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layouts to see them in more detail and find out what was used to make them!
by By Lisa
Garcia-Bergstedt and LeNae Gerig
LeNae and Lisa
teamed up to make a perfect friendship page with lumpy charms, fibers and a
vellum pocket.
Most lumpy
materials are acid-free, including what we call “hardware” such as charms brads,
eyelets, buttons as well as the “warm fuzzies” like fibers, ribbons and fabrics.
Even raffia tested acid neutral by Hot Off The Press scrapbook specialists. The
only item to be aware of is jute, which showed acid when tested.
By Lisa Garcia-Bergstedt
Lisa threaded
fibers for a stunning highlight to this elegant page. Fiber has so many design
possibilities: Weave it through an eyelet border, as Lisa did here, or braid it
for a basket handle or hair on a paper doll, use it to tie ballet slippers or
lace it around the matted photo—the possibilities are endless!
“Yes, you can
stitch with fibers,” says Lisa. Stitching on a page is a hot trend; Lisa
recommends that scrappers who hand-stitch on the paper first poke holes with a
thick needle before lacing the thread through. “Some fibers are thicker than
others; using a needle first makes stitching less of a struggle.”
By LeNae Gerig
LeNae used
ribbon to add a romantic touch to this wedding portrait, tearing a 1”-wide
section from the left side of the wedding words paper, then gluing a rectangle
of rose-patterned paper behind to peek through the gap. She punched holes on
either side of the torn gap, then threaded ribbon through.
Protecting Your Lumpy
Pages
Use a
high-quality album—especially when adding lumpy elements to your page. Don’t
overload your album with too many pages.
Be sure to use
sheet protectors, too, as they’ll keep smudges and fingerprints off your photos,
and they’ll protect the page opposite your “lumpy” layout. And always store your
albums upright rather than stacked.
For more
“lumpy” techniques, look for Hot Off The Press’ Making Lumpy Scrapbook Pages.
It’s 48 pages packed with tons of lumpy album page ideas and inspiration for
fibers, eyelets, ribbon, wire and much more! Visit Hot Off The Press at
www.paperpizazz.com.
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