Technique: Staples

A rainbow of fabulous staples!

Staples! So much more potential than simply holding your report together! I use staples any where I can and I love them! As you can see staples come in a rainbow of colors and can be found at most craft stores, mine are mostly from Michael's but some dollar stores do carry them. You can however create your own colored staples! What you will need: alcohol inks, plain silver staples, felt. Simply add your alcohol inks to your felt or your felt applicator tool and rub onto your staples. Let dry and you'll have your own custom colored staples! Easy peasy! The staples are a great technique for holding ribbon in place, adhering acrylic embellishments that you don't want glue showing through, or for a little added embellishment on your pages. It doesn't have to be complicated, staples are an easy way to add that something extra. All you are required to do is have fun with it! Here are a few layouts I made that used staples. Enjoy!