91. Wax Paper Ink Dye

Wax paper ink dye has an effect resembling tie-dye. This creates a great children's art background or a funky scrapbook for a close friend.

To do the wax paper technique cut a piece of wax paper slightly larger that the area you are working with. Next, crumple the wax paper up and then unfold. Then, lay the wax paper onto the glossy paper and cover the wax paper with a sheet of paper. Iron the papers, using the hottest setting, for no more than 5 seconds. Peel off the wax paper and then apply dye ink. The wax acts as a resistant to the ink forming a textured look.

92. Embossed Foil

Embossed foil creates unique elegant accents and highlights on photographs. This adds a touch of age and antiqueness to scrapbook pages.

To make embossed foil, place a piece of carbon paper on top of the foil. Next, place a picture on top of the foil. Then, trace around the picture using an embossing tool. You can also use a rubber stamp. Ready made embossed foil is also available at your local craft store.

93. Silver and Gold Accents

Beautiful silver and gold accents make a wonderful touch to lettering or tags on your scrapbook page.  This is a very elegant touch on gift scrapbooks or invitations.

To make these accents, stamp a piece of vellum with embossing ink and heat and stick powder. Next, Heat the item. Then, using a small paintbrush, paint this piece of vellum with gold leaf.  Brush off the excess powder with a brush.

94. Tarnishing and Untarnishing Copper

Copper, tarnish or untarnished, adds a unique metallic look to your scrapbook page. Furthermore, copper is fairly easy to work with and cut into various shapes. In this way, copper can be used to create an elegant antique look or a more masculine look.

You can tarnish copper tooling foil by either heating it. This gives the copper red, orange, and purple tones. Alternately, you can use Liver of Sulpher to make the copper look old and blackened.

Tarnish can be easily removed by rubbing Tabasco sauce on the tarnish.

95. Fabric Flowers

Fabric flowers make great embellishments on scrapbook pages. Unlike plastic flowers, fabric flowers look more realistic. Further, unlike real flowers, fabric flowers have a long life span. Flowers are made with fabric and wire. Make a wire loop. This will be one petal. Next, apply glue to the petal, and place fabric on top. Alternately, stretch a piece of an old nylon over the loop and secure with tape. Continue making loops until you have enough to make a flower. Then, twist the wires together. Fold out your flower and secure to your scrapbook page.

96. Traditional Hawaiian

Lei Borders

Leis can be used to make fancy three-dimensional borders. Leis add an exotic touch to holiday scrapbooks.

A traditional Lei is made using paper orchids, roses, rounded mums, and cup and saucer flowers with punched shapes and then gluing them together. To add a richer texture, cut these follows from velveteen paper. You can use ready-made leis or make your own.

97. Hawaiian Beaded

Lei Borders
 
Leis can be used to make fancy three-dimensional borders. Leis add an exotic touch to holiday scrapbooks.

A beaded Lei is made by stringing large and small beads onto a string of embroidery cotton. Small yellow flowers and red berries can be added to create an even greater effect. You can use ready-made leis or make your own.

98. Hawaiian Shell Lei Borders
 
Leis can be used to make fancy three-dimensional borders. Leis add an exotic touch to holiday scrapbooks.

Gluing shells together and placing them directly on the scrapbook page makes a shell Lei. You can use ready-made leis or make your own.

 99. Polymer Molds

To create great three-dimensional items of any shape and size use polymer molds. Polymer molds can be used to make virtually any shape. These shapes can range from animals and characters for children's artwork or elegant bells for weddings or wedding showers.

To make shapes, polymer clay is placed into molds and baked. Alternately, shape the clay into beads or other freehand items that can also be baked. Once set, these items can be painted with acrylic paint.

100. Hand Prints

The sweetest accents to a child's scrapbook page are handprints. Handprints are especially appreciated in baby or grandparent scrapbooks.

To make prints, prepare a flat surface. Next, put acrylic paint into a paper plate. Then, have your child place his or her hands in the paint and then on your scrapbook surface, one at a time. After the paint dries, you will have a permanent record of your child's handprints.

101. Stained Glass Mosaics

Stained glass mosaics are an elegant, regal touch to any scrapbook page. Stained glass is especially pretty in the most formal or heavily religiously themed scrapbooks.

Stained glass is available at most craft stores. As are pattern shears, required to cut the stained glass panes.

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