Scrapbook Brads

To apply your brads you will need a craft knife or eyelet hole punch and a self-healing mat. Place your paper onto the mat and make a slight slit or punch where you want the brad to be placed. Poke the prongs of the brad through the hole with the decorative head on the front of the paper. Turn the paper over and bend each prong flat to the back of the paper.

Some ideas for using brads:

attaching vellum

use as dots for background

attach moving parts (clock hands, legs on people or animals)

attaching transparencies

hinges

period at the end of a sentence

bullets for a journal list

center of flower

the center of a letter in the alphabet

nails in a board

stones on a ring

buttons on a snowman

dots on ladybug

stars for a night background

snowflakes for winter

blue as raindrop background

chocolate chips on a cookie

buttons on a shirt or coat

dots on Easter eggs

lights on vehicles

Christmas tree balls

eyes on paper dolls or animals

sprinkles on a sundae, cake or cupcakes

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