Scrapbooking Resources

Then, using a small paintbrush, paint this piece of vellum with gold or silver leaf. Shapes also make interesting placement patterns.

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Buttons Buttons can be added to pop up windows for effect or to educational scrapbooks as a learning device. Items can also be placed into random groups, abstract shapes, or collages.

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Creating this effect is easy. "Wood?

Complimentary colors can be slightly lighter or darker than the background to direct the focus towards or away from portions of the page. Never place a sticker on a photograph as the adhesive may cause irreversible damage to the photograph.

Buttons Buttons can be added to pop up windows for effect or to educational scrapbooks as a learning device. You can use ready-made leis or make your own.

Faux ABC Beads ABC beads look great on children's artwork and baby scrapbooks. Silver and Gold Accents Beautiful silver and gold accents make a wonderful touch to lettering or tags on your scrapbook page.

18. Simply scan and print pictures onto paper or vellum.

Try crumpling and crumpling other types of paper, they may become cloth-like as well. However, check out your local hardware store for metal glues or contact cement.

If you can't find one you like, many companies can custom make them for you. This has become a huge thing, actually.

Keep in mind, however, that feathers are not acid-free, nor do they preserve well at all. To add a richer texture, cut these from velveteen paper.

Once they are dried, just roll up the wax paper or cut it into little squares and use them just like you would any other glue dots. 96.

Title Don't forget to create a title for your scrapbook page. 80.

Using a marker, add color to a paper towel or make up sponge. Photographs could include baby and grandma with the baby.

White out can also be used for white pages. You may want to add your own stories or poems.

Its purpose is to bind the cells of plants together and is quite literally what gives wood its strength. First, print a photograph directly onto shrink plastic.

Emboss clear. You can place your items in a formal chronological order.

Weaving can be done using fabric, yarn, straw, or reeds. 27.

37. One way is to simply wrinkle cardstock.

Silver and Gold Accents Beautiful silver and gold accents make a wonderful touch to lettering or tags on your scrapbook page. The book is to keep the paper from curling, and the wax paper is to keep the paper from sticking to the book.

Once they are dried, just roll up the wax paper or cut it into little squares and use them just like you would any other glue dots. Embellishments need not be expensive, in fact most are free!

Simply, cut the foam tape into whatever shape and size you want. Once this hardens it will look just like a typewriter key.

49. The best way to preserve them and your scrapbook is to spray them with a healthy coat of protectant, like Archival Mist.

Be careful though, fraying does not comply well with all themes. 58.

If there is no color bleeding from it the next day, then there isn't any risk to your scrapbook. You can place your items in a formal chronological order.

Note that I keep referring to "fake" fur. Vellum can be used to create a slight shadow or shade change to background or embellishment colors.

Before you actually stick that sticker, cut it out and lay it down where you would like it to go to make sure it looks good before placing it, because most stickers do not unstick very well if you make a mistake or change your mind. The only acid-free fabric dyes I know of are Ranger Crafts dyes (http://www.

To make embossed foil, place a piece of carbon paper on top of the foil. Just try to make sure that no photos directly touch fabric, and if you need them to overlap, make sure there is a layer of paper between the two.

Further, unlike real flowers, fabric flowers have a very long life span. Like for babies there are mini baby clothes, mini rattles, mini baby blocks, etc.

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. Dry embossing is a method which uses a burnisher and template to raise the surface of the paper.

As the name of this book suggests, there are a total of 100 techniques. Puzzle Pieces Puzzle pieces make playful embellishments and borders.

12. The tape should say "acid-free" right on the packaging.

However, when used on the back of a photograph, the ink will become permanent. You could even combine this with the previous tip, fraying, for a dramatic effect.

65. Due to these new techniques and tools, the uses of scrapbooking have expanded drastically.

Heat embossing uses powders that are melted on paper to create a raised image. However, check out your local hardware store for metal glues or contact cement.

Collages can have a theme such as a single individual or an entire family group combined. First, cut a piece of fabric to your desired size, and then cut a piece of freezer paper a bit larger than the piece of fabric.