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Is there any difference in the acrylic paints Making Memories has on the LSS shelves and the acrylic paints i have in my craft room from stenciilling?
SuG
I can't say 100% for sure, but I don't think so. At my LSS they sell MM to go with papers, embellishments, etc. However, they also sell the same bottles of acrylic paints that you can get at Wal-Mart. A whole class was taught on ways to use acrylic paints on your SB pages and they used both kinds, so my understanding was that acrylic paint is paint. Also if you check the Creating Keepsakes Magazine site they also really pushed acrylic paints on SB pages a while ago, so you might get some more detailed info there.
We were told by the Making Memories people (employees) at a scrapbooking class featuring MM products that the MM acrylic paints have a lower water content (than craft store acrylics), and are therefore less prone to buckling your paper when you paint with them.
HTH, Susan
Is there any difference in the acrylic paints Making Memories has on the LSS shelves and the acrylic paints i have in my craft room from stenciilling?
SuG
The MM paint is designed to work with paper - it dries very quickly. Even if you squirt some out onto a plastic lid, if you don't use it right away it dries up very fast. It is also thinner than regular craft paint so it goes on fast and won't saturate your paper and make it wrinkle. I have used it on quite a few scrapbook pages and I really like it.
i have so many bottles of the acryllic paint, probably every color imaginable. I think i wil buy just one bottle of the MM paint and see what the diff is. Sounds like a fun neew technique waiting to be tried hre (at least for me).
Now how do you use them on your scrap pages? I can see the chipboard use but don't get it on pages.
thank you all for the quick responses.
SuG
i have so many bottles of the acryllic paint, probably every color imaginable. I think i wil buy just one bottle of the MM paint and see what the diff is. Sounds like a fun neew technique waiting to be tried hre (at least for me).
Now how do you use them on your scrap pages? I can see the chipboard use but don't get it on pages.
thank you all for the quick responses.
SuG
Please report back to us the results of your comparison. Thanks.
Susan is right, there is a big difference with the MM paint, it's made for paper and it works alot better than regular acrylic paint on paper. You can also use it on other things, like canvas, altered items, etc. If you have a choice I'd spend a little more and get the MM, it's worth it! Just remember it also dries *very* quickly on your stamps, I would only use it on foam stamps, it can dry and be *really* hard to get off rubber, I know, I've done it
i have so many bottles of the acryllic paint, probably every color imaginable. I think i wil buy just one bottle of the MM paint and see what the diff is. Sounds like a fun neew technique waiting to be tried hre (at least for me).
Now how do you use them on your scrap pages? I can see the chipboard use but don't get it on pages.
thank you all for the quick responses.
SuG
I use the paint like ink with rubber stamps and foam stamps, and stamp phrases onto my scrapbook pages. (I don't paint directly onto the paper.) Heather Holbrook was right, if you don't wipe/clean your stamps immediately after stamping, it's reallly difficult getting the paint off because it dries so darn quickly! --When it's stamped, it almost looks the same as if you used craft ink. HTH!
I've used quite a few of both kinds of paint. MM is thicker and dries faster. And, since it's designed to work with paper, it's much less likely to wrinkle your paper than other brands.
acrylic paint ?
