Hello, my friends!
I'm back with a fun new project for Clear Scraps!
This time I have created a mini album, using a really great combination of products!
Here's my album:
I love to combine chipboard and acrylic pages when making a mini album.
Since the acrylic pages are see-through, more thought has to go into the construction.
For this album I decided to stencil a design on each acrylic page.
It's easy to do...and so much fun!
I used four chipboard pages, and four acrylic pages.
I began by choosing papers from my stash, and covering the chipboard.
The chipboard has holes for binding rings,
so it's important to remember to punch them out before covering them on both sides.
Once my chipboard was covered, I set it aside.
I chose some acrylic paints that match the papers, and grabbed some makeup sponges.
The sponges work beautifully for stenciling with paint.
I decided which side of the acrylic I was going to stencil on,
and removed the protective film from that side only.
I chose to stencil the front cover on the back side of the acrylic.
This will offer some protection to the paint, since this is the cover.
It's very easy to flip the stencil over, and add the paint backwards.
I loaded some paint on my sponge, and used a dabbing motion through the stencil.
As you can see by the smaller white doilies, I had a bit too much paint on my sponge.
I don't mind the look for this project but it's best to start with less.
You can always add more if you need it.
The paint dried quite quickly but I let it sit for an extra day.
When I was ready to assemble my pages, I removed the other layer of protective plastic.
Then it was just a matter of putting my pages in order,
and adding a bit of embellishing.
I placed a solid colored mat behind the title page.
Then I added some pearls and a little bow.
All the page edges have been inked with distress ink.
I added some stickers and bits that all fit into my "CREATE" theme.
The white doily shows up beautifully on the background page.
It looks lovely on the busier page too.
I used touches of ribbons on some pages.
They match the ribbons used on the binding rings.
I really love the way these paint splats look on both the solid green page,
...and the pretty striped page.
The flowers look great on the back cover.
You can see throughout the album,
thought was given as to the placement of stickers.
They aren't fighting with the stencil designs.
This was such a fun album to put together!
If you haven't tried using acrylic pages before,
I really hope you do!
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Other materials used:
Dylusions Paints;
Walnut Stain Distress Ink;
Dollarama Makeup Sponges;
American Crafts Papers and Stickers;
Binding Rings;
Ribbons and Bling from My Stash.
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Thanks for stopping by today!
I'll be back soon with another fun project share!
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