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Free Scrapbooking and Craft tips and Ideas, great ideas for enrichment nights
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What a great simple idea from Paper Crafts Magazine
HOW TO CREATE CUSTOM MONOGRAMS
1 In word processing program, make large text box and type the sentiment of your choice repeatedly.
2 Type large letter outline over sentiment.
3 Print on cardstock.
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Here is a fun idea that will save you money when it comes to buying those special ribbons with the sayings on them. Just buy the plain ribbon, Twill and Grossgrain works the best, it comes in different colors but I like the white and natural colors the best. Then use your computer and any word processor or graphic photo type program and type what ever you want with what ever font you like. Then print it out on your paper, this will serve as a guide for placing your ribbon. Now use a non permanent tape runner and run a strip of tape on the back side of the ribbon, this will hold it in place while you run it thru your printer. Take the ribbon and tape it exactly over the words that printed on the paper. Be sure it is straight. Now just print on your printer. This is so fun, you won't have to look for that perfect saying any longer, you just print your own.
Want to MAKE YOUR OWN rub on's?
This is the greatest tip I have read in a long time. This tip will
teach you how to create your own rub ons from any computer program and your
ink jet printer. Just get a inexpensive sheet of transfer film paper. The
cheaper ones work the very best. Go to your computer and pick out some words,
or a sentence or a graphic that you want to transfer. Before you print it
besure to mark your printer options as the mirror option. Then print out your
project. On some transfer sheets there is a rough side and smooth side. Use
the rough side if you have a choice. After you print your project, let it dry
for 3 to 5 minutes. After it drys place it on the sheet of paper, cardstock or
whatever you want to transfer to, face down. Use a popcicle stick and rup it
on just like you would a store bought rub on. It is that easy. It works great.
And you can re use your transfer film over and over, just clean it off with
water or a damp cloth.
Have fun with this one and go crazy with your rub ons!
Here is a great tip from Tim Holz, Creative Keepsakes Magazine, "Learn how you can create your own unique transparencies. First, apply clear packaging tape to patterned paper or cardstock. Rub the paper with a bone folder and trim to the size of your tape. Next soak the taped paper in warm water for 5 minutes. You can then use your fingers to gently rub the paper off the tape, leaving the image behind. After it dries, you'll have a hand-made transparency to accentuate your project." What a great inexpensive way to accent your scrapbook pages or greeting cards!.
To create circular text, use Microsoft Word, select Insert, then Picture, and then WordArt. Pick the style you want,Type your sentiment several times in the desired font and point size. Click OK, Once the text appears on your page, click on the sentence, this brings up another tool bar, WordArt toolbar, select the WordArt Shape option and click on the circle shape. Stretch and size the circle as desired. (Tip from Paper Craft Connections)
DISTRESSED PAPER This technique has lots of variations and all give a very unique look. The example and layout I chose were for a more rustic outdoors look but it can be done in pastels, florals, solids, with bright inks and colors. So take a look.
SHRINK ART SCRAPBOOK PAPER
I heard about a great way to get inexpensive threads, scrapbook wire, embellishment strings etc, the other day, so I thought I would check it out. Guess what?! They were right, go to your local sporting goods store, one like Sportsmans Warehouse, I went to the fly tieing aisle and WHAT A GOLD MIND! They have little spools of every color wire you can think of for $.99. They have all sorts of "embellishment" thread, fuzzy thread, heavy texture, sparkly thread, you name it, and it was at least a 15 foot aisle of nothing but great "scrapbooking embellishments", they just don't know it, they use those things to catch fish with, what a waste :)(Sorry, just kidding for those fishing enthusiast)
So go take a look at the sporting goods store!
This idea isn't really scrapbooking but I really had fun with it. I have seen these on the web several places and the instructions on how to etch them using the chemical etch, I have a friend that has a vinyl shop and does alot of custom vinyl for people so she did this with a vinyl that looks like glass etching, so the project only took about 20 minutes and it looks exactly like the etched glass ones. Pretty exciting without all the time cutting out the pattern and using the chemicals. COOL!
This month our church enrichment group made these great HOME blocks, they were really easy, that is the only kind of project I like to do, and they were fun do to as well. We each had 4 cubes that were 4X4x4 cut from an 8ft length of wood. I think we ended up doing 20 sets, anyway, we just sanded down the wood then painted the blocks whatever color we wanted to use then picked out scrapbook paper of our choice and cut 4 squares of different scrapbook paper, the squares of paper were cut just a little smaller than the 4X4X4 side of the block. Next we Modge Podged the paper onto one side of each block. (We are only decorating one side) After the paper was in place we placed the letters on the blocks, if you look close on the pictures you can see the large letters spell HOME, then there is also smaller letters that spell out the saying Where your story begins but you can use any saying you like. These letters were all cut out using the Cricut (Chandler Creations now carries a great new product to store your Cricut, take a look below) sorry, back to the blocks, after all the letters are in place we just used our creativity and added embellishments to blocks to match our tastes and home decor. After the blocks were all done, we sanded the edges just lightly so the wood shown through, most everyone liked this finish but some left their edges with the paint on. These are great photo blocks too, just glue on your photos on all sides or just one or two.
Well in some parts of the county it is starting to feel like spring, others not quite yet, but I wanted to start crafting things that look like they may represent the warmer weather to come. So I tried my hand at these really cute flower pot flower girls.
I painted 2 4 inch pots green then stacking them and adding a wood ball for the head and added the spanish moss to the head then added the hat, these are all glue together with hot glue. For the rest of the piece I just decorated with small clay flower pots and sunflowers. A really easy craft project and a cute table centerpiece. The arms are just pieces of artifical ivy and you can glue them on or drill a really small hole and stick the wire end into the hole and glue to hold, that is what I did. To finish it off I tied a neck bow around the head and glued the whole project to a 4~4 piece of wood.
Have fun
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