Scrapbooking Notes:
When arranging the photos for this layout and attaching the photos
to the page I ran across a bit of a challenge. When removing the
photos from the original black paper photo album, some of the black
paper remained attached to the back of the photo. This black paper
that remained on the photos made it difficult to attach them to
the green photo mounting paper using the double sided adhesive.
I needed to use an adhesive that was a bit stronger than the double
sided adhesive and wouldn’t be hindered by the black paper
on the back. The clear photo corners hold the photos in place with
no adhesive touching the actual photos. The photo corners display
the photos nicely without covering up any of the photo. When using
the photo corners, make sure you have the photo corner held securely
over the corner of the photo before attaching it to the page. You
can lift the corners up again before they are permanently adhered
to the page but they will begin to lose their tackiness so you should
try to get the arrangement right the first time.
I overlapped two of the photos because the bottom portion of the
photo that was covered up was not essential to the history being
documented but wasn’t something I wanted to cut out of the
photo. I needed to overlap the photos to make them fit into the
layout without squishing the photos up against the edges of the
page. In the remaining free space in between all the photos I made
a journaling box by layering a square piece of the lined paper on
a larger square of the patterned green photo mounting paper (which
provides a bit of contrast to the background paper). The remaining
space above and beside the photos can also be used for headings
and additional journaling.
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