Scrapbooking

Stained glass is available at most craft stores. Fabric Fabric can be used in many ways to enhance scrapbook pages.

Simply, tear, cut or punch shapes and designs out of the darker and lighter colors and place them on the middle colored background. 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.

Of course if you turn the paper or material over it is then embossed! 53.

Colors and patterns can be used to coordinate with your photographs or to add dramatic effects. If you can't find one you like, many companies can custom make them for you.

The title instantly tells the viewer what your page is all about. This adds a masculine touch that is great for those interested in cars, trains, airplanes, or metalworking.

Pictures really are worth a thousand words. Repeat this process again before the item has a chance to cool.

14. Does your page have more photographs than background?

Then, paste these marbles, using clear drying glue, on top of writing or an embellishment that you want magnified. Cutting and Cropping Often photographs aren't quite the right shape and size, or the photographic image is improperly centered.

What Next? At the top of this list is an exacto knife.

Natural Objects Various natural objects can be used as interesting and creative embellishments for your scrapbook page. Here's a shocker: paste is a thing of the past.

All you have to do now is let your creativity flow. If a sour aftertaste is left in your mouth then the fabric most likely contains some acid.

Just follow the directions on the package, but do it in a saucepan and bring it to a simmer before dying the fabric. Alternately, you can use Liver of Sulpher to make the copper look old and blackened.

To make a thicker item, just add more pulp to each mold. Black ink brushed over orange crayon will create a great Halloween setting.

Fur Fake fur can be used to add details to drawings and embellishments on your scrapbook page. 46.

15. A well thought out color scheme can help define the theme of a page, attract attention to specific items, or detract away from mistakes.

If you find a mistake, mark, or glue bits on your scrapbook page just rub it off using a soft white eraser. 83.

15. Let the pieces dry completely.

This appearance creates a hardening or masculine effect to scrapbook pages. Flowers can also be used to add to an outdoor or elegant theme.

Make sure it all prints on one page and preferably centered. Other photos and images can also be printed or cut into text and pasted onto the page.

Frosting Charms Frosting adds a unique touch to all of your metal charms. Markers A marker is a seeming obvious tool for writing and embellishing on scrapbook pages.

In Conclusion... Next, using your fingers, manipulate the paper into a curl.

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. Curled Edges For a unique look to your background and borders, curl the edges of your border and background pages.

You could also take a paper grocery bag and crumple it and crumple it. 84.

The book is to keep the paper from curling, and the wax paper is to keep the paper from sticking to the book. To add a richer texture, cut these from velveteen paper.

These are available an amazing variety. Then, imprint this ball with a small rubber stamp or a brass seal.

Its purpose is to bind the cells of plants together and is quite literally what gives wood its strength. Be sure to remove an excess dried gunk that might be on the paper by rubbing it with a rag.

These significant items are available in virtually all craft stores. Shadow boxes can also be used to add emphasis in dedications.

Be sure to remove an excess dried gunk that might be on the paper by rubbing it with a rag. However, you can also create customized buttons that match your background or general color scheme.

Faux Chalk Designs To give a chalked accent to your items without the mess of the chalk, print images or text directly onto vellum. Polymer Molds To create great three-dimensional items of virtually any shape and size use polymer molds.

To attach fur, simply cut out the desired shape. First, print a photograph directly onto shrink plastic.

Don't worry, this is safe. Fraying looks especially good in children's scrapbooks, as well as pages for your more creative and imaginative friends.

Depending on what your scrapbooking plan is, those swatches might work great. Titles and text can also be punched to create professional looking scrapbook pages.

A general rule is to leave no empty space between the photographs. The easiest pocket is simply an envelope.

If your items are spaced to far apart, your viewer will feel short changed. The low-tech way to solve these problems is to manually crop and shape the photograph using a pair of scissors or an exacto knife.

com (http://www. The wax acts as a resistant to the ink, forming a textured look.

A nice journal about your baby's day could also add a nice touch 2. 87.

To preserve the rectangular shape of the photographs start your weaving in the center of the piece and work outwards. The design is indented into the paper or material.