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Hot Trend: Art Materials
Beth Mauro

When a new breed of
scrapbookers opted for more creative options over archival quality, it
opened up new world of fine quality materials to these crafters. Now
the use of high-end art materials, once the practice of fine artists
only, is a common occurrence in scrapbooking studios and cropping
parties around the country.

Many fine artists are trying their
hands at scrapbooking, cardmaking and other papercrafts. But for the
most part, scrapbookers are unschooled in the usage of many of these
new materials. They may be using supplies in new ways, so learning
opportunities abound.

Plastic Sheets- A hot trend in
scrapbooking right now is clear materials- particularly acrylic albums.
Grafix has also done an excellent job in introducing paper crafters to
new materials by showing how plastics can be customized to create
overlays, transformed into clear cards or constructed into baskets.

Watercolor
Pencils- Scrapbookers may not consider themselves painters but when
they marry watercolor pencils with stamped images, their confidence
increases.

Watercolor Paints- LuminArte and Yasutomo’s sparkling
or pearlescent watercolors are frequently found in a scrapbooker’s
stash. They add a hint of sparkle to a stamped image or take a run of
the mill paper or fabric flower embellishment to a new level.

Acrylic
Paint- Scrapbookers have always dabbled in acrylics but the interest in
acrylic paints are on the rise. Acrylics are used with stamps or to
create textures- more of an accent rather than an overall painted page.

Fine
Art Papers-While the 12” and 8” square are the norm for scrapbook
pages; scrapbookers are working with all kinds of paper. The textures
and colors of handmade papers as well as watercolor paper appeal to
people who like layering, folding or tearing to create organic edges.

Inks
of all kinds-Stamp pads are found in every scrapbooker’s supply closet
for use with acrylic and rubber stamps. Stamp pads and liquid inks are
being used to create backgrounds, to “age” papers or distress edges.

The
walls between crafting categories are tumbling down as consumers
experiment with a myriad of products in their work. This will continue
as does the ongoing debate: are scrapbookers crafters or artists?


Beth Mauro is the executive editor of Scrapbook Retailer magazine.

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