Word Art — Sticker To Stamp
by Jen White
Double the usefulness of your word art stash by turning a sticker into a stamp.
NOTE: This tutorial was created for Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.
Sometimes you need a stamp and sometimes you need a sticker.
- Stamps are made to look flat on a page and should never have a shadow applied to them.
- Stickers will usually have a white stroke (or border) on the outside of them and they do get a shadow—typically a very small shadow.
In this tutorial I’ll show you how to turn a sticker into a stamp. If you need to turn a stamp into a sticker, read Word Art—Stamp To Sticker.
Step One: Open a Sticker
This tutorial works for well for most any kind of sticker element–such that the element has an outline around the outer edge. I will be demonstrating with a sticker from Thankful by Karla Dudley (see below). Click here to download this sticker.
- Open a sticker (File > Open).
Step Two: Select the Outline
- Get the Magic Wand tool.
- In the Tool Options, click on the New Selection icon. Set the Tolerance to 32. Check Anti-alias. Uncheck Contiguous and Sample All Layers.
- On the element, click on the white outline to select it.
Step Three: Delete the Outline
- In the Menu Bar, choose Select > Modify > Expand.
- In the dialog box, Expand By 1 px and click OK.
- Press the Backspace key (Mac: Delete key) to remove the selected pixels.
- Press Ctrl D (Mac: Cmd D) to deselect.
Step Four: Save As a PNG
- Save the sticker (File > Save As) as a PNG file with a unique name.
- Close the original file without saving.
Here is my stamp after I’ve added it to a card.
Credits
Card: Thankful by Jen White
Kit: Thankful by Karla Dudley
Simply Jen White 