Scrapbooking

The kind you find in the school supplies isle works great. "Wood?

If you make a mistake, there is no going back. Instead, have a different color background and use red accent to help draw out the red of the photo.

Bazzill paper is great for this purpose. A nice bow or other embellishment can also be added onto the outside of these windows to add an elegant touch to the window.

These items add texture and color to your work. Dye Kool-Aid makes a fabulous inexpensive and easy dye.

You can of course create one of any depth, height, and width, and I recommend creating these with stiff cardstock. Tearing As the word suggests, tearing is the ripping of paper or tissue paper into various shapes or abstract forms.

72. Next, color the back of the vellum with a marker (your choice f color).

Hemp glues quite easily and hides glue messes well. Often used items can be ripped apart and the pieces reused literally for only pennies.

These flowers are made with fabric and wire. Now armed with over one hundred helpful hints, ideas, and techniques...

Another consideration when using fabrics is if the color will bleed off onto your page and other things touching it. Furthermore, scrapbooks are no longer just for special occasions.

Once set, these items can be painted with acrylic paint. 95.

54. Next, place the fabric you want dyed into the Kool-Aid for a few minutes.

5. Simply, tear, cut or punch shapes and designs out of the darker and lighter colors and place them on the middle colored background.

Rubber stamps can be anything really, because they are a booming business. There are several ways to attach charms to your page.

However, pockets can also quickly and easily made by folding a piece of paper in half and then gluing three of the side edges. But of course many stores sell packages of embellishment kits.

Simply, roll out a small ball of the clay. Coordinated colors add depth to scrapbook pages.

Rhinestones add color and shine to your scrapbook pages making any dull page more exciting. In this way, color can be used to create the effect you desire.

After you have planned the layout for your photos, be sure that you are using the right kind of mounting tape for them! As you get more acquainted with scrapbooking, you will find products that save you time and frustration.

Lace requires a bit more patience and much less glue. 88.

Unlike plastic flowers, fabric flowers look more realistic. Fraying Fraying can create extremely interesting and artistic border accents.

Patterning How can you arrange your scrapbook page to best show off your photographs, mementos and embellishments? What Do I Need to Start Scrapbooking?

Use acid-free tape on the backside to keep it all together. But don't limit yourself to this; many collages look great without predefined borders if the pictures are combined nicely.

If there is no color bleeding from it the next day, then there isn't any risk to your scrapbook. Lace requires a bit more patience and much less glue.

Click here to go to Paper Mojo. Alternately, if you aren't worried about getting a perfect shape, just shape the clay into beads or other freehand items and bake.

These chemicals can easily get on your scrapbook paper, ribbons, and whatever else is near it. To do this, just place a dryer sheet on top of the page before you begin working.

You could even combine this with the previous tip, fraying, for a dramatic effect. 52.

Any fabric, ribbon, or bits of leftovers from other projects can be used to embellish your scrapbook. Alternately, small doves can be punched and placed along the borders to add a romantic touch to a wedding scrapbook.

92. Wax Paper Ink Dye Wax paper ink dye has an effect resembling tie-dye.

One way to attach metal charms is by sewing the charms directly onto your page with thread or embroidery cotton. Here is my suggestion: this may seem odd, but try taste testing fabric to check for acidity.

However, the method I prefer to use is glue with the glitter mixed right in. Be careful not to overload a page with embellishments, more is not always better.

Even buttons, bottle caps and pebbles can look very professional if you use them creatively. However, by using hinges, you can make more permanent and stronger pop up windows made of wood.

Since, the bottom of the puzzle pieces is flat, gluing and placing puzzle pieces is simple. Next, using your fingers, manipulate the paper into a curl.

You could even combine this with the previous tip, fraying, for a dramatic effect. Emboss clear.

41. Furthermore, tags need not be made of paper.

You can only cover it up or try to incorporate it somehow. 61.

Photographs could include baby and grandma with the baby. You may want to add your own stories or poems.

Embellishments can be used as the main focus of your page, to highlight items, or as borders. This method works well on scrapbooks with fabric backgrounds.

11. Quickly and easily you have another copy of your baby announcement, recipe, or calendar.