Scrapbooking

Once they are dried, just roll up the wax paper or cut it into little squares and use them just like you would any other glue dots. Shapes also make interesting placement patterns.

Collages can have a theme such as a single individual or an entire family group combined. Pre-rolled quills and/or precut quilling paper are available in specialty craft stores.

This technique creates a three-dimensional artistic look. They usually come in red and have a neato symbol imprinted in to the wax.

Pockets can also be made of fabric sewn together. Your theme could be a special event such as a birthday, a baby shower, a wedding, Christmas, or Halloween.

For example, you can add a health blush to Grandma's cheeks. Accents are most often used not to distract from the main focus, but to help bring out certain colors and/or designs in the main focus.

These specialty products will work just fine. The concept behind scrapbooking hasn't changed much throughout the years.

4. Quill half of a strip then quill the other half in the opposite direction to make an "S" shape.

Pockets can also be made of fabric sewn together. By far, the best resource for all sorts of textured paper is Paper Mojo.

92. Homemade Paper Embellishments Candy and soap molds can be used to make embellishments with that homemade paper look.

Be aware, however, that some of these media alternates are extremely difficult to work with, break easily, and may not preserve well. Just gently squeeze the liquid onto or around the desired image or form, let it dry, apply heat (often a hair dryer on high and held close can work), and the liquid appliqué will puff up to create a 3 dimensional line or design.

Happy Scrapbooking! The answers to these three questions are all factors in selecting an appropriate theme.

To make these accents, stamp a piece of vellum with embossing ink and Heat n' Stick powder. You aren't getting much acid at all, just enough to tickle your taste buds.

87. Then after a few minutes, crumple the paper a bit and then iron it flat again.

41. Both types are available at most craft stores.

Most craft stores have a varied selection of molds. Then use a hole punch to punch out each individual letter.

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Fabric Flowers Fabric flowers make great embellishments on scrapbook pages. Welcome to 100 Techniques for Expert Scrapbooking!

Colors and patterns can be used to coordinate with your photographs or to add dramatic effects. Excess powder or glitter can be brushed away.

To increase the likelihood that a piece of hemp will stay in place while the glue is drying, place a piece of scotch tape over the rope until the piece dries fully. Choose items that will add to your theme of outdoors or personal hobbies.

Color Color coordination and contrast will highlight and accent your scrapbook. Then, glue individual popcorns together to make garlands.

This gives the copper red, orange, and purple tones. If you do it with text, it will make it difficult to read (depending on how far apart you space the squares) but it looks neat.

Beading can be as simple as gluing a few beads onto a scrapbook page or as complex as a sewn beaded design. 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.

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You can use virtually any graphic on the Internet for any non-commercial project. However, colored or exotic feathers may add a touch of adventure or a whimsy to a scrapbook page.

First, print out your word in a bold straight font, with several spaces between each letter. The best solution is scanning the art and using a picture of it for the scrapbook.

Smudging pencil is easier and gives a little bit more control. Making Copies The great thing about modern technology is that you can make copies of your baby announces, recipes, and calendars without a great deal of hassle.

You'll want to use a scanner for copying photographs where you want to preserve, or not use original. Alternately, make the mark into an interesting squiggle or doodle.

This will add a wild look to your scrapbook page and is especially nice for children's books and artwork. Frosting Charms Frosting adds a unique touch to all of your metal charms.

You know those glue dots that you use for just about everything? Lots of craft stores stock kits to create these seals, as well.

Another method is to string wire through the charm and attach both end of the wire to secure eyelets. Some people like to use their finger, and some prefer to use a ball of densely crumpled paper.

Hand Prints The sweetest accents to a child's scrapbook page are handprints. Both acid and lignin accelerate photo fading and general deterioration.

No longer is scrapbooking about pasting newspaper clippings into messy bundles of paper. Rubber stamps are popular too.

They come in various shapes and sizes. Alternately, you can stretch a piece of an old nylon over the loop and secure with tape.

All you have to do now is let your creativity flow. This creates a great children's art background or a funky scrapbook for a close friend.

In one word or one short phrase, tell the reader the theme and purpose. These embellishments and accents can be as simple or as fancy as you desire and your talent allows.

This is because if the child dips their hand into a pool of paint then way more paint than is needed is on their hand, and it will also drip everywhere. Therefore, yellowing and brittleness of the newspaper paper will eventually occur.

Single, twisted, or braided fibers can be used to accentuate focus objects, as picture frames, or along the edges of the scrapbook page as borders. They come in various shapes and sizes.