Scrapbook Embellishments, Stickers & More

Have you ever seen a youtuber’s scrapbook and wondered how she could have done it so beautifully. The owner turns the pages and you can’t stop being marvelled. Everything is different, there seem to have different patterns, the colours are so versatile, the book’s bulky, there are papers everywhere. Yet, IT’S BEAUTIFUL. Dies, papers, washi tapes, clips, glitter, stickers, tassels, tags, labels, buttons, flowers, enamels, badges, brads… There are so many ways to present one same thing. Just give a try to the scrapology!

How to use properly scrapbook embellishments?

The first step to start a scrapbook project is to choose the pictures you’re going to use, the kind of project you want to do (a scrapbook, a Project Life, a Lay-Out, etc.), a general theme (someone’s baby’s coming, for instance) and finally, how you would like to embellish everything. Embellishment is a few percent of the whole project, actually if you add too much stuff; the project looks childish and messy. So, the secret is on quantity and disposition. Getting lost in clutter is a beginner’s common mistake. The page doesn’t need to be filled to get an amazing look. So, once you’ve chosen your pictures and the background, the key is to select a few embellishments, and place them onto your layout to get a preview of the final result before gluing them. You’ll have to decide whether the embellishment will adorn the project or if they will be the main focal point of it. For instance, if the background is of a certain colour, like green, you may not want to use purple embellishments, as they would be pretty distracting. Also, you may want to scatter the embellishments and no gather them all in one part of the page. The glance should uniform, although you don’t need a lot to balance it. Another beginner rule is to go on easy with the mixing and matching of embellishments. There are so many kinds that if you put a lot of everything, it’ll just create a mess. Focus on what we call the “Holy Trinity”, which is to choose no more than three kinds of embellishment and stay on this quantity per page to makes everything more equilibrated.