I like to use ribbon to frame my pictures. There are other ways to use ribbons in your scrapping though.
Tie through buttons *
Make a border using a variety of or single color & patterns
* Run along a pattern paper edge
* Wrap around a photo
* Use alphabet stickers on it
* Hang a photo from a ribbon hanger
* Stamp words on it
* Use with pre-made products to give it your personal touch
* Tie through eyelets or punched holes along an edge
* Attach to metal embellishments like paper clips, spirals, photo anchors, jump rings or safety pins
* Make a tie or bow and glue anywhere
* Hang tags from it
* Use for photo corners
* Wrap around or tie to slide mounts or large monogram letters
* Use to tie something closed like a mini-album, tag book, journal or card
* Make loops or tabs for opening or pulling out hidden journaling
* Attach a label holder with it
* Wrap around a pre-made photo frame
* Apply rub-on letters on it
* Tuck photos under a ribbon border
* Frame a picture or accent with ribbon
* Tie around journaling blocks
* Hang charms from it
* Tie around strips of cardstock or paper
* Use up your ribbon scraps to make a loop or tab border
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Ways to Attach Ribbon:
* Glue Dots Clear Lines *
Glue
* Xyron
* Brads
* Eyelets
* Staples
* Sewing
* Safety Pins
You can also use your scraps to do many other things:
60 things to do with your scraps:
1. Make flowers out of them
2. Doodle on them-Create cute doodled accents for your pages
3. Use them as borders
4. Make decos with them
5. Use them for the serendipity technique
6. Make cards with them-docorate the front of a card
7. Use them to decoupage
8. Use them to make punchies
9. Punch them with punchies/hole puncher to create 1 of a kind borders
10. Add touch ups to your tags
11. cut them to tags
12. use them for sizzex shapes
13. cut a pattern from them, run it through a xyron machine and you have a new sticker
14. Make photo corners with them
15. use them as journal boxes
16. use them as photo mats
17. take several strips and make a multi-papered heart
18. use them as a back drop for shaker boxes or memorbilia shadow boxes.
19. use them to test inks, paint, markers etc.
20. crumple them up, dip in paint and use as a stamp to make your own background
21. stamp an image on them
22. Use them in the layering technique
23. Cut them with decorative scissors for a new look
24. Have kiddo who want to join you? Pass your scraps to them. they’ll make good use of them.
25. give your page an Elise Flanigan look, by adding lots of scraps and buttons.
26. Cut a small triangle from the bottom of a strip and use it as a faux ribbon
27. You could always use scraps for paper piecings
28. Dont have the right color of brad, use a hole punch to make the color you need. Add to your page for a faux brad. *Wont work to hold things together*
29. Need a certain colored, shaped button? Use your hole punch or cut the shape out you need for a faux button. Dont forget to add the two holes in the middle and the fiber.
30. Use them to make monograms
31. Use them to add colorful shapes to you page
32. Cut them so they look like an arrow and arrange them to point at an important part of your LO
33. Create a paper bag album using only scraps
34. Use them to spice up acordian tags/books
35. Use to spice up monograms, journal boxes, etc.
36. Use them to alter lunch pails, altoid tins, wooden letters, etc.
37. Make a library pocket with them
38. Decorate your journal
39. Use them in swaps
40. Try your hand at quilling- cut into long strips
41. Stitch them together or just on them for a new look to add to your pages
42. Use them to create stickers with for your calendar
43. Make a one of a kind lamp shade with them
44. Use them to alter your toilet seat (idea from Erinjo)
45. USe them to create an all scraps LO
46. Use them to cover chipboard shapes
47. Paint them to give them a new look
48. Use them to create a one of a kind key chain
49. Scan them into your computer to make your own digital papers, library pockets, tags, etc. 50. Use them to create tear art
51. Use them to decorate picture frames
52. Use them to create clothes for paper dolls- either for your LO or your kids to play with
53. Distress them to give them a new look
54. Use them to label things ie folders, boxes, etc.
55. create one of kind gift tags with them
56. Create a mosaic with them
57. Add them to die-cuts to give the die-cut a little extra punch
58. Take larger pieces and roll them up to use as a rolled photo frame
59. make mini file folders with them
60. marblize them to give them a new look
You can also use patterened paper to make a different look to a layout:
*** Mix different size patters together – such as a one large pattern with a few smaller patterns.
*** Use consistent patterns with different colors – such as all stripes, all circles, etc.
*** Use patterns with similarities other than color – such as all geometric shapes – with one pattern being stripes, one being squares, one being circles, etc – or all plant themes – with a small floral print, a large floral print, a leafy print, etc
*** Use a solid piece of card stock to pull together several patterns using the same color. For example if you are using a floral pattern of yellow, blue and white, a striped pattern with blue, green, yellow & orange, and a pattern with green, blue and white – add some blue card stock to tie them all together.
*** Use patterns with subtle similarities – such as a striped pattern with thin black accent lines, a leaf pattern with black lines accenting the leaves, and a square pattern with thin black line accents.
*** Use patterns with the main colors within the same color family – for example a shaped pattern with orange background with a yellow background floral pattern.
*** To figure out what colors will go well together – look around! Restaurant menus, sales brochures, billboards, etc – are all designed to be pleasing to the eye by professionals; get inspiration from them. Another good place to look is in home decor magazines!
*** Try thinking of it as an outfit (for someone who will wear patterns)
*** Put all your patterns on your desk beside each other – take three steps back and squint. If something sticks out like a sore thumb – remove that pattern and look again.
*** If you have a pattern you want to use, but it doesn’t quite match, try changing it – for example if you have a few patterns with a yellow base color and one page that goes well except for the bright white in it, use your chalks to change the white to yellow!
*** When using bright patterns, if you like them together, but something just isn’t quite right – try “inking” the edges white. It will soften the colors and give it a more unified look.
*** Still having trouble? Try using texture patterns in different shades of one color instead – such as using three pieces – all different shades of blue & all different textures.
*** Stair step your color combos – For example – – base paper with red, blue, purple & orange stripes – next layer – circle pattern with red, purple & pink – next layer a floral print with blue, green and orange (notice the last 2 patterns do not have any color matches, but both match the base layer)- final layer – or for accenting around these layers – use a striped pattern with red and orange to again tie the two previous layers together
I think this is all I have for right now. I will post a new entry later about my exciting trip to the scrapbook stores.
