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Rubber Stamps - Getting Embellishments At A Fraction Of The Cost
By Kathy Williams
Crafters are looking everywhere for inspiration on their latest paper craft project. You can find unique embellishments in at unique locations, such as your local hardware store. While a hobby or craft store is a fantastic place to start since they sell many card and scrapbooking essentials, a great alternative is your local hardware store. Hardware stores usually have a great variety of unique things which make fabulous paper craft, scrapbooking, and card making embellishments.

Larger cities often have a Lowe's or Home Depot, but any hardware store is sure to have some great finds if you put on a sense of adventure before you begin shopping. To begin, just browse the aisles looking for anything small that might fit in your project. Because scrapbooking and card making is reflective of you, go ahead and experiment with anything you like.

Wire is can be purchased in a wide array of colors such as copper, gold, and silver. Wire and hemp string make a great embellishment for scrapbooking since they add real depth of character and can be applied in so many different ways. Hemp is very versatile as well. You can twist wire pieces into perfect little curly cues or wrap them around a pencil. You might also try forming them around cookie cutter shapes to make hearts, bears, stars, or any other cookie cutter shape you have on hand. The limit for these two embellishments is only in your imagination!

Try using a sanding sponge with some varying grits of sandpaper to achieve unique, distressed paper. Cut a piece of sandpaper to fit around the sanding sponge and you will have a solid grip while you distress the edges of your scrapbook paper or paper craft project. Different grits accomplish different looks. Grab a multi pack of sandpaper and see which style you like the best.

A favorite embellishment of rubber stampers and scrapbook enthusiasts everywhere is the hinge. We have all seen the wonderful ideas and cute looks that a hinge can add to a card. Hardware stores often have a great variety of sizes and colors. You will also find many different texture styles ranging from classic to modern. If you find a hinge you just love but would prefer to be another color, don't lose hope. Go over to the spray paint section and find white metal spray paint. (Make sure it adheres to metal) You can paint a large amount of hinges white then all you need to do is stamp them with your stamp pad to create a unique color coordinated hinge!

Painting a hinge or other accessory is a great way to get the ideal match to your rubber stamp design. Even small keys or padlocks are

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