If they're going to stay tacky, what about using it to your advantage? Maybe adhere sheets or strips of thin vellum to the signs? It might be worth an experiment, like grandma-bonnie suggested. Or maybe there's a gentle solvent that would remove the glue and not bother the paint.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I did actually do what you suggested gardener1908 - I mixed the "snowy" glitter with just a little pink glitter, painted the tips with craft glue and then sprinkled on the glitter mixture. I really like the way it came out. Now I just have to put all the things on. I am not sure if I am going to put any pink glitter on the ribbon. I think that may be overdoing it.

Speak with Hartco or the parent company. That is/was Armstrong. However, that may be Shaw, if Armstrong was bought by them. Hard to keep up with industry changes.

I was just looking for adhesive yesterday to bond wood panels....in the house without blowing my self up having a furnace on. I'm still not sure how safe I am with what was bought, they will mention flammable, but nothing is said about not being flammable. And tech sheets are for some scientist I haven't met yet. Branding doesn't help. It just adds confusion as to what the actual adhesive is meant for. There were more types than one would want to count. Glues are as interesting as paint to me. Both can have properties for use beyond their specified application. And branded for doing so allows them to increase cost of material significantly over what they would normally be used for. I remember 20 years ago seeing a crackle finish. A recipe combination of acrylic paint and hide glue. The guy at the hardware store said he had never heard of hide glue. When found, it was a couple of dollars for a quart. Now twice that for a very small bottle. Hide glue is the centuries first glue. It is now used for fine furniture inlays, old manuscripts/books/art restoration and wood musical instruments. One has to be a skilled craftsman to use this. Although still used by many woodworkers too. Not clear if it is the same formula as once was. Just a glue history lesson... Glue for the normal user can be very confusing. And due to regulations is not what we once knew. One of the things I have found is a good contractor may use the same type for an application, but their adhesives are far superior to what we are offered. If you want the best in various construction needs, even beyond adhesives, head for the contractor's options. Thank NASA for our selections and gluing a plane's tail. A positive as they have given us hundreds of every day life products than we could list here.