Scrapbook Embellishments – Do-it-yourself Materials
Who says scrapbook embellishments have to come out of a store? Creating embellishments is also one of the fun parts in scrapbooking. Aside from the fact that you’ll be able to save a lot of money with do-it-yourself embellishments, you’ll also be able to use this creative activity as a fun way to get together with family or friends. Do-it-yourself materials can include simple materials out of cans, little pieces of fabric, carpet or linoleum and just about anything that you thought you wouldn’t need anymore.
Fabric Icons Fabric icons can be made out of any type of fabric, with any other junk that would be easy to sew on. For example, if you prefer to create a fabric icon of coke, you can cut out the “coke” from a coke can, seal the sides with adhesive so you won’t get hurt sewing in the process. Place the “coke” in the middle of the fabric and reseal onto the fabric by thick thread or thin yarn. With fabric as the background of each icon, it’ll be easy to stick onto any kind of scrapbook. This technique is also used for other scrapbook embellishments that is hard to stick on.
Fabricated Flowers Fabricated flowers are the type of scrapbook embellishments that you can place anywhere. You can create flowers with yarn, little pieces of paper, fabric, wires or if you’re really creative, you can use toothpicks and buttons for the inner circle of the flower. Spice up the colors with acrylic paint and glitter.
Do-it-yourself materials are really good for those who’d like to save money while still creating a unique scrapbook. You’ll be able to personalize your scrapbook with your own embellishments and scrapbooking supplies as well as be able to use up stuff at home that you may have thought were scrap. Not only do you save money, but you save a lot of time from having to go out and buy.
Scrapbook Embellishments – Highlighting your Focal Point Photo
Your focal point photograph represents the main focus of the activity or event you’re scrapbooking about. In the birth of a baby girl, this would probably be the photo of a mother holding her daughter. While you can use mats and patterned papers to highlight your focal point photo, you can also use scrapbook embellishments to boost the beauty and essence of the photo.
Ribbon Weaving
Ribbon weaving is such a cool way to highlight your focal point photo because this presents the photo in a clear yet classy way. For this, you’ll need scrapbook embellishments such as a ribbon and a puncher. No, you won’t need needles or yarn or any type of pointy material. Punch holes through the sides of the photo and weave the ribbon in and out of the holes. If you don’t want to ruin the photo, wrap the photo’s sides in colored or patterned paper before you punch the holes.
Fake Stitches
It can take such a long time to stitch photos for a handicraft effect and not only that, not everyone is gifted with the sewing powers. To save yourself of the trouble of having to buy scrapbook embellishments like needles and a sewing kit, creating fake stitches only needs a clear, dark and thick pen of whatever color you wish the stitches to be. Instead of troubling yourself over stitching the photo in reality, cover the side of the photo with patterned paper and then draw clear, stitch patterns over it for the handicraft effect.
Your focal point photo contains the important reasons why you’re even scrapbooking about an event. Aside from the creativity your scrapbook bears, readers also like to see what you’re scrapbooking about and the only way to do this is to have your memorandums or souvenirs stand out among all the other decorations.