I'm making a set of 24 tags for a swap (actually 12 sets of two) and I thought it would be neat to make an overlapping background of narrow patterned paper strips... I was using my xyron stickermaker but I got five strips glued down and then I ruined the next four because they wouldn't go through the machine straight, and the last one broke the cartridge for good measure! Argh... I took a break to reconsider my options, because my immediate reaction was a strong desire to throw the whole project out the window and give up!
How do you glue long skinny strips down when they're going to be cut across the grain so they have to be thoroughly stuck on?