Scrapbooking

87. Many people assume that all fabrics are acid-free, but they aren't.

A well thought out color scheme can help define the theme of a page, attract attention to specific items, or detract away from mistakes. Next, color the back of the vellum with a marker (your choice f color).

Adding an antique look to your background or journals can be accomplished in several ways. Alternative attachment methods include sewing and eyelets.

Paint strips are available free for the taking in nearly any paint department. Beading can be as simple as gluing a few beads onto a scrapbook page or as complex as a sewn beaded design.

This adds a touch of age and antiqueness to scrapbook pages. It is very strong and fibrous.

Collages Collages are congregations of photographs and/or text. Fake fur is fun on children's artwork, to create animal embellishments, or to create wild designs.

Quickly and easily you have another copy of your baby announcement, recipe, or calendar. Depending on what your scrapbooking plan is, those swatches might work great.

Mounting Once your scrapbooking page is laid out to your liking you can begin attaching and gluing your various photographs, mementos, text, and titles. Textured paper can be used to highlight focus items on your scrapbook page.

You should only use them for scrapbooks you don't expect to last for years and years. Next, just punch the tape into shape.

Some people say to add vinegar when dying with Kool-Aid, because the added acidity helps the fabric retain color. Paper Mojo has all kinds of paper: banana paper, rice paper, embossed, metallic, pearlescent, and tons more.

43. Pictures and mementos of the couple's years together could be placed from the first day they met through the wedding day to the present day with each time period on a different page.

If you are manually cropping and cutting pictures, make sure that you mark the outline you want with chalk (or eye shadow if you don't have chalk) before you cut. Then, lightly brush the item you want drybrushed.

Mounting Once your scrapbooking page is laid out to your liking you can begin attaching and gluing your various photographs, mementos, text, and titles. These items decompose quickly and are not appropriate for long lasting scrapbooks, but make for great presentation while they last.

To do the wax paper technique, cut a piece of wax paper slightly larger that the area you are working with. 53.

For more control, use a dry marker as a paintbrush. Remember the old saying, "measure twice and cut once.

41. Then, trace all around the on picture using an embossing tool to imprint the picture onto the foil Ready made embossed foil is also available at your local craft store.

For a fine tear, crease the paper and then lick the crease (or you can use a damp sponge). Stickers Stickers are fun and easy to stick to scrapbook pages.

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For example, you can add a health blush to Grandma's cheeks. Allow the mixture to dry overnight before use.

To test for this, cut a square inch off and soak it in a glass of water over night. You can create three-dimensional object or you can create three-dimensional borders or backgrounds.

To preserve the rectangular shape of the photographs start your weaving in the center of the piece and work outwards. : You see, the reason they are "instant" is that they contain all of the chemicals needed to develop photographs right there on the paper.

Brushing the paint on leaves the perfect amount to leave a print, and let the wrinkles and characteristic of the hand print show through. Just gently squeeze the liquid onto or around the desired image or form, let it dry, apply heat (often a hair dryer on high and held close can work), and the liquid appliqué will puff up to create a 3 dimensional line or design.

The design you create depends only upon your creativity and talent. 63.

Fraying Fraying can create extremely interesting and artistic border accents. Newspaper contains about 4% lignin.

To test this, soak a square inch of fabric in a glass of water over night. Tags Yep, they are just like they sound: a various shaped slip of paper or other material to add extra text… Usually… I mean, this is how they are usually used, but like anything else in scrapbooking: be creative!

The book is to keep the paper from curling, and the wax paper is to keep the paper from sticking to the book. Next, place a picture on top of the carbon paper.

For a milder tear, crease the paper by folding it and tear along the crease. It can be used to embellish your scrapbook pages, cards, and tags.

Any bits of metal can be used. If items are too closely spaced, your reader will feel overwhelmed.

Faux Metal Designs To give a metal look to your scrapbook page, print the items directly onto vellum. However, crystal lacquer looks especially nice on more formal gift scrapbooks.

Traditional Hawaiian Lei Borders Leis can be used to make fancy three-dimensional borders. Check to see if the stickers are lignin-free and acid-free.

Curled edges give depth to a scrapbook page. Heck, you can even scan an entire finished scrapbook page, print it out and have copies of it to give away.

To test this, soak a square inch of fabric in a glass of water over night. 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.

Eyelets are available in a variety of colors and shapes. Most punches are made of die cast steel.

Not only will glue end up all over the place but you will no doubt find out too late that the title doesn't go well with the photograph or that the spacing is too tight. For a milder tear, crease the paper by folding it and tear along the crease.

Scrap Backgrounds Use your scrap bits to create great funky backgrounds. These effects can be much more dramatic than dry embossing.

An entire scrapbook made using this page antiquing technique looks great. Coordinated colors add depth to scrapbook pages.

Dried Flowers Dried flowers make elegant embellishments and accents in scrapbooks. Then, paste these marbles, using clear drying glue, on top of writing or an embellishment that you want magnified.