Scrapbooking

You take a clear or white crayon, draw a pattern, write words, create a background, and then color over the design element with Lumiere, walnut ink, water color, India ink wash, etc. But if you do see color in the water, or collecting at the bottom of the glass then don't use that fabric in your scrapbook at all.

Further, unlike real flowers, fabric flowers have a very long life span. You might make a cake pattern for you niece the pastry cook.

9. The powders are applied using embossing ink and then heated with an embossing heat gun.

Moldable foam is available at most craft stores in a variety of different colors. Having oversized or off-centered photographs looks very unprofessional.

I know, I know. These items decompose quickly and are not appropriate for long lasting scrapbooks, but make for great presentation while they last.

Use your imagination and creativity. Antique Look An antique look can increase the dramatic impact of your theme or add a feeling of wisdom and age to your scrapbooking page.

Your nephew will probably appreciate a scrapbook with photographs, poems, journals, and more masculine embellishments. Photographs Nearly all, if not all, scrapbooks will contain photographs.

You should only use them for scrapbooks you don't expect to last for years and years. Once you have decided upon the final layout, then and only then start attaching the items.

This technique is especially useful in children's art and educational scrapbooks. Rubber stamps can be used to create cute images for children's and grandparents scrapbooks.

The greatest thing about scrapbooking is that there are no rules. Click here to go to Paper Mojo.

In this way, color can be used to create the effect you desire. 45.

Click here to go to Paper Mojo. Some types of eyelets also make elegant accents.

Crystal lacquer is available at most hardware and paint stores. Glue dots and glue pens are fairly mess free and stick to almost anything made of paper or fiber.

Preservation Once you spend your precious time and energy creating a scrapbook, make sure it lasts! But of course many stores sell packages of embellishment kits.

A third method is to glue the charm directly onto the scrapbook page. The concept behind scrapbooking hasn't changed much throughout the years.

51. The design is indented into the paper or material.

Beading can be as simple as gluing a few beads onto a scrapbook page or as complex as a sewn beaded design. Fabric can be used as a background or as a border to enhance dimension and texture to your scrapbook.

Hemp looks especially good in western themed scrapbooks or nature-oriented scrapbooks. Special interests themes include favorite colors, sports, favorite television programs, music, the outdoors, or cultural influences.

Coat a red or burgundy colored cardstock with brown chalk. 53.

It can be used to embellish your scrapbook pages, cards, and tags. Are your embellishments drawing the focus away from your mementos?

Adding buttons to a scrapbook page can as simple as adding a ready-made button. Then, cook the photograph until it shrinks.

Carefully cropped and sized photographs, on the other hand, enhances the overall look and feel of your scrapbook. 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.

59. Wax pencils are soft pencils designed to write on glass, plastic and photographs.

Do note that macaroni is a food item -- and we all know what happens to food after a while, just look in your teenager's bedroom for a reminder… Yeesh… There are a few things you can do to prolong your scrapbook pages containing these sorts of embellishments. Wax pencils are soft pencils designed to write on glass, plastic and photographs.

By far, the best resource for all sorts of patterned paper is Paper Mojo. Many companies on the Internet can create a custom one for you as well.

If your items are spaced to far apart, your viewer will feel short changed. Unfortunately, the macaroni bits and glitter are soon all over the floor or eaten by the dog.

Never glue as you go! Curled Edges For a unique look to your background and borders, curl the edges of your border and background pages.

Then, think about adding some more mementos and colorful embellishments. When punching out and gluing small pieces of paper, place a strip of double-sided tape on the back of the paper before punching out the shape.

Click here to go to Paper Mojo. Pockets Sometimes, you may want to temporarily store objects in a pocket.

Some types of eyelets also make elegant accents. To create this frosted charm look, sprinkle embossing powder and glitter on the metal charms and heat.

Dye Kool-Aid makes a fabulous inexpensive and easy dye. Then, you need to simplify your page a bit and increase the spacing between objects.

Do note that macaroni is a food item -- and we all know what happens to food after a while, just look in your teenager's bedroom for a reminder… Yeesh… There are a few things you can do to prolong your scrapbook pages containing these sorts of embellishments. However, check out your local hardware store for metal glues or contact cement.

Who is the scrapbook for? Do you also remember all of your hard work falling apart two months later?

Print these graphics or clipart directly onto lignin-free and acid-free paper. Again, they are acidic, but not quite as acidic as Kool-Aid, and will leave your fabric with bright bold colors.

The design you create depends only upon your creativity and talent. Some interesting scrap material suitable for backgrounds include scrap fabric, bits of linoleum, and carpet swatches.

Textured paper can also be used as a backgrounds or border to give your page an interesting fresh look. Happy Scrapbooking!

Fabric is a big concern for preserving your scrapbooks, but unfortunately it is often overlooked. Hand Prints The sweetest accents to a child's scrapbook page are handprints.