Scrapbooking

Do you remember those days as a kid pasting newspaper clippings onto paper and bundling dozens of papers together with some fancy ribbon or a string? Newspaper clippings of birth announcements, team photographs, or favorite celebrities add a personal touch to scrapbook pages.

Titles can also be more interesting and exciting. However, scrapbooking techniques and tools have matured substantially.

These markers are also acid-free, fade-resistant, waterproof, and available in a variety of colors. Mosaics stretch out photographs into an artistic rendition of the original photograph.

This could add a touch of elegance or a touch of humor depending upon the patterned paper you choose. This might be good for a young adult or college student scrapbook.

Your antique page can then be left as is, chalked, or inked for an even more dramatic effect. Cutting and Cropping Often photographs aren't quite the right shape and size, or the photographic image is improperly centered.

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You could also take a paper grocery bag and crumple it and crumple it. Eyelets Eyelets are round stub-like pieces of metal.

" Yes wood. Punching Basically punching is the cutting out of an image or piece of text using a cookie cutter like tool.

Special interests themes include favorite colors, sports, favorite television programs, music, the outdoors, or cultural influences. If items are too closely spaced, your reader will feel overwhelmed.

You might make a cake pattern for you niece the pastry cook. Polymer Molds To create great three-dimensional items of virtually any shape and size use polymer molds.

Vellum can be used to create a slight shadow or shade change to background or embellishment colors. This shine adds a soft elegance to any scrapbook page.

Next, add tan chalk for a powdery finish. Be aware, however, that some of these media alternates are extremely difficult to work with, break easily, and may not preserve well.

42. In this way, you will see a slight shadow only along the very edge.

Cut along these lines with scissors or a ruler and an exacto knife. To make embossed foil, place a piece of carbon paper on top of the foil.

Depending on what your scrapbooking plan is, those swatches might work great. Regular mounting tape is fine for buttons and bottle caps, but when it come to mounting photos you need to use special photo mounting tape which is completely acid-free.

42. There is whole field of scrapbooking called Journaling, and it is just like it sounds: using a scrapbook as a journal.

Now there's a much better way to save and preserve your treasures: Scrapbooking! Xyron adhesives and two-sided tape works for those larger jobs and work on almost any item type.

Now, you've pretty much made this piece of paper the "bad apple" of your scrapbook, as it will age faster than normal and aid the decomposition of things it touches. Simply, mix water and cardstock in a blender.

Do you also remember all of your hard work falling apart two months later? 69.

You can only cover it up or try to incorporate it somehow. Rubber stamps can be anything really, because they are a booming business.

These significant items are available in virtually all craft stores. You may want to add your own stories or poems.

What is the overall purpose for your scrapbook? Woven Backgrounds A woven background can create a natural feel or color to your scrapbook page.

Embellishments need not be expensive, in fact most are free! Then pull straight out to remove the edges.

Sequins Sequins can add a creative flair and a dash of color to scrapbook pages as embellishments. No longer is scrapbooking about pasting newspaper clippings into messy bundles of paper.

If you make a mistake, there is no going back. No longer is scrapbooking about pasting newspaper clippings into messy bundles of paper.

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A special product called Photo Twin pens is useful for tinting. 1.

Pre-rolled quills and/or precut quilling paper are available in specialty craft stores. 49.

These can include quotes, sayings, fillers, or simple phrases. 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.

Always keep in mind that scrapbooking is permanent. Its uses are limited only to your imagination!

There are several ways to attach charms to your page. If you don't have a scanner already, I would suggest getting one.

You can pick up an embossing tool for less than 4 bucks at Paper Mojo. A special product called Photo Twin pens is useful for tinting.

Textured paper can also be used as a backgrounds or border to give your page an interesting fresh look. Though adding a title might seem to be obvious or unimportant, a title defines the whole basis of your scrapbook page.

Set the item aside to dry. Quilling creates an exotic handicraft look to scrapbooks.

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Furthermore, curled edges can soften and reduce the focus of a busy scrapbook page by directing the eye outwards. Charms Metal charms add a unique personalized element to scrapbook pages.