I thought video is easier to explain how to use brads in your creative scrapbooking project. This youtube video from expert village is great to explain how you can use brad and what should you to ensure it stay in place. It is a short video but good enough to explain how scrappers use brads in their scrapbook
The next video from scraptheworld.tv shows how you can modify brads to give the look that you want. It’s definitely a time and money saver so you should watch this too!
I am a scrapbooking noob and have no ideas what a brad was until I went online to check it out. I heard a lot of people saying that we should include brad as part of our scrapbooking embellishment kits but have no ideas how it looks like.
Brads are fasteners that scrappers normally use to decorate their pages. They are available in many shapes and colors and some creative scrapbookers even use them as embellishments.
It is quite easy to use. First, a hole need to be made on your scrapbook page. Then you can slot the pointy tips of brad into the hole and spread them so that they don’t come out. Sorry,I’m not sure what the correct term to use to describe it but I guess you get the point.
There are many types of brads available and just buy the type that suit what you’re scrapping about. There are shiny and matte finish brads available for you to choose from. You’ll be spoil for choice as brads come in many shapes and colors. Some stores sells heart and baby brads that are cool to use in baby or family theme page. There are even balloons, star and jelly beans brads. I like these for party themes scrapbook.
Depending on seasons, you can get halloweens, christmas and valentines themes brads at reasonable price. These types are useful if you plan to have themed scrapbooks as they can really add to the moods and feelings of the pages.
Well, it depends on the types of brads that you choose. Quality, size and designs can affect the price too.You can even get acid free brad which might cost slightly more than the normal type. A detailed butterfly shape brads with some imitations diamonds on it will definitely cost more than a normal looking butterfly designs. Buy something that suit your budget and needs. It will be a waste if you don’t use it so plan your purchase in advance.
Brads can be a really useful add on to your embellishment kits. Having said that you should also combine it with other elements to accentuate your design. After all, a creative scrapbooker can always turn a lame design to a diamonds 
Don’t you think so?
If you’ve buttons and leftover scrapbooking papers then I think you’ll love this video. It shows how you can make use of your buttons and also your papers to create layered button embellishments. This video was created by Craft Channel and I’m embedding it here in case you haven’t seen it. Note they are using this ideas for card making but I think you can also extend it to your scrapbooking project
First of all, it make use of whatever leftover scrap papers that we have and help to maximize its used. Buttons are easy to find and are very cheap. You can get many different colors and size at the craft shops.
What you should do to create layered button embellishments?
1) Take your scrap paper of whatever colors that you want
2) Use your cutter or punch to get the shape that you want
3) Glue them together
4) Put the buttons together to create the 3D embellishments
It’s very simple. I’ll let the ladies at Craft Channel explain it to you
Embellishment is something that’s always on the list of creative scrapbookers and crafters alike. When they go to the craft store, they might spends some times checking out the embellishment sections in the shops for new and in season embellishments kits and ideas.
To me, in this part of the world, buying embellishment kits can be an expensive thing to do .What more if you just cannot stop putting it in your scrapbook ‘to buy list’. That’s why sometimes, creating your own embellishment kits can be a good thing. It might not be of the same quality or shape as the one in the shop but you can be more creative in making it.
You can make use of your colorful scrap papers that you keep and combine it with buttons, ribbons and other items to make a brand new embellishment kits for your creative scrapbooking project.
In my opinion, you can check out Scrapbook Embellishment Handbook by Sherry Steveson.
The Scrapbook Embellishment Handbook
This book is cool and you can get a lot of ideas from it. It covers popular types of embellishment and also shows how you can use them in your layouts. Some of things that they cover include fibers, buttons, die cut, flowers and many others. There are 17 of them altogether.
Having 17 different embellishment can be overwhelming for beginners but don’t fret about it because they cover how a beginner can use it and later progress to intermediate and advanced level for each type. There are mini step by step for you to check out also.
My favorites among the 17 are flowers and stamps. Maybe it’s just me because I’m a beginner scrapbooker
The Scrapbook Embellishment Handbook
One thing that I like most about this book is the color and design inspiration that I can learn from the scrapbooking artists that take part in the book. They make the process looks so easy and simple..heck..maybe it’s easy and I should try it myself.
Valentine’s Day is coming and I believe many of us are looking for creative ideas to celebrate it with our loved one. With the financial recession and rising prices, many people are feeling the pinch and having shrinking budget. While it’s nice to splash on your loved one, celebrating your Valentine’s Day on budget can be romantic too. Nobody said that it’s has to be expensive to be loved
Sunday, Feb14th is just around the corner so if you plan to have a DIY creative scrapbooking present for your partner, I suggest that you start now. You can use your scrapbooking skills to create a budget gift for your loved one. If you really don’t know what to buy, you can even purchase a gift card and create a beautiful gift card holder using your scrapbooking papers and embellishments supplies to go along with it.
I saw somebody posted this you tube videos on scrapbooking ideas for the valentine’s day. You might find some inspirations in it.
If you’ve beautiful and meaningful photos of yourself and your loved one together, why not use them to create a Valentine Scrapbooking Album and use it as a personalize gift? You don”t need a full album for that, few pages should do. Light blue or white with red might be a good scheme for theme color. You can use heart ‘cut out’ or embellishments to decorate your special pages. Embossing can be good too.
Check out this short video for some creative scrapbooking ideas for the Valentine’s Day
