Scrapbooking

Then, think about adding some more mementos and colorful embellishments. Eyelets are available in a variety of colors and shapes.

After a while, lignin will cause photos, fabrics and other paper that touch it to turn brown. Click here to go to Paper Mojo.

You create the frame, fill it in with different colored plastic beads and then bake it. Downloading and printing images is a good way to find pictures or photographs of your child's favorite television character or band for a unique personalized touch.

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This appearance creates a hardening or masculine effect to scrapbook pages. Tags can be used for accents, captions, and thought bubbles as well as dedications.

Text You may or may not want to add text to your scrapbook page. Click here to go to Paper Mojo.

All you have to do now is let your creativity flow. Colored Paper Additional color can be easily added to your scrapbook page through different colored backgrounds, borders, and embellishments.

You'll want to use a scanner for copying photographs where you want to preserve, or not use original. Any photograph can be used in a scrapbook.

Do you also remember all of your hard work falling apart two months later? To achieve this technique, first you need two copies of the same photo.

You could also keep the entire page in a Mylar page protector. Rhinestones and body art rhinestones come in many different shapes and colors.

Your nephew will probably appreciate a scrapbook with photographs, poems, journals, and more masculine embellishments. Color Color coordination and contrast will highlight and accent your scrapbook.

44. The answers to these three questions are all factors in selecting an appropriate theme.

Be aware however, because tearing does not comply well with all themes. You don't want to make shadow boxes too deep, as they may get crushed, or make the scrapbook close awkwardly.

Once the display is set, start permanently attaching the collage to the background. Rubber Stamping Rubber stamps dipped in acid-free ink can be used to create various embellishments.

Next, add tan chalk for a powdery finish. 17.

Open them again. Perhaps, the theme of the scrapbook could be medicine.

By far, the best resource for all sorts of patterned paper is Paper Mojo. Just follow the directions on the package, but do it in a saucepan and bring it to a simmer before dying the fabric.

However, you can also place items in object patterns such as mountains, trains, or Christmas trees. 49.

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Matching colors add to the continuity of the color scheme. Your antique page can then be left as is, chalked, or inked for an even more dramatic effect.

Another consideration when using fabrics is if the color will bleed off onto your page and other things touching it. In fact, you could easily have them custom made to your desires.

Flowers can be used to add a homey touch to photographs or to draw the eye away from cluttered scrapbooks. The theme of this book will probably be your baby.

This will look like a border to the vellum. Magnetic sheets and magnetized photo albums can be found at your local craft or office supplies store.

Rubber Stamping Rubber stamps dipped in acid-free ink can be used to create various embellishments. This will make it so the adhesive stays on the material itself, and will not show through the open holes.

In fact, you could easily have them custom made to your desires. You don't want any of the dried gunk on it, just the stains it leaves.

Be on the lookout for sales on fabric, plastic flowers, lace, beads, and whatever else takes your fancy. Even buttons, bottle caps and pebbles can look very professional if you use them creatively.

Heat embossing uses powders that are melted on paper to create a raised image. 70.

83. It produces a subtle but sophisticated appearance.

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. This is a great technique for educational scrapbooks where text outside the window asks a question and the answer is contained inside the window.

Sequins come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors and are available at any local craft store. Patterned Paper Patterned paper can be used for backgrounds, borders, and embellishments.

Downloading and printing images is a good way to find pictures or photographs of your child's favorite television character or band for a unique personalized touch. Now armed with over one hundred helpful hints, ideas, and techniques...

Then, using a sponge-tip applicator, apply bronze or rusty color metallic rub on. Brush off the excess powder with a brush.

Faux Typewriter Keys Typewriter keys add a learned look to a scrapbook page. Today's scrapbooks make great baby announcements, grandparent books, gift cards, artwork for kid's rooms, recipe books, and educational tools.

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Then, the piece is immediately ready to place. You can even get rubber stamps custom made after your own handwriting.

8. One way is to simply wrinkle cardstock.

These items can then be glued onto your background or borders. Wax Resist You probably experimented with the technique of wax resist in elementary school.