Scrapbooking

Be sure to remove an excess dried gunk that might be on the paper by rubbing it with a rag. Odds and ends that you have from other craft projects work just fine.

88. So, unless you are selling your scrapbook then you don't have anything to worry about.

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

Color the back of the vellum with a soft color of ink. Be sure to remove an excess dried gunk that might be on the paper by rubbing it with a rag.

Hand Prints The sweetest accents to a child's scrapbook page are handprints. Embroidery fibers can also be twisted or braided for use in artwork or as imaginative borders.

Fraying looks especially good in children's scrapbooks, as well as pages for your more creative and imaginative friends. For instance, pictures of your sweetheart can be punched into heart shapes to add to the romantic type of love.

Print Onto Fabric Instead of printing a quote or a title onto paper and gluing that on fabric, why not print it directly onto fabric? When gluing feathers, place a thin line of glue along the center of the feather.

11. As the name of this book suggests, there are a total of 100 techniques.

Place a piece of pain paper on top of the fabric and iron where the fabric is. Next, place the fabric you want dyed into the Kool-Aid for a few minutes.

Brush off the excess powder with a brush. Use the dry colored tissue paper as a background, a border, or as a fancy embellishment.

Graphics and Clipart Various graphics and clip art are available on the Internet. To make a thicker item, just add more pulp to each mold.

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But of course many stores sell packages of embellishment kits. Patterning How can you arrange your scrapbook page to best show off your photographs, mementos and embellishments?

So many styles, colors, textures, and visual text effects are possible - it is only limited by your imagination. When making the prints, I suggest you brush the paint directly on the child's hand.

Newspaper contains about 4% lignin. Embellishments need not be expensive, in fact most are free!

Magnetic Sheets Magnetic sheets and magnetized photo albums can be used as backgrounds. Nonetheless, there are a few brands of markers (like Markers Pigma and Color Workshop Blo Pens) available in craft and office supply stores that do not smudge or bleed.

These pictures can be used as backgrounds, as focus items, or as embellishments. To see a great gallery of quills, go to AmyTree.

9. So, to practically stop this in its tracks, give the entire piece of paper a spray of archival spray (like Archival Mist) before attaching anything to it.

Both acid and lignin accelerate photo fading and general deterioration. A well thought out color scheme can help define the theme of a page, attract attention to specific items, or detract away from mistakes.

On one photograph, draw evenly spaced vertical lines on the back of the picture. Moldable foam is available at most craft stores in a variety of different colors.

Curled Edges For a unique look to your background and borders, curl the edges of your border and background pages. Digital pictures can easily be printed right onto lignin-free and acid-free paper.

This can be used as a softening agent for baby scrapbooks, as a touch of elegance to gift scrapbooks, or to create dimension in a boring flat page. 36.

Feel free to use crayons other than clear or white as well. Brushing the paint on leaves the perfect amount to leave a print, and let the wrinkles and characteristic of the hand print show through.

Scrape off all of the gunk, then put a layer of wax paper on it and lay a nice, big heavy book on top of it. The flowing nature of both materials encourages a touch of softness and elegance.

51. A general rule is to leave no empty space between the photographs.

The theme of this book will probably be your baby. Since, the bottom of the puzzle pieces is flat, gluing and placing puzzle pieces is simple.

If you can't find one you like, many companies can custom make them for you. Simply add, fold, or paste additional sheets of paper into your design for the desired effect.

Various glues and affixing options are also available. Quilling creates an exotic handicraft look to scrapbooks.

Fraying Fraying can create extremely interesting and artistic border accents. Is your page bare?

You may want to add your own stories or poems. Over the years, scrapbooking has matured into an art.

To attach fur, simply cut out the desired shape. it's time to let your creativity and imagination take over.

Stained Glass Mosaics Stained glass mosaics are an elegant, regal touch to any scrapbook page. This presents a feel of as time goes by.

You could also take a paper grocery bag and crumple it and crumple it. Spend a good amount of time planning and arranging then rearranging the collage.

Some of the best sanity savers include glue dots, glue pens, Xyron adhesives, and two-sided tape. This will adhere the fabric to the freezer paper.

Coat a red or burgundy colored cardstock with brown chalk. Some programs even allow you to easily change the background of the photograph.

Liquid appliqué is fairly easy to use. Tearing As the word suggests, tearing is the ripping of paper or tissue paper into various shapes or abstract forms.

The first thing to avoid is paper that is not lignin-free. It is stronger than traditional sewing thread, so it will last a very long time and comes in a wide variety of colors.