Scrapbooking

Your antique page can then be left as is, chalked, or inked for an even more dramatic effect. Buttons Buttons can be added to pop up windows for effect or to educational scrapbooks as a learning device.

33. Faux Typewriter Keys Typewriter keys add a learned look to a scrapbook page.

Stickers Stickers are fun and easy to stick to scrapbook pages. Stained glass is especially pretty in the most formal or heavily religiously themed scrapbooks.

Any fabric, ribbon, or bits of leftovers from other projects can be used to embellish your scrapbook. Stickers of your child's favorite cartoon or television program can add a personal accent to your scrapbook page.

To make faux typewriter keys, stamp a letter onto your background. The high-tech solution to your photograph woes is to use modern computer programs such as Adobe Photoshop (expensive, but very good), Paint Shop Pro (less expensive and still very good), and Photo Editor (often free with printers, scanners or cameras).

47. Embroidery Cotton Embroidery cotton (a heavy-duty, high-quality type of thread) can be used in a number of interesting scrapbooking ways.

There is a lot that can be done with this technique, let your creativity flow. This will of course reduce the life expectancy of your scrapbook page.

A nice shape for a Christmas scrapbook is a Christmas tree. For instance, pictures of your sweetheart can be punched into heart shapes to add to the romantic type of love.

Does your page have more photographs than background? This is a great elegant touch for favorite relatives or gift scrapbooks.

However, since the percentage of lignin is relatively low, newspaper will preserve for many years before this deterioration process begins to occur. Rubber stamps are popular too.

14. Some interesting scrap material suitable for backgrounds include scrap fabric, bits of linoleum, and carpet swatches.

Faux Typewriter Keys Typewriter keys add a learned look to a scrapbook page. To create this effect, dip a dry paint brush into acrylic paint.

So many styles, colors, textures, and visual text effects are possible - it is only limited by your imagination. Curled edges give depth to a scrapbook page.

To increase the preservation of your scrapbook and your treasures, look for albums with acid-free, lignin-free pages. Simply rub the product on the metal.

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? Here is another FUN way to age paper.

Puzzle pieces give a creative and playful look to children's art and educational scrapbooks. There are a few simple things you can easily do to ensure that your scrapbooks look just as good as they day you finished them, for years to come.

These significant items are available in virtually all craft stores. 29.

There are great ways to make a professionally done scrapbook, and plenty of tools to help make it easy. Most regular glues do not work on metal.

The alternative is to make faux typewriter keys. Experiment with how much you crumple it.

To do this, just place a dryer sheet on top of the page before you begin working. One way is to simply wrinkle cardstock.

By far, the best resource for all sorts of textured paper is Paper Mojo. Then use a hole punch to punch out each individual letter.

Another easy way to dye is with egg dyes sold for Easter. 26.

Then, attach to shape onto your scrapbook page. 90.

This strong and versatile blade allows you to cut almost anything into any shape. Hemp Hemp can be used for a number of purposes in scrapbooking.

This method would be the easiest. Perhaps, the theme of the scrapbook could be medicine.

Go to your favorite hardware or home improvement store and buy a tube of 100% silicon. Then place the fabric (printing side up) on the shiny side of the freezer paper.

Order There are no specific rules stating that all photographs or mementos must be placed in chronological order. Preservation Once you spend your precious time and energy creating a scrapbook, make sure it lasts!

So, unless you are selling your scrapbook then you don't have anything to worry about. A beaded Hawaiian Lei is made by stringing large and small beads onto a string of embroidery cotton.

It may also be used to highlight a mechanical or metal working theme. To test this, soak a square inch of fabric in a glass of water over night.

The color of chalk chosen can be either a similar color to the background, a contrasting color, or an outlining color such as black or grey depending on the result you want. Some of the most interesting tags are made from fabric, wood, and other odds and ends found around the house.

You aren't getting much acid at all, just enough to tickle your taste buds. Often used items can be ripped apart and the pieces reused literally for only pennies.

49. However, you can also place items in object patterns such as mountains, trains, or Christmas trees.

8. Newspaper contains about 4% lignin.

For instance, pictures of your sweetheart can be punched into heart shapes to add to the romantic type of love. Hand Prints The sweetest accents to a child's scrapbook page are handprints.

For mistakes in journal text, cover the mistake with a sticker the same color as the journal page. 13.

In this way, copper can be used to create an elegant antique look or a more masculine look. Text may be hand written.

It is very strong and fibrous. Even buttons, bottle caps and pebbles can look very professional if you use them creatively.