| You may have heard that making scrapbooking | | | | everything else on the page but may actually work |
| borders is adds interest to your scrapbook page | | | | better if they complement rather than blend in. If your |
| layouts. You may want borders around your photos, | | | | page has vertical stripes, consider a border of |
| the page itself, your journaling, and so on. How can you | | | | coordinating polka dots. If your page is a very bright |
| go about making scrapbooking borders that fit your | | | | blue, consider a border of a soft pink or other pastel. |
| theme and tone of the page, but that won't clash with | | | | By choosing something that complements or |
| other elements, and that won't make your page look | | | | coordinates rather than something that matches |
| too busy? These are important questions because | | | | exactly you'll be able to really allow your page focal |
| you can easily overdo it when you add borders to any | | | | point to stand out and be emphasized, which is the real |
| page and ruin an otherwise great scrapbook page. | | | | purpose in adding borders to your pages in the first |
| There are a few simple things to remember when | | | | place. |
| making scrapbooking borders. Probably the most | | | | It also helps to try a few different creative things |
| important thing to remember is that you definitely don't | | | | without actually adhering anything when you're making |
| want to go overboard. Too many borders can make | | | | scrapbooking borders. Use yarn or rickrack or a string |
| your page look cluttered and busy. A good rule of | | | | of beads rather than just paper. You can also use a |
| thumb is that there should only be one border element | | | | line of certain elements, such as buttons in a row, or a |
| on your page. Choose a border for your page, photo, | | | | zipper from an old pair of jeans, and so on. Lay out |
| or journaling, but not everything. Some people think | | | | these things on your page without using glue or |
| when making borders that if some is good, then more | | | | adhesives so that you can see how they'll look, move |
| will be better, but when you have too many elements | | | | them around, take something away or add something |
| on your page nothing really stands out at all. It causes | | | | else, and so on. Once you've made your final decision |
| you to lose the focal point of your page layout. | | | | then you can go back and add some drops of glue |
| Remember too when making scrapbooking borders | | | | and have a beautiful finished product. |
| that the borders don't need to exactly match | | | | |