In 2006 Chipboard and chipboard products have made a huge impact on scrapbooking, Chipboard is a trendy, inexpensive embellishment that you can add to your scrapbook layouts to give them that extra dimension. Chipboard is available in ready made shapes and alphabets or you can make your own using templates, free hand designs or by using a Sizzix machine, Cricut, Craft Robo etc.

Ideas to jazz up your chipboard

Ø      Paint shapes, letters etc with acrylic paints

Ø      Soak chipboard in liquid dye

Ø      To give an heritage aged look soak chipboard in a strong coffee mix

Ø      To alter your painted shapes: lightly sand, paint with crackle medium or cover with Modge podge.

Ø      Cover with patterned paper –

o       Lay your shape upside down on the wrong side of your patterned paper (pattern side down).

o       Trace with pencil. Remove shape and cut design.

o       Flip over, glue to shape.

o       Finish edges with ink or paint – this is optional

Ø      Attached torn pieces of patterned paper all over trim and add a clear varnish

Ø      Apply adhesive to the chipboard shape and then shake on glitter beads or confetti

Ø      Add brads and eyelets to your chipboard

26 Ways with Chipboard

Aged with ink

Brads look great

Cover with paper

Dazzle the look

Eyelets look cool

Flowers add a lovely touch

Glitter is a winner

Heat emboss looks stunning

Ink it…………………. it look incredibl

Jelly pebbles how funky

Knot some ribbons

Lacquer gives a great smooth look

Mat with matching papers

Netting for something different

Orange paint is very groovy

Perfect pearls come up a treat

Quilling flowers very oriental

Ric Rac one of my favorite fibers

Stamp with stamps

Tiles very funky

Utte is a winner here

Vellum flowers

Walnut ink for aged look

excellent they come pre made

You can leave them raw

Zing the look with kindy glit