Paper Embellishments

Posted on Thursday, March 10th, 2011 at 2:44 am

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How Embellishments Made My Wedding Scrapbook Special

There are many motifs which are 'standard' for weddings; doves, rings, shoes, flowers (especially in bouquets) and, of course hearts.

Rings are tricky to cut out, so if you're looking for a ring embellishment the best thing is to find a suitable rubber stamp. Using gold or silver embossing supplies, stamp and emboss the ring on a square of card and if you can, make it look as much like THE ring (wedding or engagement) as you can. Remove the square, mount on a slightly larger square of contrasting or gold or silver card (preferably textured) possibly using a foam pad for dimension, and what you get is a simple yet compelling wedding embellishment.

It is common for wedding scrapbooks to be filled with embellishments shaped like a wedding cake, but if I can get hold a good wedding cake shape, I like to use them as tags. Every page needs at least one tag, so if you're working on a whole wedding scrapbook rather than just a layout, you can save time by making a batch. The easiest thing to use is a die cut of a wedding cake. These can be easily found on ebay or you can have your own die cutting machine for personal use. If you have the ability to create your own, pearlised card looks lovely, and is usually available in white or ivory as well as shell pink, all fit a wedding theme well. A sizzix bigz die will go well with this perfectly. Cut one from plain paper and one from fancy and write your journaling on the plain version. Make sure you complete that before you set up your tag, it's not fun afterwards! You can transform a fancy looking tag to an elaborate cake by adding tiny pearly dots from a soufflé pen to give an icing effect and then decorate with the smallest cut out flowers you can find in several toning colors. You can then stick your journaling on the back and add to your page with enough ribbon for someone to turn it if they want to read. Or trim the journaling until it is slightly smaller and mount it on top of the full size cake shape. In either case add a ribbon or fiber so you can add the tag to the page. You can use the same technique to cut out shoes and add some tiny flowers where the buckles would be. Personally I like to finish most things with a little transparent glitter, but not everyone likes glitter as much as I do!

Flower embellishments can be made by cutting out flowers from any flowery paper, such as the le-romantique two sided paper 'loves labyrinth'. The design features a number of rose pairs. Make a base out of an entire design then cut out a few choice elements. Add these to the base with a spot of silicone glue and tease into a 3D shape. Once dry, you can add a little clear glitter as a finish. The result is an embellishment which will be a perfect match for a layout made with the l-romantique papers, tags and frames.

You can also make flowers from die cuts or a stencil for more savings or template such as '20 Blossoms' from Hot off the Press. A number of acrylic stamps include flower heads that are varied in size. You can stamp these, cut them out and layer them together, gently curling the petals for a 3D effect. For something modern try 'Mindy's flowers' from Mindy Terawasa which provides swirls and stems you can stamp on your scrapbook pages while you add the 3d flower heads you have created. For a truly delicate look, try making your flower head from vellum and add just a tiny amount of sparkle. Then you can make a bouquet by simply gluing several flower heads together.

Tiny 3D flowers look great attached to almost anything, a conventional tag, even one originally designed for a parcel, can be made to look good with a few 3d flowers. A heart motif is definitely one that fits the wedding theme. The good news is that this is usually very easy to find. There are several craft punches that can make different heart configurations, however do not limit yourself to just using cut outs. You can use the heart punches to embellish your wedding pages by cutting a strip of paper, plain if your background is patterned, patterned if your background is plain. Punch the strip and remove the punched out hearts (for use on other pages), then either placing the paper strip back direct over your background, or put a ribbon below it to make a very decorative border. Ribbon can be very useful in creating a contrast of texture as well as color and satin ribbon provides a beautiful shiny surface which looks very luxurious.

A myriad of possibilities are there for you when you are thinking about wedding pages, I am often surprised that some people shy away from them in the belief that there's little creativity involved. Your scrapbook is what you make it and that's half the fun. One day create a layout from a design you've seen and scrapbooking embellishments you've bought, the next do it all from scratch and really express yourself. There are no rights and wrongs. Simply go for what you want!

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