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The base for the sticker is done, and we can move to the creation of a folded corner. There is a reason why the text says “stickers” and not just “sticker” – I needed a big round letter so the folded corner can be a little bit bigger. “Stickero” would probably be even better, but it does not sound very English. Before drawing the corner, we need to hide the part of the text which will be folded. The only way is to draw a Rectangle from the Insert › Shapes › Rectangles menu, with the fill the same as the background color. Then rotate the shape by 45° – drag the rotation handle (19) while pressing the (Shift) key and move the rotated rectangle over the text like it is shown on the right (20). Now we need to add three things – the folded corner which we’ve just hidden, the drop shadow below the corner and the shadow between the sticker and the corner. For all three, we will use the Chord shape. Let’s start with the folded corner, as it requires the most accuracy. Draw a new Chord shape from Insert › Shapes › Basic Shapes with the (Shift) key pressed to maintain the circle proportions. Change both the fill and outline color to a distinctive one – like the dark green, and move it over the cropped “s” letter (21). Zoom in as much as you can to see all the details, and start moving the yellow handles (22) and (23) to match the shape of the previously cut corner. If the sizes do not match, resize the shape a little (24) with the (Shift) key pressed, and move it precisely with the arrow keys. After all the tweaking is done, you should end up with something like (25). Remember that if it looks almost right when magnified to 500%, it will be perfect when shown at 100% size. It does not need to look perfect when magnified. Still bear in mind that using the arrow keys on the keyboard is the best way to precisely move an object. Stickers text effect
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