Stickers, Rub-Ons, and Cropping Heritage Photos - Tips From Karin Dean
R: Now a big question. What about stickers and heritage albums? You can see that I used a few on my sample pages from last week, so you know how I feel, but I want to get your take on the subject.
K: Many nostalgic-feeling stickers and rub-ons are appropriate – especially ones that look hand-colored, Victorian stickers, lacey stickers. Use them so they compliment the photos and don’t become the focus of the page; use to decorate corners of page or photo (but not directly on a one-of-a-kind photo!). If in doubt about whether it looks appropriate, it probably shouldn’t be used! (Err on the conservative side.)
R: I agree completely. I really like the tasteful and conservative look of heritage scrapbooking. Other than carefully chosen paper colors and a tasteful display of stickers what other products do you find useful?
K: Many great products (don’t limit yourself to “heritage” products): Paper accents, pre-cut mats, laser-cut designs; embossed mats; mulberry paper (great with formal pictures); dry embossed vellum; embossed papers; paper punched designs. Use a slot punch on a mat or photo corners if you don’t want to put any adhesive on a photo. Use pens to accent photos – draw a design, either simple or elaborate, around the edge of a photo to give the photo a lot of depth and color. Plus it costs next to nothing! You can also border the whole page in ink.
R: How about cropping with heritage photos?
K: Cropping is always a matter of preference. But the one golden rule is – don’t touch your originals (crop copies only)! Decorative scissors look better on mats than photos (except for the deckle edge of white-bordered old photos). Stick with simple shapes like ovals, rectangles, squares, or circles.
See page three for a list of great heritage scrapbooking products and a list of online resources.
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