Prima 6x6 clear paintables and alcohol inks

For our NSD make-n-take project, we used Prima 6x6 Clear Paintables. We painted them with alcohol inks, a blender pen, and white acrylic paint.

Below is a page layout I used one on.

For those of you that couldn't attend the event, I've included step by step directions .

The clear Paintables come on a 12x12 sheet with 4 different patterns that can be cut into 6x6 squares.

We used a clear acrylic sheet as our ink pallet. You can use any non-porous surface. Select the alcohol ink colors you would like to use and add a drop or 2 of each color in different spots.

Fill an H2O brush with alcohol blending solution. (Once you use blending solution in the brush you cannot use it as a water brush, so make sure you mark it to know the difference.)

Start by placing your 6x6 paintable on top of a white piece of scrap paper. This will allow you to see what the colors will look like on your page.

The alcohol ink will dry very fast, but the solution in the brush will reactivate it. Use the brush to pick up the color you want and begin painting.

Another great thing to remember is you can wipe the brush clean and go over any spots you want to clean up, it will easily remove the ink.

After you finish painting the front, turn your paintable over so you are looking at the back side. Use white acrylic paint to cover all of your colored areas. Make sure you stay inside the lines, otherwise you will see white paint on the front side.

Melanie and I were so busy running around on Saturday that Carol E. painted this one for Melanie to use on her page. Didn't it turn out great?

Thanks Carol.

In this layout, Nancy used one of the clear paintables and she didn't paint white acrylic on the back, that way the frame was translucent so that you can still the design of the background paper through the painted image.

National Scrapbooking Day 2009

It's National Scrapbooking day!!! We held a NSD crop at Zander's Ice Cream shop again this year. We had lots of fun croppin' with friends. There were classes, make-n-takes, prizes, raffles and more.

I would like to say Thank You to my sisters, Cynthia and Blossom for helping out with the crop. Since Melanie and I were running back and forth between the crop and our store 2 doors down, we needed the extra hands. Blossom ran the shop for us (sorry, no photo of her) and Cynthia helped at the crop.
Here Cynthia is setting up the food table. Another special Thank You to David B. for making the amazing cupcakes that everyone loved. (Recipe for cupcakes in previous entry.)We wanted to make this event the best that we can, so we invited additional vendors. Below are photos of the booths they set up.

Lisa Wilson (Shabby Pink Designs)
Marcia Marion (Creative Memories)Debra VanPatten (Close To My Heart) Phyllis Richardson (Stampin Up)
Thank you ladies for joining in the fun.

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