Here’s a nifty scrapbooking technique. To make great coordinating embellishments draw (or for those of us who are pencil-challenged, stamp) a flower directly onto patterned paper that coordinates with your layout. Cut it out, ink or chalk around the edges to give it a bit of dimension and fix it to your layout with a big brad in the centre.
Make sure you position the flower on your layout first and pierce a hole with a pin, because the prongs of the brad may damage the layout if you just try to force them through.
Make different sized flowers in coordinating papers and layer them for a great look.
And as an added bonus, it’s also a good way to use up those scraps of leftover papers.
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Hey Karen! Thanks for the comment on my blog. I love yours, I’ll have to bookmark it.
Love this page. and thanks for the comments.
The layout is awesome, love that you used patterned paper to make the flower designs. Very cool!
-Sharon
Thanks Sharon. It’s a very inexpensive ans effective way of making coordinating embellishments. Let me know if you try it out.
wow, it look interesting, I guess I will try it out..