How to Create Your Own Gas Pump Stickers

April 10, 2021April 11, 2021 editor 0 Comments

Are you tired of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other hi-tech millennial mommy’s boys and butt munchers sitting at their pajama parties and harshing all over your Freedom of Speech?

Instead of going hi-tech, I invite you to incorporate a little low-tech into your daily routine.

Allow me to introduce you to “Operation Gas Pump Politics”.

Operation Gas Pump Politics is a concept that utilizes a very wasted common “billboard” that hundreds of thousands of people are exposed to every day when they put gas into their vehicles. The ubiquitous gas pump.

Now here’s a gas pump in Kentucky. Just look at all that wasted space just begging for someone to put something in it that’s interesting, thought-provoking and if triggering to some liberal leftist Democrat then all the better.

This gas pump is proudly displaying a The_Donald sticker.

And here we have a gas pump in Kernersville, NC sporting the same sticker.

There’s no telling how many hundreds of thousands have viewed that sticker and discovered The_Donald.win just from these two gas pumps alone. And just look at all that extra blank space waiting for you to fill it!

This is a space where ole Zuckerberg, Dorsey, Bezos, Soros, or other censor czars have no control. Since the leftist liberals live in their mommy’s basement and don’t work, you can bet that all the stop and rob employees who lose a good portion of their wages in taxes that go to welfare for those fools ain’t going to lift a finger to remove any of these stickers.

Even better, it’s not expensive at all to produce these stickers.

For most, a 2″ x 4″ label will be perfect for this operation. Labels this size are commonly referred to as “shipping” labels. An amazing amount of information can be imparted 2″ x 4″ label. Especially if you link a QR Code on the label to a website.

For as little as 13.99 + shipping and handling, you’ll have ONE THOUSAND labels at your beck and call for this and other projects. That about a penny and a half per label. Only about 2¢ per label when you count in printer ink, electricity, and whatever. You can click on the graphic above to order your own labels. Yeah, I know, Bezos’ Amazon. But there’s certain karma about Bezos’ Amazon making it affordable to irritate the hell out of Bezos and his cronies.

And you’re not limited to just gas pumps either. Business doors, park benches, fast food windows, fast food outdoor menu/speakers, on top of Biden/Harris-Democrat bumper stickers. Why the possibilities are endless if you put your mind to it.

But how do I create these stickers you may ask. Personally, I use GIMP. It is a FREE and fantastic graphic program that rivals,… nay, exceeds Adobe Photoshop. Did I mention FREE?!

This is the official website of the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP).

GIMP is a cross-platform image editor available for GNU/Linux, OS X, Windows, and more operating systems. It is free software, you can change its source code and distribute your changes.

Whether you are a graphic designer, photographer, illustrator, or scientist, GIMP provides you with sophisticated tools to get your job done. You can further enhance your productivity with GIMP thanks to many customization options and 3rd party plugins.

I did mention that it’s FREE, didn’t I? In case I didn’t, IT’S FREE!!!

Don’t have a computer or access to one? Libraries have computers. Friends have computers. Are you on good terms with your boss?

Don’t have a printer? Again, your library is a good place to start. Your friends? Your boss?

Making the Sticker

Now, let’s make and print out a sticker. We are now assuming that you have a computer, a printer, and labels.

Step 1 – Download GIMP and install it. If you don’t know how to install a program then this project may not be for you. I’m not trying to be rude. It’s just that there is a certain learning curve here that does require a little computer savvy. Sorry, that’s just the way it is.

Step 2 – Run Gimp. You are going to want to open a “New” image to work with.

This is the time to determine if you want your image to be

Accordingly, If you want your sticker to be vertical you would set the width to be 2 inches and the height to be 4 inches. For horizontal the settings would be width at 4 inches and height at 2 inches.

Now that we have the canvass for our sticker we need to decide what color we want the background to be. In this case, I chose to leave it white.

Step 2(a) – Should you want another color just left-click the top color select icon to activate the color selection box and choose the color you want.

Step2(b) – Next, left-click on the bucket icon then left-click anywhere in the canvass area to fill it with your selected color.

Step 3 – Now we want to locate or create a header or primary graphic to use for our sticker. Something that represents the primary message that we want to convey. Since we’re creating a sticker to pass on information about one of the greatest websites ever created, patriots.win, let’s try to find something that represents them. By taking a little trip to their website we can see that they have a very nice banner that we can use. It’s something that will let our target audience know that they’re at the right location when they get there.

Now, normally we could right-click on the banner and copy it but that doesn’t seem to work in this case. Not a problem. Luckily there’s a nifty little program that we can use to solve this little setback. It’s called LightShot. It’s an app that bypasses all those troublesome little issues with copying and pasting screen elements. Simply put, if it’s on your screen you can copy it. Well worth your time to go to the website, download the program and install it.

Step 4 – Using LightShot, we hit the “Print Screen” button , usually at the top right of the keyboard. You should see your screen go a little darker as if a light shadow appeared across it. This is normal. It creates a contrast to help you see what you’re selecting. Left-click and hold your mouse button and select the portion of the screen that you want to copy to your clipboard. Once you have completed your selection you then click on the copy button on the LightShot menu. Your graphic is now in your clipboard ready to be pasted into your project.

Return back to GIMP.

Step 5 – Now that we are back at the GIMP program we select “Edit” at the top left of the screen then down to “Paste as” and then the “New Layer” option which will paste the contents of the clipboard into your project.

Now we can move and place, resize, and manipulate our chosen addition.

Step 6 – Select the “Move Tool” and click and hold on the added graphic and move it to the top leaving about a 1/4 inch to the top and left. It’s generally a good idea to leave a 1/4 inch border free of elements around your graphic to help with printing.

Step 7 – Now you may want to resize your added graphic to create a balance to your project. Select the “Resize Tool” . You may have to right-click the group icon and select it from the group. Then you click and hold one of the resizing handles and drag it to the size you want. There is a small chain icon in the resize menu that appears that you can click-toggle to keep perspective or individually change height or width.

And now we have our header set.

Step 8 – Now let’s add some text to let everyone know what great information that we’re passing on to them.

I’ve decided that I want to put the words “Patriots.win” and “Uncensored and Unafraid” on my sticker. I’ve also decided that I want to have the text on different colored backgrounds too.

First, we’ll place the text we want onto our canvass. Select the “Text Tool” and click on your canvass where you want your text. Type the text “Patriots.win” and then click on another location below that and type “Uncensored and Unafraid”. Then use the “Move Tool” to click, hold and position the text to the exact final location you want it to be. You’ll find that you will need to click right on a letter of that text to grab and move the text.

Step 9 – Now we’ll set up the backgrounds for the text. For this, we want to start with placing a new layer on our project to work with. Go to “Layer” ► “New Layer”

In the “New Layer” popup box make sure that the “Fill with” box has “Transparency” selected then click “OK”. The reason that we add an extra layer to work with is that it helps us with the area in letters like b, o, O, p, P, R, q, Q that are completely enclosed and do not color in properly unless we use a separate layer behind the text to place the colored box on.

Now look to the far right of GIMP and you will see a box at the bottom right that allows you to select which layer is active and in what order that your layers are set among many other functions. Make sure that your newly created layer is the one selected by clicking on it once.

Next, select the “Select Tool” and on your canvass left-click, hold and drag out a rectangle approximately the size you want around the text “Patriots.win”. When you release the left-click button you will still have the chance to adjust the box with the handles that will appear on the box. If you hover your cursor near the center of the top, bottom, left-side, right-side box lines extra box resizing handles will appear.

Now you can click the color select icon [see 2(a)] and set the color you want, then click the “Bucket Fill” icon, then click in the box to fill it with the color of your choice.

Now repeat the same process for the text “Uncensored and Unafraid”. I chose the colors Red and Orange because they are eye-catching.

Your sticker should now look something like this.

Step 10 – Now we are going to make it as easy as possible for our target audience to get to the website Patriots.win. We are going to put a QR Code on our sticker so all anyone has to do is scan the QR Code with their cell phone and be taken right to the website. For this, we are going to navigate to QR Code Generator and create our QR code.

Once you have copied your QR code with LightShot you can now return to GIMP and select “Edit” at the top left of the screen then down to “Paste as” and then the “New Layer” option which will paste the contents of the clipboard into your project. Again you will use the “Move” and “Resize” icons to adjust the QR code to your liking.

Most cell phones today come with a QR code reader app already installed but if your’s didn’t you can easily go to the Play Store and install one [QR Code & Barcode Scanner (no ads)].

Step 11 – Now we need to fill the remaining blank space with something. On returning to Patriots.win we see that they have a welcoming statement that would be perfect for this area. Simply select the text, hover over it and right-click, select “Copy” to place it in the clipboard and then return to GIMP where we will paste it into our project sticker.

Once back to GIMP select the “Text Tool” and then left-click, hold, and drag out a box on the canvass where you want the text to appear. Right-click in the box you just laid out and select “Paste” from the context menu that appeared. You should then see the content of the clipboard pasted into the text box you just laid out.

Now we may need to make minor adjustments to the font size, font color, and text placement. This can be accomplished by selecting the text in the text box with your cursor which will cause a small text menu to appear. Then you can use the functions in that menu to adjust the text to your liking.

After a few minor adjustments in placements and a little tweaking here and there, your results should be similar to this.

Step 12 – Now we want to impart something substantive for our target audience to ponder as they pump their gas. Or something to trigger the Democrat liberal leftists because there’s nothing I enjoy more than twizzling up a liberal and watching them gnash their teeth, growl, snarl, and generally make fools of themselves. Hey! Everybody needs a hobby!

Using the “Text Tool” I drag out a text box in the remaining space. I want to put “TRUMP 2024” but I also want to impart that, God forbid, something happens to prevent Donald J. Trump Sr. from running that it’s also quite possible that Donald Jr. or Eric Trump would be equally probable appropriate candidates too. So I also want to add “DONALD JOHN SR. OR DONALD JOHN JR. OR ERIC” and “THE FAMILY THAT PROVED THEY CAN MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

After typing this text into the text box, and ensuring that I do a carriage return after “ERIC” and “TRUMP” I have this result.

I want to increase the size of “TRUMP 2024” so I select just that text with my cursor and using the context menu that pops up I change the size of the text and the color of the text. I then select “DONALD JOHN SR. OR DONALD JOHN JR. OR ERIC” and adjust the size and color and then I finally select “THE FAMILY THAT PROVED THEY CAN MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” and change its size and color ending up with this.

Step 13 – Now as I review my work it strikes me that something is needed to create a division between the welcome message and the “DONALD JOHN SR. OR DONALD JOHN JR. OR ERIC” phrase.

I select the “Select Tool” and drag out a selection that is a narrow line dividing the two areas and then using the “Fill Bucket” icon I fill the area with a color creating a dividing line.

Now I have a finished sticker.

Step 14 – Now that we have our sticker we want to create a way to easily print the composition out on a sticker template. Fortunately for us, this work has already been done for us.

If you ordered from SheetLabels.com then you can go to their website and download an MS Word/LibreOffice or PDF template (SL-102) to use.

Personally, I use LibreOffice Writer from the LibreOffice Suite which is an excellent alternative to the very expensive and insecure MS Office.

Once you have acquired and brought up an appropriate sticker template go to GIMP and select “Edit” ► “Copy Visible” to put the sticker format into the clipboard. Switch to your template and simply “Paste” your format into each block of your template. Depending on your needs you can mix formats or create a sheet of all one type of sticker.

While this seems to be a lot of complicated steps I can assure you that it is not that complicated at all. Once you become familiar and comfortable with these minor skills you will soon be knocking out stickers, and yes, even memes with GIMP in about 15 minutes per project. In fact, you may even be inspired to experiment with GIMP and increase your skills with it. You got nothing to lose because,…IT’S FREE!

DISCLAIMER

Now I absolutely do not approve of, nor do I recommend that you utilize such methods as using tear-resistant labels and some kind of spray super glue to keep any Democrat liberal leftists from defacing or removing all your hard work. No, no, no,…I do NOT recommend this at all. I mean it now, do not look at or even contemplate using any of these products.