Acetate Class

I have had so much fun playing around with Acetate over the last couple of weeks! These are things we covered in class to refer back to if you need to, also so I don't have to make you take notes hehehe

WHAT IS ACETATE?
A transparent or translucent plastic sheet. Also known as transparency. You can buy acetate or collect it free. Alot of scrapbooking packaging contains acetate so don't throw that packaging away! You can also buy acetate embelishments, overlays etc which are ready to place on your projects. You can also purchase computer printable transparencies. Some is clear, some is coloured.

Onto the fun stuff!! ....

STAMPING >>>
To stamp on acetate you need Stazon Ink. This is the only ink I know of that will dry on the acetate. You can stamp any image onto your acetate and cut it out to create an embelishment.
Here are a few examples ...

This was stamped with black Stazon ink, cut out and attached to the photo with vellum tape.


Another medium you can use to stamp on acetate is paint. I used Kasier colour Acrylic paint. I Dabbed the paint on the stamp with a sponge and after it had dried cut around the shape and attached sequins with craft glue. I also used craft glue to attach the flourish to the cardstock.


This Butterfly was stamped with black Stazon then coloured with pens. I then cut it out and heated the wings with a heat gun until they curled a bit. The butterfly was attached with double sided tape.

CUTTLEBUG >>>
The cuttlebug can be used to cut and emboss on acetate to make embelishments.
Here are some examples ...


To make this I used an embossing folder all the way across the acetate. I then gently sanded the embossed images and rubbed versa colour ink over the sanded parts. I them attached the acetate to black cardstock using pink brads as the flower centres and then attached the cardstock to the LO with double sided tape.


The word 'Fireworks' was cut using the cuttlebug alpha 'You're not the Boss of Me' and then painted with Kasier colour acrylic paint. I attached the letters to the cardstock with craft glue.


Coloured acetate is fun to use with the cuttlebug cutting dies! Attached with craft glue.

RUB-ONS >>>
If you don't have any Stazon Ink or paint the next best thing to use on acetate are rub-ons. You can find out about Rub-ons HERE

Here are some ideas ....

Using a rub-on journalling spot I made my own unique journalling spot! Just a little tip .. make sure you test your journalling pen on some scrap acetate first so you make sure it is 'acetate friendly' and will dry. I attached the acetate to my LO with little brads placed in the flowers centres.




Some acetate, rub-ons, glitter and glue make for an awesome embelishment! Check out the instructions for this idea HERE

Just cutting around your rub-ons and using on your LO is perfectly fine! It makes it possible to use rub-ons in a 3D way.

OTHER >>>
Use acetate with any medium to create unique embelishments.
Here are a couple of ideas ...



Using acetate with other mediums makes for great embelishments. Here I have cut out flower shapes and used both paper and embroidery thread to jazz them up.

Check out instore for all the awesome products used to make these embelishments!
Have FUN making all your acetate embelishments and I can't wait to see what you all do!!