Scrapbooking

These pencils are easy to draw with and can be used to color in portions of lettering, in borders, or to create accents. Then, fill the concho with diamond glaze.

Many people like to laminate the newspaper clipping. Titles and text can also be punched to create professional looking scrapbook pages.

Some people say to add vinegar when dying with Kool-Aid, because the added acidity helps the fabric retain color. Due to these new techniques and tools, the uses of scrapbooking have expanded drastically.

Ribbon and lace are especially popular in gift and feminine scrapbooks. Simply add, fold, or paste additional sheets of paper into your design for the desired effect.

Cut along these lines with scissors or a ruler and an exacto knife. If you have a photo with a lot of red in it, it would generally look better to not have that photo on a red background.

Fold out your flower petals and secure to your scrapbook page. 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?

Tags Yep, they are just like they sound: a various shaped slip of paper or other material to add extra text… Usually… I mean, this is how they are usually used, but like anything else in scrapbooking: be creative! You take a clear or white crayon, draw a pattern, write words, create a background, and then color over the design element with Lumiere, walnut ink, water color, India ink wash, etc.

Patterned Paper Patterned paper can be used for backgrounds, borders, and embellishments. Many of these items can be downloaded or printed for free.

These embellishments and accents can be as simple or as fancy as you desire and your talent allows. The philosophy is to start you off with the techniques that create the foundation professionals use to make their scrapbooks and use those to lead into more advanced techniques.

Ribbon is easy to glue and attach. If you have a photo with a lot of red in it, it would generally look better to not have that photo on a red background.

But if you do see color in the water, or collecting at the bottom of the glass then don't use that fabric in your scrapbook at all. When the paper is fully dried, it should have all sorts of neat looking stains.

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. Shrink Paper Shrink art can add an abstract or child like feel to your photographs or scrapbook pages.

It can be embellished with chalk or pencil or simply left plain. Then pull straight out to remove the edges.

Weaving Photographs For more dramatic results from your photographs, try weaving two copies of the same photograph together. Matching colors add to the continuity of the color scheme.

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82. For instance, the scrapbook you are giving your nephew as he graduates from medical school is probably completely different than the grandparent book you send your mother.

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Experiment with how much you crumple it. This appearance creates a hardening or masculine effect to scrapbook pages.

Cut along these lines with scissors or a ruler and an exacto knife. Tinting Tinting is a great way to add a touch of color to black-and-white photos.

The best places to look for title inspiration are in greeting cards, advertisements, and commercials. Today's scrapbooks make great baby announcements, grandparent books, gift cards, artwork for kid's rooms, recipe books, and educational tools.

Next, crinkle the individual popcorns and roll them into tight balls. Simply, tear, cut or punch shapes and designs out of the darker and lighter colors and place them on the middle colored background.

Then, using a sponge-tip applicator, apply bronze or rusty color metallic rub on. Craft stores also have kits to make faux stained glass using plastic.

Furthermore, curled edges can soften and reduce the focus of a busy scrapbook page by directing the eye outwards. 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.

These shapes can add to the impact of the themes. Background colors can be matched, coordinated, or contrasted with the colors in your photographs, mementos, or embellishments.

76. Book Jacket Backgrounds For an added personal touch and artistic flair, use a book jacket as a background.

You can make your own customized paper of any color and texture you want. Simply scan the picture on your computer scanner and print the image on lignin-free and acid-free paper, or have a copy shop do it for you.

Smudging Smudging by accident is an easy task, smudging for effect is quite another. Who is the scrapbook about?

Cut a square inch and suck on it for a minute or so. Repeat this process again before the item has a chance to cool.

Fraying looks especially good in children's scrapbooks, as well as pages for your more creative and imaginative friends. Faux Wax Seals You've seen them, those cool wax dots that keep letter envelopes closed.

Next, just punch the tape into shape. Wax Pencils Another important writing implement for scrapbooking is a wax pencil.

Be sure to remove an excess dried gunk that might be on the paper by rubbing it with a rag. Theme The theme of your scrapbook can be simple or complex.

To ensure that glue does not show through the lace, you can lay it flat on a piece of paper and spray one side with spray adhesive. Fabric can be used as a background or as a border to enhance dimension and texture to your scrapbook.

To ensure that glue does not show through the lace, you can lay it flat on a piece of paper and spray one side with spray adhesive. After you have planned the layout for your photos, be sure that you are using the right kind of mounting tape for them!

Flowers can also be used to add to an outdoor or elegant theme. Then, twist the petals together where you pinched them.

Yes, lignin-free paper does cost more, but it is a vital part of preserving your cherished scrapbooks. Fraying looks especially good in children's scrapbooks, as well as pages for your more creative and imaginative friends.

If you find a mistake, mark, or glue bits on your scrapbook page just rub it off using a soft white eraser. These items can be placed in any order or pattern.