Scrapbooking

Special interests themes include favorite colors, sports, favorite television programs, music, the outdoors, or cultural influences. Depending on what your scrapbooking plan is, those swatches might work great.

To test for this, cut a square inch off and soak it in a glass of water over night. 42.

By far, the best resource for all sorts of textured paper is Paper Mojo. These items are generally used as a way to anchor difficult or heavy objects to your scrapbook pages.

This technique is especially useful in children's art and educational scrapbooks. Then, attach to shape onto your scrapbook page.

However, not all stickers are suitable for scrapbooking. Odds and ends that you have from other craft projects work just fine.

Double stick foam tape is available at most craft stores in various colors and thicknesses. Finally, add black and tan chalk on top of the rub to shadow and highlight the item.

Themes can also be personalized to the scrapbook recipient's special interests. They may be useful in scrapbooks with a freedom, peace, or quiet theme.

You know those glue dots that you use for just about everything? In this way, charms can be added to memento, graduation, or gift scrapbooks to create a personalized feeling to the page.

Are your embellishments drawing the focus away from your mementos? " Yes wood.

Simply glue and place individual sequins using tweezers. This will be one petal.

28. This can be used to increase focus to a certain photograph or to add a little energy to dull scrapbook pages.

You can probably find a set of embellishments for nearly any theme. Be creative.

Furthermore, the ability to copy scrapbook pages allows more scrapbooking uses. However, crystal lacquer looks especially nice on more formal gift scrapbooks.

What you are doing is painting with the minimum amount of paint, adding only a subtle amount. In this way, copper can be used to create an elegant antique look or a more masculine look.

Eyelets Eyelets are round stub-like pieces of metal. Next, crumple the wax paper up and then unfold.

For even better results, Xyron the objects you want glittered. Quill half of a strip then quill the other half in the opposite direction to make an "S" shape.

This shine adds a soft elegance to any scrapbook page. This is a great technique for educational scrapbooks where text outside the window asks a question and the answer is contained inside the window.

Then, using an eyedropper, apply the glitter. Drybrushing gives the appearance of weathered wood.

Then use a hole punch to punch out each individual letter. Any photograph can be used in a scrapbook.

Stickers Stickers are fun and easy to stick to scrapbook pages. You can place everything in the center of your page, place a single focus item in the center, or divide the page into sections adding items to each section.

To see a great gallery of quills, go to AmyTree. Photographs Nearly all, if not all, scrapbooks will contain photographs.

For even better results, Xyron the objects you want glittered. Stickers can be used for captions, thought bubbles, to hide mistakes, or as embellishments.

Let it completely dry over night. For a milder tear, crease the paper by folding it and tear along the crease.

Then, you need to simplify your page a bit and increase the spacing between objects. Then, just write over the sticker.

These techniques gradually lead you from simple and easy "foundation" techniques, to more complex and advanced scrapbooking techniques. The title instantly tells the viewer what your page is all about.

You can also group items into formal or informal categories such as similar colors, events, activities, individuals, or families. Choose items that will add to your theme of outdoors or personal hobbies.

As you get more acquainted with scrapbooking, you will find products that save you time and frustration. You don't want to make shadow boxes too deep, as they may get crushed, or make the scrapbook close awkwardly.

For an interesting change from ribbon and lace, try using jute or raffia. 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.

Lighter shades act as highlights. However, hemp can also be used to make a scrapbook appear more masculine.

Over the years, scrapbooking has matured into an art. Check to see if the stickers are lignin-free and acid-free.

Contrasting colors can also be used to create a more dramatic or focusing effect away from or towards various photographs or mementos. To reduce the cloudiness effect caused by gluing, apply only a thin line of glue along the edges of the vellum.

Unlike plastic flowers, fabric flowers look more realistic. There are plenty of other dye's out there, like Rit, that create great looking colors, but they are mostly quite acidic.

Your antique page can then be left as is, chalked, or inked for an even more dramatic effect. You may want to add your own stories or poems.

Items can also be placed into random groups, abstract shapes, or collages. Tearing As the word suggests, tearing is the ripping of paper or tissue paper into various shapes or abstract forms.

Embellishments need not be expensive, in fact most are free! Then, glue the squares onto the background leaving an equal space between each square.

When gluing feathers, place a thin line of glue along the center of the feather. 46.

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