Scrapbooking

Wax Paper Ink Dye Wax paper ink dye has an effect resembling tie-dye. Basically, paint your photograph with the crystal lacquer and let it dry.

Be especially careful not to let the lacquer spill over the edge and ruin other parts of your scrapbook pages. Some interesting scrap material suitable for backgrounds include scrap fabric, bits of linoleum, and carpet swatches.

Painted Tissue Paper Painted tissue paper can add a colorful flair to your children's artwork or scrapbook page. The high-tech solution to your photograph woes is to use modern computer programs such as Adobe Photoshop (expensive, but very good), Paint Shop Pro (less expensive and still very good), and Photo Editor (often free with printers, scanners or cameras).

Embellishments can be used as the main focus of your page, to highlight items, or as borders. Rhinestones and body art rhinestones come in many different shapes and colors.

Just cut your paper border about an inch larger than you need. For a bold tear, just have at it.

Mosaics stretch out photographs into an artistic rendition of the original photograph. A good way to make your own personal seals is with Crayola Model Magic.

Fabric Fabric can be used in many ways to enhance scrapbook pages. Stickers Stickers are fun and easy to stick to scrapbook pages.

Talk about high lignin content, but if use correctly it will make a beautiful looking scrapbook, just not one that will last for generations. Here is my suggestion: this may seem odd, but try taste testing fabric to check for acidity.

This shine adds a soft elegance to any scrapbook page. So your best bet is to scan the instant photograph and print in out.

You can make your own customized paper of any color and texture you want. As the name of this book suggests, there are a total of 100 techniques.

So, unless you are selling your scrapbook then you don't have anything to worry about. Fraying looks especially good in children's scrapbooks, as well as pages for your more creative and imaginative friends.

Basically, shadow boxes are 3 dimensional "frames" that hold text, photos or embellishments. You can also create glue lines.

This will look like a border to the vellum. Mini-glue dots are great for those small items.

Mini-glue dots are great for those small items. Charms Metal charms add a unique personalized element to scrapbook pages.

To preserve the rectangular shape of the photographs start your weaving in the center of the piece and work outwards. By far, the best resource for all sorts of colored paper is Paper Mojo.

A light colored background creates a soft, farther away feeling; while a darker background sharpens the focus. Homemade Paper Embellishments Candy and soap molds can be used to make embellishments with that homemade paper look.

Now you can make faux beads too. You know those glue dots that you use for just about everything?

Today, scrapbooks have evolved into long lasting, beautiful mementos containing everything from news clippings to three-dimensional objects. There are several different methods of embossing.

You may want to add your own stories or poems. Eyelets Eyelets are round stub-like pieces of metal.

54. Another method is to drill holes in the shells and string them together.

Most craft stores have a varied selection of molds. This paper can either match, compliment, or contrast your background color.

31. Glue dots and glue pens are fairly mess free and stick to almost anything made of paper or fiber.

Charms Metal charms add a unique personalized element to scrapbook pages. You still place photographs, newspaper clippings, poems, and tickets into your scrapbook to display with embellishments and preserve your memories.

Most craft stores have a varied selection of molds. " To manually change a distracting or cluttered background of a photo, simply cut out the background and replace it with a with a new paper background; this allows the eye to focus on the people instead of the clutter behind them.

The concept behind scrapbooking hasn't changed much throughout the years. The color of chalk chosen can be either a similar color to the background, a contrasting color, or an outlining color such as black or grey depending on the result you want.

Photographs and text blocks can be punched into virtually any shapes or sizes. Embossing is a lot of fun and the results can be magnificent!

Your middle shade of paper will be the base for your design, while the darker shade will be used as the shadow. Collages create great funky scrapbook pages.

Do note that hemp is very high in lignin. To test this, soak a square inch of fabric in a glass of water over night.

Talk about high lignin content, but if use correctly it will make a beautiful looking scrapbook, just not one that will last for generations. Stained Glass Mosaics Stained glass mosaics are an elegant, regal touch to any scrapbook page.

Now put this piece of paper in the printer and print whatever you like onto it. Basically, all you need to scrapbook is an album, some glue-dots, a pair of scissors, and some photographs or newspaper clippings.

Many only use 2 different types of beads. However, colored or exotic feathers may add a touch of adventure or a whimsy to a scrapbook page.

Mini-glue dots are great for those small items. 19.

The alternative is to make faux typewriter keys. If you have a photo with a lot of red in it, it would generally look better to not have that photo on a red background.

Then, the piece is immediately ready to place. Next, heat the item.

Silk actually goes through an acid bath during the manufacturing process, as well as many tie-dyed fabrics. 43.

Paper Mojo has all kinds of paper: banana paper, rice paper, embossed, metallic, pearlescent, and tons more. However, colored or exotic feathers may add a touch of adventure or a whimsy to a scrapbook page.

Rubber stamps are popular too. Then tape the freezer paper, with the fabric now stuck to it, to a piece of regular printer paper.