Scrapbooking

It is stronger than traditional sewing thread, so it will last a very long time and comes in a wide variety of colors. If items are too closely spaced, your reader will feel overwhelmed.

com). Therefore, yellowing and brittleness of the newspaper paper will eventually occur.

You can do this with a lot of different things. On one photograph, draw evenly spaced vertical lines on the back of the picture.

For instance, chronological order might be useful for an anniversary scrapbook. Tags can be used for accents, captions, and thought bubbles as well as dedications.

Magnetic sheets and magnetized photo albums can be found at your local craft or office supplies store. Textured paper can be used to highlight focus items on your scrapbook page.

Attach the charms to your scrapbook once they cool completely. Stickers Stickers are fun and easy to stick to scrapbook pages.

If you are manually cropping and cutting pictures, make sure that you mark the outline you want with chalk (or eye shadow if you don't have chalk) before you cut. First, print out your word in a bold straight font, with several spaces between each letter.

To add a richer texture, cut these from velveteen paper. Tinting Tinting is a great way to add a touch of color to black-and-white photos.

Charms are available in all sorts of sizes and shapes to fit nearly any theme. A nice shape for a Christmas scrapbook is a Christmas tree.

Yeah, those! You can make your own customized paper of any color and texture you want.

The best solution is to reduce static electricity before you add the glitter. Be creative.

Homemade Glue Dots Here is a great way to save a lot of money over a period of time. Dye Kool-Aid makes a fabulous inexpensive and easy dye.

Simply cut a photograph into evenly spaced squares. Eyelets can either be attached by pushing the eyelet prongs through the background or attaching them with glue dots.

Pictures and mementos of the couple's years together could be placed from the first day they met through the wedding day to the present day with each time period on a different page. In Conclusion...

Is your page bare? To ensure that glue does not show through the lace, you can lay it flat on a piece of paper and spray one side with spray adhesive.

Shadow boxes can also be used to add emphasis in dedications. This paper can either match, compliment, or contrast your background color.

If you are using straw, bark or reeds, be aware that these materials do not preserve well. Cut a square inch and suck on it for a minute or so.

Simply, tear, cut or punch shapes and designs out of the darker and lighter colors and place them on the middle colored background. Hemp glues quite easily and hides glue messes well.

Simply, roll out a small ball of the clay. Embroidery fibers can also be twisted or braided for use in artwork or as imaginative borders.

39. Some of the most interesting tags are made from fabric, wood, and other odds and ends found around the house.

Furthermore, scrapbooks are no longer just for special occasions. Some programs even allow you to easily change the background of the photograph.

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? 15.

Another method is to drill holes in the shells and string them together. Using a metallic rub, you can change or enhance the color of the metal to add a dramatic touch to your scrapbook page.

Simply, cut the foam tape into whatever shape and size you want. 13.

These shapes can add to the impact of the themes. Local copy shops can provide this service for you at a very reasonable price.

Open them again. 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.

The shape you choose for your scrapbook will depend entirely on your theme. 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.

You can use ready-made leis or make your own. To test this, soak a square inch of fabric in a glass of water over night.

In this way, copper can be used to create an elegant antique look or a more masculine look. Rubber stamps can be anything really, because they are a booming business.

18. Put little dots of the silicon on the wax paper, and let them dry (preferable in a dust-free place).

Depending on what your scrapbooking plan is, those swatches might work great. Wax Paper Ink Dye Wax paper ink dye has an effect resembling tie-dye.

Pop Up Windows Sometimes, you may want to temporarily hide photographs or objects behind a window. 43.

Therefore, it is probably preferable to use copies of your only picture of Great Grandma rather than risk ruining the photograph forever. Thus, tags can be big or small, square or specially shaped, white or colored, plain or textured.

Next, wipe the brush back and forth on a paper towel to remove most of the paint. 62.

Keep in mind that objects such as shells, pine cones, leaves, and twigs become quite brittle and messy. Lignin-free and acid-free products come in virtually any color and texture.

Use your imagination and creativity. The flowing nature of both materials encourages a touch of softness and elegance.

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. Woven Backgrounds A woven background can create a natural feel or color to your scrapbook page.