11 Crafting Life Hacks

In this video, we'll try a few remarkable ideas of crafting hacks. You'll certainly find them helpful when making your own scrapbook paper and interior decorating. Prepare your working place first. A wooden board can easily move over the table. It's quite annoying and distracts badly while making crafts. Thin elastic bands can solve the problem. Put them on the board. Perfect! The board doesn't move. The bands also help keep the paper in place. Carefully put the sheet under the elastics. Done! You can start making your DIY scrapbook paper. Let's try to use natural flowers. Take a flower. Place it on the paper in this way. Cover the petals with napkins. Attach with tape. Hammer out the petals. Remove the flower and napkins. We've got a unique natural flower imprint on the paper. Take another flower. Squash the petals. We've got a different picture. How many flowers? So many patterns. Even if you get identical plants, you've got unalike imprints. We can show another fascinating method for making a floral pattern. We'll use a cabbage. Cut out the Chinese cabbage. Cover the cut out with acrylic paint. Use a sponge. Stamp big flowers on the paper. Paint a smaller piece. Make the imprints look like beautiful roses. Add some green. Make a bunch of roses. Add a few green leaves and the cut floral pattern is ready. If you want to give your gift a personal touch, wrap it in this gorgeous paper. It'll catch everyone's eye immediately. You can make stunning scrapbook paper using ordinary twine. Apply hot glue to the end. Attach it to the paper. Continue gluing the twine. Create a spiral pattern. Paint the attached twine with a sponge. Stamp it on the white paper. We've got the spiral imprint. You can make as many images as you need to cover the sheet. Use the paper with such a simple geometrical pattern in scrapbooking or for gift wrapping. In the next Crafting Life hack, we'll use markers and rubbing alcohol for making scrapbook paper. Draw a simple random pattern. Circles, for example. First, use one color. Then another. And the third one. Add a few black circles. Pour some alcohol onto the sponge. Squeeze it to let the liquid drop on the pattern. Watch the magic! The alcohol gradually dissolves the ink, letting it flow over in an unpredictable way. Now, line up the paper in different colors. Soak it with the alcohol. The liquid doesn't dissolve the colors smoothly. Thus, it creates an intricate abstract pattern. When dry, the paper can be used in scrapbooking or card making for the background. Now, let's make an imprint to be used as the central image in a card or a scrapbook. We'll need a foam food container. Cut out the walls. Draw a simple image using the marker. A sprig, for example. Score it with a pencil. Paint it with the sponge using the acrylic paints. Cover the whole surface. Carefully remove the template. Wow! What a lovely picture! The sprig imprinted in the green background looks fresh and cute. Do you feel like making something special? Then make a card with a hidden message. Take a permanent marker and write a note. Cover it with a coat of wax using a white wax crayon. Paint a heart over the note using nail polish. Add flowers or some other ornament outside. Embellish the heart. Add green leaves. Wait until dry. Now, you can reveal the secret. Just rub the heart with a coin and the hidden message will appear. It's a great and unusual way to confess your love to someone. It's better to seal the card, so you'll need a decorative envelope. You can buy one, but it's better to use a DIY one. Just look! It's easy! We'll need patterned paper. Turn it over. Draw a large heart. Cut it out. Fold up the sides. And the bottom. Fold the flap. Glue the envelope to finish up. Use white glue. It's super quick and easy. And you don't need to rush to the store. You can use tea lights to add a romantic touch, not only for warming a teapot. Let's embellish them. We'll need decorative tape. Attach it to the candle sides. Done! Take the tape with some other pattern. Tape another candle. And that's all! It took a couple of minutes to turn the ordinary tea lights into pretty little candles. Do you need a little pom-pom? No problem! It'll be ready in a flash. Take a fork and knitting yarn. Wrap the yarn around the prongs. Cut off the excess. Pass the yarn through the central prong. Pull up and tie a knot around the wrapped yarn. Remove it from the fork. Cut it off. It's a quick and easy way to make a fluffy little pom-pom. And another one! If you need to make a number of pom-poms at a time, use another technique. We'll need yarn of your favorite colors. Take a basket and clothespins. Fasten the yarn and wrap it around the pins. Tie up the yarns in several places and take off the pins. Tie again on the sides. Cut it between the knots. Trim the pom-poms and fan a bit. You can quickly make a lot of pom-poms in this way. We hope the new crafting hack selection will help you make new awesome DIYs. Now you know how to send a secret message or create a romantic atmosphere. Make your new crafts with love. Write in your comments what life hack you needed first. Subscribe to Troom Troom and create beauty together with us in a simple and fast way. Give your thumbs up and ring the bell. You'll get a notice when a new video is being loaded.