Scrapbooking

Tearing As the word suggests, tearing is the ripping of paper or tissue paper into various shapes or abstract forms. However, a scrapbook for a parent might just have a collage of pictures and drawings.

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Beading can be as simple as gluing a few beads onto a scrapbook page or as complex as a sewn beaded design. Pockets allow you take out and put back items or journals as you see fit and replace them without damage to your scrapbook page.

Next, set a circle concho over the letters. Alternately, small doves can be punched and placed along the borders to add a romantic touch to a wedding scrapbook.

However, not all stickers are suitable for scrapbooking. There are several ways to attach items to your scrapbook page that are much better than glue sticks.

The alternative is to make faux typewriter keys. Vellum can be used to create a slight shadow or shade change to background or embellishment colors.

Then tape the freezer paper, with the fabric now stuck to it, to a piece of regular printer paper. Or, use your trusty scanner to copy it and then print it onto lignin-free and acid-free paper.

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There are plenty of other dye's out there, like Rit, that create great looking colors, but they are mostly quite acidic. Never place a sticker on a photograph as the adhesive may cause irreversible damage to the photograph.

Then cover the item in a clear embossing powder and heat. Then place the fabric (printing side up) on the shiny side of the freezer paper.

Collages create great funky scrapbook pages. Another way is to scratch the paper with an emery board or sandpaper.

You should only use them for scrapbooks you don't expect to last for years and years. "Wood?

45. To make your own quills, you roll strips of paper (from 1/8" to 1" wide, with 1/8" being standard) around a toothpick to make the paper into a spiral.

Just lay the items on the page where you think they should go. Furthermore, be careful that the sticker adhesive does not dry out or seep around the edges.

This might be appropriate for scrapbooks for older individuals. Let it completely dry over night.

Fold out your flower petals and secure to your scrapbook page. Woven Backgrounds A woven background can create a natural feel or color to your scrapbook page.

To make embossed foil, place a piece of carbon paper on top of the foil. Click here to go to Paper Mojo.

Drybrushing Drybrushing is a technique used to highlight or shade objects or areas of a scrapbook page. Furthermore, tags need not be made of paper.

Due to these new techniques and tools, the uses of scrapbooking have expanded drastically. Use a wax pencil to draw your design on the metal before cutting.

Shapes also make interesting placement patterns. Though adding a title might seem to be obvious or unimportant, a title defines the whole basis of your scrapbook page.

82. You can place your items in a formal chronological order.

When finished, the shrink art becomes a solid plastic piece with your custom artwork on it. You aren't getting much acid at all, just enough to tickle your taste buds.

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These techniques gradually lead you from simple and easy "foundation" techniques, to more complex and advanced scrapbooking techniques. Then, glue the squares onto the background leaving an equal space between each square.

Shrink art is easy to use. The title instantly tells the viewer what your page is all about.

Mini-glue dots are great for those small items. So I strongly suggest you stick with ones made by those who do it for a living.

Pockets allow you take out and put back items or journals as you see fit and replace them without damage to your scrapbook page. Another easy way to dye is with egg dyes sold for Easter.

Some interesting scrap material suitable for backgrounds include scrap fabric, bits of linoleum, and carpet swatches. Spacing Spacing is a difficult matter.

This appearance creates a hardening or masculine effect to scrapbook pages. In fact, silk and many tie-dye's actually go through an acid bath during the manufacturing process.

To make a thicker item, just add more pulp to each mold. Sequins Sequins can add a creative flair and a dash of color to scrapbook pages as embellishments.

Often these sheets have an adhesive strip on one side to promote adherence to even nonmetal objects. They normally sell large sheets of paper you can cut down (like 25"x35" large, and for good prices), but you can get 3"x5" swatches of 4-8 different papers for less than 4 bucks plus free shipping.

85. Then, paste the fake fur onto your scrapbooking page or onto an object.

Copper, aluminum and other metal sheets can be found at many craft stores, and with a nice sharp pair of snips they can be cut easier than you would think. Keep in mind that objects such as shells, pine cones, leaves, and twigs become quite brittle and messy.

Photograph Mosaics An attractive technique for placing photographs into scrapbooks is the photograph mosaic. Excess powder or glitter can be brushed away.

For instance, a logical shape for a wedding or Valentines Day scrapbook is a heart. Some of the most interesting tags are made from fabric, wood, and other odds and ends found around the house.

A great deal of practice is required to get these pens to create the desired results, and in the beginning, you're probably better of practicing on pictures that you never plan on using in your scrapbook. They are a paper store specifically for scrapbooking, so you know they are good.

56. To create this frosted charm look, sprinkle embossing powder and glitter on the metal charms and heat.