Scrapbooking

You could also keep the entire page in a Mylar page protector. This reduces time and money.

Some of the best sanity savers include glue dots, glue pens, Xyron adhesives, and two-sided tape. Debossing is the opposite of embossing.

Creating this effect is easy. Go to your favorite hardware or home improvement store and buy a tube of 100% silicon.

Even instant photographs (like Polaroid's) can be used for scrapbooking (sort of, I'll get into that in a bit). Note that I keep referring to "fake" fur.

Today's scrapbooks make great baby announcements, grandparent books, gift cards, artwork for kid's rooms, recipe books, and educational tools. For a fine tear, crease the paper and then lick the crease (or you can use a damp sponge).

This creates a softened look suitable for baby and grandparent scrapbooks. It can be used to embellish your scrapbook pages, cards, and tags.

Often plain white backgrounds look rather boring and dull. 87.

Shadow boxes are also a great way to make your most important photographs or text boxes stand out from the rest of the page. Next, place the fabric you want dyed into the Kool-Aid for a few minutes.

This will look like a border to the vellum. Brush off the excess powder with a brush.

There is whole field of scrapbooking called Journaling, and it is just like it sounds: using a scrapbook as a journal. Next, apply glue to the metal loop petal you just made, and place fabric on top.

For instance, rice paper is a fine paper that can add elegance to a scrapbook page. This is a great technique for educational scrapbooks where text outside the window asks a question and the answer is contained inside the window.

These are available an amazing variety. If you can, get an artist's pencil with a fairly hard lead and sketch your drawing or text very lightly so it barely shows.

Tarnishing and Untarnishing Copper Copper, tarnish or untarnished, adds a unique metallic look to your scrapbook page. Brushing the paint on leaves the perfect amount to leave a print, and let the wrinkles and characteristic of the hand print show through.

This is because if the child dips their hand into a pool of paint then way more paint than is needed is on their hand, and it will also drip everywhere. Basically, all you need to scrapbook is an album, some glue-dots, a pair of scissors, and some photographs or newspaper clippings.

Be on the lookout for sales on fabric, plastic flowers, lace, beads, and whatever else takes your fancy. Today, scrapbooks have evolved into long lasting, beautiful mementos containing everything from news clippings to three-dimensional objects.

Let's get scrapbooking! No longer is scrapbooking about pasting newspaper clippings into messy bundles of paper.

Rubber stamps can be used to create cute images for children's and grandparents scrapbooks. Markers are easy to draw with and can be used to color in portions of lettering, in borders, or to create accents.

In this case, a collage presents the viewer with an almost overwhelming amount of things to look at, and lends to a feeling of overwhelmingly being loved. Moldable Foam Moldable foam allows you to create anything your imagination and talent allow.

You don't want to make shadow boxes too deep, as they may get crushed, or make the scrapbook close awkwardly. 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.

Embossing is a lot of fun and the results can be magnificent! As you get more acquainted with scrapbooking, you will find products that save you time and frustration.

Beading can be as simple as gluing a few beads onto a scrapbook page or as complex as a sewn beaded design. Textured paper is available in a variety of textures and colors and is available in most craft and office supply stores.

45. Just remember that markers are permanent.

Graphics and Clipart Various graphics and clip art are available on the Internet. Kid's art are great for use in parent scrapbooks, grandparent scrapbooks, and kid scrapbooks.

In this way, charms can be added to memento, graduation, or gift scrapbooks to create a personalized feeling to the page. I know, I know.

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

Although lignin is necessary for plants and trees, you want nothing to do with it! If placed randomly in a variety of colors, sequins cause a dramatic, abstract and playful attraction to items and pages.

Be especially careful not to let the lacquer spill over the edge and ruin other parts of your scrapbook pages. Also place a layer of paper between the puzzle piece and photographs.

Keep in mind that objects such as shells, pine cones, leaves, and twigs become quite brittle and messy. Flowers can be placed whole, in bunches with other flowers, as petals, or punched into various shapes.

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. Faux Painting Faux painting can be created with various colored sheets of paper.

Metal An interesting alternative to regular paper tags is using scrap metal. This creates a softened look suitable for baby and grandparent scrapbooks.

A great deal of practice is required to get these pens to create the desired results, and in the beginning, you're probably better of practicing on pictures that you never plan on using in your scrapbook. Note that I keep referring to "fake" fur.

You know those glue dots that you use for just about everything? 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?

Traditional Hawaiian Lei Borders Leis can be used to make fancy three-dimensional borders. 21.

Note that I keep referring to "fake" fur. Then, glue individual popcorns together to make garlands.

Then just make sure that the piece fabric lines up with where ever it is being printed. Some interesting scrap material suitable for backgrounds include scrap fabric, bits of linoleum, and carpet swatches.

" 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. 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!

Unfortunately, the macaroni bits and glitter are soon all over the floor or eaten by the dog. You may also choose to lay the items out in a standard recipe or calendar layout.