How to make Foil Accents for your Scrapbook Layouts

Shiny foil accents can brighten up a scrapbook page or layout. This delicate paper is a fun way to make your layout sparkle. Foil paper is a great accent for almost any kind of scrapbook theme.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Foil scrapbook paper
• Wax paper or carbon paper
• Embossing stylus
• Stamps
• Picture image

1. Put a piece of carbon paper or wax paper over the top of your foil paper and place a picture or the image you want to create on top of the wax paper.

2. Now while holding the pieces of paper firmly in place press down with your embossing stylus tracing the desired design.

3. Once the foil accent is finished then you need to trim the foil paper and place the design on your scrapbook page.

4. You can also use a stamp to stamp the image into the foil. Just make sure the foil forms around the stamp to create a complete image.

Tips & Warnings

• When using stamps rub the foil gently into the stamp to get a clear design; simple stamps that don’t include a lot of detail tend to work best.
• Foil paper is very delicate so make sure you use a paper in between the foil paper and the embossing stylus.
• Use foil paper to spell out a name or title topper for your scrapbook page.

[jaxicat]

on 11/15/2009 Foil accents would be so pretty to use, and this is a very clear article on how to make them! Thanks! :) 5*

[blusher]

on 6/10/2009 Thanks for tips on foil accents!

[cadosh]

on 3/20/2009 This sounds really interesting! 5*