Scrapbooking Resources

Due to these new techniques and tools, the uses of scrapbooking have expanded drastically. Other photos and images can also be printed or cut into text and pasted onto the page.

When finished, the shrink art becomes a solid plastic piece with your custom artwork on it. Embellishments can be used as the main focus of your page, to highlight items, or as borders.

Pre-rolled quills and/or precut quilling paper are available in specialty craft stores. Various glues and affixing options are also available.

57. Leis add an exotic touch to holiday scrapbooks.

Simply wrap a ready-made button with the paper. You may want to add journals describing the day to day life of your baby or your child's accomplishments.

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Then, glue individual popcorns together to make garlands. Further, unlike real flowers, fabric flowers have a very long life span.

99. Scrapbooking is still used to hold personal keepsakes and for gift giving, and now scrapbooking techniques can be used to make baby announcements, grandparent books, gift cards, artwork for kid's rooms, recipe books, and even educational tools.

Many people like to laminate the newspaper clipping. Let's get scrapbooking!

To reduce static electricity, place a drying sheet over the fake fur before you glue it into place. Instead, have a different color background and use red accent to help draw out the red of the photo.

Emboss clear. This will be one petal.

Fraying looks especially good in children's scrapbooks, as well as pages for your more creative and imaginative friends. Shapes also make interesting placement patterns.

Textured Paper Textured paper can add extra dimension to your scrapbooking page. They normally sell large sheets of paper you can cut down (like 25"x35" large, and for good prices), but you can get 3"x5" swatches of 4-8 different papers for less than 4 bucks plus free shipping.

Pockets Sometimes, you may want to temporarily store objects in a pocket. Shadow Boxes A great way to add depth to your scrapbook page is to add shadow boxes.

I suggest that you test print whatever you want to be printed on the fabric on regular paper first. This will look like a border to the vellum.

The rest of this book is dedicated to the how-to's of scrapbooking. Special interests themes include favorite colors, sports, favorite television programs, music, the outdoors, or cultural influences.

Contrasted colors focus the eye. Faux Chalk Designs To give a chalked accent to your items without the mess of the chalk, print images or text directly onto vellum.

This appearance creates a softening effect to loud scrapbook pages or adds an air of freedom and peace to an outdoorsy themed scrapbook. Scrapbooking is still used to hold personal keepsakes and for gift giving, and now scrapbooking techniques can be used to make baby announcements, grandparent books, gift cards, artwork for kid's rooms, recipe books, and even educational tools.

This can be used to increase focus to a certain photograph or to add a little energy to dull scrapbook pages. But if you are going to include macaroni and what-not in your scrapbooks, there is nothing you can do to permanently preserve the pages; you are only delaying the inevitable.

10. Lignin-free and acid-free products come in virtually any color and texture.

Next, paste the middle section of your pop up window to your background. Beads are available at your local craft store in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors.

Another method is to string wire through the charm and attach both end of the wire to secure eyelets. Smudging Smudging by accident is an easy task, smudging for effect is quite another.

In fact, silk and many tie-dye's actually go through an acid bath during the manufacturing process. Tags can be used for accents, captions, and thought bubbles as well as dedications.

There are several ways to attach charms to your page. Shadow Boxes A great way to add depth to your scrapbook page is to add shadow boxes.

If you find a mistake, mark, or glue bits on your scrapbook page just rub it off using a soft white eraser. Yes, lignin-free paper does cost more, but it is a vital part of preserving your cherished scrapbooks.

5. Here's a shocker: paste is a thing of the past.

Magnetic Sheets Magnetic sheets and magnetized photo albums can be used as backgrounds. 1.

Next, heat the item. It is stronger than traditional sewing thread, so it will last a very long time and comes in a wide variety of colors.

This could add a touch of elegance or a touch of humor depending upon the patterned paper you choose. Then tape the freezer paper, with the fabric now stuck to it, to a piece of regular printer paper.

Often these sheets have an adhesive strip on one side to promote adherence to even nonmetal objects. 39.

This method is especially useful for surprise scrapbooks meant to overwhelm the reader either with all of their accomplishments or all those that care for them. You can make your own customized paper of any color and texture you want.

The design you create depends only upon your creativity and talent. They are a paper store specifically for scrapbooking, so you know they are good.

I would suggest you sketch out what you want to draw or write using pencil first. You shouldn't use real popcorn, especially if it is butter coated.

Textured paper can also be used as a backgrounds or border to give your page an interesting fresh look. Hinges are available at any local hardware store.

Just mix 1 packet of Kool-Aid per quart of water in a sauce pan and bring to a simmer. Of course if you turn the paper or material over it is then embossed!

You can even get rubber stamps custom made after your own handwriting. Gluing shells together and placing them directly on the scrapbook page makes a shell Lei.

Lignin-free and acid-free products come in virtually any color and texture. Odds and ends that you have from other craft projects work just fine.