This question is for scrapbookers...have you made paper bag albums?

Question

I'd like to know if you've painted in them, what type of paint have you used and in what way did you use it. Did you seal your paint too.

Answer 1

Acrylic paint would be the best to use, as opposed to watercolors, gouache, or colored inks. Once dry, you shouldn't have a problem with it running or smearing, and you shouldn't have to seal it unless it is a page that would get rubbed against another embellishment or unless it's part of your cover. Acrylics are also very forgiving, so if you make a mistake or would like to change a color, you can do so without having to start over on a brand new page.

You CAN use inks or watercolors (I know they are popular and I see them sold in my local scrapbooking stores), but know this: it's called water-based for a reason. Unless the paper is coarse and easily soaks up the ink, if you try to layer colors or try to seal the paint, it'll bleed, run, and smear. Unless that's the effect you're looking for, I wouldn't advise using it.

You can also distress acrylics using sandpaper; if you do that, you might want to consider putting a layer of clear varnish, gloss medium, or matte medium over it so it doesn't distress further.

If you do decide to seal any paint, use a medium from the same brand of acrylic paint you chose, i.e. Liquitex paint and Liquitex varnish. Each line of paints is designed to work with the company's mediums; it may not be a big deal, but at least you'll know everything will work the way it's supposed to. Plus, Liquitex, see http://www.liquitex.com, is readily available in any art supply or craft store.

Answer 2

Your question is a little hard to understand! But if you ar talking about using paper bags to cut up and use as album pages...that should not be a problem.
Use them like any other paper and use any of the stamping supplies, acrylic paints.. Bags are made from cheep paper and will have a high acid content so they will not have an exceptionally long life. But they will outlive you and I. And after I'm dead and gone, I'm not going to care how long paper bag album pages last or any other album for that matter. I've been somewhat amused at the scrapbookers blind following of advertisers who stress "acid free".
Jump back, who will care in 50 years.

lyn

Answer 3

Acrylic paint is acid free and archival. I use Decoart or Delta paints in scrapbooks with no problem. You don't need to seal it in this type of use.

I love the look of paper bag albums!