Make your scrapbook layouts interesting with these ideas.

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	Note: Commercial license versions of Artistic Brushes, ScrapSimple Tools - Actions: Stitching And Holes 4101 - Straight Stitching, ScrapSimple Tools - Styles: Stitching And Hole 4101 Mini, Lettering Delights Dear Diary Font, Lettering Delights Modern Print Font and Lettering Delights Long Hand Font are also available.

Looking for a free scrapbook idea that you can use right now? You don't have to look any further than your font library! Here are a few free scrapbooking ideas to get your creativity jump-started that use those great free scrapbooking fonts you have found...

DESIGN AND PRINT YOUR OWN...

• Titles.
• Journaling entries.
• Backgrounds.
• Stickers.
• Definitions.
• Monograms.

PRINT ON...

• Twill tape.
• Ribbon.
• Transparencies.
• Fabric.
• Vellum.
• Mulberry paper.
• Paper scraps.
• Post-it notes.
• Photos.
• Index cards.
• File folders.
• Label sheets.
• Sticker sheets.
• Greeting cards.
• Envelopes.
• Business cards.
• Stickers.
• Iron-on transfers.
• Window cling.
• Ink-jet shrink plastic.

• Paper-piercing patterns.
• Sticker embellishments.
• Enlarge them and use them as graphic elements by printing them and cutting them out with a craft knife.
• Use as clip art.

USE MICROSOFT WORDART AND FONTS TO...

• Fill fonts with pictures or patterns.
• Print out in reverse and then cut out of fun foam to create custom stamps.
• Create your own rub-ons by printing in reverse on a transparency. Rub the print off onto your project.
• Create large titles. Reverse print the title on cardstock and then cut it out with a craft knife.
• Type in a circle or other shape.
• Make logos or tags.

• Vary the fonts in one word.
• Vary the fonts in one journaling block.
• Vary fonts and colors in one word or title.
• Vary upper case and lower case in one word or paragraph.
• Vary the spacing, letter tilt, and letter stretch within one word or grouping of words.
• Print text on vellum or glossy paper. Emboss with embossing power and a heat gun to add dimension.
• Stiffen fabric by ironing the waxy side of freezer paper to the back of your fabric swatch. You can then print your text on it.
• To create neat hand-printed journaling entries or titles, print your journaling entry on scratch paper. Then use a light box to see the journaling entry as you write.
• Create blank spaces as you type journaling entries, titles, or words. Then use stickers or embellishments to fill in these blank spaces.
• Create borders or frames for photos or page elements.
• Create transparency journaling overlays.
• Create dry embossed titles by reverse-printing your title on a piece of scrap paper. Then, lay a piece of vellum over it and trace the title with a stylus.
• Create a word collage with the aid of text boxes in software like Word or Publisher.
• Create dimensional titles with shrink plastic. Remember that the size will be reduced drastically, so print the letters out much larger than you want them to end up.
• Embossed titles can be created by printing on cardstock, then going over the print with an embossing marker. Sprinkle with embossing powder and set with a heat gun.