FOAM DOT SETTER
A set of three handheld applicator tools for We R Makers that pick up, place, and press adhesive foam dots for cardmaking, scrapbooking, and layered paper craft. Patent pending and in retail.
(CHALLENGE)
Foam dots are one of the most-used adhesives in paper crafting and one of the most frustrating. They stick to fingers, cling to tweezers, and leave discarded liners scattered across the work surface. The goal was to make precise placement possible without the user ever touching the adhesive, in a tool simple enough to sit alongside the rest of the We R Makers lineup.
(OUTCOME)
I designed a slim handheld tool with a custom-profiled angled tip that grips a dot straight off the sheet, and a press-action mechanism that releases it exactly where the user aims. An internal ridged chamber strips and stores spent liners until a single button click ejects them all at once. It comes in three sizes to cover the most common dot diameters. The result turns a messy, fiddly step into a clean, repeatable one, giving crafters accurate dimensional layering without sticky fingers, static cling, or liner debris.
