Lovely sparkly "Beads"...
... another wonderful effect on your cards.
Not just for jewellery makers...beads can look just as good on your cards.
Have you ever bought something that came with these tiny embellishments in a plastic bag, and have you simply just thrown them away?
Well now you can add them to your ever growing "stash" because sooner or later, I promise you, you will find a use for them on your cards!
Take a look at the centre of this paper flower, see the effect that adding a few can produce.
Three layers of petals produces the decoupage effect.
The centre of the flower was simply glued and some orange beauties sprinkled in to look like the seeds in the sunflower.
The edges of the petals have some added glitter for an extra touch.
Add some to silver or gold thread and hang them from the spine of your card.
Alternate the colours in your scheme and use different shapes too.
The tag in this "Fairy" card has silver cord which is then threaded with two blending colours, and attached to the card with foam pads.
They are a cheap and easy way to add that extra dimension to you projects. There are hundreds of different ones to use, to suit whatever it is you want to create.
Look in the craft shops or haberdashery stores, and don't forget the ever useful craft fairs too.
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