Xyron Create-A-Sticker Mini (Model 250) with Cartridge - XRN250-CFTEN

Welcome to MyBinding video. Lets take a look at the Xyron Create-A-Sticker Model 250, makes permanent and temporary stickers up to two-and-a-half inches wide. Let me demonstrate by taking this name I cut off a letterhead and turning it into a sticker. Simply slide it face up into the machine and roll it until it pops out the back end, and you trim it along the cutting edge of the machine or you use scissors to trim it. With that all done, simply peel it away from the paper as you would any sticker and it will adhere to most every service. The Xyron 250 Create-A-Sticker comes with a 20 foot long cartridge and as you can see here it is very simple to remove and replace with a new one. You’re on your way to making a great many stickers with the Xyron Create-A-Sticker. For more demos, reviews, and how-tos, check out MyBinding.com.

The Xyron 2 and a half inch sticker which you might also know as the 250 has some fantastic features that we’re going to run through. The first fantastic thing about it is that you can put anything inside that’s up to 2 ½ inches in width. So it’s great for larger boarders, or larger chipboard letters, and so the fantastic thing about it is that when you’re using something larger, this could be 2 inches long or 50 inches long and you’re going to be able to run it to the machine easily and you’re going to have edge to edge covers on the back. So you’re going to crank the handle there’s a little arrow that shows you which direction to turn it, and when it clears this plastic bar right at the end you just tear it right off. I think one of the best features about this is that it rolls the protective clear film off the backing for you so you don’t have to do that extra step of furnishing and peeling which makes it nice and handy and things go a lot faster. So you peel it right off, and again with projects like this you know, you’ve got this little tiny crevices, if you we’re trying to use tabs or some kind of liquid glue things would be all over the place. It would make a huge mess, so this is beautiful, perfect.

This is also great for kids because it’s fun to crank the handle, the colors are cute, they can do projects quickly, no mess, no fuzz, love it. It also works like we said on chipboard letters. It takes anything up to the thickness of a nickel, so you can run, if you have large buttons, you’ve got real thick ribbon you’re trying to run through, this is this is the perfect machine for it. Again, no rubbing, you can go quickly, and you can also feed your letters and numbers in one at a time or in multiple if you’re trying to spell out your name Helen. You can feed in the H, crank until you see it go through the rollers, feed in the E, so that you all get them in one fell swoop.

The other thing I like about this is it’s great for crops or class projects. If you’re working on something and can’t stick it down right away, you run it through and then you can carry it around in your tope on the adhesive backing and it’s going to be perfect, and well cared for. Now this is one of the things I love most about this project and about this machine. What we’ve done is we’ve taken a 1 ½ inch square run it through so that it’s adhesive on the back, and I’m going to cut this out, with my great and straight fantastically even line. Then we’re going to run it back through the machine but you’re going to put the side with the backing face up. So what we’re doing is putting adhesive on both sides. So we’re going to run that through, and then take everybody’s crafting product: glitter! And you’re going to peel the top part off set it down on your paper, give it a good shake, tap it off, and now you’ve got an adhesive glittered embellishment. This is also great for flocking, anything that you’d like, a tiny beading, anything that you’d like to attach to the top. Sparkling embellishments are huge, and so this is a great way to do it inexpensively at home. you could do this on chipboard letters, we could have done this on the boarder, it’s just a great fun way to add that special touch to your projects.

This also just like any other Xyron Adhesive Machine is very easy to refill, you pop off the top, pick it up, add your other refill, put it back in, and close the lid. And you’re ready to go. Xyron has also recently made changes to their packaging so that when you’re in the store and you’re looking at the boxes, even though they’re similar they have these colored dots, you can see which are permanent and which are repositionable which is nice because you have different needs for different projects. You might need one for card making and one for your home décor items. The other great thing about Xyron products is it’s great to have both on hand and you don’t have to use all of one before you use the other. You can pop them out, set them aside on your desk, and interchange them as you wish, whatever makes it. You can be more crafty. For more information about the Xyron 2 ½ inch create-a-sticker, go to xyron.com/projects.

Beth Kingston: Welcome to another addition of Xyron Inspiration in Motion. I'm Beth Kingston and with me today is Jessica Barnett and Jessica is going to show us how to make a darling decorative lamp shade for any room in your home. Welcome.

Jessica Barnett: Thank you.

Beth Kingston: Show us what we are going to be doing today.

Jessica Barnett: We are going to start off running through some ribbons and we'll take some ribbons and go ahead and run them through the Xyron 250.

Beth Kingston: Yes, let's run them through the machine. This is the 2.5 inch Sticker Maker and the way this works is you stick the item that you are going to be using; it takes anything up to the thickness of a nickel. Today, we are going to be using ribbon. You put it into the feed tray and then you roll the knob away from you; except toward you because I'm doing it backwards. We are going to roll it right through the machine and this is going to make an adhesive on the back. All the way through until you get to the end and there are some little plastic teeth on the back and you know that's when you reached the end of your ribbon.

Then we are going to give it a tear and you can run your ribbon if you have small pieces, you can run two at a time. You can also use the 5 inch or 9 inch if you want to do a whole bunch of ribbon at the same time. You can feed it through all together. We've already pre-done some because we're such smart girls and this is what we are going to put on our lamp shade today.

Jessica Barnett: I'm going to show you how to make this lamp shade right here. So, I started on the back on the seams so that it hides it.

Beth Kingston: Smart.

Jessica Barnett: Pick up the ribbon we just ran through. Peel off there. Beth Kingston: I also love that you can choose different widths of ribbon or decorative ones, a little gingham. I mean, it's perfect for a child's room, dining room, office, the possibilities are endless.

Jessica Barnett: And I just randomly chose the ribbons, I didn't put any specific pattern, but if it's easier for you to do it that way, you can certainly choose a specific pattern to follow.

Beth Kingston: And when you're working with dried lampshade, obviously this is smaller at the top and larger at the bottom. If you were working with barrel lampshade, you can also go around and around.

Jessica Barnett: Yes and have a little bit more modern look to it. Beth Kingston: And in addition to finding the ribbon anywhere, you can also really use any lampshade. This one that has rivets in it, it doesn't matter, you cover it up, it will look fantastic. I mean, people do love the lime green lampshades, but you can use this again in any room because you can convert whatever.

Jessica Barnett: And when the light shines through, you'll notice the pattern anyway.

Beth Kingston: Oh, well that's clever too. Very good. And so, the more you put this on, obviously when it's shorter on the top and wider on the bottom, it's going to go diagonally around the lampshade.

Jessica Barnett: Right. We are getting to the point now where we are starting to have these at an angle.

Beth Kingston: And I love the look of that because this one that you've done all the way around. I love the way that it goes diagonally. It just adds more texture and...

Jessica Barnett: Mm-hmm. And when you get to that point when they start to overlap, I did one side and then the other so that it has more of a woven look. Otherwise one whole side will lay over the other side.

Beth Kingston: Oh, so clever! You're such a clever girl! But we are going to stay here and decorate lamps all day. Thanks for joining us for Xyron's Inspiration in Motion and we'll see you next time.