Ideas for using acrylic paint on your Scrapbooking projects

There are a variety of accents that can be used in any type of scrapbooking project. One of my favorites is acrylic paint accents. Acrylic paint is wonderful, because it is acid-free, dries very quickly, is water-based and when used undiluted, has a great opacity, so you don't need much to cover things with (including errors). You really can use the most water-based, but I love the genre that remember making offers. The colors are simply wonderful! This type of paint can be used with dry foam brushes, stamps or foam brushes and sponges and as a basis or for decoration. There are so many possibilities and here I will describe some for you:

or do not know only accent your picture so thin? Frame with acrylic paint in the color of your choice. Adhere the photo on the layout where it's going to stay (so make sure you where you want it), then take a medium-sized brush DAB dry (about 2 cm wide), a little paint on the tip of the brush and paint along the edges of the photo (Yes, on the photo) and on the same card with just one or two sections along each side to give it a vintage or rummage look. Makes a very special and romantic type frame with crayons and very pop art, using brilliant colors.

or instead of using the ink stamping, take a foam brush DAB in your favorite color of paint and brush a thin layer on the stamp you want to use, press lightly on your layout. If you push too hard may smudge. You must understand how to use the right amount of pressure. Practice on a piece of scrap a few times, before going for the real thing.

or you don't like the color of your Brads, tags or buttons? Paint with Acrylic colours and then cover with brilliance. You've just created your very own special landscaping! How cool is that?!

or you have any paper that does not use never, because you don't like the color or you can't find anything to match it with? What you can do is paint a base coat of white plaster for baiting. That neutralize the original colour of the card, so you can paint only on it for a new color cardstock. You can also use the acrylic paint with a sponge or a stamp to make fancy cardboard from plain paper.

or acrylic paint also works well on transparencies and has great 3D effect, especially if you're using a stamp with the paint. Before you can stamp the paint directly on the layout and when it is dried sticks a piece of transparency on top of the first printed image and stamp a new coat of paint slightly off to one side of the original stamp popping out to give it effect. It looks fabulous!

or to create special titles for layout, you can use paint stencil, but make sure that you are temporarily the stencil to the page before you start to keep moving.

or if you are using a frame of scrapbooking layout, paint or stamp to match the layout. You'd be surprised what a difference!

So, you can see how many ways there are to use acrylic paint for scrapbooking projects, though these are just some of the techniques. There are so many more. Be creative, be bold and do not be afraid to "dabble" here or there "dabble". A little game of words ... Go for it! You will love it, I promise!

Jacqueline m. Schimmel is a Professional Scrapbook Designer who designs custom and premade scrapbook, cards, scrapbooking frames and teaches courses in Germany. Its portfolio consists of over 500 layout designed and was hired to design an album that was given to his Holiness the Pope in 2005 for his visit to Cologne, Germany. The name of his business is memories, http://memoriesartwork.typepad.com Artwork

Using Scrapbook Techniques For Unique Christmas Ornaments

Have you been searching for an idea to do family or classroom ornaments on a budget? Making CD photo ornaments is the perfect project. It requires very few tools and supplies.

First you will need to take pictures of the subjects you are wanting to create the ornaments for. If you want to get really creative, you can manipulate your photos for a different look. One suggestion might be to turn a photo into a black and white and then highlight one color or subject in the photo. An example of this might be to take a picture of a child wearing a red Santa hat and turn the photo to black and white and then highlight just the red portion of the hat. This can be done with many photo editing softwares and is very simple with a little practice. The resulting picture is unique and impressive.

Second, you will need to take the pictures to your local photo lab, or print your own 5x7 prints if you have a quality printer. If you print your own pictures, you have the ability to experiment with different types of paper to see which outcome you like best. There are a variety of different papers from heavy weight matte, semi-gloss, glossy, and portrait paper. After your pictures have been printed they will need to be cut down to a 4.75" circle to fit on the CD. If you have a circle cutter this step is very easy. Circle cutters are very inexpensive and can be purchased from most craft stores. If you do not have a circle cutter, just take a CD and trace around the outside edge and then cut with scissors. Adhering the photo to the CD is quite simple. You will need a photo safe acid free glue stick. Using the colored glue sticks that dry clear are helpful in seeing where more glue is needed on the CD. Just cover the CD with glue and adhere your photo being careful to make sure it is centered. It is best to wait at least 30 minutes before handling the CD's once you have adhered your photo's.

The next step involves punching a hole in the top of the CD for the ribbon hanger. Many scrapbookers already have a handy tool called a Crop-a-dile. If you own one of these, punching the holes in the CD's will be effortless. Crop-a-dile tools may be purchased at craft stores for approximately $20 and have a variety of uses. Just set the punch to the desired distance using the 3/8' hole and squeeze down on the CD. Using this tool helps prevent the CD from cracking while punching the hole.

If you do not have a Crop-a-dile, a sharp object or awl will be useful for you. You will have better results if you heat your tool prior to punching a hole through the backside of the CD. Once you have your hole punched, just thread some ribbon through the hole and your ornament is complete. These can be further personalized by writing a message or the year on the back using paint pens. This is wonderful idea for preserving the handwriting of a child. You now have a personalized ornament to hang on your Christmas tree. Find other ideas at http://txmemorymaker.blogspot.com/.

Mendy Warwick

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Scrapbooking Ideas and solutions - ways of using tags

Tags have many forms that can be used in the compositions of scrapbooking. Scrapbooking ideas now and solutions, we will see some of the ways in which these little magical components can be used to add character and make its design of scrapbooking as a masterpiece.

A label is a rectangular piece of card or Board normally with a hole at the top to attach to your page. They can be cut with square or rounded corners or even purchased in your local scrapbooking supply store ready made according to the design. There are many different designs of tags, but even how humble label offers many possibilities.

Labels have come a long way from its humble origins as a label and are very popular as ornaments of scrapbooking. Tags can be cut into many different sizes, depending on how you want to use in your design.

It is a great way to use labels as a title for the scrapbooking page. Each label may have a letter from its title that then hung at the top of the page in a string similar to a washing line. You can associate them to your design with Brats or even mini plugs. Acid free paste on each label DAB will be necessary to keep them in place.

Another idea of scrapbooking and solution would be cut into a circular shape and use them to dates or small pieces of information that you want to convey to their readers.

Photos could also be cut in tags to add something unusual in their design. If you want to open a larger bore at the top of the label, protectors of file around the hole can be used to make it more strong and finish before subprocesamiento of cotton or string through it and link to the page.

An idea of great scrapbooking and solution would be to cut the labels of the same paper that is used to mount your photos in, or some other paper with drawings used in its design.

It is not necessary to write only in each label, you can paste a small image, ornament, shell or photos in it. Material or riff raff also works well. You can also join a lot of tags as an ornament for your design.

As you can see there are loads of ways in can experiment with their labels in its design. Once it starts, more and more ideas will come to you and you are creating original works of art.

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Michel Maling
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