Adhesives for paper craft: a short honest comparison
There are four adhesives that cover essentially all paper craft, and the difference between them is repositionability, water content and how they age. Buying the wrong one is the usual reason a page lifts six months later.
Tape runners: fast, dry, permanent
A roller lays a strip of dry adhesive with no drying time and no moisture. It is the workhorse for flat paper on flat paper. It does not do well on textured or coated surfaces, where the contact area is small.
Double sided tape for edges and pockets
Where a join takes stress – a pocket, a flap, a tag – a continuous strip of proper double sided tape holds far better than a runner. It is also the right choice for anything that will be opened and closed repeatedly.
Liquid glue only where you need a bond you can adjust
Wet glue gives working time and grabs textured surfaces, at the cost of buckling and drying time. Use it deliberately rather than as a default, and use less than feels right.
What we have on the shelf for this
Everything below is in the Adhesives and Tape section at Brooklyn Craft right now, listed newest price first. Stock moves, so the page is the authority.
- MARCADORUS Glue Tape for Scrapbooking, Double Sided Tape Roller 106Ft Total — $9.99
- Secopad Scrapbook Tape, Glue Tape for Crafts, 4 Pack, Light-Colored Shell — $8.99
- HUIRUSO 4 Pack Double Sided Tape Roller, Scrapbook Supplies, Glue Tape — $7.99
- Secopad 0.3IN X 39FT Scrapbook Tape, 4 Pack Glue Tape, Light-Color Shell — $6.13
What it costs
Across adhesives and tape at Brooklyn Craft prices currently run from $6.13 to $9.99. In adhesives and tape that spread is mostly build quality and pack size rather than brand name: the cheapest option on this shelf is a reasonable place to start, and the dearest earns the difference in daily use rather than on the specification sheet.
Questions we get at the counter
Can I see the paper before buying?
Yes. The shop on Greenpoint Avenue is open seven days and there are samples on the counter.
What if a sticker sheet arrives damaged?
Send us a photo within 30 days and we will replace it or refund it.
Related parts of the shop
If this was not quite what you were looking for, the neighbouring sections are Journaling Kits, Scrapbook Paper, Stickers and Ephemera. They are all listed on the shop page.
Buying from Brooklyn Craft
United States orders of $35 and over ship free, and a flat $5.25 applies below that. Everything is packed at 165 Greenpoint Ave in Brooklyn and we ship within the United States only. Brooklyn Craft takes returns for 30 days from delivery on unused items in their original packaging, and the full terms are on the Brooklyn Craft return policy page. If a specification you need is missing from a product page, call +1 646-201-4049 during opening hours — Mon-Sat: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM | Sun: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM — and we will check the item physically rather than guess.
Side by side
The table below pulls the published figures off the 4 adhesives and tape listings above so they can be compared without opening six tabs. A dash means the manufacturer of that adhesives and tape did not state the figure, not that the item lacks it, because Brooklyn Craft does not fill those gaps with estimates. Where a number matters to your decision and the table shows a dash, call +1 646-201-4049 and we will measure the item at the 165 Greenpoint Ave counter in about a minute.
| Item | Price | Quantity | Size | Material |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARCADORUS Glue Tape for Scrapbooking, Double Sided Tape R | $9.99 | – | 106 ft | – |
| Secopad Scrapbook Tape, Glue Tape for Crafts, 4 Pack, Ligh | $8.99 | 4 pack | – | – |
| HUIRUSO 4 Pack Double Sided Tape Roller, Scrapbook Supplie | $7.99 | 4 pack | – | – |
| Secopad 0.3IN X 39FT Scrapbook Tape, 4 Pack Glue Tape, Lig | $6.13 | 4 pack | 0.3 in | – |
How the rest of the shop is laid out
Brooklyn Craft keeps a deliberately narrow scrapbooking and junk journal supplies range, split into the sections below. The counts and price bands are read from the live brooklyncraft.shop catalogue at the moment this page was built, so they show the actual shape of the Greenpoint shelf rather than a marketing summary of it. If a section looks small, that is because Brooklyn Craft would rather stock a few things we can answer questions about than list everything a distributor offers.
| Section | Items | Price range |
|---|---|---|
| Adhesives and Tape | 4 | $6.13 – $9.99 |
| Journaling Kits | 13 | $4.99 – $21.99 |
| Scrapbook Paper | 4 | $12.99 – $19.99 |
| Stickers and Ephemera | 5 | $3.99 – $12.99 |
Reading a product page here
Every listing on brooklyncraft.shop is written from the manufacturer specification, and where the manufacturer is silent Brooklyn Craft leaves the field out rather than fill the gap, which is why some scrapbooking and junk journal supplies pages are shorter than others. The details block on each page carries the figures that were actually published — pack quantity, size, material and compatibility — and the paragraph underneath says which part of the Greenpoint shelf the item belongs to. Anything not covered there is a question for +1 646-201-4049, and Brooklyn Craft would rather answer it before an order than process a return afterwards. Stock counts come from the same records the counter uses, so an item showing as available is an item on the shelf at 165 Greenpoint Ave.