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Color copy and reduce the artwork:
My personal favorite way to include my child's artwork in our family scrapbook is to have select pieces of it reduced and color copied onto acid-free cardstock. In the sample page shown here, my daughter had created a very cute (and very messy), glitter covered, 10"x15" snowman and a larger-than-life pair of mittens. By reducing them 75% they not only became even cuter, they also made perfect "die-cut" shapes for a winter album page. Thus, her projects are displayed along side pictures of her at the very same age that she created them. 

You may notice that both mittens are left-handed, adding to their charm. If you are extremely perfectionist about your pages this may bother you, however the whole point of including your child's masterpieces in your album is to show the treasures that they were actually able to create at that age. For more information about the sample page shown, including a list of products used and information about Club Scrap papers shown in the sample, click here.

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