Scrapbooking

Any bits of metal can be used. Often plain white backgrounds look rather boring and dull.

Another method is to drill holes in the shells and string them together. 79.

Shrink art is easy to use. Pre-made tags are available at most craft or office supply stores.

This dye can be used to create a funky pattern on fabric. Another way is to scratch the paper with an emery board or sandpaper.

It can be embellished with chalk or pencil or simply left plain. Instead of reinventing the wheel, I'm just going to direct you to the best resource I know of for making homemade paper.

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. 21.

Craft stores also have kits to make faux stained glass using plastic. Be aware, however, that the glossy coating on the book jacket creates an added challenge to sticking objects to this background.

32. Depending on what your scrapbooking plan is, those swatches might work great.

However, a scrapbook for a parent might just have a collage of pictures and drawings. For instance, rice paper is a fine paper that can add elegance to a scrapbook page.

10. Here is another FUN way to age paper.

On the other photograph draw and cut along evenly spaced horizontal lines. Tarnish can be easily removed by rubbing Tabasco sauce on the tarnish.

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Then, squeeze the excess water out of the paper and press the mixture in any candy or soap mold. For more control, use a dry marker as a paintbrush.

com/makingpaper. Magnetic Sheets Magnetic sheets and magnetized photo albums can be used as backgrounds.

Allow the mixture to dry overnight before use. Brushing the paint on leaves the perfect amount to leave a print, and let the wrinkles and characteristic of the hand print show through.

However, not all stickers are suitable for scrapbooking. Specialized glue dots and two-sided tape makes mounting your treasures simple and mess-free.

Never place a sticker on a photograph as the adhesive may cause irreversible damage to the photograph. Be creative.

Silver and Gold Accents Beautiful silver and gold accents make a wonderful touch to lettering or tags on your scrapbook page. Fur Fake fur can be used to add details to drawings and embellishments on your scrapbook page.

58. Homemade Glue Dots Here is a great way to save a lot of money over a period of time.

Pockets allow you take out and put back items or journals as you see fit and replace them without damage to your scrapbook page. 89.

Gold and brown crayon with a reddish water color brushed over it would look wonderful for autumn pages. Faux Metal Rusting Get the rusted metal look without the rusted metal.

Be careful though, fraying does not comply well with all themes. There is a lot that can be done with this technique, let your creativity flow.

69. Not only will glue end up all over the place but you will no doubt find out too late that the title doesn't go well with the photograph or that the spacing is too tight.

What Next? Ribbons and Lace Ribbon and lace are by far the most common, and some argue the most beautiful, border embellishment.

80. This isn't to discourage you from using it, not all.

Flowers can be used to add a homey touch to photographs or to draw the eye away from cluttered scrapbooks. Next, using your fingers, manipulate the paper into a curl.

Gradually, work your way around the cardstock until you get the desired effect. Just be sure to place the object you plan to cut onto a mat or wad or newspaper before using the exacto knife.

These pencils are easy to draw with and can be used to color in portions of lettering, in borders, or to create accents. That will help guide the tear, but there will be that occasional area where the tear departs from the crease.

This trick adds a very unique touch to Christmas scrapbooks. Then, you need to simplify your page a bit and increase the spacing between objects.

Textured Paper Textured paper can add extra dimension to your scrapbooking page. After a while, lignin will cause photos, fabrics and other paper that touch it to turn brown.

Various ready made patterning templates and layouts are available on the internet. Faux Metal Designs To give a metal look to your scrapbook page, print the items directly onto vellum.

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. Paint strips are available free for the taking in nearly any paint department.

If you make a mistake, there is no going back. This appearance creates a hardening or masculine effect to scrapbook pages.

These can add a playful, exotic, or outdoor feel to your scrapbook. They may be useful in scrapbooks with a freedom, peace, or quiet theme.

52. Various shapes and sizes can also be cut or punched out of fabric.

Crystal Lacquer Crystal lacquer adds shine and protection to your photographs. Be aware however, because tearing does not comply well with all themes.

Alternately, you can use Liver of Sulpher to make the copper look old and blackened. Wax pencils are soft pencils designed to write on glass, plastic and photographs.