| I don't know about you, but I used to think I needed | | | | card face to use them as album accents. ATCs can |
| to keep my scrapbooking supplies separate from my | | | | also be used in a layout. |
| stamping supplies, and vice versa. I had a craft bag | | | | Iris folding can look wonderful as an enhancement to |
| for stamping and card making projects and a craft | | | | photos and you can even make a whole scene with |
| bag for scrapbooking projects. I wanted to be sure | | | | iris folding to complement a special event. |
| my photos were scrapped with archival quality | | | | You can make your own stamped embellishments |
| materials only to ensure their long and undamaged | | | | also by stamping and colouring an image, then cutting |
| life. Many stamping supplies were not photo safe a | | | | it out to be included in your scrapbook. I've seen |
| few years ago but that is no longer so true. | | | | some beautiful stamped butterflies on acetate lately |
| These days, many stamping supplies are billed as acid | | | | that have really lifted a layout (or a card, for that |
| free, though I am still wary of those that are not | | | | matter!) |
| lignin free and buffered when it comes to using them | | | | Add additional journalling space by making a little card |
| around my photos. | | | | to attach to your page. Sometimes I have even |
| I think the main thing is to isolate your photos from | | | | added mini books to a layout that needs lots of |
| materials that may not be archival but there is no | | | | journalling. |
| reason you cannot use them on the pages | | | | Try rows of paper piercing to make borders, |
| themselves. | | | | embellish photo mats, and make other special |
| Many cardmaking techniques can be beautifully | | | | embellishments come alive on your pages. |
| adapted to scrapbooking. For example, you have | | | | Once you start thinking about it, most techniques for |
| probably already used embossing (both dry and heat | | | | card making can also be used for making |
| embossing) on a scrapbook layout. Making borders, | | | | scrapbooking pages. If you have not already tried it, |
| special embellishments and dry embossing around a | | | | I hope I have inspired you to blend your techniques |
| special photo mat are just a couple of ways you | | | | together in new ways. |
| could use this technique. | | | | Do feel free to ask me about other techniques I |
| Faux metal embellishments also look very special on | | | | may not have shown yet, or to upload a picture of a |
| an album page. I find people are usually very | | | | project you have completed to show how to marry |
| impressed when they see these images! | | | | your cardmaking and scrapbooking skills and |
| If you have ever made inchies or twinchies, you | | | | therefore be an inspiration to others. |
| have probably already thought of moving beyond a | | | | |