Make Your Own Scrapbooking Embellishments
Making your own scrapbooking embellishments is a wonderful way to make unique page layouts. So many common items around your house can be used as embellishments. Ideas include bits of string, thread and yarn, pictures cut from old magazines, handmade knitted or crocheted items, paper flowers or other paper designs, etc. You can also purchase raw ingredients to manufacture your own embellishments. Polymer clay can be used to make almost any item and can easily be painted to any color. Acrylic's can be manufactured in molds to hold any type of little item that you would like to show off.
Wire can be woven or bent into an enormous variety of shapes and can be made to fit any space or position on your layout. Wire also comes in a variety of thicknesses and colors which can also add that unique touch to your layouts. You can also make embellishments on your sewing machine using bits of old thread in any color, and old pieces of fabric. You might even try the embroidery setting on your machine to write words or make little pictures. As you can see, the possibilities for making your own scrapbooking embellishments are endless and only limited by your imagination.
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