Great Tip for Beach Pages

I saw a rerun of the Scrapbooking show on DIY today that had a great tip that I've actually used for some of my beach-themed scrapbook pages.

For an attractive titling feature or background for your page, why not incorporate sand? In the past, I found sand messy and hard to work with. When trying to glue it to the page, the glue was lumpy, no matter what I tried, and so the sand didn't have even coverage. It was frustrating!

I never thought of trying this before, but you can use Xyron refills or a Xyron machine to create a sticky surface for your sand to adhere to your page or element. Just run the item through the Xyron machine or, using the refill, remove the clear covering and place the white backing on top of the area you want to make sticky, then press the white area down well and then peel back. Sprinkle the sticky area with sand and shake off the excess onto a spare sheet of paper. Voila!

This technique also works well with glitter.

To see the example on the DIY website, go to: http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/sc_materials/article/
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