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Cardstock Only!
by Jenny Benge
(Nov 30, 2003)
With names like blueberry, raspberry, flamingo, cotton candy, periwinkle, forget-me-not, caribbean, & cappuccino, is it any wonder that most of us are addicted to all the yummy colors of cardstock? I know I sure am! I can’t resist picking up 5-6 pieces of this color and 3-4 pieces of that color, and on and on every time I go to the scrapbook store. OK, I admit it, I have a problem -- I love to collect cardstock! I adore the rainbow of colors in my paper trays above my desk.  You can create beautiful pages in no time with just a few colors of cardstock, inks & paints if you wish, letter Lately, I have been on a kick of inking my cardstock, as you can see here in this page about my daughter at the Pumpkin Patch. I used a makeup applicator pad (available cheap at Target or Walmart), rubbed it in ink and smudged the edges of my cardstock and the frame. After I tore the pumpkin out of cardstock and assembled it, I also went back and inked it all. Using the makeup applicator is a great way to get a subtle aging look with your inks.
You can also experiment with Metallic Rub-Ons by Craf-T to age your cardstock or even paint the cardstock with acrylic paints to change the look of it. Accents and shapes can be torn, cut, punched out of cardstock. Add some ink or pen work to make it pop off your page & pop-dots are great for dimension too. Or just keep your cardstock nice and neat, free of ink and such and mix up a few colors like I did here in this page, use clean lines and create layouts quickly. I tore out petals and a center, folded up the edges and created a flower for this page that came together in less than 20 minutes. Make sure to upload your “CS” only pages to the gallery for our December contest. We can’t wait to see what you can do with the basics!  Shop at the Scrapbook.com Superstore for all your Scrapbooking Supplies!Enjoy 5-Star service, HUGE selection and LOW prices! Click here to start shopping! Featured Scrapbooking Supplies (from Scrapbook.com):
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stickers and a computer to journal or handwrite to speed up the process even more. As much as I love my pattern papers, sometimes it’s nice to get back to the basics.
I also love to hold my inkpad in one hand and drag the edges of my cardstock through it. I did this technique in this page about my garden. You do get a less-controlled look--so be ready for that. I also created little garden seed packs and inked the edges of them before attaching them to my page. I ran my finger through the ink and went back and smudged up the stickers too.
Wet your cardstock, crumple it and iron it dry to make textured paper for your layouts.
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