Using Mesh in Scrapbooks

Using Mesh in Scrapbooks
Hi! This Stephanie. I'm here to talk about adding mesh to your scrap booking. For scrap booking, they make a special kind of mesh called magic mesh. It comes in various different colors, but it's expensive. It's very expensive. For this little amount it's very pricey. You can take about 5 dollars, go to hardware store, and buy some of this. This is drywall tape, fiberglass drywall tape. As you can see, it's pretty much the same thing. It may be a little bit bigger, but it's going to give you the same effect. If you want to change to different colors, you can paint it with acrylic paint. You can use a stamp pad and change it or just use it as it is. It's sticky already so it's like a sticker. It just pulls right off. Other kinds of mesh that you can find. This is just basic metal screen. This metal screen kind of gives an antique look to a page. You can cut off small little pieces and use it however you want. I would suggest using thread to put it on your page because it is kind of hard to adhere because it's thick, but not so thick that it adds dimension to your page. This is ribbon kind of mesh that you can just buy by the yard and it kind of gives a neat look. There's fabric mesh in your fabric store. It's a lacey kind of thing. It also would probably be harder to adhere. I would suggest putting a button a corner that wouldn't show that you have glue on a corner. It's a really nice kind of mesh. This is rubber mesh from the hardware store too. You can attach it as it is, but what I use this for is I sometimes use some acrylic paint and cover it up and then use it as a stamp. Just push it down and you've got a neat kind of background image with these little holes that will show up really cool on your page. As I said, mesh comes in all kinds of different ways, so you don't just have to buy it in the scrap booking store. Look in all the different aisles and see what you can find.