| Here are some cheap scrapbooking ideas, solutions | | | | right colour by mixing clear drying tacky glue and glitter. |
| cheats and tips guaranteed to save you money. Use | | | | You can create a pen with it by using a syringe. Store |
| old nail clippers to remove shanks on decorative | | | | the unfinished mixture in an airtight container, not the |
| buttons instead of spending a fortune on a specialist | | | | syringe. Cheap eye shadow makes a great substitute |
| tool. Nail clippers work just as well and are a fraction | | | | for decorating chalk, and they sometimes have |
| of the price. Instead of using fixatives to fix glitter and | | | | shimmer too. Use Carpet tape as double-sided tape, |
| chalk to your layouts, try cheap hairspray. Just spray | | | | as it is the cheapest you will find. You will just need to |
| lightly over a glittered or powdered surface to stop it | | | | cut it to size. Store old ink pads upside down, and this |
| falling off. It smells good too. | | | | allows the ink to penetrate the surface of the pad |
| Clean badly stained rubber stamps with a mix of | | | | giving them a new lease on life. Instead of buying |
| baking powder and a little hot water applied with a | | | | expensive storage containers, use things like cutlery |
| toothbrush. Use make-up sponges made of | | | | trays, biscuit tins and Tupperware. Shoe boxes can |
| compressed foam as stamp pads with a difference. | | | | also be covered and labelled for all your bits and bobs. |
| You can also adhere them to wooden blocks and | | | | Keep all your old negatives, they make great |
| stamp the ink onto the page that way. If you don't | | | | embellishments. Don't throw your old jewellery away, |
| want to buy a light box, use a glass dish from your | | | | as these bits also make great embellishments. Never |
| kitchen cupboard and a battery operated torch. Use | | | | throw old buttons away, as these work wonders with |
| small containers such as the ones your tablets or film | | | | scrapbooking. Same with scraps of material. With a |
| for your camera come in to store things like beads or | | | | little imagination, you will find dozens of alternatives for |
| sequins. | | | | your scrapbooking tool kit, without having to break the |
| Try making your own glitter glue if you can't find the | | | | bank at your local scrapbooking outlet. |