Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Photo 365 - Day 203 (Grommet Flower)

Day 203 (January 22nd, 2011)
Title: Grommet Flower


Secrets of Scrapbooking: Grommets! 


Today's Secret of Scrapbooking is grommets!  Grommets are very similar to yesterday's secret, brads - but with some key differences.  First, a grommet is more permanent, whereas brads are removable.  A grommet is a small metal tube with one end rounded (or "curled") to be smooth and the other end left unaltered.  First, a hole is punched between one or more layers to be linked together and then the grommet is inserted into the hole of each item.  A special crimping tool is used (most notable, the Cropadile!) and the unaltered end is curled (squished) until it is rounded like the top - and in doing so the layers are permanently linked. 


As with the brads, the grommets add both a color and depth element, but at the same time they can be used as a junction for other embellishments, like ribbon, cloth, string, and brads! 


In this photo, we see that a grommet was used to connect two different flower cut-outs to a base of white cardstock (after holes were punched in them).  One thing to note is the bottom layer (not connected to the flowers), a page from a book, can be seen via the grommet holes. 


Enjoy


 Card by: Theresa A. of Our Results My Vary

2 comments:

  1. Oooh, another scrappy photo! Love it! You could specialize in these and sell them at scrapbook conventions for ladies to put in their creative spaces. Never mind...probably, not what you had in mind when you started out learning about photography. :-) Who'd want to deal with us crazies on a regular basis anyway. lol.

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  2. Yeah, I'm not sure how'd I feel the first time a 80-year-old lady asks me: "Oh, what a lovely photo; do you know what kind of glue I would need to use to attach it to my cat, Mr. Fluffles?"

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