Scrapbooking

7. When gluing feathers, place a thin line of glue along the center of the feather.

36. Tearing As the word suggests, tearing is the ripping of paper or tissue paper into various shapes or abstract forms.

This technique is especially useful in children's art and educational scrapbooks. Unfortunately, the market has not caught up to this and there is no inexpensive and accurate way to test the acidity of fabric.

Fabric can be used as a background or as a border to enhance dimension and texture to your scrapbook. Basically, paint your photograph with the crystal lacquer and let it dry.

In some more formal themes fraying creates an unprofessional appearance. 72.

This takes a bit of time and effort, but it looks great. Puzzle Pieces Puzzle pieces make playful embellishments and borders.

Preservation Once you spend your precious time and energy creating a scrapbook, make sure it lasts! Furthermore, copper is fairly easy to work with and cut into various shapes.

Using these programs, photographs can be magically darkened, brightened, sharpened, enlarged, and cropped without ruining your original photograph. Typewriter keys create an added personal touch to scrapbooks for secretaries, writers, and students.

This adds a masculine touch that is great for those interested in cars, trains, airplanes, or metalworking. 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.

Vellum can be used to create a slight shadow or shade change to background or embellishment colors. Concho and glaze are available at most craft stores.

78. Furthermore, these embellishments can be used to focus on a certain photograph or memento.

Vellum can be used to create a slight shadow or shade change to background or embellishment colors. First, print a photograph directly onto shrink plastic.

100. Basically, shadow boxes are 3 dimensional "frames" that hold text, photos or embellishments.

This adds a touch of age and antiqueness to scrapbook pages. 29.

83. This curled edge can then be left as is, chalked, or inked for a more dramatic effect.

Book Jacket Backgrounds For an added personal touch and artistic flair, use a book jacket as a background. Frosting Charms Frosting adds a unique touch to all of your metal charms.

This will make it so the adhesive stays on the material itself, and will not show through the open holes. Another consideration when using fabrics is if the color will bleed off onto your page and other things touching it.

Happy Scrapbooking! Yes, lignin-free paper does cost more, but it is a vital part of preserving your cherished scrapbooks.

Keep in mind that objects such as shells, pine cones, leaves, and twigs become quite brittle and messy. For more control, use a dry marker as a paintbrush.

Book Jacket Backgrounds For an added personal touch and artistic flair, use a book jacket as a background. Both acid and lignin accelerate photo fading and general deterioration.

Markers A marker is a seeming obvious tool for writing and embellishing on scrapbook pages. A special product called Photo Twin pens is useful for tinting.

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. These can add a playful, exotic, or outdoor feel to your scrapbook.

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. Photographs Nearly all, if not all, scrapbooks will contain photographs.

Wax pencils are acid-free and available in a variety of colors. 36.

65. Another easy way to dye is with egg dyes sold for Easter.

15. Beads can be added abstractly to a children's scrapbook for a child-like look or carefully placed to make homey titles or artistic designs.

16. The wax acts as a resistant to the ink, forming a textured look.

Collages create great funky scrapbook pages. Then, lightly brush the item you want drybrushed.

Quilling creates an exotic handicraft look to scrapbooks. 47.

There are two ways to solve these problems. Beading can be as simple as gluing a few beads onto a scrapbook page or as complex as a sewn beaded design.

86. These items are generally used as a way to anchor difficult or heavy objects to your scrapbook pages.

Unfortunately, the macaroni bits and glitter are soon all over the floor or eaten by the dog. This can be used to add color and a dramatic flare to a dull scrapbook page.

This will add a wild look to your scrapbook page and is especially nice for children's books and artwork. To clean up, simply brush away the remaining glitter once the object is completely dried and be sure to spray the glitter with Archival Mist to further secure it in place.

Accents are most often used not to distract from the main focus, but to help bring out certain colors and/or designs in the main focus. Well, how would you like to make your own?

It is by Pioneer Thinking, here is the web address: http://www. Cut along these lines with scissors or a ruler and an exacto knife.

Patterning How can you arrange your scrapbook page to best show off your photographs, mementos and embellishments? Flowers can also be used to add to an outdoor or elegant theme.

Here is a basic template, just cut along the solid lines and fold inward on the dotted lines: Glue or tape the sides in place; you will end up with a sort of rectangular bowl. Ribbon and lace are especially popular in gift and feminine scrapbooks.