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Using Transparencies for Scrapbooking

By Rebecca Ludens, About.com

Transparencies are most often used for presentations in schools and offices on overhead projectors. However, these sheets of acetate are very useful for scrapbooking. You can print journaling on them, rubber stamp on them, and even use them to encase dried flowers and memorabilia. These articles listed here each present several ways to use transparencies or scrapbook overlays on your scrapbook pages.

1. Journaling on Transparencies

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Scrapbook page journaling usually takes up space on your layouts. Using transparencies for journaling allows the background paper to show through.

2. Five Ways to Attach Transparencies to Scrapbook Pages

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The biggest challenge when using transparencies is figuring out how to attach them to your scrapbook pages. Since they are completely clear, almost any adhesive you use will show through. Included in this step by step article are five simple techniques for attaching transparencies and overlays to your scrapbook page layouts.

3. Using Pressed Flowers with Transparencies on Scrapbook Pages

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For a simple way to use pressed flowers, try sandwiching them between pieces of transparency plastic. Alison Perra shows many ways to safely add dried flowers to your scrapbook pages.

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