Week 2:

Welcome to Week Two of Using Acrylic Paint Techniques in Your Scrapbooks. During this second week of class, we will be using our acrylic paints to alter or enhance embellishments and products we may already have on hand. This is a great way to use up that stash of supplies that you haven’t found a use for because of their color or lack thereof.

This week you will need a sanding block in addition to your acrylic paint and paint brush.

Your assignments for Week Two are as follows:

Part 1:

1. Read Cathy Leffler’s article Using Acrylic Paint to give a Snow Effect.
2. Create a set of embellishments that are altered or enhanced by using paint. (Doesn’t have to be a snowy look, think of your own design!)
3. Use the embellishments you created on a layout and upload to the gallery.

Part 2:

4. Read Janell’s article Designing the Perfect Brad on a Budget
5. Use acrylic paint to alter the look of metal embellishments (not just for brads) for your layouts.
6. Use the altered metal embellishments you have created on a layout and post it in the gallery.

Part 3:

7. Read Odette’s article Altering chipboard letters and shapes. Pay special attention to the section on using Acrylic paint.
8. Create chipboard embellishments or title letters.
9. Use those chipboard embellishments or title letters on a layout and post to the gallery..

Check out these layouts from our gallery for inspiration:

Lynn Anne used paint on her chipboard letters in this layout:

Rebecca used paint to alter the look of the Heidi Swapp Ghost Letters on this layout:

Cardstock (Prism Prismatics)
Patterned Paper (Creative Imaginations: Pink Floral and Blue Lined, Daisy D's)
Letters (Heidi Swapp Ghost letters)
Acrylic Paint (Delta)
Ink (Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Brushed Corduroy)
Adhesive (Adhesive Tech: Permanent Glue Runner and A Fine Line...)

I used painted chipboard letters to resemble snow:

Patterned Papers: Sandylion - Winter Collection
Stickers: Sandylion - Winter Collection
Rubons: My Mind's Eye
Brads, Sequin Letters, Ribbon: KI Memories
Chipboard Alphabet, Alphabet Stickers: Making Memories
Paint: Ranger - Paint Dabbers
Adhesive: AdTech permanent Bond Glue Runner

The flower on this layout was painted by Rebecca to match the layout:

Cardstock (Prism Prismatics)
Patterned Paper (Sweetwater and Crate Paper)
Paint (Ranger Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabbers)
Ink (Tim Holtz Distress Ink and Stampabilities Pigment Ink Pad)
Chipboard Flower (Maya Road)
Rubon Letters (Heidi Swapp)
Ribbon, Fiber and brad (Crafty Keepsakes)
Pen (Micron by Sakura)
Adhesive (Adhesive Tech, Permanent Glue Runner)

There are several painted chipboard elements on this layout by Andrea. For these, she painted the chipboard with two colors then sanded the top one off in areas:

Cardstock (Prism Prismatics: Tawny Medium)
Patterned Paper (Sandylion Home: Harlequin and Iron Gate)
Cardstock Stickers (Sandylion Hom: Monogram Letters)
Chipboard Letters (Zsiage AlphaStructures: Monica 3")
Chipboard Flourishes (Deluxe Designs)
Paint (Ranger Dabber: Watermelon and Delta Ceramcoat Brown Iron Oxide)
Eyelets (Making Memories)
Fiber (Shoebox Trims)
Flower (Rag Shop)
Distresser Tool (Tonic Studios)
Sketch (www.123-Scrap.com)
Adhesive (Adhesive Tech, Permanent Bond Glue Runner)

Chris used paint to alter the metal embellishments on this page:

A great embellishment is created using paint on this layout by Eli:

It is important to share your work in the class gallery folder and report to your instructor in the forum to receive credit for completion. There will be a drawing at the end of each month for those who have completed the course. Our class sponsors are:

Incentives donated by:

Krylon Paper Finishes Sprays, Squeeze Art™ dimensional paints & Brights™ Paint Pens
Inque Boutique Stamps Scrapbooking Stamps
Jacquard Lumiere Metallic Acrylic Paint

Class introduction
Week 1: Using Foam Stamps and Acrylic Paint
Week 2: Add Paint to change your embellishments
Week 3: Masking Techniques & Creating Backgrounds with Different types of items
Week 4: Full Backgrounds using “alternative” paint techniques