Scrapbooking

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Carefully cropped and sized photographs, on the other hand, enhances the overall look and feel of your scrapbook. You could also keep the entire page in a Mylar page protector.

However, scrapbooking techniques and tools have matured substantially. Crystal Lacquer Crystal lacquer adds shine and protection to your photographs.

Tarnishing and Untarnishing Copper Copper, tarnish or untarnished, adds a unique metallic look to your scrapbook page. Is your page uninteresting and colorless?

Let your imagination and creativity be your guide. Contrasting colors can also be used to create a more dramatic or focusing effect away from or towards various photographs or mementos.

Even buttons, bottle caps and pebbles can look very professional if you use them creatively. To achieve this technique, first you need two copies of the same photo.

Frosting Charms Frosting adds a unique touch to all of your metal charms. Painted Tissue Paper Painted tissue paper can add a colorful flair to your children's artwork or scrapbook page.

Using these programs, photographs can be magically darkened, brightened, sharpened, enlarged, and cropped without ruining your original photograph. Be aware, however, that some of these media alternates are extremely difficult to work with, break easily, and may not preserve well.

In some more formal themes fraying creates an unprofessional appearance. 98.

80. Embellishments can range from simple items such as stickers and ribbon to more complex techniques such as adding faux beads and silver accenting.

To make a pop up window, divide a piece of paper into three sections. Repeat this process until the vellum has a shiny look.

Next, using your fingers, manipulate the paper into a curl. There is a whole scrapbooking sub-culture dedicated to this called Digital Scrapbooking.

Make sure it all prints on one page and preferably centered. Graphics and Clipart Various graphics and clip art are available on the Internet.

You can also create glue lines. Items can also be placed into random groups, abstract shapes, or collages.

Then, using a small paintbrush, paint this piece of vellum with gold or silver leaf. Note that paper bags are high in lignin, so be careful of their use.

After a while, lignin will cause photos, fabrics and other paper that touch it to turn brown. Stained Glass Mosaics Stained glass mosaics are an elegant, regal touch to any scrapbook page.

The design of your tags will depend entirely on your personal needs and desires. Then, smudge the color onto the page.

Faux Wax Seals You've seen them, those cool wax dots that keep letter envelopes closed. If you find a mistake, mark, or glue bits on your scrapbook page just rub it off using a soft white eraser.

Then, just write over the sticker. 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.

The flowing nature of both materials encourages a touch of softness and elegance. 64.

72. Then lay the wax paper on top of glossy photo paper and then cover the wax paper with a sheet of regular printer paper.

Furthermore, scrapbooks are no longer just for special occasions. 57.

20. Use your imagination and creativity.

This is time consuming and frustrating, so the best solution is to reduce static electricity before you add the powder or glitter by simply placing a dryer sheet on top of the page before you work, and then spray the powder and glitter with archival spray to keep it in place. It produces a subtle but sophisticated appearance.

Over the years, scrapbooking has matured into an art. amytree.

Moreover, embroidery cotton can even be used to tie down other items in a beautiful and creative way. You can use ready-made leis or make your own.

A nice journal about your baby's day could also add a nice touch 2. However, hemp can also be used to make a scrapbook appear more masculine.

In Conclusion... Paper Mojo has all kinds of paper: banana paper, rice paper, embossed, metallic, pearlescent, and tons more.

Local copy shops can provide this service for you at a very reasonable price. Your antique page can then be left as is, chalked, or inked for an even more dramatic effect.

If you don't than glitter will eventually comes loose, make a mess and scratch your photographs. 15.

This gives the copper red, orange, and purple tones. Shadow Boxes A great way to add depth to your scrapbook page is to add shadow boxes.

Simply rub chalk along the edges of the paper. If lignin is not removed in the paper manufacturing process, the chemical will cause the paper product to gradually turn brownish-yellow and crumble.

55. Glitter can also create a huge mess if you don't apply it properly.

This strong and versatile blade allows you to cut almost anything into any shape. Tarnish can be easily removed by rubbing Tabasco sauce on the tarnish.

Furthermore, be careful that the sticker adhesive does not dry out or seep around the edges. Using these programs, photographs can be magically darkened, brightened, sharpened, enlarged, and cropped without ruining your original photograph.

Thus, tags can be big or small, square or specially shaped, white or colored, plain or textured. Collages Collages are congregations of photographs and/or text.

Creating this effect is easy. The alternative is to make faux typewriter keys.