How can you possibly not love a holiday that makes it okay to dress up in a costume and invites children to go from home to home and demand candy. Yes, Halloween is pretty great!
Are you dressing up yourself or your child in an elaborate get-up? Set up your camera and kit record, you can either create a video of the transformation and grab stills from the video or you can take photos throughout the transformation, try to sit in the same position while taking the photos.
Then you can take the photos and create a start to finish "slide show" effect on your layout.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
What does acid free mean to you?
If the paper is acid free it will be typically be neutral in pH or at most, between 6 and 7 (which is the neutral pH).
Where do acids comes from?
The scrapbooking paper is made of wood pulp that contains natural acids. During production, calcium is added to neutralize the acid during the treatment process. The paper may also be buffered to keep additional acids from forming.
Since we want our creative scrapbooks to last long, it makes sense to use acid free scrapbooking paper in our project. Manufacturers will normally have an ‘acid free’ label on the packaging to differentiate this special paper with regular paper. If you use acid free paper, you’ll also notice that they will not yellow and deteriorate easily as regular paper. This type of paper will not damage your photos too, so try to consider them in your scrapbooking budget.
Where do acids comes from?
The scrapbooking paper is made of wood pulp that contains natural acids. During production, calcium is added to neutralize the acid during the treatment process. The paper may also be buffered to keep additional acids from forming.
Since we want our creative scrapbooks to last long, it makes sense to use acid free scrapbooking paper in our project. Manufacturers will normally have an ‘acid free’ label on the packaging to differentiate this special paper with regular paper. If you use acid free paper, you’ll also notice that they will not yellow and deteriorate easily as regular paper. This type of paper will not damage your photos too, so try to consider them in your scrapbooking budget.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Create the PERFECT Halloween scrapbook
1. Select a piece of scrapbook paper that goes well with your Halloween photos. Consider the main colors in your photos and use that as an accent, for example: A green paper with light orange swirls will pick up on the colors of pumpkins.
2. Choose a color of card stock that compliments your photos and the main background paper. Cut the card stock in a rectangular shape 1/2 inch larger than the photo to create a mat. Oranges, black and fall related colors go well with Halloween photos.
3. When it comes to embellishments stick to 2 colors, throwing in 3 colors can mix things up too much. Orange and black always work well.
2. Choose a color of card stock that compliments your photos and the main background paper. Cut the card stock in a rectangular shape 1/2 inch larger than the photo to create a mat. Oranges, black and fall related colors go well with Halloween photos.
3. When it comes to embellishments stick to 2 colors, throwing in 3 colors can mix things up too much. Orange and black always work well.