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
