Scrapbooking

These markers are also acid-free, fade-resistant, waterproof, and available in a variety of colors. Never glue as you go!

Crystal lacquer is available at most hardware and paint stores. Regular mounting tape is fine for buttons and bottle caps, but when it come to mounting photos you need to use special photo mounting tape which is completely acid-free.

To make a pop up window, divide a piece of paper into three sections. Be aware, however, that some of these paper alternates are extremely difficult to work with, break easily, and may not preserve well.

Make a wire loop. Kid's art are great for use in parent scrapbooks, grandparent scrapbooks, and kid scrapbooks.

If the paper is not lignin-free, it will eventually discolor your photos and other materials touching it. This effect can be used to create a relaxed, outdoorsy feel to your scrapbook page.

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. You can even use moldable foam to make your own rubber stamps.

Simply add, fold, or paste additional sheets of paper into your design for the desired effect. For instance, rice paper is a fine paper that can add elegance to a scrapbook page.

22. Some types of eyelets also make elegant accents.

Once the display is set, start permanently attaching the collage to the background. Fabric can be used as a background or as a border to enhance dimension and texture to your scrapbook.

All you have to do now is let your creativity flow. 91.

Remember, you can continue removing it, but you can't add it back! 27.

Various ready made patterning templates and layouts are available on the internet. For instance, the scrapbook you are giving your nephew as he graduates from medical school is probably completely different than the grandparent book you send your mother.

Otherwise, the knife will cut right through your picture and into your scrapbook page or dining room table. Homemade Paper Embellishments Candy and soap molds can be used to make embellishments with that homemade paper look.

Cutting and Cropping Often photographs aren't quite the right shape and size, or the photographic image is improperly centered. com/makingpaper.

Photograph Mosaics An attractive technique for placing photographs into scrapbooks is the photograph mosaic. Moldable Foam Moldable foam allows you to create anything your imagination and talent allow.

96. Your nephew will probably appreciate a scrapbook with photographs, poems, journals, and more masculine embellishments.

So I strongly suggest you stick with ones made by those who do it for a living. 61.

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

Some of the best sanity savers include glue dots, glue pens, Xyron adhesives, and two-sided tape. 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.

Drybrushing Drybrushing is a technique used to highlight or shade objects or areas of a scrapbook page. Embossed Foil Embossed foil creates unique elegant accents and highlights on photographs.

Quilling Quilling, or paper filigree, is the art of rolling thin strips of paper into different shapes and using the shapes to form designs. Now there's a much better way to save and preserve your treasures: Scrapbooking!

Tearing As the word suggests, tearing is the ripping of paper or tissue paper into various shapes or abstract forms. Its purpose is to bind the cells of plants together and is quite literally what gives wood its strength.

There are several ways to attach charms to your page. You could also keep the entire page in a Mylar page protector.

Keep in mind that objects such as shells, pine cones, leaves, and twigs become quite brittle and messy. Alternately, computer fonts come in a wide variety and can provide great ways to type and print text in "spooky" or "flowery" lettering.

Even buttons, bottle caps and pebbles can look very professional if you use them creatively. To make a thicker item, just add more pulp to each mold.

: Instead, just use a cloud shaped punch to create the individual popcorns from regular paper. All you have to do now is let your creativity flow.

However, the method I prefer to use is glue with the glitter mixed right in. Continue making loops until you have enough to make a flower.

Is your page uninteresting and colorless? These items add texture and color to your work.

Thus, tags can be big or small, square or specially shaped, white or colored, plain or textured. For a milder tear, crease the paper by folding it and tear along the crease.

Tarnishing and Untarnishing Copper Copper, tarnish or untarnished, adds a unique metallic look to your scrapbook page. Be aware, however, that puzzle pieces are generally not lignin-free and acid-free.

Shrink art paper is available at your local craft store. You can only cover it up or try to incorporate it somehow.

Adding an antique look to your background or journals can be accomplished in several ways. The eyedropper allows better control of the glitter and reduces mess.

59. 29.

These days, even an expensive scanner can scan high-quality images. Lighter shades act as highlights.

Magnetic sheets and magnetized photo albums can be found at your local craft or office supplies store. Ribbon is easy to glue and attach.

If you find a mistake, mark, or glue bits on your scrapbook page just rub it off using a soft white eraser. Now put this piece of paper in the printer and print whatever you like onto it.

Pockets Sometimes, you may want to temporarily store objects in a pocket. 68.