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Crystal lacquer adds shine and protection to your photographs. This shine adds a soft elegance to any scrapbook page. However, crystal lacquer looks especially nice on more formal gift scrapbooks.
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Tinting is a great way to add a touch of color to black-and-white photos. Tinting can be used to draw focus to a certain portion of a photograph or add color to a dull black and white page.
Smudging by accident is an easy task, smudging for effect is quite another. Using a marker, add color to a paper towel or make up sponge. Then, smudge the color onto the page. With a little practice, smudging can create a hazy or smoky effect. This effect can be used to create a relaxed, outdoorsy feel to your scrapbook page.
Shrink art can add an abstract or child like feel to your photographs or scrapbook pages. Shrink art is easy to use.
First, print a photograph directly onto shrink plastic.
Next, punch a small hole into the top of the photograph. You will use this hole to later attach your photograph to your scrapbook.
Then, cook the photograph until it shrinks.
Shrink art paper is available at your local craft store.
Use your scrap bits to create great funky backgrounds. These items add texture and color to your work. Some interesting scrap material suitable for backgrounds include furniture casters, bits of linoleum, and carpet swatches.
Be aware, however, that some of these media alternates are extremely difficult to work with, break easily, and may not preserve well.
Magnetic sheets and magnetized photo albums can be used as backgrounds. Often these sheets have an adhesive strip on one side to promote adherence to even nonmetal objects.
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Use your imagination and creativity to explore new materials for backgrounds. Some interesting wood like materials include bamboo, pop sickle sticks, and pieces of wood. These can add a playful, exotic, or outdoor feel to your scrapbook.
Be aware, however, that some of these media alternates are extremely difficult to work with, break easily, and may not preserve well.