Have you ever sat staring at your scrapbook page, wondering what to do next? Or thought to yourself that your page needed a little something extra, but couldn’t think of what that might be? This happens to me all the time, so I decided to make a list to help me when that happens.
I originally posted the list on the Two Peas in a Bucket forum, and some very nice Peas added their ideas. The list below is a compilation of both my ideas and the added ideas.
If you can think of anything I’ve missed, share it in a comment. I’m sure everyone else will appreciate it!
*Put a thin strip with words on it horizontally across the page
*Add a die cut to the background,circle, 1/2 circle, bracket, 1/2 bracket, custom diecut shape (large snowflake, etc.)
*Put a little embellishment on journaling tag
*Add round metal tag
*Pocket
*Draw a line around the edge of the whole page
*Make a rosette from patterned paper
*Ruffle
*Ribbon tab
*Put a word strip on a photo
*Bow
*Curl or distress the edges of paper
*Ink edges
*Chalk
*Ribbon across whole page
*Ribbon tied around photo
*Ribbon around journaling block or envelope
*Put a line of three or more dots and add an embellishment at the end
*Paper piecing
*Pierce holes with paper piercer
*Cut a photo into a shape
*Add wavy border strip
*Use Coredinations cardstock and sand
*Put multiple pictures in shape
*Wrinkle the paper
*Put a tab over the edge of the page
*Add a timeline
*Add quote
*Add plastic pocket
*Journal in a spiral or wavy line
*Add stitching
*Buttons
*Ribbon
*Chipboard
*Brads
*Strips with words on them
*Tear paper
*Emboss paper or die cut
*Tags
*File tabs
*Use a scalloped edge
*Use pinking shear edge
*Add journaling block
*Use a word in a circle as an embellishment
*Put a design in a circle
*Staples
*Photo corners
*Use puff paint to make flourishes or other designs
*Glitter
*Pop-dots
*Date stamp
*Round corners
*String, twine, or other fibers
*Draw a line around the outside of a photo
*Use a die cut that is a shape, but has the middle cut out so the background paper shows through
*Put a frame around a diecut
*Monogram letter
*Put extra photos in a clear pocket
*Use large chipboard numbers for the date
*Journal around a photo
*Stamp on a photo
*Put a loose-leaf page edge on a piece of paper
*Use a scallop mat for the entire page
*Put a thin cardstock border around the whole page
*Stitch around the whole page
*Use versamark
*Heat emboss
*Put strips of paper behind a photo
*Pleat a strip of cardstock
*Use an arrow to point to something
*Make a numbered list
*Make a border from repeated die cut shapes (hearts, snowflakes, flowers, etc.)
*Pearls
*Mist
*Rhinestone
*Buttons
*Use the negative of a die cut
*Paint
*Put numbers on photos
*Rubber stamping
*Make a fringe
*Paper clips
*Fold-out book on page
*Photo collage
*Zig-zag or straight stitching
*Felt
*Stamp lines for journaling
*Put colored areas behind, or outline, some words in journaling
*Stickers
*Add brochures, map or other ephemera
*Have a half bracket shape or circle peek out from behind a photo or journaling
*Cut something out of pattern paper and use it as an embellishment
Stickles
*Punches, e.g. gather/overlap/layer/”bunch up” a lot of punched out leaves for a nice look.
*Tulle
*Cork
*Corrugated cardboard
*Add a banner
*Add a cool tag from clothing or a tea bag or etc.
*Crepe paper
*Machine stitch lace to the layout
*Rub-ons
*Stamp your own personalized phrase on a piece of “twill” ribbon
staples
*Use iridescent medium to add shimmer to a page
*Doodling
*Metal accents
*Wire and wire words
*Use die cuts as a mask and then mist
*Hidden journaling
*For photos with lots of people, take a piece of velum and trace the picture and then number the people and then have a list of who is who in the pic. This is a great example of hidden journaling do it where you can “flip” the pic up to see the traced picture.
*Make a wordle. (wordle.net)
*Punched circles lined up half under another paper to create the scalloped border
*Cut photo into the mosaic squares
*Use individual jewels to make shapes.
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