Which Scrapbook Paper? Creative Ideas To Enhance Your Pages
Scrapbook paper can be used in a number of different ways to add creative touches to your pages and enhance your photos. Displaying your photographs in scrapbook albums is a great way to preserve your treasured memories for posterity, and scrapbooks you’ve made yourself make wonderful keepsakes. To make sure your precious photographs are archived safely, it’s important to use special scrapbooking paper and adhesives that are acid-free and lignin free, so they won’t damage your pictures. There’s a huge variety of different types of papers available these days, in all kinds of colors and patterns. Look out for free scrapbooking ideas online and in craft magazines to help inspire your creativity!
Scrapbook paper is most commonly sold in standard sizes of 12 x 12 or 8 x 8. As well as providing an attractive background for your photos, paper can be used to embellish your pages in many ways. For instance, torn or crumpled scraps of paper can be used to add texture and this is a very simple technique to use. Ready made kits of paper piecing patterns give you the option to add all...