Tip One: Wrap
cardstock in fibers for an elegant border.
Layout by Amie
Lloyd
Amie used
fibers very effectively on her Paris layout. She has a very classic scrapbooking
style with clean lines and elegance. Her layouts benefit from the style of the
Club Scrap papers that she chooses to
use. Here she simply wrapped some fiber around a piece of printed cardstock to
make a very nice border with some dimension. Try this technique on your own
layouts using different colors of paper and fibers to create entirely different
looks!
The "Paris
Promenade" title was inspired by
June's
Technique Challenge on the Forum. You can find the instructions and many
more examples of this lettering style by clicking here.
Tip Two:
Combine fibers, buttons, and nail heads for even more dimension.
Fiber and Buttons Border
Border By
Rebecca Ludens
Another easy
way to make your first border using fibers is to create a rather "free-form"
flowing piece. For this page embellishment, I wanted the buttons, fibers, and
nail heads to look fairly randomly placed.
To create this
border, tear a strip of paper and attach it to one side of your layout. Select
several coordinating colors of yarns and fibers that will work together to
compliment the colors in your page. Lay the fibers down the strip weaving them
together in a few spots. Press nail heads through the paper covering a different
strand of fiber in each location. If needed adhere other spots of the fibers
using Mini Glue Dots.
The heart
buttons on this layout are from JHB International. To adhere the buttons to the
page, I snipped off the back shank with flush cutters and used a Memory Book
Glue Dot to attach them to the border.
Tip Three: Attach fibers with Glue Dots.
Attaching Fibers to
Your Pages
The easiest
ways to attach fibers to your pages are with the following products and methods:
Glue Dots -
These wonderful adhesive products from
Glue Dots
International are the most efficient and permanent way to attach dimensional
items to your layouts that I have found. They are available in four sizes, each
with different benefits for scrapbookers.
Nail Heads -
The nail heads used in the sample border strip are from JewelCraft. Nail heads
are easier to use than eyelets and come in an enormous variety of colors and
styles. You simply press them through the paper and fold the prongs over to hold
them on your pages.
Eyelets -
Eyelets can be used two ways to adhere fiber to your layouts. First, you can
simply use eyelets as holes to thread the fibers through. This is an especially
effective look when you want your fiber to look like shoelaces, or when you are
"tying" a page together. You can also use the eyelets to attach the fiber to the
page by place the fiber in the punched hole of the paper before you set the
eyelet into it. This way when the eyelet is set, the fiber is permanently bound
beneath it, attached to the page.
Tip Four:
Use fibers to make it look like items are dangling on the page.
Use Fibers to "Hang"
Embellishments
Whether you are
creating a hanging journaling box, or simply adding fun embellishments to your
pages, fibers are the perfect way to make them look like they are dangling on
the page.
In the sample
on the right, I selected three colors of fibers that I had used in the
coordinating border strip, and wrapped them around heart punchies. I used Glue
Dots to attach the fiber to the back of the hearts which also served to attach
the hearts to the page. Then, gathering the three strands above the hearts, I
attached them using a nail head.
If you have
some great layouts using fiber or suggestions to share with other readers about
this technique, please come join us on the Forum!
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