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Scrapbooking with PM designs Paint Stripz:
Color Your World

By Rockester

 

Paint chip accents are all the new rage on the scrapbook chats, layout sites and message boards right now. Scrappers are using them on zippy personal layouts, greeting cards, colorful tag art, altered books and even on stunning page kits they sell on ebay! But a serious concern with those hardware paint strips is that they are printed on acidic papers. The grade of hardware store chip paper used may yellow over time. Want that cool look with no worries? Well, PM designs has come up with a great solution. Paint Stripz! Now we can have the funky look of paint sample strips and rest assured that they are acid free and safe for scrapbooking use. Better yet, they come in long 12-inch strips which we can cut and shape as we like for more versatility! Are you curious about this new sensation? Do you wonder what to do with a paint strip? How can we creatively use this colorful item on pages? Let's talk about Paint Stripz! What is a Paint Stripz Border? Paint Strips look just like the graduated hardware paint samples but each border strip of Paper Stripz is 12 inches long. It also has a generous 7 sections per strip within a color family. You can use Paint Stripz in the projects detailed here depending on your own preferences. Be creative and let your imagination fly! How would I use them? Punch them into shapes: Apple green, cherry red, school bus yellow. Let the names of the paint colors give you a few hints on which shapes would be appropriate. Snow is particularly lovely in shades of white and light blue. The slight gloss on the Paint Stripz add a reflective quality. My personal favorites are bold simple flowers, classic rectangles, circles, and squares and tags. But you can get as creative with your punches as you like. Make faces: Paint Stripz come in many varieties of skin tones and make wonderfully diverse Punch art faces! This is a great resource for layouts where you want ethnic variety. This would be a great school border or teacher's page. Cut them in strips: Create monochromatic strips by cutting or tearing a longer paint chip strip in half. Now you have two strips with those same colors! You can weave several of them into a mat or simply use them as is. Cut them apart: You can cut the colored sections apart and use the resulting pieces independently much as you would any squares or rectangles. Color block with your Paint Stripz. You can also, of course, punch squares or circles from them too. Use the separated pieces in a row to get a rainbow effect or create any geometric shape in a layout to add color here and there. Use them whole: Use a Paint Stripz as a border or use it to mat around a photo or page accent, underlay a serendipity square, or add color to a greeting card as a side border. Trim the two corners off the top and add a small hole punch and you have a nice long tag. Add writing: Add a quote, journaling, dates, or other wording with a Slick Writer pen. Rub ons and sticker letters also work wonderfully with these long borders. Place the wording horizontally across the whole border or place one small word inside each colored rectangle for added impact. You can also journal on vellum and use the vellum as an overlay, and the Stripz colors will still show through. What scrapbook elements and accents can I use Paint Stripz on? *Tags *Accents *Color blocked pages *Journal boxes *Frames *Borders *Page corners *Greeting cards *Pockets for tags *Photos *Journaling boxes Page title or greeting card sentiment possibilities: There are some titles and quotes that just seem custom made for this kind of accent. Here are a few I have come up with to help you on your way to a finished page. *You Color My World *In Living Color *Everyone loves a Rainbow *Color You Beautiful *A Colorful Combination *Shades of Spring Time *Your True Colors Shining Through *Fall Colors QUOTES: *Art is just a pigment of your imagination. (Tony Follari) *The truly wise person is colorblind. (Albert Schweitzer, 1875 - 1965) *The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life. (Daniel Boorstin) *Religion is a candle inside a multicolored lantern. Everyone looks through a particular color, but the candle is always there. (Mohammed Neguib) *Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure. (Edward Thorndike) *The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers, is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience. (James Russell Lowell 1819-1891) *The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. (Helen Keller) *I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple. (Albert Einstein) *Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, But beautiful old people are works of art. (Eleanor Roosevelt) *Being happy doesn't mean everything is perfect. It means you have decided to look beyond the imperfections. * Every child is an artist; the problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. (Pablo Picasso) Get Creative! Add a funky fiber or two in the same shades and you've got a unique and brilliant page. Do you see the potential for Paint Stripz in your scrapbook pages? Adding unique color accents has never been so easy! "Paint" on some creative page pizzazz with Paint Stripz from PM designs. Adding a few happy hues is simple. Have fun with them and color your world today! Happy Scrapping! Rockester

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