Scrapbooking

Hemp looks especially good in western themed scrapbooks or nature-oriented scrapbooks. Go to your favorite hardware or home improvement store and buy a tube of 100% silicon.

These can add a playful, exotic, or outdoor feel to your scrapbook. Print Onto Fabric Instead of printing a quote or a title onto paper and gluing that on fabric, why not print it directly onto fabric?

Tarnish can be easily removed by rubbing Tabasco sauce on the tarnish. Shrink Paper Shrink art can add an abstract or child like feel to your photographs or scrapbook pages.

Moldable foam is available at most craft stores in a variety of different colors. Take any color of cardstock you like and drip ketchup, mustard, sour cream, mud, coffee, coffee grinds, Kool-Aid, anything really, and then let it sit in the sun for 6-8 hours.

First, print out your word in a bold straight font, with several spaces between each letter. Contrasting colors can also be used to create a more dramatic or focusing effect away from or towards various photographs or mementos.

For instance, rice paper is a fine paper that can add elegance to a scrapbook page. 1.

Further, unlike real flowers, fabric flowers have a very long life span. Fraying Fraying can create extremely interesting and artistic border accents.

Basically, all you need to scrapbook is an album, some glue-dots, a pair of scissors, and some photographs or newspaper clippings. Embellishments can be used as the main focus of your page, to highlight items, or as borders.

At the top of this list is an exacto knife. Beads are available at your local craft store in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors.

You should never use real fur in your scrapbooks. Quilling creates an exotic handicraft look to scrapbooks.

To make a pop up window, divide a piece of paper into three sections. For a milder tear, crease the paper by folding it and tear along the crease.

Once set, these items can be painted with acrylic paint. What is Scrapbooking?

A general rule is to leave no empty space between the photographs. Lighter shades act as highlights.

63. Cut along these lines with scissors or a ruler and an exacto knife.

You might make a cake pattern for you niece the pastry cook. Various glues and affixing options are also available.

Wax Pencils Another important writing implement for scrapbooking is a wax pencil. 96.

If you can, get an artist's pencil with a fairly hard lead and sketch your drawing or text very lightly so it barely shows. In fact, you could easily have them custom made to your desires.

For a bold tear, just have at it. Bazzill paper is great for this purpose.

There is a fine line between having a balanced scrapbook page and a gaudy mess. Tags are a little added touch of professionalism that adds to the overall well-thought-out look of your scrapbook.

There are spray-on polyurethane coatings to add a layer of protection. Spacing Spacing is a difficult matter.

These are available an amazing variety. Order There are no specific rules stating that all photographs or mementos must be placed in chronological order.

For instance, chronological order might be useful for an anniversary scrapbook. Once set, these items can be painted with acrylic paint.

Faux ABC Beads ABC beads look great on children's artwork and baby scrapbooks. Unfortunately, regular markers tend to smudge and bleed through scrapbook pages.

If you can, get an artist's pencil with a fairly hard lead and sketch your drawing or text very lightly so it barely shows. Smudging pencil is easier and gives a little bit more control.

Instead, have a different color background and use red accent to help draw out the red of the photo. Its uses are limited only to your imagination!

Gold and brown crayon with a reddish water color brushed over it would look wonderful for autumn pages. Homemade Paper Embellishments Candy and soap molds can be used to make embellishments with that homemade paper look.

Let it completely dry over night. This creates an artistic look to your child's artwork.

Pockets allow you take out and put back items or journals as you see fit and replace them without damage to your scrapbook page. 70.

Attach the charms to your scrapbook once they cool completely. Dried Flowers Dried flowers make elegant embellishments and accents in scrapbooks.

amytree. Alternately, make the mark into an interesting squiggle or doodle.

Homemade Paper For a unique background, try using homemade paper. If you would rather purchase handmade paper, I suggest Paper Mojo.

Glitter can also create a huge mess if you don't apply it properly. To increase the preservation of your scrapbook and your treasures, look for albums with acid-free, lignin-free pages.

Mosaics stretch out photographs into an artistic rendition of the original photograph. Then, using a small paintbrush, paint this piece of vellum with gold or silver leaf.

Adding buttons to a scrapbook page can as simple as adding a ready-made button. Don't worry, this is safe.

Fake fur is fun on children's artwork, to create animal embellishments, or to create wild designs. These chemicals can easily get on your scrapbook paper, ribbons, and whatever else is near it.

Eyelets Eyelets are round stub-like pieces of metal. These significant items are available in virtually all craft stores.

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