New Scrapbooking Techniques
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New techniques to create a professional looking scrapbook brought to you by Cascade Digital Scrapbooking http://www.CascadeScrapbooking.com
Various techniques like hand photo coloring, stencil plastering, sewing your pages, embossed vellum layer, digital scrapbooking, etc helps you create a very attractive and professional looking scrapbook.
Hand photo coloring:
Spice up your photos by getting them printed in black and white, then colour them yourself. There are a number of photo colouring chalks, markers and paints on the market that you can fill in the colour right on the photo yourself for a look that is more reminiscent of portrait paintings.
Chalks will give a very subtle colouring, and paints will give bolder colours. You can colour the entire photo, or you can only fill in a few elements and make them stand out against the shades of gray. Chalks can be rubbed on with a cotton swab, as can paints if you want a more toned-down look and for the colours to blend. Use a pencil eraser before the paint dries to remove any mistakes or splatters.
Stencil plastering:
To give your pages depth and dimension, get wall plaster or spackle and some plastic or metal stencils. The stencils can be of lettering, or pictures. You can plaster directly onto the page, or you can do it on small squares or scraps of paper, and then place them on the page. In order to do this, simply clip your stencil to the paper with a paper clip to make sure it won’t move, or use a temporary adhesive.
Stir your plaster or spackle until it is of a smooth consistency, then, with a small spackle or painters knife, fill in the stencil with a thin layer. Scrape across the top of the stencil with the long edge of the knife to smooth it, or leave it bumpy for extra texture. Carefully pull the stencil off by lifting it straight up. Try not to let it smear the image.
Allow the plaster to dry. You can use a coloured plaster, or a white plaster. If you like you can add colour to white plaster after it is dry by brushing some coloured chalk on it, or painting it.
Sewing you pages:
For an interesting look, throw out your glue and sew your elements on your page. You can sew on cardstock and heavy paper the same way you sew on fabric. Choose threads in coordinating colours.
Use your sewing machine and make either a straight stitch, or fancy zigzags. This is a particularly great method for putting together a paper “quilt” layout.
Embossed Vellum layover:
Vellum embosses beautifully, and, because it is transparent, when you lay it over a page it makes a great effect. You can even emboss vellum without using any type of heat or light tables. In fact, if you don’t have a stylus, all you need is a paper clip.
It is easiest to emboss with a metal or plastic stencil. Take the stencil and lay it on the table. Remember that the image will come out backwards, so if you are embossing letters or images that need to face a certain way, turn the template upside-down.
Lay the vellum paper face-down over the template. You will easily be able to get it in the right place because you can see the stencil through the vellum. When it is in place, gently rub into the paper with your stylus, or the rounded edge of your paper clip, pushing it into the stencil.
For sharper edges, go over them a few times, but be careful not to tear the paper. The more you rub over the vellum, the more opaque the image will become. Pick up the vellum, turn it over, and see the image you have created.
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Mike Snyder, owner, Cascade Scrapbooking
Portland, OR
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