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I'm hoping someone can help me out with some questions about acetate sheets.
First, am I right in thinking that they are the plastic transparency sheets that are used for overhead projectors?
1) where do you buy yours? I went to Staples and they had packs of 100 and the cheapest was $30! I was figuring a few bucks, not 30!
2) what else can you do with acetate sheets besides the "reflections" technique? If I'm going to spend $30 for 100 of them I want to make sure I can so some other things with them or it just isn't worth it to me (I'm signing up to be a demo in a few days and was thinking of projects/techniques to do)
I buy the 10 pack of acetate "cardstock" at flourishes. It's fantastic and super thick. I wanna say it's 4.95 for 10 sheets. I also use this stuff to store my clear stamps on. I just stamp one side with stazon and then put the stamp on the other side of the image and lay another acetate sheet on top like a sandwich.
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In the resources section there are all kinds of things to do with them. I bought the 100 sheets at Christmas and have used 2/3 of them. Here are some links to the resource page...
I buy mine at Staples. If you want to use your heat gun on them for embossing or to heat set ink, make sure you get the ones that are for a laser printer.
If you don't want to fork out the cash before you know if you like them, maybe find a stamping buddy or two and split a package of them?
Also, I know that SU used to sell them, but I haven't looked in the catty for them recently... I'm moving on Sunday and all of my stuff is packed, so I can't look right now, but you can check.
Lots of fun things to do with them. Window cards, transparency cards, etc. I'm sure the links shown above have them all listed.
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Another idea, if you aren't sure you'll like these, check the copy center of Staples or your office supply store and ask them if you can buy a few sheets.
I bought a few sheets of acetate at Office Max in the copy center for a couple of dollars.
Does anyone use the acetate sheets that come with clear stamps or as part of packaged (craft) items? I have lots of sheets from my Papertrey stamp sets but I haven't repurposed them yet. I haven't been successful in cutting acetate with my CB dies yet - any tips?
I saw a tutorial on a "stained-glass" technique with acetate - there's a video on Paper Craft Planet but I think that person is on SCS too.
Another idea, if you aren't sure you'll like these, check the copy center of Staples or your office supply store and ask them if you can buy a few sheets.
I bought a few sheets of acetate at Office Max in the copy center for a couple of dollars.
i'm told you can buy a few from the copy section-just ask
also my sister's house still has stacks of these.
ask at your local schools. the school here don't use them anymore. just haven't tossed them in the trash yet.
You can make some adorable cards with it. Think of it as 4 layers, the front, the inside of the front fold, the inside of the card and then the back of the card. You can layer your images. So cute.
I've saved all of the clear sheets that my stamps come on but haven't figured out what to do with it! It needs to be cleaned somehow because it's a bit scratched up- any tips on that? Windex and a paper towel?
Check out Marcos Paper (www.marcopaper.com) listed under "transparencies". I like this store a lot and the best part is you can buy by the sheet (so you can try them out before investing in a pack of 100).
I just use ordinary double-sided tape. But remember, whatever you use will show slightly, so most people would add some card on the inside as well. However, I made a card a while back using some lacy die-cut paper, and just attached it with Studio-tac. 3 months later it still seems to be holding well, and there was no way I was going to try to cover it from the back. It's somewhere in my gallery, but got to go to work, don't have time to find it to link.
aother great use for acetate is to make your own masks - i make mine in my cricut, apply repositionable xyron adhesive on the back and have any mask i want
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