FreezePaint iPhone App Review

FreezePaint iPhone App (99cents itunes store)

When I was given the opportunity to review this App I was mainly thinking of the kids but so far they haven’t even had a chance to play with it. This app has 3 uses that I can see.

1: Use it for Scrapbooking a collection of images from an event (see japanese dinner pic) to use in digital scrapbooking or to share on Facebook or e-mail.

2: Use it to entertain the kids with fun interactive photo taking.

3: Use it to entertain a bunch of adults who can play around putting heads on wrong bodies adding big google eyes to each other or as I did, add my mothers dogs nose to her head and finished off with giving her some enlarged wrinkle free eyes.

We had lots of fun with this app and it was very easy to use. It took us about 5 mins to understand what to do (We were too lazy to read the instructions or watch the video)

I’ve done embroidery on paper before and it’s a lot of fun. You can use a needle to punch out a particular shape to stitch, or my favorite thing is to take a copy of an old photograph or a page from a magazine and add stitched details to the original picture.

One thing I haven’t tried but would also be fun to do is cross stitching on paper.

This is a technique that requires a fair amount of preparation because you need to find a pattern you can easily transfer and print it at actual size, then use the pattern itself to help you decide where to put the holes in your paper. And then after all that you can do your stitching.

It’s a pretty straightforward process, but Crewel Ghoul has a great tutorial that walks you through how to do it step by step. It even includes a sample pattern you can print out and try for practice.

The post also has tips for starting and finishing your threads so that the back looks as neat as it can, if that’s something that’s important to you. (When I have done embroidery on paper I usually just tape the thread end to the back. If the back were going to show I’d probably just cover it with more paper.)

Stitching on paper is a fun way to make bookmarks or greeting cards, but you also need to make sure your paper is thick enough to support the holes you’ll be making in it. This post has a good rundown of materials you’ll need and what kind of paper is best. She used watercolor paper but I’ve used card stock and scrapbook paper that was a little thicker than the average printer paper.

You can always test a little on the paper you’re considering to make sure it will stand up to the project.

Check out the post, which includes a video, over at Crewel Ghoul for more tips for cross stitching on paper. Is this something you’ve tried before? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo: Crewel Ghoul]

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