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Stamping on Acetate From "Scrapbooking" episode SCB-433

Acetate allowed Scheffler to create "window" accents and corners to complement her NYC themed page.

Acetate is a clear plastic sheet that can add the look of translucency to the page. Here, guest Carol Scheffler offers tips for working with the material, and creates a page featuring stamped motifs on acetate.

Tips for working with acetate:

• Static can cause dust particles to cling to acetate. To avoid this problem, store acetate sheets between sheets of paper and remove the paper only when ready to work on a project.

• Because acetate is a non-porous surface, permanent ink must be used. Stamp without wiggling, which can cause the image to smudge on the slick surface. The ink will dry almost immediately, but allow it to sit for a minute to dry completely.

• If creating multiple images, consider stamping all your images onto plain white paper, then copy onto an acetate sheet fed through the copier.

• Add color to acetate by layering printed paper underneath, applying metal foil to the adhesive side, coloring or stamping onto the acetate, photocopying an image onto the acetate.

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New York Architecture Page

1. Trim a black 12" by 12" page down to 11" by 11". Adhere to the center of a 12" by 12" gray page.

2. Using permanent ink, stamp decorative square, star, phrase and deco rectangle onto acetate. Cut out decorative square and deco rectangle.

3. Cut the square into quarters on the diagonal, producing four triangles. Touch up the cut lines with a permanent marker. Apply adhesive to the back of the acetate (or use adhesive-backed acetate). Remove the release paper and layer over silver holographic paper. Trim away the excess paper. Layer and adhere the triangles onto gray cardstock and trim so that it is slightly large than the acetate triangles. Adhere triangles to photo with pop-up foam dots.

4. Repeat the layering onto holographic paper for deco retangle. Cut out the center of the image, creating a window. Add a small piece of acetate to the back side of the opening of the window to protect what lies underneath. Add a computer generated title underneath and tape into place. Layer image onto black paper, trimmed slightly larger and then onto patterned paper, trimmed slightly large.

5. Apply silver foil onto the adhesive back of the star image. Brush away excess. Layer onto black paper, trimmed slightly larger than the image.

6. Center the phrase over the photo until you are happy with its placement. Apply invisible adhesive to acetate to hold in place over photo. Trim acetate until it is the exact dimensions of the photo. Layer onto gray cardstock, trimmed slightly larger than photo.

7. Apply a strip of decorative paper near the bottom of the page. Adhere two photos and page title in place.

8. Adhere "NYC" metal disks with metal square brads.

GUESTS :

Carol Scheffler
Arts and Crafts Author and Expert
Sterling Publishing
Website: www.sterlingpub.com