Make Elegant Scrapbook Wedding Pages
For the memento of your special day, enhance your scrapbook wedding pages by choosing materials that are associated with style and elegance. You can choose appropriate paper or cardstock for your pages and buy wedding-themed embellishments (or make your own!) to set off your photos, invitations, menus and other wedding memorabilia.
Here’s a quick an easy way to enhance any wedding page in a scrapbook using vellum, a transparent, translucent material.
Vellum
Vellum can be used to create a slight shadow or shade change to background or embellishment colors. It gives an immediate touch of elegance to any wedding theme, or it can be used as a softening agent for baby scrapbooks. It’s also a luxurious embellishment in gift scrapbooks and can create dimension in what might otherwise be a rather flat-looking page.
To reduce the cloudy effect caused by gluing, apply only a thin line of glue along the edges of the vellum. In this way, you will see a slight shadow only along the very edge, which will look like a border. Vellum is available in both acidic and non acidic forms.
Patterned Paper
Here’s another idea that could work well for lots of different themes, using patterned paper.
Patterned paper can be used for backgrounds, borders, and embellishments. Often plain white backgrounds can look rather boring and dull. Patterned backgrounds add a touch of excitement to your page. The right pattern tailored to your theme and purpose can also increase that professional look.
Colors and patterns can be used to coordinate with your photographs or to add dramatic effects. Paper with various themes and patterns is widely available. For instance, a birthday scrapbook could have a background made of your favorite gift wrap. This could add a touch of elegance or a touch of humor depending upon the patterned paper you choose.
Here’s a link to suppliers of a wide range of papers for your wedding scrapbook or other projects. Browse through a selection of colored, patterned and textured paper, vellum and cardstock to create unique effects for your album.
