One of the most popular of embellishments on scrapbook pages is flowers. For those of you who remember the 1960’s when flower stickers were all the rage, it seems like what is old is new again.
What is cool about flowers is that it never goes out of fashion and can be sized to fit any page or binder cover. They come in all sorts of colors, made of many different materials, and works with many different themes.
Here are some ideas using flower embellishments:
- Layer flower designs on top of each other across the page
- Use flowers to border a photograph
- Use flowers to bullet point your journaling
- Fashion your own flowers using looped ribbon for the petals
- Crochet your own flowers in minutes using a template from a Crochet Pattern
- Fold fabric flowers in half and attach behind a photo or patterned paper
- Use pictures of flowers from the Internet to make a collage
- Add a 3D feel to silk or fabric flowers by stamping them with ink and then sprinkling with embossing powder
We will have another article on flower embellishments coming soon.
Here is a great video we discovered about using price tags in scrapbooks. Use your own creativity to make an outstanding scrapbook. Play and enjoy!
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With the Thanksgiving holiday coming up (November 27, USA) what perfect idea to start a scrapbook for this memorable celebration.
For embellishment ideas, you can use; hard corn kernals, wheat stalks, turkey stickers, fall leaves, Pilgrim hats, cornucopias, blossoms, fall colors, vegetables and harvest wreaths. I suggest that you use warm colors such as gold, yellow, brown, and cream for your pages. Photos you can use could be made up of pictures of Thanksgiving holiday get togethers of you and your family. Many of the journaling can bring up the purpose of Thanksgiving…to give blessings and thankfulness of the European peoples meeting the Native American peoples on the continent of America.
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For those of you that want the most classy scrapbook album, I recommend a leather bound cover with a built in custom three ring binder system. There is a company that makes high quality albums called www.Kolo.com
My favorite model is the "Leather Newport," which comes in two sizes, 11" x 14" and 12" x 12." They are not cheap, starting price is $60. But if you really need to make a "statement" and want nothing but the best, I recommend scrapbook albums from this company. I also like the unique design on this model where you display a picture in the center of the cover by sliding in a real photo there.
This company also makes guest books, presentation binders, photo boxes, and corporate gifts, to name a few.
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For those of you that need more ideas for making a Halloween scrapbook, we have an excellent idea. At this time of year (October) take a trip to your local party store. These are the stores that have imprinted balloons for birthdays, party napkins, holiday decorations, greeting cards, and tons of miniature toys. Well, you will find the aisle that has miniature toy packets. You will find that there are many 3-D items in the form of: small plastic halloween masks, witches broomsticks, miniature jack-o-lantern faces, orange colored Halloween stickers, etc.
The perfect plan for a Halloween scrapbook would be to, take lots of pictures of your children and family in full Halloween costumes. Buy a load of miniature Halloween themed toys from your local party store….which is going to be your embellishments. Then get a good sized binder/album and make sure you decorate the cover in orange and black. For pages, use alternating black and orange construction paper to mount the pictures. Now you see the unlimited possibilities with using the miniature Halloween toys throughout the scrapbook pages? Of course, your Halloween costume pictures will speak for themselves. If you have a pet, don’t forget to "costume" them up too!
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Here is a nice video of a scrapbooking technique using a masque pen. It goes well with rubber stamping. This video is presented by Scrapbookers Buzz.
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Masque Pen Demo for Rubber Stamping & Scrapbooking from Scrapbookers Buzz, Inc. on Vimeo.
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An attractive technique for placing photographs into scrapbooks is the photograph mosaic. Mosaics stretch photographs into an artistic rendition of the original photograph. Maps can also be stretched in this way. This method might be employed to create a funky look for a friend scrapbook or as a background for someone who likes computers, GIS, or geography.
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In order to make your scrapbook to standout from the rest, you need to tap into your imagination. One thing that comes to mind is making a collage with paper scraps. Take a lot of one type of paper, say construction paper or paper with designs printed on it, and cut it into small pieces. It could be cut into geometric shapes or circles or strips. Whatever shape you use, make sure you have consistency in the size and shape of all the pieces. Get some glue and lightly spread the scraps with the glue on the back and spread it over the page. Make sure that all the scraps overlap each other across the page. It should almost look like the whole page has this geometric design actually "printed" on it.
Or, you could paste these geometric shapes around photos or around embellishments to form a pleasing patern. You could also paste larger pieces of like scraps to form larger background shapes to complement all the elements on the page.
In either case, "set your mind free" and try anything with paper shapes. The more you use different elements and arrange them in different ways, the more your scrapbook will be original!
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Different types of paper can make a dramatic difference in the appearance of your scrapbook. Most often, paper is used as a background for mounting photos within the scrapbook binder. As mentioned before, having a contrasting color of paper behind the photo can bring out the image of the photo. You can also use paper for a frame with an opening for the photo to show through. Another use of paper is to fold it in 3-D shapes and make it an embellishment. If you fold a small brightly colored piece of construction paper like an accordian, you can add it as an embellishment that helps bring out the memory or journal story that is presented.
We have found a great source to purchase paper for your next scrapbook. The website is called "PaperAddict." This site has many different types and designs of paper specially made for scrapbooks. There are over 100 different groupings of specialty paper offered.
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If you have a hard time finding a theme for your next scrapbook, how about picking a theme on national or international holidays and celebrations? As we start October, we think of Halloween (USA celebration) and the popularity especially among children. As mentioned in previous posts, scrapbooking should be a home hobbie that is family friendly. The kids will enjoy working on the scrapbook with the grown ups.
This theme is a great one for embellishments. Imagine, candy corn, wax pumpkins, yellow and black construction paper, pictures with the kids in their Halloween costumes, silhouettes of witches and goblins, and many more items you could insert with a nice 3-D effect.
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