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I have a TON of these and was looking for ideas for things to do with them. I tired the stamping on acetate but.....its not working so well for me. My images keep coming out blurred. Maybe I just don't have patience for it! lol Anyone have any other ideas/uses for them?
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I like to put a few drops of acrylic paint in there (different colors are fine) and swirl and then let the excess drain. It makes for a very pretty ball.
I took 1 X 2 inch strips of old designer paper, curled them around a pencil and stuck them inside. Great use for scraps and the paper makes them pretty festive! HTH
I took 1 X 2 inch strips of old designer paper, curled them around a pencil and stuck them inside. Great use for scraps and the paper makes them pretty festive! HTH
Do you have pictures? I would like to see what they look like. Thanks.
I did use stazon and couldn't get my image (small snowman) to come out clear!!!
Just to troubleshoot and figure out what's happening with your ink, try another stamp, one that you know stamps very clearly without pressing hard. Stamping on acetate is tricky that way, if you have to press hard for your image to come out, the stamp will most likely slide just enough to smear the ink. But if you can play with it, the end result in the glass ball is really pretty. And even using StazOn, still do your coloring on the opposite side of the acetate so the lines don't smear. It's a fun project but takes some practice!
for a clear drying glue, i used aleene's tack it over and over watered down and it worked great! instead of using glitter i loaded a slim paintbrush with pearl ex, stuck it down the neck, into the middle of the ball. (careful not to touch the sides.) then you just flick the paint brush and it gives a splattered pearl ex effect. i used more than one color of pearl ex, then followed with a watered down acrylic paint to give it an opaque effect. i must say that out of all the colors i tried i prefer the dark blue acrylic watered down till it was transluscent. something about the fully opaque paint made the ornaments feel like a bad 80's nightmare. i have pictures in my gallery if you like.
Daisygirl - I know your frustration! I get more blurry images on acetate than good ones because I just can't seem to keep the stamp from sliding. I finally discovered inkjet acetate. It has a slightly rougher side designed to take printer ink. If you still want to take the acetate route, trying picking up some of that at an office supply store.
Rub-ons are another thing to try.
I love the paint & pearl-ex ideas!
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Besides the acetate, I use reinkers and then glitter to decorate. There's also rub ons, you can create a design with redline tape and press micro beads onto that, curled up paper scraps, curled up ribbon scraps. I've thought about daubing alcohol inks on the outside but I'm not sure if there is a flammability issue.
Does anyone have an ornaments with acetate link? I have often thought about trying to put an image inside but I get flummoxed by sizing it to put in etc...
I actually went out and bought MORE clear glass ornaments (they were on sale still at Michael's for 50% off) so I can make some more in different colors
I actually went out and bought MORE clear glass ornaments (they were on sale still at Michael's for 50% off) so I can make some more in different colors
Can't wait to see the tree, Amy! White with pink ornies--Oooh la laaaaaa!!!
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I used some thinned elmers glue and pear ex mixed together, and glitter too and it looks very similar AmyR's ornaments posted above. I mixed the elmers water glitter and pearl ex first to make sure it was "colored" enough and thin/but not too thin enough to coat the inside. then I poured it in the onaments and shook/swirled until coated, and parts that were less coated I used a paintbrush to touch up.
I did use stazon and couldn't get my image (small snowman) to come out clear!!!
Melissa,
One trick I've learned with Staz-on and acetate/glass surfaces, is to ink up the stamp, but, don't stamp immediately-- give it some "air" time on the rubbah--about 30 seconds to maybe even a whole minute. Hold your stamp with BOTH hands, not just one, and use your pinky fingers to "anchor" and steady your hands. Go straight down with the stamp.
Then, carefully lift the stamp straight up--it may "stick" a little, so keep your pinkies or whatever fingers you can, anchoring that acetate down, as you lift back up.
That little bit of "air" time allows the ink to dry a tad on the surface and can reduce slippage. ;)
Someone else has suggested inkjet acetate, and this may also help, as it has a toothy side (for the printer ink to stick on nicely), and a high gloss side. Stamp on the toothy side. Colorbox Chalk Inks, in addition to STaz-On and Palette work beautifully on that, as well.
HTH,
__________________ Julie Ebersole (JulieHRR once upon a time . . . )julieebersole.com"So shines a good deed in a weary world." -Willy Wonka
Does anyone have an ornaments with acetate link? I have often thought about trying to put an image inside but I get flummoxed by sizing it to put in etc...
Vickie Meduzia did an awesome tutorial right here for SCS, in the Resources Area:
omg....I'm almost overwhelmed (sp?) with these ideas!!
Julie - thank you for your tips...I might actually give it another go!
AmyR - omg...those were beautiful!! I actually do not have any re-inkers (shocking I know!!) but I'm thinking I might have to go out tomorrow and see if I can find any because these are a must!! I cannot wait to see that tree!!!
Lauraos - RUB-ONS!! Helloooooo....why didn't I think of that!! And I've got micorbeads so I'm liking the idea with the tape!!!
Thank you...thank you...thank you to all of you for your help!!!
I actually do not have any re-inkers (shocking I know!!) but I'm thinking I might have to go out tomorrow and see if I can find any because these are a must!! I cannot wait to see that tree!!!
Anyone know if you can use food coloring instead of the reinkers? It might be worth a try.
I helped a teacher at school make some with the acetate. Rather than stamp on the acetate we used a computer to copy/paste an image (school logo) on paper and copied it on an overhead projector sheet. I know that you can take a paper with stamped images to an office supply store an have them make an overhead. Just another idea.
I have a TON of these and was looking for ideas for things to do with them. I tired the stamping on acetate but.....its not working so well for me. My images keep coming out blurred. Maybe I just don't have patience for it! lol Anyone have any other ideas/uses for them?
I am in love with the reinker idea. I, too have TONS of these ornaments from way back in my painting days. However, I don't have any reinkers (I'm very new to paper crafting & my supply stock; while full; is not huge.) and wondered if this would work with food coloring.
I have heard of ladies using clear drying glue that has been watered down a little and then poured in with some glitter, but have not tried it yet.
I've done that and it turned out beautifully!
And as far as stamping on accetate, make sure you are stamping straight down and pulling straight back up without twisting or anything.
I have 2 christmas balls in my gallery, I'll find a link for you.
I have just made these for family I put in glitter inside the balls and the family's name and year on the front and back of the balls used the vinyl for the cricut they turned out great
Anyone know if you can use food coloring instead of the reinkers? It might be worth a try.
Yeah a friend of mine tried it with food coloring - didn't work!! It just made a big mess!!
So yeah you definitely need DYE-based re-inkers (doesn't necessarily have to be Stampin' Up! brand - just as long as it's dye based and not alcohol or pigment ink!!)
Can't wait to see the tree, Amy! White with pink ornies--Oooh la laaaaaa!!!
LOL yeah I need to take a pic of it. I actually just picked up some fun whitish garland so now I'm pulling off all the ornaments to put on the garland and re-starting - THEN I can take pictures!! :rolleyes:
We did this once upon a time for a cub scout christmas project. They LOVED it!!!
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I like to put a few drops of acrylic paint in there (different colors are fine) and swirl and then let the excess drain. It makes for a very pretty ball.
I helped a teacher at school make some with the acetate. Rather than stamp on the acetate we used a computer to copy/paste an image (school logo) on paper and copied it on an overhead projector sheet. I know that you can take a paper with stamped images to an office supply store an have them make an overhead. Just another idea.
Just a friendly heads' up, for awareness:
The copyright of every virtually every rubber stamp company prohibits mechanical reproduction of any kind of their images.
__________________ Julie Ebersole (JulieHRR once upon a time . . . )julieebersole.com"So shines a good deed in a weary world." -Willy Wonka
i just used clear glass ornaments with my kindergarten class. 4 students used red and green paint, 4 used red and green feathers, 4 used tinsel, and 4 used clear, green, and red beads to fill. I then wrote their names on the outsides with a black sharpie. They went on our school tree, and I have gotten a lot of compliments on them! Not only did they turn out beautiful, but they were super easy to complete. I can't wait to read more of your ideas!
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Okay ladies, I have my ornaments and my acetate... and im trying to emboss the acetate and it just keeps melting my acetate. Grrrrr.... I've tried holding it back further... any ideas? I want to emboss on it but it's melting the plastic before it sets my embossing. It shrivels up and gets all deformed. Thanks girls! :mad:
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I have a TON of these and was looking for ideas for things to do with them. I tired the stamping on acetate but.....its not working so well for me. My images keep coming out blurred. Maybe I just don't have patience for it! lol Anyone have any other ideas/uses for them?
I used these as one of our projects at my stamp club. We stamped the image on cs, cut it out, and glued it to the glass ornament. Then, we covered it with crystal effects and filled it with micro beads and glitter. You have to use an image that will form to the ball shape of the ornament to prevent the paper from puckering. I had a Christmas tree stamp that was segmented (by design) and it was easy to cut and make into an ornament. They LOVED this project!!
Okay ladies, I have my ornaments and my acetate... and im trying to emboss the acetate and it just keeps melting my acetate. Grrrrr.... I've tried holding it back further... any ideas? I want to emboss on it but it's melting the plastic before it sets my embossing. It shrivels up and gets all deformed. Thanks girls! :mad:
If you're using regular/standard overhead transparency, you'll never be able to heat emboss it--it's not designed to take the heat like that.
You need to use the kind that is specifically for photocopiers (in stamp/scrap stores, it should say "heat resistant" on the packaging); these are more expensive, of course, but they can withstand the head for the brief amount of time it takes to heat emboss the images (or go through a photocopy machine. ;) )
HTH,
__________________ Julie Ebersole (JulieHRR once upon a time . . . )julieebersole.com"So shines a good deed in a weary world." -Willy Wonka
If you're using regular/standard overhead transparency, you'll never be able to heat emboss it--it's not designed to take the heat like that.
You need to use the kind that is specifically for photocopiers (in stamp/scrap stores, it should say "heat resistant" on the packaging); these are more expensive, of course, but they can withstand the head for the brief amount of time it takes to heat emboss the images (or go through a photocopy machine. ;) )
HTH,
Thankyou.. after shriveling up an entire sheet of acetate... I finally decided that it wasn't me.. it was the acetate!!! Silly me... well atleast I kept trying. Thanks for the info though!!! Im going to try heat resistant acetate this time.
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We filled some with potpouri. They're really pretty and look sort of Victorian. My dd also took some, painted them white and made a snowman face on them using felt. She cut part of a sweater sleeve and made a little hat and glued on the top. It makes the cutest snowman. She did this with light bulbs also and tied a piece of the sweater around the skinny part of the bulb to make a scarf. Really easy and really cute.
Clear Glass Balls....
