Thank you for attending the Plaid Folk Art Papier Paint with Stacey Merritt, OSCI.

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Stacey :

One Stroke Painting was created by native Floridian and mother of seven, Donna Dewberry. Donna has been involved with arts and crafts for more than 2 decades. She began decorative painting, she says, because she wanted to, not necessarily because she had talent. She started with what she calls "dot painting," which uses the end of the brush handle, but she eventually got up the courage to use the bristle end of the brush. After many evenings at her dining room table teaching herself to paint, Donna created One Stroke Painting, a technique for stress-free decorative painting. 

One Stroke started out simply as a way to effortlessly devise amazingly easy and beautiful flowers with Folk Art Acrylics. As more and more decorative painters discovered One Stroke they became eager to branch out and paint more things; Animals, Landscapes, Seasonal items and more were added to the One Stroke product family.

Not so long ago Folk Art created a new paint so that it would be possible to paint on glass without fear of chipping. Folk Art created the Enamel Paints, which were still as thick and creamy as the original FolkArt Acrylics.

Now Folk Art has created a new generation of paints that can be used on paper projects. This new breakthrough product is the PAPIER PAINTS.

Papier Paints are archival safe so the many scrapbookers and greeting card crafters will be able to use the phenomenal One Stroke technique in their projects. Typically painting on paper meant that once the image was dry it had to be framed immediately to help prevent curling and wrinkling. Plus the paint could crack if the paper was bent or handled too much. This made it tricky when it came to painting on greeting cards and in scrapbooks.  Papier paints make it possible now to paint on paper and not have the wrinkling and curling that occurs with traditional paints.

Papier Paint is non-toxic and it is not water-based so it is less likely to warp your paper projects. It is also flexible, meaning it will not crack when dry or when papers bend.

Papier Paints are great because it makes it possible to delve into a whole new realm with One Stroke!

When using the Papier Paints with the One Stroke technique you must use the Flow Medium. Flow medium dilutes the paint without changing the chemical compound of the paint. Never add water to your Papier Paint because it would jeopardize the chemical structure of the paint.

Not only are Papier Paints for Paper but also can be used on WOOD! Just like paper, you can brush on or use Papier to add dimension to your projects.

Papier Paints are not only useful for One Stroke Painting. Papier Paints allow scrapbookers to embellish their pages with anything they can think of! The possibilities are endless!

You can embellish books, board games, gift boxes, journals, tags, serving trays, bookmarks, scrapbooks, picture frames, cigar boxes and more! Let your imagination run WILD! Add squiggles, words, lines, dots, checks, hearts, flowers and so much more straight from the bottle.

Papier Paints allow you to create many one of a kind creations and embellishments for your paper and wood projects! 

The Papier Paints line has many special effects paints such as metallic, glitter and glass effects! The paints come in 38 colors including Donna’s traditional colors that she uses in her stroke work!

Donna has also created new brushes which are stiffer and make it easier to do stroke work. Other than the special effects paints the Papier Paint dries to a satin finish.

Papier Paints cure in 48 hours and are completely set.

Another brilliant thing about Papier Paints is the fact they were designed so that you have the ability to write with it straight from the bottle. Each bottle has a tip that makes it easy to write and make designs! 

Papier Paints are a wonderful new product that makes it easy for novice to advanced painters and crafters to use!

The bottom line is Papier Paint is an innovative new product that will revolutionize the paper crafting industry!

You can visit my site at http://www.staceyscreations.com for free tutorials and projects using the papier paints! I have online classes available as well that show you how to create beautiful projects using the Papier Paints!

I am running a special on Papier Painting Kits on my site as well! To purchase the kits you may go directly to the page http://www.angelfire.com/la3/papierpainting/papier.html. 

I am now ready for questions! Feel free to ask me anything! I will do my best to help answer your questions!