Scrapbooking

Digital pictures can easily be printed right onto lignin-free and acid-free paper. These buttons can then be glued or tied onto your scrapbook page with thread or embroidery cotton.

Paint strips are available free for the taking in nearly any paint department. Just try to make sure that no photos directly touch fabric, and if you need them to overlap, make sure there is a layer of paper between the two.

Rubber stamps can be used to create cute images for children's and grandparents scrapbooks. 10.

Woven Backgrounds A woven background can create a natural feel or color to your scrapbook page. Lighter shades act as highlights.

Then, paste the fake fur onto your scrapbooking page or onto an object. Pre-rolled quills and/or precut quilling paper are available in specialty craft stores.

No longer is scrapbooking about pasting newspaper clippings into messy bundles of paper. Fabric Flowers Fabric flowers make great embellishments on scrapbook pages.

If you don't, your photos will slowly discolor. Homemade Glue Dots Here is a great way to save a lot of money over a period of time.

The best places to look for title inspiration are in greeting cards, advertisements, and commercials. So many styles, colors, textures, and visual text effects are possible - it is only limited by your imagination.

Shrink art is easy to use. A nice bow or other embellishment can also be added onto the outside of these windows to add an elegant touch to the window.

This could add a touch of elegance or a touch of humor depending upon the patterned paper you choose. However, scrapbooking techniques and tools have matured substantially.

Creativity and imagination are your only limits. Be sure to tape the edges do so they don't curl up and get snagged in your printer.

These items are generally used as a way to anchor difficult or heavy objects to your scrapbook pages. Magnetic sheets and magnetized photo albums can be found at your local craft or office supplies store.

Carefully cropped and sized photographs, on the other hand, enhances the overall look and feel of your scrapbook. Simply alternate horizontal and vertical threads over and under.

Lignin is a stiff component of a plant that quite literally holds it together. 12.

52. To make a pop up window, divide a piece of paper into three sections.

This can be used to add color and a dramatic flare to a dull scrapbook page. What is the overall purpose for your scrapbook?

Some people like to use their finger, and some prefer to use a ball of densely crumpled paper. Then, dampen this border by dipping only the edges of the paper into a shallow dish of water.

Depending on what your scrapbooking plan is, those swatches might work great. To create a curled look, simply wet one edge of the border or background paper.

This method is especially useful for surprise scrapbooks meant to overwhelm the reader either with all of their accomplishments or all those that care for them. You can only cover it up or try to incorporate it somehow.

This technique looks great on children's artwork and in educational scrapbooks. Specialized glue dots and two-sided tape makes mounting your treasures simple and mess-free.

The unique thing about wax pencils is that if they are used on the front of a photograph, the ink will rub off. 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?

Basically, use three papers, a dark, a light, and a medium shade of the same color. I know, I know.

By far, the best resource for all sorts of patterned paper is Paper Mojo. A nice shape for a Christmas scrapbook is a Christmas tree.

Adding an antique look to your background or journals can be accomplished in several ways. To make your own quills, you roll strips of paper (from 1/8" to 1" wide, with 1/8" being standard) around a toothpick to make the paper into a spiral.

Be aware though, not all fabrics are acid-free. Then, think about adding some more mementos and colorful embellishments.

Often used items can be ripped apart and the pieces reused literally for only pennies. Note that I keep referring to "fake" fur.

Simply, tear, cut or punch shapes and designs out of the darker and lighter colors and place them on the middle colored background. Moldable foam is available at most craft stores in a variety of different colors.

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. Talk about high lignin content, but if use correctly it will make a beautiful looking scrapbook, just not one that will last for generations.

Magnetic sheets are best used in children's educational scrapbooks or other scrapbooks that will be used and reused several times. Once the Pop-Up Glue Dots are set, simply string the beads together with thread, wire, or embroidery cotton by running them through the middle of the foam with a needle.

Creating this effect is easy. Complimentary colors can be slightly lighter or darker than the background to direct the focus towards or away from portions of the page.

" Yes wood. This appearance creates a hardening or masculine effect to scrapbook pages.

Eyelets Eyelets are round stub-like pieces of metal. Tags can be used for accents, captions, and thought bubbles as well as dedications.

40. You should only use them for scrapbooks you don't expect to last for years and years.

Click here to go to Paper Mojo. This gives the copper red, orange, and purple tones.

So I strongly suggest you stick with ones made by those who do it for a living. The book is to keep the paper from curling, and the wax paper is to keep the paper from sticking to the book.

Dry embossing is a method which uses a burnisher and template to raise the surface of the paper. Basically, shadow boxes are 3 dimensional "frames" that hold text, photos or embellishments.

A background of a contrasting color will reduce the spaced out effect of the photograph. The various colors, textures, and weaves of fabric allow a great deal of creativity and imagination.