Scrapbooking Embellishments Tricks

Do you want to learn to create lasting and memorable keepsakes that show your unique and personal artistic skill? Scrapbooking is a fantastic craft that allows your creative side to go wild. You can do so much more than just placing photographs in an album. Not only do you have your one-of-a-kind photos to work with, but also you can assemble your scrapbooks with virtually an unlimited array of embellishments to jazz them up. Adding embellishments to your scrapbooks will most certainly add interest, dimension and color, making your album distinctively yours.

Luckily, with just a little knowledge and some simple preparations, you can ensure that your scrapbooks look just as good generations from now as they do today.

A common scrapbook embellishment that can damage your scrapbook, if not treated with respect is Glitter. When using glitter, be sure there is a heavy top layer of spray sealant/adhesive to lock them down, or better yet, you can use special glitter glue where the glitter is mixed right in with the clear adhesive.

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Small flowers and leaves can be pressed to make embelleshments and larger flowers like sunflowers petals, or leaves can be dried and pressed to create a unique natural background for your scrapbook pages. Other plants like herbs can also be used to add accent when they are dried. There are many other ways that your preserved plants can be used, like dried flower arrangements, or framed and hung on a wall as a natural wall decor, the ideas are endless your imagination is the limit.

The varied selection of embellishments will set your pages apart from plain and boring photo albums. Instead of just putting photos on a page, with the application of embellishments, you will get those creative juices flowing. You now know just some of the embellishments that are available to use and its time for you to jazz up those scrapbooks.

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Robert Crumb and The New Yorker

The New Yorker Magazine is a weekly magazine that covers art, culture, New York City news and other topics of interest to the nation. Over the years, iconic American artist Robert Crumb, well known for his underground comic art and stories, has produced the artwork for several covers of The New Yorker.

Below you will find for sale, some of the magazine’s issues featuring R. Crumb’s humorous take on American life. You will also find some non-Crumb related New Yorker Magazine items for sale as well.

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Robert Crumb New Yorker related articles…

Carl Barks + Basil Wolverton = Genius R. Crumb

nfo: Patrick Rosenkranz and Charles Boucher discuss the way two Oregon artists, Carl Barks and Basil Wolverton, influenced legendary underground cartoonist, Robert Crumb. Produced by Oregon Cartoon Institute, and shot, directed, edited and co-produce…

Robert Crumb's Rejected New Yorker Cover – Boing Boing

boingboing.net11/13/11

Zeon Santos of Neatorama says:"The New Yorker rejected this great same sex marriage cover art by Robert Crumb, so he subsequently declined to do any more work for the magazine. I think Robert Crumb is an unlikely …

R. Crumb on Album Covers, Charlie Patton 78s, and Occupy Wall …

motherjones.com11/7/11

Don't go bothering Robert Crumb. The renowned … RC: Well, after that Big Brother cover, which was kind of a fluke, I got work from a small company in New York that was reissuing the kind of music I like. And this guy asked …

A Writer's Desk: Robert Crumb – Record Cover Artist

jonathanshipley.blogspot.com11/22/11

Robert Crumb – Record Cover Artist. A slideshow, care of the Guardian. Posted by Jonathan S. at Tuesday, November 22, 2011 · Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook. Labels: Cover Art …