand would like sheep that size :) ).

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Digital Full Colour Printed + Laser Cut Trophies

Once the artwork was done, we printed the designs in reverse onto clear vinyl and applied white vinyl over the top of the print to enhance the colours, we applied the vinyl to the back of 10mm clear acrylic and laser cut the designs to the shape required. We cut the bases and glued them to the bodies creating a unique and very presentable trophy.

We can customise products like this almost to no end, each one can be individualised to your requirements and we have fast turn around times. For all your laser cutting and digital printing needs, please contact The Art of Stickers

Customers / Laser Cut Signage / Printed Stickers / Products & Services 05 Jun 2013