Scrapbooking

Be aware, however, that some of these paper alternates are extremely difficult to work with, break easily, and may not preserve well. Therefore, it is completely up you the order you wish to place your items and embellishments.

To test for this, cut a square inch off and soak it in a glass of water over night. You can even get rubber stamps custom made after your own handwriting.

Then cover the item in a clear embossing powder and heat. So, unless you are selling your scrapbook then you don't have anything to worry about.

This can be used as a softening agent for baby scrapbooks, as a touch of elegance to gift scrapbooks, or to create dimension in a boring flat page. What is Scrapbooking?

Even instant photographs (like Polaroid's) can be used for scrapbooking (sort of, I'll get into that in a bit). The design you create depends only upon your creativity and talent.

77. Any fabric, ribbon, or bits of leftovers from other projects can be used to embellish your scrapbook.

They normally sell large sheets of paper you can cut down (like 25"x35" large, and for good prices), but you can get 3"x5" swatches of 4-8 different papers for less than 4 bucks plus free shipping. Due to these new techniques and tools, the uses of scrapbooking have expanded drastically.

This appearance creates a hardening or masculine effect to scrapbook pages. Carefully cropped and sized photographs, on the other hand, enhances the overall look and feel of your scrapbook.

This will look like a border to the vellum. There is whole field of scrapbooking called Journaling, and it is just like it sounds: using a scrapbook as a journal.

To make embossed foil, place a piece of carbon paper on top of the foil. 33.

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. Next, color the back of the vellum with a marker (your choice f color).

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. Moldable foam is available at most craft stores in a variety of different colors.

Another consideration when using fabrics is if the color will bleed off onto your page and other things touching it. Charms are available in all sorts of sizes and shapes to fit nearly any theme.

Click here to go to Paper Mojo. There are spray-on polyurethane coatings to add a layer of protection.

Be aware though, not all fabrics are acid-free. Black ink brushed over orange crayon will create a great Halloween setting.

This appearance creates a hardening or masculine effect to scrapbook pages. You can place everything in the center of your page, place a single focus item in the center, or divide the page into sections adding items to each section.

Let's get scrapbooking! Most punches are made of die cast steel.

However, hemp can also be used to make a scrapbook appear more masculine. 44.

Next, crinkle the individual popcorns and roll them into tight balls. Simply, mix water and cardstock in a blender.

Background colors can be matched, coordinated, or contrasted with the colors in your photographs, mementos, or embellishments. Just be sure to place the object you plan to cut onto a mat or wad or newspaper before using the exacto knife.

This can be used as a softening agent for baby scrapbooks, as a touch of elegance to gift scrapbooks, or to create dimension in a boring flat page. You can tarnish copper tooling foil by heating it.

Do you remember those days as a kid pasting newspaper clippings onto paper and bundling dozens of papers together with some fancy ribbon or a string? pioneerthinking.

Traditional Hawaiian Lei Borders Leis can be used to make fancy three-dimensional borders. Patterning How can you arrange your scrapbook page to best show off your photographs, mementos and embellishments?

39. Most regular glues do not work on metal.

But if you are going to include macaroni and what-not in your scrapbooks, there is nothing you can do to permanently preserve the pages; you are only delaying the inevitable. : You see, the reason they are "instant" is that they contain all of the chemicals needed to develop photographs right there on the paper.

You can do this with a lot of different things. These buttons can then be glued or tied onto your scrapbook page with thread or embroidery cotton.

The low-tech way to solve these problems is to manually crop and shape the photograph using a pair of scissors or an exacto knife. Ribbon and lace are especially popular in gift and feminine scrapbooks.

The wax will resist the paint and ink and show through, resulting in a great looking design. 88.

However, crystal lacquer looks especially nice on more formal gift scrapbooks. 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.

When finished, the shrink art becomes a solid plastic piece with your custom artwork on it. This reduces time and money.

However, the method I prefer to use is glue with the glitter mixed right in. The best solution is to reduce static electricity before you add the glitter.

When you cut the images or letters out and turn them over, the letters have a very pretty, muted, chalk-like appearance. Talk about high lignin content, but if use correctly it will make a beautiful looking scrapbook, just not one that will last for generations.

There are several ways to attach charms to your page. To see a great gallery of quills, go to AmyTree.

pioneerthinking. Faux Wax Seals You've seen them, those cool wax dots that keep letter envelopes closed.

Generally, these Leis are not made with complex patterns, but remain very simple. Try crumpling and crumpling other types of paper, they may become cloth-like as well.

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? Do you also remember all of your hard work falling apart two months later?

It may also be used to highlight a mechanical or metal working theme. 90.