Embellishments

[k.hunter30]

What are your must-haves? Do you buy as you need them or do you have a stock of some that you feel you use quite a bit?

I have quite a few different color brads which I've used in card making before. I think they are great for that use; but are there some cute, fun ways to use them in scrapbooking too? Does anyone have any photos as examples?

Those are pretty much the only embellishments I have on hand now. Though I'm looking to stock up on more when things go on sale.

 

[mouselvrmom]

I know disneyfalcon uses brads a lot in her scrapbooks, I'm sure she'll post some examples.

I don't use too many embellishments. I like stickers and flowers, but I really stick mostly to paper and try to add touches that I have cut out with the cricut.

 

[Disneyfalcon]

My must haves are brads, letters of some kind (rub ons, chipboard, etc.), flowers and ribbon. I have a ton of embellishments on hand. I hate being in the middle of a page and not being able to finish because I need something!!

I posted in a recent thread a way of using brads to "hold down" brochures. I'll post some more in a little while, but right now I've got to take the kiddos to PE!

 

[stephdanielle]

For me the must haves are definitely lettering of some kind (although now that I have a cricut, not so much), and ribbon. I don't know what I would do without ribbon, I use it ALL the time!

 

[k.hunter30]

Thanks ladies! I'll do some searching throughout this board. I have a lot of catching up to do!

 

[k.hunter30]

For me the must haves are definitely lettering of some kind (although now that I have a cricut, not so much), and ribbon. I don't know what I would do without ribbon, I use it ALL the time!

What's the best way to adhere the ribbon to your page? I've found that sometimes glue just doesn't work with ribbon...

 

[Disneyfalcon]

I use glue dots for ribbon. They work great. You can find them at any hobby store.

I took some pictures of layouts for you but photobucket is down. So I'll try to upload them again later.

 

[Disneyfalcon]

Okay here's a few:

For this one I used brads as the center of the flowers. Sorry for the blurry pic!

For this one I used three brads in the corner to give the page a little more detail, brads to hold down my "ghost" letters, and a brad in the flower again.

This one I used a single decorative brad in the corner to hold down a tag and to add visual interest again.

 

[Disneyfalcon]

Oops, one more, very similar colors to the first one. I used them here in a line to repeat the line of ribbon on the other side of the page.

 

[k.hunter30]

Those are just beautiful pages! I'm definitely inspired to use my brads now!

Quick question... how did you get your "ghost" letter effect? Is it vellum?

 

[Disneyfalcon]

Thanks Kat!

No that's their brand name. Heidi Swapp makes them in a few colors. They're called "Ghost Letters". They're clear and a great way to attach them is brads.

Brads are a great way to adhere vellum too though. Most other adhesives show through.

 

[Coree]

I'm a big brad fan as well. I also use eyelets quite a bit. I've also gotten a lot more into ribbon lately. I do have some ribbon glue that I use, but that can be messy. I really like the ribbon that already has adhesive on it. It's so much easier!

 

[mouselvrmom]

Those are great, Tammy. I'm sure we've seen a couple of them before, but it's always nice to see them again!

I have the same paper as the first one, so it's really neat to see what you've done with it.

 

[Disneyfalcon]

Thanks Jenn!

 

[Three Lights]

I use glue dots for ribbon. They work great. You can find them at any hobby store.

I took some pictures of layouts for you but photobucket is down. So I'll try to upload them again later.

I love "Terriffically tacky tape" for ribbon. It's a double stick tape, pretty narrow, nice and flat, and really sticky! It comes out nice and flat... sometimes I find glue dots leave little bumps. s