Scrapbooking

Drybrushing gives the appearance of weathered wood. Heat embossing uses powders that are melted on paper to create a raised image.

Glue dots and glue pens are fairly mess free and stick to almost anything made of paper or fiber. Fabric often makes a page look great if used as the entire background.

Simply scan the picture on your computer scanner and print the image on lignin-free and acid-free paper, or have a copy shop do it for you. 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.

Next, using alternating strips from photograph one and then photograph two, weave the pieces together. So when buying paper for your scrapbooking projects, be sure to look for packages that say "lignin-free," because if it doesn't say it, then it most likely isn't.

When the blade is dull, the end is simply broken off to reveal another sharp tip, or easily replaced. Next, paste the middle section of your pop up window to your background.

Wax pencils are soft pencils designed to write on glass, plastic and photographs. Stained Glass Mosaics Stained glass mosaics are an elegant, regal touch to any scrapbook page.

36. Embellishments need not be expensive, in fact most are free!

No longer is scrapbooking about pasting newspaper clippings into messy bundles of paper. Gluing shells together and placing them directly on the scrapbook page makes a shell Lei.

Sequins Sequins can add a creative flair and a dash of color to scrapbook pages as embellishments. This will of course reduce the life expectancy of your scrapbook page.

com/makingpaper. Sequins come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors and are available at any local craft store.

The tape should say "acid-free" right on the packaging. Next, heat the item.

If you don't, your photos will slowly discolor. One way to attach metal charms is by sewing the charms directly onto your page with thread or embroidery cotton.

89. Unfortunately, the market has not caught up to this and there is no inexpensive and accurate way to test the acidity of fabric.

Be especially careful not to let the lacquer spill over the edge and ruin other parts of your scrapbook pages. Never glue as you go!

Drybrushing Drybrushing is a technique used to highlight or shade objects or areas of a scrapbook page. It is very difficult to make your own molds; it is truly an art in itself.

Here is my suggestion: this may seem odd, but try taste testing fabric to check for acidity. However, you can also create customized buttons that match your background or general color scheme.

The flowing nature of both materials encourages a touch of softness and elegance. In some more formal themes fraying creates an unprofessional appearance.

You could create embellishments that looked like scalpels and tweezers around various pictures of your nephew during his college years. Just be sure to place the object you plan to cut onto a mat or wad or newspaper before using the exacto knife.

To ensure that glue does not show through the lace, you can lay it flat on a piece of paper and spray one side with spray adhesive. This can be glued very easily.

Let your imagination and creativity be your guide. This appearance creates a hardening or masculine effect to scrapbook pages.

This shine adds a soft elegance to any scrapbook page. Stained glass is especially pretty in the most formal or heavily religiously themed scrapbooks.

Titles can be as basic as the date of an event, the name of an individual, or a specific event. You could also keep the entire page in a Mylar page protector.

Use the dry colored tissue paper as a background, a border, or as a fancy embellishment. In this way, copper can be used to create an elegant antique look or a more masculine look.

Hand Prints The sweetest accents to a child's scrapbook page are handprints. Here is my suggestion: this may seem odd, but try taste testing fabric to check for acidity.

This appearance creates a softening effect to loud scrapbook pages or adds an air of freedom and peace to an outdoorsy themed scrapbook. Polymer Molds To create great three-dimensional items of virtually any shape and size use polymer molds.

Just follow the directions on the package, but do it in a saucepan and bring it to a simmer before dying the fabric. However, when used on the back of a photograph, the ink will become permanent.

You create the frame, fill it in with different colored plastic beads and then bake it. Fold out your flower petals and secure to your scrapbook page.

Does your page look cluttered? A good way to slow down the effects of the lignin and acid the puzzle piece will have on your scrapbook is to give them a healthy dose of Archival Mist spray.

Feathers Feathers make exotic and interesting embellishments and borders. If your items are spaced to far apart, your viewer will feel short changed.

These markers are also acid-free, fade-resistant, waterproof, and available in a variety of colors. The powders are applied using embossing ink and then heated with an embossing heat gun.

Just lay the items on the page where you think they should go. This curled edge can then be left as is, chalked, or inked for a more dramatic effect.

Another consideration when using fabrics is if the color will bleed off onto your page and other things touching it. To clean these marker paintbrushes, simply wipe with a damp cloth.

92. However, not all stickers are suitable for scrapbooking.

Matching colors add to the continuity of the color scheme. Then, using an eyedropper, apply the glitter.

pioneerthinking. For even better results, Xyron the objects you want glittered.

Concho and glaze are available at most craft stores. Remember, you can continue removing it, but you can't add it back!

Coordinated colors add depth to scrapbook pages. Close your eyes.